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    薔薇語 reacted to Sociotard in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Yes, but a grand jury doesn't fine the defendant or send him to jail.  It just permits a trial to go forward, and real trials are not rigged too much against defendants. As such, I have no trouble letting the indictment process be a little aggressive.
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    薔薇語 reacted to Old Man in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    My take is that this should have been expected. When you have cops gunning down unarmed civilians on the flimsiest of pretexts, with total impunity, then when a situation arises where lethal force is actually justified it's still going to set off the population.
     
    As it is, my first reaction when I read the story was "Did the guy really have a gun? Really? Now I'm expecting the security camera footage that shows the cop planting a gun on the unarmed perp.
     
    My second reaction was, of course the guy drew on the cop if he thought he was going to get shot anyway.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Pattern Ghost in Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities   
    Okay, the following is a complaint from an overly entitled child who doesn't seem to understand thing one about capitalism:
     
    "What are you going to say to that? Ooh, I bet I can guess this one, too: “If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.” But my individual choice not to buy Grand Theft Auto until they make this change has affected absolutely nothing over the years. I never bought a copy of any GTA game—not since my experiences seeing the third one at my friend’s house. And my decision has not affected Take Two at all."
     
     
    Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean the game should not be sold or that the game publishers should somehow magically adjust everything to fit you. This is a level of narcissism that is far too rampant in our society. Just because I don't like or buy Apple products doesn't mean I should expect them to somehow cave to my one personal demand.
     
    Next, while I have no desire to play GTA or any violence simulators it is disingenuous for the author to single out sex workers as somehow being extra put upon. They aren't. GTA and the like allow you to kill sex workers, that is right. Do you know who else they allow you to kill? EVERYONE! There is nothing special about the treatment of sex workers in the game than any other group. But the author knows that she can't make a case against the game on legit grounds so she is trying to drive up sympathy by pointing out how sex workers can be killed. 
     
    Next, the author doesn't seem to understand the mechanics of the game, either. She says "[sex worker's] deaths have no in-game consequence". Well, guess what, that isn't true. If you kill any character, sex worker or not, in a public manner there are consequences. If you kill any character in a secluded place, there are only a few consequences at best. It isn't singling out sex workers but rather treating them the same way it treats every character in the game. 
     
    Next up "I could link all day long..." Then do it. The problem is that there have been no credible studies that actually link in game violence with real life actions. If anything we have evidence to the opposite since violent crime has gone down year after year despite in game violence becoming more frequent, more gory, and more 'real' every day. But why should the author be expected to actually prove harm when she can just say it does. 
     
    As to the actual Australian Petition: it was a worthless battle to wage. Target decided to take a game that has already been on selves for a year, that is likely not sold in any large quantity from them, and not directly sell it any more. Ten to one they bundled them all up and just sold them to another retailer at cost who would sell them. So they still made money while probably losing a few bucks in sales. 
     
    As to the actual game itself (GTA in all its iterations): they seem like awful games. I really can't fathom why people would ever want to play such horrible trash. But then again, I find myself hard pressed to ever do any of the 'bad' actions available to me in any games. Heck, I find role playing anything less than a classically good or lawful neutral character to be uncomfortable. But those are my tastes. I know them and shop with an appreciation towards them. I encourage everyone to do the same. And I hope that enough people will have similar tastes to me such that only awesome games will get made. But I don't feel so entitled as the author as to assume every company must subscribe to my sensibilities. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Shadow Hawk in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    I saw that news story earlier today. It is tragic. I wish the best for the families of the deceased officers.
     
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    From the article
     
    "Some union leaders suggested the mayor had sent a message that police officers were to be feared"
     
    Could it be because the police are to be feared? Not many other groups of people have free license to murder people.
     
    "“There is blood on many hands tonight,” the head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Patrick Lynch, said outside Woodhull Hospital. He added, “That blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor.”"
     
    This guy sounds like a big jerk. If anyone is to blame for the bad imagine the police have it is he and his ilk for harassing and killing the citizenry.
     
    Is there a single police department in the US that has enough brains to recognize that the problem isn't protesters, it is that POLICE keep giving people reasons to protest.
     
    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    I think that police have good reason to be armed at most all times. If for no other reason than we can't really be sure when a gun will or will not be needed so it is best to err on the side of safety. 

    That said, cops seem to be far too trigger happy. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 reacted to Cancer in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    I don't think there is any assertion of that. AFAIK, nowhere in the US are the police handing over political enemies to the drug gangs to be murdered with intent to maintain terror, as happens in Mexico. 
    But here in Seattle, a city of 450,000, last year a quarter of all homicides in the city were performed by the police.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from drunkonduty in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Vondy: 
     
    "My read of your remarks on Ferguson remains that they are largely speculation and guess-work. Why? Because, there is no way to prove your assertions"

    No, the Ferguson issue is not speculation. The way the prosecutor handled the situation is public knowledge. Please feel free to look into this a bit more. Among the most dissettling things is the 'info dump' he did on the Grand Jury. He bombarded them with documents without end expecting them to be able to make sense of it all. Why would a prosecutor who's sole job is to present the State's best case do that? Because he doesn't want it to get past the grand jury. He was reportedly soft handed with the officer and harsh on anyone who, you know, would prove his case. Rather than be quick and concise with his proceeding, he dragged it on longer than normal so as to tire out the jurors. He mixed in all competing forensic reports so as to cast doubt on the situation. Basically the man did everything he could to ruin the state's case at the Grand Jury - he purposely failed at his own job! And he has a history of this. 
     
    So, Vondy, you will excuse me if I think your out of hand dismissal of me and this position scream of a level of arrogance and close mindedness unbecoming of you. 
     
     
    Vondy:

    "When its my local / regional news I'll huff and I'll puff and invest in strongly held opinions and take action. In these two cases, its simply not my place. Based on your location information..."

    Vondy, I get it, you and I have never met face to face so I can't expect you to remember where I am from. But before you do the laziest of checks to just realize I live in Japan, try and think back a bit more or do the due diligence of asking me. Ferguson is a lazy drive away from my home. Missouri is where I was born and it is the place I love. When there are troubles in Missouri, there are troubles in my back yard. 

    Also, might I add that the level of cognitive dissidence you seem to be enjoying while making such statements is a bit disconcerting. An expat who commonly made comments about the US and its internal and external affairs should not be telling others to stick to their own homes. 
     
    Moveover, injustice knows no home. It is not something to be left unspoken just because it happens at your neighbor's and not your own home. That is the kind of willful blindness and abhorrent tolerance that leads us to not get involved when people are being slaughtered in other nations. And despite the three monkeys best attempts, choosing to ignore injustice does not make it go away. 
     
     
    As to your last point about being a regionalist, it has no connection to what I have said. I believe in regional governership more than most on these boards most likely, but that isn't the point here. I am not staying that the solution to this problem is somehow external intervention. I am saying that there is a problem - a pan-America problem. One that must be talked about. One that must be addressed. And one that must be solved. 

    Everyday a cop kills at least one citizen in the US. Cops have taken up this horrid "us vs them" mentality that we even try to train our soldier to not do. Why do we let the people who are sworn to protect the public treat us like the enemy and behave as if they live in a war zone? There are places in the US where death by Cop outnumbers death by gangs for heaven's sake. We have cops who steal our money, molest and rape people, brutalize people, and kill us without repercussion. This is not an acceptable thing. And our only recourse seem to be to rely on a corrupt justice system that favors our occupiers over the citizenry. 

    This is an unacceptable situation and it must end. 

    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 reacted to Roter Baron in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Holy crap! I just watched the video of the shooting! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!
     
    They drive through the park, stop what looks like 15 feet away from the kid, probably scaring the living (soo to be dead) dalight out of the boy who may or may not move his hand (can't see that) to the "gun".
    And basically gun the kid down in what looks like a cop-drive-by!
     
    From what I heard before I thought they were stopping the car at the pavement, shouted at the boy who then blatantly and full of pre-puberty machisma pointed the toy-gun at the cop - who then, of course, shot to defend himself, not knowing he was only faced with a toy.
     
    This looks more like "[sCREECHING TIRES] DROP IT, PUNK!" - "What the ..." - "BLAM!" - Problem solved.
    Where did these guys get their training as officers of the law? Grand Theft Auto?
     
    Now I can really see why people are really upset about this kind of behaviour - police officers behaving like gang-bangers in uniform!
     
    This.
    Is.
    Shameful.
     
    Please note that I am not a cop basher: At my old school we had a top-notch neighbourhood officer, Polizeihauptkommissar Heiko Müller. Great guy, more the fatherly type and 100% helpful when he had a bad day. Usually had a mediocre day and then gave like 150% plus. On a good day scored way higher.
     
    It really takes more than a gun to be a good and efficient policeman, as Heiko is living proof: He really serves and protects his community.
    These .... (I don't have words or them) ... don't belong to the force.
     
    I am really shocked.
     
    P.S.: Just read the thread one more time and understand that fellow forum-member Marcus Impudite is a police officer who distances himself from these wrongdoings. My hat's off to you, Sir, and it proves what I just said about your German fellow officer Müller: Don't judge all the cops by these (extremely bad) examples.
    Most people don't have contact with police on a friendly basis - usually we only get to speak with them when we get a ticket or when we need theire help - and then we wish that they get the job done like yesterday as if they had a magic wand to make all our perceived evils go away at once.
    Of course, we then have a rather bleak perception on them and the service they do. The majority is just doing their job - and a lot if not most in the most professional way they humanly can.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Hermit in Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities   
    Here is a quite long but interesting article about rape on US campuses in the US. It starts out focusing on one particular case but then expands to the issue in general. 
     
    Some quotes that I thought were interesting below:




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    Also, here is The Young Turks view on the Rolling Stone article that was referenced a few times in the above article:




    Let it be known that the above video is a discussion about an accusation of gang rape and uses strong language, it is not safe for work (NSFW).

    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Bigbywolfe, who made that claim you just quoted? It sure as heck wasn't me. So please enlighten me. 
     
    But since I know it is me that you are poorly quoting, allow me to actually quote me:
     
    "They should have pulled up at a distance. Slowly walked up to the situation and confirmed if it was a real gun or not long before drawing their own. Had they, there would be one more young child in this world."
     
     
    That isn't an edict in all situations as yours is. Mine was a reference to this case in particular. Please keep that in mind. These cops showed that they absolutely do not care about murdering children. We can see that in their reckless approach on a child (They know it is a child from 911 call). They show it in their Shoot First because 'black boys are scary' attitude when they didn't even give the boy a chance to surrender. We can see it in their absolute eagerness to flat out lie about a the situation in their reports. These cops did everything they could in order to set up a situation where they could kill that boy and had it not been for a lucky camera filming them, they would have gotten away scot free. Heck, they still might because people seem to think that they are somehow justified in murdering this boy. 
     
    Once again, they should have approached the situation with due caution (for their sake, for the surrounding people's sake, and for the murder victim's sake). They didn't. They should have used distance as their friend to ascertain if the boy actually had a gun for everyone's sake. They should have NOT tried to scare the child by doing a drive-by on him with guns blazing - for everyone's sake. Had these cops showed even the slightest amount of common F'ing sense, we would have one more child in this world and two less murderers (assuming they haven't murdered before). 
     
    They are filthy and horrible human beings. They are moderately extreme examples of the filth that seems to be in our police force and we need to fix that. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 reacted to Marcus Impudite in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Speaking as a demon, I consider it an insult to be compared to the cops in most of those localities.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    When a cop engages in an activity that he is barred from doing because it causes suffocation and death then the victim complains of suffocation, he ought to do everything possible to confirm the guy's safety. But no, he ignored the reasonable pleas of a dying man. Why? Because the jerk and his jerk friends don't care out the safety of the citizenry, only with making sure people respect their authoritah! The police officer should have never done that, and now we have a dead man who may of committed the awful crime of selling some cigs.
     
    The office got away with murder.
     
     
    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from bigbywolfe in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    When a cop engages in an activity that he is barred from doing because it causes suffocation and death then the victim complains of suffocation, he ought to do everything possible to confirm the guy's safety. But no, he ignored the reasonable pleas of a dying man. Why? Because the jerk and his jerk friends don't care out the safety of the citizenry, only with making sure people respect their authoritah! The police officer should have never done that, and now we have a dead man who may of committed the awful crime of selling some cigs.
     
    The office got away with murder.
     
     
    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Shadow Hawk in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Vondy: 
     
    "My read of your remarks on Ferguson remains that they are largely speculation and guess-work. Why? Because, there is no way to prove your assertions"

    No, the Ferguson issue is not speculation. The way the prosecutor handled the situation is public knowledge. Please feel free to look into this a bit more. Among the most dissettling things is the 'info dump' he did on the Grand Jury. He bombarded them with documents without end expecting them to be able to make sense of it all. Why would a prosecutor who's sole job is to present the State's best case do that? Because he doesn't want it to get past the grand jury. He was reportedly soft handed with the officer and harsh on anyone who, you know, would prove his case. Rather than be quick and concise with his proceeding, he dragged it on longer than normal so as to tire out the jurors. He mixed in all competing forensic reports so as to cast doubt on the situation. Basically the man did everything he could to ruin the state's case at the Grand Jury - he purposely failed at his own job! And he has a history of this. 
     
    So, Vondy, you will excuse me if I think your out of hand dismissal of me and this position scream of a level of arrogance and close mindedness unbecoming of you. 
     
     
    Vondy:

    "When its my local / regional news I'll huff and I'll puff and invest in strongly held opinions and take action. In these two cases, its simply not my place. Based on your location information..."

    Vondy, I get it, you and I have never met face to face so I can't expect you to remember where I am from. But before you do the laziest of checks to just realize I live in Japan, try and think back a bit more or do the due diligence of asking me. Ferguson is a lazy drive away from my home. Missouri is where I was born and it is the place I love. When there are troubles in Missouri, there are troubles in my back yard. 

    Also, might I add that the level of cognitive dissidence you seem to be enjoying while making such statements is a bit disconcerting. An expat who commonly made comments about the US and its internal and external affairs should not be telling others to stick to their own homes. 
     
    Moveover, injustice knows no home. It is not something to be left unspoken just because it happens at your neighbor's and not your own home. That is the kind of willful blindness and abhorrent tolerance that leads us to not get involved when people are being slaughtered in other nations. And despite the three monkeys best attempts, choosing to ignore injustice does not make it go away. 
     
     
    As to your last point about being a regionalist, it has no connection to what I have said. I believe in regional governership more than most on these boards most likely, but that isn't the point here. I am not staying that the solution to this problem is somehow external intervention. I am saying that there is a problem - a pan-America problem. One that must be talked about. One that must be addressed. And one that must be solved. 

    Everyday a cop kills at least one citizen in the US. Cops have taken up this horrid "us vs them" mentality that we even try to train our soldier to not do. Why do we let the people who are sworn to protect the public treat us like the enemy and behave as if they live in a war zone? There are places in the US where death by Cop outnumbers death by gangs for heaven's sake. We have cops who steal our money, molest and rape people, brutalize people, and kill us without repercussion. This is not an acceptable thing. And our only recourse seem to be to rely on a corrupt justice system that favors our occupiers over the citizenry. 

    This is an unacceptable situation and it must end. 

    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Twilight in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Vondy: 
     
    "My read of your remarks on Ferguson remains that they are largely speculation and guess-work. Why? Because, there is no way to prove your assertions"

    No, the Ferguson issue is not speculation. The way the prosecutor handled the situation is public knowledge. Please feel free to look into this a bit more. Among the most dissettling things is the 'info dump' he did on the Grand Jury. He bombarded them with documents without end expecting them to be able to make sense of it all. Why would a prosecutor who's sole job is to present the State's best case do that? Because he doesn't want it to get past the grand jury. He was reportedly soft handed with the officer and harsh on anyone who, you know, would prove his case. Rather than be quick and concise with his proceeding, he dragged it on longer than normal so as to tire out the jurors. He mixed in all competing forensic reports so as to cast doubt on the situation. Basically the man did everything he could to ruin the state's case at the Grand Jury - he purposely failed at his own job! And he has a history of this. 
     
    So, Vondy, you will excuse me if I think your out of hand dismissal of me and this position scream of a level of arrogance and close mindedness unbecoming of you. 
     
     
    Vondy:

    "When its my local / regional news I'll huff and I'll puff and invest in strongly held opinions and take action. In these two cases, its simply not my place. Based on your location information..."

    Vondy, I get it, you and I have never met face to face so I can't expect you to remember where I am from. But before you do the laziest of checks to just realize I live in Japan, try and think back a bit more or do the due diligence of asking me. Ferguson is a lazy drive away from my home. Missouri is where I was born and it is the place I love. When there are troubles in Missouri, there are troubles in my back yard. 

    Also, might I add that the level of cognitive dissidence you seem to be enjoying while making such statements is a bit disconcerting. An expat who commonly made comments about the US and its internal and external affairs should not be telling others to stick to their own homes. 
     
    Moveover, injustice knows no home. It is not something to be left unspoken just because it happens at your neighbor's and not your own home. That is the kind of willful blindness and abhorrent tolerance that leads us to not get involved when people are being slaughtered in other nations. And despite the three monkeys best attempts, choosing to ignore injustice does not make it go away. 
     
     
    As to your last point about being a regionalist, it has no connection to what I have said. I believe in regional governership more than most on these boards most likely, but that isn't the point here. I am not staying that the solution to this problem is somehow external intervention. I am saying that there is a problem - a pan-America problem. One that must be talked about. One that must be addressed. And one that must be solved. 

    Everyday a cop kills at least one citizen in the US. Cops have taken up this horrid "us vs them" mentality that we even try to train our soldier to not do. Why do we let the people who are sworn to protect the public treat us like the enemy and behave as if they live in a war zone? There are places in the US where death by Cop outnumbers death by gangs for heaven's sake. We have cops who steal our money, molest and rape people, brutalize people, and kill us without repercussion. This is not an acceptable thing. And our only recourse seem to be to rely on a corrupt justice system that favors our occupiers over the citizenry. 

    This is an unacceptable situation and it must end. 

    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    If Satan was a cop I think most of his peers would still cover for him. 
     
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    Maybe this is the deep down reason I like Gotham so much. They show cops for what most of them seem to be: self-involved dirty jerks but at least give us one man worth rooting for. One man who reminds us that not everyone is that way despite it being a majority. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 reacted to Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Even the "good" cops will cover for the "evil" cops unless the latter are Satan incarnate.
     
    We need to get rid of the ridiculous "War on Drugs", deincentivize the practice of jailing our own population at an ever-increasing rate, bring back financial equality (or at least true equal financial opportunity), hold the wealthiest/most popular people's feet to the fire when it comes to corruption, bolster plus maintain a rigorous system of sound education, and eradicate institutionalized racism by breaking stereotypes and dissuading dishonest media coverage.
     
    In other words? A national enema.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from massey in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Speaking of D* cops: a Texas Cop decided to step over the bounds of reasonable action and put a young lady into a choke hold. Why? Because she knew her rights and wasn't "Respectin' his Authoritah!"
     

     
    -In case you are curious, the prosecutor in that area even stated that the young woman was within her rights and of course the cops tried to make her delete the video but she didn't.
     
    Seriously I am typically pro-cop. I have taken the opposite sides of these discussions when they have come on these boards in the past. But I can't count the number of times I have read / watched a story like this or worse and can only walk away with the classic "F* the police" chant. To be honest, I don't trust a single cop. I am getting to the point where I just assume the cop must be in the wrong because it isn't a "small few" but "a majority" who are either belligerent jerks, thieves, or straight up murderers.
     
    Body cam ever single one of the jerks. Never let them work alone. Never let them do "internal investigations" and always demand truly outside investigators and prosecutions for when police cross the line.
     
    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    While it was speculation in this case since I haven't gotten to read the news about it yet, it was not speculation in regards to Ferguson. 

    All in all, I think that the system we have now is not working to either promote justice or the perception of justice: both of which are of dire importance. Things must change to ensure both. If they don't, then the resort to riot activism will become inevitable. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    You got to it before I could get back to my computer to mention it. The NYPD barred choke holds. In there training they are told NOT to do them. The fact that the officer used one as a means of not holding a perp but as a way to subdue the perp is clear evidence that he was not using the murky acceptable hold. 
     
     
    This officer is on camera as being belligerent and using a technique that he is barred from using in a situation that did not require it to get compliance. He went WELL beyond his authority.And in the aftermath didn't show any regard for the human life that was squelched. And for what reason? Because some guy wasn't 'respectin' his authoritah!'. He deserves his day in court but he will not get it. Why? As a bit of speculation I am going to guess the prosecutor in this case did the exact same thing the Ferguson one did: as piss poor a job as reasonable to insure that as much doubt could be caste as possible. 
     
    Let's get this clear: A grand jury is not there to decide guilt. That is in no way, shape, or form their function. The grand jury is also not there to hear the defense's side of the story. They exist purely as a check on the Prosecution. It is the Prosecution's sole job to present their best possible case. As I recall, they are even allowed to bring in evidence that would normally be barred from trial in the pursuit of their job. They are NOT there to make the defense's case. So, when the Ferguson Jack-@$$ did his best to weaken the state's case against the cop, he was NOT doing his job. 
     
    Why was he not doing his job? Because he is a little ***** who didn't have the testicular fortitude to dismiss the case outright which is what he wanted to do. So, what did he do instead, present as flimsy a case as humanly possible against the officer as he has done for EVERY officer, so as to acquit himself of guilt by blaming the Grand Jury. 
     
    There is a wondrous little legal institution in Japan where-in a special consul can be convened to review a prosecutor's job. They are allowed to tilt the hand of the prosecutor and force them to decide / re-decide a case, present / represent a case before a grand jury, and in rare cases force the prosecutor to proceed to trial regardless of the prosecutor's wishes. A trial where he is held to an even higher level of accountability for making the state's case and if he doesn't can actually face repercussions for not doing his due diligence. This is what we need in the US. It is absolutely despicable the level of collusion between police and prosecutors. It is absolutely despicable that one man's agenda can so easily impede the justice of even going to trial! 
     
    I don't know how these two prosecutors sleep at night but I hope to dear god that they still have enough of a conscious to wake up in cold sweat at night for what they have done. 
     
    La Rose. 
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    薔薇語 reacted to Hermit in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    These stories almost make ME want to riot, and I'm a white out of shape guy in his forties
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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Ragitsu in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    Really, they couldn't even get this to trial. The prosecutor must be like.the Ferguson one and deliberately trying to prevent this from going to trial.
     
    La Rose.
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    薔薇語 reacted to Bazza in A Thread for Random Videos   
    Fast food
     

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    薔薇語 got a reaction from Vondy in Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities   
    "and people see what they're expecting" is part of the problem I was talking about. If you go into the game expecting to see sexism you will see it. There is perhaps nothing so bland in our lives as to not have some loose shred of evidence of sexism. But that is the problem. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If the limits of your social critique are based on sexism, then everything is going to look sexist - regardless of the 'truth' of the matter. 
     
    La Rose. 
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