Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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Sheriff buys beach house with $750,000 meant to feed inmates; three days after the story breaks, sheriff imprisons journalist's source. (www.npr.org)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

What galls me about this, even more than fat sheriffs getting fatter by starving people, is the inference that since they're following the law it's all totally okay. I have an ideological problem not just with that statement, but the sentiment behind it.

[–] AA5B 2 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 25 minutes ago) (1 children)

The part of the article saying they get $2/day to feed prisoners, yet the Sheriff “guarantees they are properly fed” and somehow skims $750,000 out of it

[–] FlashMobOfOne 1 points 21 minutes ago

The law takes cops' word as gospel, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yes! The worst was this quote by Entrekin, hiding behind the law acting as if that's all that matters:

“It’s the law. I haven’t done anything wrong,” Entrekin said at the time. “If it's wrong, somebody needs to change the law. I have asked [state legislators] to change the law and they have not changed it.”

I'm with you on this one, just yesterday on a different post I said as much: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/25358559/14482392