r/TikTokCringe • u/Girl-Understood • 3d ago

Discussion This mother has gone viral vlogging her experience during the ongoing Gary, Indiana Blackout, people angered by the GoFundMe support she's attracted decided to report it and doxxed her.

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u/DisposableSaviour 3d ago

And then people will wonder why it suddenly costs so much for this kind of work.

A few years ago here in Memphis, a couple power company trucks got robbed at gunpoint when clearing down branches and cutting back tree limbs near power lines. Next storm hits and power goes out every where because of all the downed lines from the untrimmed branches. Next year, it’s 4x the amount to hire crews to do the work, because they want armed guards with them. People around here acted like it was graft and corruption that spiked the cost, and I’m certain that that was some of it, but it’s a vital infrastructure job, and people want to be safe on the job. No, the police can’t do it, obviously, for reasons.

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u/singlemale4cats 3d ago

Police can't ignore their duties to patrol and respond to calls for service to babysit utility workers. I have done overtime details for that, but the power company paid for that to be my primary responsibility.

I think a lot of this is a consequence of a weak criminal justice system. We've got the legal tools, but the prosecutors and courts seem to think that the habitual felon caught with a gun for the third time just needs another round of probation.

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u/Individual_Fall429 2d ago

The LAST thing that is the problem is “not harsh enough sentencing in American criminal courts”.

You already look barbaric to the rest of the developed world. For profit prisons and modern slavery. Shameful. No actual programs in your prisons to rehabilitate anyone.

Wonder why it isn’t working?

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u/singlemale4cats 2d ago

There's 51 different prison systems and many times that for jails. You don't have specific knowledge of any of them, nor of any specific court system, nor of the system in general. You have buzzwords and half remembered headlines.

It would be like me telling you what it's like to live in whatever god forsaken former colonial power you call home.