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This happened in Florida. I'm actually shocked that the black manager didn't receive stiff jail time. I guess the old man f'd around and found out.
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Dunkin Donuts manager punches customer after being called the n-word; customer dies three days later.
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This happened in Florida. I'm actually shocked that the black manager didn't receive stiff jail time. I guess the old man f'd around and found out.
I understand what you were going for but "punches customer to death" seems like kinda poor wording here. He was punched in the face, which he deserved, and then he fell down to an accidental death. There was no murder here. And that is indeed an important difference in a lot of ways.
Edit: and I see now you were just using the wording of the article, this isn't your own wording, so my point stands but directed elsewhere, I suppose.
Edit: and I see now you were just using the wording of the article, this isn't your own wording, so my point stands but directed elsewhere, I suppose.
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Some people will say this man was wrong, I am not one of those people.
Also thread title is weird.
Also thread title is weird.
Thread title made it sound much more gruesome.
It's pretty clear the punch wasn't thrown the intent to kill. House arrest seems appropriate. I was real worried I'd see something dumb like "life in prison"
It's pretty clear the punch wasn't thrown the intent to kill. House arrest seems appropriate. I was real worried I'd see something dumb like "life in prison"
Sounds like the old racist man was already on his way out, and the punch just happened around the same time.
so happy that the guy didn't go to prison. Can house arrest sentences in Florida be purged from records afterwards?
Yup, do anything to de-escalate and avoid violence as resolution. Racism is bad. So is manslaughter.
It was the punch that caused the fall though. It's not murder but it is manslaughter.
We are expected to have the restraint of saints. Some folks get too comfortable with that expectation.
Right, but "punches to death" strongly implies repeated blows, not one blow and an additional factor actually causing the death.
If that old racist has even one living relative, that manager is going to spend years in civil court. It's not over for him, unfortunately.
I was thinking a brutal beating going by the title, but I am fine with the outcome. Would be fine if the manager got a bonus and keys to the city as well. Say racist shit, get punched in the face should be the norm.
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I was absolutely expecting to hear that the guy was undeservedly getting put under the jail when I clicked this.
Glad that racist fuck is dead. Should have happened decades earlier, I bet. He surely abused untold amounts of people.
Glad that racist fuck is dead. Should have happened decades earlier, I bet. He surely abused untold amounts of people.
"Punches to death" can sound like multiple punches were thrown i.e. a beat down. Not a single punch caused a guy to hit his head and die by accident.
At the very least, it implies that the death occurred immediately following the punch. Which is far from being the case here.
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The headline of this article is racist framing. The dude didn't get punched to death. He got punched, once, and the cranial trauma of hitting the floor is what was fatal. Yes, legally, the distinction doesn't matter, but the mental image of "punched to death" is a lot more violent and brutal than what actually happened.
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The headline of this article is racist framing. The dude didn't get punched to death. He got punched, once, and the cranial trauma of hitting the floor is what was fatal. Yes, legally, the distinction doesn't matter, but the mental image of "punched to death" is a lot more violent and brutal than what actually happened.
Hopefully all his living relatives are over his bullshit. It wouldn't surprise me, given his apparent history of abuse, if they were all no-contact with him.
This is the kind of thing that should come with zero punishment. I'm normally 100% against fighting, but there should be a legalized 1:1 exchange rate for saying that word to getting punched in the face. Old man didn't deserve to die, but he deserved to eat that punch, and what happened as a result of that punch is just bad luck. Better luck in the next life, I guess.
Yeah the articles headline paints him as far more aggressive than he was. As if he wailed in the dude. Old fuck took one to the chin and fell straight to hell
It's unfortunate for everyone involved that the man died, but from the limited info available in the article (and the other one it links) that sentence sounds largely appropriate. Manager likely wasn't trying to kill anyone and I doubt there's much worry of a repeat offense in the future, glad that this wasn't met with decades of imprisonment for the pure sake of punishment and that rehabilitation and common sense won out.
EDIT: Yeah, I fucked the wording up on the second paragraph of this post. My bad. No sympathy for the deceased racist here, I just felt weird about seeing people post things I thought might be insensitive to the manager's perspective (which, as pointed out, is not something I'm privy to - I was assuming)
EDIT: Yeah, I fucked the wording up on the second paragraph of this post. My bad. No sympathy for the deceased racist here, I just felt weird about seeing people post things I thought might be insensitive to the manager's perspective (which, as pointed out, is not something I'm privy to - I was assuming)
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Accidental manslaughter, yeah. That's why I said specifically it wasn't murder. A single punch thrown to hurt someone which has more severe results than intended is not the image that is conveyed by "punches customer to death", is what I'm saying. And the difference is important both in terms of how we talk about the situation and the legal ramifications.
If it's Florida, there is 0% chance they are over his bullshit. He will drown in wrongful death civil suits.
It won't be. They'll just think he's a poor victim done in by a savage or some shit.
