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<p>Agreed on Earth and people needing better treatment.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.firststepact.org/">https://www.firststepact.org/</a> seems positive though overdue. <br>
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<p>We just need same for Mother Earth, before it's too late.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/1/2019 9:38 AM, Dana Blankenhorn
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<div dir="ltr">We have made a felony conviction a life sentence.
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<div>I don't know why we don't see that as a problem.</div>
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<div>I have a great-nephew. He joined the army. He got a
duplicitous girlfriend. She left her hyperactive toddler with
him. He dropped the kid. The kid died.</div>
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<div>My great-nephew was sentenced, at age 19, to 15 years hard
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<div>He'll neve have a life. He might as well be dead.</div>
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<div>And this happens, routinely, to thousands of people, every
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<div>An incredibly high percentage of these people are African
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<div>Most of my neighborfs are African American.</div>
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<div>Lifetime felonies are something that strike me personally.
They make me angry. They're also an economic waste. We're
treating people in this country the way we treat the Earth.
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<div dir="ltr">Dana Blankenhorn<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:32 AM
Stephen Satchell <<a href="mailto:ipg@satchell.net"
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> True. Also male. I'm well aware those attributes
influence -- or<br>
> determine! -- my perspective and interactions. And I live
in a<br>
> relatively upscale and safe area of a safe and
economically sound<br>
> county. And I was privileged being born into solidly
middle-class life<br>
> in NYC. I've no illusion that any of this is universal
and deplore<br>
> various inequalities in this country. And I'm sure that
less fortunate<br>
> people can see a different side of law enforcement. My
point was simply<br>
> that generalizations may fail and I don't think the
people I've dealt<br>
> with look for ways to trick/trap/incriminate people. In
fact, Fairfax<br>
> has multiple diversion programs where police are mandated
to first<br>
> consider ways to avoid criminalizing certain actions.<br>
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