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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI usually keep a light tone, not this time. My tears run down by themselves
Is this the great America that the fuck*ing imbecile wants ?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,514 posts)These people have no souls, none of them, not at all.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)pparently theres an emoji for everythingeven your response to the senseless murder of an innocent man.
On Tuesday, Matthew Martin, of Hineston, Louisiana, reportedly posted a video online about his chance encounter with Sherell Lewis Jr. on the side of a highway. Under the video, Martin discussed the incident using the laughing emojis to illustrate his feelings about the fatal attack.
In one message, a red vehicle can be seen with the caption yall i just hit a whole guy on the highway, with three laughing sob emojis.
When asked what Martin hit, he responded:
Martin: Some ni**er
Martins friend: How did the chevy take it?
Martin: F***ed it up pretty good lol
Martins friend: Itll buff out. Did the guy die on impact or what
Martin: No he died otw to the hospital
MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)This shit that's not even good at fertilizing a field, calls himself a supremacist and thinks he's superior!
As a lawyer, I condemn any form of exception and any idea of seeking justice for oneself...
Though, I'd love to see that scumbag, playing the part of "the strange fruit" like in Abel Meeropol's poem and Billie Holiday's song!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,539 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)T-Rump's America, indeed.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I knew society had fallen in the last 18 months or more, but not that far. How could anyone...even a Trump supporter...not be humbled by what happened? Humbled and shamed. Haunted, perhaps knowing he was responsible for the loss of life of another. Certainly not able to find the words to express what happened. Certainly not THOSE words.
What total scum.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I don't even know what to say to this. I am disgusted, saddened, heartsick and despairing all at once. I cannot get my mind around the abject CRUELTY of these people. What the FUCK is wrong with them? I am really starting to hate this country.
oasis
(49,317 posts)dalton99a
(81,385 posts)Response to syringis (Original post)
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Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)had a brain fart here.
My husband knew Lewis . We've been talking about this a lot today.
He saw Sherell the day before he was killed.
Lewis cut a lot of military and ex-military hair.
Lewis was clearing debris on the road to keep others from hitting it. He was doing this because he was that kind of person - helpful and thinking of others.
He was well known in the community because of his profession and his charity work with young people.
What I wanted to add: There is a lot of outrage here but most of us think nothing will be done about it.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)Thank you for your post.
We lost a beautiful soul because of the madness of that toxic orange !
My heart bleeds for his family and all those who knew and loved him.
mnhtnbb
(31,371 posts)kept their mouths shut and behaved in a somewhat civil fashion until recently.
The orange one has unleashed the hate and vitriol in these people. He's encouraged them to demean people for no reason other than the color of their skin, or their religion, their gender, or their country of origin.
The orange one is a symptom of a disease in this country and the prognosis is not good.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)How horrible. I don't even know what to say.
pazzyanne
(6,543 posts)"This is what happens when our society dehumanizes people". How can people who do this live with themselves? They have to know how wrong this is.
sellitman
(11,605 posts)That's the paradox.
Ohiogal
(31,894 posts)Makes me ashamed to hear stories like this taking place in our country.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)clap and shout and attend his rallies, and do his bidding otherwise (think: brownshirts).
Trump IS a dictator-wannabe. He WILL become one if he's not stopped. So far the press and the courts have been doing a fairly reasonable job of holding him at bay; the Repbublican-controlled Congress not so much, and that needs to be fixed.
But yes, I'm sorry, but this is exactly what Trump wants.
TheBlackAdder
(28,160 posts)Initech
(100,028 posts)This kind of crap makes me embarrassed I have breathe the same air as these fucking assholes. Rell is human and definitely deserved better. That MAGAt should be rotting in prison.
monmouth4
(9,685 posts)stairs and it made me feel so good and then....This is despicable beyond words and I feel heartbroken..
nolabear
(41,930 posts)We cant change the horrific. But we can let the world know we outnumber them and wont let them make the laws. Together we can.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)that express my anger, disgust, and sadness.
Maraya1969
(22,459 posts)I don't understand this at all. Was it a hit and run? I hope this kid goes to jail for a long time.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)very serious questions about whether or not he hit the man deliberately? And posting this on social media how very sick.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,131 posts)Even if Lewis was in the roadway, drivers are supposed to try and avoid hitting people. They will be looking at skid marks to see if there's any indication the driver swerved or slammed on his brakes.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)The depression that ensued on 11/8/16 has turned to despair over what the imbecile-in-chief has done to us all. Rage is rampant, responsibility is non-existent. How will we ever recover from this travesty?
AwakeAtLast
(14,120 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)this man would have been a storm trooper in Germany, or a follower of Mussolini in Italy, or a follower of the LePen family in France.
Hate knows no national boundaries.
mwooldri
(10,299 posts)I have issues with running over living things. I've hit a squirrel or two, one possum I'm sure, and a couple of deer. Plenty of cats have tested my brakes.
I know plenty of people who have shown more remorse for running over a squirrel or a possum than this excuse for a human being has shown for running over another human.
Mr. Martin, if this is true, needs to serve some time at the pleasure of their state governor for quite a long time.
Marcuse
(7,442 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)RIP Rell Lewis.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)following an evil wicked potus who has enabled racist a-holes like that matthew martin.
Judi Lynn
(160,415 posts)Picture of the filthy racist at 3:11
Thanks for the sad, awful information. Hope enough people protest the cops might raise their standards and do something about this.
Added article:
May 31 2018
This teen ran over a black man and laughed about killing some n*****
He wrote: yall i just hit a whole guy on the highway
by Harry Shukman
This is the guy who ran over a black man and laughed that he killed "some nigger." Matthew Martin, 18, from Louisiana struck Sherell Lewis on the highway in Vernon Parish. Lewis had stopped his car on the shoulder to move debris out the way when he was hit by Martin's truck. Lewis was 31 when he died.
Screenshots of a Snapchat conversation are circulating online, which appear to show Martin laughing about the incident. A friend says: "it'll buff out," referring to Martin's dented Chevy and then asks: "The guy die on impact or what." Martin responds: "yes sir 😂 no he died otw to the hospital."
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https://babe.net/2018/05/31/matthew-martin-62918