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Posted on 11/19/2021 12:17:39 PM PST by fruser1
... police departments are preparing behind the scenes for what could be a weekend of chaos
Sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith, a retired 20 year veteran, said violence is 'likely' and it may start tonight
The fact the verdict came in on a Friday means more people are likely to protest because they aren't at work
It also came in late so it will be darker sooner in much of the country than it was in August last year
She said forces must use a zero tolerance policy but that local, state and federal leaders need to urge calm too
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The FBI is too busy looking for Jimmy Hoffa to bother with Kenosha
It doesn’t go away after trial. I speak from experience.
I hope that Time will be kinder to you than it has been so far.
“The fact the verdict came in on a Friday means more people are likely to protest because they aren’t at work”
LOL Like they’d be at work any other day...
Work is a real world factor - if you're self employed, or your employer (like most) doesn't pay you while you're on jury duty, guess what - the $9 per day or whatever your local government pays while you're on a jury will NOT meet the financial obligations of most Americans. That's why they seem to recognize financial concerns as a valid excuse, most places at least.
Years ago, I was working one place that actually DID pay when an employee was on jury duty - and ended up serving for almost 2 months on a civil case. The court knew up front that it was going to be tough to find jurors, so they started with a pool of 100 people. I was number 98 or 99, and thought, "they'll find all of the jurors/alternates before they get to me". Nope; even though my questionnaire answers were definitely not ideal (I had personal or professional knowledge of a couple of subjects involved), they picked me as the last juror/alternate - in part because I don't think they wanted to call up a second pool. By the time I finished that trial and got back to work, I felt like a stranger/new hire.
I'm not sure anybody enjoys jury duty. I just always figured, serving on a jury is an old-school "republican virtue" (as I think Thomas Jefferson described it), just like voting and militia/military service, so I served when I could...
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That is all true-and I always dreaded being picked for a federal jury. I heard rumors like that, people being out for months, etc. So, you lived that kind of thing on a civil case...ugh.
If I ever get called again, I won’t enjoy it, but one thing is certain-at this point in my life, I have a good handle on right and wrong, and don’t care if I am the turd in the punch bowl when it comes to either convicting or freeing someone who doesn’t deserve one or the other.
Getting older can make one calmer, but it can surely make one more stubborn, and I believe I have that as well.
I tell you what, there was one trial I sat through, where I was overjoyed that I was an alternate. Everyone (government, defendant, & 'victim') agreed about the facts: a young man met a young woman on a JC campus; she claimed she went to school there & was over 18; after spending some time together, they went to a private residence (where she claimed she lived), and began to get `intimate`. Before any clothing hit the floor, the young woman admitted she was really just 15 or 16 years old; the soon-to-be defendant literally screamed and ran out of the house. Guess what? That State's law had no exception for such adult physical contact with a minor, resulting from deception.
I never heard how that one panned out...
The marginal rioters will be staying home, now that they’ve learned that rioters can be shot.
Violence is likely in those places, because the authorities have a zero tolerance for proactive police. Stand down orders worked so well in Crown Heights in 1991 (NOT!), they just gotta keep trying it until it works somewhere.
Kyle acquitted.
Blue cities trashed.
It’s a win.
Someone pointed out to me that getting older has made me more negative.
I replied, “That’s NOT true!”
Well, this isn’t an argument!
Appellate judges are taken from the ranks of lower level judges. Dem-nominated ones are almost universally hard-fire Lefusts, at least since Clinton. Republican-nominated ones are largely compromisers and not solid defenders if individual rights. Many look or sound conservative/originality, but upon confirmation become moderates or swing voters.
Bottom line, I don’t trust most of them.
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