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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I think sometimes, actually often, a white middle class American jury sees the police as the only thing between them and the barbarian brown and black hordes itching to rape and murder them and so doesn't really care that much if the cops are guilty they just need a fig leaf of an excuse to let them off
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The panel of 15 includes nine people who are white and six who are Black or multiracial, according to the court. If the court follows standard practice and the alternates are the last three chosen, the 12 who deliberate would be evenly split between white people and people of colour.
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IIRC its 9 women and 6 men.
Very diverse jury which I believe was intentional with the amount of press it is garnering and especially considering demographics where there is 20% black by population.