@OmenSulk @undercovernerd5@MacFarlaneNews Not really. I worked in that system for a long time. A good judge and/or prosecutor won’t accept a plea without proper allocution and acceptance.
@undercovernerd5@MacFarlaneNews Trials are very expensive and costly for everyone; including taxpayers. Federal guidelines are a point system and give points back for “Acceptance of Responsibility”.
Pleas benefit all parties and keep the system moving smoothly.
@slavin_jonathan There’s also these cops mistaking a gun for a taser and shooting this white guy:
https://t.co/kd1426I4k7
You’re adding race to fit an unjustified narrative.
@slavin_jonathan Look at the Toledo video.
That cop was chasing an obviously armed suspect in a dark alley. Tragic, predictable and no argument it wouldn’t have happened to a white kid behaving the same way.
And this:
https://t.co/uQq8vlqEO7
@slavin_jonathan You had me until the system is doing what’s it was set up to do. That’s an unjustified leap.
There was no obvious racial component to Floyd or Wright. One was about a demonstration of power and control and the other was pure accident.
Toledo was running with a gun...
@nathan_stein@MTHouseDems So, is there supposed to be some merit in abandoning conservative principles and the constitution just because they’re doing it out in the open?
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro Also, what happened to Floyd is literally what happened to Timpa. Except Floyd death had witnesses.
The police told Timpa’s mother...his mother...they responded and only found a dead body. “Dead when we found him.”
She had to chase the video...those cops weren’t charged.
@chris_brown1@eliehonig@Acosta@CNN On what level are you asking? He won’t get 1st or 2nd degree murder. He’d already agreed to plead to 3rd degree but it was rejected.
My money says he’ll get 3rd degree or 2nd degree manslaughter.
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro What happened with Timpa, Floyd and the Lieutenant points to how we train law enforcement. It is both badly and not enough.
It is also one point of its evolution throughout history.
Let me ask this: what is your solution? Would you de-fund police, or something else?
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro First, respectfully, you have no idea what I fear or assume; or anything about my life...and vice versa; but we’re not the question here.
Second, none of this will get better if our solution is to describe or define every human interaction through the lens of race.
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro George Floyd died because the cop was not willing to let a crowd tell him what to do. Totally about control and power.
Cops sat on Tony Timpa and chatted and joked until he died. Totally about control and power.
Did you know about Timpa before I shared that video?
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro Did you watch it? Cops kneeling on a guy 12 minutes until he dies. Did you spot the difference?
There are racist cops. There are racist everythings.
Law enforcement has a power problem. We train them to take and keep charge of every situation...
@cydviciousraff @DakotaManny@CarmineSabia@JulianCastro Cops are trained to take control of a suspect to ensure their safety while they investigate. You want to debate them when they’re asking you to do something, this script will play out every time. Regardless of skin color.