I saw a still photo of those two with their vulgar antics.
What I don’t get is why they were both seated in the same row and allowed to see and respond to each other so easily.
At very least, there should have been some attorneys seated between them. For all the court knew, the hispanic one (who did the actual killing, might have given some kind of signal to his dumb and faithful follower, the young black guy, leading to a disruption of proceedings.
In the end, I expect the court to order a mental exam of both. On IQ level...I believe both will be assigned an IQ less than 80, and regarded as mentally at the level of a 7-year old kid. Possible that they are never convicted...just sent off to a mental facility.
Plus, their attorney was LAUGHING RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM.
WHAT THE HELL?
They switched off between driving and videoing their crimes. The 16 year old was driving when they hit a 72 YO bicyclist earlier. The bike rider survived, so the charge is attempted murder. Same MO for the retired police officer except the rider didn’t survive and the 18 YO was driving. The pair also carjacked several cars and hit several others during their crime spree.
Mutually reinforcing criminal sociopaths at the very least. Flipping off the victims family members in court says they still are not taking their situation seriously. Even though they will now both be tried as adults, their minds don’t yet grasp how long a life sentence - even with the possibility of parole - is likely to be. No problem. They will have plenty of time to figure it out.