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Man found guilty of spitting at police gets 70 years in prison
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Posted on 04/13/2023 7:37:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Larry Pearson, 36, was arrested in May 2022 for domestic violence after a victim flagged down an officer in northeast Lubbock...

A police report at the time stated the victim had “multiple visible injuries” on her face.

That’s when he started kicking at the doors in the officer’s vehicle. When the officers opened the door to tell him to stop, Gorman said he spit at both officers.

...Pearson kept spitting after he arrived at the Lubbock County Detention Center.

During closing arguments of the sentencing phase of Pearson’s trial, the prosecutor asked the jury to consider a number that would “send a message” to Pearson and society...Pearson had prior convictions of aggravated robbery and continuous family violence.

Defense Attorney Jim Shaw argued to the jury that the sentencing was for a “simple misdemeanor” in a circumstance that got “out of control.”

But due to his prior convictions, the minimum sentence Pearson could have received would’ve been 25 years.

“If you’re going to live the life of crime, you’re going to do that among other criminals [in prison],” Gorman said during closing arguments

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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To: ProtectOurFreedom
He’s a malnourished, white, unshaven, toothless methhead with no self control and neck tats? That’s what I imagine.

Wrong! The spitter, and previously convicted felon who was previously found guilty of aggravated robbery and continuous family violence. (Whatever constitutes that?) is a democRat.

21 posted on 04/13/2023 7:58:25 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, LGBTQs, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: BenLurkin

With all sort of new “crimes” being created by leftists against conservatives, I don’t think this is very encouraging. Think of all the violations that can pile up by using and abusing “hate crimes” and tax laws.

The communists always like to buy their opponents rope to hang them. By appealing to the natural and reflexive tendency of conservatives to support a tough law and order position, they can pervert the law and due process and weaponize it against their opponents. Anyone watching what they’ve done to Trump can see this.

Today it’s a dirt-ball that gets excessive punishment. But we see now as well, it’s those that oppose the leftist establishment.


22 posted on 04/13/2023 7:59:39 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: BenLurkin
"...70 years in prison..."

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He will be 106 when he is paroled in 70 years.
He most likely will no longer capable of spitting - so no longer a threat.

But you never know.
You should never underestimate the power of those with a strong drive to commit acts of 'over the top' pernicious evil.

To say nothing of the 'spitting augmentation' medical technologies that
will then be available to those folks who were previously labelled 'elderly'...

/Ummm...

23 posted on 04/13/2023 8:02:55 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: BenLurkin

Son of a bama.


24 posted on 04/13/2023 8:06:41 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: bort

1) this is an absurdly harsh sentence for the conduct.

I get the impression he’s got multiple priors and people just didn’t want him loose anymore.


25 posted on 04/13/2023 8:15:22 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: BenLurkin

I am guessing Pearson is a Negro.


26 posted on 04/13/2023 8:16:59 AM PDT by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts. +Sodomy & Abortion are NOT cornerstones of Civilization! )
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To: BenLurkin

Now he’ll spend the rest of his life wondering whether or not somebody spit in his prison food.


27 posted on 04/13/2023 8:18:57 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,016,040 Truth | 87,429,920 Twitter)
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To: BenLurkin
That seems a little extreme in comparison to this case. Don't know if there is a more egregious miscarriage of justice than this one. "Girlfriend" was paroled in 1983.

Chicago Tribune 2018
Yorkville's 'Pine Village massacre' shooter, convicted of killing 5, granted parole

"On Dec. 29, 1972, Reimann and his girlfriend Betty Piche went into the Pine Village restaurant intending to rob it. Police reports and transcripts of the trial showed he pulled a .32 caliber semiautomatic handgun on the other patrons, and Piche took about $640, Weis said. Reimann shot customers David Gardner and Bob Loftus; bartender John Wilson; 16-year-old employee Catherine Rekate; and cook George Pashade, according to Beacon-News archives."

28 posted on 04/13/2023 8:37:25 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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