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by rondon1 5067 days ago
A. I agree that there are much sadder stories about how drug laws and poverty put people into situations where they have no other choice.

B. He is not the 1%. If a 1%er kid got pulled over with a bunch of drugs in his pockets it would be a totally different story. He would probably not consent to a search because his lawyer would have already told him not to. Even if he had consented to a search, the cop probably would get a call from the sheriff, governor, attorney general, etc.. telling him that the kid should be let go. Even if the kid was arrested, a team of lawyers would be searching for loop holes and connections to the DA to get the case dropped. Even if the kid was convicted, the lawyers would appeal. And large donations would be made to the election campaigns of govenor,DA, etc.. to try and get a pardon or retrial.

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He is not the 1%. If a 1%er kid got pulled over with a bunch of drugs in his pockets it would be a totally different story. He would probably not consent to a search because his lawyer would have already told him not to. Even if he had consented to a search, the cop probably would get a call from the sheriff, governor, attorney general, etc.. telling him that the kid should be let go. Even if the kid was arrested, a team of lawyers would be searching for loop holes and connections to the DA to get the case dropped. Even if the kid was convicted, the lawyers would appeal. And large donations would be made to the election campaigns of govenor,DA, etc.. to try and get a pardon or retrial.

And his ex-CIA-chief daddy would get all of his criminal records classified so that no one would find out and he can run for President. Apparently there are some damning things about George W. Bush in Dallas Observer police blotters from the 80s; anybody here have a copy of those?

You're right, though, this guy was a ten-percenter. He's still white and wealthy and not the intended target of the drug laws.

How much % of Americans can afford to go to grad school? 1% doesn’t seem too far off…