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Unique-Public-8594 t1_jav31wr wrote

From the article:

> The woman in the video […] has since been charged with ethnic intimidation and harassment.

> "When we viewed the video, it was really over the top. It was a racially-fueled, profane rant directed at their heritage and it's not going to be tolerated," said Hatboro Chief of Police James Gardner.

Thank you for charging her with a crime.

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Er3bus13 t1_jav8wzz wrote

If it was just some low-key racism we would have let it go. /s

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baron_von_noseboop t1_jawhz8x wrote

Probably they should have, yes. Everyone has unconscious biases, and some about race in particular. That means everyone is a little bit racist. You can self monitor and try to be aware of when it is influencing your actions, but no one does that perfectly.

We can't prosecute people as criminal every time we behave like a flawed person. We would all be in jail.

To be clear, I'm speaking about your implication that every offense should be prosecuted. I'm on board with this one, it's egregious, she was leaning in to actively attack someone for their race and she was fully aware of what she was doing.

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YuleBeFineIPromise t1_jax2uo9 wrote

>Thank you for charging her with a crime.

It's kind of prosecutorial overreach. If the Karen actually fought it with a trial she might win. Luckily, she'll probably plea and be forced to do community service or something. Maybe she'll get put somewhere that she'll learn some valuable lessons.

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