Cant see how in the hell they have been cleared and surely a jury should be mixed race. They were cleared because Anderson had sickle cell that is brought on by physical stress well getting beaten and dragged round a courtyard sounds like physical stress if you ask me. Hopefully somebody will order a retrial ( does the supreme court do this) can't the governemnt order a review of the finding?
Also I wa led to belive that this was racially motivated but can it be racially motivated when there was at least one black guard handing out the beatdown as well?
1) They were cleared because the DA's office botched the job. They offered medical testimony that was uncorroborated by the video and the medical "report". I guess you could share the blame with the coroner.
2) I can't find any case law on this yet so I'll edit my comment when I do, but there is such a thing as same-race hate crimes. They are rarely committed and even rarer prosecuted, but I know there have been 2-3 cases. The attacker's race is not actually part of the criteria when determining a hate crime, although this is a BIG loophole and again, rarely used.
"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord."
"Judge not, let you be judged yourself."
I live my life highly accordingly to these two quotes, and pray I'm never wronged to the point of forgetting them.
lodgebo01 said this in post #1 : Cant see how in the hell they have been cleared and surely a jury should be mixed race. They were cleared because Anderson had sickle cell that is brought on by physical stress well getting beaten and dragged round a courtyard sounds like physical stress if you ask me. Hopefully somebody will order a retrial ( does the supreme court do this) can't the governemnt order a review of the finding?
Also I wa led to belive that this was racially motivated but can it be racially motivated when there was at least one black guard handing out the beatdown as well?
Let me give you description of the area where they worked ? The part of Florida is said to be an area David Duke ( Scottish) would love They worshipped the conferderate flag and very(neo) conservative.
An ALL WHITE jury took only 90 minutes to clear 7 Boot camp officers (and a nurse) of not beating a 15 year old Black kid , even though it was caught on video ? This is similar to RODNEY KING sh*t!
Where's the media? Where is outrage that was given to Micheal Vick? This implies dogs are more important than Black kids .
" You kill a dog, you go to jail- you kill a little Black boy and nothing happens" Ben Crumps [Anderson family lawyer]
So can I just get this straight not only are going to mentuion race but also drag Scotland into evrything when in fact you know nothing about Scotland, little tip if you don't know don't talk about it.
Anyway I agree that this is an outrage and I would hope that there is a situation like we have in the UK where the government can ask for a review.
What I would ask you is this - is it a racial crime if a black man was involved in dishing out the beating?
Malcom, I agree there was some injustice here, but it's not the all-white Jury thing and generalizations about a county are not the right choices of action. No, the cops won't go to jail, but trust me the mother has an extremely strong wrongful death civil suit I guarantee she will win (they already filed this suit). I'm usually pro-D.A. but this time the lack of one involved will be highly beneficial to her. All parties involved will not walk away clean from this, and the fact that anyone here has even heard of the issue is proof that there is media attention.
"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord."
"Judge not, let you be judged yourself."
I live my life highly accordingly to these two quotes, and pray I'm never wronged to the point of forgetting them.
10-13-2007 02:47 AM
