Jeff, dude, sir. We must live in VERY DIFFERENT circles if you can write this off as the behavior of a “dumb minor.”
Mr Wahlberg brutally attacked a Vietnamese man named Thanh Lam with a stick while spewing racial epithets and knocking him unconscious. Seeing police, Mr Wahlberg fled and found Hoa Trinh, another Vietnamese man. He put his hand around Mr Trinh’s shoulder and asked the man to help him hide.
After the police cars had passed, Mr Wahlberg punched Mr Trinh in the eye, permanently blinding him. According to the police report, during his arrest the future actor used several anti-Asian slurs. He served 45 days of a three-month sentence, all while maintaining that the crimes were not racially motivated.
Right now, in one thread, there’s a discussion that a 12-year-old black kid, who didn’t assault anyone, possibly shares some blame for his own death.
While over here we’re talking about pardoning a man convicted of serial violence and actual harm against other people, which continued until he was 21 or so.
