[Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

[Cameron Laird]

Crime.  Or corporate wage slavery.

The system doesn't intend convicts recover, as I understand it.

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 6:31 PM Sharon Fisher <slfisher at gmail.com> wrote:

> So when someone has done their time, what are they supposed to do for a
> living when released?
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 12:50 PM Gabe Goldberg <gabe at gabegold.com> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I've volunteered with Fairfax County, VA Police Department for 10+
>> years. I know -- and in many cases have ridden with -- officers from
>> patrol to chief. I chaired my police station's Citizens Advisory
>> Committee and serve on the Chief's Advisory Council. I'm on a task force
>> developing policies for public safety use of drones -- it's about 40
>> people, including police, fire&EMS, fire marshal, county attorney, FAA,
>> Audubon Society, business organizations, citizen/civic groups, and head
>> of Virginia ACLU. Output so far is a draft 35+ page manual and all the
>> info is on fairfaxcounty.gov/uas.
>>
>> There are 18,000+ law enforcement agencies in the country so it's
>> misleading to generalize about "the police"  or "law enforcement".
>> Fairfax cops I know are honest/honorable/motivated to do the right
>> thing. Over the years, policies have changed -- sometimes in response to
>> national trends, sometimes to community involvement/pressure, sometimes
>> to FCPD problems. There's pretty good transparency and responsiveness.
>> Fairfax (1200+ officers) isn't Mayberry or NYC (30,000+ officers) --
>> there's no reason NOT to talk to police here; in fact middle/high
>> schools all have School Resource Officers whose job is to TALK to kids
>> -- not arrest them.
>>
>> I'm not claiming that everywhere's as fortunate as Fairfax -- just
>> suggesting that all-inclusive advice about police can be misleading.
>>
>> On 3/31/2019 11:18 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
>> > On 3/30/19 5:05 PM, Richard Santalesa wrote:
>> >> Oh come on pretty much everything is a felony these days.
>> >
>> > All too true, which is why you NEVER talk to law enforcement unless you
>> > have to.
>> >
>> > And "ex-felons" implies "convictions".
>> >
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>>
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