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rinselberg
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APR 21, 06:15 PM
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"Nancy Pelosi's stunningly tone-deaf quote on George Floyd"
Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large; April 21, 2021.
Here's a skeletonized version of what the CNN Editor-at-large has reported.
| quote | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had months (and months) to ponder what she would say if and when former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Which makes what she did say on Wednesday -- in the immediate aftermath of the Chauvin verdict -- all the more baffling. . . .
Pelosi sought to clean up the mess she had made. She took to Twitter, writing this:
"George Floyd should be alive today. His family's calls for justice for his murder were heard around the world. He did not die in vain. We must make sure other families don't suffer the same racism, violence & pain, and we must enact the George Floyd #JusticeInPolicing Act."
Which, well, yeah. But why didn't [Speaker Pelosi] say that -- or anything close to that -- the first time around? . . .
Pelosi's comments will be a historical footnote to the broader story of Floyd's death -- and what it meant for the country. But that fact doesn't excuse her from coming off so tin-eared in such a big moment. |
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/04...k-chauvin/index.html[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 04-21-2021).]
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Jake_Dragon
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APR 21, 06:24 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
"Nancy Pelosi's stunningly tone-deaf quote on George Floyd"
Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large; April 21, 2021.
Here's a skeletonized version of what the CNN Editor-at-large has reported.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04...k-chauvin/index.html
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She is not the only one saying it. Pick your heroes well they will be who you are judged by.
On a side note, it would be nice if they would wait for the truth before publishing a story.
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olejoedad
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APR 21, 06:39 PM
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News isn't about accuracy, it's about market share.
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olejoedad
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APR 21, 06:41 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
It's a high bar of legalities to get past, in order to send someone like a "Maxine Waters" to the "cross-bar hotel" to spend time behind bars for the crime of intimidating a jury. |
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So you admit that there are different levels of justice, based on social stature?
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rinselberg
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APR 21, 08:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
So you admit that there are different levels of justice, based on social stature? |
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Oh, I certainly agree with that. However, that was not the point that I wanted to make.
It's a high bar of legalities to get past, for any prosecutor to prosecute anyone for any crime and have them convicted and sent to prison.
At least, that's the ideal or aspiration for our system of justice. Due process. Proof beyond any reasonable doubt. Due process and proof beyond any reasonable doubt that stands up even if the conviction were to be appealed.
A high bar of legalities to get past, even in the (as yet hypothetical) context of legal action against Maxine Waters for incitement to violence or intimidation of jurors during a trial that was still in progress.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 04-21-2021).]
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blackrams
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APR 21, 09:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
News isn't about accuracy, it's about market share. |
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100% correct! Convince those who you want to sway to go the way you want them to go vote.
Rams
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cliffw
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APR 28, 11:07 AM
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How does one man get convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter for the death of one other man ?
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cliffw
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APR 28, 11:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
How does one man get convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter for the death of one other man ? |
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Let me rephrase that.
How does one man get convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter for one death of one other man ?
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maryjane
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APR 28, 11:34 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
Let me rephrase that.
How does one man get convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter for one death of one other man ? |
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Because the jury was convinced he was guilty of each of those charges.
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Jake_Dragon
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APR 28, 11:39 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Because the jury was convinced he was guilty of each of those charges. |
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and they didn't want to have their homes burned to the ground.
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