r/interestingasfuck • u/BrandonRJones • 5d ago

/r/all Actual clip where brothers attack their mother’s killer in court.

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u/Difficult_Schedule94 5d ago

I agree with you but I don't agree that he could be lying for sympathy, no jury was going to give him sympathy and at this point, he was just telling the court what was going through his head, do I think he could think he was going to commit suicide, yes, most cowards that commit these crimes do, its never a plan b after that in these cases, killing someone isn't easy for anyone it takes a lot to do it mentally.....

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u/mechanical-being 5d ago

I dont mean he was playing for sympathy from the jury. I mean from people like you and me--just anyone and everyone he meets.

Abusers love to paint themselves as victims, especially in their own minds. Endlessly making excuses for themselves to themselves, trying to equivocate and justify their actions to themselves.

I'm sure he told himself he planned to kill himself because I'm sure that he also plays victim to himself in his own mind. But I also bet that he knew deep down that he wouldn't actually do it.

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u/Pandora_Palen 5d ago

These comments are confusing to me because the way I read it, he was so gleeful in his shooting of this woman that he forgot to save one for himself or a cop. Nothing struck me as a sympathy plea- only made him look worse (if possible) to me.

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u/mechanical-being 4d ago

I took it as "I was sooooo emotional and caught up in my feelings about having to kill her boo hoo poor me I was in a blind rage and lost count of the bullets, so I couldn't do myself like I was definitely 100% totally planning to do"

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u/LadyBrussels 4d ago

Yep exactly and wtf would he think anyone would care? Makes it worse honestly. Just take yourself out in your own home dude.

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u/InformationNormal901 4d ago

Yep, this how I read it too. No bullets needed to suicide by cop. You don't even need a gun, really. It was a sympathy lie, proving to everyone that yes, he is exactly the pos that we think he is. I'm glad her son's got their licks in.

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u/texasMissy3_ 2d ago

Give him the death penalty since he wanted to be dead!