{"id":461,"date":"2009-01-07T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T20:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/index.php\/?p=461"},"modified":"2009-01-08T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T21:36:46","slug":"roland-burris-is-a-damned-thug-in-a-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2009\/01\/07\/roland-burris-is-a-damned-thug-in-a-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Burris is a damned thug in a suit."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burris.jpg\" title=\"burris.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burris.jpg\" alt=\"burris.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>Roland &#8220;Don&#8217;t Lynch Me&#8221; Burris is an over-zealous prosecutor who worked diligently to put an innocent man in prison despite the objections of his prosecuting staff.\u00a0 The man Burris maliciously prosecuted was acquitted 10 years later after DNA was used as exculpatory evidence.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a black Mike Nifong only worse.\u00a0 The entire country should be appalled this damned thug is going to be seated as a US Senator upon his appointment by a corrupt Governor.<\/p>\n<p>If I were a Senator I wouldn&#8217;t even look at this piece of crap in the halls of the Capital.\u00a0 You, Roland Burris are a disgrace to honorable men everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland &#8220;Don&#8217;t Lynch Me&#8221; Burris is an over-zealous prosecutor who worked diligently to put an innocent man in prison despite the objections of his prosecuting staff.\u00a0 The man Burris maliciously prosecuted was acquitted 10 years later after DNA was used as exculpatory evidence.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a black Mike Nifong only worse.\u00a0 The entire country should be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2009\/01\/07\/roland-burris-is-a-damned-thug-in-a-suit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roland Burris is a damned thug in a suit.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Roland &quot;Don&#039;t Lynch Me&quot; Burris is an over-zealous prosecutor who worked diligently to put an innocent man in prison despite the objections of his prosecuting staff. 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