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

[Matt Heusser]

Small biz owner.

Painter most likely. As that is low-skill for high wage due to level of
discomfort.

I am entirely serious.

—Heusser

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 8:15 PM Cameron Laird <claird271 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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