I have it one good authority that Verizon is a shitty firm to work for and has inept management. That someone might be driven to argue with their superiors is understandable.
He lost his job. Then jerkwater cops came to arrest him for unpaid child support. Something happened, and he ended up charged with, and pleading to “resisting arrest.” (Which can be something as simple as being rude to a cop.)
Sadly, a lot of Americans are credulous and don’t THINK that cops could ever make up or embellish charges. Especially in small rural NJ towns where the justice system doesn’t have anything better to do than to fuck with people’s lives.[/quote]
I agree that we should find some way to help people who have criminal records find gainful employment. It’s a problem, but I’m not exactly sure how to go about fixing it. Perhaps some very specialized training for certain industries.
While I want to see them thrive and do better after “doing their time,” I also don’t want violent ex-convicts fixing the air conditioning or plumbing in my home. And these are the jobs that they are often trained to do when they are in prison. We need to find a better way to deal with this.
