As I said to KC, I thank you for your efforts, but not for the news. Not till that sentence is appealed and that judge reprimanded for an obvious and egregious miscarriage of justice, anyway.

That is the laugh of a kid who knows the system is fucked, knows he’s getting locked up for no reason, and knows the actual cop who committed the actual murder got off free.

“We are very pleased with this sentence.”

I guess just bow your head, and accept fate? Kissing ass at that point wasn’t going to garner you any favors. Whether it be because of fear, bravery, or the absurdity of it all, I can’t help feel I’d probably laugh, too.

65 year sentence for the death of your friend, whose…

Stands in stark contrast to the trials of six officers who all participated in delivering Freddie Gray to jail with a severed spine, doesn’t it?

These type of accomplice laws are bullshit, since there’s been numerous cases of (usually Black boys and men) charged with crimes they didn’t personally commit and may not have even known about.

I’m tired, so damn tired of this injustice.