The Ethan Liming trial has come to a close. No manslaughter charges; two defendants only received misdemeanors, with one being let off for time served.
I watched the trial, and I'm going to explain how this happened. 🧵
First we need to lay out the details of the case. Here's exactly what happened:
-Ethan and friends drive to I Promise
-His friends get out of the car and fire at the basketball court
-DeShawn runs toward the car and Ethan gets out
-They exchange words and Ethan shoots DeShawn
-A one on one fight breaks out and Ethan, a minor, is winning
-DeShawn's brother and friend jump in
-Becomes 3 on 1 fight and Ethan is knocked out
-Three adults stomp on Ethan who is unconscious
-Ethan's friends try to deescalate but are assaulted
-Three men turn back to Ethan and kick him for another ten seconds
-911 call is made by Ethan's friends
-Ethan's friends try to move him to the car, but are attacked and chased a good distance away into a McDonald's
-Attackers break phones at the scene and steal Ethan's car
The defence's entire case rests on two details.
1) Ethan died when he fell
2) A reasonable person, in a dark and chaotic situation, could mistake an orbeez gun for a real firearm.
Neither of these hold up:
Coroner's report does state that Ethan died from his skull striking concrete. There is no evidence that this occurred during a fall. Ethan was beaten while unconscious, had a broken collar bone and was covered in footprints. Any stomp could have been a killing bow.
However, only one interpretation of the autopsy was reported by the media. The defense interpretation. If you follow court cases, you'll notice this is a staple of modern law reporting especially when race is involved.
Second, the defense tried and failed to get the responding officer to state that this toy could be confused for a weapon. The officer became visibly annoyed when asked this. Officer stated that the pitch and volume are nowhere close to a real weapon.
The defense then argued that the toy is specifically designed to recreate the sound of a machine gun. The office responded, "no, that's just what an electric motor sounds like."
Reports of frozen gel beads were a lie. Witnesses testified under oath to this fact, and demonstrated that orbeez are not like paintballs, and stick together when frozen.
This is crucial. The defendants were shot with a toy made for children. Not BBs or paintballs.
Despite this, the defense was allowed to show the jury photographs of a paintball gun that was never used in the incident. This was a point of contention, but the judge ultimately allowed it.
Let's talk some more about court bias:
Ethan's character was put on trial. This is pretty rare. If you follow court cases, those involved often have extensive criminal histories and character flaws that are not admissible.
Ethan was a high school weed dealer. This fact was constantly hammered on by the defense.
Further, the defense opened with a long statement about the relative privilege of Ethan and the defendants.
Ethan was from the good part of town. Popular. Football player. DeShawn came from a broken home, and had a pregnant girlfriend.
This was painted as a self defense case. No evidence supports this. 3 adults were shot with a toy gun and felt disrespected. A fight ensued after the toy was broken. They stomped Ethan while unconscious and dying. Prevented his recovery, turned out his pockets and stole his car.
Why did this happen? Our institutions see people like Ethan as inherently worthy of punishment.
Prosecutors told Ethan's father in private that his race absolutely affected the case. And that, in their opinion, he received "hood justice".
Digest this and plan accordingly
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Let me tell you about a great man of history, one you have never heard about, a man who was recently slandered by Netflix. Jonathan Jacob Meijer - the man who fathered thousands of children.
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Jonathan traveled the globe, giving his seed to hundreds of consenting women. Netflix paints him as a master manipulator, victimizing helpless women and putting children in danger. Why?
Because he's one of us.
Jonathan runs a YouTube channel where he discusses crypto, drinking raw milk, and worshipping your ancestors. He refers to himself as a viking. In a leaked group chat, he and his friends discuss "bleaching Africa". I guarantee he's on Twitter.
There are different degrees of homelessness. Relatively normal people have some bare minimum support network. They are “homeless” but really couch surfing or spending a few nights a week sleeping in car. The more empathic they are (young, single mother etc) the more this is true.
When you go to a park filled with homeless, these people are different. They have some kind of serious mental or drug issue that has alienated everyone around them. It takes years to end up in this situation.
Among the many horrors of WWII, there lies a particular atrocity that remains undiscussed, ignored due to its unsettling implications:
The NKVD punishment camps, where Jews enacted systematic vengeance against German civilians.
Thousands were crammed into small facilities. Typhus was intentionally spread, rations withheld, prisoners were beaten, tortured and worked to death
An average of 100 prisoners died daily. Children were smothered in human pyramids and forced to slowly expire in freezing water
Most prisoners were not Nazi collaborators, even accused of a crime, but sent by decision of Soviet Authorities. One historian noted, "in reality almost anyone could end up there" The memorial in front of the camp's main gate describes the prisoners as mainly local population.
Using evidence recently made public by the Waukesha County Circuit Court, I will explain in detail how the Darrell Brooks’ massacre was motivated by racial animus and extremist groups.
The first claim I need to address is that Brooks was fleeing the scene of a knife attack.
It is true that he had just assaulted his girlfriend at Frame Park, located minutes from the parade. But when asked, Brooks denied fleeing from police. Testifying officers confirm this.
The officer responding to Brooks’ domestic dispute testified that he arrived at Frame park and began searching the parking lot. As he begins his search, he gets a call that someone has been hit by a car downtown.
Brooks was not being chased and had not even seen the patrol car.
84% of kids desist, according to a peer-reviewed study covered by left-leaning, democrat-endorsing WA Post.
This study has been criticised by 🏳️⚧️ activists due to reliance on older, DSM-4 terminology. However, when DSM-5 is applied the rate is still >50%
Her next claim is that “there isn’t enough data” which Stewart confidently rejects.
But every study, and even 🏳️⚧️ activists groups, have disclaimers warning that this population is uniquely difficult to study due to a small population and a lack of control groups. She’s right.