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NutmegYankee

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17. There was a difference in victims.

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:16 AM

Feb 2016

In the typical cases where the cop got off, the police could put blame on the victim or vilify them as partly responsible for the shooting. It sucks, but it plays well with juries, especially those chosen to be deferential to police.

In this case, the victim was absolutely innocent. He was not under arrest or being questioned or even suspected of any crime. He was walking out of the building he lived in, a pure wrong place wrong time.

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In New York, Thousands Protest Officer Liang’s Conviction [View all] Blue_Tires Feb 2016 OP

So in a nutshell... He should not have been convicted because white cops get away with murder all Glassunion Feb 2016 #1

poorly written story hfojvt Feb 2016 #2

Yes, an "accident"... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #3

Indeed reckless. NobodyHere Feb 2016 #4

and what if you didn't intend to shoot at anything? hfojvt Feb 2016 #6

Pretty sure that nobody on DU would draw a gun because it's dark. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #8

As someone who was given his first gun for my birthday when I was 12 Downtown Hound Feb 2016 #10

I thought the first commandment of guns Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #11

The prosecution argued that the shooting was not an accident. That he fired when he heard a noise. CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #19

tribalist assholes nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #5

It was a proper conviction, the Officer was negligent and cost an innocent man his life. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #7

ok, imagine you are asian and have watched all these white cops get away with murdering black kids La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #9

Two wrongs don't make a right. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2016 #12

and unequal justice remains unequal. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #14

I don't see black folks protesting because the Freddie Gray officers were black nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #13

because that would be an insane protest, however, black friends have commented La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #16

There was a difference in victims. NutmegYankee Feb 2016 #17

as i said, i don't agree with them, i just see where they are coming from La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2016 #18

It wasn't the shooting that convicted him... brooklynite Feb 2016 #15