An Arizona Teenager Was Fatally Stabbed. The Suspect Blames Rap Music.

[conuly]

I've got another explanation, buddy. It starts with an r and it rhymes with "day schism".

I must say, putting aside his stated motive, I have to wonder what his thought processes are that he thinks telling people that this is why he did it is a good idea.

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[siderea]

The article I read elsewhere reported he already was known to have a serious mental health history.

This is not an either-or thing. The thing about racism is that we're all swimming in it, including the people with severe mental illnesses. That can have some pretty ugly consequences.

[conuly]

That... makes sense. I presume a non-mentally-ill bigot might at least have the sense to keep his mouth shut about his motives. Then again, people do lots of strange things that make no sense, so who knows.

[chanter1944]

Unless the not-mentally-ill bigot were trawling for sympathy and/or agreement from the like-minded, including among potential jurors, whatever defense he employed along with his admission (and whether or not it worked). Moot point, I suppose.

[chanter1944]

Got me there. I... had not seen the article re mental health history. :( My image of him defaulted to garden variety neurotypical white racist dude, I admit.