Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Jun 16, 2017 14:48:50 GMT -6
It....sounds good? But my second thought was that it's a lot like the Catholic Church moving pedophile priests to a different diocese when they fuck up instead of holding them accountable. yeah, not sure what it really means, but the city will enter into an agreement to "help him transition to another career other than being a St. Anthony police officer." It better be a career where he isn't allowed to touch a gun. Or a taser. Or a baton. This really is bullshit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 14:50:10 GMT -6
And while it's really none of my business, he and his wife are pregnant with baby #2. It hurts because his life goes on. And maybe even gets better. It's so unfair.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 14:51:38 GMT -6
I apologize if I upset anyone by saying stay safe. That wasn't my intention. I know it wasn't and being concerned for others is good. I am just pre-emptively pissed at the world and the media coverage that safety is a concern when it's the safety of the majority and not the minority.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 14:55:19 GMT -6
"the City of St. Anthony has concluded that the public will be best served if Officer Yanez is no longer a police officer in our city." It....sounds good? But my second thought was that it's a lot like the Catholic Church moving pedophile priests to a different diocese when they fuck up instead of holding them accountable. I think they may have tried to bring him back. I don't know the details. So his actually being fired is not a given.
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Post by Cnon on Jun 16, 2017 14:58:40 GMT -6
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Post by charlotte on Jun 16, 2017 14:59:46 GMT -6
I still remember where I was when I heard George Zimmerman's verdict and I won't forget this either.
You know how people love to repeat that quote "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice"? Sometimes it doesn't feel that way at all... because here we are again. I feel that some people use that idea almost to avoid responsibility or excuse apathy. It doesn't just bend that way-- we have to force it that there inch by inch. Unfortunately the people working for justice seem to be the minority.
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mrsbliz
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Post by mrsbliz on Jun 16, 2017 15:17:11 GMT -6
And while it's really none of my business, he and his wife are pregnant with baby #2. I have to admit I judged that when I heard that at the beginning of the trial. Why would you with being charged with manslaughter? There was a possibility he could go to jail, but let's have a baby. And then the really cynical part of me saw it as a ploy for the courtroom/jurrors. But I have to catch myself there.
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fatpony
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Post by fatpony on Jun 16, 2017 15:22:36 GMT -6
The city of St. Paul is holding open listening sessions at community/rec centers, schools, and other "local gathering places".
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS SCHEDULE: · Friday, June 16, 2017, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, 270 N. Kent Street · Saturday, June 17, 2017, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saint Paul College, 235 Marshall Avenue · Monday, June 19, 2017, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wellstone Center, 179 Robie Street East
Additional community meetings may be scheduled and announced next week.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Jun 16, 2017 15:24:33 GMT -6
I'm furious with this verdict. Unsurprised, but furious.
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Post by daometjing on Jun 16, 2017 15:34:07 GMT -6
I'm disgusted, but not surprised. We are failing black men and boys, and it is appalling. It was progress to get to trial, but continues to send the message that there will be no repercussions to law enforcement for executing people because of the color of their skin.
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Post by citronaut on Jun 16, 2017 15:34:49 GMT -6
I am so angry and depressed at the same time. I want to say unbelievable but I can't.
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brux
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Post by brux on Jun 16, 2017 15:47:56 GMT -6
Now I'm arguing with someone on FB who said "I know one of the jurors and there is a shit ton the media is not telling us. The general population knows a fraction of the facts regarding this case sadly."
lolok, bitch.
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fatpony
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Post by fatpony on Jun 16, 2017 15:51:26 GMT -6
Now I'm arguing with someone on FB who said "I know one of the jurors and there is a shit ton the media is not telling us. The general population knows a fraction of the facts regarding this case sadly." lolok, bitch. give me a break. The evidence at the trial was public.
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Post by dreadpirateroberts on Jun 16, 2017 16:07:08 GMT -6
I want to flip fucking tables. This is unbelievable. This is how I feel. I just don't understand how this can keep happening. It makes me so sad and furious. Its just not fair.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 16:25:10 GMT -6
Now I'm arguing with someone on FB who said "I know one of the jurors and there is a shit ton the media is not telling us. The general population knows a fraction of the facts regarding this case sadly." lolok, bitch. Like what? I mean, c'mon.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 17:29:56 GMT -6
I linked an article on my FB and that was the first time I had seen a picture of yanez. I wish I hadn't.
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 16, 2017 17:32:48 GMT -6
Now I'm arguing with someone on FB who said "I know one of the jurors and there is a shit ton the media is not telling us. The general population knows a fraction of the facts regarding this case sadly." lolok, bitch. Well if the juror was talking about the case while in season that's a big nono so yeah dude needs to stop This is awful and I can't stop thinking about his little girl
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Post by shadesofgold on Jun 16, 2017 17:52:09 GMT -6
I don't know what to do. I need to figure out what to do. March and yell. Yell and march.
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mowkey
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Post by mowkey on Jun 16, 2017 18:09:25 GMT -6
I'm sick over this. I don't understand how Philandro was murdered on film, and the others, we witnessed it - and still aquitals every time. It's beyond fucked up. It's not safe for black people to live. Every time they are reinforced that is ok to pull out a gun or respond with violence with the intent to kill. It's not ok, none of this is.
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Post by shadesofgold on Jun 16, 2017 18:11:35 GMT -6
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pesto
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Post by pesto on Jun 16, 2017 18:19:17 GMT -6
I watched his mom's speech and now I feel so so depressed. This is just completely fucked up.
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brux
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Post by brux on Jun 16, 2017 18:21:49 GMT -6
Yeah, everyone should watch his mom's speech.
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bazi
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Post by bazi on Jun 16, 2017 18:24:13 GMT -6
I really thought they'd at least get him on the endangerment charge. He emptied a gun into a goddamn car with a 4 year old in it.
I echo the "stay safe" frustration. I know it's meant with good intentions here...but I have colleagues who live in suburban Minneapolis all concerned for "their family and houses" and I want to give them a reality smack. Also it's so manipulative and disingenuous in the media.
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mrsbliz
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Post by mrsbliz on Jun 16, 2017 18:51:22 GMT -6
74 seconds just posted it was a 10-2 and the 2 weren't the 2 black jurors .
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fatpony
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Post by fatpony on Jun 16, 2017 19:10:56 GMT -6
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brux
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Post by brux on Jun 16, 2017 19:18:19 GMT -6
I mean...I agree with everything she's saying.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 16, 2017 19:22:12 GMT -6
I really thought there was a chance here; that this case would start the tide turning.
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Post by enchanted on Jun 16, 2017 19:23:03 GMT -6
He deserved justice. That little girl in the backseat who watched him die deserved justice.
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Post by miawallace on Jun 16, 2017 19:43:49 GMT -6
The more I watch it i get more rage. I was heartbroken when Castile was murdered. Today I'm just angry.
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Post by sherminator on Jun 17, 2017 23:28:16 GMT -6
I cant fucking believe this.
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