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Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:44 pm
by ponchi101
The most possibly boring WH and WH Press Secretary possible. As it should be.
How refreshing, not living on the edge of wondering when the POTUS will walk out to the lawn and say "The missiles are on their way".

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:59 pm
by MJ2004
ponchi101 wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:44 pm How refreshing, not living on the edge of wondering when the POTUS will walk out to the lawn and say "The missiles are on their way".
Spoken by someone who was shaped by Dr. Strangelove in his formative years. :)

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:13 pm
by ti-amie




I have no idea what Maxine Waters said or when she said it.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:24 pm
by ponchi101
MJ2004 wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:59 pm
ponchi101 wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:44 pm How refreshing, not living on the edge of wondering when the POTUS will walk out to the lawn and say "The missiles are on their way".
Spoken by someone who was shaped by Dr. Strangelove in his formative years. :)
Nope. Martin Sheen in "The Dead Zone", when Christopher Warren shakes his hand and he sees the future.
But Dr. Strangelove will do (an absolute favorite)

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:27 pm
by ponchi101
ti-amie wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:13 pm ...

I have no idea what Maxine Waters said or when she said it.
Maxine said that if the verdict was not "GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY" people should not leave the streets.
She is being called by many outlets as not being conducive to a peaceful response. Because, of course, if Chauvin walks free there is nothing wrong with the American Judicial System.
Off Topic
I will admit, thought, that she could have followed the WH's pattern. But her reasons she must have (and are well known)

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:29 pm
by ti-amie

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:30 pm
by JazzNU
ti-amie wrote: Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:13 pm

I have no idea what Maxine Waters said or when she said it.

I don't know what was said. But regardless, highly inappropriate for the judge to make a comment such as this.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:51 am
by Deuce
I always love it when a judge tells the jury to ignore something they've heard or seen...
It's like telling the 14 year old boy to just forget about what he saw when he opened the bedroom door to see his parents in the the throes of having passionate sex.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:10 pm
by ti-amie









Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:32 pm
by dryrunguy
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts. If we didn't do it now, we never would.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/derek- ... index.html

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 1:44 am
by ponchi101
I still had some doubts it would happen.
Now, there are some cases out there that need to be dealt with. Let's hope this sets precedent.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:04 pm
by Suliso
By the way any of you understand why was he charged for three different things for the same crime? I would have guessed only one count - second degree murder.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:59 pm
by ti-amie


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Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:57 pm
by skatingfan
Suliso wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:04 pm By the way any of you understand why was he charged for three different things for the same crime? I would have guessed only one count - second degree murder.
Something to do with the way the statutes are written in Minnesota.

Re: National, Regional and Local News

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:39 am
by Deuce
It's not just in Minnesota. I've seen multiple (different) charges - and convictions - for one offence in Canada.
I've heard that prosecutors sometimes do this in case they don't get a conviction on the first charge, they can hope for a conviction on another charge(s).

It doesn't seem right - especially when convictions come back on more than one charge for the same offence.
I've always thought that the prosecution has to weigh all the evidence, and then decide what to charge the person with. I simply don't understand how they can stack the deck in their favour by laying more than one charge for the same offence - unless it's something like kidnapping and assault, which amounts to two charges for TWO offences. But to have 2 or more related charges for one offence doesn't seem right - and then to have 2 or more related convictions for one offence is just mind boggling.