▲ 408 ▼ Kevin Spacey cleared over all sexual assault charges (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 3 years ago by Dazza@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Wasn't this case heard in the UK? We didn't do lynchings here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They do? Which lynchings did the justice system rubber stamp? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Look at where this case was heard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Wow. Reading through those Descriptions is rough. Many of them involve the cop lying with verbal testimony not matching bodycam footage. One I saw was after the guy was already restrained, he bit the cop's finger, so the cop shot him. Others show that they are looking for (or will make up) any excuse to shoot: one person had a lighter in their hand which caused the cop to shoot and kill them. It's honestly disgusting that people will go out of their way to defend this system. I guess that's a level of privelege that I just don't understand; how can you possibly be sure you'll never be in such a situation with a lying, murderous police officer? permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago (2 children) Huh, looks like this is talking about cops, of which there are millions of in America, and cops lying in reports, and not a about a court of law ruling a lynching was okay. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You're taking an overly specific definition of lynching and framing the situation wrong, and coming to a bad conclusion. A court's refusal to punish it, in nearly every case, is tacit support. They aren't saying "please, lynch!" but they're saying they won't punish lynching. This also easily fits any definition of lynching that's not so restricted so as to only include "hanging black people from trees in town squares". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago The American people had to do a countrywide uprising just to get the courts to prosecute one case but go off 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Wasn't this case heard in the UK? We didn't do lynchings here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They do? Which lynchings did the justice system rubber stamp? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Look at where this case was heard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Wow. Reading through those Descriptions is rough. Many of them involve the cop lying with verbal testimony not matching bodycam footage. One I saw was after the guy was already restrained, he bit the cop's finger, so the cop shot him. Others show that they are looking for (or will make up) any excuse to shoot: one person had a lighter in their hand which caused the cop to shoot and kill them. It's honestly disgusting that people will go out of their way to defend this system. I guess that's a level of privelege that I just don't understand; how can you possibly be sure you'll never be in such a situation with a lying, murderous police officer? permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago (2 children) Huh, looks like this is talking about cops, of which there are millions of in America, and cops lying in reports, and not a about a court of law ruling a lynching was okay. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You're taking an overly specific definition of lynching and framing the situation wrong, and coming to a bad conclusion. A court's refusal to punish it, in nearly every case, is tacit support. They aren't saying "please, lynch!" but they're saying they won't punish lynching. This also easily fits any definition of lynching that's not so restricted so as to only include "hanging black people from trees in town squares". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago The American people had to do a countrywide uprising just to get the courts to prosecute one case but go off 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unarmed_African_Americans_killed_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Look at where this case was heard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Wow. Reading through those Descriptions is rough. Many of them involve the cop lying with verbal testimony not matching bodycam footage. One I saw was after the guy was already restrained, he bit the cop's finger, so the cop shot him. Others show that they are looking for (or will make up) any excuse to shoot: one person had a lighter in their hand which caused the cop to shoot and kill them. It's honestly disgusting that people will go out of their way to defend this system. I guess that's a level of privelege that I just don't understand; how can you possibly be sure you'll never be in such a situation with a lying, murderous police officer? permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago (2 children) Huh, looks like this is talking about cops, of which there are millions of in America, and cops lying in reports, and not a about a court of law ruling a lynching was okay. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You're taking an overly specific definition of lynching and framing the situation wrong, and coming to a bad conclusion. A court's refusal to punish it, in nearly every case, is tacit support. They aren't saying "please, lynch!" but they're saying they won't punish lynching. This also easily fits any definition of lynching that's not so restricted so as to only include "hanging black people from trees in town squares". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago The American people had to do a countrywide uprising just to get the courts to prosecute one case but go off 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Look at where this case was heard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Wow. Reading through those Descriptions is rough. Many of them involve the cop lying with verbal testimony not matching bodycam footage. One I saw was after the guy was already restrained, he bit the cop's finger, so the cop shot him. Others show that they are looking for (or will make up) any excuse to shoot: one person had a lighter in their hand which caused the cop to shoot and kill them. It's honestly disgusting that people will go out of their way to defend this system. I guess that's a level of privelege that I just don't understand; how can you possibly be sure you'll never be in such a situation with a lying, murderous police officer? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago (2 children) Huh, looks like this is talking about cops, of which there are millions of in America, and cops lying in reports, and not a about a court of law ruling a lynching was okay. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You're taking an overly specific definition of lynching and framing the situation wrong, and coming to a bad conclusion. A court's refusal to punish it, in nearly every case, is tacit support. They aren't saying "please, lynch!" but they're saying they won't punish lynching. This also easily fits any definition of lynching that's not so restricted so as to only include "hanging black people from trees in town squares". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent [–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago The American people had to do a countrywide uprising just to get the courts to prosecute one case but go off 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You're taking an overly specific definition of lynching and framing the situation wrong, and coming to a bad conclusion. A court's refusal to punish it, in nearly every case, is tacit support. They aren't saying "please, lynch!" but they're saying they won't punish lynching. This also easily fits any definition of lynching that's not so restricted so as to only include "hanging black people from trees in town squares". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago Courts are refusing to punish lynching? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 years ago The American people had to do a countrywide uprising just to get the courts to prosecute one case but go off 👍 permalink fedilink source parent