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Originally Posted by wittynickname
I wonder how many murderers who happen to be POC would be given the sympathetic "end of his rope, it was a bad day" defense.
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At a minimum every killer gets the quote from the family or co-worker of “ He is such a good kid, there is no way he could do this”. Even Vincent Li has a quote like this from his boss in the article about his arraignment. Not sure that is quite equivalent to the Sherrif in this case.
I think Pepsifree’s comment that we defend perpetrators and villianize victims is fairly accurate. I think in general it’s a coping mechanism to make yourself feel safe as to why this couldn’t happen to you and to rationalize that people couldn’t be that horrible.