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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago

"The man should be given honors for doing the reich the favor of disposing of the untermensch, even if it did fail."

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 82 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 36 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

from the wiki article on the murder

Assistant DA Kelly Wolford said, "A hate crime would make this charge about Sam’s gender or about Sam’s race, and it’s so much bigger. To limit us to a hate crime would be an injustice to Sam. Sam was beaten, assaulted, sexually abused, starved, held captive. And we cannot make sense of that. We cannot put that on his gender, and we cannot put that on his race"

like what are you talking about

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 27 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Once she got a cop who raped a kid weekend sentences.

Here’s what happened to Sam by the way - I’m sure this was just a regular murder and none of these actions were motivated by transphobic hate.

From about Jan. 1 until his death on Feb. 2, Nordquist was prevented from using a phone, according to Wolford. He was kept in confinement and forced to stand and kneel facing the wall. He was hit, punched, kicked and sexually assaulted, she said.

He was also denied proper nutrition and hydration, forced to eat feces, forced to drink urine and chew spit, Wolford said. He was physically restrained, forced to obey commands like a dog, covered in the face with towels and shirts, duct taped and had bleach poured on him by the defendants, she said.

He was repeatedly struck with numerous objects including sticks, dog toys, rope, bottles, belts, canes and wooden boards, according to court documents.

Edit: anyone remember why Norm McDonald got fired from SNL? Was it OJ or was it what he said about Brandon Teena?

[–] celeryfc@lemm.ee 6 points 8 hours ago

Pretty sure it was cuz one of the nbc top dogs was close with OJ and Norm wouldn’t stop making jokes about OJ being a murderer. He was warned to stop and instead of giving in, he doubled down. Members of the cast and writers respected him for it and have spoke about it on podcasts and such.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 41 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So if I call Trump a slur in AZ, stab him, and run off that's cool, right?

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

No. Because he is wealthy.

But if you say Donald was gay, maybe?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 101 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait...

The title made me think the attacker couldn't be charged with a HATE crime... Which is dumb and shitty and makes me want to revolt.

But they aren't charging him with ANY CRIME.

What in the actual fuck

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 31 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Gays don’t have rights per fatheads who think a fairy tale is reality. Remember these people think they are going to heaven.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 19 hours ago (17 children)

A self invented reward that they argue over. I think when you die you're dead and that's it, so to me it's just people making up bizarre ways to congratulate themselves on following their own cancerous code of ethics. Like sure whatever it takes, man. Just... Maybe your ethics are fucked up and wrong and you're in a cult.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 33 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Dude... he was fucking stabbed? That is assault with a deadly weapon and/or attempted murder/manslaughter at least.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 5 points 14 hours ago

Yes, but look at what they where wearing.... Also that baby was being kinda a dick.

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Wait wait wait, you said it was a gay man that was stabbed? Sorry, my hands are tied. Playbook says gay guys can't get stabbed.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

It's illegal for gay people to be stabbed why did he do that?

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

The body has a way of shutting that whole thing down.

[–] Airowird@lemm.ee 12 points 17 hours ago

He probably asked the knife to penetrate him, it's what the gays do, you know. - Detective Brownbeater

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So we are allowed to stab people if there’s no cameras?

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 30 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Billionaires don't like this simple trick.

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 166 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Get strapped, the law isn’t going to protect us and seems to be used to harass us

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 56 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

just in case anyone thinks this is just about it being designated as a hate crime. No they did not charge anything despite this guy having massive injuries and the other guy having nothing to show for it. If you luigi, do it in arizona with no cameras:

But the county attorney’s office ultimately viewed the case as a “he said, he said” scenario, with Lawton claiming he acted in self-defense. According to the police report, Lawton told investigators that while slowing down the vehicle, he was “punched in the back of the head and on the side of his body so many times that he saw stars.”

No witnesses corroborated Lawton’s account, and it's unclear how much the county attorney's office leaned on his story. But without video footage of the attack—Uber allows drivers to install them but does not require it—the evidence collected would appear to focus heavily only on eye witnesses.

“I don’t understand how it could be deemed self-defense or why it was turned down,” Almaraz said. “I was unarmed, he had multiple weapons in the car—it just didn’t make any sense. It was heartbreaking. I was completely assaulted and violated. I could have lost my life.”

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 16 points 18 hours ago

“punched in the back of the head and on the side of his body so many times that he saw stars.”

Surely there would be bruises or medical records if this were the case.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 29 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

with Lawton claiming he acted in self-defense.

Ah, the gay panic defense.

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[–] TON618@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

The left really needs to get over their weapon aversion. There's no alternative anymore.

[–] Arcity@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago

How well did that turn out for the black panthers?

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[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 7 points 16 hours ago

Sounds like someone should find that attacker and do the exact same thing to them, seeing as it’s non-chargeable behavior.

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