Total Members Voted: 11
Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM
A verdict has been reached in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, according to a notice posted on the Hennepin County Court's website. "A verdict has been reached and will be read between 3:30-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20" (4:30-5:00 p.m. ET), according to the notice....
JURY IS IN
"No matter the verdict, violence is expected"...my breakfast radio host just reported.
Quote from: UNO on April 20, 2021, 09:56:30 AMQuote from: barton on April 20, 2021, 09:31:37 AMDK, but when Trump said phrases like what Waters said, his listeners seemed to latch onto the message as code for get violent. It's not that her message isn't in the Gandhian spirit, it's that American ears now seem to hear it the wrong way and not just on the political Right. Her implication is for the assembled to react to a verdict that she doesn't desire "by any means necessary". Code speech, "Permission to riot, granted."Same as Trump in 1/6/21.Hyperbole, much?By no means the same.
Quote from: barton on April 20, 2021, 09:31:37 AMDK, but when Trump said phrases like what Waters said, his listeners seemed to latch onto the message as code for get violent. It's not that her message isn't in the Gandhian spirit, it's that American ears now seem to hear it the wrong way and not just on the political Right. Her implication is for the assembled to react to a verdict that she doesn't desire "by any means necessary". Code speech, "Permission to riot, granted."Same as Trump in 1/6/21.
DK, but when Trump said phrases like what Waters said, his listeners seemed to latch onto the message as code for get violent. It's not that her message isn't in the Gandhian spirit, it's that American ears now seem to hear it the wrong way and not just on the political Right.
Quote from: bambu. on April 20, 2021, 03:59:11 PM"No matter the verdict, violence is expected"...my breakfast radio host just reported.Yes.Police are likely to whip asses and crack head one way or the other.
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