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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, Insightful) by art guerrilla on Tuesday August 09 2016, @10:03PM
okay, run-run-run-runaway, so you are CONFIRMING roof's behavior as desirable ?
(apparently HE 'felt' it was okay to punish *those* people how HE saw fit, and how did *that* work out ? you are BOTH THE SAME!)
...OR, you DON'T believe in the rule of law, OR, you believe psychopathy is okey-dokey (you know, as long as its 'justifiable' psychopathy), OR, you just got to go all macho in an 'approved' manner ?
cause it is 'okay' to hate on haters; it is 'okay' to kill killers, it is 'okay' to do THE EXACT SAME THING THE HORRIBLE PERSON YOU WANT TO DO THAT TO DID TO SOMEONE ELSE...
um, do you see any problems with this 'thinking' ? ? ?
REGARDLESS of ANYONE'S personal feelings or blood-lust for revenge, that is EXACTLY why we are *supposed* to be a nation of laws, NOT raging men/women...
we do NOT depend on runaway's prodigious wisdom and empathy to set sentences for criminals, and we should not...
punishment was lawfully meted out, anything beyond that is vigilantes outside of the law...
but runaway just wants his pound of flesh, the OPPOSITE of justice...
(Score: 2, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 10 2016, @01:25AM
At a college near you, is a course availabe in reading comprehension.
What a man deserves and what the law provides for punishment are completely different. In the future, I'll try to remember to type slowly, so that you can keep up.
ICE is having a Pretti Good season.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 10 2016, @05:49AM
And the point of the law is so that an unbiased third party can decide without bias or lust for revenge what they actually deserve, dipshit. Deciding that "The law wasn't strict enough, this guy deserves more punishment!" is vigilantism, full stop, and preventing that from happening is why we have laws in the first place.