Snapshot · The Shawn Ryan Show
At a high school party, Strickland broke one victim's nose, jaw, and knocked out teeth requiring multiple reconstructive surgeries, resulting in two felony GBI charges.
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At around 18–19, Strickland shows up to a high school party looking for trouble, gets an opportunity to fight, and exercises catastrophic force: the first man he hits has his nose broken, his jaw fractured, and his front teeth knocked out requiring multiple reconstructive surgeries. The second man gets a broken nose. Police show Strickland photographs at his arrest — they can barely take him in, but the damage compels them. In county jail, he's placed in the segregated white cell where White supremacists make his bed, explain the rules, and give him the choice. He looks across at the black cell and says he's in — not from ideology but from the desire for community, savagery, and belonging. He was there less than two days. The story is told with uncomfortable self-awareness: he was not a victim at this point. He was a predator.
After destroying two men's faces at a high school party — one needed multiple reconstructive surgeries — Strickland was arrested and placed in the segregated white cell of Riverside County jail. White supremacists made his bed, showed him the rules, and gave him a choice: with us or not. Looking across at the black cell, he said he was in. He was there less than two days but was drawn to the community, the tattoos, the savagery.
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