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posted by n1 on Tuesday August 09 2016, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-wrongs-does-it-take-to-make-a-right dept.

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 Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:43AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:43AM (#386162) Journal

    I modded him up too. Credit where credit is due; even Hitler wasn't 100% wrong about everything, else he'd have choked on his cereal at age 3. J-Mo is like a stuck clock; once in a while, he'll get it right, if even only for a second at a time. He kind of shat all over it with the latter half of his post of course, but then, he wouldn't be J-Mo if he didn't :/

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