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AttackPanda , in Houston police leave felony standoff after crowd defending man becomes unruly

Maybe if the cops hadn’t spent the past decades eroding public trust something like this wouldn’t happen. There could have been a valid and good reason for the person to be arrested but at this point everyone assumes the cops are in the wrong as the cops are never held accountable for being wrong.

cabron_offsets , in US to cancel Alaska oil, gas leases issued under Trump

Fuck trump and the republican traitor filth.

iHUNTcriminals , in Houston police leave felony standoff after crowd defending man becomes unruly

People are understanding everyone has power.

That’s a good and bad thing. Bring on the chaos, but live for humanity.

MossyFeathers ,

Yep. This was what the US government was trying to stop when they made hallucinogens a felony. Turns out you don’t need LSD to realize your chains are fake.

roguetrick , in Prosecutors Tell Judge Trump Election Crimes Trial Will Have Whopping 150 Witnesses — Take Four Months

I don't even see how a jury would follow something like that. It's a college course in the way of information overload.

tdgoodman ,

If Trump and his team could dream it up in far less than a month, mere mortals will be able to follow it. It’s not really all that complex. Just f*** over the election counting process in a variety of ways.

PetDinosaurs ,

There’s too much search engine garbage to find an original source, but PhDs, scientists, physicians, and attorneys (of course) are basically disqualified from jury duty.

Funny how demonstrating that you’re able to think for yourself with a degree disqualifies you.

roguetrick ,

I'm a nurse and was on a murder jury trial with a sheriff deputy. They're not allowed to ask your profession in voir dire. What you cannot do is provide expert testimony as a juror in deliberation. You are, of course, expected to use your experiences in your decision.

PetDinosaurs ,

They don’t ask your profession.

They ask things like your highest level of education or “if you use math at work”.

That last one got one of my colleagues immediately dismissed.

LastYearsPumpkin ,

They don’t want someone to start adding context or outside information during the jury deliberation. If you do, then the defense has no opportunity to argue against you.

They don’t want any additional discussion that could sway the case unfairly one way or the other.

PetDinosaurs ,

That is my understanding as well.

But that’s “lawyers vs justice”.

The jury is supposed to think for itself.

LastYearsPumpkin ,

No, you are supposed to be able to put up a defense.

Who’s to say the jury is correct? What if the specialist made an assumption that was wrong, shared it with the jury, and found a person guilty because they trusted this expert. Now you have no way of challenging this, and rebutting the assumption.

You DON’T want those “independent thinker” jurors you need them to only consider what’s been presented in the case. It’s the only way it can be fair.

PetDinosaurs , (edited )

Yeah. That’s why I’m disqualified from jury duty.

Everything you have just said (except for being able to put up a defense) insults me and my understanding of justice.

I don’t want the people who may eventually try me to behave like you’re saying.

That’s lawyers vs justice.

mrnotoriousman ,

I've had jury duty twice in NY. I'm educated and use math and programming in my work daily.

DrPop ,

I’ve got two jury duty summons so far and haven’t even made it to any form of interview. It may be due to my age at the times, but my job pays me for jury duty so I’ll gladly do my duty.

realcaseyrollins , in Prosecutors Tell Judge Trump Election Crimes Trial Will Have Whopping 150 Witnesses — Take Four Months

LOL

Who told them this was a good idea? Are they so uncertain of their case that they're bringing for over a hundred witnesses, in case tons of their testimonies fall through?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe there are 150 witnesses because 150 people witnessed the crimes of the 19 people on trial. Just a thought.

AFKBRBChocolate ,

My guess is that they have a sequence of events they want to prove took place, and they also want to prove that Trump knew what he was doing was wrong at each step. So maybe the first thing is that there was a plan in advance to subvert the election, and they get testimony from a few different people who were at a meeting about it, another couple people who were on an email discussion, and someone who Trump spoke to personally. Do that kind of thing for every step in a long chain, and it can add up. But any weakness in the chain could be grounds for reasonable doubt, so they have to make sure it’s all solid.

Heresy_generator ,
@Heresy_generator@kbin.social avatar

[pfft; they have 150 witnesses? Must be a weak case]

Trumpist wishcasting is fucking hilarious.

WarmSoda ,

I’m curious, what country do you live in?
You obviously have no idea how the court system in the US works.

atzanteol ,

1 person says you did a crime vs. 150 people saying you did a crime.

Which would you rather defend against?

rusticus ,

LMAO. Wishful thinking, indeed.

MotoAsh ,

Wait… You think MORE witnesses mean less guilty?! … bahahahaha holy shit, you retards are truly beyond any ability for logic… Literally, a rock is smarter than you.

No wonder he thinks he could shoot someone on Main St. and you morons would think he’s innocent if MORE witnesses mean less guilty. Again, you are literally too stupid to properly parse reality. Seek help. Preferably a conservatorship, because you are clearly too dumb to take care of yourself.

FuglyDuck , in Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

“Maybe we sell it, maybe we don’t. Why do you care it’s all out there anyhow….”

Yeah. We don’t have privacy because assholes like these own politicians and it’s big business. Does mean I don’t want it.

iHUNTcriminals , in Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment

Vote to keep him and Roger Stone off earth. Attach go pros to em and blast em into space.

Astroturfed , in Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship

I feel like so many red flags had to of been glossed over in a 19 year long relationship…

Eheran , (edited )

What red flags?

You are free to point them out to me, I did not read about any. That would be far more effective than downvoting me.

Astroturfed ,

Ever lived with someone?..

Eheran ,

Could you answer my question instead of taking about me?

Astroturfed ,

Context clues and reading comprehension a problem for you?

ABCDE ,

Writing comprehension (using “of” instead of ‘have’) and… asking the question difficult for you?

ABCDE ,

I think one is him getting her to get rid of the men in her life which weren’t him. Pretty nuts and far more than the title and initial description let on.

drspod ,

Don’t blame the victim.

Astroturfed ,

After you read this, I guarantee you will feel sorry for me. Imagine this. You are attracted to women, like you are now (emotionally and sexually), but they do not exist. They existed a long time ago, and no one knows what they looked like (They have a pretty good idea from the fossils, however), but they do not exist anymore. That means, not only do you know there will never be any possibility of you having sex with one, but there’s not even a possibility of you ever seeing one in real life. Everyone else, however, except for a very few, are not attracted to women, they are attracted to something else entirely. So in other words, you will never find any porn anywhere on the internet, only non-sexual pictures of women. Everyone you have told about your attraction to women think it’s disgusting. To relieve yourself, you get off on the non-sexual pictures of women, knowing it will never get any better. That’s what life is like to me. I am a degree 6 Zoosexual, sexually and emotionally attracted to Tyrannosaurs and nothing else. Women don’t even do it for me. I am cursed to live my life in the misery that my most powerful emotional fantasies will never be even close to coming true. Life is like hell to me. I will never know true love.

ofk12 ,
@ofk12@lemmy.world avatar

Get help mate

Astroturfed ,

Hey, I didn’t think I would have to be sending another message to you but I guess here I am again. Setting aside all differences real quick and everything that’s happened, I just want to tell you some things.

Whatever you are going through in your life, seek professional help. If you think going on an online chat room and escaping your problems is that easy well you’d be wrong. Your problems follow you and they affect the people you talk to. What do you gain on tormenting a server? Of manipulating people and trying to make them turn? You gain absolutely nothing and your mental state worsens. You won’t get better if you don’t seek help.

I just want you to get better. Take time off from games. Talk to people outside of an online chat room. I wish I could have been your friend even after you left but I guess things change.

Think about what you are doing and if you gain anything from it. You’ll probably ignore all this and think I’m bullshitting but take it with a grain of salt I guess. It’s up to you to decide to listen and change or do nothing and just destroy your mental state.

Take care and I hope for the best for you.

Rapidcreek , in Prosecutors Tell Judge Trump Election Crimes Trial Will Have Whopping 150 Witnesses — Take Four Months

The Cheese does not stand alone

Track_Shovel ,
@Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net avatar
dogslayeggs , in Houston police leave felony standoff after crowd defending man becomes unruly

The article has no further information from the headline. It consists of 5 sentences and a video.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

That’s annoying. Pure ragebait

rez_doggie OP ,

Rage bate for you, inspiring for many.

FuglyDuck , (edited )
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Not really. There’s something for everyone to hate, without any details at all about what was really going on

The ACAB types are going to be all angry they were ever trying to arrest the guy… the law-and-order types are going to be angry that they didn’t get him.

meco03211 ,

Not me. I hate that I don’t know who to hate in this situation. I need more details!

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

see. you hate the not enough details!

let the rage flow through you… only then… will you … er…

iHUNTcriminals ,

I mean it sounds pretty uneventful… He evaded being stopped. They stopped him by blocking him in place, a crowd came, the police left.

DeathMagnum7 , in America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse?

Alternate reading of the headline: “We’re using more bandages than ever- why are people still getting cuts?”

TokenBoomer , in USA TODAY, Ipsos poll: 20% of Americans fear climate change could force them to move

Antarctica, beat the traffic.

relative_iterator , in Prosecutors Tell Judge Trump Election Crimes Trial Will Have Whopping 150 Witnesses — Take Four Months
@relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works avatar

Does Trump have to be present for the whole thing? My adhd is getting triggered just thinking about sitting still for a 4 month trial. Good luck orange dude 😂

dogslayeggs ,

Does Trump have to be present for the whole thing?

That depends on whether the judge orders an appearance. The lawyers for Trump must be present the whole time, but Trump does not necessarily have to be there unless ordered to by the judge.

My adhd is getting triggered just thinking about sitting still for a 4 month trial.

It seriously sounds awful… couldn’t happen to a better person.

collegefurtrader ,

I wonder if the lawyers expect to be paid

tym ,

Being infamous sells books. They’ll come out on top in the end, just not by his tiny grifting hand.

rusticus ,

Oh I love this nuclear option. If Trump won’t shut up on social media the judge will just tell him he has to be present the whole time. Lol.

ryathal ,

Fuck what Trump has to do. Feel bad for the 14 ish jurors who have to sit there for 4 months getting paid less than minimum wage. I’d say it’s likely they get sequestered at some point, meaning they don’t even see their families.

MegaUltraChicken ,

Those jurors are definitely going to need to be sequestered and will probably need protection too. The GOP is already openly supporting domestic terrorism so I don’t expect them to stop now.

bamboo ,

I would love to be one of the jurors. 4 months is way better than 4 more years of Trump.

GlendatheGayWitch ,

I hope for their sakes that they are, the names and addresses have already been circulating social media according to an article I read last month.

nbcnews.com/…/rcna100239&ved=2ahUKEwiJzrqu6Ji…

CaptainPedantic ,

Being jurors on this case would suck. That being said, not shitty employers often pay your full salary for jury duty. And some states require employers to pay too.

hitmyspot ,

It would suck. But also, you would be a part of history forever.

Some people go overseas and risk their lives in the military and lose family time as well without having as much of an impact on the world. Here, the potential to have a positive impact on society is also profound. To show that all people are equal under the law.

So, yes, it would suck. But it’s still worth it as a society to require people to do this and as a juror it’s better than the equivalent trial that nobody hears about for commercial fraud that takes the same amount of time.

Krauerking , in Disney tickets, PS5s, and big-screen TVs: Florida parents exploit DeSantis' school vouchers

$8,000 for only 20,000 families… God Florida is really managing to destroy public education for cheap huh?

Who knew all it took was bribing people with something cool now to throw away the future of their families.

I don’t think an average American can pass the marshmallow test anymore. No concept of future or delayed gratification

Astroturfed , in These wolves in Alaska ate all the deer. Then, they did something unexpected

Wolves are available food. Such science, wow.

guyrocket ,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

Did you mean ate or do you like wolf stew?

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