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Originally Posted by Dutch
Of course not, because those two things are completely unrelated.
However, in this case, there's...
1.) Pretty good indication that Mike Brown would be aware that the police might be after him and thus his reaction to this possible encounter may have been pre-meditated. Which kind of diminishes the race angle.
2.) The cop is apparently unaware that he was walking into an unfortunate confrontation with a man who just committed a crime (based on the video) and was about to get jumped. Which kind of diminishes the race angle.
I'd imagine that these things are particularly important if this were to turn into a "hate crime" styled trial, which is what the peaceful protesters, rioters, and looters are angling towards.
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Honestly, I'm not sure how to respond to this. I wasn't talking about race at all. I'm only talking about what's admissible in a trial. If you're talking about public perception, that's a totally different thing.