Posted on 04/19/2021 6:00:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing George Floyd, is entering its final moments. The jury will begin deliberating soon as the defense has finished its closing arguments. Whether they are able to return a verdict at all is a question we will eventually have an answer to.
In all of this, one thing is supposed to be clear. The jurors are supposed to be able to do their duty without pressure and threat. Yet, CBS News has already begun the process of doxxing them, and it’s hard to overstate how dangerous this is.
.@jamieyuccas reports on the makeup of the 14 jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial. At least one of them lives in Brooklyn Center, where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by police last week. https://t.co/QAcai1sXgl pic.twitter.com/CC3QNMjnDn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 19, 2021
There is nothing more irrelevant in this trial in regards to public knowledge than the “makeup” of the 14 jurors. The process of vetting and weeding out jurors has already been completed with input from both the prosecution, defense, and the judge. At this point, where a juror lives is not information anyone needs to know. But CBS News knows exactly what they are doing here.
Further, this sure seems like a shot across the bow for the jurors to come up with the “right” verdict or face reprisal from the mob, aided and abetted by a news media ready to provide them with personal information. Why are news outlets even hinting at identifying these people when there’s no journalistic value in it whatsoever? I think we know why.
The best case here is that the jurors never see this and never feel intimidated, but the mob stands ready regardless. The worst case is that the jurors do catch wind of CBS News hinting that they have their personal information and their decision is influenced by it. Finding Chauvin guilty of manslaughter might even be the proper ruling, but now, with what CBS News has done and seems to be pushing for, any ruling will have doubt cast on it.
The judge should step in and deliver a reprimand immediately, including barring CBS News from reporting from or in the courthouse. I’m not sure he will, though.
Downtown Oakland, CA is covered in plywood. Get ready people.
Someone should burn the CBS Headquarters to the ground.
Only a tiny bit of my tongue in my cheek.
If this isn’t a crime that carries severe penalties, it should be.
Shouldn’t this be illegal?
Hometown, gender, race, age of jurors had been known since Day 1. It always is.
This is a BS post.
2 alternates. It was originally 15 but one was excused at the very start.
RE: This is a BS post.
Doxxing goes BEYOND knowing what you just wrote. When one is Doxxed, people will know where you live and where you work.
“The Jury’s best bet is to hang together.”
And refuse to render a verdict.
That said, I don’t think Chauvin can get a fair trial anywhere. Ever.
RE: Shouldn’t this be illegal?
It should. I’m still waiting for a law to be passed making it illegal.
“And refuse to render a verdict.”
‘zactly....
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America - July 4, 1776.
Walter Mondale just passed away
Those jurors need to file a class action lawsuit against any outlet that intentionally stokes the fire.
The mentioning of one of the jurors being from Brooklyn Center was made by the defense attorney. As much as I hate the leftist media, this article is bumpkus
Apparently there are protestors outside the courthouse. I assume they are chanting. Could this be grounds for a mistrial if the jurors can hear them?
Any lawyers on this thread for comment?
RE: Walter Mondale just passed away
I think he wanted to go, after seeing what happened to his home state.
They are really skirting the outer edges of the law here. Not that it actually matters, of course.
What the article states is not doxing.
That won't help them at all once they have been killed at the hands of an angry rent-a-mob or a "lone-wolf" assassin. Nor will it help their families or distant relatives.
I am sure by now, that all the jurors know what verdict they must render if they are to avoid post-trial unpleasantness. Laws will have nothing to do with the outcome.
RE: What the article states is not doxing.
The article states this:
“The worst case is that the jurors do catch wind of CBS News hinting that they have their personal information and their decision is influenced by it.”
Is this not “Starts the process” of doxxing as the title of this article mentioned?
How did CBS get hold of their personal info in the first place and why would they want to?
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