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[beenwaitinglong]

[Diego is sitting at his desk at the prosecutor's office. There is a large stack of paperwork in front of him. He picks up the top sheet, casually sipping his coffee with his other hand.]

Thirteen suspects. Let's add it up.

One hundred and thirty counts of willful destruction of property. Twenty-six counts of arson. Ninety-one counts of assault, twenty-six counts of assault with a deadly weapon and thirteen counts of assault by misuse of powers. And last but certainly not least, fifty-two counts of manslaughter.

[A long sip of coffee.]

Now all I need is names.

Comments

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[thelittlestbub]

Check the network. She was very blatant about organizing it in public. Through her, you'll probably get the others.

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[beenwaitinglong]

Already noted. Thank you.

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[thelittlestbub]

Might be able to pull a few more names. Gimme some time. Frankly, they deserve to be arrested and punished.

[Yes, Jubilee just said that. Because if you're going to be blatant and stupid, you deserve to get caught.]

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[beenwaitinglong]

Of course they do. They broke the law.

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[thelittlestbub]

And were stupidly blatant about it.

[She has pride, okay? A first year student at her former home knew better than to put shit on the network and adults who should know better completely ignored warnings. Now? She'll help punish them just to prove a point.]

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[beenwaitinglong]

I'd rather they just not break the law at all, blatant or not.

If we want equal protection under the law, we need to prove ourselves capable of obeying the law. That means equal punishment as well.

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[thelittlestbub]

The law will never be equal. To do that requires the natives to see us as human. something they don't want to do, and frankly, some Newcomers don't give a damn about.

But they do deserve to be punished.

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[beenwaitinglong]

Of course they don't want to see us as human. It's too easy for them to "other" us and see us as the enemy when so many of us are ready and willing to riot, to murder and destroy at the drop of a hat.

Do they think those people deserve protection under their laws, deserve to be in their city? Of course not.

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[thelittlestbub]

Then again, the "Natives" do the same thing, now don't they?

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[beenwaitinglong]

Yes, they do. And they face charges for it. Newcomers need to be no different.

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[thelittlestbub]

Not even you are naive enough to think all of them do.

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[beenwaitinglong]

You're right. I'm not. And I don't think that.

But I'm one of the people working to change that.