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Judge: Bill Cosby to stand trial for assault charges
CNN ^ | May 24, 2016 | Brian Vitagliano, Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia

Posted on 05/24/2016 11:18:57 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: pepsi_junkie

Well, that’s a peril of immunity. If a black-robed dictator doesn’t want to recognize it, I don’t know if anything can force them to do so.


41 posted on 05/24/2016 12:02:01 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: C19fan

Isn’t it amazing how homowood covers for these criminals for decades. Cosby represents the tip of the proverbial iceberg we worship as homowood.


42 posted on 05/24/2016 12:02:04 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: fwdude
Excellent point.

Will Cosby's prosecution influence the charges against Bill Clinton?

43 posted on 05/24/2016 12:10:30 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Trump is Alexander slashing the Gordian Knot!)
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To: C19fan

I hate this.

Cosby was one of my idols growing up, I had all his albums. Always thought of him as one of the “good guys”, little did I know.


44 posted on 05/24/2016 12:12:31 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: fwdude

I’m pretty sure the bulk of the evidence is that he admitted he did it in the civil trial.


45 posted on 05/24/2016 12:23:56 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: dhs12345

Bill Cosby made a tactical mistake - he was active in just the wrong time. Generations of great entertainers prior to him had made great names for themselves, yet they were living a double life, some of which was not known until they were gone, some of which there are only rumors but no solid reliable evidence. But in their lifetimes, they escaped scrutiny, because of a curtain raised around their personal activities, and some much stronger libel laws in the past. If you were going to bring charges, you better be pretty sure of your facts, and could prove the evidence was overwhelming.

No more. Now, if the charges are even hinted at, the outcry is taken up, and the whole whooping crowd descends on the hapless target, whether the evidence is relevant or not. Bill Clinton, the Slick One, had a good deal of media Teflon afforded for his protection. Bill Cosby was not fortunate enough to gain the good graces of the mainstream press to protect him against the charges hinted at.

But once you have stripped away this protection for Bill Cosby, how long can the Power Couple endure with renewed scrutiny and a similar standard applied to them?

Like snow banks in the spring rains....


46 posted on 05/24/2016 12:25:48 PM PDT by alloysteel (The Triumph of Trump - finally, does the hegemony of the Republican elites get broken?)
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To: C19fan

Can all his past victims come forward and testify?

I know they cannot prosecute on their cries, but they could still testify, can’t they?


47 posted on 05/24/2016 12:38:57 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: C19fan

Here’s a link to the official criminal complaint:

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/lifestyle/criminal-complaint-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania-vs-william-henry-cosby-jr/1840/


48 posted on 05/24/2016 12:51:53 PM PDT by ETL (God help America...asap)
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To: C19fan
Cosrape
49 posted on 05/24/2016 1:52:28 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: C19fan

50 posted on 05/24/2016 3:36:54 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: alloysteel

Bottom line: he did something really bad and shouldn’t get away with it. Of course after due process.


51 posted on 05/24/2016 5:51:16 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: upsdriver
Innocent until proven guilty.

So OJ didn't kill anybody?

52 posted on 05/24/2016 5:53:02 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: upsdriver

Of course.


53 posted on 05/24/2016 5:55:54 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Maceman

Lol.


54 posted on 05/24/2016 5:58:06 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: lacrew

Web Hubbell’s daughter likes him.


55 posted on 05/24/2016 6:02:49 PM PDT by OKSooner (Eddie Munster is Obama's bitch.)
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To: C19fan
Cosby's next court date will be July 20...

The Democrat convention will begin July 25. What a coinkydinky...

56 posted on 05/24/2016 6:04:16 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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