WHITE ENTITLEMENT-PRIVILEGE

White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. Source: Wiki

Bruno Joseph Cua has been charged with assaulting a federal officer, among other crimes, as part of the January 6th insurrection. He has been in jail since his arrest on February 5th. He doesn’t want to be in jail anymore, he wants to go home. Bruno is 18-years-old, and white.

Bruno’s parents drove him from Atlanta to D.C. so he could “be there” for the big “Stop the Steal” rally, which makes one wonder whether mom and dad should be charged with aiding and abetting or as conspirators. After all, prosecutors say the teen shoved a cop and made it all the way to the Senate floor with a baton through the halls of the Capitol. A baton is a weapon.

From Rawstory:

Cua’s posts on social media make clear that he was driven to joining the Capitol invasion by the conspiracy theories promoted by former President Donald Trump. His father has said that he “parroted stuff from other leaders on social media and leaders ― like the president ― or the attorneys like Lin Wood and all these people saying ‘We have all this information and everything’s gonna come out.'”

He knew exactly what he was getting into. Eighteen-year-olds may not be as mature as most adults, but every 18-year-old knows it’s wrong to shove a police officer and run like a vandal through a federal building. Let us pretend for just a flashing moment that Trump was right, that the election was a mess and needed “recounts.” Even if one accepted that truth, one still knows that it doesn’t excuse shoving a police officer and barging into the senate with a weapon. Period.

It takes white entitlement to think that he’s paid his dues to society and Bruno thinks he’s suffered enough:

His letter to the judge on Thursday stated that he is “deeply remoursefull [sic] and regretful. After all, that’s what jail’s for, right? Teaching people a lesson?” He concluded, “I just want to go home to my Mom and Dad, I am truly sorry.”

Bruno needs to listen up. There are hundreds of thousands of people, millions, in prisons and jails across this country, almost all of whom are deeply remorseful and sorry. They regret their actions. But jail is not just about “teaching a lesson.” It is also about punishment for what was done and it is to deter other people from trying the same. One month in jail is not going to do much to “deter” anyone wanting to shove over a police officer and run through a prohibited place with a weapon.

We are not judges. Most judges, by far, are actually very good at determining who needs to be in prison, or who should be granted bail, all that. They deal with it every day. The judge will decide whether Bruno should go home until he goes to trial. What we do know is that being deeply remorseful and thinking that one’s learned a lesson is not a reason to be let out on bail.

It also wreaks of white entitlement, mom and dad cannot save him this time.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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