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25 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
BREAKING: The Daily Mail has been denied press credentials for the Derek Chauvin trial after a court found they published stolen police body camera footage of George Floyd's death last year.

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
The court said it was unclear if they stole the footage themselves, but a minimum they paid for footage that was clearly stolen.
The court decision is scathing.

“This Court assumes that the Daily Mail paid for the stolen video footage. The Court is therefore confident that the Daily Mail can pay to obtain the trial exhibits associated with this case."
"This is not a hardship for the Daily Mail, it is merely an inconvenience."

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20 Mar
I tend to use the word cells not cages because I think the word itself dehumanizes, but there is no other word here to describe what this is.
I feel very conflicted about words like "caged" and "bodies" because my first experience of them being used in the criminal legal system was by court and corrections officers.
In the courtroom, when a person who is incarcerated is being brought up from the holding cells, the court sergeant or even the judge will refer to the person as a "body," as in "another body coming up" or "can we bring up another body." It's completely dehumanizing.
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4 Mar
In 2019, 3 Louisiana police troopers choked and beat Ronald Greene, repeatedly jolted him with tasers, then dragged him face-down across the pavement until his body went limp and he died.

Today one of the troopers was suspended without pay - for 50 hours.
apnews.com/article/arrest…
Mr. Greene was stopped for a routine traffic violation and then chased by police. He stopped immediately, and put up his hands, saying "I'm sorry.."

There is bodycam footage of the entire encounter, although the trooper who was suspended turned his boydcam off.
Mr. Greene's family have viewed the bodycam footage, but it has not been made public.

The police department initially told the family that Mr. Greene had died in a car accident, but it was clear from his injuries that that was not the case. apnews.com/article/john-b…
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4 Mar
Police shot and killed Donnie Sanders after a routine traffic stop for failing to use a signal before turning and suspected speeding. He was unarmed.

Yesterday Missouri prosecutors decided not to bring charges against the cop responsible for his death.

cnn.com/2021/03/02/us/…
DA Jean Peters Baker said that the evidence is not enough to support a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt.

Here's the thing tho, to get an indictment a prosecutor needs only to show there is probable cause a crime was committed (the same standard police need for an arrest).
In any regular case, prosecutors do not assess whether a case can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt before they charge someone or before they present their case to the grand jury.
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2 Mar
His name is Christian Porter and he is Australia's Attorney General.

Sue me.

washingtonpost.com/national/austr…
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If you're in the US and feel like retweeting this that would be awesome. A lot of Australians feel reluctant because of the country's defamation laws.
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2 Mar
It is highly relevant that the Australian cabinet minister accused of rape (who media refuse to identify) is the AG Christian Porter.

It doesn't matter whether criminal charges are sustainable. The issue is how this affects his ability to do his job. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
It's as tho people have learned nothing from the discourse in the US over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. There was no suggestion there that criminal charges could be brought. The issue was his fitness to be on the court.
The Kavanaugh hearings were not a criminal trial, they were the equivalent of a "job interview." There can be an equivalent investigation into these allegations against Christian Porter.
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28 Feb
NY AG Tish James says she presented the strongest possible case against the cops who killed Daniel Prude to the grand jury, but the state's expert witness, Gary Vilke, has only ever testified for law enforcement and concluded that they acted lawfully. 9news.com/article/news/i…
This is Dr. Vilke under cross examination in the civil case regarding the police killing of Brandon Wroth in 2019. Image
In the killing of Daniel Prude, he concluded that Mr. Prude died due to "excited delirium." This is a diagnosis that is not recognized by the American Medical Association or American Psychiatric Association and is used to justify police violence against Black and Brown people. Image
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