You're proving the point on why it was hard to give him a fair trial, as everyone had seen it reported as a killing. Millions protested for justice against his killer.
He died on video while under the influence of multiple drugs. Someone dying does not mean they were killed. Some people still believe he wasn't killed, focusing on his fentanyl intoxication, though that runs a bit counter to the expert's interpretation which called it a homicide.
Now that they brought him back, there's going to be another wave of revenue loss. A political pincer movement lol.
I'm guessing we should divide FOSS into political camps? We can't code in open source projects with contributors that have political positions we oppose?
This seems to be the trend I'm seeing.
Their leaders align with the democratic plurality of the US?
WTF, I hate democracy now!
We didn't know if Floyd was killed though until autopsies, whereas we know Thompson was shot intentionally on camera.
They managed to with Derek Chauvin, and the public prejudice was much worse, even from public officials. Their mayor also called him a killer.
Nothing has to be run for profit.
And it's an irrelevant statement. A non-profit healthcare outfit would still be responsible for saving and taking life.
I'm a software engineer with only a little legal background.
I'm none of the other things you listed. Most the prisoners I help are not pedophiles. And I only manage my product's server cluster because I don't have money yet to hire anyone. I'm not good at devops or networking. 🤷
Both in this particular case, I'm doing it pro se. I can't legally represent anyone, so I represent myself when the need arises and provide assistance to others who cannot afford help, usually prisoners. I'm focusing on 8th amendment violations such as excessive force claims and poor prison conditions. It's a useful form of activism, even if a suit is not ultimately successful. It costs them either way.
It is difficult to prove willful violation of rights (required for a criminal case) which is why it doesn't happen often, even while people's rights are violated routinely.
That's two or more people conspiring to violate rights. People still routinely have their Constitutional rights violated and it's not criminal. I'm literally litigating a § 1983 federal lawsuit right now. It's rarely criminal. Just stop spreading misinformation.
I don't disagree with that. But you'd be operating with the unfounded assumption that he would NOT have died without the officer's pressure on him. Prior to an autopsy or expert analysis, you could not accurately claim that.
Certainly, before people knew all the drugs he was on, and how he was struggling to breathe while in the car, it's not an unreasonable assumption to think he was killed, as it looked like it. But unlike the bullet that killed Thompson, being knelt on like that would not kill most people. So calling it unequivocally a killing prior to additional evidence, like you are, is unreasonable.