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29 Oct 2020, 10:35 pm
auntblabby wrote:
just like with rodney king [RIP] there is a high chance a relatively pale jury will come back with an NG, and the POC will tear that place apart, and the only hope of justice will be federal charges and/or a civil suit.
You are still judge and jury, eh?
29 Oct 2020, 10:36 pm
29 Oct 2020, 10:37 pm
ironpony wrote:
But why would a jury return with a NG, when they know the rioting is just going to get worse? Wouldn't a jury just turn in a guilty verdict to calm the country down and avoid drama, since that is more important?
I think you are being disingenuous, here.
29 Oct 2020, 10:39 pm
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29 Oct 2020, 10:41 pm
Pepe wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
just like with rodney king [RIP] there is a high chance a relatively pale jury will come back with an NG, and the POC will tear that place apart, and the only hope of justice will be federal charges and/or a civil suit.
You are still judge and jury, eh?
hey, if it was good enough for chauvin...
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29 Oct 2020, 10:42 pm
Pepe wrote:
ironpony wrote:
But why would a jury return with a NG, when they know the rioting is just going to get worse? Wouldn't a jury just turn in a guilty verdict to calm the country down and avoid drama, since that is more important?
I think you are being disingenuous, here.
how do you know this?
29 Oct 2020, 10:44 pm
Tempus Fugit wrote:
I think all the protests and rioting and those who died during all that probably would not have taken place if Chauvin had just held him down normally.
And if Chauvin isn't convicted, there will probably be more mass rioting.
And if Chauvin isn't convicted, there will probably be more mass rioting.
It was a pity George was stoned.
I doubt he would have had the panic attack, if he wasn't.
"The fickled finger of fate."
29 Oct 2020, 10:45 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Pepe wrote:
ironpony wrote:
But why would a jury return with a NG, when they know the rioting is just going to get worse? Wouldn't a jury just turn in a guilty verdict to calm the country down and avoid drama, since that is more important?
I think you are being disingenuous, here.
how do you know this?
I said, "think".
I didn't say, I "know".
29 Oct 2020, 10:46 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Pepe wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
just like with rodney king [RIP] there is a high chance a relatively pale jury will come back with an NG, and the POC will tear that place apart, and the only hope of justice will be federal charges and/or a civil suit.
You are still judge and jury, eh?
hey, if it was good enough for chauvin...
Repeat:
"You are still judge and jury, eh?
"
29 Oct 2020, 10:52 pm
ironpony wrote:
Well I am just saying perhaps Chauvin facing a few years in prison is worth it for the violent rioting to de-escalate, isn't it?
Erm, no.
"Justice" *may* work that way, but it shouldn't.
If they are guilty, when all the evidence is in, they should pay.
If they are not guilty, when all the evidence is in, they should not pay.
Justice is supposed to be blind.
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