Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jun 1, 2023

The billionaire Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma will pay $6B & serve 0 prison for knowingly selling horrendous amounts of OxyContin while claiming it was non-addictive—resulting in 564K+ American deaths by Opioid overdose.😓 And that doesn’t even begin to contemplate the global harm and deaths the Sackler family caused.

And for all that suffering and atrocity—not one person will go to prison. Not one.

“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the poor.”

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There’s a long running debate about the cancelllation of great artists because of their debauchery in real life. I come down on the side of being able to hold two opposing opinions in my head:Art/Person. But when it comes to museums that have (and continue to) accept the Sackler’s blood stained money, my contempt is complete and unambiguous.
Jun 2, 2023 at 8:22amWeb
Show threadSteve WilliamsJun 2, 2023

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“Dan Weiss, president and chief executive of the Met, said that “the Sacklers have been among our most generous supporters” and referred to “this gracious gesture” by the family.”

No apology. Just a compliment.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/09/new-york-met-art-museum-to-remove-sackler-family-name-from-galleries?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

New York’s Met museum to remove Sackler family name from its galleries

Art museum announces change in the wake of leading members of the family being blamed for fueling the deadly US opioids crisis

The Guardian