{"id":177440,"date":"2023-01-05T04:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/there-are-no-happy-endings-in-the-tory-lanez-verdict\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T04:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T04:14:19","slug":"there-are-no-happy-endings-in-the-tory-lanez-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/there-are-no-happy-endings-in-the-tory-lanez-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"There Are No Happy Endings in the Tory Lanez Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"
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two days before<\/span> this past Christmas, Tory Lanez was found guilty of three counts related to the July 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. He now faces over 20 years in prison and deportation to his native Canada. For many, the verdict represents justice for Megan, but others content that there can be no true retribution for victims of violent crimes. Tory’s jail time does n’t undo Megan’s physical harm, nor the barrage of mistreatment from people who ridiculed her claims for over two years.<\/p>\n

Even after audio was released of Tory appearing to admit to the shooting, some still doubt his guilt. The continued denial is a symptom of a patriarchal society where it remains the default to believe a woman over a man. Everything that’s occurred since the shooting and the verdict indicates that the next woman who comes forward about facing violence will experience the same lack of care that Megan felt from her community. And Tory’s anger has led him to become yet another captive of a carceral state which disproportionately warehouses Black people. As a result, there’s little, if anything, to celebrate after this verdict because it doesn’t stop this cycle from occurring all over again.<\/p>\n

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Megan started facing skepticism just days after the shooting. There was little doubt that shots were fired, but the discussion around what happened propagated numerous theories. She was initially prepared to stay silent about the entire situation but she outed Tory, explaining that he was \u201cgoing to these blogs lying and shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the trial’s conclusion, Tory’s July 2020 jail call to Megan’s friend Kelsey was leaked to the public. On the call, which was played in court, Tory laments that \u201cI’d never do some shit like that\u2026 I was just so fucking drunk, n***a, I just didn’t understand what the fuck was going on, bruh Regardless, that’s not going to make anything right, and that’s not going to make my actions right.\u201d Elsewhere in the conversation, Tory asserted, \u201cif anything, the only one who’s gonna get this backlash is me, it’s not gonna be [Megan]\u201d<\/p>\n