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Yeah I don't agree with it either. It's manslaughter not murder.
Derek Chauvin murder trial (Police officer who arrested George Floyd)
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They're going to have to re-write the training manuals at the very least.
As a white officer encountering a black person who is resisting arrest, it's now going to be a balancing act between doing your job and protecting your own ass from prosecution.
Interesting the BBC the commentators are all now saying, "This is just the start. We want to overhaul policing completely."
Given that a significant number want to abolish the police entirely (lol), this sure is interesting times.
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Hmm, this doesn't mesh with what this thread has been saying for weeks.....did you guys even pass the bar?
Correct decision. Now the momentum needs to be held to push for reform.
Correct decision. Now the momentum needs to be held to push for reform.
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The absolute state of BBC reporting.
I think the problem is nobody on the jury would have the bottle to give a not guilty verdict even if they believed it, group pressure, cancel culture, threats to their life when their identity is inevitably leaked by CNN. I would put money on him being cleared later on appeal when the threats of massive organised nationwide riots has subsided.
It doesn't help having the President and prominent Democrats convicting him well before the verdict either, let alone the corporate media months beforehand.
It doesn't help having the President and prominent Democrats convicting him well before the verdict either, let alone the corporate media months beforehand.
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The jury had instruction from the judge to consider each charge in isolation from the others.
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The expression in his eyes when that first verdict was read out, was very much "wtf".
Absolutely no way in the world was he guilty of pre-meditated murder. The jury have obviously been influenced by the media/news, if this verdict isn't overturned. America is up a creek without a paddle.
Absolutely no way in the world was he guilty of pre-meditated murder. The jury have obviously been influenced by the media/news, if this verdict isn't overturned. America is up a creek without a paddle.
What is wrong with that? He did look essentially emotionless just his eyes darting left and right
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Simple solution. Just let blacks get on with committing crime and refuse to arrest them. See how long it takes for people to realise the problem isn't the cops.
What?
second degree murder in the states isn't pre-meditated. That's first degree.
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You saw the witness list, I posted it. There were more police on it, they just didn't call them all, they didn't need them.
What utter dribble
I also see many of the resident OC racists are once again letting their masks slip
hahaha.
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well i'm not sure what to make of that.
trickier than if it had been innocent or somewhere between, at least i could believe the jury hadn't been influenced, but this really does raise the question how much of this decision is political rather than the specifics of the trial.
a short-term attempt to prevent future disturbance then a few years down the line quietly let it get overturned on appeal once the fires have died down?
trickier than if it had been innocent or somewhere between, at least i could believe the jury hadn't been influenced, but this really does raise the question how much of this decision is political rather than the specifics of the trial.
a short-term attempt to prevent future disturbance then a few years down the line quietly let it get overturned on appeal once the fires have died down?
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