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Originally posted by tim huntzinger
Janyes, it is all of that. Let us talk locally, though, about racial injustice. When a Jenks child killed his friend after conducting a high-speed paintball game on the turnpike he was sentenced to a one-month house time-out. When a 14-year-old girl was joy-riding and killed a neighbor she was charged with FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
Wanna guess the races?
I find it hard to make an argument for this being an injustice. Regardless of the racial identities of those involved, a crime was committed, and those charged must go through the legal process like anyone else. Were we to use this particular rationale, we may as well say that OJ Simpson (for example) should never be charged with a crime because his particular racial identity absolves him of any possible charges brought against him.
As for this Shawn Howard matter, I've done my research on the matter on this site and throughout the internet-and curiously enough, I also have friends back in Oklahoma who actually knew him (I'm always in touch with the home team, dontcha know).
I'm not going to defend his killer, Badgewell. Evenso, I won't defend Howard either. Howard walked around with brass knucks, and was looking to use them, either in self-defense or otherwise. If someone walked up to me with brass knucks, you'd better believe that I'd be on the defensive, and if that someone was looking to take the first punch without prior provocation, I'm going to fight back.
And incidentally, while Badgewell was no saint, neither was Howard, by many accounts.