Your first mistake was reading comments on Jalopnik.

I would be very surprised if they couldn’t prove that he planned this well before he ever got to Virginia.

One thing prosecutors are fond of telling jurors is that premeditation can take a mere instant. A single moment of reflection on your actions is enough. So if he paused for even a second of thinking, “I should run those bitches down,” that’s first-degree murder. Might be hard to prove, but if anyone saw him sitting in…

So, I have a question about this “heat of the moment” argument. I made the mistake of reading the Jalopnik article about laws re:running people over with your car during a protest and was honestly flabbergasted at the number of people who seemed to think it was fine to hit people with your car if they angered or…

Is second degree murder not a felony?!

I called Charlottesville PD to report the assault of Deandre Harris and the names of the people who perpetrated the assault (they’ve been successfully identified online by multiple people) and was told an officer would call me to take the info and it’s been several days now without that call coming through. So yeah,…

Well, as I understand it, the difference between first and second is premeditation. I might be wrong, but if I’m right, there’s no way I don’t believe this was premeditated. I suppose they might think they might have a better chance of getting a conviction with second, but it seems like first to me.

And just imagine if she hadn’t been white! They’d be handing him a speeding ticket and calling it quits.

Second degree murder is probably a reasonable charge because it was in the heat of the moment. Doesn’t mean he shouldn’t go to jail for, like, ever though.

I’m actually in favor of referring to them as “the confederates” instead of republicans.

Well, shit. What about the folks beating unarmed Black citizens? There is video of them! When will their homes be raided? When will they be arrested?

Yeah and the protesters at the inauguration day protests (J-20) are facing up to 75 years in prison for all the charges they are facing. The GOP are the confederate party, this is all intentional.

perfect time to announce this, all we’re talking about is senile trump. Wonder what else will fly under the radar

I’m liking this thing he does now where he uses ‘JOBS!’ as a period to his sentences. Really hoping he starts doing that IRL.

Being infested with an unwanted parasite IS an emergency.

“For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!”

‘For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!’

“Big day in Alabama. Vote for Luther Strange, he will be great!”

I wish pro-choice advocates would stop hiding behind rape pregnancies and affirm the right of women to have abortions at their leisure, without having to justify their decision or circumstance.

This is an end-run around established precedent and will be struck down, like half the other bullshit Abbott has signed.