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Having already been convicted of a particularly heinous crime, Tyler Grogan recently appeared in court to hear how long he would have to spend in prison. The Atlanta-area defendant soon grew weary of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Alford Dempsey’s stern reprimand and erupted with a profane, eight-word interjection.
“I don’t have to listen to this s—t,” he said.
Dempsey, however, begged to differ.
“Well, you’re gonna hear it,” he shot back, “and I don’t give a rat’s behind if you like it or not.”
Following Grogan’s outburst, Dempsey proceeded to hand down the maximum sentence permitted by law: seven life sentences plus 270 years behind bars. Reports indicate the judge decided on the extensive punishment as a direct result of the rude tantrum.
In a last-ditch effort to spare his client, Grogan’s attorney attempted to blame the string of felonies on the death of the defendant’s mother. Dempsey was unconvinced, though, and ruled that the sentencing recommendation remain.
As a result of the decision, reports indicate Grogan’s supporters in the courtroom sparked another protest, defined by friends and family members screaming obscenities at court staff and reporters. When the mob became violent, security personnel had to break up the melee and restrain the instigators.
For the record, Grogan was convicted of a string of violent crimes including robbery, assault, hostage-taking, multiple rapes, and firing a gun at police. Testimony in the case suggested the black man chose his white victims based on his own racial prejudices.
Do you agree with this judge’s reaction? Let us know in the comments section below.
BCN editor’s note: This article first appeared at Western Journalism.
Makes me think about the wise judge in the bible who threatened to cut a baby in half, as 2 different women were claiming to be the child’s mother. The judge denied the woman who agreed to dividing the baby and awarded the child to the woman who asked him not to kill the child but to give him to the other woman.
Good to see such wisdom exercised by a judge these days! God bless him and may he serve for a long time.
Del, that was King Solomon
Goodness, how could this guy have supporters? Have we taken leave of our senses?
No question I agree with him. It’s time we had judges who give these punks what they deserve!! I would also have arrested the protesters!
Only the ones of ghetto persuasion. They deem this behavior as acceptable.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!
I would have hung him by his danglers!
He got exactly what he deserved. So what his mother was killed. Most folks seek professional help to deal with their grief instead of using it as a crutch or worse..justification. Clearly this guy does not care what happens to his victims or himself. I wish him a long and healthy life so he can live out every bit of his sentence in that cement 10×10 ft box.
He’ll make a nice b**** for some bubba in prison