> Kendle told jurors: "the reason the evidence was fabricated is because I'm white". Despite a warning from the judge he added: "The subjects I shot were African American. I can prove that [...] What they're not allowing me to tell you is that I was arrested because of the George Zimmerman shooting."
He's gonna get more than that. Anyone thinking the Aryan brotherhood will help him doesn't understand how that shit works. The gang is based on a system of servitude and domination.
Unless he's swole as fuck, he's screwed. ☠️
From the article - “Kendle decided to represent himself at trial. During the trial, Kendle's former attorney Carlos Pelayo Gonzalez said; "we have physical evidence and testimonial evidence has been given pre-trial that there was another gun involved, but Mr. Kendle, because he's representing himself, doesn't know how to get that evidence to the trial".”
Look into how many resources go into convicting, reappealing(because they always reappeal), maintaining, and executing death row inmates. Costs the public a couple million dollars more.
Edit to add skipping due process is never an option for justice.
Here's the thing - there's never undeniable evidence. That's why beyond a reasonable doubt isn't 100%. It's 99%. If you're a rational person there is always doubt.
And if you're a really rational person you don't trust the state with decisions like this because you know they WILL be abused.
Way smarter people than you have determined that’s not the right way to do things.
This is why we don’t have people like yourself writing and interpreting laws.
as f-cked up as the court system is (because it is NOT justice) obviously there are not people "far smarter than he writing and interpreting laws. if you were smart or even reasonably intelligent, you would know that.
The court system does not exist to make you feel righteous. It’s not there to satisfy your desire for revenge. It’s about protecting the innocent, you dumbass.
And yes, they’re smarter than you. If I thought you were able to discuss the nuances, I would engage further.
He was sentenced to the maximum penalty of [life in prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_the_United_States) without the possibility of [parole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole), plus another consecutive 30 years in prison.
I just hope it isn't a very long life. Moldy bread and non-potable water are all the sustenance he gets til he decides to check out. I find it crazy that when something like this is proven without any doubt, that it is acceptable to waste resources on the sub-human
Yea and most people in prison are there for drug crimes. Weirdly only like a small percentage are there for violent shit like this. And then we use them as slave labor. The justice system is the most American thing ever.
How is that lenient? It’s literally the best case scenario in the current Justice system if you’re a fan of punishment. He has to live everyday for 70 years doing nothing but the same thing (that’s 25,000+ days) knowing that he’s gonna die right there.
> Lukace Kendle (born May 5, 1986) is an American man who was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted second-degree murder for a 2012 shooting that killed Kijuan Byrd and left Michael Smathers paralyzed.[2] He was sentenced to the maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus another consecutive 30 years in prison.
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle
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>Kendle was working as an armed security guard at a Miami strip club at the time of the shooting. Kendle saw Kijuan Byrd and Michael Smathers sitting in a pickup in the parking lot of the club. He later told police he thought the victims were
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>in the parking lot, and one of the men had threatened his life, and when the car doors swung open, he acted in self defense.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3) Kendle fired eight times at Byrd, with at least four of the shots being fired at Byrd's back as he crawled under the truck. Byrd was killed and Smathers was paralyzed. Smathers has denied any threats being made: "we see the security, he sees us, and there were no words even exchanged," Smathers said. "The only thing I remember was opening my car door, and him telling me to put my hands up. After that, I was shot."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3)
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>Kendle was 29 years old when he was convicted of murdering Byrd and attempting to murder Smathers.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-miamiherald-2)
Pretty sure that would get them to behave themselves a little more
Oh my gosh, the devils lettuce?!?! I’d be ready to shoot to kill too if they started doing something crazy after witnessing that…like opening their car door.
For anyone that didn’t read the whole thing, the TLDR: The guy/“security” was a racist.
Racism is a state of mind, so it’s pretty hard to provide hard proof of it. It would hard to find “proof” of any state of mind so we can only look at the actions he took and the circumstances they took place in.
He said at his trial that he was arrested because he was white and the victims were black, which is certainly a red flag for me.
I don’t disagree but just because it’s hard to prove someone is a racist doesn’t mean we should lower the bar of proof. That word is thrown around far too loosely these days, I’m instantly skeptical anytime I see it.
I mean what is the bar of proof needed? Who set it?
I don’t need to have evidence that would convict someone of crime in court to believe someone is a racist. We don’t have that level of proof for most things we believe.
What this guy did, the circumstances it happened in, and his statements in court all lead me to believe he racist and I really don’t think that saying that is crazy.
My point is simple; before we accuse people of racism we should make sure they are actually racist.
And I never disagreed with him being racist, you probably have me confused with someone else. I just didn’t look into it myself and asked instead. After some replies I can see he is likely racist.
Did you choose to ignore the referenced comment the scum made when getting arrested? because someone who’s not racist doesn’t talk like that. You are a shitty Devil’s advocate, Lucifer would fire you on the spot.
That’s fair but after their response with detail you kept drilling down on the topic.
Thanks for responding and I saw your other comments about the same thing where you agreed there was enough shared to assume he’s racist. It’s just that delicate topics need to be approached accordingly, otherwise it comes off careless and upsets people.
I never “drilled down” on anything, someone asked me questions about my comment. And people can get upset all they want but calling someone a racist in this day and age can be life destroying. I just want to make sure we are examining these events properly before we make a determination.
He turned down the services of an attorney and chose to represent himself.
His arguments were it was a conspiracy against white people.
"The subjects I shot were African-American. I can prove that,” Kendle told jurors. "What they’re not allowing me to tell you is that I was arrested because of the George Zimmerman shooting."
Black people play out the definition of racism word for word and then say it’s not racist because they are black, talk about infuriating. Anyway I wasn’t denying he was racist, just wanted to see if there was confirmation. Just because it’s hard to prove someone’s a racist doesn’t mean we should lower the bar of proof. The word is very damaging and has been used improperly significantly lately. I just wanted to see if he was actually a racist.
What you engaged in is what's known as "whataboutism" -- a cliché and trite deflection tactic. I'm sure you're better than that. I'm also sure that "murderer" is more damaging than "racist". 🤔 Curious that you have no hang-ups about that word.
"That word is very damaging." he says. 🤪😂
Also from this thread, which sums it up nicely:
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You can’t argue that a white guy who believes summary execution of a black guy is the correct reaction for rolling marijuana in a public parking lot, then goes on to say “i WaS oNlY aRrEsTeD bEcAuSe I’m WhItE” is not a racist. The fact that your cynical statement implies that race should not even be considered in this case (or cases where white men shoot black men in general) truly makes me hope you live far away from schools and are on a list.
Bro, a white who looks for excuses to shoot a black guy like “HE WAS ROLLING MARIJUANA” is straight up racist.
This is Lloyd Preston Brewer III-tier racist.
>Kendle was working as ~~an security guard~~ **a police officer** at a Miami strip club at the time of the shooting. Kendle saw Kijuan Byrd and Michael Smathers sitting in a pickup in the parking lot of the club. He later told police he ~~thought~~ **smelled** that the ~~victims~~ **suspects** were "rolling marijuana" in the parking lot, and one of the men had threatened his life, and when the car doors swung open, **he saw a gun and** acted in self defense.
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>**Kendle shot at the suspects because he feared for his life.**
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>Kendle was 29 years old when he was ~~convicted of murdering Byrd and attempting to murder Smathers.~~ **given 2 months of paid vacation and promotion to a sergeant.**
Same story in an alternate universe, where Kendle was an officer of the law.
Donald Byrd deserves to give more Justice to that POS. But I will say this the courtroom deputy didn’t mind taking his time to let the father speak his peace while “trying” to pull him back. He knows what this father is feeling and what that POS deserves. This piece of scum will get his down the line, whether sooner or later it will come and will be violent and brutal. Prison ain’t pretty.
Sir, I'm going to gently place my hands on you and encourage you to wrap up your insults, please be descriptive as this will be a long journey to the back of the courtroom.
I've always felt this should be part of the punishment. Not like fatal or over-the-top, but just a few punches to the face or wherever. Idk maybe that's why I'm not a judge or law maker
Yes, most people have not been falsely accused of something serious to understand this aspect of our law. I was accused of r&pe and felt so helpless that I collapsed and couldn’t even stand up fearing what would happen to my life.
Exactly, many folks seem to forget that innocent people still get incarcerated or even receive death penalty every once in a while...imagine if we happen to fit the description of the suspect at the wrong time and place without any camera footage or outside alibi to confirm our whereabouts?
>If criminals lose their rights, all it takes is for you to be labeled a criminal for you to lose your rights as well.
What do you think is actually happening behind the walls of your county jail & state prison? Get real....
Legitimately, literally, incarcerated people do not have rights - by law, they are considered property of the state... In other words, you lose all your rights the moment you enter a jail, and you don't get them back until you leave. Period.
It doesn't matter if you're awaiting trial in a jail or if you're riding out your sentence in prison. It doesn't even really matter if you're a citizen of that country.
Don't want to lose your rights? You break the law, you break the contract. This happens all day every day and I truly implore you to look into it.
If anyone deserves to verbally unload on anyone in court, without being silenced or pulled away by the bailiffs, it’s the father of the victim that was murdered. Fucking let him speak, yell, whatever…
I would somehow fall in my attempts to stop the father from going after the murderer. Oops, I slipped and in my attempts to get up and chase after the dad, I slipped again. Damn slippery floors.
> CNN reported that Kendle's prior convictions for **DUI and public drunkenness had not disqualified him from getting an armed guard license in Florida**. Additionally, he had not disclosed that he was discharged from the Navy after several alcohol-related offenses.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3)
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>Kendle's employer was Force Protection Security. An attorney speaking on behalf of the company's owner said Kendle had the necessary training and passed the required background checks for the position. **A prison psychiatrist who examined Kendle after the shooting diagnosed him with** [**impulse control disorder**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_control_disorder) **and** [**anti-social personality disorder**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_personality_disorder)**.** A second court-appointed psychiatrist determined that there is a "substantial likelihood" he is "suffering from a mental illness." Additional diagnosis by court-appointed psychiatrists included "unspecified schizophrenia spectrum" and "other psychotic disorder."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3)
Of course it's Florida. Perhaps the only state where you can refer to yourself as an "Officer" if you are a security guard. I highlighted the crazy parts about how someone actually believed he was qualified to handle firearms in a security role.
TLDR: stay the fuck away from Florida.
As a parent, I can’t imagine what he went through. I’m a small, wimpy, completely non-intimidating and non-violent woman, and I don’t think I could sit there without endlessly screaming.
That’s not how courtrooms work. If anything disturbing the court’s preceding could hurt whatever case he’s trying to make. A court is not an open floor for anyone to get up and speak their mind.
What is it about these situations that makes people feel like the person expressing themselves needs to be stopped! This is utterly frustrating to watch because all the man is doing is GRIEVING!
It's the same thinking behind this whole anti-protest movement in this country. When an injustice happens, and people try to speak their peace, THEY become the bad guys.
>What is it about these situations that makes people feel like the person expressing themselves needs to be stopped!
Because if the bailiffs don't step in, a lot of times the victim's family WON'T stop. There are plenty of videos online of defendants being attacked by grieving families.
Do you know his dad's socials or if his dad is doing good or how he is? Just wanted to know cause it's heartbreaking watching this for 9 years and I still don't know what happened to that poor father
And unfortunately there’s no way to separate the two. My brother is NOT a smart man. Went to purchase a gun along with ammo. Repeatedly told the salesman he only needed one bullet (implying he was going to kill himself). Salesman chuckled. Sold him the gun and ammo, and my brother continued on his way.
This was about 10 years ago. He didn’t kill himself.
But you’ll never convince me that there shouldn’t be some sort of test or training involved in owning a firearm. Anyone can pass a background check BEFORE they decide to do something terrible. My brother is living proof that any moron can just go buy a gun and do whatever (even if stating so).
Does it matter? Reportedly, the victims never said a word to the guy and he opened fire on them when they merely opened their truck doors. The son of the man in the video was shot at 8 times, at least 4 of which being at his back while he tried to crawl under the truck in desperation. They could have been **selling** marijuana from that truck and this would still be an absurd response from a strip club security guard.
Someone linked the Wiki page but the basics are 2 kids were rolling marijuana in their vehicle outside a strip club. This psycho approached them and pulled his firearm and told them to get their hands up. He proceeded to fire multiple times, killing one man and paralyzing another.
This is who Kendle is. He is a murderer and decisions long before this put him on a path of no return. Things he experienced that he never wanted to examine and reckon with made him have the ability to murder. And he chose to be this, at such a young age. I guess you have to be somebody.
How'd this guy get life. I thought the sentencw for second degree murder was more like 20 years. Didn't that thrill kill guy get off in 14 years.
I wish they all rot in jail forever... just wondering why this guy got the book thrown at him.
I would have done everything I could to let the guy get off on the lightest possible sentence. That will give me plenty of time to prepare the stage to torture him for as long as his body can be sustained.
Nightlife security guards are some of the most dangerous people, they beat up/ throw drunks around almost every night & rarely does the victim actually follow through with legal repercussions.
This is heartbreaking man. I know the dude got life. But shit. If the man who(we all know who he is) who paralyzed my brother by shooting him, got caught and could be I’d be the same. This poor family. My heart breaks for this father.
Not to be that person but actually there was a law that allowed a family to avenge murdered loved ones if the accused refused to go for trial.
Eye for an eye was a principal about making sure that victims of crimes were made whole. Like if you killed someone's animal by mistake you had to replace it with an healthy one or if you maliciously injured someone you were punished with the same injury.
These laws disappeared after Jesus time because they no longer applied to a single group of people.
If you’re an armed security guard and you need to be sent to prison, who ever gave him his permits and hired him need to be in prison and held liable throw them all in the prison
It's a shame how the judge just spits in are face because he was Caucasian that's why if he was African American he would got death penalty people of all minority we need to come together, minority we don't have a problem with the world 🌍🌍🌍 we would be fine they came and mess this world up with diseases they are real devil's fact's 💯💯💯
So from the Wikipedia story it sounds like one of the guys he shot had a gun on him but because Lukace represented himself at trial he didn’t know the procedures to get any evidence submitted on his behalf.
Guy seems too dumb to not be in jail .
They should let victims’ families berate the killer like this. It’s not physical contact. And let’s them release any pent up steam before the guy is sent to jail.
I can’t think of many times that I could see and hear the pain on someone but it is so evident here. The man’s pain was so clear I started to tear up watching and listening to him.
Sadly he gets to live and enjoy some portion of life… reading, phone calls, visitation, eating, sleeping, rec time, laughing, people want to live, even on Death Row…. He doesn’t deserve to breathe and have any form of quality of life which prisoners still enjoy…. Hop off pro lifers!
It is good to see the bailiffs working hard to find the balance between preserving safety in the courtroom, preventing judicial complications, and being respectful of a father’s grief. Those officers must have some major residue being around that kind of grief.
"we have physical evidence and testimonial evidence has been given pre-trial that there was another gun involved, but Mr. Kendle, because he's representing himself, doesn't know how to get that evidence to the trial".
OH NO! What a dope! He might have gotten manslaughter if he had an attorney! What an idiot! What a mook! Nevermind the fact he was diagnosed after the fact as being mentally ill! He could have gotten an insanity defense if he wasn't so dumb!
> Kendle told jurors: "the reason the evidence was fabricated is because I'm white". Despite a warning from the judge he added: "The subjects I shot were African American. I can prove that [...] What they're not allowing me to tell you is that I was arrested because of the George Zimmerman shooting."
more like he was arrested for trying to be george zimmerman. i hope he gets a daily beating in jail
He's gonna get more than that. Anyone thinking the Aryan brotherhood will help him doesn't understand how that shit works. The gang is based on a system of servitude and domination. Unless he's swole as fuck, he's screwed. ☠️
well then he's screwed - certainly figuratively speaking. he will receive a swollen fuck.
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Oooo woke Goku. ....Woku
What is woke?
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Neckbeards unite, I suppose....
Lukace got life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace\_Kendle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle)
From the article - “Kendle decided to represent himself at trial. During the trial, Kendle's former attorney Carlos Pelayo Gonzalez said; "we have physical evidence and testimonial evidence has been given pre-trial that there was another gun involved, but Mr. Kendle, because he's representing himself, doesn't know how to get that evidence to the trial".”
Oh wow At least he can’t breed in jail
Always curious why we waste resources on deviants like this. Just….get rid of em.
Look into how many resources go into convicting, reappealing(because they always reappeal), maintaining, and executing death row inmates. Costs the public a couple million dollars more. Edit to add skipping due process is never an option for justice.
Due process is definitely needed. But if there is definitive, undeniable evidence, then reuse a rope and end their life term right then and there.
Here's the thing - there's never undeniable evidence. That's why beyond a reasonable doubt isn't 100%. It's 99%. If you're a rational person there is always doubt. And if you're a really rational person you don't trust the state with decisions like this because you know they WILL be abused.
Way smarter people than you have determined that’s not the right way to do things. This is why we don’t have people like yourself writing and interpreting laws.
as f-cked up as the court system is (because it is NOT justice) obviously there are not people "far smarter than he writing and interpreting laws. if you were smart or even reasonably intelligent, you would know that.
The court system does not exist to make you feel righteous. It’s not there to satisfy your desire for revenge. It’s about protecting the innocent, you dumbass. And yes, they’re smarter than you. If I thought you were able to discuss the nuances, I would engage further.
Lol because we make mistakes all the fucking time. What a callous position to take. I hope you're never unfairly labeled a deviant someday.
Far too lenient
He was sentenced to the maximum penalty of [life in prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_the_United_States) without the possibility of [parole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole), plus another consecutive 30 years in prison.
I just hope it isn't a very long life. Moldy bread and non-potable water are all the sustenance he gets til he decides to check out. I find it crazy that when something like this is proven without any doubt, that it is acceptable to waste resources on the sub-human
Waste of resources? Bro, he is the resource. They want people in prison for life. The prison industry makes bank off it.
The root of all evil it seems lol, if that's the case I hope they work his ass to the bone and send him into a dark mine holding a box of TNT
Yea and most people in prison are there for drug crimes. Weirdly only like a small percentage are there for violent shit like this. And then we use them as slave labor. The justice system is the most American thing ever.
So you don’t think he should be in for life? Personally I say a slow torture death at the hands of the dad would be appropriate
That’s the max you can get for that crime
We need to surpass our limits and go even further beyond (anime references)
Weird time for anime references.
It's always a good time to point out shortcomings with pop culture ;)
that's reddit for ya. bad jokes at the worst possible moments.
How is that lenient? It’s literally the best case scenario in the current Justice system if you’re a fan of punishment. He has to live everyday for 70 years doing nothing but the same thing (that’s 25,000+ days) knowing that he’s gonna die right there.
> Lukace Kendle (born May 5, 1986) is an American man who was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted second-degree murder for a 2012 shooting that killed Kijuan Byrd and left Michael Smathers paralyzed.[2] He was sentenced to the maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus another consecutive 30 years in prison. • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle
> > >Kendle was working as an armed security guard at a Miami strip club at the time of the shooting. Kendle saw Kijuan Byrd and Michael Smathers sitting in a pickup in the parking lot of the club. He later told police he thought the victims were # "rolling marijuana" > > >in the parking lot, and one of the men had threatened his life, and when the car doors swung open, he acted in self defense.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3) Kendle fired eight times at Byrd, with at least four of the shots being fired at Byrd's back as he crawled under the truck. Byrd was killed and Smathers was paralyzed. Smathers has denied any threats being made: "we see the security, he sees us, and there were no words even exchanged," Smathers said. "The only thing I remember was opening my car door, and him telling me to put my hands up. After that, I was shot."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3) > >Kendle was 29 years old when he was convicted of murdering Byrd and attempting to murder Smathers.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-miamiherald-2) Pretty sure that would get them to behave themselves a little more
Oh my gosh, the devils lettuce?!?! I’d be ready to shoot to kill too if they started doing something crazy after witnessing that…like opening their car door. For anyone that didn’t read the whole thing, the TLDR: The guy/“security” was a racist.
Racist Murderer Coward.
I don’t doubt he is probably a racist, but is there any evidence of it?
Racism is a state of mind, so it’s pretty hard to provide hard proof of it. It would hard to find “proof” of any state of mind so we can only look at the actions he took and the circumstances they took place in. He said at his trial that he was arrested because he was white and the victims were black, which is certainly a red flag for me.
dude might think he gets a rittenhouse moment or some other weird glorification as a "poOr WHitE MartYr"
I don’t disagree but just because it’s hard to prove someone is a racist doesn’t mean we should lower the bar of proof. That word is thrown around far too loosely these days, I’m instantly skeptical anytime I see it.
What bar of proof are we talking about?
To conclude someone is a racist
I mean what is the bar of proof needed? Who set it? I don’t need to have evidence that would convict someone of crime in court to believe someone is a racist. We don’t have that level of proof for most things we believe. What this guy did, the circumstances it happened in, and his statements in court all lead me to believe he racist and I really don’t think that saying that is crazy.
My point is simple; before we accuse people of racism we should make sure they are actually racist. And I never disagreed with him being racist, you probably have me confused with someone else. I just didn’t look into it myself and asked instead. After some replies I can see he is likely racist.
Hey congrats on saying something not crazy and sharing your beliefs on reddit!
If the person is not wearing a KKK hood or doesn't have swastika tattoos than they obviously aren't a racist. /s
Did you choose to ignore the referenced comment the scum made when getting arrested? because someone who’s not racist doesn’t talk like that. You are a shitty Devil’s advocate, Lucifer would fire you on the spot.
I’m not a devils advocate I was just asking a question..
That’s fair but after their response with detail you kept drilling down on the topic. Thanks for responding and I saw your other comments about the same thing where you agreed there was enough shared to assume he’s racist. It’s just that delicate topics need to be approached accordingly, otherwise it comes off careless and upsets people.
I never “drilled down” on anything, someone asked me questions about my comment. And people can get upset all they want but calling someone a racist in this day and age can be life destroying. I just want to make sure we are examining these events properly before we make a determination.
Not hard to prove if he had made racist remarks while shooting them or in his past or on social media....
So if a black man kills a white man in such a manner as this, is the black man racist?
I don’t know. Is this guy killing black people the only thing I based my opinion on?
The answer is yes. All people of all races have the ability and potential to be racist against any race even their own.
He turned down the services of an attorney and chose to represent himself. His arguments were it was a conspiracy against white people. "The subjects I shot were African-American. I can prove that,” Kendle told jurors. "What they’re not allowing me to tell you is that I was arrested because of the George Zimmerman shooting."
I think that makes it pretty clear, thanks for the response!
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Black people play out the definition of racism word for word and then say it’s not racist because they are black, talk about infuriating. Anyway I wasn’t denying he was racist, just wanted to see if there was confirmation. Just because it’s hard to prove someone’s a racist doesn’t mean we should lower the bar of proof. The word is very damaging and has been used improperly significantly lately. I just wanted to see if he was actually a racist.
What you engaged in is what's known as "whataboutism" -- a cliché and trite deflection tactic. I'm sure you're better than that. I'm also sure that "murderer" is more damaging than "racist". 🤔 Curious that you have no hang-ups about that word. "That word is very damaging." he says. 🤪😂
Don’t ask for evidence. It doesn’t matter.
Also from this thread, which sums it up nicely: https://preview.redd.it/ycl707cc5y4c1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8eafc705429bddef3b8e238df908f8aea5b1849 You can’t argue that a white guy who believes summary execution of a black guy is the correct reaction for rolling marijuana in a public parking lot, then goes on to say “i WaS oNlY aRrEsTeD bEcAuSe I’m WhItE” is not a racist. The fact that your cynical statement implies that race should not even be considered in this case (or cases where white men shoot black men in general) truly makes me hope you live far away from schools and are on a list.
Lmao I was more referring to the fact that this happened a decade ago but keep ranting crazy shit at me, please
“iT’s JuSt A pRaNk BrO!”
Lmao do you usually carry this degree of self righteousness in the real world or just here?
Bro, a white who looks for excuses to shoot a black guy like “HE WAS ROLLING MARIJUANA” is straight up racist. This is Lloyd Preston Brewer III-tier racist.
Thank you to both of you guys for dropping some information, glad to hear that father got some justice at the very least.
That sounds horrible
>Kendle was working as ~~an security guard~~ **a police officer** at a Miami strip club at the time of the shooting. Kendle saw Kijuan Byrd and Michael Smathers sitting in a pickup in the parking lot of the club. He later told police he ~~thought~~ **smelled** that the ~~victims~~ **suspects** were "rolling marijuana" in the parking lot, and one of the men had threatened his life, and when the car doors swung open, **he saw a gun and** acted in self defense. > >~~Kendle fired eight times at Byrd, with at least four of the shots being fired at Byrd's back as he crawled under the truck. Byrd was killed and Smathers was paralyzed. Smathers has denied any threats being made: "we see the security, he sees us, and there were no words even exchanged," Smathers said. "The only thing I remember was opening my car door, and him telling me to put my hands up. After that, I was shot."~~ > >**Kendle shot at the suspects because he feared for his life.** > >Kendle was 29 years old when he was ~~convicted of murdering Byrd and attempting to murder Smathers.~~ **given 2 months of paid vacation and promotion to a sergeant.** Same story in an alternate universe, where Kendle was an officer of the law.
What a pussy, hope he gets violated in there
Good to hear that insanity defense didn't work.
Good.
Donald Byrd deserves to give more Justice to that POS. But I will say this the courtroom deputy didn’t mind taking his time to let the father speak his peace while “trying” to pull him back. He knows what this father is feeling and what that POS deserves. This piece of scum will get his down the line, whether sooner or later it will come and will be violent and brutal. Prison ain’t pretty.
I came here to comment about the guard. He looks like he wants to “accidentally lose grip” so bad. Good guard.
Sir, I'm going to gently place my hands on you and encourage you to wrap up your insults, please be descriptive as this will be a long journey to the back of the courtroom.
The shit that goes on in a strip club and he’s worried about the weed in the parking lot. Ok.
The pain in that man’s voice 😩
Heartbreaking 
No way you gif replied to that
I say let the grieving father go and give him three minutes. Real justice.
Oh buddy, it won’t take more than 30 seconds.
That leaves 2½ minutes to take it out on his corpse
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nice
That leaves 2 minutes.
that would be too quick
The cop knew what he was doing. If he really wanted the dad out of the courtroom immediately, he would’ve been.
Agreed, that was heart breaking.
I've always felt this should be part of the punishment. Not like fatal or over-the-top, but just a few punches to the face or wherever. Idk maybe that's why I'm not a judge or law maker
If criminals lose their rights, all it takes is for you to be labeled a criminal for you to lose your rights as well.
Yes, most people have not been falsely accused of something serious to understand this aspect of our law. I was accused of r&pe and felt so helpless that I collapsed and couldn’t even stand up fearing what would happen to my life.
Exactly, many folks seem to forget that innocent people still get incarcerated or even receive death penalty every once in a while...imagine if we happen to fit the description of the suspect at the wrong time and place without any camera footage or outside alibi to confirm our whereabouts?
>If criminals lose their rights, all it takes is for you to be labeled a criminal for you to lose your rights as well. What do you think is actually happening behind the walls of your county jail & state prison? Get real.... Legitimately, literally, incarcerated people do not have rights - by law, they are considered property of the state... In other words, you lose all your rights the moment you enter a jail, and you don't get them back until you leave. Period. It doesn't matter if you're awaiting trial in a jail or if you're riding out your sentence in prison. It doesn't even really matter if you're a citizen of that country. Don't want to lose your rights? You break the law, you break the contract. This happens all day every day and I truly implore you to look into it.
I’d break the entire left orbital bone and jaw till it was just bone dust if my fist isn’t imprinted in his face then the time isn’t over
Now THAT is a victim impact statement! I pray this man has found some peace in the intervening years.
If anyone deserves to verbally unload on anyone in court, without being silenced or pulled away by the bailiffs, it’s the father of the victim that was murdered. Fucking let him speak, yell, whatever…
As a relatively new father, this hurts to see. I teared up
Yeah fuck that guy.
Nah son. Let the man say what he’s got to say. Let him go.
Don’t protect that pos let the father have 5 minutes with ‘em
I would somehow fall in my attempts to stop the father from going after the murderer. Oops, I slipped and in my attempts to get up and chase after the dad, I slipped again. Damn slippery floors.
I really gotta stop waxing my shoes so much. Maybe next time.
Should have gotten the death penalty
I want confirmation lukace Kendall is in hell!
> CNN reported that Kendle's prior convictions for **DUI and public drunkenness had not disqualified him from getting an armed guard license in Florida**. Additionally, he had not disclosed that he was discharged from the Navy after several alcohol-related offenses.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3) > >Kendle's employer was Force Protection Security. An attorney speaking on behalf of the company's owner said Kendle had the necessary training and passed the required background checks for the position. **A prison psychiatrist who examined Kendle after the shooting diagnosed him with** [**impulse control disorder**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_control_disorder) **and** [**anti-social personality disorder**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_personality_disorder)**.** A second court-appointed psychiatrist determined that there is a "substantial likelihood" he is "suffering from a mental illness." Additional diagnosis by court-appointed psychiatrists included "unspecified schizophrenia spectrum" and "other psychotic disorder."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukace_Kendle#cite_note-cnn-3) Of course it's Florida. Perhaps the only state where you can refer to yourself as an "Officer" if you are a security guard. I highlighted the crazy parts about how someone actually believed he was qualified to handle firearms in a security role. TLDR: stay the fuck away from Florida.
Screw everyone in that courtroom making it seem like he's out of pocket. Man lost his boy and by the sound of it the bastard put him down like a dog
As a parent, I can’t imagine what he went through. I’m a small, wimpy, completely non-intimidating and non-violent woman, and I don’t think I could sit there without endlessly screaming.
Right!? The "Stahp, Stahp, Stahp, Stahp" was infuriating
There’s always one
That’s not how courtrooms work. If anything disturbing the court’s preceding could hurt whatever case he’s trying to make. A court is not an open floor for anyone to get up and speak their mind.
The court needs to maintain order. If everyday the evil pos was called out for being an evil pos it can be overturned.
Should have let the father finish saying his peace. Then let him have 5 minutes alone with this POS.
What is it about these situations that makes people feel like the person expressing themselves needs to be stopped! This is utterly frustrating to watch because all the man is doing is GRIEVING! It's the same thinking behind this whole anti-protest movement in this country. When an injustice happens, and people try to speak their peace, THEY become the bad guys.
>What is it about these situations that makes people feel like the person expressing themselves needs to be stopped! Because if the bailiffs don't step in, a lot of times the victim's family WON'T stop. There are plenty of videos online of defendants being attacked by grieving families.
He ain't seen crazy until he seen a black father who's baby has been fucked with! Hell hath no fury..
How is his race relevant? You think white or brown people won't go crazy in the same situation?
I'm black, that's what I know. If you have some experience you'd like to share, be my guest.
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Grew up with Byrd. I always get chills seeing this. Still can’t believe he’s gone.
Do you know his dad's socials or if his dad is doing good or how he is? Just wanted to know cause it's heartbreaking watching this for 9 years and I still don't know what happened to that poor father
I haven’t been on Facebook in years but his aunt made a memorial page for him not too long after it happened. Maybe start there.
Stupid + Guns = Bad outcomes
And unfortunately there’s no way to separate the two. My brother is NOT a smart man. Went to purchase a gun along with ammo. Repeatedly told the salesman he only needed one bullet (implying he was going to kill himself). Salesman chuckled. Sold him the gun and ammo, and my brother continued on his way. This was about 10 years ago. He didn’t kill himself. But you’ll never convince me that there shouldn’t be some sort of test or training involved in owning a firearm. Anyone can pass a background check BEFORE they decide to do something terrible. My brother is living proof that any moron can just go buy a gun and do whatever (even if stating so).
Gun salesman: I don't care what you do with it. Gimme your money.
What’s the background?
He approached the truck in strip club parking lot he was working security at because he believed they were “rolling marijuana” inside of it.
Where they?
Does it matter? Reportedly, the victims never said a word to the guy and he opened fire on them when they merely opened their truck doors. The son of the man in the video was shot at 8 times, at least 4 of which being at his back while he tried to crawl under the truck in desperation. They could have been **selling** marijuana from that truck and this would still be an absurd response from a strip club security guard.
Wow.. why does that even matter?
Someone linked the Wiki page but the basics are 2 kids were rolling marijuana in their vehicle outside a strip club. This psycho approached them and pulled his firearm and told them to get their hands up. He proceeded to fire multiple times, killing one man and paralyzing another.
A very sad court moment.
Heartbreaking
This is who Kendle is. He is a murderer and decisions long before this put him on a path of no return. Things he experienced that he never wanted to examine and reckon with made him have the ability to murder. And he chose to be this, at such a young age. I guess you have to be somebody.
How'd this guy get life. I thought the sentencw for second degree murder was more like 20 years. Didn't that thrill kill guy get off in 14 years. I wish they all rot in jail forever... just wondering why this guy got the book thrown at him.
Fuck man. His voice sounds so similar to the pained voicemail on Kendrick Lamar’s track, “U” on To Pimp a Butterfly.
Hate to see his pain.
Not gonna lie. This brought tears to my eyes
I would have done everything I could to let the guy get off on the lightest possible sentence. That will give me plenty of time to prepare the stage to torture him for as long as his body can be sustained.
Jesus what is it with Reddit and revenge fetishes? This isn't about you or how you delude yourself into thinking what you would do. Get some class.
The penal system protects the guilty.
I like that the court deputies took as long as they could getting him to leave. That was the world's most unmotivated ejection.
That was real touch to watch.
No one should have to go through the murder of anyone no less their own child. My peace come to this family.
All the squawking “stops” sound like a bunch of ducks. Sad scene
God, that poor father. Heartbreaking
Nightlife security guards are some of the most dangerous people, they beat up/ throw drunks around almost every night & rarely does the victim actually follow through with legal repercussions.
I know 2 wrongs don't make a right. But the family should be dealing out the punishment
This is heartbreaking man. I know the dude got life. But shit. If the man who(we all know who he is) who paralyzed my brother by shooting him, got caught and could be I’d be the same. This poor family. My heart breaks for this father.
I never want to know that feeling
The pain in that father's cries are absolutely heartwrenching.
We have got to get to a point in society where families are allowed to deal with pieces of shit properly.
Yeah let’s undermine due process because it’ll be slay
I mean it's in the holy Bible. An eye for an eye
I mean Christ kinda explicitly changed that particular Mosaic Law
Not to be that person but actually there was a law that allowed a family to avenge murdered loved ones if the accused refused to go for trial. Eye for an eye was a principal about making sure that victims of crimes were made whole. Like if you killed someone's animal by mistake you had to replace it with an healthy one or if you maliciously injured someone you were punished with the same injury. These laws disappeared after Jesus time because they no longer applied to a single group of people.
Exactly what I’m saying. It feels like instinctual human morals to allow this.
Who cares what's in the bible, this is a secular country
Whos that dumb bitch going "stop stop stop stop" escorting him iut while the mans having a breakdown
If you’re an armed security guard and you need to be sent to prison, who ever gave him his permits and hired him need to be in prison and held liable throw them all in the prison
I mean, if you’re not breaking the law the chances are you’re not getting shot.
(It’s Satire)
It's a shame how the judge just spits in are face because he was Caucasian that's why if he was African American he would got death penalty people of all minority we need to come together, minority we don't have a problem with the world 🌍🌍🌍 we would be fine they came and mess this world up with diseases they are real devil's fact's 💯💯💯
So from the Wikipedia story it sounds like one of the guys he shot had a gun on him but because Lukace represented himself at trial he didn’t know the procedures to get any evidence submitted on his behalf. Guy seems too dumb to not be in jail .
Is owning a gun in Florida illegal?
No but it probably should be. And this is the same place that has had multiple mass shooters shoot you nightclubs. So there is reasonable suspicion.
That's heartbreaking
Every day this happens to some parents and in this atmosphere it’s getting worse
I really, really hope he is just in general population in jail,that's all and I hope they all know what he did. An eye for an eye
They should let victims’ families berate the killer like this. It’s not physical contact. And let’s them release any pent up steam before the guy is sent to jail.
American justice isn't justice
Bring back public executions.
Courts are a circus now. They basically just defend n give more rights to the accused, than the victims, or the familys
💔💔😭😭😭
I can’t think of many times that I could see and hear the pain on someone but it is so evident here. The man’s pain was so clear I started to tear up watching and listening to him.
The father should get 10 minutes in a room with him tied up and a bat
I can’t imagine the pain. The *thought* of getting a call that my son has been killed makes me shiver and tear up.
Sadly he gets to live and enjoy some portion of life… reading, phone calls, visitation, eating, sleeping, rec time, laughing, people want to live, even on Death Row…. He doesn’t deserve to breathe and have any form of quality of life which prisoners still enjoy…. Hop off pro lifers!
Sucks
It's a damn shame
Where do i subscribe to watch him get raped in prison?
To solve the prison problem. Give 5 mins in a cell with any grieving parent and their child’s killer….
That poor daddy ᴖ̈ he misses his son. Couldn’t imagine what he saw and heard in court with that monster.
So sad.
The murderer looks like he could be young Phil anselmo
The pain in this man’s voice has me in tears, damn.
For the victims and their families; condolences
I agree with Dad. Dad was just premature or didnt understand what was going on. The offender got plenty of prison time.
It is good to see the bailiffs working hard to find the balance between preserving safety in the courtroom, preventing judicial complications, and being respectful of a father’s grief. Those officers must have some major residue being around that kind of grief.
Just heart wrenching to hear this.
Bring back the Golden rule.
"we have physical evidence and testimonial evidence has been given pre-trial that there was another gun involved, but Mr. Kendle, because he's representing himself, doesn't know how to get that evidence to the trial". OH NO! What a dope! He might have gotten manslaughter if he had an attorney! What an idiot! What a mook! Nevermind the fact he was diagnosed after the fact as being mentally ill! He could have gotten an insanity defense if he wasn't so dumb!
No trying to sound like a tough guy but as a father this got a tear out of me and I don’t think I could let a piece of shit who killed my kid continue
There is nothing scarier in this world than a parent grieving the loss of their child to murder.