I don't normally ask questions on this yahoo thing, but, I wanted to know how people felt about the Frank Jude Jr. beating verdict?  For those of you who don't live in Milwaukee,WI Frank Jude, Jr was beaten by off duty police officers at a party.  (he looked like road kill afterwards) All the police officers were found not guilty on all counts!!  The men accused him of taking their badge (which was never found). They even tore off some of his clothes. Frank Jude, Jr is by-racial and all the jurors where caucasion(white).\n\nWhat is the judicial system coming too?  Real answers only please no silliness.
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I don't agree with the verdict although I haven't followed it closly, I feel that one of the 3 did or know who did and feel that there is definaty some kind of internation corruption and code protecting the police officers. \n\nDefinatly has me worried about my own safety right now living in Milwaukee..
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*sigh* it's late, and one must ponder how they get a reputation on yahoo answers... don't know if it's good or bad (hope it's good), but hey, you'll get my answer anyways.. \n\nonce again..let's break in down into simple terms, esp since most of the ignorance of the haters of our sport thing we are stupid rednecks, i won't wow them with my fancy vocabulary, b/c the average bear can easily get a thesaurus and make up spiffy verbage.. so simply put PEOPLE ARE SCUMBAG LOSERS!!!!!!!! i could go into further detail, but yeah, simply put people need a good old fashion street beating. i vote to rule that into law to make it legal the ignorance can legally be beaten out of people with a repeat it beater and a good iron arm. \n\nI mean, really, you have to be mentally f*ered up to say stupid crap like that. "yeah, he deserved to die" gosh that's a pretty thought. it's got to be a dark place in that head of theirs to actually have thoughts like that and then to actually think it's okay to speak those thoughts out loud. \nI don't know if it stems from a dark scary life that people have these thoughts, or if it's just out and out jealousy, but most people who wish ill health on others will get what's coming to them. Either they are so insecure in themselves, yes cliche, i know, but it is the truth.. Or they are just that evil and need beaten. Once again, cruel I know, but seriously, if you are going to go around being that nasty you will get your arse handed to you eventually. \nHow does one besides God actully think they can determine who decides to die or not?? Now seriously, wishing the death upon a driver just b/c you don't like him or what you think you know about him..b/c I"m assuming that most of these sickos have never once met these people they are wishing death upon.. is just plain wrong. Simple as that. These people are people. They grew up in similiar lifes to you and me. They put their underwear and firesuits on one leg at a time. They have families and most of all they have feelings. They are people and regardless of how they get in and drive that car they need some of that basic human respect, just like the guy you pass on the street. \n\nIf you need to be nasty nad not have an ounce of basic human respect for people than by all means go out and play in traffic and stop wasting my time. \nI do believe that some people honestly need a high dose of anti-psychotics, b/c like I said you do have to be pretty well off your rocker to think it's okay to wish someone else's death.\n\nAlso, a lot of people talk trash on places like this to get other's goat. Sweetie, keep your goat. Don't let them get to you...be better than them, and don't give them the pleasure of getting to you. Most of these people will always be cowards who hide behind a screen and would never act like this when they know they coul get their a$$ handed to them. \n\nOkay, I could probaly write a whole nother novel, but I think you get the gist.
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I find it interesting that this has come up in the last few days, considering my roomate had just found Ben's website yesterday and sent me the link. First thing, he wasnt a man, he was a BOY who had been medicated with a drug whose long term effects on minors was not known at the time.I dated him about 6 months before his initial hospitalization,and dont get me wrong, he was a troubled kid, very sensitive to bad things in his life, but never aggresive towards me or others.\n I saw him the July before the murder at the park, this was after some extended time at Shepperd Pratt.....and he was completely off of his rocker...did the TRIPLE dosage of prozac affect this, absolutely. Was his judgment clouded that night, of course! Does it excuse what he did, not totally. He should have to serve time for his crime, but did he deserve life with no parole at 16 years of age? I know for sure...the whole situation breaks my heart. A life lost, a child without a mother, and a brilliant soul who couldnt see beyond his troubled youth,his life wasted behind bars.
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the question should be, should a judge discriminate. the answer is no but he can.  however i have learned that there is always more to a story. who recieved the brunt of your swearing? what was your attitude and body language in court? do you have a record and what does that look like? the questions are unlimited. also take note that a judge has a window to work from when handing down a sentence from minimal penalty to the max. as long as the judge remains in that box.. you really have to have concrete evidence of prejudice. it sounds like your punishment was some type of community service.  who would waste a chance to be prejudice on something so minor.  not me.. by the way in some areas this would be a violent crime.. assault.. domestic violence or worse. so i would be satisfied with what i got. finally learn from this situation.. to quote the words of a song i love.. you  gotta  know when to hold em, fold em, walk away or run. u should have ran.
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I've never heard anyone say that the death penalty was racist; I've heard and I agree that there APPEAR to be undertones of racism in its application when more Blacks and Latinos are disproportionately on death row for the same offenses that Whites often get 25-to-Life Imprisonment or Life Imprisonment terms for.  I can't make a generalization or blanket statement but it's most curious how unforgiving White juries are toward Blacks and Latinos (some who are also mentally deficient), and the harshness with which they're judged and sentenced, many times with the flimisiest possible evidence.\n\nAnd when minority members have their convictions overturned by higher courts, the circumstances too often involve exculpatory evidence that was hidden by overzealous prosecutors and/or police officers who deemed the accused guilty and chose to see to it that he/she be condemend.  Or eye-witnesses that were not notified or called upon to testify for the suspect and the DA and/or the police never made this known to the defense team.   Or, now with DNA evidence, some prosecutors STILL fight to have the new exculpatory evidence barred from being presented to the courts!  Gee, I wonder why...?
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go to youtube and search his name.  You can find the whole file and see what happened.  Its nothing nice.  BUt get this, read the comments of some of the members after viewing the clip.  Has anything changed?????
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Bad jury.  End of subject.\n\nI lied, there's more.  The liberal media fed us daily assessments of Marcia Clark's hair, wardrobe and personal life.\n\nPC probably played a part.  Wouldn't it be politically incorrect to hang a black male for killing a white woman?\n\nDon't think it was the jury, pull the transcript.  I cut my law teeth on this case, as I was in law school at the time.  The evidence was there to convict.
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Hi, Why must we have to endure anymore of OJ's narcissistic behavior?  Has anyone put any thought into what this must be doing emotionally to Nicole and Ron's families, not to mention what it is doing to his children.  I feel like OJ, besides killing Ron and Nicole, has raped the justice system and now he is raping the public.  Shame on Fox TV for airing such a show.  Shame on book publishers for publishing such trash, and shame on the American public for watching this show or buying this book.  I can't believe how low some people will stoop for a dollar.  Let's put OJ where he belongs, into obscurity, which for a narcissist is worse than prison, and ban the book and TV show. Kim Goldman(Ron's sister) has a website you can go to and sign a petition that will be given to officials at Fox and Harper-Collins Publishers to urge them to not air the show or sell the book. The website is:   http://dontpayoj.com
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Yes, seen the footage, heard the apology and still not satisified!!! What is really a shame is where is the public outcry!!! Why is it that when a the "N" word is used, you hear about it for a few days, and then nothing. So what he apologized, but unlike Mel who was under the influence of a mind altering substance, Michael Richards was stone cold sober and being angry is no excuse. You can't be funny all the time, and he wasn't funny. Rework your material and come back the next night and try again, but proclaiming about lynching, and putting foriegn objects up in anus' is just not funny and neither is he. I wonder how the other minority groups would have felt had it been them he shouted slurs at!!!
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That story was appalling.....This is a good example of 'white' privilege.....I must agree though, it has more to do with GREEN than with white........I felt horrible for the black man and his family....\n\nThat judge, should be impeached!
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f_chuck...\n My rights are being violated, as a New Orleans citizen.\nYour rights as an American period!\nwhat color they are wearing doesn’t mater ,what matters is the fact that we are staring down the barrel of automatic rifles, illegal stops and searches, and the overall military presence in the city.\n I listen to my police scanner, I hear what they are doing and saying, I travel all over the greater New Orleans area, everyday.\n \n and pam....you should Google a little before you comment!\nthis is not the first place the National guard has done this, Knoxville, New Mexico, all over. \n \nA few months ago, during Katrina (when the police ran like sissies) maybe their presence was a little more understood, overboard considering the rescue crews but somewhat understood.\n\nSo the same guns that protect our boarder, are the same guns pointed at our kids in New Orleans...\n\nAs far as the Mayor goes, I kinda agree as most politicians are just a pawn in the over all bigger, more sinister plan. He does still make decisions that affect me directly.\n\nJust to answer the question you’re asking now! No, I’m not a criminal, I’m a white female law abiding citizen that wouldn’t violate a single law. It's not just the stereo types being affected by the new police state, it's anyone with chrome wheels, on the streets after dark, anyone that stands out in any way.\n\n I guess if 60% of New Orleans wasn’t still destroyed almost a year later, more New Orleans citizens would have the internet and ability to comment on this sad situation.
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probably not put away---one persons word against 3 others...but one wonders....did this 17yr old have bruises etc...why did the police arrest....and did anyone else see it?
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Silly me-I failed to click the link. Good thing you provided that link too as I would never believe anyone who told me that someone would be callous enough or stupid enough to think or say that privately let alone in public. Added to the fact that one of the victims was the MOTHER OF HIS TWO CHILDREN !! I must be missing something but I think those kids should get a free pass to off him. Then again, that's just my humble opinion.
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MrGPRFC - tell me more - I'm getting sick of all this racial bullshit - what has he said?\n\nI had the same happen to me - I asked a question and got 100% positive answers - everyone agreed yet my question was pulled...\n\nI asked why do muslim women get away with wearing veils when going into banks yet others are asked to remove crash helmets.\n\n\nEveryone agreed I was correct in saying it shouldn't be one rule for one etc...\n\nWhat was his question?
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White America thought that black men who were lynched were guilty too.\n\nAt first I thought he was guilty too and my white associates thought he was not guilty.  Then as the trial progressed we all switched sides; we retreated to our side of the street.\n\nIt was a most telling phenomena and I wondered: 'Why was that'?
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He WILL be hung, or shot, or whatever way they choose to go about killing him.  An automatic appeal might matter in other cases, but who honestly believes he will be found innocent?  LOL!  I think everyone was happy when they caught him, because we all knew he would pay.  It's no surprise to me that he was found guilty.
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Good for you for sticking up for the little puppy.  You at least did SOMETHING but I'd look up to see what other action you could have taken for future reference.  Ever read the story of James Bulger?  It's horrible but a story where a little 2 year old boy was beaten in public and eventually killed and NOBODY said anything.  Read it on crimelibrary.com.