Earlier this week Deval Patrick took out his Victim Card and claimed that he didn't "need to be lectured to about respecting victims" because he was a victim, too.

After having some time to discuss with his advisers on what his true crime story should be, Patrick revealed in an exclusive interview with the Boston Herald that he'd been hit in the head by an empty soda can with a piece of glass wedged in it.

“I have been in places and myself have experienced what the impact of violence can be,” Patrick said, recalling his boyhood on the south side of Chicago. “I understand that and my heart goes out to victims.”

He spoke of one incident in which he was attacked because he refused to yield to pressure to join a gang. Patrick said he was struck in the head by a soda can into which glass had been inserted, leaving him “a very bloody mess.”

Patrick, who initially refused to describe the attack after invoking it Wednesday to defend his criminal justice credentials, said he was constantly surrounded by gang activity while growing up in the tough Chicago neighborhood.

This was the big secret? It is because of this incident that Deval Patrick says he doesn't "need to be lectured to about respecting victims?"

Yeah, Deval really "respects" victims so much that he thinks that getting hit with an empty soda can is just as traumatic as being brutally raped for hours and hours. I guess we shouldn't be surprised he couldn't apologize to the family of Ben LaGuer's victim, in his mind, he's one of them.

I'm sure the Barry family appreciates the fact that Deval Patrick believes he can understand them because he was hit by a soda can.

This was the only specific story that he cited, but was sure to reference other gang-related violence we're supposed to believe he was a regular victim of.

After Patrick's touching story about being assaulted by a soda can, he backtracked a bit, saying that what he experienced wasn't "anywhere near as catastrophic" as the crimes of the murderers and rapists he's defended over the years. Then why did he bother bringing it up? Why was it the only specific example he cited?

Let's say that Deval Patrick truly was traumatized by this incident... Does that change his record as an adult defending cop killers and rapists? Does being hit with a soda can as a youth mean he's magically tough on crime? Of course not, his record speaks for itself. Does he think the Barry family is going to be fooled and endorse him now? How about the Bish family or the Presti family? No, they won't be fooled, and neither will other Massachusetts voters.