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Remembering the Victims

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The media is about to go into full lionization mode for a cold-blooded killer. Let's take a moment to remember the victim:

Couldn't agree more. By all accounts, Brian Thompson was a blessing to everyone around him. But sadly, as the trial for his murder comes up, his name will only be mentioned in passing—and only to be cursed or slandered.

Or consider the lesser-known case of Dr. Young Kun Kim, an 87-year-old man killed at an NYC ATM in 2018. Kim survived the Japanese occupation of his homeland and became a professor at Lehman College, only to be killed for $300 in 2018. This case merited little or no national media attention at the time. The limp prosecutor, Dafna Yoran, saw the opportunity to perform an act of "transformative justice" and charged the lifelong felon Mathew Lee with manslaughter instead of felony homicide. Lee is currently in prison but will be eligible for parole in 2026.

This tragic case only became national news recently because the felon-sympathizing prosecutor, Dafna Yoran, prosecuted the case against subway hero Daniel Penny.

Let's take an extra moment in our thoughts and prayers for the victims.

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Discussion (72)

  • Tex929rr@Tex929rr

    Hear, hear.

    Sadly the apparently widespread sympathy for this assassin feels like an inflection point. The left is taking a marked turn for the worse. I saw the horrifyingly survey results below on Powerline.com.

  • Gossamer Cat@GossamerCat

    I am so saddened and sickened by the reactions that I have seen. The ones from Jimmy Kimmel, laughing about his staffs sick attraction to the perpetrator on national TV and Taylor Lorenz' deranged interview on Piers Morgan, were the worst. I know that we get the worst of the worst highlighted on right-leaning media, but these were not those weird sick Tik Tok users sharing their fantasies, these were the host of a national TV show and a Washington Post columnist (who had just quit). I still can't believe I live in an America where it is both socially acceptable to express these views and that a segment of the people applaud them.

    But then, this is why we have Trump. I hope this strain of nihilism is stamped out over the next 4 years.

  • tigerlily@tigerlily
    ReplyingtoGossamer Cat

    Gossamer Cat (View Comment):

    I am so saddened and sickened by the reactions that I have seen. The ones from Jimmy Kimmel, laughing about his staffs sick attraction to the perpetrator on national TV and Taylor Lorenz’ deranged interview on Piers Morgan, were the worst. I know that we get the worst of the worst highlighted on right-leaning media, but these were not those weird sick Tik Tok users sharing their fantasies, these were the host of a national TV show and a Washington Post columnist (who had just quit). I still can’t believe I live in an America where it is both socially acceptable to express these views and that a segment of the people applaud them.

    But then, this is why we have Trump. I hope this strain of nihilism is stamped out over the next 4 years.

    It's gonna take more than four years, but yeah.

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