A classic Catch 22. The evidence that exonerates you also convicts you.

A lot of states have ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clauses that say as long as they’re within 4 years of each other then it’s not considered rape. Not sure if that’s the case here though.

Not if the victim isn’t old enough to legally consent to sex with an adult.

If I may add to the warrant: Suspect is considered armed and dangerous. He has murdered 1 kid and tried to murder a few more. Suspect has vast support system of other armed and dangerous white men who, like him, will shoot to kill and then lie about it. Proceed with caution and be ready to shoot to kill him before he…

I’m interested in whether he opts for a bench trial or for a jury. For the exact opposite reason the Freddie Gray cops didn’t want to sit in front of a jury, this guy probably wants to. Dallas basically being the epicenter of ‘blue lives matter,’ so he can try to bank on finding some jurors who don’t give a shit about…

Yeah lemme know when they actually convict one of these murdering assholes.

Right? So uplifting to see even if in the face of such horrifying disregard and disrespect.

That young man standing up for himself and the other kids is amazing. I would never have been able to advocate for myself like this at that age. Good job parents.

I’m not at all surprised that Coach Ryan might think this stupid shit (I’ve known quite a few white people to say the same), but I’m kind of fucking astounded that he’d get up in front of a classroom full of phone-clutching kids, pointedly drop n-bombs, and then try to seriously argue that no one has a right to be…

I don’t really agree with the idea of assigning proper speech to white people, but at the end of the day the idea she is conveying is a good one. It is AMAZING how far speaking properly will get you. White, black, doesn’t matter. A big part of getting people to take you seriously is making them think that you’re…

It’s not necessarily, or at least not just “sounding white” it’s “not sounding dumb/backwards/like trouble” ... Personally, I’ve had to hide my fairly thick southern accent to be taken seriously in the tech world. When I speak in my normal drawl, the first impression I get is “I bet that guy can fix my…

So he is deliberately not giving the state time to prepare, in the hopes that there will be civil unrest, law enforcement won’t be ready for it, and then he can use it as an excuse to crack down harder on communities of color. Asshole.

Do you realize how desperate and media illiterate you seem questioning The Root’s credibility here when this isn’t even their reporting? This is, very obviously, a piece of aggregation based based on a WaPo story. Based on a publicly available lawsuit. And an interview vetted under the terms of a settlement agreement…

This is why I’m so tired of people claiming that discussions about and/or confronting racism will perpetuate it, and the only way to end it is to stop talking about it. Jasmine was expected to just ignore her potential teammates racist comments in order to ensure they had good “chemistry”. Her being quiet would have…

“...Were it not for a number of practical considerations...”

This might be a “be careful what you wish for” situation. It seems the judge’s ruling allows the breakaway district to control two elementary schools in the near term that will be zoned for Gardendale residents, but the high school which was just built is an expense they would have to take on, and it is looking like…

Now now, please, proper terminology. Its the National Socialist Kinjan Workers’ Party.

I am legit shocked that they were fired and that the GA police didn’t try some United-esque, BS reframing.