08-02-2014, 04:46 PM
Not up to your usual standards there Glen. On the one hand you say it's a matter for the jury and on the other you make judgement.
Again, I don't know the facts of the case and I'm not making a judgement.
It very well may be material that he was a Federal Officer. If he determined that a crime was taking place and then properly identified himself as such, it's material. He ceases being a civilian at that point and is then "On Duty" (Some agency policy may play here).
I agree that racism shouldn't play a part here. If the deceased wasn't and was a defendant instead, it might.
I wouldn't know about the Judge. The above linked article didn't mention assault but did mention Manslaughter, although not requested by the prosecution.
Most of the rest of your post appears to be very biased prejudgment. Remember, as you repeatedly mention and then continuously forget, in our system it's the jury that decides.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
Again, I don't know the facts of the case and I'm not making a judgement.
It very well may be material that he was a Federal Officer. If he determined that a crime was taking place and then properly identified himself as such, it's material. He ceases being a civilian at that point and is then "On Duty" (Some agency policy may play here).
I agree that racism shouldn't play a part here. If the deceased wasn't and was a defendant instead, it might.
I wouldn't know about the Judge. The above linked article didn't mention assault but did mention Manslaughter, although not requested by the prosecution.
Most of the rest of your post appears to be very biased prejudgment. Remember, as you repeatedly mention and then continuously forget, in our system it's the jury that decides.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
S. FL
Big Islander to be.