They went full red stapler on him.

But to tell the truth, both personas still project creepily; racists come in all different wrappings and levels of grooming.

Just 'cause you wear a sweater vest and look like Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys doesn't mean you're harmless.

how many white supremacist tattoos are covered up under his geek outfit? He looks like someone who's "familiar" with the justice system.
There's not a doubt in my mind who this asshole voted for in 2016. One less Republican voter, so that's always a good thing. It's a crying shame Kouren-Rodney Thomas had to lose his life because of this racist piece of shit though.

They went wild trying to trick the jury, didn't they?

Thank you, so much, GReedDiamond.

...I said to myself "wtf"?!

He looks like some kinda mild mannered tax accountant from 1989.

So I looked into it.

That's what I got.

Trump administration .

...wow...!!!...it's raining in Pasadena CA!

Hope it's over by tomorrow morning.

it's been colder for the past week or so than almost anytime before this past fall/winter.

but i like the rain so i hope it continues but i know it can be bad if there is too much.

...COLD! I didn't move to Hollywood from Chicago 42 years ago to now unexpectedly experience such brutal cold temps as low 30s - low 60s...while in the meantime it was in the 80s on the east coast a few days ago?!

(Insert Climate Change Reference HERE)

The problem I have locally with any rain in L.A. is., the already fucked up traffic is amplified greatly...

...like what Edward Norton’s skinhead character in American History X would look if he had hair.

He's dressed like a 4th grader in a class picture.

..the Florida jury found Zimmerman not guilty, but this jury gave the right verdict.

Here's a booking photo of Chad Copely, along with a photo of Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas.

Life in prison and I hope it will be the most miserable life possible. Hopefully he will be the cell block bitch.

it causes a ripple effect throughout the dorm - making it less safe (and more abusive for everyone).

I'm grateful this jury had common sense and cared to do the duty of a juror.

Another N.R.A. sponsored bullshit piece of legislation, designed to do nothing more than sell more guns.

Sadly I'm pretty familiar with self-defense laws in my state with firearms. I let a girl stay with me while she was out on bail after shooting, though not killing, where she pled justification. She was acquitted.

In her case, she was acquitted partly because he admitted on the stand not believing the gun was real after she aimed it at him to distract him and started coming at her, partly because she was in the situation because his wife had called her for help to get out of an already court-documented DV situation and other than drawing the firearm her other choice was to let him drag his wife out of the vehicle through the window like he was trying, and partly because rural Arkansans tend to think a 5'1 woman with a .22 shooting a methed-out wifebeater who arrived to discover his wife leaving him and tried to physically interfere qualifies as "service to the community". Only the first two could be taken into consideration officially.

NC's laws are similar to Arkansas's. My bad experience personally with a gun was prompted because my drunk stepfather wanted to violate them by going back into his house and getting a firearm then going outside the residence again to "scare off" the person he was fighting with verbally. That would have legally been aggravated assault. I stood between him and the front door and when Mom's attempt to sweet-talk him into putting it down was just resulting in her being covered by the muzzle (and I knew he had poor trigger finger discipline) I got his attention and verbally disarmed him, but more in the tones of a drill sergeant than a frightened woman. It's not fun to have one aimed at you even if you don't think he'd intentionally shoot. But if he took it outside, or fired through a window, that would not have been protected by law.

Who those laws sre designed to protect are the victims of the very rare cases where someone apparently violent breaks IN to the home and encounters someone armed. The gun humpers amp up those 911 calls so if you're really interested you can search YouTube. One case I remember was a woman by herself, rural Oklahoma, someone either intoxicated or mentally disturbed was trying to break in, you can hear him yelling some crazy crap in the call. She's got the gun ready, saying she doesn't want to shoot but she's scared, get officers there quickly, etc. Only when he finally breaks through and gets inside the house do you hear the commotion, a shot, and her crying hysterically over having killed a man.

If she'd shot through the door at him, she'd be in jail.

any public place. "Secure my neighborhood" - outside your property line its not "yours" to secure.