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The Home Invasion Judge and the Merrick, Long Island Protest Backlash

from #203 - Long Island Strong | The Tim Dillon Show · #203

4 min

He tells the story of a lenient judge sentencing a white kid who beat someone during a home invasion, then pivots to mocking Long Island residents' furious, race-baiting reaction to a peaceful BLM protest, including parents bringing their kids to yell at marchers.

In this bit8 moments
  • Judge sentences home invader while praising his bright future despite him breaking in and beating the homeowner.
  • Tim contrasts how differently a Black perpetrator breaking into a white home in New Canaan Connecticut would be treated by a judge.
  • Merrick, Long Island residents mobilize against a planned peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on their road.
  • Tim describes Long Island parents yanking kids out of summer activities to bring them to counter-protest, teaching racism and apathy.
  • Parents tell children they're going to a race riot instead of hanging out with friends, framing the counter-protest as a family event.
  • Tim expresses shock at parents bringing kids to a counter-protest against police brutality demonstrations.
  • Tim dismisses the babysitter excuse—Long Island parents leave kids home alone routinely, so the choice to bring them was deliberate.
  • Parents decided to bring a child to what they were actively trying to turn into a race riot rather than a peaceful protest.
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