He would be 26 today...

[DURHAM D]

Link to tweet

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1. 🕯

[LizBeth]

2. The story if you do not remember.

Michael Dunn sentenced to life without parole for killing of Florida teenager

The man convicted of shooting dead a Florida teenager in a dispute over loud rap music has been given the maximum possible sentence of life in prison without parole plus 90 years.

Michael Dunn’s sentence was handed down after Lucia McBath, mother of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, broke down in the courtroom on Friday, telling her son’s killer through tears that she forgave him.

Dunn, who was convicted of murder earlier this month, sat impassively as McBath spoke of the devastation she felt at losing her only child in the November 2012 shooting at a Jacksonville gas station.

“For years to come I will be forced to celebrate my son’s birthday without his presence. As I quietly watch my friends’ boys grow into young men, I will forever be reminded of what might’ve been for my Jordan,” she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/17/michael-dunn-sentenced-life-without-parole-florida

[UpInArms]

6. The tragedy of that story

Breaks my heart

[LizBeth]

7. +1

[iluvtennis]

12. + 2.

Will never forget the line of the prosecutor's closing srgument. "Jordan Davis, forever 17".

[Celerity]

9. A Freeper vermin's take on it at the time

[George II]

14. Thanks for reviving that story, as sad as it was. We should never forget that, and I hope Dunn....

....is miserable and tormented every single day of the remainder of his life.

[LizBeth]

17. Right.

[brer cat]

3. ...

[Butterflylady]

4. What a handsome young man.

[Cha]

5. Rt TY.. that's so unbearably sad..

Rep Lucy McBath is so incredibly Strong.

[RGinNJ]

8. Happy to share my birthday with him. I will keep up the fight for sane gun control.

[sheshe2]

10. ...

[smirkymonkey]

11. So very sad.

[world wide wally]

13. Peace

[H2O Man]

15. Recommended.

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. What a tragic, heartbreaking and disgusting story.

Rep. McBath forgave him. The criminal justice system sure didn't. F him. Daily.