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Originally Posted by panerd
I thought this was why they tried the black officer first? I know I am trying to bring logic to a topic that is often illogical but there would really be race riots if "racist" white people acquitted a black officer?
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There are 2 reasons he went first (there might be more I don't know about). The first was they have the most evidence against Porter. He did the most talking out of any of the officers charged, and threw the next guy under the bus (the driver).
With the most evidence against him, they thought this would be quick and easy and wanted to use this conviction as a spring board with Momentum into the next trial. The next trial scheduled at the moment is against the driver of the paddy wagon, and the guy porter just threw under the bus in his trial. Mosby went with the domino effect and I don't think race had an anything to do with who went when as far as trial position goes.
Speaking of Mosby, I think she is in for a real rough ride here as the person they were the most confident on just got a mistrial.
Its my opinion she over reached here with the charges, because she wants a major political career, and used her base to do it. Now because of that over reaching, she might have done more harm to the city and its race tensions.
Its just a sad state of affairs here in Baltimore.