Man accused of pouring boiling water on gay men rejects plea

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2. local citizens' reaction when this incident occured was encouraging

When this was on local news, none of the usual suspects (conservatives, repubs, rightwing churches, etc) here local in Atlanta tried to come to the perpetrator's defense or minimize his act. In similar past incidents that hasn't been the case, they usually came out as a fairly unified block.
Some neighborhood group and others raised some money for mr Gooden (he was burned worse). I think there was a crowdfunding action also.
Anyway, i was struck by how different and more positive public reaction was than it has been-even in the recent past.