• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m confused here tbh.

      He had unpaid child support, missed a court appearance and was arrested leaving the country.

      Ostensibly he was fleeing repercussions.

      Jail is kinda wild but if he is a flight risk ( eg: he was caught heading to another country ) then detention might be proper.

      Idk what the color of his skin has to do with anything here.

          • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            There are many other conditions that can be set to prevent someone leaving the country. You’re either being wilfully ignorant or, like I said before, acting in bad faith.

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                  No, this comment thread started about the US having issues with locking up black people for no reason.

                  Talk about bad faith.

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                    Yes, that’s what I said? I’m sorry if you weren’t able to understand that…

                    Edit: To be clearer, I saw the comment about black people going “straight to jail” as talking about black people not being offered bail. Being sent, straight to jail, before even a trial. That is the so called “crime of existing while black” in this context. Is that black people, just existing, will be denied bail overwhelmingly more than white people, for the same crimes.

                    (There are other “existing while black” crimes depending on the context. Sometimes it’s being charged with offences that usually go unenforced, like jaywalking. Sometimes it’s literally no crime at all. All of these cases are valid reasons to use the term.)

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            Barlow said the court appearance notice was sent to the actor’s P.O. Box rather than his address on file, and due to being sick with COVID-19, he did not check it in time for the appearance.

            He missed one court date, and the opposing counsel or the court used a different from standard mailing method.

            And he’s a rich dude doing charity work, and he had a project he was on his way to. Hardly “fleeing”

            Edit https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/darius-mccrary-net-worth/

            Oh he is not rich

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              So he was sent his court appearance, didn’t appear, and tried to leave the country.

              Do you genuinely think anyone else would have been given bail under those circumstances?

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                2 months ago

                Well yeah, part of bail is assessing flight risk. Just taking a vacation somewhere isn’t a flight risk. He has a good reason service was not proper.