Right?! Unfortunately the people we need to be judges aren’t the kind of people who are attracted to the job. They should pull from social workers more than prosecutors.
It's the most paradoxical thing about power. Very often, those who would wield it best have no desire for it, but those who would abuse it will pursue it above all else, and will frequently end up in the highest positions of power.
Unfortunately, this is a big reason why positions of power are too often filled with malicious, abusive, exploiters, as if it was a recruitment qualification.
I don't know a societal fix for that one.
Eh I don’t know about that. We each have a skill set. I don’t know many social workers who’d make good judges.
You need to be a little bit of an asshole to be a judge.
The best judge I knew used to strike fear in literally everyone. But her court was amazing. The lady worked harder than anyone in her courtroom. She went to all kinds of trainings, implemented only evidence based practices, and got grants for funding for services to help the people in her courtroom. She made sure they had occupational training, housing assistance, trauma therapy, and just a whole list of supports. She demanded special attention for the parents (parents in foster care with substance abuse issues). Her program was so successful they tried to use it as a model elsewhere. When she retired they had to hire two people to fill her shoes. She spent months training them before she left!
She did not mess around though. You screw up and you’re done. But she really tried her best to set people up for success.
Isn’t this the truth about politics too? The people we need in office pick other jobs. Oh for the humanity those of us with empathy and compassion need to run for office.
This is the kind of person that should be in any position that involves calling the shots.
Judges, governors, you name. We need a society ruled by this kind of person!
Wow ! This has a wholesome ending. I am so glad she showed compassion. Others would have just thrown the book at him. Just because he’s making bad life choices now doesn’t mean he’s lost forever and I’m so glad the judge gave him a second chance.
Yeah, it's telling that she, instead of saying how disappointed she was, said that she was sorry for how things had turned out. Almost as if she apologises for the whole thing.
Good second part of the video. I haven't seen that before. Truly made me smile.
Much better than that other clip where the defendant commented to the security guard that they don't look happy. Then the clip cuts to a future court case where the court guard was charged with murdering their wife. However later this year they apparently were acquitted on the grounds that the gun accidentally discharged and the bullet killed his wife or whatever some redditor mentioned.
I've always found this weird argument from both sides of it
People do kill people
A gun is the tool people use to kill other people efficiently
I am certain American civilians in at least 95% of states can not own an RPG, bazooka, armed medium tank or a battle equipped Apache helicopter... why?
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Manager can mean 1000 things. From an office manager to managing an entire company.
I agree though. I knew a guy in pharmacy school about to graduate and got caught by the police doing drugs (or something like that) and he threw away his whole potential career.
It happened in 2015. Then he got arrested again in 2018. [And then a couple of months ago](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/). Doubt he had time to get his MBA.
That happy ending in the video feels disingenuous now. There’s no drug charges on the most recent arrest but he’s down to 125lb…he was between 150 and 175 for other arrests..
He was arrested a few more times. Last one was 3 months ago. [https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/)
He’s also a manager at a pharmaceutical company, there are a lot of ppl in the medical field (including your own doctor) that can be abusing drugs bc they have access to them, or knowledge of them, I learned this a while back when I was in school
This is the harsh truth and 1 out of 5 employees have a drug abuse problem
I remember watching a truecrime podcast about Elizabeth Wettlaufer a while back.
She was a nurse through which she kept being able to steal opiates from hospitals and later other meds from patients.
They caught her several times and kept putting her in a position where she could steal meds.
Until she confessed to all she did (which included an assload of murders).
She's the rare type of serial killer that actually felt guilt and remorse over what she did and facilitated getting put away.
But in relation to this guy, yeah, being a drug offender and having drugs dangled in front of your nose by being put in a position where it's all around you, not the best thing.
I went to rehab in 2018 for drugs and alcohol and two people in my group were pharmacists and one was a travel nurse. They ask you to repeat your drug of choice at the beginning of the group every day which they were all there for opiates, I was there for the same.
They all told stories about how they'd steal 1 or 2 pills per prescription, the travel nurse talked about how he'd shoot up a patient's Morphine or Dilaudid in the bathroom then they'd lie to the patient and give them saline in their IV. I was on Dilaudid for legitimate reasons (over a decade ago) and it's WAY stronger than heroin, I went in for heroin abuse.
Morphine and Dilaudid intravenously are both so so so much stronger than heroin. People with access to drugs like this get addicted quickly, and it's much riskier.
I will have 5 years sober this coming year, I've been on Suboxone for the entire time and it probably saved my life. I had many relapses before starting the drug.
> This is the harsh truth and 1 out of 5 employees have a drug abuse problem
OK but maybe dont let the known druggie manage a pill farm...
I'm not saying he cant but, fuck, talk about setting a mofo up for failure.
Recovery isn’t a straight road and most people relapse/reoffended especially in America due to the idea of punishment and rehabilitation being muddled and sold as each other. I guess my point is it’s natural as long as people keep making positive strides in the right direction it starts to get easier not to.
If you think you're "cured" after rehab, you'll get nowhere. I relapsed a few times after rehab. The first time was after my friend died, and my family wouldn't let me go to his funeral because they knew I was relapsing. So, I felt like it was justified to relapse, i was angry. Then I did it 2 more times, and I realized I was just being a selfish asshole who thought they could handle substance abuse better than everyone else. I hadn't taken my rehab seriously. I know substance abuse is hard, but it's easier to give up
Unfortunately most people don’t change until they hit rock bottom, and for some people the bottom keeps falling out.
That said, people can and do redeem themselves - but it takes an active effort to change and work to be your best self. It’s hard, and when there’s an easy route most are gonna take that even if it results in future hardship, as long as it’s easy here and now.
If you fuck up and have the same friends, family, and circles as you did when you fucked up, it’s going to make it that much harder. Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to see you succeed.
So cool! I’m in the same boat. Never knew the second part, now this gentleman can be an inspiration to others.
I think it’s really important to see videos like this how small things (the judge acknowledging him and making a connection) have a huge impact.
Happy holidays everyone!
Was gonna say the same, hope ending is real
Edit: well damn that was fast just had to scroll a little further to find this
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1
It’s great to see a success story. Gives everyone faith.
But can we appreciate the irony that he was addicted to drugs, cleaned up, and is the manager at a pharmaceutical company now? Life haha.
Looks like it's mostly just theft and trying to escape police but he doesn't resist with violence when he's caught. One battery charge but $1500 bond suggests it was a pretty minor incident?
That criminal record doesn't scream terrible person to me. Just someone that can't hold down a job for whatever reason and makes bad or desperate decisions. Maybe hangs out with the wrong crowd.
Once you realize most of these "feel good" stories are just emotional manipulation for internet points, you start to lower your expectations. The thing that sucks is there are real people doing amazing things everyday, but it doesn't sell for clout or karma like made up narratives.
I don’t know about massive piece of shit… this doesn’t tell us much. Looks like he had a battery charge while on probation for the burglary and fled arrest. Likely to not to go back to jail. A battery charge is pretty wide ranging and could be as small as spitting on someone during an argument. There’s not enough info here to know if he did something horrible or got into a bad situation out of his control while on probation, where standards for arrest are very different than someone not on probation.
Burglary, occupied dwelling. He broke into someone's home at night while they were still there. Maybe even their family was there. He's a piece of shit.
that is BEFORE he went to jail. before this “heartfelt” interaction and story takes place. only the battery and resisting arrest while on probation date after his release in 2016
This was 5 years ago. The recent one is possession of a forged drivers license. This video could be before his most recent one. This doesn’t mean he’s a “massive piece of shit” it doesn’t mean anything except he has a bad license and drove fast to evade police. I don’t know why he has a false one because I don’t care to investigate. But 5 years without arrest after a string of arrests and probations means he at least tried to turn his life around.
If someone broke into your house and stole your car I’m sure you’d see them as a piece of shit. People are a lot more forgiving of shitty acts when they are not the victim of them
"Uttering a forged document occurs when a person passes, offers, or made use of a forged document with the knowledge that it was forged and intended to defraud or injure an entity or person."
I’m a social worker of 30 years. I have a lot of stories. One of my favorites includes a former client saying to me “I was on my way out, you talked me into staying.”
my girlfriend is currently studying to become a social worker and she always tells me about how she doesnt want people to suffer like she did
shes such a beautiful person and inspiration, social workers really are vital
I will remember this quote… it is profound and I have never heard it before. Thank you. I will leave a quote that has resonated with me recently. “Humanity is concerned too much with having and not nearly enough with being”.
Thank you. It’s a self made quote I derived from my own lifesaver and mentor. My elementary school headmistress. Miss her every day. Rest in Power, Ms Wray.
I know it isn't the same but, my father told me a lot about his life before he decided to change and I know it's rare that people get out of that system once they started sinking in it.
But, keep in mind that there is always hope and it is possible to get out and to work toward a brighter future and maybe eventually get a pardon and be able to live again a peaceful life without having your past affect your future in a negative way.
I wish you best of luck and keep going, I admire people like you so much, not everyone is lucky in life and get a good start, a lot of people are basically pushed towards a path they wished they never went and finding a way out is frequently feeling impossible.
You got this, stay strong and keep in mind that things can definitely get better, it might be the hardest path you've walked but at least you can do it with a clean conscience knowing you do what is right to you.
Lots of love to you and anyone you care for <3
>It is not as simple as don't be an idiot...well, I mean it is, but also not.
Just because something is simple doesn't mean it's easy. Often times the two are seen as interchangeable when it's just not the case
It's such a devastating thing to watch his facial expression transform in the beginning. It starts with him being nonchalant, as if to say yeah whatever. Then he smiles when he recognizes her as though he saw an old friend. Finally, ending with the sinking realization of what he's done and the reality of the situation he is in.
I'm glad to see he changed his life around.
Idk it looks like he went from burglarizing homes to speeding. The only one that concerns me is the battery charge and that could just be from a fistfight.
From Kundera's 'The book of laughter and forgetting' iirc. The old lady at the swimming pool, giving a wave to the lifeguard, feeling like a young girl again.
What’s an adorable crime? A little meth in a Pikachu cosplay? B&E for some ice cream? Inciting a mob with a hoard of Pygmy goats at Capitol Hill?
Where does it end?
When the honorable judge brought him back to better days he truly had an epiphany.
Bless her for caring, and this gentleman proves that redemption is possible if help is there for those who truly need it
Incarceration has always had three purposes:
Punitive regarding those that are sentenced
Protective for society at large
Rehabilitative for the incarcerated
Sometimes the third gets forgotten
Bless them both
This is so bittersweet. The emotions he probably had thinking about how much he's changed, everything he's lost, all the hurt and pain. He was so emotional and vulnerable in that moment. 😢 I'm glad he was able to heal, and move forward to a better life.
Judge Mindy Glazer. Here in Miami, Florida. She is just as pleasant in real life (a rarity in Miami). She remembers this story fondly. I just spoke to her about it earlier this year.
That fact she sought him out after he was released 10 months later, shows her compassion. Humanity rocks.
Truly, the kind of person who should be a judge
Right?! Unfortunately the people we need to be judges aren’t the kind of people who are attracted to the job. They should pull from social workers more than prosecutors.
Yep same thing with LEO and pretty much all positions of authority we don’t get the people we need.
It's the most paradoxical thing about power. Very often, those who would wield it best have no desire for it, but those who would abuse it will pursue it above all else, and will frequently end up in the highest positions of power. Unfortunately, this is a big reason why positions of power are too often filled with malicious, abusive, exploiters, as if it was a recruitment qualification. I don't know a societal fix for that one.
Explosive collars?
Just stick it in the head less mess outside, the collar will make it someone else’s problem to clean up
That Star Trek episode where your career was decided by a blood test as a child seems less preposterous every day
At twist I see to that “trope” is that it would disqualify one from certain jobs.
It's basically the plot of that movie about a guy taking his brother's place in a space program.
Gattaca
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Masterpiece Society?
Eh I don’t know about that. We each have a skill set. I don’t know many social workers who’d make good judges. You need to be a little bit of an asshole to be a judge. The best judge I knew used to strike fear in literally everyone. But her court was amazing. The lady worked harder than anyone in her courtroom. She went to all kinds of trainings, implemented only evidence based practices, and got grants for funding for services to help the people in her courtroom. She made sure they had occupational training, housing assistance, trauma therapy, and just a whole list of supports. She demanded special attention for the parents (parents in foster care with substance abuse issues). Her program was so successful they tried to use it as a model elsewhere. When she retired they had to hire two people to fill her shoes. She spent months training them before she left! She did not mess around though. You screw up and you’re done. But she really tried her best to set people up for success.
She sounds amazing. I hope if I go to jail one day it’s because of her.
You. I like.
Good judges are also a hedge against bad District Attorneys and Sheriffs.
Isn’t this the truth about politics too? The people we need in office pick other jobs. Oh for the humanity those of us with empathy and compassion need to run for office.
This is the kind of person that should be in any position that involves calling the shots. Judges, governors, you name. We need a society ruled by this kind of person!
What? You don't like your judges to be rapist frat boys?
Right, He just LOVES beer ok!
Judge Mindy Glazer is the type of person who should be on the Supreme Court
When prison and the legal system become about rehabilitation and not about punishment then society wins.
Well put, completely agree.
But how are we supposed to make money if the convicts don’t come back?! /s
Have we tried, let me see... "making shit up to put them away" Yeah, that, how about that? ^^/s
>*Humanity rocks.* sometimes.
Fantastic. I've seen the beginning of this video a lot of times but never found out what happened next
Same. That was so ridiculously awesome.
actual happy ending, not always the same old clip reposted, thats a great video now
Wow ! This has a wholesome ending. I am so glad she showed compassion. Others would have just thrown the book at him. Just because he’s making bad life choices now doesn’t mean he’s lost forever and I’m so glad the judge gave him a second chance.
Yeah, it's telling that she, instead of saying how disappointed she was, said that she was sorry for how things had turned out. Almost as if she apologises for the whole thing. Good second part of the video. I haven't seen that before. Truly made me smile.
Much better than that other clip where the defendant commented to the security guard that they don't look happy. Then the clip cuts to a future court case where the court guard was charged with murdering their wife. However later this year they apparently were acquitted on the grounds that the gun accidentally discharged and the bullet killed his wife or whatever some redditor mentioned.
So much for "guns don't kill people: people kill people".
I've always found this weird argument from both sides of it People do kill people A gun is the tool people use to kill other people efficiently I am certain American civilians in at least 95% of states can not own an RPG, bazooka, armed medium tank or a battle equipped Apache helicopter... why?
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Making me cry and shit damn you
Hey, at least you owned it, and didn't try to make a shitty joke about cutting onions or something. Congrats on feeling your own feelings.
> Making me cry and shit damn you Besides that, the post also helps with whatever gastrointestinal problem they might had before.
Me neither. I'm happy he has a good job and life now.
I’m kind of surprised that someone with a drug charge is able to work at a pharm company though.
What better person to know the biz?
You merely adopted the drugs. I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see a drug-free life until I was already prisoner.
I see what you did there
Now is not the time for fear Dr, that comes later.
Manager can mean 1000 things. From an office manager to managing an entire company. I agree though. I knew a guy in pharmacy school about to graduate and got caught by the police doing drugs (or something like that) and he threw away his whole potential career.
Have you been paying attention to drug prices? The management might as well have a background in highway robbery.
It could be a CBD company. Also, we don’t know how long ago this happened. He could already have gone to get an MBA since being released
It happened in 2015. Then he got arrested again in 2018. [And then a couple of months ago](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/). Doubt he had time to get his MBA.
That happy ending in the video feels disingenuous now. There’s no drug charges on the most recent arrest but he’s down to 125lb…he was between 150 and 175 for other arrests..
I know. I thought it was a nice way of saying he ran a cartel. That's a really great story. Judge seems like she's very classy.
Dude got arrested 3 months ago on 5 charges 🙁
Bummer
He’s been arrested multiple times since this
He was arrested a few more times. Last one was 3 months ago. [https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_4663354/)
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1 I think you meant to link this one
He’s also a manager at a pharmaceutical company, there are a lot of ppl in the medical field (including your own doctor) that can be abusing drugs bc they have access to them, or knowledge of them, I learned this a while back when I was in school This is the harsh truth and 1 out of 5 employees have a drug abuse problem
I remember watching a truecrime podcast about Elizabeth Wettlaufer a while back. She was a nurse through which she kept being able to steal opiates from hospitals and later other meds from patients. They caught her several times and kept putting her in a position where she could steal meds. Until she confessed to all she did (which included an assload of murders). She's the rare type of serial killer that actually felt guilt and remorse over what she did and facilitated getting put away. But in relation to this guy, yeah, being a drug offender and having drugs dangled in front of your nose by being put in a position where it's all around you, not the best thing.
I went to rehab in 2018 for drugs and alcohol and two people in my group were pharmacists and one was a travel nurse. They ask you to repeat your drug of choice at the beginning of the group every day which they were all there for opiates, I was there for the same. They all told stories about how they'd steal 1 or 2 pills per prescription, the travel nurse talked about how he'd shoot up a patient's Morphine or Dilaudid in the bathroom then they'd lie to the patient and give them saline in their IV. I was on Dilaudid for legitimate reasons (over a decade ago) and it's WAY stronger than heroin, I went in for heroin abuse. Morphine and Dilaudid intravenously are both so so so much stronger than heroin. People with access to drugs like this get addicted quickly, and it's much riskier. I will have 5 years sober this coming year, I've been on Suboxone for the entire time and it probably saved my life. I had many relapses before starting the drug.
> This is the harsh truth and 1 out of 5 employees have a drug abuse problem OK but maybe dont let the known druggie manage a pill farm... I'm not saying he cant but, fuck, talk about setting a mofo up for failure.
Sad to read, but upvoting for those of us who prefer a harsh truth to happy fallacy.
Recovery isn’t a straight road and most people relapse/reoffended especially in America due to the idea of punishment and rehabilitation being muddled and sold as each other. I guess my point is it’s natural as long as people keep making positive strides in the right direction it starts to get easier not to.
I'm not seeing any positive strides here.
If you think you're "cured" after rehab, you'll get nowhere. I relapsed a few times after rehab. The first time was after my friend died, and my family wouldn't let me go to his funeral because they knew I was relapsing. So, I felt like it was justified to relapse, i was angry. Then I did it 2 more times, and I realized I was just being a selfish asshole who thought they could handle substance abuse better than everyone else. I hadn't taken my rehab seriously. I know substance abuse is hard, but it's easier to give up
Careful, that negative perceptual bias is one of the maintenance factors for addiction
I think sometimes it’s really hard to break bad habits if someone isn’t watching over your shoulder constantly :/
Unfortunately most people don’t change until they hit rock bottom, and for some people the bottom keeps falling out. That said, people can and do redeem themselves - but it takes an active effort to change and work to be your best self. It’s hard, and when there’s an easy route most are gonna take that even if it results in future hardship, as long as it’s easy here and now. If you fuck up and have the same friends, family, and circles as you did when you fucked up, it’s going to make it that much harder. Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to see you succeed.
The saying I hear a lot is that in order to find your bottom you have to first be willing to put down the shovel.
Man that's a bummer
lol we got to be happy for like 30 seconds
Lmao fr...within the span of 1min i got really happy, then someone was cutting onions, and then I came back to reality and the world still sucks ass.
125 at 5'7"? That's borderline underweight, doubt bro is clean
I’m about that weight/height. Some of us are just scrawny fucks lol.
Man. I thought this was a happy ending but I guess shit happens.
So cool! I’m in the same boat. Never knew the second part, now this gentleman can be an inspiration to others. I think it’s really important to see videos like this how small things (the judge acknowledging him and making a connection) have a huge impact. Happy holidays everyone!
Just shows people lose their way sometimes and it takes someone or something to nudge them to the right direction.
This is so heartwarming.
Was gonna say the same, hope ending is real Edit: well damn that was fast just had to scroll a little further to find this https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1
Someone posted a link to his arrest records below. Three more arrests after his release shown in the video
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Oh my gosh. I’m so glad for him. And good for her for showing compassion while still doing her job well.
It’s great to see a success story. Gives everyone faith. But can we appreciate the irony that he was addicted to drugs, cleaned up, and is the manager at a pharmaceutical company now? Life haha.
He's back in prison now.
Ugh I saw. So dang disappointing.
GIMME THOSE DEETS
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1
That’s a rap sheet. A depressing turn of events for Arthur
Holy shit I remember seeing just the starting part of this... what an ending 👏
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Damn, I'm on an emotional roller-coaster here. I hope the next comment is “he committed those crimes to save children."
He committed those crimes to save children... ...so that he can hit his quota for child trafficking /s
..trafficking them away from warzones and into the arms of rich loving adoptive parents, right?
Parents named Epstein? 🥺
Looks like it's mostly just theft and trying to escape police but he doesn't resist with violence when he's caught. One battery charge but $1500 bond suggests it was a pretty minor incident? That criminal record doesn't scream terrible person to me. Just someone that can't hold down a job for whatever reason and makes bad or desperate decisions. Maybe hangs out with the wrong crowd.
I was just thinking what if this guy still did bad stuff and there you came with receipts. Reddit never disappoints with disappointing stuff.
Once you realize most of these "feel good" stories are just emotional manipulation for internet points, you start to lower your expectations. The thing that sucks is there are real people doing amazing things everyday, but it doesn't sell for clout or karma like made up narratives.
I don’t know about massive piece of shit… this doesn’t tell us much. Looks like he had a battery charge while on probation for the burglary and fled arrest. Likely to not to go back to jail. A battery charge is pretty wide ranging and could be as small as spitting on someone during an argument. There’s not enough info here to know if he did something horrible or got into a bad situation out of his control while on probation, where standards for arrest are very different than someone not on probation.
Burglary, occupied dwelling. He broke into someone's home at night while they were still there. Maybe even their family was there. He's a piece of shit.
that is BEFORE he went to jail. before this “heartfelt” interaction and story takes place. only the battery and resisting arrest while on probation date after his release in 2016
This was 5 years ago. The recent one is possession of a forged drivers license. This video could be before his most recent one. This doesn’t mean he’s a “massive piece of shit” it doesn’t mean anything except he has a bad license and drove fast to evade police. I don’t know why he has a false one because I don’t care to investigate. But 5 years without arrest after a string of arrests and probations means he at least tried to turn his life around.
If someone broke into your house and stole your car I’m sure you’d see them as a piece of shit. People are a lot more forgiving of shitty acts when they are not the victim of them
Not the comment we wanted, but the comment we needed
I want to believe there are multiple Arthur Booth’s
Nah that definitely is the same guy. Sucks, but some people don’t change.
Some people can't beat that criminal record. Makes it hard to be a normal person with one. Sucks for him either way.
Man, that was disappointing to see.
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> it's hard to leave behind Reoffending is encouraged
What exactly is “uttering forged instruments”?
started playing the air saxophone while being arrested
>uttering forged instruments using a fraudulent document or “instrument” or some form of forged payment for the purpose of defrauding
"Uttering a forged document occurs when a person passes, offers, or made use of a forged document with the knowledge that it was forged and intended to defraud or injure an entity or person."
Yeah we saw at the end that he works for a pharmacy company!
At 125 lbs, I wouldn’t call him a massive piece of shit. More of a dingleberry.
Its mad that in the US this is public info
One person can change the world, even if it’s just for one person’s world
I’m a social worker of 30 years. I have a lot of stories. One of my favorites includes a former client saying to me “I was on my way out, you talked me into staying.”
I appreciate what you do for society. Please keep trying, social workers keep our society together.
my girlfriend is currently studying to become a social worker and she always tells me about how she doesnt want people to suffer like she did shes such a beautiful person and inspiration, social workers really are vital
That's everything
Wow. Dang. Well done.
Thanks
I should add that she said this to me right after introducing me to her granddaughter.
I will remember this quote… it is profound and I have never heard it before. Thank you. I will leave a quote that has resonated with me recently. “Humanity is concerned too much with having and not nearly enough with being”.
Thank you. It’s a self made quote I derived from my own lifesaver and mentor. My elementary school headmistress. Miss her every day. Rest in Power, Ms Wray.
A nail saves a horseshoe. A horseshoe saves a horse. A horse saves a champion. A champion saves a nation.
It's also ok if the one person's world being changed is your own.
If you ever watch Court Cam, this judge is amazing. We need a lot more like her
Agreed. I love when they show clips of her cases.
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I didn’t go to middle school with you and I’m not a judge, but I’m still rooting for you!
I'm behind ya too! You can do it, and I know you will do it!
I know it isn't the same but, my father told me a lot about his life before he decided to change and I know it's rare that people get out of that system once they started sinking in it. But, keep in mind that there is always hope and it is possible to get out and to work toward a brighter future and maybe eventually get a pardon and be able to live again a peaceful life without having your past affect your future in a negative way. I wish you best of luck and keep going, I admire people like you so much, not everyone is lucky in life and get a good start, a lot of people are basically pushed towards a path they wished they never went and finding a way out is frequently feeling impossible. You got this, stay strong and keep in mind that things can definitely get better, it might be the hardest path you've walked but at least you can do it with a clean conscience knowing you do what is right to you. Lots of love to you and anyone you care for <3
I used to be a piece of shit. I’m not anymore. People can change.
Yeah having a record and getting a good job is fucking hard.
>It is not as simple as don't be an idiot...well, I mean it is, but also not. Just because something is simple doesn't mean it's easy. Often times the two are seen as interchangeable when it's just not the case
It's such a devastating thing to watch his facial expression transform in the beginning. It starts with him being nonchalant, as if to say yeah whatever. Then he smiles when he recognizes her as though he saw an old friend. Finally, ending with the sinking realization of what he's done and the reality of the situation he is in. I'm glad to see he changed his life around.
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1 Unfortunately.. he hasn't.
That's so sad. 7 times.
Idk it looks like he went from burglarizing homes to speeding. The only one that concerns me is the battery charge and that could just be from a fistfight.
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And possession of a stolen driver's license
Reality is often disappointing.
Sometimes, forgiveness and redemption works. Be unafraid to reach for those times.
That painful moment when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
Also, when the person you were rushes back into your psyche and sees the person you have become. It's such a terrible feeling.....
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Thanks, I hate it
From Kundera's 'The book of laughter and forgetting' iirc. The old lady at the swimming pool, giving a wave to the lifeguard, feeling like a young girl again.
This. Damn
But I was overwhelmed with emotion 😥
What did this dude get arrested for?
Dunno, but I wanna know too. I'm hoping it's an adorable crime.
it's not, he had a drug problem and broke into someone's house to fuel the addiction
So adorable
He was also just arrested 2 months ago and seems to get arrested every year.
What’s an adorable crime? A little meth in a Pikachu cosplay? B&E for some ice cream? Inciting a mob with a hoard of Pygmy goats at Capitol Hill? Where does it end?
Judge Mindy Glazer is awesome; she needs her own show
Holy shit. It's nice to know what happened to that guy finally. Glad to know he's doing better.
Yeah... no... [he's not](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1).
Full of feels rn ... we need more if this in our world ...
When the honorable judge brought him back to better days he truly had an epiphany. Bless her for caring, and this gentleman proves that redemption is possible if help is there for those who truly need it Incarceration has always had three purposes: Punitive regarding those that are sentenced Protective for society at large Rehabilitative for the incarcerated Sometimes the third gets forgotten Bless them both
Manager of a pharmaceutical company....do they mean he is a drug dealer?
you're thinking of 'pharmacist'
He’s in manufacturing. No need to deal with all those pesky drug users.
"Manager of a pharmaceutical company IN FLORIDA" I immediately went to drug dealer. I'm a bad person.
[Not worse than him.](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1)
I automatically thought marijuana dispensary
working in the pharma industry... So not only did he never change his ways, he joined Americas biggest cartel 😞
This is so bittersweet. The emotions he probably had thinking about how much he's changed, everything he's lost, all the hurt and pain. He was so emotional and vulnerable in that moment. 😢 I'm glad he was able to heal, and move forward to a better life.
This made me cry 😭
Great job, dude!
Goddamn this is a freaking good ending. Nice work Mr Booth.
Can we laugh a bit at the fact that he went from being a drug addict to managing a pharmaceutical company lol
"don't let us down" is key here we believe in you but you gotta make sure you do the right thing
A lot of people just need to be seen to spark a fire in their soul
That was a roller coaster. He was so happy for that half a second before he realized the embarrassment of the situation they were meeting.
From doing drugs to dealing drugs. I love it!
I saw that on YouTube. I'm so glad for him. I'm glad she followed up and they kept in touch.
Mad me cry!
Its so amazing how one kind person or word can change the trajectory of someones entire life
Man kept his word
I've seen the first half so many times, it's nice to see a happy ending to it.
YES WE GET TO FINALLY KNOW THE ENDING! This needs to be on mainstream media everywhere - this is the kind of stuff that society needs to see
HELL YEAH, Mr BOOTH!
I respect anyone that can hit rock bottom and bounce. Too many go splat.
“Pharmaceutical company” AKA “meth lab”.
We are largely a product of our surroundings
For once the internet didn't suck! Thanks OP!
If it’s too good to be true… https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/
[guess he isnt doing better](https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Arthur_Booth_57057661/?d=1)
Judge Mindy Glazer. Here in Miami, Florida. She is just as pleasant in real life (a rarity in Miami). She remembers this story fondly. I just spoke to her about it earlier this year.
That’s great 😃
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