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In reply to the discussion: "He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out" [View all]cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)and throws her physically and injures her ankle, that's a bit beyond the pale as a temper tantrum. Two-year-olds have temper tantrums.
We don't know her race, of course. Had her head hit something, she could have been permanently injured or dead...who knows. But somehow, this episode is on his record. One would imagine the girl and/or parents called someone and there must have been a police report and who knows, some settlement, but we wouldn't know about it. (I know it's assuming a lot)
Just like walking while carrying candy and iced tea, there's no law against being drunk on private property.
He has a record of violence...not temper tantrums. They were recorded, as we read about them, but dropped and not prosecuted. Given he had a consistent record of violence, had he been punished and not coddled and enabled by his father's magistrate position...whose office would have had to prosecute him, I believe he would not have been able to get a gun.
Temper tantrum...anger management...homicidal is a continuum.