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Oh but there are criminal justice consequences if you do something TO a corporation through. Kid get a 5 year sentence for setting fire to a Macdonald's dumpster. You read that correctly, he set outside garbage on fire and will be in jail for 5 years.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-crime/mcdonalds-employe...



Considering that the "Kid" was a 34 year old employee, that seems like a totally reasonable sentence. If I was judge/jury, I would also give 5 year sentences to arsonists. This is psychotic behavior:

> Joshua Daryl McGregor, 34, was working at the restaurant on 2701 Montgomery Ave. in April 2023 when he became frustrated that the store was too busy

> McGregor lit a piece of cardboard on fire and threw it into the dumpster outside the restaurant that was already full of cardboard and other flammable materials. He ensured the fire ignited before going back inside the restaurant, according to the press release.

> He also filmed the fire with his cell phone and posted the video on social media

> The fire became so intense that customers in the drive-through lane needed to back out of the parking lot

> Savannah Fire Department worked to put out the fire


He set fire to cardboard that was in dumpster in parking lot. This does not warrant a 5 five jail sentence.

Compare, for example, to hitting a cyclist with a car causing spinal injuries and brain damage and then fleeing the scene. He got charged with a misdemeanor and 90 days jail time which he didn't even serve because it was a suspended sentence.

What's the difference between these two cases where both seem to have wildly disproportionate sentences given the details of the crime? One was a minimum-wage macdonalds employee and the other was an investment banker.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/martin-erzinger-morgan-stanl...




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