Tay-Ok has requested for a “second likelihood at maturity” whereas serving a 55-year jail bid for homicide, claiming race was an element behind his prolonged sentence.
The “Race” rapper shared a number of tweets from behind bars on Thursday (January 5) talking out in opposition to his decades-long imprisonment. The 22-year-old argued that he ought to have been tried as a juvenile as an alternative of an grownup and claimed if he was white his punishment wouldn’t have been as extreme.
Tay pointed to considered one of his co-defendants, a white woman who was additionally 16 on the time, who was given 10 years probation and has since been launched from jail.
“I actually simply want 1 likelihood @ maturity,” he wrote. “I wager if I used to be a lil white child they wouldn’t have gave me no 55 years for against the law I used to be alleged to play probably the most insignificant function in after I was 16….they woulda rightfully argued that my thoughts wasn’t totally developed and gave me rehabilitation and a 2nd (1st) likelihood at maturity.”
He added: “considered one of my codefendants was a white woman who was 16 jus like me…they didn’t certify her as an grownup however they licensed me n pimp as adults, pimp acquired 30, I acquired 55, she ended up getting 10 years of probation with out no deal…that woman @ residence rn.”
I actually simply want 1 likelihood @ maturity
— RUGR@ (@tayk) January 5, 2023
I wager if I used to be a lil white child they wouldn’t have gave me no 55 years for against the law I used to be alleged to play probably the most insignificant function in after I was 16….they woulda rightfully argued that my thoughts wasn’t totally developed and gave me rehabilitation and a 2nd (1st) likelihood at maturity
— RUGR@ (@tayk) January 5, 2023
considered one of my codefendants was a white woman who was 16 jus like me…they didn’t certify her as an grownup however they licensed me n pimp as adults, pimp acquired 30, I acquired 55, she ended up getting 10 years of probation with out no deal…that woman @ residence rn
— RUGR@ (@tayk) January 5, 2023
Tay-Ok (actual title Taymor Travon McIntyre) was discovered responsible of homicide in July 2019 for his function within the 2016 Texas residence invasion that killed 21-year-old Ethan Walker.
He was sentenced to 55 years for the homicide cost, 30 years for aggravated theft and given two extra 13-year jail sentences on two different counts of aggravated theft. The sentences are being served concurrently.
After his preliminary arrest, the teenager rapper reduce off his ankle monitor, despatched out a tweet that learn: “fuck dis home arrest shit fuck 12 they gn hav 2 catch me on hood” and went on the run.
It was throughout this era that he launched “The Race,” catapulting him to notoriety and No. 44 on the Billboard Sizzling 100. The tune, which incorporates lyrics like: “Pop a n-gga then I am going out my means,” was used as proof in his trial.
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Tay additionally allegedly dedicated quite a few different violent crimes whereas evading the regulation, together with capturing and killing a 23-year-old man throughout a theft try in San Antonio, Texas and assaulting and robbing a 65-year-old man in Arlington, Texas.
He was finally captured by U.S. Marshals in Elizabeth, New Jersey in June 2017. He was later indicted for capital homicide over the San Antonio killing, for which he’s at present awaiting trial.
Tay-Ok beforehand spoke out about his authorized scenario in December 2021 when he clamored for brand new authorized counsel on social media. “I would like a brand new attraction lawyer,” he tweeted to his 160,000-plus followers on the time.
