[Brad from Tennessee]

[Early on in the confrontation, Ramos appears to tell the young man who is sitting on the ground: “You see my fists? They're getting ready to f-— you up!” Another officer is heard telling a comrade: “We ran out of options so I got to the end of my Taser and I ... smashed his face to hell.”]

It may be the jurors were genuinely afraid a guilty verdict would result in this pack of armed sadists descending on them in the dark of night.

[chessplayer]

It may be the jurors were genuinely afraid a guilty verdict would result in this pack of armed sadists descending on them in the dark of night.

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Thats what I’ve been wondering, too. Maybe they were threatened. Thomas’ father better watch his back, too. His being a former cop won’t mean jack to the cops set free.