Garbage man sentenced to 30 days in jail for waking up rich man

[King]

http://news.yahoo.com/let-sleep-georgia-trash-man-gets-30-days-213758415.html

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[Sumner 1868]

Southern "justice" strikes again.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Wow. Just wow.

[ingemann]

What.....WHAT....no I don't believe it, I must be hallucinating, when I read this. It's simply too dumb.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Okay, before I read the article I'm going to assume this was in Forsyth County.  

(reading)

North Fulton.  Close enough.  The vicious nature of the Southern richneck knows no bounds. 

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is beyond disgusting.

[Indy Texas]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Welcome to America, gentlemen.

[TDAS04]

Beyond outrageous.  Those who enacted this law are the ones who deserve to be locked up. 

[Pandaguineapig]

This reminds me of a wealthy community about 20 miles from where I live writing to a local newspaper asking that neither the police or fire departments use sirens between the hours of 11PM and 8AM

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

WTF

[Hatman 🍁]

How did I know this guy would be Black? Only in America...

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

America in 2015: the only greater injustice than a black man being thrown in jail for doing his job is if said black poor would ever do something so foul as to inconvenience a white wealthy by taking his trash away too early.  

And people get on the leftists for their combative language towards wealthies.  

[ElectionsGuy]

Wow, it has to be a black guy and it has to be Georgia... come on now. Who actually complains to authorities about them being "disturbed" by a garbage truck? Seriously? I guess people who mow their lawns at 5AM should be jailed too I never thought people could go to jail over a mere ordinance, ridiculous.

[Indy Texas]

Clearly someone needs to figure out what the ZIP code for this neighborhood is and look up their phone numbers. Some middle-of-the-night phone calls and we'll see how much they like their precious sleep.

Maybe this guy could get the community on his side if he positioned himself as, "a small businessman who was just doing his job only to be ensnared in pointless, unnecessary government regulation."

[Sumner 1868]

Maybe this guy could get the community on his side if he positioned himself as, "a small businessman who was just doing his job only to be ensnared in pointless, unnecessary government regulation."

Don't forget "taxpayer."

[BaconBacon96]

Ugh, I'm not surprised it's in the South.

[The Free North]

Thats pretty embarrassing

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

If he was ordered to go out and work earlier than was legally allowed, his first move would have been to offer to sell his employers down the river.

Noise ordinances aren't unreasonable, and I doubt the neighborhood cared what his skin tone was when they called the police for waking them up earlier than he was allowed to. This isn't their fault at all. It's the fault of the prosecutor, who seems like a grandstanding asshole by going for the max.  You're absolutely right that this sums up the problem with clogging up our jails with non-violent offenders. There's no way a first-time noise ordinance violation should result in anything but a fine.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

If he was ordered to go out and work earlier than was legally allowed, his first move would have been to offer to sell his employers down the river.

Noise ordinances aren't unreasonable, and I doubt the neighborhood cared what his skin tone was when they called the police for waking them up earlier than he was allowed to. This isn't their fault at all. It's the fault of the prosecutor, who seems like a grandstanding asshole by going for the max.  You're absolutely right that this sums up the problem with clogging up our jails with non-violent offenders. There's no way a first-time noise ordinance violation should result in anything but a fine.

You don't think when these fine homeowners looked out the window that they took into account he is a black in suburban Atlanta?  Yea, the prosecutor is a total POS, but who the hell calls 911 or the cops on the trash guy?!

[ElectionsGuy]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

If he was ordered to go out and work earlier than was legally allowed, his first move would have been to offer to sell his employers down the river.

Noise ordinances aren't unreasonable, and I doubt the neighborhood cared what his skin tone was when they called the police for waking them up earlier than he was allowed to. This isn't their fault at all. It's the fault of the prosecutor, who seems like a grandstanding asshole by going for the max.  You're absolutely right that this sums up the problem with clogging up our jails with non-violent offenders. There's no way a first-time noise ordinance violation should result in anything but a fine.

You don't think when these fine homeowners looked out the window that they took into account he is a black in suburban Atlanta?  Yea, the prosecutor is a total POS, but who the hell calls 911 or the cops on the trash guy?!

Suburban Atlanta is a lot more diverse than you think.

[Panda Express]

Guys, it wasn't like he was just 10 minutes early. He was 2 hours early.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

If he was ordered to go out and work earlier than was legally allowed, his first move would have been to offer to sell his employers down the river.

Noise ordinances aren't unreasonable, and I doubt the neighborhood cared what his skin tone was when they called the police for waking them up earlier than he was allowed to. This isn't their fault at all. It's the fault of the prosecutor, who seems like a grandstanding asshole by going for the max.  You're absolutely right that this sums up the problem with clogging up our jails with non-violent offenders. There's no way a first-time noise ordinance violation should result in anything but a fine.

You don't think when these fine homeowners looked out the window that they took into account he is a black in suburban Atlanta?  Yea, the prosecutor is a total POS, but who the hell calls 911 or the cops on the trash guy?!

Suburban Atlanta is a lot more diverse than you think.

Well, this is very much to do with an individual neighborhood, no?  

[Nutmeg]

Okay, before I read the article I'm going to assume this was in Forsyth County. 

(reading)

North Fulton.  Close enough.  The vicious nature of the Southern richneck knows no bounds. 

This is a miscarriage of justice for sure, but Sandy Springs is not a redneck place at all. It's country club Republicans combined with a corridor of poors of various ethnicities.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

This is absurd and yet another example of jails and prisons overcrowded with nonviolent offenders whose wrongs really don't merit incarceration to begin with.

I seriously doubt McGill, of his own volition, went in to work extra early, fired up a garbage truck and went out during a restricted time. Some supervisor probably overlooked the restriction and sent this man out earlier than authorized. The article says he was a "new" employee which means he likely wouldn't have known better and certainly wouldn't have been in a position to contradict his managers. The company should be getting fined. And if the vengeful people of Georgia absolutely must throw someone in jail, why not the man's supervisor or whoever is highest up on the chain of command?

Furthermore, the fact that an upscale neighborhood won't allow trash collection before 7 am because they don't want to be woken up just feeds into the stereotypes about Southerners - including rich Southerners - being lazy. If you're an adult in a professional or managerial job and you're still in bed at 7 am, you probably don't deserve whatever salary you're being paid. The hedge fund managers in Manhattan have been up since before 6. How fitting that the descendants of slaveowners down in Dixie are taking a cue from their ancestors and sleeping in while the darkies outside do all the work.

If he was ordered to go out and work earlier than was legally allowed, his first move would have been to offer to sell his employers down the river.

Noise ordinances aren't unreasonable, and I doubt the neighborhood cared what his skin tone was when they called the police for waking them up earlier than he was allowed to. This isn't their fault at all. It's the fault of the prosecutor, who seems like a grandstanding asshole by going for the max.  You're absolutely right that this sums up the problem with clogging up our jails with non-violent offenders. There's no way a first-time noise ordinance violation should result in anything but a fine.

You don't think when these fine homeowners looked out the window that they took into account he is a black in suburban Atlanta?  Yea, the prosecutor is a total POS, but who the hell calls 911 or the cops on the trash guy?!

You're assuming that they were fast enough looking out the window after just being woken up to observe the driver rather than the back of his truck as they drove away.