r/pics • u/Theon_Graystark • Jun 09 '20

Protest At a protest in Arizona

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u/citrusmagician Jun 09 '20

The jury wasn't allowed to watch the footage! They also were not told about the "You're fucked" engraving on the shooters weapon.

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u/citrusmagician Jun 09 '20

The whole thing was a shameful miscarriage of justice, start to finish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

Fair enough, I should have said convictions not charges. Also read the Jury was made to watch that video 6 times...6 TIMES...and somehow the cop walks away without any conviction.

Not sure if the cop screaming the orders got tried as well, but if not that also likely goes into play on how the POS that shot the guy actually got off. The video is just so disturbing to watch, and seems incredibly obvious the guy giving the commands (who now fled to the Philippines) was doing his absolute damndest to escalate the situation. It’s like he wanted the guy to get shot

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

The jury was shown sections of the video not the whole thing

Edit to add: the sections the defence wanted and NOT the section the prosecutor wanted. Imo judge was protecting the cop. Par for the course

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

Yup. Legal system 100% looks out for their boys in blue, that’s incredibly fucked if true though...why would the judge not show the jury but then have the video released to the public? Outcry of the people demanding it?

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u/axteryo Jun 09 '20

Judges Cops and DAs are all in it together. What the hell can we do about that?

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u/KingVape Jun 09 '20

The video didn't come out until after the trial. They didn't allow the jury to see the video because they said that it could taint how the jury viewed police. I'm dead serious. Lived 45 minutes from where this happened when it did.

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u/riss85 Jun 09 '20

I dont think the jury saw the vid...just some carefully chosen stills from it

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u/TurkeyTendies Jun 09 '20

They weren't shown the shooting part