This mother has gone viral vlogging her experience during the ongoing Gary, Indiana Blackout, people angered by the GoFundMe support she's attracted decided to report it and doxxed her.

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[u/20milliondollarapi]

Drove through there Thursday and the traffic lights are still out two weeks later. It’s wild to me. Even Hammond has some sections out. The signs on 80 there also aren’t working for time estimates. Haven’t been through at night. But gas stations themselves have power. At least the Gary loves does. Idk about the others.

[u/hurler_jones → u/[deleted]]

Yes - then they go work other areas and come back later with police protection.

We went through this after Katrina too but it was much longer than 2 weeks.

[u/DisposableSaviour → u/hurler_jones]

And then people will wonder why it suddenly costs so much for this kind of work.

A few years ago here in Memphis, a couple power company trucks got robbed at gunpoint when clearing down branches and cutting back tree limbs near power lines. Next storm hits and power goes out every where because of all the downed lines from the untrimmed branches. Next year, it’s 4x the amount to hire crews to do the work, because they want armed guards with them. People around here acted like it was graft and corruption that spiked the cost, and I’m certain that that was some of it, but it’s a vital infrastructure job, and people want to be safe on the job. No, the police can’t do it, obviously, for reasons.

[u/singlemale4cats → u/DisposableSaviour]

Police can't ignore their duties to patrol and respond to calls for service to babysit utility workers. I have done overtime details for that, but the power company paid for that to be my primary responsibility.

I think a lot of this is a consequence of a weak criminal justice system. We've got the legal tools, but the prosecutors and courts seem to think that the habitual felon caught with a gun for the third time just needs another round of probation.

[u/dude21862004 → u/singlemale4cats]

weak criminal justice system

The US has an overburdened justice system. We've criminalized trivial shit and monetized misdemeanors to the point that the court system is literally unable to process cases fast enough. Our prisons are at or above capacity. We spend far more on prisons than it would cost to solve half these issues through basic social welfare (housing, addiction centers, gun laws, etc).

And then guys like you, no offense, take a brief glance and immediately start demanding to make it worse because you have a superficial understanding of the issue at best, and a retaliatory, punishment only world view.

Also wealth disparity is increasing and with it crime will also increase. Despite the fact we are currently living in the least violent era of the US, folks like you like to crow on about made up scenarios while ignoring the real issues.

[u/singlemale4cats → u/dude21862004]

I'm intimately involved in the system every day. I would say I'm more familiar with it than people who base their opinions on seeing a John Oliver segment.

It is something I've always wondered about - how the stats can say we're imprisoning far more people than we need to be, and yet people are walking out of court with bullshit electronic monitoring on their 15th felony.

Despite the fact we are currently living in the least violent era of the US, folks like you like to crow on about made up scenarios while ignoring the real issues.

So you're in favor of the current push to abolish the NFA, "assault weapon" bans, and the like?

[u/dude21862004 → u/singlemale4cats]

How can you be confused? We have people serving 10-30 year sentences for non violent crimes. We have a system with one of if not the highest recidivism rates in the world. And it's almost entirely due to the environment the revenge and punishment ideology has turned our prisons into.

Interesting how you're so "intimate" with the justice system and you can't see the very obvious flaws inherent within it. You're what? 40-60's? Been seeing our system do the same thing for years and years, progressively getting worse and worse. And then you think, "We just aren't being cruel enough! We aren't being strict enough! If only we locked up every single 'criminal'! I have no idea how our prisons are full, though. Weird how we ran out of space, no idea how that happened..."

You are one of the flaws that has caused the very thing you're complaining about.

[u/singlemale4cats → u/dude21862004]

How can you be confused?

...because of the reason I just stated. Refer to my previous comment if you forgot.

We have people serving 10-30 year sentences for non violent crimes

Do we now? I rarely see any serious time unless there's a body. I saw 4 teenagers flee police in a stolen car, crash, bail, get caught. Stolen guns in the car. They were out the next week, doing the same thing. Another stolen car, more stolen guns. I don't recall their sentences specifically, but they were sentenced as juveniles, so probably not long.

I have a thousand personal experiences just like that. So does every cop, if you ask.

Did you just want to rant about "the SYSTEM, man," or do you have anything interesting to say? You also didn't answer my question about gun control.

[u/dude21862004 → u/singlemale4cats]

It's almost like prison sentences last for several years. You think these people sentenced for 20 years 10 years ago just disappear? And yeah, your confusion is wilful ignorance. I understood what you were saying.

Also I love that your example was not only about juveniles, a section of the populace that is treated with kid gloves (I wonder where that phrase comes from) pretty much world wide, but you also don't even know their actual sentence. They could've gotten 10 years for all you know and you're using them as an example of how short prison sentences are. It'd be funny if it weren't both sad and terrifying. Sad that you have at least some authority, terrifying that you probably have a gun.

[u/singlemale4cats → u/dude21862004]

It's pretty hard to go to prison. People that find themselves in prison overwhelmingly deserve to be there.

It sure does seem like you want to ramble and grandstand rather than learn anything. Called that one.

[u/Individual_Fall429 → u/singlemale4cats]

The LAST thing that is the problem is “not harsh enough sentencing in American criminal courts”.

You already look barbaric to the rest of the developed world. For profit prisons and modern slavery. Shameful. No actual programs in your prisons to rehabilitate anyone.

Wonder why it isn’t working?

[u/singlemale4cats → u/Individual_Fall429]

There's 51 different prison systems and many times that for jails. You don't have specific knowledge of any of them, nor of any specific court system, nor of the system in general. You have buzzwords and half remembered headlines.

It would be like me telling you what it's like to live in whatever god forsaken former colonial power you call home.

[u/Vaporlocke → u/singlemale4cats]

Yeah, who lets a 34 count felon run the county after not prosecuting him for inciting an insurrection? With examples like that no wonder people think the justice system is a joke.

[u/Somanylyingliars → u/singlemale4cats]

Account nuked because reddit now forcing login. Fuck off Reddit! See you over at Lemmy.