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> I find it strange that people can go from this man was over-charged for a minor assault to thinking of him as a victim.

Two things can be true. If I step on your toe, intentional or not, and you shoot me in the face, I'm a victim. It doesn't make me innocent of toe stepping, but the disproportionate response was entirely unjustified.

This guy tossed a sandwich into the chest of a man wearing a bullet proof vest, offered to turn himself in, and they responded by having a massive raid on his house that they remixed for their socials. That alone makes him a victim to say nothing of the ridiculous prosecution or the officer lying on the stand.



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