• jabjoe@feddit.uk
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    Lots of countries have small towns, where that doesn’t mean it’s fine to shoot a daughter. It’s an international scandal now, so it’s not like they managed to keep it quiet. Everyone, everywhere, can see the disfunction.

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      It’s not like it matters. Being international news isn’t going to suddenly make the good ol boys do the right thing.

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        But the folks above those good ol boys suddenly have a spot light on them, so feel pressured to do the right thing. They get ask by those above them why are they failing.

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        Lots of eyes actually do have a way of getting these kinds of cases.the attention they need; remember Ahmaud Arbery? Good ol’ boys walked away uncharged until a local news report went viral 2 months later.