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Common Dreams reports
In a much-hailed, if modestly problematic, act of righteous revenge, [on Thursday August 4,] an African-American inmate allegedly sucker-punched [...] Dylann Roof--an act that sparked much online praise for the "vigilante hero", a fundraiser for donations to his commissary account, and, finally, the posting of his $100,000 bond by a supporter.
Roof is in protective custody at the Charleston County Detention Center for killing nine African-American churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015. He was in the shower when Dwayne Stafford, a 26-year-old inmate reportedly doing time for either weed violations or strong arm burglary, allegedly got out of his cell, reached Roof, and landed a couple of punches to his face. The sheriff said Roof was attacked "for no reason", which many would argue was less than accurate.
Roof suffered only minor injuries, and his lawyer declined to press charges.
[...] The next day, 18 months after he'd originally been arrested, an anonymous supporter posted [Stafford's] bond, and on Friday he was reportedly freed.
I find that heavy.com typically has the facts quickly on violent crimes.
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(Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Wednesday August 10 2016, @12:14AM
This is the primary reason I support the death penalty. Rights need to be inalienable, just because we want to lock someone away for a night to teach them a lesson does not give us the right to take away their rights. Unless a human being is such a danger to society that they must at any cost be removed from it, then they deserve all of their inalienable rights at all times.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @06:19AM
Except for self-sovereignty, apparently. Your life is yours, the state does not have the right to end it, only you do.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:49AM
Just about everyone i see making this argument turns out to be a hardcore Christian, who will instantly flip on a dime and express a near-Calvinist and frankly sickening, pig-bottom authoritarian worldview when challenged. One particularly annoying, solipsistic, self-absorbed AC (could that be you?) of this caliber was absolutely obsessed with being a "self-owned man" for example.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @08:23AM
Definitely not me, definitely not Christian, and I welcome my worldview being challenged. There is no greater sign of authoritarianism than supporting the death penalty. I was merely pointing out the hypocrisy in him saying that he thought rights should always be respected while simultaneously being in favor of violating them (executions).
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 10 2016, @04:52PM
Definitely agree with you there...it's amusing, in a very dark way, how "inalienable" rights suddenly become very alienable indeed to certain people.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...