I think the tear drop tattoo is often more of an urban legend and symbol of status and respect within their group rather than the popular rumor.
Regardless of this guy's face or what he did or what he's been arrested for, one thing that grosses me out and that I've been reading in every comments section of the places this has been published in, is the sad stigma of how once in jail, you should always be seen and treated as scum and should never enjoy the privilege of being welcomed back into the wonders of that perfect society these people being all 'ew' about those whose lives headed towards vandalism (for reasons they can't even relate to and fyi, are everywhere online in places like uh, economist.com maybe) hail from... there was an interesting documentary by Frontline some years ago, following the lives of people released from jail, who've paid for their debt to society (who pays for segregation or inequality? who cares
) and still have zero chances of even getting their own possessions back from their own relatives merely for the lower grade of individuals they now are for having once offended the structure they (never entirely) belonged in, so with all closed doors for them it's no surprise they go back to the only ways they ever achieved something in.
It's kind of weird when you think how a lot of these people are actually facing a system and in a way complying with it for as long as they can, and yet the worst offenders and most judgmental (and infinitely less experienced in social vulnerability) are the ones that pride themselves in their slim chances of ever stepping into that degrading place called jail or just sit around popcorns in one hand preaching the most pedantic conception of justice.
If this guy's paid for what he was arrested for and gets an actual job offered afterwards either based on what's above the eyebrows or below, well more power to him.. if I could make a pretty buck out of a pretty toe, I wouldn't miss the chance.
