Criminal Complaint in the Rochester Shooting

[Holland&Holland]

Mistrial yet again, yet to be seen if they try him a third time.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/publi ... 133ba.html

Interseting

[xd ED]

Mistrial yet again, yet to be seen if they try him a third time.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/publi ... 133ba.html

Interseting

Indeed.

At what point does the state's inability to convince a jury to convict someone, become a de facto acquittal?

[Rip Van Winkle]

At what point does the state's inability to convince a jury to convict someone, become a de facto acquittal?

Perhaps a better question is, at what point does it become a political vendetta?

[xd ED]

At what point does the state's inability to convince a jury to convict someone, become a de facto acquittal?

Perhaps a better question is, at what point does it become a political vendetta?

That ship long ago sailed.

[dismal]

Apparently mistrial doesn’t trigger double jeopardy, so they can play the game until they get the results that they want (or he does get acquitted).

Based on the prosecutor’s comments in the news, I suspect that he’s feeling pressure to try the case again. But we’ll see next month.

[Holland&Holland]

Apparently mistrial doesn’t trigger double jeopardy, so they can play the game until they get the results that they want (or he does get acquitted).

Based on the prosecutor’s comments in the news, I suspect that he’s feeling pressure to try the case again. But we’ll see next month.

Correct.

[MJY65]

I rarely travel in Downtown MSP, but have always considered how totally screwed a middle aged white guy would be if he had to shoot an urban youth in self defense.

[Holland&Holland]

I rarely travel in Downtown MSP, but have always considered how totally screwed a middle aged white guy would be if he had to shoot an urban youth in self defense.

You mean a raging racist shooting a felon just turning his life around?

[MJY65]

I rarely travel in Downtown MSP, but have always considered how totally screwed a middle aged white guy would be if he had to shoot an urban youth in self defense.

You mean a raging racist shooting a felon just turning his life around?

Sounds about right. I think that being from outside the Metro would confer that status upon me automatically.

[Holland&Holland]

I rarely travel in Downtown MSP, but have always considered how totally screwed a middle aged white guy would be if he had to shoot an urban youth in self defense.

You mean a raging racist shooting a felon just turning his life around?

Sounds about right. I think that being from outside the Metro would confer that status upon me automatically.

Are you a white, middle aged, male? Yup.

[dismal]

Case dismissed.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/publi ... f915c.html

[xd ED]

Case dismissed.

https://www.postbulletin.com/news/publi ... f915c.html

In a statement announcing the dismissal, Olmsted County Attorney Mark Ostrem called the decision to drop the charges “difficult.”

“It is a difficult decision, telling a family we cannot move forward to bring justice for a loved one’s death,” Ostrem wrote, adding the move does not dismiss the validity of the case or establish Weiss’s guilt or innocence.

“I believe strongly that Mr. Weiss’s decision to shoot Muhammed Rahim was unjustified," Ostrem wrote. "The law requires that deadly force be employed only after attempts to avoid danger have been made and there is no other option.”

If the prosecutor truly believes, based on the law, and facts presented, that the guy is guilty, why did he twice fail to convict? And why then is he foregoing his duty as a prosecuting attorney?
Or could it be that his personal and/ or professional assessment is based on an agenda, as opposed to the law, and reality of the situation, and only his concern for his track record is in play?

[Ghost]

Or could it be that his personal and/ or professional assessment is based on an agenda, as opposed to the law, and reality of the situation, and only his concern for his track record is in play?

Nah

[yukonjasper]

I'm glad the system didn't bend to the personal biases of this DBag. Just because he believes it to be true, it cannot be proven and that has been confirmed......twice......sheesh, go join an organization and protest honestly and openly, don't hide in the shadow of your office. The virtue signaling is ridiculous. He should be removed from office since he doesn't appear to be able to bring any objectivity to the job.

[Bearcatrp]

Is my window sticker subtle enough?

Surprised nobody has done this to it yet...

Penis size?