Der Sohn eines Diplomaten erhält eine rassenabhängige Ermäßigung auf die Entführungsstrafe

He’s clearly incredibly privileged and not disadvantaged in any conceivable way. Just proves it’s actually sheerly about race and not equity or fairness.

Diplomats are the worst.

This is so much worse than I thought clicking on the link.

He’s 45 years old!

And kidnapped a kid whose half brother stole cocaine from him, because the accused is a drug dealer.

And all the issues in his racism assessment are because…HE WAS A DRUG DEALER!

The only redeeming factor here is that the judge assigned little weight to it and he’ll get a reasonably lengthy prison sentence. 

>The Crown recommended Abdelgadir get 16 years in a penitentiary. His lawyer argued for five.

>“The appropriate range is 11 to 13 years,” said the judge. “The kidnapping of an innocent boy for criminal financial gain, steps from his home, while on his way to school, is a very serious offence.”

>“To be clear, the effects of anti-Black racism do not excuse Mr. Abdelgadir or lessen the seriousness of the offence. However, I am satisfied that there is some connection between Mr. Abdelgadir’s life experience, anti-Black racism, and his commission of the offence such that it mitigates somewhat his degree of responsibility for the offence,” Justice Sandra Nishikawa wrote in a recent decision.

But…by giving him a race-based sentencing discount, you **are** excusing the criminal and the seriousness of his crime by claiming that anti-black racism somehow had a hand in *his* actions and decisions 

The ones who claim to be against racism often are the most racist. Ever noticed that?

We need to defund the Viola Desmond justice institute, and any institution like it which promotes racism in our justice system