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So the Black man that everyone was laughing at for dialing in to his court case from his car, while his license was suspended, is not so foolish. Racism has people laughing at its victims.
We'll see how many of the people that were laughing because they thought "Foolish criminal dials in from car, on suspended license case!
" have anything cute to say now. You know that none of them will.
It's just the regular anti-Black cruelty in the US criminal justice system.
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@mekkaokereke Wait? How is it possible to suspend a license for non-driving-related offenses? Especially in a country where being unable to drive has such an impact on your work and social life?
I don’t see how it helps to make child support payment if you cannot get to work?
US Justice is wild.
@yatil @mekkaokereke Suspension of license happens all the time here. And as someone who is fully reliant on the driving of others I absolutely empathize with people in this situation because when you can't drive you are pretty much screwed in this country. I get the importance of on-time child support, my brother and sisters and I relied on it as kids. And our father was a total jerk about it and it wasn't because he couldn't afford it. But suspending someone's driver's license over it is completely counterproductive in all kinds of ways.
@acarson @yatil @mekkaokereke My girlfriend always had problems getting child support from her ex. He refused to hold a regular job to avoid paying child support, he only took jobs where he was paid under the table. In pursuing child support she was told that the state would jail her ex, so she didn't pursue because she knew if he was in jail there was no way he could pay anything. She got a few bucks over the years and he wasn’t involved in his kids’ lives (she gave him every chance).
@paulc @acarson @mekkaokereke In Germany, the state steps in and covers the child support payments, the person who needs to pay racks up that as debt which is then paid with income over the minimum you would need automatically. This is done to ensure that it’s never the child suffering on behalf of irresponsible parents. It also helps people to move on from relationships as there is less reliance on direct payments.