by Steve James on Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:58 pm
I am not ignoring anything. I'm paying attention to the fact that you brought up "minorities" and suggested that there would be a hung jury because they were there. I grew up with "minorities," i.e. Italians, Jews, Catholics, and Germans, and I thought they were quite reasonable on the whole.
Ah, you didn't hear of any "white groups protesting." People don't need to be part of a group to protest. Are you saying that there were no White people participating in protests for Jean? But, sorry, the protests are not relevant to the law. The jury will no doubt see more information than you or I --not that I'll be looking. If you can't understand how even a minority would be upset and outraged if anyone accidentally walked into their relative's home and killed them, then there's nothing more for me to say. I'm not interested in arguing with you about minorities, or their capacity for rendering a fair verdict. I think those who are preparing to protest are only doing so because they are not sure of a verdict. I don't think it's because they know there are two White people on the jury, either.
Anyway, if you want to look at the case based on the "ethnicities" of the jurors, then I have to agree that if it were a Black civilian who walked into a White female police officer's apartment and shot her, people would expect some penalty. I don't think a jury of all-White police officers might be biased. However, I suspect that you'd say that they would just follow the law. Maybe, but not because they're White or police officers.
You get the last word. I feel more for the Jean family than for the woman. I'm not going to argue that I'd vote one way or the other because I'm just an observer. If she's acquitted, though, I doubt you'll change your mind about minorities.
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