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America is the land of the free (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, cops are racist as fuck. But they will gladly beat up anyone. Threaten too. I remember when I was a lot younger talking to a cop (i did't know better at the time.) and suddenly he starts resting his hand on his holster and looking at me weird.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    he starts resting his hand on his holster and looking at me weird.

    FYI, in many states that action is very explicitly defined as Assault.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, but if I pulled my gun out and blasted his pig ass I am not going to get off on self defense.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Prosecutors would definitely take that to trial, for sure. But it also depends on your jury. Being acquitted is definitely more likely as the days go by now. A lot of people no longer give law enforcement any sort of benefit of the doubt, often the exact opposite now.

    You just need 1 member of that jury to decide that way and refuse to change their position to hang the jury, and then the prosecutors have to decide whether to bother with a retrial and do it all over again. Any time the first jury is unable to decide, that weighs heavily over any subsequent trial, whether it's supposed to or not.

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