Unrestricted guns mixed with untreated mental illness. Ah, the American Dream.
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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And the Bible.
Don't forget willful ignorance.
From the cradle to the grave.
This guy had 17 charges.
Trump has 34 convictions already out of like 86 charges.
“I hope this century-long prison sentence serves as a warning that my prosecutors and I will not tolerate violent crime in our community,” 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said in a statement.
What a shitty judge. We already know making an example out of people doesn't work. Look at what happened to piracy crimes in the United States.
I was just about to say something about how judges should never ever say something like "my prosecutors" until I realized: that guy is not the judge. He's a district attorney (prosecutor). He's generally supposed to advocate for guilt, tougher sentences, etc... Basically the opposite of the defense.
It's up to the judge to decide what's actually reasonable. This is not the judge speaking here.
Oh excellent observation! This post has just been misinformation central for me lol.
They literally threw away the key on this poor bastard over brandishing a weapon. That's insane. He clearly needed mental help.
People get a fraction of that jail time for straight first degree murder
That's what I thought at first too. It's click bait. Read further. 17 crimes including 8 counts of attempted murder, plus drugs, plus other things, and then that burger king incident. It's still really excessive though for what amounts to a single night of drug fueled fuck ups from a guy who is probably suffering from some temporary insanity. Especially when a serial criminal like Donald Trump continues getting his charges dismissed or ignored.
Oh my bad. I thought OP's quotes were the whole article. It does say he shot at people later in the night. Either way he clearly needs mental help, not to rot in prison for life.
Right. I don't think he was really trying to shoot someone, or he would have shot someone. Reckless engagement is probably a more accurate charge than attempted murder.
The article doesnt make any mention of their criminal record. If this is a first offence its heavy handed, if this is the 3rd time he has shot at people I care a whole lot less.
If it's his third time, then the system failed to give him the proper help at least twice as well.
To be fair, I assume most fast food workers would accept drugs as payment, the guns an over exaggeration tho.
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