Nope.

Idk. Maybe they are. FL sucks either way, and I am never ever going there, not even for Harry Potter World.

Jfc, how in god’s name do legislators and the general public not see that this is a problem?! I’ve never had a gun pulled on me and don’t know how I would react if I did. I’d probably be dead from doing something “threatening” because I’d be so freaked out and scared.

Very much this. It’s kind of insane to me how often white people accuse poc of being oversensitive and outraged, but then they utterly lose it when you accuse them of, like, not putting enough spice in their food or whatever. Smh.

I never personally insulted you, but okay.

Actually, I believe in rehabilitative and restorative justice, especially when it’s clear that a person’s actions are the result of some failing in society that prompts them to act out in desperation or frustration. That doesn’t mean I believe cruel acts shouldn’t be punished.

You didn’t miss anything after giving up on OITNB after Poussey’s death. It completely went off the rails and got super boring at the same time.

Link?

I lived in Tampa

What?

Fair enough.

Understandable? The dude was practically naked.

A friend of mine recently spent some time in FL so his gf (who is white) could take a special cosmetology course there. They were staying in a white part of town. Their neighbors, who were white, got into a domestic dispute, so he and his gf called the cops and took the woman down to the lobby of the apartment…

They can’t release the kids’ names anyway, so they’re protected by law. They don’t need any extra protections. What they did is horrific. Their punishment should be rigid and the details of this case should absolutely be made known to the public. What matters to me is that it becomes known to everyone that this kind…

From what I understand, non-identifying information can be released, but they’re not giving any information at all. You can correct me if I’m wrong.

Then you were a rare excellent pre-teen.

Wow, the trolls are really out in force on this story. Black boy almost gets lynched and white people are triggered.

Yep. I’m appalled by these people in the greys saying saying, “They’re just kids!” Um, and? I was an idiot as a kid, too, but I never tried to fucking kill anyone. I for damn sure never tried to LYNCH A SMALL CHILD.

“Misinformation” my ass. What the hell else do we need to know? Some white teenagers tried to lynch an 8 year old black boy. There is no extenuating circumstance in this world that could ever make that excusable or somehow lighten the gravity of this situation. Period. There is no unknown detail that could make me…

I would be in jail right now if I was that mother. I would have lost my shit and rampaged through that town.