Current Events > Drunk driver's mom gets 3 months in jail for laughing during court hearing

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HagenEx
12/02/19 7:35:13 AM
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https://twitter.com/instakarm/status/1200811482310758400

I like this judge.
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Beveren_Rabbit
12/02/19 7:36:28 AM
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Meanwhile

Ethan Couch, Affluenza Teen Who Killed 4 While Driving Drunk, Is Freed

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/us/ethan-couch-affluenza-jail.html
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DeadBankerDream
12/02/19 7:39:46 AM
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Clip lacks context. I can't hear shit. I dunno if the audio doesnt catch it or if it happened prior.

Very confusing.
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viewmaster_pi
12/02/19 7:43:00 AM
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lmao, "Not in courtroom 502!"

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DanHaren2019
12/02/19 7:50:55 AM
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Good for her. Too bad most judges are the opposite and only make decisions based on race
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AsucaHayashi
12/02/19 8:08:57 AM
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i kinda wanna see the judge's face because the voice sounds it's coming from somebody young.
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Zikten
12/02/19 8:11:54 AM
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she seems cool.
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Zikten
12/02/19 8:12:13 AM
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AsucaHayashi posted...
i kinda wanna see the judge's face because the voice sounds it's coming from somebody young.

you can see her at the very end of the video for like 3 seconds
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Eevee-Trainer
12/02/19 8:15:13 AM
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Feels a little heavyhanded, but I ain't gonna complain. She's a complete ass for doing that.
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Grindcorp9000
12/02/19 8:21:27 AM
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She only spent a day or two in jail. Judge made it into a while production for nothing.

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WameisJinston
12/02/19 8:24:28 AM
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DanHaren2019 posted...
Good for her. Too bad most judges are the opposite and only make decisions based on race

And how do you know this one wasnt based on race?
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Perascamin
12/02/19 8:28:19 AM
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3 months in jail for laughing is objectively wrong no matter how you want to look at it.

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DeadBankerDream
12/02/19 8:29:44 AM
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Perascamin posted...
3 months in jail for laughing is objectively wrong no matter how you want to look at it.

You're right, she should have gotten 12 years and the constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment should be revoked for her specifically.
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Perascamin
12/02/19 8:49:59 AM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
You're right, she should have gotten 12 years and the constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment should be revoked for her specifically.
Or nothing should have happened at all besides hurt feelings and everyone could move on with their lives

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DeadBankerDream
12/02/19 8:51:54 AM
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What a gross anus-based opinion.
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Ethosian
12/02/19 8:52:33 AM
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Perascamin posted...
DeadBankerDream posted...
You're right, she should have gotten 12 years and the constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment should be revoked for her specifically.
Or nothing should have happened at all besides hurt feelings and everyone could move on with their lives

Except, you know, the victim
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YellowMustard69
12/02/19 8:55:06 AM
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It is rude but laughing is not really a crime and it doesn't create any victims.
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Fony
12/02/19 8:59:13 AM
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Old. Youtube comments were full of extremely butthurt white people saying the judge was racist and anti white for some reason.
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jborgan
12/02/19 9:00:27 AM
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She didn't actually get three months. She spent that night in jail and that was it. It was just to scare her.

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Perascamin
12/02/19 9:00:55 AM
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It's not like the drunk driver's mom was in the backseat of the car when the incident occurred cheering them on to hit someone. Drunk driving is a shitty habit that should be severely punished, especially when someone besides the driver gets hurt as a result of it.

However, some people laugh in stressful situations. It's questionable, but doesn't automatically make them bad people. If the judge were to be thinking objectively as she's supposed to rather than with her feelings, she'd realize that any punishment for the laugh is unjust without a proper investigation.


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Bluebomber182
12/02/19 9:01:47 AM
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Turns out the woman has PBA and it causes her to have uncontrollable periods of crying or laughing. It aint right to jail her for this
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DeadBankerDream
12/02/19 9:03:14 AM
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Perascamin posted...
However, some people laugh in stressful situations. It's questionable, but doesn't automatically make them bad people. If the judge were to be thinking objectively as she's supposed to rather than with her feelings, she'd realize that any punishment for the laugh is unjust without a proper investigation.

What an uninformed garbage view point.
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Solid Sonic
12/02/19 9:05:25 AM
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Contempt of court is a bullshit charge.

You can get contempt just by showing up in a t-shirt that says "The Justice System Sucks".

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UnfairRepresent
12/02/19 9:10:27 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
Contempt of court is a bullshit charge.

You can get contempt just by showing up in a t-shirt that says "The Justice System Sucks".

Well yeah

You act like that us unreasonable
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Solid Sonic
12/02/19 9:13:11 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Well yeah

You act like that us unreasonable
It is in the sense it's relative to how bad a mood the judge is in. The enforcement of contempt is entirely at the whim of how easily angered the judge is that day.

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viewmaster_pi
12/02/19 9:16:06 AM
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Bluebomber182 posted...
Turns out the woman has PBA and it causes her to have uncontrollable periods of crying or laughing. It aint right to jail her for this
she's the joker?

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TommyG663513
12/02/19 9:20:31 AM
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Do we have any idea how bad her laugh was?

Like if it was a 30 second laugh then I'd be like yeah she sounds like an idiot.

If it was just a quick reaction one then I'd probably just ignore it.

The idea of locking someone up for 90 days for this sort of thing is pretty messed up. Contempt of court is generally a BS charge.
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UnfairRepresent
12/02/19 9:21:25 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Well yeah

You act like that us unreasonable
It is in the sense it's relative to how bad a mood the judge is in. The enforcement of contempt is entirely at the whim of how easily angered the judge is that day.

So you're mad that a judge makes judgements
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Grindcorp9000
12/02/19 9:23:03 AM
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she was in jail for a single night. focus people.

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Bluebomber182
12/02/19 9:23:47 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
Bluebomber182 posted...
Turns out the woman has PBA and it causes her to have uncontrollable periods of crying or laughing. It aint right to jail her for this
she's the joker?


I know people with PBA and it aint a condition to joke about
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viewmaster_pi
12/02/19 9:24:45 AM
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Bluebomber182 posted...
I know people with PBA and it aint a condition to joke about
He had it in the movie

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Ethosian
12/02/19 9:26:08 AM
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TommyG663513 posted...
Do we have any idea how bad her laugh was?

Like if it was a 30 second laugh then I'd be like yeah she sounds like an idiot.

The judge said in the video she was laughing throughout the entirety of the sister's testimony.
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Bluebomber182
12/02/19 9:28:11 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
Bluebomber182 posted...
I know people with PBA and it aint a condition to joke about
He had it in the movie


Oh I never saw it

Its bad condition that makes it hard for people to go out in public
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Rebel_Patriot
12/02/19 9:29:55 AM
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Doesnt bother me. Regardless how much time she spent, judge was making a point.
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Bluebomber182
12/02/19 9:32:37 AM
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Point or not it aint right to jail her for a condition she has no control over
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Drumiester
12/02/19 9:51:15 AM
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Perascamin posted...
It's not like the drunk driver's mom was in the backseat of the car when the incident occurred cheering them on to hit someone. Drunk driving is a shitty habit that should be severely punished, especially when someone besides the driver gets hurt as a result of it.

However, some people laugh in stressful situations.


Try saying that when its your loved one who was lost and someones laughing


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Ballinari
12/02/19 9:56:17 AM
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Imagine how much people would rage if a power hungry cop shot a person who has a condition where they twitch often just because they said something along the lines of "STOP MOVING"
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LightHawKnight
12/02/19 10:07:33 AM
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Man if only people who talked in quiet cars get 3 months as well.
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eston
12/02/19 10:43:25 AM
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It's always bothered me that judges can do that. Just throw somebody in jail because they feel like it. If she's being disruptive then remove her from the courtroom. Contempt of court should not be a jailable offense at all, it isn't even a charge and basically sidesteps due process

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Hanky_Bannister
12/02/19 10:47:08 AM
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Perascamin posted...
3 months in jail for laughing is objectively wrong no matter how you want to look at it.

ugh. someone needs attention this morning
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Hanky_Bannister
12/02/19 10:51:55 AM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
Bluebomber182 posted...
Turns out the woman has PBA and it causes her to have uncontrollable periods of crying or laughing

Yeah, right! That's exactly what I'd say if I was facing three months in prison too! Was this a "previously undiagnosed condition?"

this

its a fucking cop out
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TommyG663513
12/02/19 11:02:59 AM
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Ethosian posted...
TommyG663513 posted...
Do we have any idea how bad her laugh was?

Like if it was a 30 second laugh then I'd be like yeah she sounds like an idiot.

The judge said in the video she was laughing throughout the entirety of the sister's testimony.


Yeah if true then fair. I just find it suspect to go solely off of the Judge's words to make such a determination. Contempt of court just sounds like BS in general so I'm gonna take the Judge's words with a grain of salt.

Curious as to what caused her to laugh. Like how could you find her testimony funny in any way?
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TommyG663513
12/02/19 11:20:35 AM
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Also, I don't get why the guy was allowed to just leave and then the judge decided at the last second to jail the mom. I don't understand the inconsistency.

The video starts around the time the drunk driver is giving testimony, it appears at least. I don't know why the judge picked this moment to make an issue of them laughing. It seems that if they were laughing the whole way through previous testimonies that it should have been stopped right then.

This just looks like one of those times where the video doesn't show nearly enough.

Also, this video is almost three years old
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Barber102
12/02/19 12:03:33 PM
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A night in jail seems fair. No one should be defending her but of course people are going to of course defend the indefensible.
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Ilishe
12/02/19 12:06:18 PM
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Yeah I doubt she wasn't out in like a week or two.

Good lesson though.

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eston
12/02/19 12:08:31 PM
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Barber102 posted...
A night in jail seems fair. No one should be defending her but of course people are going to of course defend the indefensible.
I don't think you have to defend the mom at all to think that putting someone in jail for laughing is ridiculous

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
12/02/19 12:11:24 PM
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Is there a video of the woman laughing?
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DanHaren2019
12/02/19 12:18:20 PM
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WameisJinston posted...
DanHaren2019 posted...
Good for her. Too bad most judges are the opposite and only make decisions based on race

And how do you know this one wasnt based on race?


Because it's deserved
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