Sup you beautiful bastards
Hope you've been having a fantastic Wednesday, Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show.
And the first thing we're gonna talk about today is one of the most requested
entertainment/social stories and that's a story around Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran
You most likely remember her as Rose Tico from The Last Jedi and there are stories coming out this week that
she completely wiped her Instagram because she had just been receiving so much abuse online.
along with people that were kind of critiquing her acting or the character in general
They're also just people throwing hate her way and people hitting her with slurs trashing her appearance many taking aim at her weight
But also an important thing to note is even though this was trending people were writing stories about it
There was never really a confirmation from Kelly Marie Tran herself granted
It wouldn't be surprising and she also wouldn't be the first female in Star Wars to just leave Instagram because of the abuse
Of course Daisy Ridley did that back in 2016 temporarily actually. Thanks last Jedi director
Rian Johnson going on a small Twitter spree. We did see some sort of confirmation
johnson
Tweeting what we talked about when we talked about man babies on social media a few
Unhealthy people can cast a big shadow on the wall over the past four years. I've met lots of real fellow Star Wars fans
We like and dislike stuff but we do it with humor love and respect for the vast majority
We're having fun and doing just fine
then it responds to one of several people who try to say that he was taking criticisms and calling it hate he
Responded done with this disingenuous bullshit, you know the difference between not liking a movie and hatefully harassing woman so bad
She has to get off social media and you know, which of those two were talking about here?
And personally I think that note of separation is incredibly important
I'm a big believer in all criticism is in hate right if people are sounding off and I'm like I didn't like the character I
Don't go by this this character did this the character was unnecessary for insert blank reason
Those are critiques when people are personally attacking her they are harassing her throwing slurs at her. That is not the same thing
I think many communities in general can get very very defensive when when they feel like even though you're just talking about a small segment
That everyone that is a part of that group may be painted by a very broad brush
Now, of course the other part of the debate that always pops up with stories like this is hey
You're a famous person now you are in a massive movie. This comes with the territory
Yes, it does. But that should make us less sympathetic to the people that have to go through it
I've essentially been doing varying versions of this online for the past ten years
And I've had the worst of the worst
Constantly thrown at me this also including death threats and if you ask many youtubers they have similar experiences
The only reason I'm okay with it as a very long time
I made peace with the fact that there is always going to be a
Great number of people that fucking hate me and keep in mind kind of like Johnson tries to point out that I'm not talking about
Criticisms these these are two separate things and should be treated as such and with the genuine
harassment and hate it should never be so normalized that we that we put kind of the shame and the weight of it on the
Person being harassed and on the other end. It's also important
We don't take the actions of a minority in a much larger group
Whether it be the Star Wars fandom my audience any audience and then say oh though
that's the example of all of them one of the best ways to fight against that broad brush is if you are part of those
Communities calling that shit out. That's my personal take away from it
And actually I'd love to know yours in the comments down below then on Tuesday
We saw David Hogg's family home swatted David hog
Of course a parkland survivor and activist totally someone called the sheriff's office and said that there was a hostage situation
At the house according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office a SWAT team then responded to the call
They cleared the home luckily at that time. Neither David nor his mother were home. Reportedly at that time
They're in Washington DC to accept the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award
Just a quick thing that I want to sound off with this story
there are so many places that covered this and call this a print some places like Nashville went a little bit further called it a
Dangerous prank let's get something straight. This is not a prank
This is a crime swatting is a crime a crime that we've seen in the past year has resulted in a death
I don't care if you hate someone on the Left don't care if you hate someone on the right but to swat someone you are
A disgusting fucking individual are you doing something that could result in the death of the individual? You're trying to prank?
It's not a prank
once again
You're putting law enforcement in a horrible situation where they may make a mistake and do something horrible
And that's just in addition to wasting law enforcement's time where they could actually be helping other people that do need help
And here's the thing. Someone may have done this to David hog, because they hate him
They want to they want to teach him a lesson. But all you really accomplished was to make him a more sympathetic figure
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I did not realize how how much I wanted this movie in my life in a full trailer for spider-man into the spider verse and
One the story looks really really interesting and to the animation style is fucking amazing. That's it
I will say Jake Johnson has such a
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I'm sure I'll get past that in the first minute and I'm just I'm just so excited then for those who have been asking to
See more of the new studio today
we uploaded a brand new vlog where we kind of did a walkthrough for the team who had not been here yet as well as
For use if you interested be sure to check that out and maybe even subscribe to that channel then we got the honest game trailer
For Shaq boo, man
we had Johnny Knoxville recounting some of his most painful injuries and we had seeker giving us an extended trailer for the signs behind the
Swim and we got the trailer for a star is born' starring Bradley Cooper and Lady gaga and in addition to starring in this film
This is also Cooper's first time directing and if you want to see the full versions of everything
I just shared the secret link of the day
Anything at all links is always there in the description down below then let's talk about Santa Clara County Superior Court, Judge
Aaron Persky for those that don't remember Persky
He was the California judge who ruled on the brock turner sexual assault case there the jury found Brock Turner guilty of assaulting an unconscious
Woman behind a dumpster after a fraternity party and totally was actually found guilty of three
Felony charges and while Brock Turner faced a maximum of 14 years in prison for this the prosecutors ended up only recommending six years
but Persky of course famously only gave him a
Six-month jail sentence of which Brock Turner only actually served three months. And as far as why the sentence was so small
He said Turner at no previous criminal record
He believed Turner would not be a danger to others also saying it a concern that a prison sentence would have a severe impact on
Him and immediately after he handed down this sentence in addition to the just general backlash and outrage
Something else happened a lot professor at Stanford by the name of Michelle Duggar whose daughter is friends with the victim
launched a recall campaign against persk
And that campaign argued that judge purse get shown a pattern of leniency towards athletes and in cases involving sexual assault or other sex crimes
Or domestic violence. And as far as why dauber argued that this recall was so incredibly important
She pointed out that Judge Persky is a criminal judge
One of the very few criminal judges who has a jurisdiction over Stanford
So that means that we would be waiting six more years in order to remove him according to the regular
Action process in any sexual assaults that happen on the Stanford campus during that time would be highly unlikely to receive a prison sentence based
On this precedent the campaign gained a lot of steam yet some prominent figures like attorney and law professor, Anita Hill, New York
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ultimately the campaign collected nearly 100,000 signatures
Which was far more than they needed to get the question put on the ballot, but on the other end
There was also a lot of support for Persky Persky arguing that a recall would threaten the rule of law and judicial independence
making judges fearful of public backlash when handing down rulings when public opinion
Influences a jurors decision or a judge's decision. It corrupts the rule of law
the judicial recall is successful is
Will be a silent
force a silent corrupting force a
Force that will enter the minds of judges as they contemplate difficult decisions. I think judicial recalls should be reserved for
misconduct by a judge or
Incompetence and purse can't afford from dozens of Law School professors retired judges in the Santa Clara Bar Association
And additionally Persky stands by his ruling with brock turner calling it a lawful sentence
Also noting that the County Bar Association found no pattern of bias or undue leniency in his record
Also adding that the State Commission on judicial performance found no ethical violations with the Turner case
But on the other end of that you had the recall campaign saying the commission's report was error writ calling out the lack of transparency
And oversight also pointing out the Center for Public Integrity
Recently gave California and F for judicial accountability in a detailed state study the main point both sides raise money
they campaign it ultimately comes down to
Yesterday and with 97% of precincts reporting fifty nine point eight percent of voters supported recalling Persky
And this makes him the first California judge be recalled from office in
86 years as far as what the extended fallout of this is outside of just Persky himself. Will this affect other judges?
What what else will this do with a legal process?
We're gonna have to kind of just wait and see because the brock turner case and specifically persky's sentencing did have a bigger chain
California lawmakers have enacted mandatory minimums for sexual assault cases
They also ended up closing a sexual assault
loophole and expanded the legal definition of rape to include all forms of non-consensual sexual assault rape had been previously defined as an act of
Sexual intercourse under certain conditions a for stress or lack of consent and so other types of sexual assault such as penetrate
Life for an object were categorized as separate offenses and essentially to oversimplify it because of California law at that time
Turner's crimes the time considered nonviolent because he assaulted an intoxicated
Unconscious person they could not resist. We didn't have to use force and thus it was not violent
And then of course now today we have the Persky Rico and so with all of that said I want to pass the questions off
To you. What do you think about Persky being recalled? Is it a good thing or no? This is a slippery slope
There's gonna be the negative effects any thoughts all your opinions
Let me know in those comments down below then you may remember this picture of Donald Trump and Kim
Kardashian and the Oval Office a lot of people kind of made fun of it many questioning. Why is this
happening and on this show
We only talked about it very briefly
But did mention that she was speaking on behalf of Alice Marie Johnson and trying to get her a pardon
This is very much a conversation about prison reform and mandatory minimums for nonviolent crime
It appears that Kim Kardashian who?
Championed Alice Marie Johnson's story is now responsible for her being a soon to be free woman this because today President Trump
Commuted Alice Johnson's life sentence many people were surprised by this move from Donald Trump and not just because it was Kim Kardashian
that brought it to his attention because among other things this is the same president that said he wanted to seek the death penalty when
It came to drug dealers, but if we don't get tough on the drug dealers
Were wasting our time just remember that we're wasting our time and that toughness
Includes the death penalty and obviously while all nonviolent drug offenders have their own different stories or own different situations when you look at Alice
Johnson's story you kind of see why people think that it's too much to give these people life with no parole with Johnson
She just reportedly had a role facilitating communications and a cocaine trafficking operation
and she said she initially became involved in the drug trafficking in the first place due to
Significant financial hardship after a string of unfortunate events in her life
She had lost her job at FedEx due to a gambling addiction
her son was killed in a motorcycle accident and her marriage ended in divorce a this desperate person in a horrible place that yes did
Do something illegal. One of the big questions to pop up is because it was a non-violent offense
Should that person get life with no parole, but on that no
The reason she got life without parole at that time is due to the amount of drugs involved in her case
But it still begs the question
Is it the right thing to do for that person and also for the country and government right?
Not only is that person locked away for life
but if you're thinking of it from well just a business standpoint that person becomes a constant net negative for our government and for every
Taxpayer and actually with this story that's the question pass off to you
what are your thoughts around mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes and also because there is this argument do you see drug crimes as
Potential violent crimes depending on the drug because it is going to ruin other lives and that's where we're going to end
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