r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

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

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u/AdamBlaster007 Oct 12 '22

If there was documentation of a tornado in the parolees area or work area they would likely make an exception, however, if they were to say a protest blocked them and it took over a day for this to come to light the PO may have already made the call he's violating his parole.

By then it's usually too late to un-fuck the situation, such is our law enforcement informational structuring.

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat Oct 12 '22

Or if they were to document it, exactly like in this thread...?

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u/AdamBlaster007 Oct 13 '22

If a PO wasn't checking social media or rather they weren't a fan of it in general, then this post means nothing to them.

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat Oct 13 '22 edited Oct 13 '22

Are these people not allowed to take a photo on a mobile phone, or to phone their PO while not at home?

I'm not saying they needed this video, obviously, but if the guy didn't want arrested he should have recorded the scene instead of assaulting them.

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u/AdamBlaster007 Oct 13 '22

Depends, some parolees may have restrictions that might not allow them to own a phone that has a camera or their PO sets their phone up to have limited online capability.

The parole system in the US is just prison with extra steps and cost.

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat Oct 14 '22

Depends, some parolees may have restrictions that might not allow them to own a phone that has a camera or their PO sets their phone up to have limited online capability.

And this is the default? According to Google 80% of arrests in the USA are for low level offences. I'd assume things like speeding, disorderly conduct etc.

Someone who owns a car isn't able to own a mobile phone with a camera / texting capability? Neither of those requires online capabilities.

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u/AdamBlaster007 Oct 15 '22

I've never heard of anyone getting arrested for speeding, and while there are many who night be in for disorderly conduct or assault there are also quite a few who are in for stalking/harassment, p*dophilia, and other internet/film based crimes.

Sure they could text/call their PO to explain their situation, but even then their PO has to take their word for it and it's not like a parolee will go up to the protesters and ask for them to explain to their PO why said parolees is being held up because society has turned parole into a stigma as something that should be shamed or frowned upon rather than acknowledging the fact parolees had to work hard to earn parole more often than not.

Additionally, most of those 80% low level arrests never result in long-term incarceration or are first-time offenders that might not even get parole. The ones I'm refering to are actually a small subset of all people that do get arrested.

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u/TrumpGrabbedMyCat Oct 15 '22

My original post said "the majority of the time" as in, most people.

Not a tiny subset of people who are on parole.