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BobVersionFour , in Entire police department in Minnesota resigns

Time to call a crackhead

kttnpunk ,
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Beats a racist with a power complex anyday. Although there is a significantly higher overlap than you’d think.

jeffw OP , in Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business
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Lots of news about news lately…

OkToBeTakei ,

I noticed that. the fascists really hate local news holding them accountable for being shitty people, so they railroad them out of business.

MedicPigBabySaver , in Rudy Giuliani, who pioneered the use of RICO when he was a US attorney, just got indicted on RICO charges

Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up!

charonn0 , in Woman Is Awarded $1.2 Billion in ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit
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$200 million for past and future mental anguish and $1 billion in punitive damages

NB: Texas caps punitive damages to $750k.

jeffw OP ,
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So 200.75 million. Still not bad

But still, largely symbolic

satanmat ,

Yep. And that’s rough. BigOilCorp 750k is lunch money. So that’s just shit.

Sure it’ll crush this guy though…

Kbobabob ,

So what’s the point of such a high number that literally only a handful of people could actually pay? Headlines?

Crashumbc ,

Exactly, judge wanted to make a point.

This makes it national news.

TBF, I wouldn’t be surprised if a large percentage of people would of considered doing what he did, a “dick move” or “petty” but not a serious crime. This serves as a wake up call.

afraid_of_zombies , in Ron DeSantis Says He Has “Moved On” And Disney Should Drop Its Lawsuit Against Him

I am looking forward to the man getting shredded like bloody meat by a pack of hungry dogs in the primary, heading back to Florida, and to save himself from shame focuses only on small bitter things he can win. I want to watch him give impassioned speeches about renaming overpasses while every rival smells the stench of weakness on him.

The man who would be king reduced to appearing on Fox once every few years while having to buy his own ghostwritten autobiography just to keep it from being shredded.

Goodbye meatball

jordanlund , in Ron DeSantis Says He Has “Moved On” And Disney Should Drop Its Lawsuit Against Him

By “moved on” he means “had my ass handed to me, repeatedly.”

Anissem , in Woman Is Awarded $1.2 Billion in ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit
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He’ll be paying that off for a while

JustAManOnAToilet ,

Water from a stone.

Limeey ,

Hardly - he has an SSN. Any job that pays taxes he’ll be garnished. Even if he manages to hide his identity with a fake ssn, his life as it was is ruined. Definitely a form of justice considering he literally was trying to ruin her life through these actions.

Psionicsickness ,

God I love being a bartender.

jeffw OP ,
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Sounds like he was charged in absentia, so more symbolic than anything, sadly. I hope she gets some money though.

scytale ,

Yeah. Sadly, the quote “If you owe the bank a thousand dollars, it’s your problem; if you owe them a billion, it’s their problem” applies here too. Hopefully she bleeds him dry and maybe some prison time too.

Neato ,
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His wages will be garnished forever. He's been sentenced to destitution forever. He'd be better off just leaving the country.

Hillock ,

I wouldn't say he is sentenced to destitution. Wage garnishment is capped at 25% of disposable income. And you keep a minimum of 217.5 per week (30 hours of minimum wage a week).

A 25% pay cut certainly hurts but depending on his income he could still have a decent life.

The amount is ridiculous but even a more reasonable sentence around 500k-5mil would probably not change anything for his situation. Most people wouldn't pay that off in their lifetime at 25% of income.

Backgammon ,

Iirc the 25% cap really only ends up applying if you have more than one active garnishment. Individual garnishments are generally 10% of gross. Maybe there are exceptions where one can go up to the full 25% of disposable, but it’s rarely the case.

JoBo ,

I’m hoping he’s a US citizen so he won’t be able to avoid paying US taxes anywhere he goes without also getting a new identity and going into permanent hiding. As long as his life is destroyed far more comprehensively than his attempt to destroy hers, I’m happy.

Well done that jury. This is not just about a very large settlement, it’s a very newsworthy settlement. It’s impossible to measure the impact on crimes that don’t happen but I reckon there will be a fair few potential perpetrators of this sort of crime who might just manage to get a fucking grip because of this. And a fair few victims who find a way to exact an entirely justified revenge on those who fail to grow the fuck up anyway.

funkless_eck ,

well if he was to leave the US and never return there’s very little risk in not paying the bills. it’s likely little would happen if you came back to visit for the holidays, either

JoBo ,

I thought the US was pretty hot on chasing non-resident citizens for their taxes (and presumably garnished wages)?

funkless_eck ,

How are you going to enforce it?

JoBo ,

I’m not going to enforce it. It’s entirely possible that the US givt does not enforce it despite requiring it. But they usually only ignore taxes for very rich people, who can dodge them anyway, so I’d expect them to enforce it?

mosiacmango ,

He would have been better off not trying to ruin her life and put her directly in harms way.

Putting up naked pictures of someone with their name and address? This is a man who wanted her raped or dead.

Fuck your sympathy for him having consequences for his own actions.

GiddyGap ,

Probably $100-200 per month depending on his salary.

It’s a bit like those cases where a defendant gets 54 life sentences + 100 years. Only in America.

Cantankerousnuts , in Florida woman doused herself in Mountain Dew to erase DNA after killing roommate in Daytona Beach: police

Is Mugshawtys on Mastodon yet?

GreenMario , in Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say

I’m surprised a bunch of snowflakes can live in a desert.

macrocephalic , in Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis

Yes, we’ve all seen the videos. You get more hits if you say it was your step sister.

walderan , in Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis

If you think this is anything new you should look up who coincidentally invented the autopilot for airplanes and the mile high club.

superduperenigma , in Federal judge tosses suit against Biden student loan forgiveness plan for long-term borrowers

The New Civil Liberties Alliance is an absolutely garbage non-profit organization.

Sguilly , in Florida woman doused herself in Mountain Dew to erase DNA after killing roommate in Daytona Beach: police

In another life she would have been a keeper.

BonfireOvDreams , in Federal officials plan to announce 2024 cuts along the Colorado River. Here's what to expect
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56% of water from the colorado river basin goes directly to livestock and livestock feed. You can literally cut over half of the water usage with one neat trick!! 🌱

CmdrShepard ,

By genociding cattle?

BonfireOvDreams ,
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Its simple really. You just stop breeding them into the world on purpose! The never ending cycle of mass killing is already a thing.

Kbobabob ,

You don’t think they’re gonna kill them anyway? And genocide? That’s a bit dramatic when you’re only taking about a very small percentage of the overall population.

demlet , in Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis

That took a whole two seconds.

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