General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Christian right calls James Talarico "demonic" -- for quoting Jesus [View all]Sympthsical
(11,244 posts)Kid was completely guilty.
But it's turned into a total racial shitshow on purpose by his parents for grifting purposes. Had they gone about it just about any other way, their child could have gotten a much lighter sentence. But there was no money in that.
I've been keeping idle tabs on it, because the fallout of the verdict has morphed into a moving car crash that's difficult to look away from. Anthony's initial supporters are having massive falling outs amongst themselves, because the family was in the background looking for money, and people involved with them started spilling the tea when Karmelo's father started asking about how to grift the appeals funds.
And somehow Crockett managed to get on the wrong side of this, because she was trying to chase clout.
It's messssssy. I haven't been this fascinated since that Lego reseller tried to rip off a dying man who enlisted a YouTuber.
It's turned into a banner month for social media rubbernecking.