Stubenville, Ohio -- the hits just keep on coming.
Nathaniel Richmond was the father of Stubenville rapist Ma'Lik Richmond.
Richmond was filing a wrongful death lawsuit against another party, and Judge Joseph Bruzzese, Jr. (whom the ESPN report on which I get most of this information notes was not involved in his son's rape case -- that was a visiting judge from another jurisdiction) must've said or done something Richmond didn't like.
Richmond ambushed the judge in the parking lot of the courthouse, shoved Bruzzese to the ground and produced a gun. So did Bruzzese. Each fired five times. Richmond was fatally shot by a probation officer on the scene. The judge is expected to survive.
And anyone who is an ounce of surprised that this would happen with a father of one of the "Big Red" rapists needs a reality check.
This is EXACTLY the culture that something like this brings to the fore. And until we finally punish something like this in the ultimate sense, decimating the community and forcing (to whatever end becomes necessary) a sane and ethical way of living there, it's not going to change. Ever.
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