INGERSOLL: Finally, Some Justice

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Imagine my surprise when I wake up this morning and see common sense going viral on X.

Texas Judge Raquel West was having none of it.

Surveillance tape showed 18-year-old Caden James Fontenette and two others “terrorizing,” according to West, a convenience store clerk for “quite some time.” The three men roughed up the clerk, stuck what appears to be semi-automatic rifles in his face, and robbed the store.

The act was caught on CCTV surveillance. Fontenette pled guilty to aggravated assault. Even as it was his first felony and the defense begged for probation, during his sentencing, West didn’t hold back.

“Well, Mr. Fontenette, there was a time some years ago that........

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