My guess is that The cop will walk due to the police policy of using that restraint. Cities will burn again this summer once the mistrial is announced. I assume one of the reasons the National Guard is still in DC is that the leadership know that it is coming and just need to weather the next round of violence.
An important point- I think that if they had simply stuck to "manslaughter" as the charge, they could have gotten him convicted. But they tacked on "murder" too, which has a specific definition that would likely be invalidated on the basis of intent and on him following department use-of-restraint guidelines.
My guess is that The cop will walk due to the police policy of using that restraint. Cities will burn again this summer once the mistrial is announced. I assume one of the reasons the National Guard is still in DC is that the leadership know that it is coming and just need to weather the next round of violence.
An important point- I think that if they had simply stuck to "manslaughter" as the charge, they could have gotten him convicted. But they tacked on "murder" too, which has a specific definition that would likely be invalidated on the basis of intent and on him following department use-of-restraint guidelines.
Yeah that's part of the plan. Pin him for murder knowing the charges will flop. Join is next week on WWE.