Igor Lytvynchuk can get fucked.
So can his lawyer… Claims his client was “brutally assaulted”… No photos, no police report. OK buddy. And Wtf kind of racist-adjacent statement is this:
The attorney also suggested his client is being unfairly targeted as a “white outsider,” claiming, “The vast majority of attacks on monk seal and turtle are by locals.”
There is video of him eating a few punches from a local after the incident.
Unfortunately for Igor, the unnamed local was promptly named an honorary ambassador by a local politicians, while still being kept anonymous.
The same again for the lawyer, please.
Yes. But real quick for those who don’t know - a defense counsel says whatever they need to say to get the client out of court/prison/whatever. And that sounds weird until it’s understood that the State has the burden to prove their case and they cheat at every opportunity. That’s because the state has so many resources, and it uses all of them on every bastard that upset a cop.
People go to prison for stealing a candy bar, due to recidivism laws, minimum sentencing, and a shit-ton of Republican legislation for the last fifty years. Additionally, conservatives hold most of the judgeships and some of these people are dumb as f*ck.
So while the lawyer might be an asshole, even if they weren’t they’re still obligated to say their client was wronged, the facts are poor- whatever. That’s the way the adversarial system the US uses works.
No photos
Hypothetically, there might be some video of this piece of shit getting karmalized by a seal defender. I didn’t see it and if I did I don’t recall.
If said video existed I’d hypothetically offer the karma-deliverer a drink of their choice.
LOL they actually pulled the racism card against a people who are held under colonial rule.
Imagine being this insufferable. I’d kill myself.
Me reading my inbox today…
‘uhh… wtf did I write last night??’
Yeah, whaddabout the locals??
Sounds like the beatdown was richly earned.
I think the thought is that native islanders can harbor racist notions against white people. Whether that actually played a part or not remains to be seen.
Edit: what’s with the downvotes? I’m explaining why they might try to play the race card. Not condoning racism, claiming racism for sympathy, or his actions.
I don’t think it would’ve made a difference, when he was told there was a fine for attacking the seal and that it’s extremely endangered he responded with “I don’t care, I’m rich”
Dudes face immediately became a target regardless of race
Sure. But I wasn’t addressing that. I was only commenting on why they might use a “racist adjacent” statement.
Maybe so, but it’s a terrible defence as the lawyer stated it.
Like the lawyer is in a Hawaiian court and says what boils down to “bro the natives only hate him cos he’s white - plus they way more seals your honour”. That’s a terrible argument. 1) know your audience. 2) “a different race also broke the law” is not a defence. P. S. Didn’t downvote, I appreciate the attempted explanation.
Oh man, I hope this whole process is legally, financially, and personally agonizing for him
Lytvynchuk’s defense attorney, Myles Breiner, claims his client was trying to protect sea turtles, mistaking the monk seal for an aggressive sea lion.
“So his response was not to hurt this monk seal, but to get it away from the turtles,” Breiner stated.
Oh, I mean… people can make mistakes. I wouldn’t jump to…
The witness confronted Lytvynchuk, who allegedly responded that “he did not care and was ‘rich’ enough to pay any fines.”
Welp.
He’s rich enough to pay fines but also poor enough to catch hands LMAO
The ‘affluenza’ defense.
Also, there are no sea lions in Hawaii.
I didn’t see nothin’.
Throw shit, get hit.
This makes me feel happy.
look at these precious babies
I feel the urge to chuck a hunk of love their way.
Well i hope he has an opportunity to prove how rich he is like he callously responded when confronted and pay that $20k fine for each offense.
(If he was) it makes me glad to know he got at least some kind of consequences he found painful. Since the $20 fine just made him smug.
Lytvynchuk is charged with violations of both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison for each charge, along with potential fines of up to $20,000.
And… ?
Nice! Anything else?
So we’re looking for the other guy to give him a medal?
and?
So? That has no bearing on his crime.
He wants a slush fund
