The reason why this so often works is that we’re institutionalized to believe that rape is a crime committed by monsters. So if you can convince the judge that you’re not a monster, you’re just a kid who made a bad choice, you can make him question if you’re even really a rapist at all.

We hear a lot about “personal responsibility” when it comes to rape victims as well. Somehow, rapists never have a responsibility not to rape, but rape victims are always entirely responsible for avoiding getting themselves raped. And drunk rapists aren’t responsible for their actions because of the alcohol, but drunk…

2016 America: Where a 12-year old boy is shot and killed by the police for playing with a toy and it’s his fault because he should have “known” that people would see him as a threat, while a full-grown adult who rapes an unconscious woman and tries to flee should only have to endure a couple months of jail because…

you can see the Flying Elbow Cop thinking “THIS IS IT! THE MOMENT I’VE TRAINED MY WHOLE CAREER FOR! THE PEOPLES ELBOW!!!!”

This video almost made me have a panick attack

In a general sense, it’s abhorrent that someone could commit this crime and not automatically get life without parole. But I have a feeling that any parole board 25 years from now would take one look at the crimes and slam the “rejected” stamp on his application so hard it would break the table in half.

22 life year sentences but could be out in 25 years.

To be fair, Trump was even more orange without even trying.

Oh they’re aware of it. But they know it as a thing that happens to “those people” in “that part of town” and they’re all “targeted” so really it’s a shame but it’s not their problem.

These celebrities have no interest in actually making a difference. They’re just paying lip service to their fans, who are overwhelmingly left leaning.

What is a GUN? Did you mean gum? GUM IS DELICIOUS. NRA? DID YOU MEAN NBA!? SPORTS BALL FOREVER!

some of yall mofuckas wearing CORAL and NOT ORANGE.

no idea where it’s from, but noticed it’s used more frequently in the UK

Is it me or is that son of a bitch smiling as the dad lunges at him and misses?

This makes absolute sense and my heart aches for this man. Having said that, that's a fucking amazing picture.

Think of it this way...this is an unusual story, people were punished for harming this girl, and the general consensus of people reading about it is one of disgust. That was not always the case. That is not the case in some parts of the world right now. Things are getting better, but slowly.

When I was in high school, a girl in my freshman gym class was married. Apparently her mother had found out that she was sleeping with some 20something dude the summer before high school started and insisted that they get married or she’d have him arrested. The girl seemed cool with it at the time, and we were all in…

Or a meteor. I’m not super-picky.

We are so overdue for a plague