Guest wrote:Maddog wrote:Verum wrote:Maddog wrote:Verum wrote:Let's take a closer look at the criminal activities of those opposed to the Occupy movement, the much beloved by arseholes Tea Party movement.
As stated earlier these unsavoury characters, the Koch brothers, funded Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks which are linked to the Tea Party movement.
Their crimes (of which there are many) dwarf anything by Occupy and include:
DEFECATION: A Koch Industries subsidiary ynegligently dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of aviation fuel into wetlands near the Mississippi River. They also dumped million gallons of high-ammonia wastewater. Koch Petroleum paid the Dakota County Park System a $6 million fine and $2 million in remediation costs, and was ordered to serve three years of probation.
In 2007, Koch Nitrogen's plant in Enid, Oklahoma, was listed as the third highest company releasing toxic chemicals in Oklahoma.
THEFT: In 1999, a federal jury found that Koch Industries had stolen oil from government and American Indian lands, had lied about its purchases more than 24,000 times, and was fined $553,504.
In 2001, Koch Industries paid $25 million to the federal government to settle a federal lawsuit that found the company had improperly taken more oil than it had paid for from federal and Indian land.
UNLAWFUL KILLING: In 1999, a Texas jury found that negligence had led to the rupture of the Koch pipeline that fueled the explosion killing the two teenagers, and awarded a $296 million verdict — "the largest compensatory damages judgment in a wrongful death case against a corporation in U.S. history"
(Wiki)
Helps to put things into perspective, don't you think?
Not really. If they broke the law and were not punished, then I could see your point.
Are you saying that they did not break the law or that they were punished for breaking the law? If the latter please provide details of the punishments they personally received.
It appears they were held responsible in civil court (not criminal) and their punishments were fines. Civil courts don't put people in jail. Do you know the difference between Civil and Criminal cases?
Jesus buddy, your post lists the punishments, and then you ask me what the fuck they were.
He was making a point lamp. Sadly, it was like an Airbus 380 - 37,000 feet over your head.
The point is that the state never puts some high exec in jail for an employees death. Whichever court.
The state never puts anyone in jail for wrongful death, it's a civil suit. If someone commits the criminal act of murder, they will go to jail if convicted.
Where have I defended anyone's right to commit criminal acts? I would say that I treat all people the same, regardless of what "percent" people want to lable them. I don't care how much money you have, or how little.