Thread by @hollar_ken

@DesignationSix All it takes to acquit in SERIOUS crimes with serious penalties is just one juror with “reasonable doubt” (as practical amount “any doubt” since “reasonable” is undefined) as per Supreme Court 2020. Good news is unlike OJ trial where everybody saw EXACTLY THE SAME EVIDENCE but...

@DesignationSix ... opinions as to OJ’s quilt between Blacks and whites nationwide were astoundingly different ( probably because Blacks and whites nationwide have astoundingly different life experiences which influenced their opinions ). Maybe I’m naive but despite the fact jury trials ...

@DesignationSix ... determined by men and woman peers (not God never perfect) prejudices while out in the open and raw are better perceived if not better understood and factored in as they should be in what we call justice. Convicted or acquitted Chauvin is poster child for why we need better...

@DesignationSix ... and more police training nationwide especially on “implicit bias” white supremacists thinks does not exist but is like the air we breathe - unseen often unfelt until we ( some of us ) caught up in it like a sudden tornado. White supremacists think they have a “discipline” ...

@DesignationSix ... not “discrimination” problem with “uppity” minorities. Whites can see this ( to extent ) saying to themselves ( even to police ) if Floyd were white not Black and people were taking phone video on the street Chauvin would have let him up sooner. But whites ( even Blacks ) ...

@DesignationSix ... can get distracted by $20 counterfeit bill or whether Floyd knew it was counterfeit or not or whether whatever drugs or how much it impaired Floyd or not ( despite you can see on store video he was talking joking getting phone repaired before he was killed for what he ...

@DesignationSix ... might or might not have done).

There is a lot of guilt here and sorrow - not from Chauvin or any of Chauvin’s fellow officers ( at least in public so far ) but guilt from eyewitnesses who did what they could but are stressed the did not do more - the girl and others ...

@DesignationSix ... videotaping and demanding/begging Chauvn and fellow officers there to stop - even clerk who feels he “snitched” on Floyd and if he had not ( had just covered the $20 suspected of being counterfeit ) Floyd might still be alive. Public is NOT guilty. Public did due diligence...

@DesignationSix ... short of physically interfering good thing too because Chauvin had a gun and NOW says he was afraid of “crowd” ( citizens ) THEN. Utter nonsense because if he were really afraid of crowd threatening he and other officers could easily have ( should have ) gotten Floyd up ...

@DesignationSix ... or ( at least ) let someone check for Floyd’s pulse.This reeked of revenge or punishment for initial Floyd resistance not calm considered police work based - as Chauvin claims - on police “training.” Chauvin’s perception of his treatment of civilians here like former ...

@DesignationSix ... president’s perception of Jan 6th MAGA “protestors” treatment of police at Capitol he claimed hugged and kissed officers when brutal truth is it was an assault that killed Sicknick and injured scores of officers - missing fingers etc. Chauvin perception of reality ...

@DesignationSix ... where deaths occurred as twisted as former president’s. Former President got voted out of office. Chauvin already lost his job. But Floyd lost his life and if God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world this jury will say losing his life because he resisted ten ...

@DesignationSix ... minutes before will not be forgotten, excused, or ruled accidental when it clearly was not as can clearly be seen on video. Regardless all of us need to elect officials who will mandate police retraining nationwide. Maybe start with Black/white shooter test @tolerance.org.

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