The sketchy part is not her not getting convicted. It’s that no charges were even filed. I also enjoyed this bit of info from one of the sources regarding the other DUI incident. Prosecutors in Texas have dropped a 2011 drunken driving citation against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. heiress Alice Walton.

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    fuck this, how would you feel if the pedestrian was your family. how do people deal with tragedy like that without… losing the will to be civil?

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      People like this have money. That creates a barrier between them and "other"people. With enough money you never have to think about anyone below the line.

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        And this is why I dislike the idiotic temporarily embarrassed billionaires most of all. They’re just looking for a way to get away with all of their shitty impulses.

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        The problem is not them having money. The problem is they’re treated differently because they have money. As if laws don’t apply to them just because they have money. Their enablers are the problem.

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      To be honest I don’t know. I’m continuously surprised by how few politicians and rich people are shot by people they have wronged.

      Like if it was your only kid or something I don’t know how you hold yourself back in the face of this kind of injustice.

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      Sadly I’ll bet this happens a lot and it is ultimately decided that it was an accident, so there is no one to blame. Honestly if I was the family I might hope for that outcome because otherwise I would love the rest of my life consumed with hatred for someone rather than seeing it as just fate.