That sounds like the juries in mob cases.
Yes, exactly. Like in Sicily. Like in some places in New York city. Like in some countries in Africa. It can happen here. We can become Zimbabwe.
The next step is to invalidate convictions of criminals, not because of an all-white jury, but because the jury didn't have the correct fraction of whites or blacks.
This is about more than criminal justice and violent crime. It is about judges who cowardly bow to political winds. When that happens we will have much bigger problems than allowing a few murderers to go free.
Freedom, justice and democracy are fragile things. They can be destroyed a lot faster than they are created. They are destroyed by greedy factions, mob intimidation or by public opinion driven by corrupt agendas.