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The Surprising Moment a Defendant Winds Up and Cold-Cocks His Attorney

Oct. 5, 2012 10:42am Madeleine Morgenstern

Defendant Lamarcus Williamson Punches Attorney After Being Sentenced

Image source: WSOC-TV

Usually when you see violent courtroom outbursts they don’t involve the defendant attacking his own attorney. But that’s exactly what happened in North Carolina this week when a just-sentenced criminal took out his rage on his public defender.

Lamarcus Williamson, 30, was not happy after being sentenced to 15 years in jail for robbery, drug and — you guessed it — assault charges. He turned to attorney and clocked him in the jaw with his handcuffed fists.

“I was shocked, I did not see it coming. I hit the floor,” attorney Dan Hall told WSOC-TV.

Courtroom video of the incident shows Hall, a 25-year veteran of the public defender’s office, falling to the ground as court officers seize Williamson and drag him out.

Image source: WSOC-TV

Hall told WSOC he was left with a sore jaw and a few loose teeth, but otherwise escaped serious injury.

“I’m not a good boxer,” he said.

The York County Sheriff’s Office charged Williamson with contempt of court, meaning he could face an additional 16 months on top of his 15-year sentence.

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blackyb
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:44am
Some people belong in cages like rogue monkeys.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:56pm
  Look at the globe. The darker the population the more primitive that population.
  
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- donaldchar
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:03pm
  Look at the globe a few years back. The Assyrians flayed folks for fun (they skinned them alive). Pretty primitive and not so dark…
  
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- SR1911man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:18pm
  @the_jerk- Take your baiting racist comments back to the heII hole you came from.
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:41pm
  I’m sorry, JERK is a racist, but can you show where he’s wrong? I have NO IDEA why this is true, but EVERY country in the WORLD run by blacks or browns is primitive and violent…AND even in white run countries they ALWAYS have the highest violence rates…can you show that to be false?
  
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- SR1911man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:53pm
  It’s not right. People make choices, not skin colors. I refuse to categorizes poor disicion making by anything other than choice for two reasons.
  
  1. It doesn’t help you at all. How does lumping crime rates together by race help solve crime? It doesn’t.
  
  2. It is the path not toward solutions, but toward genocide.
  
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- MetalPatriot
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:31pm
  And we’re “surprised” when a criminal commits more crime because….?
  
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- West Coast Patriot
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:01pm
  Although I am not condoning this outburst, I can tell you that public defenders are the worse attorney you can have. They are understaffed, overworked and do not have the time to defend a client with the zealousness that they should. I felt like punching out my son’s public defender on a charge, that my son was not guilty of, because he did not care that my son was not guilty, and wanted him to plead in order to get the case done with. I also know that police put as many charges on someone that they can, and sometimes the charges are not what actually took place. I do not know what this case is actually about, what was the robbery? What was the assault? I just had a friend of mine that was attacked and tried to defend himself but was charged along with the attacker on assault charges. The drug charge? What kind of drugs, how much and was he dealing or what?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VR9YbBquRY
  I am against crime, but you cannot jump to conclusions about anything a person does if you do not have all the facts and this article does not present all the facts and so I would say it is an unfair article. This guy may not have deserved the punch as much as the public defender that he was filling in for. We may never know.
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:18pm
  SR1911man
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:18pm
  “@the_jerk- Take your baiting racist comments back to the heII hole you came from.”
  
  And you take your ignoprant ill informed, brainwashed opinions and shove them where the sun doesn’t shine. It is EXACTLY as the Jerk said and denying it and professing your dumb, Orwellian moral superiority only reveals the extent to which you have been programmed.
  
  It is exactly because of low intelligent, self-hating, brainwashed white do-gooders like you that we are having tremendous numbers of black on white attacks.
  
  http://www.wnd.com/author/cflaherty/
  
  Blacks cause trouble in every society they have migrated to and nothing you can say will change that fact.
  
  People like you should be picked up and set down in a black neighborhood to live for about six months so you can enjoy to the fullest all the joys of diversity.
  
  You will be beaten and mobbed on a daily basis…..and that’s exactly what you deserve.
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:53pm
  @SR1911…so you’re admitting that you cannot show ANY proof that its inaccurate, you only “feel” like it isn’t? All I’m asking is to show that JERK is wrong? Every society in history that has had a large influx of blacks has gone straight down hill and they comprise the highest crime rate in EVERY country WORLDWIDE! Don’t tell us what you feel, provide ANY evidence to the contrary…I have NO IDEA why these things are fact, I only know that they ARE FACT
  
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- quiet little lamb
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 6:34pm
  punch a man in glasses and it’s with deadly intent
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:04pm
  Jerk, your also an idiot, an imbecile, a racist, a moron, a jackass, a dirtbag, a low life and just plain stupid.
  
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- Danthebugman
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:21pm
  Let’s see…………….one less Obama voter and “taker” in jail. M. O. R. O. N.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 12:05am
  Actually most attorneys SHOULD be treated like that.
  
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blackyb
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:43am
I would have some beat his azz while he was in jail if I was that lawyer. Don’t let those people get away with hitting you. I would not want to lose my law licence over this, but there are more than one ways to skin a cat.

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Rational Man
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:42am
I wonder if Dan Hall will represent Williamson in his new up-coming trial for assault……on Dan Hall?

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- BRBGator57
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:42pm
  Nope. Dan’s a material witness …. ;)
  
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steveh931
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:37am
Regardless of race each individual is responsible for their own actions. What the defendant did is wrong, don’t even try to justify it.

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- NeoMouser
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:43am
  youve never been represented by a public pretender…these are the (for the most part) the laziest lawyers in the world. no one deserves a sucker punch ill agree, but this will have an effect on the defenders office and will get them at least trying for a while
  
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- F_This
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:03pm
  What a world these degenerate thugs have turned America into. Just think, not too long ago, you could leave your house unlocked, you could walk down the street with your family at night without fear. Reminds me of the latest video of Obama promoting violence from the black community so they could take from the white men that had more than they do. What a guy that Obama is. Liberals are turning the clock back. People won’t stand for others being violent and taking what is not theirs.
  
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- LetUsReason
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:13pm
  @ NEOMOUSER
  
  You’re strange.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:34am
Hi RJJ,

Looks like your catfish post and my reply were deleted???

Anyways…. the headline might read, “Hall gets decked, lands on floor in room”.

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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:04pm
  Hey, maybe you cheesed off a champion of civil liberties. Hope it’s a lawyer. “Free speech for you little men? I think not!” Cements my belief that lawyers are progressivism’s best friend and only true means of advancement.
  The Hot Coffee Brigade will put you in your place!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:19pm
  @The Gooch,
  
  There’s an old saying in India……
  
  “There was one attorney in the Village and he wasn’t doing well. A second attorney moved in and they both prospered.”
  
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cookcountypatriot
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:34am
typical

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- GumRock
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:26pm
  ***** , go figure.
  
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- GumRock
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:47pm
  Cant say N.e.g.r.o. here ha ?
  Blaze could you please post the words we can not use on this site
  so we will know what to spell wrong correctly
  
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moreteaplease
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:33am
Mil-Dot
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:15am

Exactly Drat. That subhuman garbage should have been in fricking handcuffs at the very least.
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He was in handcuffs. They should have had a waist chain around him with the cuffs locked to it.

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Lion420
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:32am
Those two words, “public defender” tell me he deserved it! lol My one and only courtroom appearance occurred with one of those…he did nothing for me. NOTHING. I told him there were changes made to the evidence, and he refused to say anything about it. How can one expect credible defense from someone who works for the state? The whole public defender thing is a sham. I got railroaded and he helped.

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- ARIZONA VETERAN
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:41am
  BAHAHAH BHUAAAA WAAAAA , PAY FOR YOUR OWN LAWYER YOU BUM!! why do you think the taxpayers have to pay for your CRIMES!!!!
  
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- milo75
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:55pm
  Because Arizona vet, we are innocent til proven guilty!
  
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- endthemindlessspending
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:34pm
  @MIL
  
  You are innocent until proven guilty, but that does not mean the tax payers should be paying you defense. He had already plead guilty there wasn’t much left for the lawyer to do. He also wasn’t assigned to the case he was covering for someone else. Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay to defend yourself.
  
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Uncleshag
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:25am
Just a slight correction to the article. This is York County, South Carolina. CLOVER: Clover Korean War vet gets 30 days in jail for junk on property | Local News | Rock Hill Herald Online http://bit.ly/QOZKNr

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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:34am
  Thank a lawyer. This lot is the U.S.A.’s professional busybody class. Oh, and per my experience, the average lawyer is an expert in all sciences and can possibly read minds. The lawyer caste is progressivisms best friend. ‘Cause they know best. GOT IT!!!
  
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yanki161
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:18am
Film says they could tack on six months for “contempt of court” charges. Text says 16 months. Ooops.

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BornGreen
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:17am
I knew it was a black male when I read “defendant” in the title! Hey arent these the people Barak Oblame-O is trying to give voting rights to?

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Eastinfection
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:11am
“You Idiot!! You were supposed to prove that i’m not dangerous!!!!”

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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:08am
The lesson to be learned here, is to be sure you can afford a good attorney before you rob someone. Oh, wait… if you could afford one, you might not be robbing people. So, the lesson to be learned here, is to get a job and don’t rob people, then expect those same people to pay for a good attorney that will then get you off the hook.

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blackyb
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:07am
Notice the aggressors are black? This is the Obama justification.

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AnotherLiberalDouche
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:03am
C’mon, you have to understand the criminal, er defendant, blaming his jail time on the public defender. I’m sure the defender forced him to commit the robbery, sell the drugs and all the other crimes he may have committed. He’s the real victim here, right libs?

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Female
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:01am
Seriously, contempt of court?

How about assaulting an officer of the court?

Here’s 2 possibles:

Malicious Conduct by a Prisoner (Class F Felony)

Assault on a Court Officer (Class I Felony)

Perhaps, the court didn’t like the attorney either?

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drattastic
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:59am
The problem most people have is not treating dangerous animals as dangerous animals . When I’m in the vicinity of a potentially dangerous animal I treat them as such.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:15am
  Exactly Drat. That subhuman garbage should have been in fricking handcuffs at the very least.
  
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- flrepublican
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:30am
  He was in handcuffs but he was handcuffed in the front, probably so he could sign paper work.
  
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- bigdog71360
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:40am
  I am always on lookout ready to do the proactive approach for handling these thugs.
  
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- RightUnite
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:40am
  @MIL-DOT…. He was in handcuffs. He should have been hog tied. All of these animals need to be hog tied.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:58am
Now, that is the real way to fire an attorney!

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statutoryape
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:58am
It’s bad enough when you are assigned to represent an individual while working as a public defender, as you often are taking on a client that has put themselves in a position that’s hard to defend. The best you can usually do is negotiate a reduced sentence.

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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:57am
  Aren’t you the same poster who was bleating the “innocent until proven guilty” trope? Lawyers can find rights in the 14th Amendment no one but them and their progressive cheerleaders knew existed. Defending a low-level junky should be a breeze. Dare I entertain the idea not all lawyers are created equal?
  Funny how some folks think assaulting a lawyer is more of a crime than taking a swing at the average citizen. Check those posts out. Lawyers are the self-professed untouchables. Funny.
  
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THXll38
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:54am
15 years + 6 months for being a worthless sack of shite. I guess when you are getting a 15 year sentence sucker punching a public defender is not much of a big deal.

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Gonzo
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:54am
One less vote for Obama.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:00am
  You think that will stop him from voting? Even death doesn’t stop a democrap from voting :-)
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:06am
  Gonzo,
  Lawyers are politically more dangerous than any number of fired up junkies. It ain’t the junky class playing the ol’ rope a dope with what is supposed to be established law. I refer you to the current administration’s desire for the defense industry to delay layoff notices.
  Yeah, it’s the junkies who you really gotta worry about.
  Let me ask you this: You defend yourself LAWFULLY with deadly force from a junkie OR you defend yourself LAWFULLY with deadly force from a lawyer. Which scenario is more likely to see you viewed as a criminal regardless of your rights?
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:11am
  Well, voters usually lose the privilege to vote when they become felons…
  
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grimmster
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:53am
Wait, it was a ***** that did that,im shocked! Sarcasm off…………..

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The Gooch
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:51am
A lawyer got punched in the suck hole? I’m actually okay with that. I rank junkies and lawyers at about the same social level: One parasite lashing out at another. Oh, the tragedy.

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- Legalette
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:59am
  I am okay with you getting punched in the suck hole for being such a moron!
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:08am
  Lawyers are put in place to ensure a defendant’s constitutional rights are not trampled on. And it’s innocent until proven guilty. They help to uphold the Constitution and they are usually hated for it. There’s nothing disgraceful about being a lawyer.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:13am
  Legalette,
  Are you a junky or lawyer? Maybe a lawyer-junky or junky-lawyer. Either way, I’m not a man of violence… but I have no problem watching the dregs and parasites tear into each other. Threaten as you will, I don’t share the odd aloof love that compels other to save the Great American Junky and I’ve worked with more than enough lawyers to know the majority of them are greedy, arrogant authoritarians who have a general contempt for humanity. “We know best. Shut up and fall in line.”
  Sticks and stones, baby.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:29am
  statutoryape,
  Thanks for the laugh! That was rich! My goodness, you sound SO convincing. The problem with lawyers is they KNOW they’re the rule makers, and, thus, the rules will always reflect their will and best interests. Shocking, yes? It’s good to be king… or at least the scribe that pens the law and minds the coffers. Yeah, tell me how the private prison industry is really a lawyer-approved entity working for the good of the American citizen. Oh, wait. They actually advocate for stiffer sentencing and broader laws. And there are plenty of lawyers involved in that process.
  Think of recent concerns concerning the general well-being of the U.S. and its citizens:
  The housing bubble and subsequent bailout and general economic collapse: The movers and shakrs were generally protected from their greed and graft by the lawyer caste (both in and out of gubment).
  Calls to limit free speech (with the current Islamic call to criminalize blasphemy and ongoing lamentations regarding the Internet) are ALWAYS led by lawyers.
  The move to limit how you and I travel (see the TSA): Penned by lawyers.
  Calls to limit gun ownership and possession in the U.S. Always led by lawyers.
  Tax code: Penned by lawyers.
  Yeah, lawyers are REALLY working towards a more free and open society.
  You still feel like the lawyer caste has your best interests in mind?
  Go ahead, make me laugh some more. The fact that we elect this lot to represent us is mind-numbing.
  
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- patriotinoh
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:32pm
  Lawyers are the reason health care is sky high. They are also the reason thousands of small buisnesses have closed. No way is what the guy did right but lawyers are going to be the downfall of this country!!!
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:50am
Probably blames whitey or the reason he is in jail. On the other hand, there are some lawyers I would like to see that done to.

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magadog
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:47am
This animal proves he’s not entitled to a defense or other courtesies offered by a civil society.

More where that came from…be careful out there.

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- ONLY4UANDME
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:57am
  This is why I support the death penalty. Even animals instinctively kill their own when there is something wrong. It matters not to me if he was born mad or drugs made him do. This behavior can not be defended or accepted.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:59am
  This comment reflects the context put forth by the blaze in their reports about violence that appear today. When the violence involves an afro-American the context is they are violent and anti-social by nature. in the report regarding a school beating involving a white student the context is that somehow the school did something wrong. Journalism and ignorance doesn’t get any more pathetic than this.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:00am
  I don’t find many lawyers to be very ‘civil’. This is a PERFECT little slice of life right here. I can’t think of two finer representatives of general “tribes” who don’t give a crap about the average Joe. Both lawyers and junkies want to screw us and do as they see fit. We need a helluva lot less of each. The junky solution is easy: Give ‘em all the poison they want and then some. Cheaper and more civil to the collective then the exercise in futility known as the War on Drugs. Lawyers… well there’s an old joke about what you might call 200 lawyers at the bottom of the sea…. Lawyers are responsible for institutional progressivism and our authoritarian government. They are the busybodies who put thought into action. Think about what it is you cannot do as a “free” man… and then go thank a lawyer.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:11am
  JCROOK, Uhhh, the person in question is now a violent criminal. What the hey?
  
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