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ifoundtheidiot 71 points ago +71 / -0

Police charged Palmer on June 26, saying there was no evidence to suggest the employee had used the racial slur, and that the vicious attack was unprovoked.

This implies it’s legal to beat the shit out of someone for calling you a name.

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chinita_atx [S] 26 points ago +26 / -0

Yeah. Now they're using his age to mitigate if not get out of it.

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KuhlooKuhlay 25 points ago +25 / -0

I like how the left wants to increase the age of consent in one direction and then lower it in the other. Double standards or no standards at all it's the same old shit.

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chinita_atx [S] 15 points ago +15 / -0

Movable standards and morals are hallmarks of the left.

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AnAngryPotato 2 points ago +2 / -0

He's 18. If he walks we all know the real reason.

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Boog_boi45 11 points ago +11 / -0

Actually no, there’s an argument for fighting words, but the actual reason that that’s important is that it establishes what is known as “depraved mind” the thug just wanted to hurt someone for the sake of it. That looks worse come sentencing and in some jurisdictions it upgraded the charges.

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ifoundtheidiot 4 points ago +4 / -0

Fair enough, but why the delay in charging in the interim? It was clearly a criminal act regardless.

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MrTrumpsWildRide 4 points ago +4 / -0

So if someone called you a nazi, racist, or cracka ass cracka, would those be fighting words that would come into consideration for reduced punishment in sentencing?

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RabidZoo 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don't forget honkey!

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Thearchduke 1 point ago +1 / -0

Iirc, didn't they change the "fighting words" defense to make it actually reasonable?

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Illinoyed 2 points ago +2 / -0

I caught that. Doesn’t matter if he called him a lying dog faced pony soldier, can’t film a beating where you clearly come up behind a guy and when he’s down keep hitting him. Welcome to being charged as an adult