Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.
Having done a fair amount of homeless outreach in my time, this is the reason why folks who have been on the streets for a while are so vulnerable to paranoia. If you don’t have a place to live in America, you’re under threats of assault like this all the time, from both everyday citizens and the cops. That constant fear and need to always be looking over your shoulder eats people up from the inside out.
I wish folks would realize this when discussing the homeless problem and the associated behavioral issues. Even if you’re not crazy when you hit the streets, a couple of months out there will either make you paranoid or make you dead.
Judging by the posts I see on nextdoor people with homes are ridiculously paranoid too.
I had to delete that app because it made me hate my neighbors.
He is “a good kid with a warm heart” he lawyer says.
His lawyer needs to be Locked up with him.
Lawyers have a job to do, and it’s provide the best possible defense, to even the most disgusting of criminals, because our justice system relies on everyone having a right to an adversarial defense.
This is not a defense. This is pandering to media.
It’s in his client’s interest to speak kindly of him in the media before jury selection. He’s still doing his job.
I went looking for more info and found this much more comprehensive article.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/07/san-diego-teens-arrested-killing-woman-pellet-gun
These people are monsters. Imagine knowing that someone is living in absolute misery on the streets and saying to yourself, “I want to target them and degrade them even further while causing them physical pain. Sounds like fun!”
