Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoTrump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdictwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: usnews@lemy.lolnews@lemmy.worldpolitics@beehaw.orgnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months ago a few places were trying to make it legal to run over protestors blocking traffic Texas Governor Abbott pardoned a guy who straight up shot a white BLM protester while he was pushing his black wheelchair bound girlfriend. Said shooter also turned out to be a serial child rapist, but… didn’t matter. He got out anyway.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoI’ll never understand how a serial child rapist is ever “out” to do any further crimes. They shouldn’t even be breathing.
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoLet’s not go down that route, capital punishment is a barbaric mistake from a societal standpoint
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoI’d settle for keeping them imprisoned.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoWhen you’ve got friends in the governor’s mansion…
Texas Governor Abbott pardoned a guy who straight up shot a white BLM protester while he was pushing his black wheelchair bound girlfriend.
Said shooter also turned out to be a serial child rapist, but… didn’t matter. He got out anyway.
I’ll never understand how a serial child rapist is ever “out” to do any further crimes. They shouldn’t even be breathing.
Let’s not go down that route, capital punishment is a barbaric mistake from a societal standpoint
I’d settle for keeping them imprisoned.
When you’ve got friends in the governor’s mansion…