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Johnathan Lewis has passed

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Gator515151, Nov 13, 2023.

  1. Gator515151

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  2. Gator515151

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    My question would be, in such an obvious case of out and out murder why no arrests have been made.
     
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  3. mrhansduck

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    It's been all over my X feed. I was actually wondering if I'd have heard about it if the victim had been Black.
     
  4. Gator515151

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    I wasn't sure how to post this, I didn't really want to make it an issue but considering how quickly school shootings and the likes make it to too hot, I had been wondering when this would become an issue. If my title is too one sided I'll change it, it was meant to make a point but not to bring an argument.
     
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  5. jhenderson251

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    The answer is more-or-less in the third paragraph of the article you linked.
     
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  6. wgbgator

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    If you have 15 people involved, that makes it more difficult to charge someone with murder. Who actually killed him?
     
  7. orangeblue_coop

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    You sure wouldn’t have.

    Very sad story nonetheless, RIP to the victim. I hope the violent miscreants involved are properly punished.
     
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  8. vaxcardinal

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    I was thinking....didnt this guy already die but then realized it was about the much less famous Lewis
     
  9. jhenderson251

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    Also, he didn't die until today. Kind of hard to arrest someone for murder before the victim dies.
     
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  10. Gator515151

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    I still question handling it this way. Who is to say the guilty kids aren't going to run?
     
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  11. jhenderson251

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    Again, Johnathan Lewis didn't die until today. How quickly after a victim dies do you expect police to charge the correct suspects with murder in a mob-based attack?
     
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  12. FutureGatorMom

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    They have the video. Hopefully they can identify any and all of the students who hit him repeatedly as he lay on the ground. Heart breaking day for his family.
     
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    I’d wonder if they’d even need to determine who struck the fatal blow? With a bank robbery, they can charge all the co-conspirators with murder. That might be a reach in a typical fight. But not THAT much of a reach given the specific circumstances here, more of a beating than a fight.
     
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    Wow
    I guess we all see who you really are. A young man dies from being beaten by a mob and you can’t even give a second thought but to change the subject to earn brownie points for your team.
     
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  16. VAg8r1

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    Deleted it. I accidentally posted it in the wrong thread and moved it where I should have posted it (the one on the January 6th insurrection).
     
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  17. Gator515151

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    I was fixin to say, that couldn't have possibly been posted here intentionally. Knew it was an accident.......I do wonder if Coop's fistbump was accidental though.
     
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  18. GatorJMDZ

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    Every person who participated in the beating is a principal. Charge them all.

    2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
    Chapter 195 - Parties to Crimes
    NRS 195.020 - Principals.

    Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 195.020 (2022)
    Every person concerned in the commission of a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor, whether the person directly commits the act constituting the offense, or aids or abets in its commission, and whether present or absent; and every person who, directly or indirectly, counsels, encourages, hires, commands, induces or otherwise procures another to commit a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor is a principal, and shall be proceeded against and punished as such. The fact that the person aided, abetted, counseled, encouraged, hired, commanded, induced or procured, could not or did not entertain a criminal intent shall not be a defense to any person aiding, abetting, counseling, encouraging, hiring, commanding, inducing or procuring him or her.

    [1911 C&P § 9; RL § 6274; NCL § 9958]
     
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  19. GatorJMDZ

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    Based on the OP's posting history, I KNEW there was going to more to this, likely based on the race of someone involved. I was correct.
     
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    You wonder about the wrong things in life