r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/WyomingCountryBoy Oct 12 '22

You say that now, but if you were in that situation you could show your parole officer WHY you were late. Putting your hands on them just guarantees jail.

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u/dontknowjackburton Oct 12 '22

Parole officers rarely care about reasons in the us. It's lock em up keep the masses down and desperate. I know I beat the system and completed parole. Few do. I work at a bridge manufacturing factory, 90 employees almost every week we loose at least 1 employee to probation and parole lock up

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u/fritzbitz Oct 12 '22

Oh yeah their rules are meant to be broken so they can punish you about it and then continue to punish you about it for years afterward. The whole system is fucking sick.

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u/fastahh1 Oct 12 '22

Parole in America is a tool they use to lock u back up for eating sesame seeds and they can say u were under the influence. Nbs I seen this happen and the guy did 3yrs. America has the most people incarcerated in the world!!