Protests and Riots Thread

[Lhalo]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

Guilty on all counts!

American cities saved.

We shall see.

[Lhalo]

Time for appeals. Thanks Aunt Maxine!

[Jason]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Guilty on all counts!

American cities saved.

They want to riot so they will find another issue somewhere 

[UndertheHalo]

19 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think they’ll convict him of all 3.  

Who’s buying me my natty ice !?

[jsnpritchett]

LA City shut down all their COVID vaccine/testing sites in case of any unrest.  They didn't sent out text or e-mail alerts.  Just told people (like me...) when they showed up at the site.  Not exactly the best way to handle it. 

[Rico]

Hope cops don't riot today.

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, cals said:

And this just made the places where black people live much more dangerous places.  You think cops will do jack shit about criminals in black areas?  Fuck no.  Cops be like “you’re on your own now.”

I imagine the jurors had to weigh the fact that if they voted not guilty or only guilty on a lesser charge then their identity would have eventually been leaked and would have put their entire families in danger. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that they found guilty on all charges. 

[Lhalo]

16 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

LA City shut down all their COVID vaccine/testing sites in case of any unrest.  They didn't sent out text or e-mail alerts.  Just told people (like me...) when they showed up at the site.  Not exactly the best way to handle it. 

They took notes from the Twins.

[Angel Oracle]

America is screwed up.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

They took notes from the Twins.

I finally got a text alert at 2:15, 45 minutes after my appointment time.  Gee, thanks...

[fan_since79]

The judge is on the spot now and may feel he has to give Chauvin the maximum sentencing enhancement, which is 40 years.

That way, BLM would leave him and his family alone.

[Chuck]

I'm pro law enforcement and back the blue with every fiber of my being. I have family that will soon wear the badge. That said, I'm pleased that lady liberty had her day in court today. The guilty verdict was accurate and much needed to help heal and restore the faith in our legal system. Trust the system & due process of a fair trial.

[Dtwncbad]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

I imagine the jurors had to weigh the fact that if they voted not guilty or only guilty on a lesser charge then their identity would have eventually been leaked and would have put their entire families in danger. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that they found guilty on all charges. 

Maybe.  But instead they should have had the discipline to make their decisions based solely on the law, then purchased AR-15s and been prepared to shoot any scumbag trying to harm them on the spot.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'm pro law enforcement and back the blue with every fiber of my being. I have family that will soon wear the badge. That said, I'm pleased that lady liberty had her day in court today. The guilty verdict was accurate and much needed to help heal and restore the faith in our legal system. Trust the system & due process of a fair trial.

Verdicts should be reached based on the evidence and should have nothing to do with social issues, feelings and restoring faith in the system. Chauvin got his due process via the system we have and it's done. Time for everyone to move on. 

[Jason]

4 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Maybe.  But instead they should have had the discipline to make their decisions based solely on the law, then purchased AR-15s and been prepared to shoot any scumbag trying to harm them on the spot.

If I was a juror I'd be more concerned about my family, friends and other associates. 

[Lhalo]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'm pro law enforcement and back the blue with every fiber of my being. I have family that will soon wear the badge. That said, I'm pleased that lady liberty had her day in court today. The guilty verdict was accurate and much needed to help heal and restore the faith in our legal system. Trust the system & due process of a fair trial.

Until the taser taser taser lady trial.

[mmc]

She is so tone deaf.

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'm pro law enforcement and back the blue with every fiber of my being. I have family that will soon wear the badge. That said, I'm pleased that lady liberty had her day in court today. The guilty verdict was accurate and much needed to help heal and restore the faith in our legal system. Trust the system & due process of a fair trial.

I am not on the jury so I didn’t hear the entire case.  I have seen the video countless times and I am just not sure that he wasn’t guilty of just being a reckless dumbass.

I don’t like the idea that a guilty verdict was necessary to prevent riots.  I don’t like the idea that a guilty verdict was necessary to help race relations.  I don’t like the idea that this particular episode was an accurate representation of something systemic (minorities being hinted and killed in the streets).  I don’t like the idea that the person that lost their life didn’t do many things that got himself killed because he did.  This doesn’t mean the cop could not be guilty, but the cultural climate was set that there was no way they could assign any blame to the victim.  And cultural climate should play no role in a trial.  The actual laws are supposed to prevail.

Way too much shit going in here.

I think the cop was guilty of something and maybe it was just him being a dumbass guy that was careless.

I very much doubt given all the other pressures associated with the case that he really got a fair trial.

And that doesn’t mean he necessarily got the wrong verdict.  I don’t know.  Again I wasn’t a juror hearing the whole case.

[Tank]

41 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Guilty on all counts!

American cities saved.

so no free nikes or vizios tonight? bummer.

[Dtwncbad]

9 minutes ago, Jason said:

If I was a juror I'd be more concerned about my family, friends and other associates. 

I said “should”. . .

People are human and I understand why they could feel the need to prioritize the safety of their own family.

It doesn’t make it right though.

We should all want uncontaminated justice and it is sad to think the threat of mob violence or being personally targeted for being on a jury is real.

Thats kind of why I said they should buy guns and defend themselves.

Society and justice, in my opinion, would both be better served overall in the long run if people targeting jurors were shot dead on the spot in self defense.

Maybe then the people afraid would be the lawless fucks and not the law abiding jurors.

[Jason]

9 minutes ago, mmc said:

She is so tone deaf.

lol, this shit makes no sense. he died so there would be justice for his death? 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Jason

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, cals said:

The verdict was reached VERY fast.  That tells me that they didn't understand their duty and they were basically rubber stamping the State's case.  It's basically reverse jury nullification.  But hey, Minneapolis isn't burning so there's that. 

I am just suspicious that they were not rendering a verdict on the actual episode, but rather they felt pressure to “do the right thing for society” based on cultural (media driven) pressures.

[Lhalo]

[Inside Pitch]

Nancy Pelosi is a hack..... 

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, cals said:

The verdict was reached VERY fast.  That tells me that they didn't understand their duty and they were basically rubber stamping the State's case.  It's basically reverse jury nullification.  But hey, Minneapolis isn't burning so there's that. 

look at the OJ trial. the jury got the case on a monday afternoon and reached a decision before tuesday morning, a decision that most people believe was wrong. and that was after months of testimony.