Brown still faces state charges in the violent arrest of yet another Black motorist, a case in which he boasted in a group chat with other troopers that “it warms my heart knowing we could educate that young man.”
To be continued...
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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.
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.
His dad is a known racist.
Bob Brown, the former chief of staff, was disciplined for displaying a Confederate flag in his office and admitted the n-word was part of his vocabulary.
Sadly I can't find a single news article that discusses likely jury bias. In fact, most articles are just carbon copies of each other
They probably expected to lose this one only to appeal immediately and hope appeals knows their ass from their elbow.
I doubt it, since prosecutors generally cannot appeal a verdict of not guilty.
I mean the citizen, you assume the crooked local court is going to do crooked local court shit.
The citizen can't appeal either. Prosecutors are in charge of a criminal case, not citizens.
There is no prosecutor in civil court.
This wasn't a civil case. This was a criminal case. Depriving someone of their civil rights is a federal crime. The officer was prosecuted by Brandon Brown.
U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown, who is not related to Jacob Brown, told AP he was proud of the 48-year-old Bowman for having the courage to tell his story.
“These cases are arguably the toughest that we investigate and prosecute,” he said. “We believe that this victim’s civil rights were violated. Unfortunately for us the jury didn’t agree, and we’ll have to respect their decision.”
You take the officer to civil court, win, take that win and use it for a public interest appeal, win be vindicated. The prosecutor doesn't take part in the next step homie.
Let me guess the jury was made up of a mostly white male jury?
Here comes the story of the Hurricane.
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
The lawyers don't pick who is in the jury pool.
Do you want vigilante justice?
This is how you get vigilante justice.
I wonder how many people will act surprised when the next protests will end up even more violent.
God i hate Louisiana. Just a resource colony with the resource curse, sports, and parades...
Aren't juries great