Get the Message?

TalkLeft compares the disparate sentences of 2 Katrina related crimes in Katrina Looters Get 15 Year Sentences. The two sentences were doled out to three people who looted liquor from a grocery store and two debris removal contractors who bribed a federal official.

One crime received 15 years and the other 1 year. Care to guess which was which?

Right, 15 years to the liquor looters. The Judge wanted to send a message. I guess the message is when all hell breaks lose, a drink won't solve your problems.

I also wonder if the reason for the difference in the severity of the sentences can be seen as "white under the collar" crime vs. "black" crime, perchance?

Blogger Watertiger at Dependable Renegade put it a little more artfully, in Oh yeah. That's punishment:

I'm not even going to speculate on the skin color of the people involved. That would be irresponsible, no?

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