Actually, I think we’re living in much better times than we used to. Cases of police murdering and torturing people come under much more scrutiny, often have much better evidence, and convictions seem to be more common. It’s far from good, as cases like Eric Garner show, but I’d say it’s much better than it was historically.
I mean, look at a 1964 case like: Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner - Wikipedia
Or the treatment of women seeking the vote in 1917
I agree with this. This seems to me to be the most reasonable explanation, despite what I said previously about his shooting being unconnected to his testimony.*
*Yeah, yeah. I am large. I contain multitudes.
Amazingly, I responded to your post before you posted it:
The Dallas PD are obvious suspects. You can choose to deny this. But it doesn’t make it any less true.
Unless the people who are supposed to be catching the murderer are the ones who are responsible for Brown’s murder.
Other people brought the topic up. Is there some reason I’m not supposed to respond?
The mafia is a criminal organization known to use violence as an enforcement tactic. Is that what you think of the Dallas PD?
You seriously think the Dallas PD bumped off a witness because he was a witness? :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack:
Quick Google shows that Dallas homicide clearance rate, while good, is still only 80%. And your own stated that the shooter form the previous event has not been caught.
Next they will be going after that witness that really caused the guilty verdict. That Guyer person.
Actually arguments is room 4, this room is the free-for-all.
For murder? Texas, land of the rampant death penalty.
My assumption was that he was murdered because of his testimony, but it was some random loon “punishing” him for daring to testify against a police officer. Seems more likely than the police themselves doing it.
Texas has the death penalty only for the crime of Capital Murder, which is very strictly defined, and does not include this crime.
Ten years is not a slap on the wrist. It’s ten fucking years. It’s also precisely aligned with sentencing guidelines and going beyond a number the defense was willing to accept sets up a likely appeal. Again, remember that Texas defines “murder” very widely, and it includes crimes that in many other jurisdictions would be charged as, or plead down to, lesser crimes.
I’m not sure what would be gained by sending her to prison for fifteen or twenty years.
What is gained by sending a guy to prison for 45 years for shooting a dog?
I happen to thing 15 (-20) years would have been right, but I can live with 10. If I were related to the victim, I would not be, though.
Apparently the shooting isn’t related to last years strip club incident.
I’m very familiar with Alexandria. My dad grew up thirty miles from there. I still have extended family in that region.
So has this piece of info been introduced into this thread yet?
No, I seriously think the Dallas PD should be viewed as a reasonable suspect.
FYI, the Dallas Morning News is reporting that the DPD has 3 suspects named, one in custody for Brown’s murder in connection with some kind of drug deal gone bad.
Ten years for breaking into someone’s house and murdering them is a slap on the wrist. Straight up murdering someone with no provocation or actual extenuating circumstances (no, I don’t count 'I broke into his house because I thought it was mine) is supposedly one of the worst things crimes you can commit, but the message here is that it’s not all that bad. For comparison, selling pot while there’s an old .22 rifle in the same house has a mandatory 5 year minimum federal sentence (on top of the drug charges) and firing the gun (but not hitting anyone) has a 10 year minimum federal sentence.
A murderer would be properly punished instead of getting a slap on the wrist, which would serve as a deterrent to other murderers contemplating killing someone, would keep her off the streets and unable to murder other people, and would send a message that we care enough about black people being straight up murdered in their own homes by agents of the state that we consider it significantly worse than selling weed. If you’re not going to send someone to prison for ‘15 or 20 years’ for cold-blooded murder, what are you going to give prison sentences for.
A drug deal. Imagine my surprise. I wonder if it will have any effect on the conspiracy theories. Let’s see, if convicted, how long a sentence they get.
Regards,
Shodan
Not that I agree that 10 years is the right sentence, but I wish we could discuss sentences not in the context of “It’s not fair because someone with a drug conviction is already getting a long sentence.” The answer to that is not “So anyone else should get longer sentences.” The answer is “Those guys shouldn’t be getting those sentences in the first place.”