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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 09:36 AM Jul 2019

Man says he killed black teen for listening to rap music.

PHOENIX - A man arrested on suspicion of killing a 17-year-old boy in an Arizona convenience store last week says that he killed the teenager, who did not say or do anything to threaten him, because he was listening to rap music, police said.

The suspect, Michael Paul Adams, 27, admitted stabbing the teenager at 1:42 a.m. Thursday after he heard him playing rap music in his vehicle in a parking lot at a Circle K in Peoria, Arizona, according to police records filed in Arizona Superior Court.

Adams had just been released from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma on Tuesday, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Adams told police rap music makes him feel "unsafe" because he had been attacked by people who listen to rap music in the past, records say. He also said people who listen to rap music are a threat to him and the community.

The suspect said he felt threatened by the music — not the teen himself — so he needed to be "proactive rather than reactive," police records said.

Adams’ criminal history includes theft, shoplifting, marijuana violation, disorderly conduct, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault of a correctional employee, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.



https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/08/deadly-peoria-stabbing-suspect-michael-paul-adams-says-he-threatened-teens-music/1673045001/

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Man says he killed black teen for listening to rap music. (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP
. Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2019 #1
He sounds like a severe mental case riversedge Jul 2019 #2
This guy's freedom time needs to be up get the red out Jul 2019 #3
And look at this JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #4
Dude, PTSD is not your Golden Ticket out of jail. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #5
He got his spot with the Aryan Brotherhood dalton99a Jul 2019 #6
Yup Calculating Jul 2019 #8
Rot in jail and then hell, asshole. spanone Jul 2019 #7
Looks like a fine candidate for Trump's Justice Department Tarc Jul 2019 #9
He's probably going to go away for a while. Aristus Jul 2019 #10
Looks a little like Stephen Miller. LuckyCharms Jul 2019 #11
People aren't going to like this. Too bad. Execute him RhodeIslandOne Jul 2019 #12
Do we need any further proof that white supremacists are the absolute scum of the earth? Initech Jul 2019 #13

JustAnotherGen

(31,829 posts)
4. And look at this
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 09:46 AM
Jul 2019


Adams was booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicion of first-degree premeditated murder and is being held on a $1 million bond. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing July 15.

Adams’ criminal history includes theft, shoplifting, marijuana violation, disorderly conduct, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault of a correctional employee, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records




These punks always get away with it.

Listening to Mr. Madison this morning and was saying that the attorney for this thug is already using the 'system failed him. he was homeless. he had no access to mental health care' bullshit.


Mr. Attorney - your client is a dirt bag regardless of the circumstances.

Aristus

(66,414 posts)
10. He's probably going to go away for a while.
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:20 AM
Jul 2019

He doesn't have a wealthy unscrupulous National Knife Association to come to his rescue.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
12. People aren't going to like this. Too bad. Execute him
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jul 2019

This is a guy who walked right out of jail and murdered someone just to get thrown back in and get three hots and a cot as well as worshipped by Aryan scum.

Let's disrupt that plan. He did it, there's no shadow of a doubt. He should die.

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