Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man part II

[BugI02]

You say it wasn’t proven. 12 people more versed than you on the subject disagreed. Wait. Are you or anyone here saying that their more competent concerning the details of this case than the 12 people on the jury? He was convicted by his peers. People who put well more time in on the subject than us armchair QBs. The ONLY fallback you guys have is the crackpot premise that all 12 of them, who in your opinion thought he wasn’t actually guilty, were intimidated into reaching the conclusions that they did. It’s easy to reject that, and think that people who say such are justifying why the jury didn’t reach the decision you wanted.

This is specious. They needed unanimity, so they would only need 1 to hang the jury - and the mob would only have to coerce that one in order for what you falsely label a 'crackpot premise' to in fact be true

 

[Chewie]

“Peers,” means fellow citizens. Full stop. If one want to open that Pandora’s box and allow further identifiers, then you have started down the path of whole other level of problems.

Peer means equal in societal group, age, status (Merriam Webster) not just citizen. So I'll give you a "B" grade on meaning.

 

[jbombelli]

Dude, really? Google H. P. Lovecraft and Cthulu

Most people dont know this, but in this case H. P. stands for Holy Prophet. He had visions and dreams, saw things man was never supposed to see, and wrote it down.

Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!

 

[BugI02]

I’ve certainly played Devil’s Advocate.[<== non sequitur, but whatever let's you smirk sleep ==>] It’s what thinking people do; consider the other side. I’m sorry if it hurts your feelings so much that you need to repeat it so often.

 

[KG1]

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Lebron sure seems emboldened. He deleted this tweet already.

LeBron James is an irresponsible, ignorant ass for stoking the fire.

 

[bobzilla]

LeBron James is an irresponsible, ignorant ass for stoking the fire.

The last 4 words are wholly unnecessary

 

[DadSmith]

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Peer

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Peer

webstersdictionary1828.com

The real Webster dictionary

 

[sparky32]

The last 4 words are wholly unnecessary

He is a total f***. That is all.

 

[kickbacked]

Peer means equal in societal group, age, status (Merriam Webster) not just citizen. So I'll give you a "B" grade on meaning.

Are we really debating that the jurors should have all been police? Should they have went and grabbed 12 guys out of guantanamo for the boston marathon bombers trial?

 

[BugI02]

They will soon be refuted in his appeal.

I predict that ... some here on INGO ... will not accept a ruling to overturn as ... readily, shall we say ... as they accept the likely biased verdict from MSP

I'm sure that their personal biases will have nothing to do with it

 

[KG1]

The last 4 words are wholly unnecessary

Yes it would've been sufficient without them.

 

[DadSmith]

Are we really debating that the jurors should have all been police? Should they have went and grabbed 12 guys out of guantanamo for the boston marathon bombers trial?

Common sense needs applied. I'm sure our founders would not believe how ignorant we have become in the last 245 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

 

[Chewie]

Are we really debating that the jurors should have all been police? Should they have went and grabbed 12 guys out of guantanamo for the boston marathon bombers trial?

Nope. Just clarifying that "citizen (full stop)" is not an accurate definition of "peer". In this case I think it is close enough (although a single cop's bias may have helped balance things out a little). As the saying goes "words have meaning".
Just a poke for fun!

 

[DadSmith]

I predict that ... some here on INGO ... will not accept a ruling to overturn as ... readily, shall we say ... as they accept the likely biased verdict from MSP

I'm sure that their personal biases will have nothing to do with it

In a situation like this might be just as smart to not have a jury just let a judge decide. Could not be any worse.

 

[kickbacked]

Common sense needs applied. I'm sure our founders would not believe how ignorant we have become in the last 245 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Common sense would say that if you get a group of like minded individuals with similar backgrounds together no one would ever be convicted of anything.

 

[Chewie]

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Peer

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Peer

webstersdictionary1828.com

The real Webster dictionary

Thanks, I have issues posting links on my phone.

 

[DadSmith]

Common sense would say that if you get a group of like minded individuals with similar backgrounds together no one would ever be convicted of anything.

That's a very false assumption. In fact it may produce more convictions.

 

[Tombs]

Clown world.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Clown world.

I wonder if they are familiar with the expression GFY?

 

[kickbacked]

That's a very false assumption. In fact it may produce more convictions.

It absolutely would not.