Ex-Marine charged in stabbing of 11 year old boy in Houston - Polidicks

[QUOTE] A 27-year-old ex-Marine from Houston has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of an 11-year-old who was walking home from school last month, police said Saturday. Andre Timothy Jackson Jr. was arrested Friday afternoon at the Salvation Army in downtown Houston and charged later in the day, Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a news conference Saturday. Jackson is being held in the Harris County Jail on $100,000 bond. It wasn't immediately clear whether he had an attorney. Jackson, who police said was discharged from the Marines in 2011, is accused of stabbing Josue Flores as the sixth-grader walked home from school May 17. Josue was only a few blocks from home. [/QUOTE] [url]http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-charged-stabbing-death-11-year-houston-boy-39608512[/url]

what the shit

reminds me of bootcamp when they said "for the rest of your lives, if you fuck up, it's not "random idiot raped woman", it's "Marine/former US Marine raped woman" him being a Marine probably has nothing to do with the rest of the case, but here we are.

Why do so many former marines have problems functioning in society? You hear about an ex-marine doing some fucked up shit like killing his family or something like this all the time.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50455588]Why do so many former marines have problems functioning in society? You hear about an ex-marine doing some fucked up shit like killing his family or something like this all the time.[/QUOTE] I don't know but I've heard a lot of people talk about how the US puts too much focus on preparing you physically and not enough psychologically. [editline]4th June 2016[/editline] I mean I know a couple of people here in Sweden who have come back from serving in war-torn countries and been broken, and the swedish military is pretty good at training it's troops properly.

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;50455607]I don't know but I've heard a lot of people talk about how the US puts too much focus on preparing you physically and not enough psychologically.[/QUOTE] I think the big issue is that due to the sheer number of people who have served at one point or another, you're inevitably going to see fucktards like the guy in the OP.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50455588]Why do so many former marines have problems functioning in society? You hear about an ex-marine doing some fucked up shit like killing his family or something like this all the time.[/QUOTE] id say its what i said above. if someone is stabbed its a stabbing and probably stays on local news. if a former soldier or airman or sailor stabs somebody, they might get mentioned, but at the same time it doesnt really hold the same weight. there's some weird mythology behind the title Marine and people put a [I]lot[/I] of weight on it, so if somehting happens and a marine, past or present, fucks up, then the fact he is/was a Marine is plastered over it. I honestly don't think it's any more than average. if it is then it might be because of the Marine corps huge emphasis on killing and such, which sort of pervades your MOS. even computer operators and admin supply guys and shit will constantly talk about how much they want to slay hajjis and shit. im sure that might push over some of the more mentally off guys into doing stupid shit, combined with the Corps huge emphasis on being better than everyone and thinking highly of yourself, you tend to get a lot of guys with mental issues who want to kill things and believes everyone's below them, but like i said, i doubt that's a particularly high number. i still think most of these is because of the title and not because of an actual trend for Marines to be nuts.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50455588]Why do so many former marines have problems functioning in society? You hear about an ex-marine doing some fucked up shit like killing his family or something like this all the time.[/QUOTE] Easy to sensationalize a story title to get more views by putting the miltaries PR department in the title. :v:

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;50455607]I don't know but I've heard a lot of people talk about how the US puts too much focus on preparing you physically and not enough psychologically. [editline]4th June 2016[/editline] I mean I know a couple of people here in Sweden who have come back from serving in war-torn countries and been broken, and the swedish military is pretty good at training it's troops properly.[/QUOTE] Bullshit, dude was probably a pog that got dishonorably discharged for being a shitbag. His record isn't shown. He's most likely just an asvab waivered piece of shit that some shitty recruiter used to get numbers.

[QUOTE=Toy_Soldier;50455723]Bullshit, dude was probably a pog that got dishonorably discharged for being a shitbag. His record isn't shown. He's most likely just an asvab waivered piece of shit that some shitty recruiter used to get numbers.[/QUOTE] Took the words right out of my mouth.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50455588]Why do so many former marines have problems functioning in society? You hear about an ex-marine doing some fucked up shit like killing his family or something like this all the time.[/QUOTE] because it takes a fair amount to convince someone to kill, murder is not a "sane" action in most societies. These are people who go from having a very rigid structure in their lives then have to fend for themselves, returning to a way of life that they haven't been familiar with for a while. If someone has the ability to rationalize killing someone for being "bad" then what stops them from being influence to the idea of killing again for a less "noble" cause. Many of these people also suffer from PTSD or other psychological disorders, and don't receive the right kind of treatment and care post-employment

[QUOTE=despair3173;50455761]because it takes a fair amount to convince someone to kill, murder is not a "sane" action in most societies. These are people who go from having a very rigid structure in their lives then have to fend for themselves, returning to a way of life that they haven't been familiar with for a while. If someone has the ability to rationalize killing someone for being "bad" then what stops them from being influence to the idea of killing again for a less "noble" cause. Many of these people also suffer from PTSD or other psychological disorders, and don't receive the right kind of treatment and care post-employment[/QUOTE] The overwhelming majority of Marines will not see direct combat, will not kill, and will spend most of their time everywhere but down range. Most Marines that get out return to normal and productive civilian lives. Hell, most combat Marines return to normal and productive civilian lives. This guy was likely a fuck up asshole who was just a shitty human being who just so happened to be a Marine. [editline]4th June 2016[/editline] It's forgivable that you'd think that way though since to most civilians the general idea of the military is "kill stuff." Whereas most of us work normal jobs and are susceptible to being shitlords too.

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;50455617]I think the big issue is that due to the sheer number of people who have served at one point or another, you're inevitably going to see fucktards like the guy in the OP.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I forget how huge the US military is.

[QUOTE=Toy_Soldier;50455723]He's most likely just an asvab waivered piece of shit that some shitty recruiter used to get numbers.[/QUOTE] No wonder the marines are made of rapists and murderers then, lol.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;50456337]No wonder the marines are made of rapists and murderers then, lol.[/QUOTE] Why must you do this. You know what you're doing, you know how this is going to end up, why.

[QUOTE=AaronM202;50456354]Why must you do this. You know what you're doing, you know how this is going to end up, why.[/QUOTE] I think he's referring to German or Japanese propaganda.

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;50456398]I think he's referring to German or Japanese propaganda.[/QUOTE] Oh yea, exactly. It was German-Japanese propaganda, sorry about that guys.

Catastrophe averted.

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;50455607]I don't know but I've heard a lot of people talk about how the US puts too much focus on preparing you physically and not enough psychologically.[/QUOTE] Honestly that wasn't at all my experience. More psychological prep than PT, even on the west coast. The fact that this guy was discharged (no mention of the circumstances) after a term no longer than 3 years is a huge red flag. Guy was probably just a shitbag who slipped through basic and his colors showed in the fleet.

Seriously though, who stabs a stranger and a kid, no less, walking home from school? Does he suffer from dementia, or psychosis? Is he a clinical sociopath?

-sNip-

Wonderful, another idiot to bismirch the Corps.

[QUOTE=cccritical;50457061]Honestly that wasn't at all my experience. More psychological prep than PT, even on the west coast. The fact that this guy was discharged (no mention of the circumstances) after a term no longer than 3 years is a huge red flag. Guy was probably just a shitbag who slipped through basic and his colors showed in the fleet.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't be surprised if so that the Marines have a lot of sociopaths applying whom are lulled in my a false pretense along something of "getting to shoot some sandniggers". But are turned away in perhaps quite large numbers. Some high-functioning functioning sociopath could get trough basic, but have a lot of friction due to the high standards of discipline and authoritarian nature of the military clashing with a sociopaths heavily narcissistic tendencies. Which pushes them to the edge and then we queue to what happened in this article.