"Murphy had been previously arrested on...charges of battery, domestic violence, and failing to appear in court in...Furthermore, Murphy served three days in jail for violating a protective order"
Sure, good kid? He was a violent thug.
Why must the press white-wash their records?
In the cultural milieu that produced him he was a “good kid.’ It is all a relative thing. That cultural milieu was constructed by Lyndon Johnson and his War on Poverty.