I'm having an absolutely horrible time right now so just play along please.Well, we all respect different things. The "he" part I've never quite bought.
But I'm afraid the "race" part creates a bias -- and a bias about others' biases -- for some people.
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Just two wrongs?
People are actually horrible. Just imagine people 10x worse than you and there's the thing.
Neener neener.
I said: transing children are wrong and I stand by that. Show me the evidence that it's right and I might change my mind.
Why would I trust someone or anyone again - they threw away 15+ years to go off and be a "good person". They called me all sorts of things in the process, I genuinely did not do anything wrong. I can barely breathe when thinking about it - it was a good friend, but was it all one-sided? Am stupid? I hate myself for even being friends because it all seems stupid. Why would anyone ever do this to a person?
Right, let's have one conversation.
Yeah well I have the opposite book and I know it's the right one.
What I find interesting is Crawford not only said the Rodney King case didn't influence the Simpson verdict, but she also said that it was never even brought up during deliberations! I find that very hard to believe given the racial tensions at the time in the wake of the LA riots. Black people have always had a contentious relationship with the police (and understandably so.) When Simpson was found not guilty, the reaction to the verdict was largely split along racial lines. Many white people thought he got away with murder, while many black people saw the verdict as being bigger than just one man. It became symbolic of justice for all black people who had ever been mistreated by the judicial system. I can understand why some jurors would want the public to believe they were completely objective and unbiased in reaching their verdict, but I tend to believe Bess's version of events here. Not only does it seem believable given the events of the time, I also just tend to believe people who don't care about protecting their image.
Why would the jury bring up the Rodney King case during their deliberations? A jury should limit their discussions and verdict to information that has been presented to the court so it was right and proper that it wasn't brought up. As far as I can tell, Ms Bess has been the only juror to claim that the Rodney King case influenced the jury's decision and I don't think she has ever said why she came to have that opinion so I tend to believe how the other jurors perceived what happened over the sole voice of Ms Bess.
We're all free to believe whomever we want. However, just because juries are supposed to stick to the facts of the case doesn't mean biases can't creep in.
The verdict didn't exactly put an end to police misconduct, did it? I think there was enough evidence to prove Simpson's guilt, and it's sad that Ron and Nicole never got justice.
