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do it in a sanctuary city...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/us/kate-steinle-killing-verdict/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/us/kate-steinle-killing-verdict/index.html
Oh for Pete's sake, juries in non-sanctuary cities acquit people of murder charges. I trust George Zimmerman or Casey Anthony rings a bell for you.
I would bet you know as much about the actual trial as our President does -- bupkes. As a former career prosecutor, I feel confident in opining that the verdict, reached after days of deliberation, is not an example of jury nullification. The verdict is scarcely "unbelievable" in light of the evidence & the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the prosecution must shoulder. Here's a decent, informed summary:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Kate-Steinle-murder-trial-How-the-12399543.php
And I love it when you purposefully mischaracterize my posts (this ain't the first time)He shouldn't be in the U.S. in the first place. I love it when the liberals come out to defend criminals...![]()
I'm not well acquainted with California's Penal Code. But generally speaking, the imposition of criminal liability (and the attendant prison sentence) requires different/"more" proof than the plaintiff has to show to get monetary damages in a civil, accidental death case, i.e., "ordinary" carelessness/mistaken judgment isn't enough to support a conviction of involuntary manslaughter a/k/a criminally negligent homicide.Thanks for the article Molly. Though it does not give me enough information as to the lack of a guilty verdict for involuntary manslaughter. Maybe because the prosecution pushed so hard for murder? I find it hard to believe that IM could not be reached as it was a third option provided to the jury and the defense was using the "accident" claim.
Please provide statistics for your claims. Whites are 62% of the population so of course the numbers are higher. Now in order to look at it realistically one needs to look at the statistics as a percentage of the population. This is not to say that blacks/hispanics/others are not convicted in some locations higher and longer sentences than other races because that does happen.
This murder table does not agree with your claims.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-2.xls
https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/explorer/national/united-states/crime/2006/2016
So FBI data is no longer any good? Where else would you like to get the crime data?
So FBI data is no longer any good? Where else would you like to get the crime data?
She provided no data at all. The data I used is the same data that is used by all studies. It is the clearing house for data for crimes in the US. If you can find a better one please link it.You tried to refute AME. I just pointed out that the data that you used was flawed.
She provided no data at all. The data I used is the same data that is used by all studies. It is the clearing house for crimes in the US. If you can find a better one please link it.
Again of course they do. Whites are 62% of the population. A better view is percentage by population. If you don't look at it that way then you are cherry picking for an agenda.I don't think she linked it because it's common knowledge and has been proven time and time again that white men commit the majority of crimes. AME- do you have a link?
Again of course they do. Whites are 62% of the population. A better view is percentage by population.
Let's use the FBI statistics for murder (table I linked) and blacks as that is what ame used.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-2.xls
Whites are 62% of the US population - per the table they committed 29.5% of murders
Blacks are 13.4% of the US population - per the table they committed 35.9% of murders
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045217
This is what I mean when I say you have to look at all the statistics.
No need to get angry. I edited my post to add that our criminal justice system has its issues for sure. I know this all too well.Wait... seriously??? This was her post:
Do you disagree with her? Do you have the statistics on how many of those white men were prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law vs. the black men??? And wow, looks to me with those numbers that I was right- white men comprise the largest criminal pool in our nation...
You don't even deserve discussion or respect at this point with that remark. But I expected nothing less.Not that I want to indulge someone who clearly identified herself several years ago as a white supremacist, here's some of MANY sources regarding my factual comment:
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rhovo1215.pdf
Another:
https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/demographic-differences-sentencing
https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/...h-publications/2017/20171114_Demographics.pdf
Another:
https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3226952/sampson_racialethnicdisparities.pdf?sequence=2
Some snippets:
"DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics found that a majority of most violent crimes are committed by people who are the same race as their victims. Indeed, the rate of white-on-white violent crime, it found, is about four times the rate of black-on-white crime."
"The BJS study demonstrates plainly that this is simply not the case. Some 57 percent of crimes involving white victims were committed by white perpetrators, while only 15 percent were committed by blacks, and 11 percent by Hispanics. Black crime victims fell along similar racial lines, with 63 percent of the crimes committed by black perpetrators, while 11 percent were committed by whites, and 6.6 percent by Hispanics."
“the rate of white-on-white violent crime (12.0 per 1,000) was about four times higher than black-on-white violent crime (3.1 per 1,000). The rate of black-on-black crime (16.5 per 1,000) was more than five times higher than white-on-black violent crime (2.8 per 1,000). The rate of Hispanic-on-Hispanic crime (8.3 per 1,000) was about double the rate of white-on-Hispanic (4.1 per 1,000) and black-on-Hispanic (4.2 per 1,000) violent crime.”
Dude, don't even bother trying to have a functional conversation with her. She likes to throw out bullshit and skewed/fake fox "news" "statistics" about how everyone non-white is just a thug and a criminal and an illegal living off our tax money, and then plays the victim when she's called out for it with actual facts from real sources. It's just like those jerks that call the cops when someone is getting into their own car because how dare a black man own a better car that she does or barbequing in the park she decided they don't belong in. If she didn't block all of her past posts from view, you could see her history of trolling.Wait... seriously??? This was her post:
Do you disagree with her? Do you have the statistics on how many of those white men were prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law vs. the black men??? And wow, looks to me with those numbers that I was right- white men comprise the largest criminal pool in our nation...
She's said so in the past, so I'd gather she still believes that.Did anyone ever get clarification on whether or not she believes Black Lives Matter is an edit: "hate group"
She's said so in the past, so I'd gather she still believes that.
Ditto.I take virtually nothing you say seriously, but I did actually have a moment where I thought "She doesn't really believe BLM is a hate group though, right?"
Thanks for clearing that upIgnore goes both ways, but do take a play doh gift bag on your way out!