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Old 21st May 2020, 08:12 AM   #208
sir drinks-a-lot
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Originally Posted by Dave Rogers View Post
My interpretation of this is that they don't see any prospect of finding a jury that could possibly find a police officer at fault for brutality against a tall, fit-looking black man, even though there's not even a vague indication that he was committing any crime or presenting a reasonable threat of committing one, but that maybe beating the crap out of a small 68-year-old woman is just a little bit beyond the pale. Again, I'm only speculating, and if other posters can offer examples of white shoppers being treated similarly I'd be glad to reconside.
Sounds like your mind is pretty well made up.
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