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by YankeeTarheel
Great. So a young Black man shoots a "nice" middle-aged White woman for not delivering his mail...because his dog (apparently) keeps trying to attack her. She reported a problem with the dog several times. She pepper sprays him, after explaining he can pick up his mail at the post office. he pulls out a gun and shoots her. Runs and tries to hide. "I didn't meant to kill her!"...now that his life is, essentially over as well as hers.
Killing a federal employee in the course of their duties is a federal capital offense, punishable by death or life imprisonment. And, being that she was White and he is Black, I don't give him good odds at avoiding the needle. But if he was a middle class White guy and she was a Black postal worker, I'd give him far better odds are escaping the death penalty, especially if he's before a Trump judge. Sad, but true
And the racists and White supremacists will have a field day with this.
"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."