On any given case, I initially will side with law enforcement until I’m persuaded otherwise. Thats just me. I find that most cops are just like us; hard working, honest, family men. And most criminals, well, criminals.
As for the Kelly Thomas jury, I don’t know what they saw or heard either, but they were in there and I wasn’t.
So, what was your reaction to the O.J. Simpson verdict? Rodney King? Just wondering.
My reaction to the OJ verdict was one of disbelief and frustration. After that I didn’t think TOO much about it because I just reconciled it to the fact, as you do now, that the jury knew/saw/heard stuff we didn’t. (I didn’t see the whole of the televised trial)I remember thinking at the time that the evidence I did see against him removed any reasonable doubt, regardless of the focus on the “glove don’t fit” theory. As for Rodney King incident, I can’t offer an opinion. What year was that? I think I was a young mom at the time and didn’t have in depth awareness of that case. I do hear black people making comments that now us white people understand where they were coming from, and admitting that even this beating was worse (of course cause this guy actually died:( They’re saying this kind of thing has been happening to the black community for a long time it just never got the media attention.