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A man wanted just two slices of cheese on his sandwich, so when his wife used three slices in his grilled cheese sandwich, he became irate.

Angered at the sight of all the extra cheesiness, James DePaola became agitated and violent, yelling at the woman, Michele DePaola. According to WSB-TV, DePaola then ripped the landline out of the wall so his wife couldn’t call the police and reportedly screamed at her intensely. The couple’s 12-year old daughter who witnessed the incident called the police to the scene, according to Athens-Clarke County police.

James DePaola was charged with obstruction of a 911 call and criminal trespass/damage to property over what the police now refer to as “the grilled cheese incident”. DePaola has a history of “abusive behavior,” and was often “excessively critical and controlling of day to day things in life” like sandwiches, apparently.

read more: https://www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watters/fox-news-guest-decrying-migrant-crime-previously-arrested-after-getting-violent-over

  • Jarix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    8 months ago

    Uh are you saying crime doesn’t exist where capitalism doesn’t exist? Cause it kind of sounds like you might be. Hard to tell just from text alone

    • smiling_big_baby_boy@midwest.socialEnglish
      213·
      8 months ago

      Crime is a term tied to legality, a construct that originated from coercive hierarchies. Crime has existed ever since coercive hierarchies have existed.

      Capitalism dominates our societies at a global scale. Our values and belief systems, the way we interact with one another, even down to the food we eat - are all influenced and dominated by capitalism.

      We have the capacity to diverge from viewing capitalism as a tool that’s considered legitimate for our collective liberation. The first step to realizing this capacity is acknowledging capitalism’s hold over our decision making.

      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.caEnglish
        121·
        8 months ago

        You said all that without saying anything remotely relevant to this situation. You should go into politics.

        • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          8 months ago

          Please please no. We need leaders who can do the boring stuff that keeps the lights on we have way too many ideological types right now. Just for once I would like to hear about some level of government announcing that the budget is balanced and debt is falling, also that stupid annoying thing that everyone hates is gone, plus there won’t be a strike this year.

          • TheLowestStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            8 months ago

            Just for once I would like to hear about some level of government announcing that the budget is balanced and debt is falling, also that stupid annoying thing that everyone hates is gone, plus there won’t be a strike this year.

            Sure but, have you heard that trans people want to be able to use public restrooms? Not sure how you can focus on things like the economy when there are real emergencies happening.