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French Courts Are Giving Protesters INSANE Sentences
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I mean every example you listed is fundamentally a property crime. I don't see how property crimes could possibly translate into such long prison sentences. Unless they're using weapons and attacking or threatening people it just doesn't make any sense. "Looting" is an arbitrary definition that seems very ripe for abuse by a government that is already out of control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE_Om13VpQw
Well, penal law here can be very precise.
A French article (the one linked to above) about the Redbull case says
All about the context here in France. Only serious cases get to plead their case to a jury (murder, etc.) so this guy had zero chances. Maybe less than zero.
Maybe they are. OP's linked video isn't exactly providing detailed references to the court cases he's talking about.