Michigan man smirks in court while receiving murder sentence
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2023
- Convicted murderer Damien Lang will spend decades behind bars for shooting and killing 21-year-old Bryce Salter in a Kalamazoo strip mall.
He smiles and smirks in a courtroom filled with Salter’s loved ones during sentencing.
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I'm 62 years old, and know people who were sentenced in their 20's that never left prison. Smile now , but as the days turn into decades that smile will be long gone. Those people will never forget what he did.
Shittt my cousins been locked up now like 8 years and I feel like he’s already missed so much. This fool definitely won’t be smiling long
@@BrokenRecord93-ul7brwhy wouldn’t he smile? Now he will be getting free meals that WE pay for and free housing. He wouldn’t survive otherwise, he got what he wanted
@@jahanbaxterWhy u dont understand 😮!?
@@tonynilsson3765exactly!
@@jahanbaxter you can get a maximum of 50 cents per day with no freedom in prison/jail depending on the judge.
If you live freely, you can enjoy what you have and avoid suffering. You can earn enough to deal with life's challenges and live happily.
10 years in, knowing he still has 60, his smile will be long gone.
Supposed to be
@@chineseRATFACE Not under that judge
@@chineseRATFACE Judge said minimum 70 to i think 100
You kidding ? The democrats will let him out after 5 years
@@grtjr71 you should clean your ears did not hear the judge minimum 70 years in jail
Capital punishment should be the sentence.
No.
I agree. These people are absolutely not afraid of prison these days.
AMEN
It’s cool, we’re all smiling about your sentence too 😂😂
I’ll never understand how people think jail is cool… Cant shit in private, cant eat what you want, no women, hard ass bed, gotta fight for your life everyday… Sounds whack as hell..
@@johng5499Cuz they think it makes them a big man to go to prison. But then get treated like little children by the guards.
It's a good thing he's young. he'll have plenty of time to live out his 70 years sentence.
That's if another prisoner doesn't do him in!
and Michigan has no "good behavior" rules.
Waste of tax money. 😂
LOL LMAO
wow! Robs in town@@kingofuseddurablecars.ls6040
Fear hides behind his smirk
Absolutely 💯
💯
idk
Not in this case.. i tought the same till they started take em away.. cold absolutely no Remorse at all. That was his inner talking 💯%
thats what i was thinking hes on his way home. @@enoxelbori
This man is why death penalty does not need to be taken away.
I think to sit there in a prison cell for the rest of your life is way worse than knowing it's over soon.
@@kenntuckinot when we pay for it
@@jonspengler5891the death penalty is much more expensive to taxpayers than a life sentence
@flagra7908 so they system needs to be reformed. No more prisons for profit
@@jonspengler5891 Keep seeing that dumb sentiment.
4th habitual offender???!!!
Why wasn't he in prison already?!?
Pretty obvious why.... to me
@@Willieb-hi6yt N?
He’s 29 and must serve a minimum sentence of 70 years. I think he smiled instead of screaming.
Let see if he smiled after so many years in prison 😂
@@Fat12219Exactly. Trying to look and be tough.
He can appeal.
@@elmerkilred159 He sure can Elmer but I highly doubt it will do much if anything to change his current situation. You know the appeals process can be dragged out for years.
@elmerkilred159 but based on what tho
SCUMBAG ... I'M ANGRY HOW HE WAS SMILING AND SMIRKING AT THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM!
That was his plan
He will "NOT" BE SMILING FOR LONG. 70 years. 3 prior, rather 3rd time habitual offender! Why was he not already in prison for life?
Wonder if he'll be smiling while getting railed in the prison shower by Big Bubba.
8 percent people must all be considered bad people
it wasn't a smile. people like him make those faces to upset the grieving. i bet this man hasn't smiled for real since he was a boy.
He must've been gettin' his ass whooped by Lil' dude if he had to resort to gun. What a chump
How he was given a fourth chance to walk the streets is absurd
He is smiling because he still trying to act tough. The problem though is that his behavior and the life he lead makes him the weakest person in the court room. Tough is actually being able to control your emotions and not effectively ruin your life or the life of anyone elses intentionally. Being tough means to win at life with all the obstacles put in your way. Uplift your family and community. Learn and grow as a person and never allow someone to upset you to the point you end up behind bars, missing out on all the beauty that can be found in the world. That's tough. Not laughing about doing something that got you put in prison for the rest of your life.
💯
I hear what you mean but you're saying that as if tough is a positive trait, it's not and never has been
This guy is what "tough" guys actually are, idiots
well put.
U absolutely hit the nail on the head!! TY sooooo much!! U put into words wat Ithought exactly! He's a Fool!!
Word!
He’s only smiling as a last ditch defense mechanism, it will hit him after his first month in prison. Guys like that humbled pretty quickly.
Lol doubtful.Look at his body size.Probably gonna bully other inmates
Did he say he dead and I’m still breathing?? Bro this dude right here is evil
As my grandaddy used to say, "laugh now, cry later." When reality sets in, and he realizes that his life is essentially over, and his family and friends lives have moved on, he will truly be living in his own personal hell. He won't be smiling then. Time will slow walk him down.
Ma cousin said that one day im knowin he was doin bad stuff in the streets an I was right along with him an ma mom picked me up from over there and he said that (Laugh now cry later) fast forward now he's doin 60 years been locked up since 2013
He won't be smirking after he drops the soap in the shower.
There are always people in prison that are tougher and meaner than you.
Haha I agree
That man is a killer who laughed at a life sentence. I don't think he's gonna be one of the victims in prison.
Ouch 😅
Dropping the soap thing is not real
Imagine thinking dropping the soap is a thing
The judge looking up during the clapping….priceless.
Exactly! he was like "Really?"
😂😂😂😂
Yeah, "Bro...seriously??"
The way he double blinked 😂
It’s called doing your job, Judge !!!
Smiling after killing somebody. Special kind of evil right there.
evil monster
Someone needs to inform this man that he is wearing a plant macrame holder on his head. 😂😂😂.
Maybe he should’ve never been given a 4th chance!!!! Who kept this man out of prison?!!!
Dem voters in Michigan. Same as NYC and Chicago voters.
@@contrarian8870 I've seen lots of Republican judges letting violent criminals back on the street.
@@contrarian8870 Democratic voters score higher on tests of intelligence than Republican voters.
@@jeanettesmith765 you're more full of shit than a Christmas goose! When I see stories like this it always reminds me of a quote from the famous German composer Johann Sebastian Bach - "You can take the (moon) cricket out of the hood, but you will NEVER be able to take the hood out of the (moon) cricket.
Johann Sebastian Bach
March 31, 1685 - July 28, 1750.
@@contrarian8870 anyone who still votes for ANY democrat in ANY election is too fucking stupid for words.
Unlike the victim's mother, I could never forgive such a terrible person.
She doesn't she's full of shit
I couldn't either
Forgiveness is more for you than the perp. By forgiving you release yourself from the pain and sorrow, the anger and sleepless nights that bearing the grudge brings. I have friends whose son was killed by a drunk driver who even twenty years later feel the pain and anger. They can't let go.
No way. All this forgiveness as if there is a gift coming later is sad.
Let’s be honest, I don’t think she really did forgive him
“go cry about your snacks you don’t get” 🤔
You know whats really gangster? Not going to prison for the rest of your life lol
He will know nothing but hand love and man love for the rest of his life.
does michigan allow conjugal visits?
@@SueP-jg9vx yep, the man-love type
He’s already on the downlow…….they say 73-79% are!
Lol
@@Gfysimpletons are you saying 73-79% of men are bisexual?
The judge’s face when they started cheering 😂
His parents look young. Such a beautiful family. Poor daughter
He ain't going to be smiling when he becomes someone's girlfriend. 😂😂😂
Facts
You know whats really crazy,😮people are saying he won't be smiling when he's somebody's girl friend.heres whats crazy, what if he's still smiling 😮?,
This comment is so creative and original. It's almost as if I hadn't read it a million times previously.
He’s not small enough to be someone’s gf, he would have to get got by a gang or gang leader in that way. However he won’t be getting out. So whether he wounds up regretting it or not he’s not in society to hurt others and I believe in God so he will be judged after here.
@@frederickhunter4649then he’s gay??
He shouldn't have been a free man in the first place, but that's why you carry. Having no means of defending yourself is a little foolish? He won't be smiling in a couple months. He will wake up and realize, this is home. Around all men living in a bathroom.
This is prime material over on another site where folks aren’t held back by “ community values “ and is backed with facts not pushing an agenda
na he be wit him home boys from da street ................ inside maybe on a bluemoon him might say i should of not done it ......... but next day back to prison politicts .....................
@@GuyIncognito-mw8mr you mean a racist site?
Smh this post is dumb
@@GuyIncognito-mw8mr?
I see a smile that's trying to hide the pain he's in. He knows he's done, but he's got to keep that tough guy image.
You can see behind his smile it’s so funny. That boy is SCARED😂
It's unfortunate that Michigan doesn't have Capital Punishment.
You are so right
@@KylesRV "My state put in an express lane!!!"
Ron "Tater Salad" White
It's unfortunate that it's still not as quick as it should be.
the whole country should have capital punishment, and it shouldn't take 30 years or more to do it.
@@user-jn9gv9ve6e your right
@@user-jn9gv9ve6eFiring squad after sentencing
He wouldn't have been smiling if a family member leaped clean over those benches to get to him
You and I were thinking the exact same thing. They would have had to use those officers to restrain me. Small side note, why did the judge let him keep his "head covering" on in the courtroom? The few times, I was in court, Including jury duty, all males had to remove their hats. At least this guy is off the streets. Unfortunately, not soon enough.
Better yet, if the victim has an violent lifer family member in the same prison where he's at.
Didn't notice how much they were protecting him?
Yes he would, because he knew he got to them.
@@Ryu_Shotokan Wrong.
Imagine sharing a cell with that dude - absolutely mental
There goes our "strength" smiling his way into Bubba's arms.
1:21 Why would the Michigan courts allow a 3rd time habitual offender the freedom to be on the streets to commit a fourth? that's just crazy. When the judge gives his sentencing there is suppose to be no one talking or cheerleading. The court room isn't a pep rally. My thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and families hurt by this criminal
System is failing us!❤🤨
Your thoughts go out to the family of the victim yet you criticize them for cheering after the judge read off the killers sentence? You say nothing about how the murderer is smiling, smirking & laughing and shit talking/yelling to the victims family as he's being escorted out of the courtroom?🤔 Okay then. Had I been part of the family I too would've clapped along with the others for the sentence he finally was given. You questioned it yourself about how the Michigan courts allowed a 3rd time offender his freedom to offend again a 4th time. So put yourself in that family's shoes for a minute. I imagine just as you questioned the courts allowing him to offend again, that the family probably was doing the same & praying that he did not get a light sentence as he had 3 times previously. So when the judge read off his punishment of a minimum of 70yrs work a max of 100yrs.. I think you might've been grateful, thankful and applauded the judge too. My family and our close friends have been in almost the same situation, however the killer was a 1st time killer, with no previous criminal history. Yet he took the life of a 13yr child. The judge gave him a sentence of only 13yrs. That time will be up late next year. As he had accumulated 2 years of time served.. Leaving him to serve only an additional 10yrs. Talk about disappointment, we were all shocked, but afterwards, the DA told us that he would serve the entire time, there would be no good time, no chance of parole. We were still disappointed to say the least. So, I'm happy that this family got justice for their family member. I'm happy the judge finally laid down the law on that killer. No offense intended, in my reply to your comment.. But I just had to say something. Have a good night.
Because, controlling people is something they do in Communist countries.
@@Dropdead313 Nah.
@@elmerkilred159 OH, yes
The perp will never have to be concerned about. Holding down a job, finding somewhere to live, buying food & clothes. He is set up for life.
Won't have to worry about finding a girlfriend either!
Set up for life in a cell
I don't think that that's how prisoners see it
@@timecode37 some do!
This is why they need to be in landfills not prison
If the killer was crying saying he regretted his actions everyone would say he only regrets it because he got caught.
Yep can’t win lol
@@funkmonsterHe doesn't deserve to
the judge looked pissed when they started clapping😂😂😂 he got a huge power trip going on
😂 he was super super pissed
He wasn’t pissed. He was mildly annoyed but waited for them to finish.
@@funkmonster he only waited because he knew how pointless it was to try stop it
When the lights go out in jail tonight his new cellmate/boyfriend will be smiling😮
He won't Make it 70 years
The news anchors names are just too funny😂😂😂😂
I didn't appreciate that smirk on his face though🌹⚜️
He shouldnt have been on the streets to begin with!
🙏 for the family 😢
How frustrating this must be.
he will not be smiling in jail
Especially not with that little girl voice!
squealing like a little girl.... @@julie.1081
Thats 100% gurenteed!!!!!
@@julie.1081 When I see stories like this it always reminds me of a quote from the famous German composer Johann Sebastian Bach - "You can take the (moon) cricket out of the hood, but you will NEVER be able to take the hood out of the (moon) cricket.
Johann Sebastian Bach
March 31, 1685 - July 28, 1750.
@@HeebabbaHoobahstankfosho I like that!
The smirk was just an act. He'll sit with his demons until he decides he's had enough. Then he'll have to deal with the reality of his choices.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
bet he turns moosie in prison..allah akbar!!😂😂
Soon, he'll be turning that smile upside down...
the way the judge looked at that court room for cheering at the sentence 😂 he was not having it
He means business at its best!!
Damien (His parents named him well) can grin and smile about this for now, but after about 10 years of LANGuishing in prison things won't be funny anymore.
His parents probably cursed him, naming him demon.
I don't think Mr. Smirk is the brightest bulb.
Laugh now, Cry later.
I think that was the name of a rap music album!
We are currently BUILDING a society of people who have no conscience, no sense of responsibility, no sense of consequences, and no hope of ever being productive citizens. That smiling THING in this video is the future of our country. He is a model US citizen of the future.
not at all.. good will always overcome evil... hes a small %..... go outside more
@@AndrewLee-iz2ic Define your terms. What "good" is there that will overcome an evil promoted by the government, the biggest corporations, and 99% of all media?
"Lack of empathy" seems a common trait among kids, as it is in psychopaths.
Democrats
He’s really not though
Let’s see how he feels in 70 years…
some bleeding heart will get him released early
I won't even be here in 70 years! 😕
neither will he
😂😂
Great, you pay for his housing.
I saw this and was shocked !! Completely stunned. And young man who complexionally looks like that, guilty of a violent crime, with a gun, by surprise, on an innocent, unarmed person ?? I am just mystified !! This is so unusual for a man of this complexional nature to be involved in something like this. Just shaking my head in utter disbelief. Well, it's like Jump Chambers right hand man said in "Cradle to the Grave:" 'Enjoy the jail sex Fait'....
Exactly !!! Really concerned because the complexionallityallisum of his mom!! Smh clear people !! Happens every…. Time !!! They Should stop breeding
He's a monster
His 45 IQ showed
He's Democrat
You're being generous
@@wymple09 😂
Did they say four time offender regarding the murder charge? That's a grave injustice to all communities and folks exposed to this maniac. Somebody is negligent in the justice system and should be held accountable if this is the case.
Yes 4th felony weapon offence, he just got out 2 months before killing my son
These guys LOVE themselves so much you can’t tell me death penalty wouldn’t be a deterrent in today’s society
When he ends up with BUBBA as a cellmate, that smile will turn to terror.
Karma baby.
I don't know about that. He's a big dude, probably vicious since he's a 4 time habitual offender, he might hold his own in prison..but with that sentence he will most certainly never get put.
@@tracyharris225
Baby TRUST me there's BIGGER DUDES where he's going too. And they will enjoy their new playmate.
He is Bubba
@@sexytrinny52 I honestly hope that's true. He just looks like he would be a booty warrior
Nah. His religion won't permit it. Probably get married and have conjugal visits. Women scroll inmate pages for their husbands. Get their info and start writing them. True. 😂
I'm clapping here too, in Sydney, Australia. I wish we had judges like this.
Sounds like your judges are like ours in Canada. You can kill someone and just walk away. That's why I'm moving to the States
Is Australia that bad with crime out of control as well ?
@@789_. Yes, it is extreme in Australia. Lots of it not reported in MSM.
@@789_.he would’ve got 4 years in Australia
clapping hands .. 🙇🤦
Imagine that being the last conversation you will ever have with the public/ society/ the outside world…. From here on out every dream or desire you had for yourself will be unattainable, he’ll literally die there and no one will care or even think about him after a decade or 2. Truly sad
His smirk suggests he’s looking forward to a lengthy prison sentence.
His smile will disappear after 30 years...
It will disappear within 5 seconds of meeting Bubba.
@@keefriftaird8580😅😅😂
I would say 4 days/weeks tops.
You mean 30 minutes?
He be fine the reason he doesnt care is jail has gotten soft a real demon he will cry at nite thou trust me i been there done 11 jounts
These trash bags don't care his whole family and friends are probably in prison...
facts
The judge when interrupted was like wtf ha ha
Buddy’s smiling because he’s excited to get well acquainted with his new friendly prison buddies.
You know he curled up and cried after he got back to his cell
There's only one word that describes him !! MONSTER !!
Why wasnt this convicted murderer not in cuffs at least after his sentencing? And why was he not already in cuffs while beinng escorted out of the court room? The officers really need to think of the consequences about this! It was a disaster looking for a place to happen!
- retired 30 year law enforcement veteran who has seen what happens in this situation...
They definitely smile to hide their tears.
You should NEVER ever forgive a punk like that, especially wearing that stupid ass hat. Convicts should never cover their heads or wear a hat in court!
What are they going to do...lock him up for it?
It's a religious thing.
@@rogersmith7808 If it’s religion, and I am all for that, would you say he lost that too?
@@kennethhudgens866 I wasn't advocating either way, was just saying that's why he's wearing it.
@@rogersmith7808What religion allows you to kill someone and still cover your head?
What you do to keep from publicly crying.
Long nights, Holidays, Dates Birthdays, and Funeral services for his own family..That smile will soon change.
I love how my people smile in court as if being a murderer and going to prison is what my people's youth are supposed to aspire to. If theres a "pipeline to prison", this guy is a promoter. Disgrace to the race.
Rap or black culture for 400 Alex
lol there’s war going on all around the world 🌎 , kids, women and elderly dying and a guy smiling is what you are worried about? 🤣😭😭😭
Who is "your people"? We don't claim this fool
@@mcfrisko834 this is probably a troll.
@@stonefacedninja I doubt it
After he serves his first 2 years, he will not be smirking ever again!!!!!!!!!!
He's thinking: I am coming home.
THe look on the judges face was like can ya shut up so i can continue my lunchbreak is commin up
He's smiling now,but he wont be when he gets locked up.
He is smiling because he knows how to toss salad!
He has a girlfriend on the inside. Repeat offenders usually do. 😂
dude how are people like that
Good lawyer and good attitude would’ve got Lang out of jail for self defense 😢😢😢
Hes growing handlebars on his head for when he gets to prison😂😂
I’d like to see the depth of that smirk after 15 years behind bars, 20 years……
If he makes it that far....this was sickening
Some people have a different definition of "forgive" than I do.
This just shows how lenient the system is , people are killing people and laughing
What a horrible evil man to yell at his victims family like he was proud. I bet he's not so proud now. I bet he cried when he got back to his cell. God help us all please🙏❤🙏
He won’t be smiling and thinking he is a big thug once he is behind those bars.
When four or five big guys make him their bitch, that smile will never be seen again.
Video shows how much a coward this dude is was. He got no hands for a big guy and was about to get whooped by the more slender man. Had to pull out the gun because he scared to throw down
I hate when the judge looks at the family for clapping hard once they hear the sentence, but yet the person that’s a convicted murderer gets to sit there smile laugh have outbursts and act like a goddamn fool if that’s the case, then keep the killer in your cell once he gets sent and do it through video
He's young and dumb in about 30yrs hopefully he'll be remorseful and apologize
😂 c’mon man you know the thing!
You’re are silly thinking that.
Its what they do. Zero morals.
Should also be charged with a Federal Hate Crime.
He won't be smiling in prison.
I don't agree it's not his go around with the prison system people like him don't feel remorse.
He is just evil
Now I understand why some criminals are sentenced to tougher prison terms because of their history.
4th time... habitual defendant... Why did it get to four in the first place... The judges that were easy on this evil dog so many times are also responsible for the deaths this man caused.
How can you sit there and smile after killing someone?
His smile is a coping mechanism, really hes scared