Family of Braylon Meade says justice was not served in deadly drunk driving incident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a distinction between children and adults in our society. The family is in pain. How is trying him as an adult going to make their pain go away? How many years sentence is supposed to make their pain go away? I feel for this family, but, I also think it is important to make a distinction between children and adults in our criminal justice system.

Justice not being served increases their pain. This was their child’s precious life and future.

[Anonymous]

The driver is a danger to society, and will continue to be after house arrest. He’ll be on the roads with your children and loved ones.

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PP again…I can’t even. I have to get off this thread, it’s too triggering.

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Anonymous wrote:This family is clearly loaded. I hope that did not have anything to do with the outcome.

Of course it did. They persuaded the judge to give an even lower sentence. Effective advocacy isn’t cheap. Although the prosecutor’s actions were disgraceful, rich people who commit DUI homicide get away with this everywhere.

The judge decided the sentencing, not the CA.

The CA decided to try to him as minor. That was her decision alone.

Good. Either you're a minor or you're not, and I think people should be tried as minors until they have reached the voting age. You want to lower the age at which someone can be tried as an adult? Fine, lower the voting age.

And again, for the people who don't seem to get it: the CA asked for a longer sentence than the judge gave.

The Meade family is suffering now and will be suffering for years to come. You don't have to deny that to think that they shouldn't be the ones determining the punishment.

There was a great episode of the You're Wrong About poscast recently titled "What even is justice?" which makes the point that our desire for vengeance is linked to our inability to acknowledge and validate grief.

Exactly. I was sympathetic for the Meade family until becoming aware of the toxic way they and their coterie of attack dogs are now behaving. They are the last people I’d want making sentencing decisions.

Did you really just say this about family that lost their child? A family that hears about graduation and college plans for all their son’s friends and grieves at the unjustness of their child being dead while the killer sits in his mansion? Take a seat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

What, you object to *being grounded* as a punishment for killing someone? Curb your bloodlust, punishment is irrational and people only want it because they can’t manage their feelings properly.

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Anonymous wrote:This family is clearly loaded. I hope that did not have anything to do with the outcome.

Of course it did. They persuaded the judge to give an even lower sentence. Effective advocacy isn’t cheap. Although the prosecutor’s actions were disgraceful, rich people who commit DUI homicide get away with this everywhere.

The judge decided the sentencing, not the CA.

The CA decided to try to him as minor. That was her decision alone.

Good. Either you're a minor or you're not, and I think people should be tried as minors until they have reached the voting age. You want to lower the age at which someone can be tried as an adult? Fine, lower the voting age.

And again, for the people who don't seem to get it: the CA asked for a longer sentence than the judge gave.

The Meade family is suffering now and will be suffering for years to come. You don't have to deny that to think that they shouldn't be the ones determining the punishment.

There was a great episode of the You're Wrong About poscast recently titled "What even is justice?" which makes the point that our desire for vengeance is linked to our inability to acknowledge and validate grief.

Exactly. I was sympathetic for the Meade family until becoming aware of the toxic way they and their coterie of attack dogs are now behaving. They are the last people I’d want making sentencing decisions.

I'm still sympathetic to them -- their wound is so fresh, of course they're lashing out. But there was zero chance that a rich guy from McLean, minor or adult, was going to pay any significant penalty for what he did. That's the system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

What, you object to *being grounded* as a punishment for killing someone? Curb your bloodlust, punishment is irrational and people only want it because they can’t manage their feelings properly.

Punishment is irrational? Lol. You must be a great parent! But my guess is you are a childless social justice warrior with no concept of the real world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

What, you object to *being grounded* as a punishment for killing someone? Curb your bloodlust, punishment is irrational and people only want it because they can’t manage their feelings properly.

Punishment is irrational? Lol. You must be a great parent! But my guess is you are a childless social justice warrior with no concept of the real world.

That was sarcasm

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

Wound it make it better if he lived in a trailer park? I know people killed by DD and it really doesn’t matter what SES level or HHI. The pain is enormous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This family is clearly loaded. I hope that did not have anything to do with the outcome.

Of course it did. They persuaded the judge to give an even lower sentence. Effective advocacy isn’t cheap. Although the prosecutor’s actions were disgraceful, rich people who commit DUI homicide get away with this everywhere.

The judge decided the sentencing, not the CA.

The CA decided to try to him as minor. That was her decision alone.

Good. Either you're a minor or you're not, and I think people should be tried as minors until they have reached the voting age. You want to lower the age at which someone can be tried as an adult? Fine, lower the voting age.

And again, for the people who don't seem to get it: the CA asked for a longer sentence than the judge gave.

The Meade family is suffering now and will be suffering for years to come. You don't have to deny that to think that they shouldn't be the ones determining the punishment.

There was a great episode of the You're Wrong About poscast recently titled "What even is justice?" which makes the point that our desire for vengeance is linked to our inability to acknowledge and validate grief.

Exactly. I was sympathetic for the Meade family until becoming aware of the toxic way they and their coterie of attack dogs are now behaving. They are the last people I’d want making sentencing decisions.

I'm still sympathetic to them -- their wound is so fresh, of course they're lashing out. But there was zero chance that a rich guy from McLean, minor or adult, was going to pay any significant penalty for what he did. That's the system.

There are other scoundrels in McLean (and Arlington, too) who’ve received long prison sentences for their crimes in recent years. But this is a juvenile and the system recognizes they are not adults. But now we have a bunch of adults apparently being encouraged by the Meade family to act like toddlers or at best tweens when it comes to recognizing how the judicial system treats juvenile offenders.

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Anonymous wrote:This family is clearly loaded. I hope that did not have anything to do with the outcome.

Of course it did. They persuaded the judge to give an even lower sentence. Effective advocacy isn’t cheap. Although the prosecutor’s actions were disgraceful, rich people who commit DUI homicide get away with this everywhere.

The judge decided the sentencing, not the CA.

The CA decided to try to him as minor. That was her decision alone.

Good. Either you're a minor or you're not, and I think people should be tried as minors until they have reached the voting age. You want to lower the age at which someone can be tried as an adult? Fine, lower the voting age.

And again, for the people who don't seem to get it: the CA asked for a longer sentence than the judge gave.

The Meade family is suffering now and will be suffering for years to come. You don't have to deny that to think that they shouldn't be the ones determining the punishment.

There was a great episode of the You're Wrong About poscast recently titled "What even is justice?" which makes the point that our desire for vengeance is linked to our inability to acknowledge and validate grief.

Exactly. I was sympathetic for the Meade family until becoming aware of the toxic way they and their coterie of attack dogs are now behaving. They are the last people I’d want making sentencing decisions.

I'm still sympathetic to them -- their wound is so fresh, of course they're lashing out. But there was zero chance that a rich guy from McLean, minor or adult, was going to pay any significant penalty for what he did. That's the system.

There are other scoundrels in McLean (and Arlington, too) who’ve received long prison sentences for their crimes in recent years. But this is a juvenile and the system recognizes they are not adults. But now we have a bunch of adults apparently being encouraged by the Meade family to act like toddlers or at best tweens when it comes to recognizing how the judicial system treats juvenile offenders.

I don’t think it’s “acting like toddlers” for people to expect something more than a slap on the wrist in this case. I almost think the system did the driver a disservice by leaving the public with the opinion that he wasn’t punished adequately by the law. Now you get the community outrage. I don’t wish any ill towards the young man - I sincerely hope he can embrace a positive change and learn from this. But I can also be outraged that the killing of a boy from our community didn’t result in any real criminal consequences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who know him from McLean report that he’s actually serving the year under house arrest, not in a detention center

Oh this keeps getting worse. He doesn’t even have to live in a jail cell for a year? I feel so bad for Braylon’s family. Losing a child is already horrible, but this is salt in the wound.

In a $3M house, nonetheless!

Wound it make it better if he lived in a trailer park? I know people killed by DD and it really doesn’t matter what SES level or HHI. The pain is enormous.

hmmmm, a family living in a trailer park would not have the resources for the lawyers This family was able to get. The mother works in government affairs at well-known companies. Additionally, he gets to spend a year on “house arrest“ in a $3 million house, as opposed to a trailer. You can’t even begin to think the same outcome would have been allowed from a low ses family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This family is clearly loaded. I hope that did not have anything to do with the outcome.

Of course it did. They persuaded the judge to give an even lower sentence. Effective advocacy isn’t cheap. Although the prosecutor’s actions were disgraceful, rich people who commit DUI homicide get away with this everywhere.

The judge decided the sentencing, not the CA.

The CA decided to try to him as minor. That was her decision alone.

Good. Either you're a minor or you're not, and I think people should be tried as minors until they have reached the voting age. You want to lower the age at which someone can be tried as an adult? Fine, lower the voting age.

And again, for the people who don't seem to get it: the CA asked for a longer sentence than the judge gave.

The Meade family is suffering now and will be suffering for years to come. You don't have to deny that to think that they shouldn't be the ones determining the punishment.

There was a great episode of the You're Wrong About poscast recently titled "What even is justice?" which makes the point that our desire for vengeance is linked to our inability to acknowledge and validate grief.

Exactly. I was sympathetic for the Meade family until becoming aware of the toxic way they and their coterie of attack dogs are now behaving. They are the last people I’d want making sentencing decisions.

You are legit a monster.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think you get to foment a lynch mob that doesn’t respect that we have a functioning legal system to address such tragedies, and then call out other people as monsters.