I doubt he would have had such concern for the little girl’s lungs if the car had smelled like cigarette smoke.

This aspect of it is so insanely frustrating because I’ve seen so many gun enthusiasts (white, of course) assuming Castille must not have disclosed he was carrying. And of course crickets once the tape was released and it becomes clear Castille did exactly what all the backseat CCW holders said he should.

Yanez was charged with manslaughter.

I imagine some people literally can’t deal with the idea that a miscarriage of justice is possible, so they have to change their opinion in order to handle the acquittal. I’ve known a lot of people like that (mostly white), the same kind of people who don’t understand why innocent people ask for an attorney or confess…

The source article is similarly unclear, but from this section it sounds like he has to pay either way: “Judges in Louisiana have authority to jail people who fail to pay child support, though it is not commonly done because it is more difficult for defendants to gather the money they owe from behind bars.

The Spanish Prisoner scam, which is the original version, goes back to the late 1700s. They’ll be doing it forever presuming people keep falling for it.

Hugo Boss is still in business.

Or not, since their consciousness will have ceased to exist and the biological vessel that once contained it will be liquefying and pouring out of their ears!

I hated my grandmother for so many reasons, but I’ll give her credit for one thing - when my cousin had an out-of-wedlock baby at 20, grandma joyously participated in the baby shower etc. she was thrilled my cousin didn’t abort, and that was all she wanted.

Holy shit, I had no idea that was him. Gah, that movie was awful.

I believe they just had their first kid. Sorry. :/

She was in the first season of Hap & Leonard (available on Netflix)

They kind of are, though. “Murder” generally means the *unlawful* killing of a person with no valid reason/excuse. Self defense is almost always a valid reason.

Someone stealing an unlocked bike or unattended purse is still illegal. We don’t say “welp, he gets to keep your TV because you forgot to lock the door.”

Fun fact (may not be fun): 65% of the blood plasma used in the world comes from the US, supplied by desperate people at $35 bucks a pop.

There aren’t a lot of ultra conservative Orthodox Jews in the Twin Cities.

Only a handful of states have “Son of Sam” laws and they are fairly narrowly written to pass constitutional muster. I don’t believe there’s any such federal statute.

It’s not grammatically incorrect without the space - that just makes it a compound noun rather than an adjective and a noun.

In most (all?) states that wouldn’t matter - the employees can still collect and UI will pursue him for anything he owes the state.

The IRS actually does pay attention to the news. They may well be looking at returns that show a W2 from this company to see if they have additional unreported income.