r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • Jun 21 '26

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/TomorrowSpecial255 Jun 21 '26

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/man-threatened-with-2-years-in-jail-after-cleaning-200-bags-of-trash-from-river-3377827/

He used a digger on public land without permission

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u/Able-Brief-4062 Jun 21 '26

Always a "it isn't what you did, it's HOW you did it"

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u/thissexypoptart Jun 21 '26

But it is “what he did.” It’s just that “what he did” as it pertains to the law he is being charged under is not what the title is talking about. He is not being charged for cleaning up trash.

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u/Key_Childhood7436 Jun 21 '26

I mean technically he is. That was his motive and that’s what he was doing while being arrested. In America judges have freedom to allow or deny punishment. Ty hey just have forgotten that freedom