As always, the story Minneapolis residents are sharing is different from what ICE claims.
ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis on Monday, dragging her through the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted that the woman was pregnant.
During what was supposed to be a “targeted vehicle stop,” according to ICE officials, protesters swarmed the agents. Esme Murphy, a WCCO reporter, was on the scene, where she saw ICE holding a woman on the ground.
“Please let her go! She’s pregnant!” one onlooker shouted.
“Get her off of her fucking stomach,” another said.
If you’re ever lucky enough to get selected for jury duty on an “assault on a federal officer” case, then I believe it is your civic duty to acquit, no matter the evidence.
Google “jury nullification”.
This is literally a Doug Stanhope bit from decades ago. Still true today. Though given the state of America today; I think I’d side with the Lincoln Log lady.
https://youtu.be/1k4fYIUuAP8
Yeah that era of comedians and pundits had a thing about “frivolous lawsuits”. It’s a conservative talking point, similar to how modern comedians whinge about cancel culture and trans rights.
I think they were dead wrong, lawsuits protect us all from corporate malfeasance. The grandma that had her genitals melted off by McDonald’s boiling hot coffee deserved even more money, and none of public ridicule.
That being said, it’s still a great bit.
Yeah. It’s definitely the part of the bit that didn’t age well so I wanted to give context. You nailed it. I think comedians of that time were leaning into to “libertarianism” since there was no real leftist movement in that time.
Before we all realized libertarians were all just “age of consent” law pedophiles.
It just take 1 person to nullify a jury.
We can do better and just nullify a grand jury, that way they dont even get charges through.
But then they can try again.
Only with a misdemeanor charge. A grand jury is pass or fail.
Grand jury is simple majority so one person saying no doesn’t matter, and it’s for indictments only. A failed indictment isn’t an acquittal. They can try again with a different grand jury.
Petit juries do the trial, you need a uanimous verdict, even a 7/12 or a 11/12 “not guilty” vote is not an aquittal and the charges can be brought again and again forever (unless the judge dismisses it with prejudice).
Yes, but there are whole grand Juries in DC doing nullifications. Like the sandwich guy … that’s what I am hoping will happen.