The solution:
PING!
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.
The Left needs bodies to display....
The media are communists.
The Jury’s best bet is to hang together.
Despicable
Sounds like a criminal act.
MSM is public enemy #1.
The solution:
PING!
When did 12 become 14?
Shouldn’t these “journalists” also be careful?
Today the judge said he talked to the network accused of doxing jurors and they said not us. Right
Even without the implied personal threat, these jurors have friends, family, jobs and communities in the path of these mostly peaceful rioters. A vote to acquit will have a direct negative impact on these jurors, and activists are agitating to maximize that threat.
No surprise, this...
Of course these jurors are going to cave to the mob mentalilty.
Might be there are still two alternates that are still sitting in on trial in case some of the twelve are disqualified.
why not?
Maxine W. put out the Order to murder them if they
did not convict for “1st degree murder”.
The DO”J” will arrest anyone daring to stop her
invoking sedition, treason, and war across state lines.
*** When did 12 become 14? ***
Twelve, plus two alternates. In case there is indisposition of one (or two) of the regular jurors, the trial can proceed.
Indication of a unwoke verdict
And maybe they can turn around and doxx CBS personnel.
Two alternates, in case someone has to drop out for some reason. Saves a retrial on important cases.
I can see a mistrial coming.
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