Meet Susan Lorincz

She stole Ajike Owens' 10-year-old son’s iPad. Lorincz returned it by throwing at him

Lorincz later threw a roller skate at the boy, hitting him. The boy confronted Lorincz. She opened her door and swung an umbrella at him

He told his mom

The mom went to Lorincz's home, knocked on the door, one shot burst through the door murdering Owens

The cops let it go initially due to the Florida stand your ground laws—until public outrage boiled over

Name something more American

@flexghost also worth noting is that when public pressure forced the state to take action they chose to charge her with manslaughter instead of murder. Her actions as an individual are grotesque, but it's the cavalier way that our country excuses and downplays white on black violence that really ought to disturb us.
@BootyLasher @flexghost MANSLAUGHTER??? SHE SHOT HER THROUGH A DOOR! WTF??
@Tweetfiction @BootyLasher @flexghost Because it will be easier to secure a conviction for manslaughter than it will for murder. Proving a murder case would involve proving premeditation, which is often extremely difficult.
@agilbertson @Tweetfiction @flexghost this is false, but more importantly buddy you have to understand how ridiculous and argument you're making. People are charged with and convicted of murder all the time, and often in much less cut and dry situations than this. Clearly something is different here - if you don't think it's race related then what do you think it is?
@BootyLasher and she literally baited the mom. This was a years long feud. She was lying in wait and could have killed the child or anyone on the other side of the door.
@BootyLasher @flexghost This is reminiscent of the murder of Ahmaud Aubery in 2020. The murderers nearly got away with chasing this jogger down and killing him until his family and the community raised a million dollars' worth of hell over his death.
@SharonGibson3 @flexghost I mean I'd argue that it's reminiscent of literally every situation in America where black people have been victimized - our police simply do not view this as their problem and have consistently refused to arrest perpetrators until they are forced. This is an obscene and blatant double standard - if the races had been reversed in this situation the cops would have immediately arrested the murderer without anyone having to even ask.

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"only a #Christian would answer their neighbors' knock with a #gun" - the holy ghosted

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She feared that if she opened the door she might fear for her life?
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Flexghost: I heard about this case... Why the hell someone would decide to shoot through their door, is beyond me... Now a mother of 3 children is gone... All because a coward was allowed to wield a dangerous weapon. May she rot for doing what she did...
@customer228 after years of pushing them to react to her bad behavior. This as as premeditated as it gets
@flexghost Name something more American: how about when the charges are dropped after the the frenzy fades away or Lorincz is acquitted?
@flexghost Florida is a fascist shithole made by the gop. Think what they have done from the White House. Treason. Zero health care. Tax breaks for the rich. Denial of rights. Corruption of SCOTUS.
@mickstick @flexghost can we deport the state of Florida? And Texas?
@flexghost This is PEAK florida Karen
@flexghost she knew what she was going to do when she picked up the gun. Not manslaughter but premeditated murder. Let the lawsuits begin.

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Will be interesting to see if she gets the same Maga treatment as all the other killers or if they'll let her drown cause she's a woman.

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@flexghost, ignorant savages with guns in a dystopia.
@flexghost Bruised entitlement explained in one photo.
@flexghost Killer Karen needs to go to the big house and stay forever. And once again, fuck the cesspool that is Florida.
@flexghost and to think I was just about to apply for a job in Florida. 🙃

@flexghost "Name something more American"

I've got nothing. =(

As a former expat (lived in P. Phước Mỹ, Tp. Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam for a couple of wonderful years) after my return to the US I never reacclimated to the toxic nature of the country of my birth. The US is sick. Mark Twain said that travel cures ignorance and Anthony Bourdain said he wished more American's had a passport.

Not until the fear of not changing is greater than the fear of change will any change happen in the US.

@flexghost “Records show that 911 had been called a half-dozen times since 2021 involving Lorincz and Owens.”

@flexghost At least once a week, I advise my daughter to never travel to the US.

I really don’t understand how anyone can want this murderous chaos.

@Tattered it’s a valid concern. One that republicans funded by the NRA tell us is not a valid concern
@flexghost Im a Canadian. Our federal government recently added a gently worded caution to the travel advisories page about the rate of gun ownership. If the United States were not a critical trade partner the language would have been stronger. Personally I won't cross the border anymore unless I really need to.
@flexghost She doesn’t seem nice.

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Stand your ground laws is license for white people to murder with impunity. #guns

@flexghost Be assured this woman is repugliklan and a fox news viewer.
@flexghost I'll bet you five dollars she voted for Donald.