At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Finally, after curling up with the dog on the floor, Perez broke down and confessed. He said he had stabbed his father multiple times with a pair of scissors during an altercation in which his father hit Perez over the head with a beer bottle.

Perez’s father wasn’t dead — or even missing. Thomas Sr. was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for a flight to see his daughter in Northern California. But police didn’t immediately tell Perez.

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    This should have got people fucking rioting in the streets or protesting like George Floyd.

    The fuck os wrong with Americans.

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      Americans don’t have meaningful protests like other countries because they’re so indoctrinated into thinking they’re bad

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      Tbh, I think a big part of the 2020 protests was Covid acting as a pressure cooker. All we had was time and anger. Much harder to get gatherings like that when folks are busy working. Healthcare being tied to jobs makes all my friends raising kids pretty shit for the protest scene too. Much harder to be a revolutionary when you have something to lose.

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      Americans don’t have meaningful protests like other countries because they’re so indoctrinated into thinking they’re bad

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        We have meaningful protests but they’re crushed and counter-protested with impunity. People are so dejected and alienated and yes, indoctrinated and turned against one another that it’s fucking hard to get any progress.