French courts have been imposing disproportionately severe sentences for minor offenses, including 10 months in prison for stealing a can of Red Bull and one year for a homeless boy with schizophrenia caught looting a luxury store. The overwhelmed courts rush cases, provide minimal time for defendants, and prioritize punishment under the instruction of the Justice Minister. Furthermore, the French government is censoring social media and justifying it by claiming to protect public order, but it infringes upon free speech and mirrors tactics used by authoritarian regimes. The justice system exhibits a double standard, favoring the privileged, and creates a class divide, leading to unrest. Ironically, the government compares itself to oppressive nations while undermining democratic principles.
Is that really a journalist… or a commentator? Not a very objective analysis of the situation.
Journalists aren’t intrinsically meant to be objective. They are allowed to be completely biased
Welcome to lemmy.
And Bastille Day is coming up in about four days, isn’t it?
Oh, the irony…
It’s an interesting development for sure. In Germany they want to prosecute climate protesters (letzte Generation) for organizing a criminal organization (like mafia, yes). If things continue in this direction the saying “it’s not about left/right, it’s about freedom/authoritarianism” might soon be something I will say with zero irony.
I worry for the day when class wars become the next world war
How many hundreds of year did the fascist policeman get? Has he already been publicly hanged?
Why is he a fascist?
America has similar stupid sentences for many vaguely criminal acts, usually dependent on skin color.
Hey, that’s not a fair evaluation of the US ‘Justice’ system. Being rich has a lot to do with your success as well.
Can we not post YouTube links and other (video/audio) commentaries in news communities?
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So use NewPipe.
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There’s always someone who does that, i swear.
My brother in christ, please stay on the subject.
When someone ask “How can I do x with y”, there no point being smug with an answer like “That’s easy, use z”.
It’s not the point, it’s not useful. You’re not helping.
Delete the YouTube app and open links in a browser that blocks YT ads, like Brave.
Your post sounds more like a manifesto than a news piece. Also, your source is really oriented… unless you are using Lemmy as a platform for your own content which is not what I’m here for.
FMHY.ML has some whack users, so I’m not surprised.
Thanks, good to know. This new instance business is a bit disconcerting. I am use to be cautious with communities/subs and now I need to learn about instance too. Not a bad thing to change habits from time to time, when you think of it
So they’re really going for it huh?
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Do these people in charge not understand that if they push french people too hard guillotines will start spawning?
Like either you listen to the people or heads start rolling…
Why is 1 year sentence for looting is too much? Or u mean because the personal had psychological condition they should have been admitted to hospital instead ?
