Fox News will run with this in 10…9…8…7…
“The domestic violence charge against De Simone was dropped when he agreed to resign and begin counseling.” That worked well.
FOX: Democrats are now turning to violence. This is all to derail Trump’s presidency. They are going to kill him.
“The domestic violence charge against De Simone was dropped when he agreed to resign and begin counseling…”
The abuse had nothing to do with his job. Why was he let off the hook on criminal charges when he resigned? It certainly sends the message that his wife is less important than state politics.
As a teenager, I went with a family to live in Fort Yukon, Alaska, 90 miles from the nearest road. It was amazing how many people you meet who running away from something, and Alaska captures their imagination as place where the past won’t follow them. It almost always ends up badly, of course, because life in the boonies is tough, and there are a fair number of societal misfits already there with whom to interact.
Never let it be said that the Right has completely cornered the market on crazy.
It’s Arizona. His wife is less important than state politics (to AZ politicians).
In California all you have to do to find people like that is to go live in the outer desert.
He looks like a mobster.
To TPM Style Coach: Is it really necessary to say he resigned three times? Explaining it properly once would be enough and less confusing.
At a glance, he looks like a somewhat older George Zimmerman.
I wish that weren’t true, but unfortunately it is. Though I’d like to think (hope?) that we do a better job of identifying it and dealing with it.
Yeah…once you have established yourself as a domestic abuser, the best cure is usually to go to Alaska and become
a loner. I really think the world would be a better place if we took all the really angry wingnuts from Texas, Alabama, North Carolina and Arizona and gave them their own cabins deep in the Alaskan wilderness…with no connection to the Internet.
Then create a radio station up there and populate it with Rush, Glenn and Alex Jones. Before long, the paranoia would have them traveling long distances to whack each other.
isn’t it always the way it is instead of preferring charges against them they resign and then nothing I say BS I don’t care what party if any party they belong to if ya do the crime ya do the time no matter what…if found guilty of course
Police charged De Simone with first degree murder, two counts of second degree murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide,
I thought he only killed one man, from the charges seems like he did five.
Not to defending the guy, just pointing out the ridiculousness of the prosecutors
And the problems stem from within.
This is common when some of the underlying facts are in question. This way he can be found guilty of the correct homicide charge at trial.
Yes. And also to scare the crap out of the defendant. Federal prosecutors are so averse to taking something to trial that they plead down 96% of their cases. They’re able to plead them down because they overcharge from the get-go.
“The SOB thought it would be a good joke to hide my razor. I showed him how funny it was!”