Tough Love: The Reason for Asymmetry in Arrest, Prosecution, and Conviction

TOUGH LOVE: THE REASON FOR ASYMMETRY IN ARREST, PROSECUTION, AND CONVICTION

Again, assuming the same crime, the reason for asymmetry of prosecution and conviction is ‘fleeing officers, non-compliance with officers, resistance to arrest, lack of remorse, lack of family and parental guarantee of constraint, known associates, general demeanor (conform or non-conforming), behavior in custody, lack of restitution, likelihood of recidivism.” That’s why. No secret here. Everyone knows it. The fact that your family and friends pressure you into language, manner, dress, behavior, or that rivals will threaten you if you appear vulnerable or signaling mainstream conformity is no excuse – it just means you haven’t got the willpower, character, or family structure, to behave as a ‘citizen’ meaning ‘a member of commercial society demonstrating adherence to middle class (commercial) norm custom manner, and signal. Man up. Shut up. Don’t Trash Down, Gang Down, or Ghetto Down or speak, act and dress like you’re rebelling against the commercial civilization that made your participation in it’s rewards possible – no matter how small they may be.