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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:29 PM Original message |
Boot Camp Employees 'Not Guilty' in Boy's Death (Black Teen/All-White Jury) |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unreal |
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riskpeace (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. The parents have already settled with the State and the Sheriff |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. Eek! It's awful that they settled -- they should be filing a wrongful death suit. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. delete - dupe |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. What is wrong with these people? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Was anyone expecting anything different |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Curious and not looking for a fight... |
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eFriendly (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Come on... This is Florida we're talking about here. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. You and I were on "apple and oranges" thoughts on this one.... |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. It's a personal belief |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
88. In the Criminal-Injustice system |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. "at the hands of white corrections officers" |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Yeh, and why'd those civil rights workers go down to Philadelphia, MS in 1964 |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. I just watched the verdict come in on CTV.... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. UNFRIGGINGBELIEVABLE |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Despicable! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That video shocked the hell out of me. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Torture can now be caught on video and the perps go free. The New Amerika. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
64. "o'er the land of TV, and the home of the slave." |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am outraged. More on the subject. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Thank you for the links! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. We need a constitutional amendment banning all-white juries. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Good idea -- especially when the victim or accused is non-white. |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Why, that is quite a point of view that you have. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Amadou Diallo |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. What the hell is WRONG with our society that there is sooooooo |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
65. Teen-agers are treated like shit in this society. So many high schools resemble prisons. |
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Sukie1941 (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yet another Southern jury decision |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. What makes you think you have "much less race problems" than the South? |
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Sukie1941 (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Open your eyes and see |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
90. You might want to check it again... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
80. "much less race problems than in the South" |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Wasn't it in Oregon where an Ethiopian immigrant |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Yes, although I was thinking more |
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Speciesamused (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. All white Jury by any chance? Yes. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. sick bunch of fucks...and I'm talking about the jury |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. ..... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I know! Those statements ...sickening |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I cannot imagine even maybe saying anything kind of, sort of... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
76. I think the legal teams had a lot of input in selcting this 'unequal jury' |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is wrong. This is just so damn wrong. No offense to any |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I've got a Saws-All |
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riskpeace (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bay County could be the most backwards place in the US. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. This is the area where the Republican child-rapist caught in the sting lived. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. "One of the jury members works with one of the guard's wife" |
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riskpeace (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Yes |
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adadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Shameful n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Kick..... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Forced inhalation of ammonia whil being beaten = torture |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. What does this mean with respect to compulsory education in general? |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ashamed to be a Floridian. AGAIN. This is awful. nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. A disgusting injustice |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. They rigged the jury those racist fucks |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. FUCKING HELL! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. Civil suit needed, I believe. n/t |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. "...covering his mouth and forcing him to inhale fumes from ammonia capsules." |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Guards acquitted in boot camp case |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Unbelievable. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Damn, your quick |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Isn't that something. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Wasn't this posted a couple hours ago? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Dupe: |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. What?! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. a shining example of america for all the world to see! |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. Guards acquitted in boot camp case |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Didn't know sasquatch's could move so fast... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Dupe. Both beat: |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. my gawd! |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. What sort of people were on the jury ? horrible. n/t |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I live in Florida and this verdict disgusted me. |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Native Floridian here.... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. It's hard to believe not one juror would hold out in the acquittal. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Nothing the Imperial Subjects of Amerika do surprises me much anymore |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. Any normal person who has watched that video know the gaurds |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
58. Florida- nothing that comes out of that state surprises me |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
59. . |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. a bleeping bleeping bleeping travesty of justice |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
68. What the motherfuck?!?!?!?! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. this story makes me physically ill |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
73. Black guards found not guilty by all white jury |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 02:56 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. it doesn't seem like a jury of one's peers that's for sure |
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Speciesamused (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Thats the way they roll around these here parts... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
74. Deleted message |
ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. They've already been paid $5 million. This move of exonerating the guards |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-13-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. What? The mother is hysterical after the verdict. What are you talking about? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
83. This is pretty sick. They killed this presumably healthy kid. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. "The jury also decided against convicting them of lesser charges, including child neglect and |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-14-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
85. Nothing new here |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
87. Well, as that great philosopher said... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
89. In case you're wondering |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
91. After reading the full article |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
92. Civil wrongful death suit will destroy that "industry"....nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
93. ttt |
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