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A federal jury has acquitted Louisiana State Police Trooper Jacob Brown, who was charged with a single count of deprivation of rights under color of law, for the beating of a Black man with a flashlight during a 2019 traffic stop, according to Brown’s attorney.
Legitimate political activity. i'm worried about moving in that direction, and i'm also worried about bringing this case and the divisiveness it will bring by highlighting the double standard. because at the same time this case is being brought in the department appears to have dropped the blow on the hunter biden investigation. it's going to be very hard to persuade many republicans that this isn't political. >> we'll talk about the hunter biden investigation. but when you do look at the indictment, do you think it's something you would have brought? >> i think -- i don't know if i would have...
And people were dying because the cars were going at 120-plus miles an hour without the proper security. they had same legislation in those cases where the spectators were then prosecuted. but what happened? there were constitutional challenges, juries came back with acquittals and said, hey, we have a right to be in the public, how dare you actually try to convict someone for watching something that's illegal. punish the people who are perpetrating the crime, not those that may be watching. it's a tall challenge. i don't think it's going to have much actually grind when it hits the ground. >>...
Having this case going on during the election, and diverting people's attention from the issues and election, most are worried about the impact is if there are acquittals during the campaign. as a legal matter, i don't see a problem with the indictment. i think that it is not an abuse. the department of justice is not acting to weaponize the department by proceeding against the president for a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process. >> which is what trump's attorneys are saying, and they are saying he is exercising his first amendment right here. do you think that is a valid argument, in ...
Acquittals on certain charges for several counts, not the charges overall. there have been other acquittals in january 6th cases all together. they have some evidence that the voir dire process can work here, that jurors can swear their oath, can take the evidence on its face. despite, you know, maybe not being particularly fond of donald trump, can look at the facts and decide them fairly. you know, when chuck was talking about the first amendment grounds, it struck me that potentially one thing you'd expect if that's going to be the defense of trump here, they'd be calling for the charges ag...