Brickbat: Punitive Provisions

Former Morgan County, Alabama, jail officer Jarvis Moore faces seven felony extortion charges tied to taking honey buns and other commissary items from inmates. Moore admits he took the items but says he was following jail practices to discipline inmates who caused problems. He says the charges are retaliation over his support for releasing a video showing a man who died in custody. The sheriff says Moore was under investigation even before then.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

A lot to unpack here.

[Stupid Government Tricks]

Felony charges over honey buns? Something more to this. He claims both racism and retaliation. The retaliation seems more likely, based on the story. Petty problems for petty bureaucrats.

This quote from the story makes me laugh.

A spokesperson from the district attorney’s office said an assistant district attorney who doesn’t know Moore will try the case.

As if that removes the possibility of retaliation!

[mad.casual]

Goldilocks theory! You can rest assured that any vengeance will be lukewarm-to-cold rather than searing hot.

[Stupid Government Tricks]

Lukewarm from their perspective, perhaps, but searing hot from his -- he got fired after 24 years, then fired again. He is basically unemployable in what he has spent his adult life doing.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Hey, is that the DEI version of Shrek for the Netflix reboot?

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

It’s the honeybun effect.

[Incunabulum]

Remember - if a person is involved with a prosecution you can not then prosecute them because that would be lawfare.