Would you be on the Jury?

[Deleted User 865]

Gonna need to show a lot more than that fellas.

Yeah, this foot dragging is only gonna make things worse

If only there was a way to blur faces faster.

[ousdahl]

Oh, I guess that’s it, I keep forgetting.

[Deleted User 863]

shots already being fired when the video started...so, like, what prompted the shooting?

Why are you asking us?

When this first broke you told us all he was just a random guy sitting in a car.

[ousdahl]

Well, that’s the thing! For all we know, it still really could be that he was just randomly sitting in his car - which is to say, we (the public and his fam) still don’t know shit.

I was asking rhetorically, cuz only showing a 20 second snippet that starts with cops already shooting, does nothing to disclose why cops started shooting in the first place.

If they had any justifiable reason to shoot, that would be a critical piece of info. We at least have been told his hands were on the steering wheel - so did they mistake the steering wheel for a gun?

[Deleted User 863]

And if they didn't have a justifiable reason to shoot then releasing the video to the public at this point isn't helpful either.

What is important is that IF the cop wasn't justified then he/she needs to be held accountable.

[Deleted User 863]

Talk about dehumanizing. You think his family and america needs to see the video of another person losing their life played over and over again? I certainly don't.

Show it to the family in private if they're requesting it. Absolutely understand that.

[ousdahl]

Not when you put it that way.

But I do think they and we deserve to know why yet another unarmed person of color was killed as the result of state-sponsored violence. If that violence wasn’t justified, I think the family and Merica deserves justice.

Don’t you?

[Deleted User 863]

Not when you put it that way.

But I do think they and we deserve to know why yet another unarmed person of color was killed as the result of state-sponsored violence. If that violence wasn’t justified, I think the family and Merica deserves justice.

Don’t you?

I do too. But that isn't done on CNN. It is done/decided during a trial in a court of law.

[ousdahl]

Yea.

What do you think is delaying any legal proceedings toward a potential trial?

[Deleted User 863]

Yea.

What do you think is delaying any legal proceedings toward a potential trial?

It has only been like a week right? Determining which charges to bring is important and takes time i would imagine (in something high profile like this).

[ousdahl]

4/11: Daunte Wright killed by a cop
4/12: body cam footage released
4/14: cop arrested

[TDub]

Maybe this is more complicated than "i thought i was grabbing my taser....fuck"


Maybe its not, maybe it is. I haven't watched the footage so i have no idea about any of it.

[ousdahl]

Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.

Say it wasn’t cops, and a bunch of civilians rolled up with AR15s and started blasting with cameras everywhere.

How long you think it would take after seeing the vids for prosecutors announce charges?

[Deleted User 863]

Jesus fucking christ ousdahl.

[TDub]

Ok. Im done...you've taken the ride into an alternate realm on lobsters bus.

[ousdahl]

Ya think?

I try to maintain awareness, rather than avoid it, so feel free explain, if you’d like.

But I just don’t see why it makes me the radical one to think Merica deserves accountability if LEO kills an unarmed civilian.

[Cascadia]

TDub and Illy just got back from their Blue Lives Matter rally.

[CrimsonNBlue]

You think his family and america needs to see the video of another person losing their life played over and over again? I certainly don't.

Show it to the family in private if they're requesting it.

They're public servants. And they just killed someone on duty, which was recorded by devices paid for by federal grants.

[Deleted User 863]

Ya think?

I try to maintain awareness, rather than avoid it, so feel free explain, if you’d like.

But I just don’t see why it makes me the radical one to think Merica deserves accountability if LEO kills an unarmed civilian.

You're not asking for accountability or allowing time for accountability to take place.

How long ago did George Floyd die? His killer was sentenced last week. These things take time.

Your viewing of the video (at this point) isn't important.

[Deleted User 863]

You think his family and america needs to see the video of another person losing their life played over and over again? I certainly don't.

Show it to the family in private if they're requesting it.

They're public servants. And they just killed someone on duty, which was recorded by devices paid for by federal grants.

...and?

I am confident they'll release the video to the public when the time comes.