Gang member loses $6M of legal windfall to shooting victim

[TexasTowelie]

Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez — who became a multimillionaire four years ago in a wrongful-conviction lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department — just lost about $6 million of that fortune for shooting a man.

In 2012, a jury awarded Jimenez $25 million in the lawsuit he filed against the police.

Since then, though, he has spent his money on Lamborginis and other fancy cars; real estate; and on men whom he recruited into his gang, the Simon City Royals. He paid them to tattoo the gang logo on their faces in return for thousands of dollars each, police say. Earlier this year, he told a federal judge he’s now practically broke.

On Friday, Jimenez’s legal windfall took a huge hit when a Cook County judge awarded $6.3 million to a man whom authorities say Jimenez shot and wounded about a year ago.

Read more: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gang-member-loses-6m-of-legal-windfall-to-shooting-victim/

[Jake Stern]

1. The system giveth and the system taketh away

This guy was given a second chance and ended up losing it all and was put back in a cell. He chose to throw his life away and now he can live with the choice he's made.

He could have used that money to build a solid life for himself, maybe gone to college and got a degree but he chose to blow it on shiny objects while living the thug life.

Can't find a single drop of pity for this dude.

[TexasTowelie]

2. He did not even have to go to college.

He had enough money that he could have started a legitimate business or he could have lived on the amount that he received from the judgment. There are plenty of people that get by earning only $1-$2 million during their entire working careers.