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(MSN)   You are free after 25 years on death row. You beat the rap of six murders, including one triple homicide. You are set to receive a settlement in a lawsuit against the city. Out of respect, you go to a friend's funeral. What could go wrong?   (msn.com) divider line
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spongeboob [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 3:23:38 PM  
This the Philly guy?


I'm betting it was one of the cops he was suing.
Or even the old DA
 
Jeebus Saves
2022-12-21 3:42:00 PM  
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Clearly this was a targeted shooting.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 3:58:27 PM  
All the cops had to do is what they do with all other black death row inmates who were later exonerated, say "Eff you, ain't payin'". Didn't have to shoot the guy.
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:07:19 PM  
But just imagine, how happy we was, right before being shot, thinking he was free and about to get a big windfall of money.

Some people might say he died happy.

Provided he didn't suffer when he was shot first.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:07:50 PM  
Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.
 
dk47
2022-12-21 4:08:45 PM  
"Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.
 
RedfordRenegade
2022-12-21 4:09:50 PM  
That poor man. In prison all them years, sounds like he had a huge target right on his forehead the whole time.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2022-12-21 4:11:00 PM  

spongeboob: This the Philly guy?


I'm betting it was one of the cops he was suing.
Or even the old DA


dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.


Pretty much the thread.
 
DarkSoulNoHope
2022-12-21 4:15:00 PM  

Jeebus Saves: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 691x415]

Clearly this was a targeted shooting.


The only way he could make it more targeted:

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steklo [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:19:13 PM  

DarkSoulNoHope: The only way he could make it more targeted:


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grokca [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:19:21 PM  

Jeebus Saves: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 691x415]

Clearly this was a targeted shooting.


Escaped Jaffa.
 
waxbeans [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:20:44 PM  
On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄
 
oyster_popsicles
2022-12-21 4:22:00 PM  

grokca: Jeebus Saves: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 691x415]

Clearly this was a targeted shooting.

Escaped Jaffa.


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ace in your face [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:22:46 PM  
Whelp, looks like someone thinks he did it.
 
Xanlexian [OhFark]
2022-12-21 4:24:30 PM  
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letmenot
2022-12-21 4:27:05 PM  
Maybe if they took him to Back-of-the Head university hospital, he would have made it.
 
fat_free [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:27:23 PM  
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R.I.P.
 
Oliver Twisted
2022-12-21 4:29:07 PM  

dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.


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AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:30:24 PM  

waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄


Thanks, that cheered me up about my lot in life!
 
DogNamedBox
2022-12-21 4:34:36 PM  

waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄


It will be a white Christmas. I think the snow will hit all areas just not the "privileged " areas.
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Catsaregreen
2022-12-21 4:37:53 PM  

waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄


CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.
 
Halfabee64 [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:40:30 PM  

dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.


By whom, the family members of his alleged victims, the retired DA, the retired cops?

Also, how many guys are running around with a gigantic keratosis on their forehead that could be mistaken for him?  Either it was clearly him or that was some fantastic fabricated evidence against him.
 
Toxophil
2022-12-21 4:40:31 PM  
"Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target."

That right there should tell you everything you need to know.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-21 4:42:34 PM  

xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.


The bar is closed!
/ain't gettin no liquor tonite
 
Another Government Employee
2022-12-21 4:43:53 PM  

spongeboob: This the Philly guy?


I'm betting it was one of the cops he was suing.
Or even the old DA


I'm guessing old fashioned street justice. Six murders? There are still going to be relatives that remember.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2022-12-21 4:47:15 PM  
Well at least he didn't have to suffer life in the USA anymore.
 
0z79
2022-12-21 4:48:21 PM  

Catsaregreen: waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄

CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.


Huh, same with my family.. only it was grandma and she was Choctaw. Met great-great-great grandpa on the Trail of Tears.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:48:59 PM  

dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.


Some cop, most likely
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2022-12-21 4:50:30 PM  

xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.


it's like getting shhhaawwwt
when you're just out of jail
 
pheelix
2022-12-21 4:51:28 PM  

oyster_popsicles: grokca: Jeebus Saves: [img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net image 691x415]

Clearly this was a targeted shooting.

Escaped Jaffa.

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Must have been a disgrace of a system lord for him to mangle the mark on his forehead like that.

Stargate SG-1 - Jaffa Jokes
Youtube wbqtF91IE1k
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:53:22 PM  

xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.


You're right, that's not any more ironic than anything in that song.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-21 4:54:11 PM  

Mugato: xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.

You're right, that's not any more ironic than anything in that song.


google "Irony of the fates"
 
Chompachangas [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 4:54:28 PM  
Jfc man.
 
Misch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-21 4:57:16 PM  

OtherLittleGuy: spongeboob: This the Philly guy?


I'm betting it was one of the cops he was suing.
Or even the old DA

dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.

Pretty much the thread.


Philly police only "solve" about 40% of gun homicides. DA's office gets convictions on 90% of them. So obviously the problem is in the DA's office, and that's why Krasner was impeached...
 
deadsanta
2022-12-21 5:00:48 PM  
First you want to say a relative of one of the original victims shot him, but then you see he was at the funeral of a jailhouse friend, so there's that whole angle.
 
maxandgrinch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-21 5:02:05 PM  
Yet the prosecutor who mishandled whatever, is still walking around and ready for their next case
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-21 5:02:09 PM  

Mugato: xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.

You're right, that's not any more ironic than anything in that song.


Wesley used to greet people with a head butt, and had a permanent mark on his head. 
Wesley Willis - Alanis Morissette
Youtube woQXdsI_i3E
 
jtown
2022-12-21 5:05:05 PM  
FFS!  An automatic slideshow that presents a paragraph of text every few seconds?  I'm'a shoot somone!
 
JungleBoogie
2022-12-21 5:05:19 PM  
Someone clearly thought he guilty of something.

I'd be curious to see a neutral listing of the facts in this case.
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 5:13:10 PM  

JungleBoogie: Someone clearly thought he guilty of something.


Yeah, he MUST be guilty of something so fark him.
 
radioactive-hamster
2022-12-21 5:13:14 PM  

Halfabee64: dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.

By whom, the family members of his alleged victims, the retired DA, the retired cops?

Also, how many guys are running around with a gigantic keratosis on their forehead that could be mistaken for him?  Either it was clearly him or that was some fantastic fabricated evidence against him.


That's the thing, the article makes it sound shocking but my first thought are his supposed victims, since he wasn't found innocent, just that the prosecutor farked up. The next it anyone that he pissed off in prison, before we get to the cops and DA since they're still protected for the most part because they were doing their job 25 years ago and attempting to prove malfeasance after all this time would be near impossible.

He'd be broke though. Google is showing a bill for wrongfully imprisoned payments back in August, but I don't see any movement on it so he'd have to sue the state or petition the Pennsylvania Legislature for compensation.
 
CaptainSpaceJohnny [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 5:13:18 PM  
Eyewitnesses described the perpetrator as "gritty".
 
Wulfman
2022-12-21 5:14:11 PM  

Catsaregreen: waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄

CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.


Impressive. If I were giving directions on how to sound exceedingly white, I would say:
1) claim to have an ancestor who was indigenous (2-4 "great"s is ideal, and definitely either Cherokee or Choctaw, only try Ojibwe or Sioux if you have a spellcheck with you), and
2) note that slavery is just not a big deal, really.
(Bonus points if you can bring up Viking dreadlocks or anti-Irish discrimination.)

So you nailed the top 2 points, kudos to you. Color you exceedingly white.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2022-12-21 5:16:15 PM  

Exile On Beale Street: Mugato: xanadian: Alanis Morrissette's head must've just exploded.

You're right, that's not any more ironic than anything in that song.

Wesley used to greet people with a head butt, and had a permanent mark on his head. [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/woQXdsI_i3E]


My Hubs actually seen Wesley in concert a few times.   He still has the tshirt, and the cds.
 
Darth_Lukecash
2022-12-21 5:22:04 PM  

Catsaregreen: waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄

CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.


Poland: they built them on the front of slaves.
/joke
//Polish descent.
///Slavery is wrong, period.
 
thatboyoverthere
2022-12-21 5:27:52 PM  

Catsaregreen: waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄

CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.


You sure like the idea of enslaving Black people.
 
thatboyoverthere
2022-12-21 5:29:22 PM  

radioactive-hamster: Halfabee64: dk47: "Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder and it is not yet clear why Williams was a target. "  LOL this was an assassination.  Somebody heard he got out and took revenge.

By whom, the family members of his alleged victims, the retired DA, the retired cops?

Also, how many guys are running around with a gigantic keratosis on their forehead that could be mistaken for him?  Either it was clearly him or that was some fantastic fabricated evidence against him.

That's the thing, the article makes it sound shocking but my first thought are his supposed victims, since he wasn't found innocent, just that the prosecutor farked up. The next it anyone that he pissed off in prison, before we get to the cops and DA since they're still protected for the most part because they were doing their job 25 years ago and attempting to prove malfeasance after all this time would be near impossible.

He'd be broke though. Google is showing a bill for wrongfully imprisoned payments back in August, but I don't see any movement on it so he'd have to sue the state or petition the Pennsylvania Legislature for compensation.


This is philly, the only city in the country to bomb itself.

It was totally the cops
 
vonster
2022-12-21 5:31:05 PM  
This is beyond words....
 
chitownmike
2022-12-21 5:49:13 PM  

CaptainSpaceJohnny: Eyewitnesses described the perpetrator as "gritty".


Is that code for urban?
 
chitownmike
2022-12-21 5:51:56 PM  

Wulfman: Catsaregreen: waxbeans: On the up side millions of privileged people will rest easy this evening with their guns in their nice homes. In a land built on the backs of slaves.  Woot the American dream. What a white Christmas 🎄 ❄ ❄ ❄

CSB: My great-great-great-grandfather was a Cherokee Indian. And, guess what? He owned a black slave (according to Ancestor.com).

Also, please name me one country that wasn't built with slave labor.

Impressive. If I were giving directions on how to sound exceedingly white, I would say:
1) claim to have an ancestor who was indigenous (2-4 "great"s is ideal, and definitely either Cherokee or Choctaw, only try Ojibwe or Sioux if you have a spellcheck with you), and
2) note that slavery is just not a big deal, really.
(Bonus points if you can bring up Viking dreadlocks or anti-Irish discrimination.)

So you nailed the top 2 points, kudos to you. Color you exceedingly white.


I've never seen anyone who wasn't white use the word exceedingly...
 
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