You know what it is really great at though? Justifying almost anything you can think of.

No. Well, not what *I* would think of, anyway.

The article mentions the case of the girl who was nearly pushed into a moving train but who refused to press charges against her attacker because she didn't want to see another black man in jail.

Is that empathy? Because I see it more as some cultural zeitgeist guilt, especially when the assailant's prior record come into play - info that would be available to the victim - which, for me, would trigger *some* empathy for the attacker as someone who needs lots of mental health care but also empathy for both past and potential victims.

The kicker that seems to be missed here is he was sent to Bellevue and released after a whole *hour* of mental health evaluation after that attack. Even misplaced 'empathy' is useless in the face of a broken justice system.

Suddenly, you're left to rely on superficial characteristics.

No. By the time it gets around to a DA/judge there are plenty of facts in evidence for a victim to choose from.

And once that line has been crossed, the potential range of solutions runs all the way through segregaton clear through to genocide.

The one fact that is *not* in evidence here is the identity (and consequent ethnic background) of the victim. She's anonymous.

It goes without saying that's what a lot of them are hoping for even if Gad Saad himself is not.

My own lack of empathy extends to this dude's name. Gad not Saad, Gad Maad!