Crime Texas: Two fat hillbillies kill a Father over garbage

[Ruprecht]

Nah, I like 20 posts per page.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

50 posts per page make P&M threads load extremely slow.

 

[Poser Caust]

Funny to see one poster calling anti vaxxers subhumans when he posts like this to a widow. The derangement only grows it seems.

 

[GeneTunney7]

Now how many of those deaths were deserved and proper self defense? How many innocent women would have been raped if they did not have 'the great equalizer'? Kyle Rittenhouse is the poster boy for why we not only need guns in this country but also AR-15's. If he did not have a gun that night, Rosenbaum, Huber and jump kick guy would have killed an innocent boy that was totally obeying the law and only trying to help others.

Like blackstones ratio states: " It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."

 

[Source]

I'm hardly ever surprised on here. Been here almost 15 years, seen it all. But this is a new low, even for me. I didn't even want to post itt but was so shocked at the exchanges people had with the widow on here.

Even if they have that pov, Jesus christ have a shred of tact or decency.

That’s a product of having no repercussions for their posts. If the rest of the posters in the WR enjoyed the same latitude it would expose everyone’s true character. The WR would be a far uglier place than it already is.

 

[deadshot138]

Seems like an unusually long time to start the trial. Pandemic issues and defence delays? Are there a lot of cases being held up like this in the US?

Pandemic related for sure

 

[Source]

Seems like an unusually long time to start the trial. Pandemic issues and defence delays? Are there a lot of cases being held up like this in the US?

Emanuel Fair spent nearly 6 years in prison before the start of his first trial. After 10 years and 2 trials he was acquitted and finally released from prison.

 

[Ruprecht]

Emanuel Fair spent nearly 6 years in prison before the start of his first trial. After 10 years and 2 trials he was acquitted and finally released from prison.

That's ridiculous. Is this a common problem in the US?

Edit: Looks like it's more of an issue now.

 

[Source]

That's ridiculous. Is this a common problem in the US?

I don’t believe that length of pretrial incarnation is common. The average length of per-trial incarceration is 135 days. 60% of people in American jails area waiting trial.

edit: The 135 could be an old source.

 

[RogerB08]

This is why I say I'm not afraid of guns, I'm afraid idiots with guns.

 

[BIKES!]

Well if we keep talking about the rare hillbilly shooting we never have to solve the real gun problems in America, nearly all illegal owned guns.

 

[SummerStriker]

The original video is still chilling. We are all monkeys fighting with guns as if they were bone clubs.

 

[deadshot138]

This is why I say I'm not afraid of guns, I'm afraid idiots with guns.

Grats on the silver belt, Trotsky. Back to where you were before the ban. Respect.

 

[RogerB08]

Who is this Trotsky person?

 

[deadshot138]

@fingercuffs

This is the thread

 

[deadshot138]

Possibly because the widow created an account and posted in the thread? That’s got to be 5-10 pages of just calling bullshit and then another 20 on harassing her once she confirmed her identity.

@fingercuffs

 

[deadshot138]

Who is this Trotsky person?

Take a look in the mirror to find the answer, my commie comrade.

 

[deadshot138]

@fingercuffs

@Contempt

 

[Slick_36]

That's ridiculous. Is this a common problem in the US?

Edit: Looks like it's more of an issue now.

Yup, which is what I was talking about in the parade massacre thread when people were outraged that there was so much leniency to release the killer. We have serious logistical issues when it comes to processing cases. People see consequences of these issues and call for stricter law enforcement, but we have a prison population that dwarfs the rest of the world already, how much harder can we be?

Say you lower the bar for who you arrest, that's more people in jails awaiting trials. You lower the bar for what convictions get time, that's more people in the prisons. You increase the time served for the crimes people are convicted of, that's even more people in the prisons.

Our justice system is completely bloated and overwhelmed. Our law enforcement budgets are insanely high when compared to other areas funded by taxpayers. The solution can't be to create more prisons, especially considering many of those will be private prisons looking to turn a profit.

Police budgets have grown by 445% over the last 30 years. It's time we start thinking about preventing crime by investing in services that can reduce the amount of criminals that will eventually end up in the system.

 

[Slick_36]

Wow. Just..... wow.

I've been thinking about this thread a lot lately in relation to the Rittenhouse case and I forgot just how wild it was. Honestly a little nervous going through and seeing what I said, especially to the widow.

I'm glad to see how consistent I've been in my stance on the use of guns as a threat for control leading to an escalation of violence. The riots were so tied to political tribalism and racial tensions, it's nice to see my words on a somewhat similar situation but removed from the extraneous political factors.

This and the Rittenhouse shootings both involved shooters who brandished firearms with the attempt to control emotionally charged strangers who didn't necessarily pose a danger to their lives without the gun being involved. Both shot men who had mental illness that they did not know beforehand, one diagnosed anger issues and the other bipolar disorder with suicidal thoughts. And both ultimately put themselves in a position to have to shoot in self defense because they played chicken with a gun in their hand.