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Defense attorneys in Chicago torture video case complain that it's 'sad and unfortunate' that four
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 1/31/17 | AP/ Kiri Blakeley

Posted on 01/31/2017 12:29:10 PM PST by ColdOne

Defense attorneys for the four suspects accused of tying up and torturing a mentally disabled man while they live streamed it on Facebook are complaining that the foursome have received death threats.

'It is sad and unfortunate that many have commented on these young men and women without knowing all the facts,' said Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli after a hearing on Friday. 'They have been denounced in the media before anything has been proven.'

She said that 'sensationalized, pervasive media coverage' threatens to poison the jury pool. Neil Toppel, a public defender for one of the defendants, cited an online post calling for the 'public execution' of the defendants and their supporters.Full title..............................Defense attorneys in Chicago torture video case complain that it's 'sad and unfortunate' that four suspects are receiving death threats...........................

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If this video hasn’t yet been erased, it should get out more.
Make a commercial about it.
Put out on display where the REAL hate exists.


21 posted on 01/31/2017 1:05:25 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

What’s sad and unfortunate is that these four sub-humans are still taking in oxygen.


22 posted on 01/31/2017 1:07:07 PM PST by LydiaLong
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To: ColdOne

There’s I guess an assumption that if we knew more facts, we would be able to render a more rational and just judgement. That we would be able to look past the horrific video, distrust our eyes and ears, and come to a different conclusion based upon some specious argument.

I don’t think it would work on me.


23 posted on 01/31/2017 1:08:19 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: ColdOne
'sensationalized, pervasive media coverage'

Which STARTED with the perps' own video.
24 posted on 01/31/2017 1:19:42 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: ColdOne

So there’s some other facts that could excuse kidnapping and torturing somebody? Not to mention that the victim was mentally handicapped and they worked on him for four days. But that’s cool, according to her, he must have deserved it.


25 posted on 01/31/2017 1:28:26 PM PST by livius
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To: Responsibility2nd

They were just going for “likes”, the newest pinnacle of human achievement. We should be praising their nuanced, many-layered piece of performance art.


26 posted on 01/31/2017 1:42:27 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: ColdOne

In a sane society, these animals already would have entered the wood-chipper.


27 posted on 01/31/2017 2:41:14 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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