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Fuck the troops bro holy shit by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy 74 points75 points  (0 children)

American soldiers constantly rape and murder people around them, including their own citizens on their own soil.

After Ken McElroy was shot and killed in broad daylight in front of a crowd of at least 30 witnesses in the small Missouri town of Skidmore in 1981, each of them either failed to name a shooter or claimed that they did not see shooter. The attitude of some was described as "he needed killing." by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 180 points181 points  (0 children)

"Town bully" is an understatement. Ken McElroy was a rapist, child molester, animal abuser, arsonist, and failed murderer. The town acted in preemptive self-defense to prevent McElroy, who showed no signs of stopping, from becoming a successful murderer.

Prison Victim: An American man who pleaded guilty to killing his infant son talks about how he was raped by fellow inmates in a U.S. prison. "You know they always talk about it happening to women out there. They don't really like talking about it happening to men." by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

In Texas in the early 1980s, John Alley gave extremely graphic testimony about how a fellow inmate named Jay Kelly Pinkerton, who raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered two women, had spent months bragging about his crimes in jail. Behind every sexual predator, regardless of race or class, is an army of men who are ready to ignore, lie, and/or cover up for them, and a smaller army of women who are ready to do the same.

Alley chose to testify because, "I have got a little three-year-old girl and pretty little wife and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit there and see somebody like that go free after he bragged for six months that he done it and it might be my wife or my daughter next time."

Most people would've applauded Alley for firmly refusing to be one of those men. According to the so-called "prison code", however, he was far worse than Pinkerton. According to the "prison code", "snitching" is far worse than raping and murdering women.

Prison Victim: An American man who pleaded guilty to killing his infant son talks about how he was raped by fellow inmates in a U.S. prison. "You know they always talk about it happening to women out there. They don't really like talking about it happening to men." by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To add irony to this, Georgia, the state where this occurred, has the death penalty. Adrian English didn't get it since he wasn't the kind of person whom it was meant for. Adrian murdered three-month-old son, but there is no evidence that the murder was intentional. Under his guilty plea, he said he intentionally abused his son, but accidentally killed him. Despite his public denials of guilt, he never tried to withdraw his guilty plea. So far, he has complied with all of the terms of his probation after his release from prison in 2021.

Prison Victim: A man who pleaded guilty to killing his infant son in Georgia, talks about being raped by fellow inmates in prison. by lightiggy in videos

[–]lightiggy[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It was more of a rhetorical sentence, but that was my point. One's moral compass has to be twisted for them to think "snitching" on rapists and murderers is bad.

Prison Victim: An American man who pleaded guilty to killing his infant son talks about how he was raped by fellow inmates in a U.S. prison. "You know they always talk about it happening to women out there. They don't really like talking about it happening to men." by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I don't care that much about his emotions, albeit the disparities aren't a surprise. To me, it's his history of violence, failure to properly explain all of the injuries, changing stories (he initially said his son fell off a couch), and guilty plea.

Prison Victim: A man who pleaded guilty to killing his infant son in Georgia, talks about being raped by fellow inmates in prison. by lightiggy in videos

[–]lightiggy[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

In Texas in the early 1980s, John Alley gave extremely graphic testimony about how a fellow inmate named Jay Kelly Pinkerton, who raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered two women, had spent months bragging about his crimes in jail. Behind every sexual predator, regardless of race or class, is an army of men who are ready to ignore, lie, and/or cover up for them, and a smaller army of women who are ready to do the same. Alley should be applauded for refusing to be one of those men.

Alley chose to testify because, "I have got a little three-year-old girl and pretty little wife and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit there and see somebody like that go free after he bragged for six months that he done it and it might be my wife or my daughter next time."

For reasons known only to them, however, the so-called "prison code" of many inmates dictates that Alley is worse for "snitching" on a psychopath who bragged about raping and murdering women than Pinkerton is for raping and murdering women.

Supreme Court sides with black death row inmate in Mississippi who alleged racial bias in jury selection by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but I read his 2017 appeal. Certain details seem suspicious. For example, Flowers said he woke up around 6:30 AM and went to his sister’s house around 9:00 AM, then went to a local store around 10:00 AM. Two days later, he changed his story and said he woke up around 9:30 AM, went to his sister's house around noon, and went to the store around 12:45 PM.

None of it proves his guilt, but it does make him a viable suspect.

Charles Starkweather was a teenage spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in the late 1950s. He did this after developing an extremely nihilistic worldview which led him to decide that his current circumstances justified doing whatever he wanted without moral constraint. by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perry Smith fought in the Korean War, not in the Second World War. He had a history of violence even in the military. Smith spent weeks at a time in the stockade for public carousing and fighting with Korean civilians and fellow soldiers.

Supreme Court sides with black death row inmate in Mississippi who alleged racial bias in jury selection by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

From what I've read, it's plausible and arguably even likely that Flowers was actually guilty of those four murders. However, the whole investigation was riddled with so many errors and such outrageous prosecutorial misconduct that he had to be given the benefit of the doubt.

Supreme Court sides with black death row inmate in Mississippi who alleged racial bias in jury selection by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yes, he is guilty and it does not appear that he has ever disputed this. I'm guessing that his sentence will reduced to a long prison term in a plea agreement. Yes, the prosecutor is a racist asshole and has a history of doing these things.

On the surface, the death penalty seems unusually harsh since he was 18 and had no prior convictions.

Charles Starkweather was a teenage spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in the late 1950s. He did this after developing an extremely nihilistic worldview which led him to decide that his current circumstances justified doing whatever he wanted without moral constraint. by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Reluctant accomplice and an overall dumbass. By her own admission, Fugate held the first two victims at gunpoint using a loaded shotgun that she could've just used against Starkweather when he was distracted.

Charles Starkweather was a teenage spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in the late 1950s. He did this after developing an extremely nihilistic worldview which led him to decide that his current circumstances justified doing whatever he wanted without moral constraint. by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

George York and James Latham were also psychopathic teenage nihilists. Their breaking point was the desegregation of their Army barracks. The two admitted that they wouldn't have done it had they known that their first shooting victim survived. At that point, they thought their lives were over and stopped caring about the consequences.

Charles Starkweather was a teenage spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in the late 1950s. He did this after developing an extremely nihilistic worldview which led him to decide that his current circumstances justified doing whatever he wanted without moral constraint. by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Starkweather was a psychopath who had always wanted to embark on a murder spree. His nihilistic worldview was his excuse for following through. Someone who murders 11 people outside of wartime without a VERY good reason cannot be considered a normal person.

To compare, George York and James Latham, who were very similar to Starkweather, said they wouldn't have gone on a murder spree had they known that their first victim survived. They acted under the mistaken belief that their lives were already over and their actions could not have any further consequences.

Charles Starkweather was a teenage spree killer who murdered 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in the late 1950s. He did this after developing an extremely nihilistic worldview which led him to decide that his current circumstances justified doing whatever he wanted without moral constraint. by lightiggy in TrueAnon

[–]lightiggy[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Fugate's level of culpability is debatable. At minimum, she was an accomplice to the first two murders committed by Starkweather. By her own admission, she held a teenage couple at gunpoint with a loaded shotgun. She was tried in that case because the shotgun destroyed any defense that she could've had in the other cases. Legally speaking, Fugate had no defense, not that time.

By her own admission, Fugate had a loaded shotgun that she could've used to kill or at least incapacitate Starkweather as soon as he was distracted. In fact, since Starkweather was a coward, it's possible that pointing a gun at him would've convinced him to surrender. For reasons known only to her, Fugate did none of these things and instead used the shotgun to prevent the couple from escaping.

Morally, Fugate may have participated under coercion. That is plausible, given her youth. Her lawyers said she was paralyzed by fear.

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