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Scottie Mom

(5,812 posts) Fri Nov 19, 2021, 03:10 PM Nov 2021

Is anyone else old enough to remember George Gwaltney -- (This is about Rittenhouse.) [View all]

Gwaltney was a CHP officer in the Barstow, CA, area. His state defense counsel, George Porter got Gwaltney off on murder charges in the State case. Gwaltney was convicted on violation of civil rights charges in the federal case and died in federal prison.

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19840511.2.20&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1

I am wondering if there is someway to charge and convict Rittenhouse in the same way.

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Is anyone else old enough to remember George Gwaltney -- (This is about Rittenhouse.) [View all] Scottie Mom Nov 2021 OP

I haven't read anything about that case Yarnie Nov 2021 #1

Violation of civil rights was the charge that convicted Gwaltney Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #3

If any murder Yarnie Nov 2021 #5

Murder and violation of civil rights are not the same charge. Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #6

No, they're not the same Yarnie Nov 2021 #7

I agree that most likely Rittenhouse will walk. Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #8

This may interest you: Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #9

That is very interesting Yarnie Nov 2021 #10

He died in 2008 and he was a very interesting person. Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #11

This isn't a civil rights case. The victims were all white. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #2

Civil rights are not only about race issues. Scottie Mom Nov 2021 #4

That's true, but according to the only federal criminal civil rights statute Ocelot II Nov 2021 #12