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Originally Posted by zamler
Why did they let the juror through? Quite sure they would have got a conviction either way why open the door like that? Dumb.
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He allegedly lied on the questionnaire. It was 14 pages of questions. One was if you ever attended a march/protest against police brutality. Mitchell said "no" on his questionnaire.
The march he attended was announced by Sharpton during the memorial of Floyd with the express intent of protesting police brutality and was attended by many families of those murdered by police. Garner, Taylor, Floyd, Blake (not killed), etc.
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"We are tired of the mistreatment and the violence that we, as Black Americans, have been subjected to for hundreds of years," Sharpton said in a statement before the event. "Like those who marched before us, we are standing up and telling the police, telling lawmakers, telling the people and systems that have kept us down for years, 'Get your knee off our necks.'"
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Just the totality of it, there's no way anyone can say that this wasn't a march against police brutality. Lying on a jury questionnaire is apparently a misdemeanor, I hope they explore that against Mitchell if a new trial is required even partially because of him.