by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
If it were Donald Trump heading to prison, his lawyers would be arguing for house arrest at Mar-a-Lago. But Trump's former attorney is not that lucky.
Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison last week for various financial crimes (including paying hush money to a pair of Trump's . . . er . . . uh . . . mistresses) and lying to Congress. He is due to report to the lock-up next March, giving the tainted attorney plenty of time to enjoy the holidays and engage in a long goodbye with family and friends.
Cohen will apparently be serving his time at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution located just a two-hour drive north of his home in Manhattan. Otisville, which has amenities that rival many county clubs including a bocce ball court, state-of-the-art exercise equipment, and a commissary with a wide array of culinary delicacies, was recently declared by Forbes Magazine to be one of the ten "cushiest" prisons in America.
Of course Mr Cohen, who had the good sense to be born white and amass a fortune working primarily for one sleazebag client, should expect nothing less than the best for his time at camp. He has no tattoos, and he is not the sort of person who should be locked away in America's penal dungeons with rampaging hordes of black and Hispanic drug-crazed real criminals. Cohen's crimes were of a more refined nature - and his nails are professionally manicured.
Real New York criminals, the ones who lacked the good sense to be born into white affluent families and probably don't have a clue as to how to play bocce ball - or even croquet, can fill the cells in places like Attica and Sing Sing and Ryker's Island with others of their ilk. But Michael Cohen is different. He's special - and by God, the American justice system will see to it that he is treated according to his station in life.
The recognition of privilege, especially white privilege, is one of the things that makes America great - isn't it?
Citizen Journalist
If it were Donald Trump heading to prison, his lawyers would be arguing for house arrest at Mar-a-Lago. But Trump's former attorney is not that lucky.
Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison last week for various financial crimes (including paying hush money to a pair of Trump's . . . er . . . uh . . . mistresses) and lying to Congress. He is due to report to the lock-up next March, giving the tainted attorney plenty of time to enjoy the holidays and engage in a long goodbye with family and friends.
Cohen will apparently be serving his time at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution located just a two-hour drive north of his home in Manhattan. Otisville, which has amenities that rival many county clubs including a bocce ball court, state-of-the-art exercise equipment, and a commissary with a wide array of culinary delicacies, was recently declared by Forbes Magazine to be one of the ten "cushiest" prisons in America.
Of course Mr Cohen, who had the good sense to be born white and amass a fortune working primarily for one sleazebag client, should expect nothing less than the best for his time at camp. He has no tattoos, and he is not the sort of person who should be locked away in America's penal dungeons with rampaging hordes of black and Hispanic drug-crazed real criminals. Cohen's crimes were of a more refined nature - and his nails are professionally manicured.
Real New York criminals, the ones who lacked the good sense to be born into white affluent families and probably don't have a clue as to how to play bocce ball - or even croquet, can fill the cells in places like Attica and Sing Sing and Ryker's Island with others of their ilk. But Michael Cohen is different. He's special - and by God, the American justice system will see to it that he is treated according to his station in life.
The recognition of privilege, especially white privilege, is one of the things that makes America great - isn't it?
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