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{CC}StealthBlue
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xDaunt
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On November 25 2014 11:32 RCMDVA wrote: This prosecutor is going back and ripping witnesses for like the 5th time. Eyewitness reports are notoriously bad. | ||
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JonnyBNoHo
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On November 25 2014 11:27 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I love how the guy has called out the media for just making shit up. It is glorious. I really like this guy | ||
xDaunt
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On November 25 2014 11:37 JonnyBNoHo wrote: It is glorious. I really like this guy Again, after what we saw with the Trayvon Martin case, is anyone surprised that the media has been caught making shit up again in one of these cases? | ||
RCMDVA
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(Did he say there is an audio tape of the final 10 shots?) | ||
IgnE
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This is the rare case where the prosecutor was basically acting as a defense attorney at a grand jury trial. It's supposed to be the other way around. | ||
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xDaunt
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On November 25 2014 11:40 IgnE wrote: This is the rare case where the prosecutor was basically acting as a defense attorney at a grand jury trial. It's supposed to be the other way around. And what are you basing this statement on? | ||
xDaunt
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On November 25 2014 11:41 Slaughter wrote: 12 shots? Lol makes that statement that the police chief said near the start of this seem even more comically bad. 12 shots sounds like a lot though to me (who has no experience with this type of thing). Go look up the studies on police accuracy firing their weapons under duress. It is "hilariously" bad. | ||
JonnyBNoHo
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On November 25 2014 11:38 xDaunt wrote: Again, after what we saw with the Trayvon Martin case, is anyone surprised that the media has been caught making shit up again in one of these cases? Yeah, the millions who wanted 'justice'. | ||
Slaughter
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On November 25 2014 11:43 xDaunt wrote: Go look up the studies on police accuracy firing their weapons under duress. It is "hilariously" bad. I've heard the Military has problems with that too. The problem of bad accuracy has been around for a while, I remember when I was younger when that vid of a police officer getting into a fire fight and killed by some random dude he pulled over was a thing because he wasn't ready/good with that type of situation. | ||
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xDaunt
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Not particularly interesting so far. | ||
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Sermokala
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On November 25 2014 11:52 RCMDVA wrote: That "Killed with Impunity" reporter needs to be smacked. more info on this ? | ||
RCMDVA
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Went back and rewound a vid, basically the question was Q: "Your somebody who's had your record questioned my members of the community , how do you feel announcing this decision, What message do you think it sends to the community, they have had numerous, predominantly young black males killed by police with impunity. What message do you think this sends to them?" | ||
IgnE
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On November 25 2014 11:42 xDaunt wrote: And what are you basing this statement on? https://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/immediate-release-10-31-20141.pdf "In his Oct. 31 press release, McCulloch explained that while “[n]ormally, homicide cases are heard by the grand jury in a concise manner with one or two investigators summarizing complex medical and scientific evidence, other physical evidence, and the statements of all witnesses,” in this case “all witnesses with any relevant evidence are being summoned to the grand jury to give their sworn testimony.” In other words, while McCulloch would normally send in a cop or two to briefly outline the evidence and then “ask” the grand jury to indict, in this case he has decided that the grand jury will hear from actual witnesses and weigh actual evidence from both sides before deciding whether or not there is probable cause to believe that Officer Wilson committed a felony." The prosecutor has unavoidable biases that have led to him taking extraordinary actions in making sure that the grand jury decides on no charges. The normal indictment rate is over 90%, including cases with far less evidence of wrongdoing. | ||
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