Evil is once again on display. Judge slams teen killer who bragged about store clerk murder
Bre'juan Williams-Hampton was 14 when he killed a 19-year-old store clerk. Because of his age, he could not be sentenced to life without parole. He will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
After the fatal shooting, Williams said he "went home and ate that ice cream," which prosecutors said exhibited "extreme callousness" and no care for human life.
"Mr. Williams further exhibited that same callousness in the statements he made to corrections officers and bailiffs during his trial, including: 'Caden (the victim) is a b— a— N-word,'" Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Madison Tuck said, per courtroom footage posted online
So what were doing at the age of 14? I'm guessing that murder wasn't on the agenda.
'Caden (the victim) is a b— a— N-word,'" Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but his use of the present tense ("is") seems to suggest that he doesn't realize the full implications of what he did. "Was" would be a more accurate word, but perhaps this Rhodes scholar simply cannot understand that he ended a life over basically nothing.
ReplyDeleteI remember when some journalist asked a man, in a similar circumstance as this, "what were you doing at age 17", in defense of some young killer. The response? "I was fighting on Guadalcanal".
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