Any good lawyers on this board? Sounds like PtLavaca could use one on retainer. Maybe we can do a SoonerScoop fund for your legal fees.
OT: Sad, but Not Surprising...Nebraska's Lawrence Phillips Dies in Prison...
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Any good lawyers on this board? Sounds like PtLavaca could use one on retainer. Maybe we can do a SoonerScoop fund for your legal fees.
Not a lawyer, but was in a high school play, "12 angry men", but we only had six guys on our jury...so we had to be twice as angry.
LOL I'm past the days of wannabe rock star drug addict. Been off the crack since 2007 and never drink more than two beers. Last beer I had was in October. Besides, I have my own LLC and a few DBA's under that. It's amazing what one can do when nobody will hire them.
I can't remember his name but, there was a successful author who's since died.
He had a quote that I related to..."I had to become rich, I had really bad credit".
Fair enough. I would give you my landline phone number for you to tattoo onto yourself in case you ever fell off the wagon and needed bail, but I don't have one. I don't know if this is still the case, but when I went to jail, we could only call landlines. What a ***** when you only know cell numbers.... plus we rely on our phonebooks so much these days.
Good for you for looking up the difference between conscience and conscious.
Where did I say any of that was different? I didn't. Rape and murder is rape and murder. You're just a moron trying to create straw man arguments again. Do I hold piece of trash thugs to a different standing than a guy who has fought for his country and got mentally damaged for doing so? You're damn right.
Still, no one has shown me an ounce of proof that Lawrence Phillips was mentally damaged beyond knowing right from wrong. I will take that as a concession.
Also, there are millions of sad stories of upbringings out there. You people that want to give all of them an excuse for this crap is what is making this country go to hell in a hand basket. There is barely any accountability anymore. It's nothing but excuses. They try to clinicize everything. A kid won't listen to his mom and dad and is unruly, he's ADD or ADHD so let's give him some medication. No, just about every thug and gang banger out there has a less than stellar upbringing. They make choices just like Phillips did over and over and over. Nothing you can say will make me feel sorry for that piece of trash. No amount of excuses for him will work.
What's incredible, is you contradict yourself in the same frikin paragraph. But others are morons right???
But just for clarity....here is a post from earlier in the thread where you said there is a difference, while claiming later you didn't post any such thing.
But just for clarity....here is a post from earlier in the thread where you said there is a difference, while claiming later you didn't post any such thing.
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What about the kid I described? With everything he's been through he still knows right from wrong. Does he have an excuse for his behavior?
You might have looked it up, I didn't need to. I know the difference.
You're just a moron who has a bowl of **** covered hay in place of your Wheaties.
Rape and murder is rape and murder, yet if he who rapes and murders is an inner city thug, that is worse than a guy who served his country before committing the same heinous acts, according to you. And that is heinous with an H, not anus like you.
Sociopath is the word you used to describe him. Someone smarter than you posted the definition. Need I say more? Whether he is or not doesn't really matter, you diagnosed it and now you want us to prove your diagnosis? That is what morons do, is it not?
I'm not here to give an excuse. Nor am I here to give him a pile of **** now that he is dead.
Rest in peace Lawrence Phillips.
That's nice. Now that we've confirmed that you weren't there, can we add to it that you don't know what happened?
Ever been to prison? Do you know how things get done in them?
I've been and I know. Guards often belong to gangs or can be bought by them. How does one smoke 5 cigs a day in a non smoking prison? What about cell phones? Somebody brings the **** in there. Whether it is a guard or not, who strip searches the inmate after a contact visit? And how did they not notice an inmate shoving a cellophane covered cell phone up his *** during visitation? Oh, it must of been teleported in... because the guards are saints...
For all we know, a guard could've been paid off to let that guy get killed. It happens more than you think. I've watched many an *** whipping take place while guards placed bets on the outcome. And I was fortunate, I was in the laid back units...
Why, is he a prison guard or something?
Man, I can only imagine how utterly awful that must be to be there. Then, the reality is probably X10.
Glad you survived to tell us about it.
What's really on our minds is did he get some stank on his hang-low? I kid. I kid.
But did you, Lavaca?
Haha. Not me. I was in a 50 man dorm in one unit where the unit "queen" was. Had boobs and fought like a girl. Kicked a few peoples asses as well. Was said that she was a swallower, but I never saw any of it. She definitely watched who was in the shower a lot. It was that same unit where I watched a quiet, mind his own business type guy get called out by 4 gangsters... He laid all of them out in some of the baddest martial arts I'd ever scene in person.
Two days later he was in the hospital with broken ribs and broken jaw. He was asleep in his top bunk when the gang bangers beat him with soap sox while others had strapped him in with sheets. Within a week, after outside recreation, 10 guys from other dorms came in our dorm and beat the crap out of the two leaders of the assault. They hadn't followed "family" rules it was said. They both left in ambulances. I was always approached to join different gangs, never did, never will.
Every prison I went to in Texas, I was called out within a week or so. You go fight. You kick someone's ***. They kick yours. You lose count. It doesn't matter the outcome. You do it because you ain't anybody's *****. Win or lose, you fight, because when you don't, you are somebody's property. It is what it is. Life in there isn't much of a life at all. It was a lot worse for those who were owned. It goes with them everywhere. If Texas Syndicate or Mexican Mafia owns you at this unit, they own you in all of them. Getting transferred doesn't change it for them. Inmates move in Texas units every 18-24 months. Scared pups think they are free when they get moved. They get to a new unit and try to join AB or White Knights to get out of being owned. That makes it worse for them. TS will beat them while allowing AB to as well. They go to the hospital. They are extorted like a ***** by a pimp, minus the sexual favors. Although I'm sure that happens in the rougher units...
My advice... Don't go unless you are visiting someone. Then go as often as you can. It is good for them.
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Just read the report. The PCA, stated that both inmates were seen on video, entering their cell. The video showed no one else going in. They found the victims blood on LP. They found the victims blood on LP clothes. They found they victims blood, inside LP sheets. So unless a ghost got into a locked, video monitored cell. LP killed the guy. They have three different angles of video. No they do not have video inside the cell but they have three cameras outside of it. The DA and the Warden, looked at the evidence and brought charges against LP. Was it manslaughter, self defense or murder? I do not know.
There you go. None of us know. While a warden's job is not one for many, there are many a warden who should not have that job. Ever sit in a cell with a convicted murderer? What if...
A prison that holds 2400 is now housing over 4000. You are LP, an immediate target because of who you are. You get housed with a gangbanger serving 80+ for murder. He tells you it's you or him, what to do, what to do....
Still not making any sense there big fella. Do I view them being very different as far as my sympathy for their mental illness? Yup I damn sure do. Do I have sympathy for someone that murders and rapes someone domestically or does something completely unethical in the line of duty? Nope. I was happy as hell those morons from Abu Graib were prosecuted to hell and gone. It's funny how you and the inmate sympathizers are trying to sound smart while completely flipping an argument inside out to prove a non-existent point.
Again, since I have to spell it out with crayon here, I have sympathy for vets for their mental illness. I do not have sympathy for some woman beater and repeat felon trying to use the "my poor childhood" excuse. If you're anti-military and you think those are similar, or as it sounded, like you think military is worse since "they chose" to do what they do. Im still waiting for someone to show me where LP was so mentally ill that he didn't know right from wrong.
Unlike probably most here, I actually do a ton of work with inner city youth. I've been a "big brother" just about every chance I've gotten when I've had the time and money since I was in my early 20's. I donate time every couple of weeks to run a first tee program here in Houston that is designed specifically for inner city youth and the much less fortunate... many of those living in group homes. I don't have much, but I give what I can (time) and do what I can. I see these kids making amazing choices and refusing to let things get them down.
As for the question above, if the kid doesn't know right from wrong then you need to get them some very serious help. If he is that mentally challenged, then he needs to be taken care of by professionals.
You didn't answer the question. He does know right from wrong. Considering his background and circumstances I described, does he have an excuse?
You won't like my answer because it doesn't fit your enabling and excuse giving agenda. That's an awful situation, but if you're trying to tell me he doesn't know better than to not destroy things that aren't his, he doesn't know better than to steal, etc. then I won't believe a thing you say about it. He may not care or give a damn that he's doing something wrong, but that's different altogether. As for Phillips, you just need to give up. The dude was a thug. If you want to be a bleeding heart to every thug and gang banger out there, good for you. I've lost people to that bs that were just collateral damage. They know killing is wrong, they just don't care. I've been held up at gun point and pistol whipped by those types of idiots.
I feel bad for them, until they start being violent repeat felons.
There, I've answered yours. Now where's the proof that Phillips was so mentally ill that he didn't know dragging a woman down steps and slamming her head into a mail box was wrong? Where's the proof that he didn't know trying to run 3 teenagers over with his car was wrong? How about taking a woman hostage and nearly choking her to death? How about stealing her car after doing so? Give me a freakin break already.
The guy was a product of his upbringing, his environment, the way he was treated. I suppose you're the type that would bully someone to the point of being so angry, so distraught that they harmed or killed someone, or themselves, and then wash your hands of it saying it's on them, they knew right from wrong. Everyone's breaking point is different, but everyone's has a breaking point. Maybe if we focus on stopping the abuse of each other this kind of stuff would decrease.
And you keep saying You need evidence that the guy was mentally ill. The guy killed himself. What more evidence do you need.
And you keep saying You need evidence that the guy was mentally ill. The guy killed himself. What more evidence do you need.
Lol, my joint is no different than anywhere else. Staff get walked out from time to time for bringing crap into the prison. And it's incredibly the lengths inmates will go to get things inside the fence. But pretty much everything else you describe about prison life is right on the money. Luckily, my joint isn't all that bad. But the higher level ones are rough as ****. I never worked TDC like you were in. But many of my friends came from TDC and they have some crazy *** stories about what happens in those joints.Well quit letting inmates shove cell phones up their asses then, dammit!
It's not making sense what myself and others are saying, cuz it's really just going right over your head. And no need to bust out your crayons. Your contradicting posts are enough. It's funny you are accusing others of flipping an argument, when the only person flipping around in here is you. Nobody in here is an inmate sympathizer or making excuses for inmates like you keep saying over and over. So the fact you keep going down that route further proves you really are in over your head in regards to this conversation. It doesn't surprise me you have crayons ready to roll....that stereotype fits your posting style in this thread.
I also believe that there are people, predestined at birth to just be bad.
Chemical imbalance, a pathological proclivity to be a sociopath.
Just bad seeds from the get go.
No rehab, prison or even shock therapy will alter their behavior.
The only thing one can do is a radical lobotomy...then you've got a veg that you have to house and feed until they die. Kind of pricey.
(you know, in hindsight I just described modern day Iran...)
Chemical imbalance, a pathological proclivity to be a sociopath.
Just bad seeds from the get go.
No rehab, prison or even shock therapy will alter their behavior.
The only thing one can do is a radical lobotomy...then you've got a veg that you have to house and feed until they die. Kind of pricey.
(you know, in hindsight I just described modern day Iran...
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BR has to work with them at his job. Plaino has been a coach, umpire/ref for youth sports probably his whole adult life. 4623 fosters some of them. There are many here who donate their time and money to helping others. That's all good.
But since you do so much more, go and pat yourself on the back and remind yourself that what you did for one of those kids, might make it possible for you to not feel the need to piss on him when he dies. Maybe the difference YOU make in their life will be why they get shot while working during an armed robbery instead of robbing someone themselves. They are inner city thugs after all, aren't they?