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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: 3, Informative) by jmorris on Tuesday August 09 2016, @09:33PM
Regardless of what they're in jail for, nobody should ever get assaulted, especially in the shower, let alone see the offender be praised or freed as (an indirect) result.
In theory I agree entirely. In a perfect world this sort of thing shouldn't happen and certainly shouldn't be praised. We don't live there. We live in an imperfect and crappy world and here I find it hard to get overly worked up over a lunatic that shot up a church getting his face punched in. Not sure I can go so far as support somebody bailing the guy out though, the joy of punching a mass murderer in the face should be its own reward, right? Yet again I can't get all worked up over that bit of exuberance either. Sounds like a little joy in the news cycle for a change.
Notice that I refuse to use the lunatic's name. Everyone should make a point of denying these nutjobs the biggest 'reward' they seek, to have their name remembered. The media shouldn't entirely cover it up lest the conspiracy nutters get triggered but mention it in one story when the police release it, show the picture once and then never again. Google remembers everything for anyone curious enough to go look it up. Focus on the victims, not the monster.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Tuesday August 09 2016, @10:12PM
Notice that I refuse to use the lunatic's name. Everyone should make a point of denying these nutjobs the biggest 'reward' they seek, to have their name remembered. The media shouldn't entirely cover it up lest the conspiracy nutters get triggered but mention it in one story when the police release it, show the picture once and then never again. Google remembers everything for anyone curious enough to go look it up. Focus on the victims, not the monster.
My thoughts exactly. When it seems like literally once a week when I go to the cafeteria there's the newspeople talking about a new shooting or bombing on TV, and you know that it'll be on for the next 3 days minimum.
"Yesterday Asshole Number 217 shot up a shopping mall for some dumb-ass reason that tries to explain how killing utterly random people who've never done anything to you helps anything. But frankly, we can't be bothered to ask what the reason was, because it was undoubtedly retarded. 17 are in critical condition, and 5 dead. Moving on, in sports..."
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by quintessence on Tuesday August 09 2016, @10:12PM
Especially among criminals, there is a hierarchy of the bad from the worst. And since they are the lowest of the low, the minutia of difference of one from the other gets amplified in the extreme.
I'm reminded of the guy who killed Dahmer. He too was in prison for murder. He killed an unrelated man about a job that he wasn't hired for. He has a messiah complex.
You really don't want the inmates to run the institution.