Boyfriend sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to strangling 19-year-old

www.ajc.com ^ | 6/6/19 | Asia Burns

[Midwesterner53]

A Covington man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to strangling his 19-year-old girlfriend 2½ years ago, according to the Newton County District Attorney’s Office.

Jury selection just started Monday in the case of 21-year-old Elijah Romoutar on charges of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault.“In the middle of the state’s sixth witness,” the DA’s office said in a statement, “the defendant indicated that he wanted to plead guilty to all the charges against him.”

[Midwesterner53]

And yet all the wonderfully happy interracial couples and families in the tv commercials live charmed and easy lives. Maybe those are not ads at all but agendas instead?

[BenLurkin]

How many inter-racial relationships have you been in?

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[cuban leaf]

Those commercials leave out the times when the couple are yelling at each other - whether they are mixed race or not.

My wife and I are one of those rare couples that simply don’t do that. Well, she yelled at me pretty good a couple of times 21 years ago, but it was only when we had to deal with my ex and, truth be told, force of habit (I’d been married to my ex for 20 years) caused me to make less than wise decisions. I got better.

[beelzepug]

Didn’t even need to look.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

A picture is worth a thousand words.
 

[bigbob]

14 Covingtons in the US

[Governor Dinwiddie]

AJC = Atlanta Journal Constipation => Georgia.

[SauronOfMordor]

Blacks are 13% of the population, yet account for over 50% of homicides. Why would one expect domestic violence rates to be lower?

[gaijin]

YUP!

Just what I thought.

[big truck]

Do you honestly believe the only reason the couple had a disagreement is due to the amount of melanin in their skin? I guess this never happens to white couples, or black couples, or Asian couples, or Hispanic couples.

How f*cking ignorant can you possibly be? And to put your ignorance and bigotry on display in a public forum is just stupid. You should be ashamed of yourself, but I’m guessing shame isn’t part of your makeup.

[sparklite2]

“You’ve been found guilty of murder.
You are sentenced to free room and
board and allowed to mingle with your
homies for the rest of you life.”

“Sign me up.”

[Midwesterner53]

Skin color is the least of the issues but it does represent a different culture. Combining those cultures rarely works whether you like it or not.

[Midwesterner53]

I don’t have to hold on to a rattle snake to know its not a good move on my part.

[Midwesterner53]

Black males are 6% of the population and account for almost all of their share of murders and violent crimes.

[AppyPappy]

It was kinda justified because she might have left him for another man. You can’t let another man have her.

[sparklite2]

Skin color is the least of the issues but it does represent a different culture. Combining those cultures rarely works whether you like it or not.

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Just finished reading an entertaining novel from the great author Sinclair Lewis, called Kingsblood Royal that gets into that issue from the vantage point of the 1940s. It’s hilarious and horrifying.

Thank you, NP for finding it for me.

https://www.amazon.com/Kingsblood-Royal-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0375756868

[Bratch]

[big truck]

You are so full of sh!t your breath stinks

What cultural differences existed between the couple? And how do you know it for a fact?