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Tell the kid
I wonder why Dean Weaver of Dizzy Dean's Donuts never got charged for the same thing? >

Correct me if I am wrong, but it happened in different states so it might be a state law that is different, which is why one was charged and the other wasn't. >

Water dousing in freezing temperature should just be considered attempted murder. >

Making people go to work in freezing temperatures should be considered attempted murder. >


The dismissed employee – identified by authorities as 33-year-old Kasey Weber – purportedly posted video of the 26 December encounter on social media herself before police arrested her in a case containing one of the most extreme examples of alleged mistreatment against a neighbor at a time when community leaders called on Americans to band together to survive the dangerous Arctic weather that gripped much of the US recently.

When are people going to stop posting videos of themselves committing crimes? >

Hopefully never, it's like waiving your right to an attorney and the 5th Amendment at the same time. >

Water-dousing store clerk has lengthy criminal record >

Soon to be dehoused? >

Same convenience store the Alton Sterling incident took place at. >

Yup, nobody seems to notice or remember this. >

The suspect lady thought it was funny and posted on social media.  If this was summer probably no big deal but doing it extreme cold snap?  That is assault with deadly weapon in my opinion.  
She will now have to face the consequence of her thoughtless action. >

Would still be assault even in the summer. >

Far less likely to be prosecuted during summer, though. >

Yeah, it's like how dare you throw water on them in this 90 degree heat! It took five whole minutes to dry! >

At first I read that as a "water dowsing attack" and was very confused what that would look like >

A stick fwap >

fwip fwap >

Some of the wording in that article was interesting - "unhoused", "neighbour"
They really tried to avoid saying "homeless." >

It is less avoiding saying homeless and purposefully writing them in a different light. It's not a secret that the instant people read "homeless", they lose empathy because of the long, brutal stigma being homeless has. It is just one part of many that we can do to think differently about those who have been neglected. >

It’s not for their benefit. It’s to help the housed citizens to rethink their conception of people living on the street. They’re the ones deciding the fate of those people. >

Yeah I get that. I honestly don't think people will dramatically change their conception of homeless people by calling them unhoused instead. >

I agree,  just changing the name isn’t going to make a difference because it means the same thing. >

Sooooo glad to see it. >


The dismissed employee – identified by authorities as 33-year-old Kasey Weber – purportedly posted video of the 26 December encounter on social media herself

That is extreme and ill-advised karma-whoring >

“Battery”? Not “attempted murder”? >

Good luck trying to prove she was trying to kill or cause serious bodily harm to her. It wasn’t so cold that being wet will likely cause that. >

Spoken like someone with absolutely no concept of how hypothermia or exposure works. 
Being wet in -3degrees Celsius can absolutely be deadly if you have no way to get dry. Hell it can be deadly even if you’re  dry. >

Spoken like someone with absolutely no concept of how attempted murder works >

That’s because you still don’t realise that pouring water over someone in minus degree temperatures can easily kill them if they don’t get warm and dry quickly. That’s the fucking point. 
Also, it might not be held as attempted murder because the law is sometimes fucking weird but I bet it would be classed as murder if the person was found dead and covered in ice the next day. 🤷‍♂️