American Mass Shootings / Stabbings / Car Crashes/bridge collapses

[Tierneevin1979]

That guy is clearly an alt right fascist white supremacist mate.

[Cheasty]

@Tierneevin1979

American justice system:

Every correct verdict in the US, especially when it’s against a white supremacist or a Trump loving gun nut/s, is reached in spite of the system, not because of it.

The truth is that because of the misconduct of the first two federal prosecutors assigned to the case - who were close to the McMichaels, the case would likely have been dropped.

If it hadn’t been for the stupidity of Bryan in videoing the whole thing - and that video only emerged in May - it’s likely there wouldn’t have even been a case.

But the Rittenhouse case shows that even with video, justice will often not be done.

Arbery was wrongly vilified as a criminal by right-wing America. And by the defence. And by the prosecutors which were initially assigned to his case.

The defence case in the trial went full racist, telling Al Sharpton to get out of the gallery, telling him “no black pastors”. The defence, through going shameless full racist, tried (and failed) to incite violence by black people outside the court and provoke a mistrial. On the basis that black people have to behave in a “dignified” manner to have even a smidgen of a chance of justice.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Ahmaud Arbery’s Alleged Murderers Almost Escaped Charges, Thanks to...

Yet the theatrics from the defense have diverted scrutiny away from the seediness of the original prosecutor, Jackie Johnson, who in September was indicted on criminal charges for violating her oath of office and obstructing police when she allegedly showed the McMichaels favorable treatment and ensured they would not be arrested after Arbery’s death.

Such charges against prosecutors are almost unheard of.

In February 2020, the McMichaels chased Arbery in their truck through a Georgia neighborhood, telling police that they suspected Arbery was behind a string of burglaries. (Investigators later confirmed that there was only one such burglary and it had been reported seven weeks prior.) Bryan joined the pursuit in his own vehicle, with the three ultimately attempting to corner Arbery. Travis, the younger McMichael, fired his shotgun three times after a brief struggle with Arbery, who was unarmed, with an autopsy showing two shotgun wounds to his chest and another on his wrist.* He later died.

Several months went by before the government applied any rigorous investigation to the case. Johnson, then the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney, was a big part of that, according to the indictment against her.

The ex-prosecutor, who lost reelection in November 2020, allegedly leveraged her office to “show favor and affection to Greg McMichael,” her former employee, during the state’s initial probe of the case, and got in the way of law enforcement when she ordered them not to arrest Travis.

After recusing herself, Johnson then recruited Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George E. Barnhill to replace her. But she declined to mention that Barnhill had already been involved: He told police the day after the killing that the three men should not face charges. He also had a conflict of interest, eventually disclosing that his son had worked in Johnson’s office alongside McMichael, including on a prior prosecution that Arbery faced. Yet he stayed on the case until April and only resigned at the behest of Arbery’s mother once she learned of his potential bias. (As of September, an investigation into Barnhill’s conduct was ongoing.)

Indeed, had Arbery’s case not received explosive media attention in May 2020, it’s possible that both Johnson and Barnhill’s prosecutorial malfeasance would have prevented charges from being brought against the men. On his way out the door, Barnhill told police that the three “were following, in ‘hot pursuit,’ a burglary suspect, with solid first hand probable cause, in their neighborhood, and asking/ telling him to stop.”

That story lost traction when an attorney leaked cellphone footage of the encounter—taken by Bryan—with the clip of Arbery’s final moments going viral. The men were indicted the following month and each faces one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony.

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Mark Joseph Stern

And some morons have the cheek the say the system works. The correct verdict in this case was arrived at through sheer damn luck against the odds.

[Tierneevin1979]

The correct decision was reached in the Rittenhouse trial, as the deranged child rapist who threatened murder and aggressively chased him (as shown on video) was the aggressor, as were the mob who chased him and tried to kill him (as seen on video). His right to defend himself was validated by a unanimous jury decision.

The correct decision was arrived at today because the three defendants were the aggressors and there was no justification for pursuing Arbery and no case for self defense.

It’s really a simple as that, as any rational person with common sense would accept.

[maroonandwhite]

Thank god for the jury system. Imagine if adhering to politically correct narratives decided guilt or innocence.

[Tierneevin1979]

No doubt juries get cases wrong, but like democracy and capitalism for all their flaws, better than all the alternatives.

[iron_mike]

" I would rather see ten guilty men walk free than one innocent convicted" or something to that effect

[maroonandwhite]

No perfect system exists in anything. Bar the decision to leave Padraic Joyce isolated in 2001

[mikehunt]

Did she actually say that about him? Dirty toenails etc?

[Cheasty]

@mikehunt

Did she actually say that about him? Dirty toenails etc?

As Steve Davis nearly said, you heard it there in black and white.

[mikehunt]

I didn’t listen to it cos I’m out and about. Fuck me.

[Cheasty]

And lads here think they’re suffering hardship because they have to leave the pub by midnight…

Fundraiser for US man exonerated after 43 years in prison tops $1.4m

[Corksfinedtboy]

[Piles_Hussain]

School shooting in Michigan - 3 dead - 15 year old arrested

[Cheasty]

The video of this is out there…it’s insane.

But hey, it’s the best system, it’s freedom, glorious freedom.

Officials move to fire Arizona officer who shot man in wheelchair nine times,...

[Piles_Hussain]

Officer has been fired.
The video whooooo smokey, are the union going to have a hard time with this.
There are twitter rumours and subsequent attempted debunkings that the lad in a wheelchair had a knife in his hand.
Maybe not such a hard time after all.

[Tierneevin1979]

No excuse for it, he had plenty options to deescalate.

[Chucks_Nwoko]

Surprised this hasn’t been raised but it appears justice has been served in Georgia. Interesting the judge referenced the cellphone footage in handing down the sentences. Makes you wonder what would’ve happened without this evidence.

Ahmaud Arbery: Jogger's murderers sentenced to life in prison

[LionelRitchie]

Looked like there was fuck all happening with the case by local authorities initially. Fucked up over there.

[flattythehurdler]

You know exactly what would have happened without video evidence.