> why there should be serious consequences for everyone involved
Do we have names of the arresting officers, prosecutors and judge this is in front of?
With that we can determine who above them is elected.
Do we have names of the arresting officers, prosecutors and judge this is in front of?
With that we can determine who above them is elected.
"This country is for people like me, I want people not like me punished severely" is very much a mainstream opinion in the US. This is how people win elections, not lose them.
I think civic laziness and nihilism, particularly in Silicon Valley, did a lot to get us to where we are.
Or more accurately, because the only people who do care are the people who benefit from corruption.
Wouldn’t matter. Those elected would likely be re elected. This wasn’t Trump advising some federal agency to bully someone he doesn’t like. It was the community organizing. This is the will of the people.
This is just rationalising laziness and nihilism. They may get re-elected. That doesn't mean you can't create a lot of chaos and cost for them along the way.
Like, I wish my adversaries would preëmptively conclude that even attempting to oppose me is not worth it.
> This is the will of the people
You're concluding this how?
That small victory really made me reconsider.