Cops 7: What Could Go Wrong?

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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I have a few.,

I would hazard a guess that we are thinking of the same ones...

State Senator Jeff Hayden was just on with Brooke Baldwin and called for Kroll to go.

[WeAreNDHockey]

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In all honesty, this should be a fireable offense for a police officer.

A former colleague represented Head Start workers. One took a broom handle and nudged a camera away from facing her room. She claimed she was whacking at a big spider and had no idea she nudged the camera into a position where it could not view the classroom. The employer did not believe her and she was fired. If it is good enough cause to fire a Head Start worker it is most certainly good cause to fire a cop.

[Drew S.]

It is hard, and that is proven by the ridiculously low percentage of convicting cops for violent acts versus civilians. The deck is literally stacked against a prosecutor. First of all, different standards apply. 2nd, jury instructions from judges cloud the issues further, even in states where the instructions are supposed to be uniform. In 2018 2/3rds of people charged with felonies were convicted of something. Between 2005 and last year 98 nonfederal law enforcement officers have been arrested in connection with fatal, on-duty shootings, and 35 were convicted, so about 1/3rd. That would tell me it appears a lot harder.

I’m pretty sure in Maine the state has never found a fatal police involved shooting unjustified, let alone try to prosecute one. There should be some independent agency involved in the prosecution.

[state of hockey]

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Kroll going would be fantastic, but sticky because the cops keep electing him.

The family isn't going to make this easy, not that it's their job to. They said they wanted 1st degree. They're angry and grieving, so I don't expect them to be thinking clearly on this. No way he gets convicted of 1st. None. It doesn't matter they may have worked together. Unless you find a journal or recording of his saying "I'm going to kill George Floyd." you're toast and he walks. I waffle between 2nd and 3rd. But if there really is any evidence of non-guilt like Freeman noted yesterday, intent is going to be hard to prove.

[state of hockey]

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Lake Street with a bit of a different vibe today.

I took these on Lake Street in Minneapolis a couple hours ago. pic.twitter.com/nXoiTi7qyD

— MC (@bluefugate343) May 29, 2020

[WeAreNDHockey]

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Kroll going would be fantastic, but sticky because the cops keep electing him.

The family isn't going to make this easy, not that it's their job to. They said they wanted 1st degree. They're angry and grieving, so I don't expect them to be thinking clearly on this. No way he gets convicted of 1st. None. It doesn't matter they may have worked together. Unless you find a journal or recording of his saying "I'm going to kill George Floyd." you're toast and he walks. I waffle between 2nd and 3rd. But if there really is any evidence of non-guilt like Freeman noted yesterday, intent is going to be hard to prove.

Reading the MN statutes, 1st degree murder probably does not apply. I think 2nd degree murder was where the charge should have fallen, and 3rd degree is almost evident simply by watching the video and no other evidence considered. God help the people of the Twin Cities area if they can't convict on these charges. The crap didn't hit the fan in Los Angeles until the cops were acquitted.

[state of hockey]

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Soooo, CPB has a predator drone over MPLS. What?

[state of hockey]

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Minneapolis public school system terminates contact with MPD.

[French Rage]

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Soooo, CPB has a predator drone over MPLS. What?

CPB or CBP?

[ScoobyDoo]

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Minneapolis public school system terminates contact with MPD.

I heard the University of Minnesota has already done that as well.

[state of hockey]

CPB or CBP?

Sorry, CBP. Just realized that my phone autocorrects that. I've had too many chocolate peanut butter porters, I guess.

Oh, and handy called it.

Mayor Frey has issued Emergency Regulation No. 2020-2-1 which imposes a curfew throughout the City of Minneapolis beginning at 8 p.m. tonight (Fri., May 29) and extends through the weekend.
See the posted regulation for details at: https://t.co/iebgleKnyx pic.twitter.com/7l61oURPtc

— Minneapolis Clerk (@mplsclerk) May 29, 2020

[unofan]

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So the Iowa Supreme Court just ruled 5-2 that a district judge who broke from a plea agreement and gave a harsher sentence based on the defendant's "bad family stock" was wrong to use that phrase but wasn't being racist and let the sentence stand.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

The 2 dissenters were the one liberal left on the court and the one minority.

[Handyman]

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There are no words.

I mean...wow!

[burd]

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You do understand that there is no room for any error or doubt when prosecuting a cop right?
Juries and Judges have inherent bias in favor of the cops in 99% of these cases....so the evidence has to be airtight and letter perfect for there even to be a chance of winning.
That doesn't happen often.

Other than reading whatever source you read on the subject, do you have experience prosecuting cops?

[Handyman]

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Sorry, CBP. Just realized that my phone autocorrects that. I've had too many chocolate peanut butter porters, I guess.

Oh, and handy called it.

Mayor Frey has issued Emergency Regulation No. 2020-2-1 which imposes a curfew throughout the City of Minneapolis beginning at 8 p.m. tonight (Fri., May 29) and extends through the weekend.
See the posted regulation for details at: https://t.co/iebgleKnyx pic.twitter.com/7l61oURPtc

— Minneapolis Clerk (@mplsclerk) May 29, 2020

I dont for a second thing this was up to Frey...and I dont know that I think it will help either. Had to be done though.

Now would be the time for the Blue Wall in Minneapolis to come out publicly. Cops in Midway were telling looters they want him charged...well make a statement to the public standing behind the rights of the citizens you protect. Show everyone that racist *******s like Kroll and the clowns who run CrimeWatchMPLS dont represent you. This guy wasnt a cop, he was a criminal who hadnt been caught yet.

Speaking of CrimeWatch...they didnt report me! By the time I went to bbed though there were others mocking him for being wrong about everything. At one point he said a building was on fire and a guy from that building tweet at him saying it didnt happen and maybe he meant a different address. Made me laugh