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A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight.

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[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

After a three-day trial in Monroe, jurors found Brown not guilty of depriving Aaron Bowman of his civil rights during a 2019 beating that left Bowman with a broken jaw, broken ribs and a gash to his head.

The acquittal comes as federal prosecutors are still scrutinizing other Louisiana state troopers caught on body-camera video punching, stunning and dragging another Black motorist, Ronald Greene, before he died in their custody on a rural roadside. That federal probe is also examining whether police brass obstructed justice to protect the troopers who beat Greene following a high-speed chase.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 74 points 1 year ago

Let me guess the jury was made up of a mostly white male jury?

Exactly how did he get aquiitted. These fucking states are si fucking racist you can't get a fair trail there unless your white.

[-] dartos@reddthat.com -5 points 1 year ago

The lawyers on both sides have influence on who gets into the jury. If the jury had such an overwhelming bias, then the lawyers are to blame…. As always

[-] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

The lawyers don't pick who is in the jury pool.

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