09-01-2016, 10:16 PM
(09-01-2016, 02:25 PM)Duchess Wrote:
Wooooo. Good!
I thought of LC when I posted the original story; I could see her labeling it a case of "Driving While Black."
Anyway, I wish Rogers had stopped instead of driving around and away from Burns, but Burns should never have shot into the car when his life was obviously not being endangered and he had no probable cause to stop the driver. So, I'm glad lyin' former officer Burns was indicted too; the tides seem to be changing as more people refuse to view such police conduct as excusable.
On a different but related note: Angela Corey, the Florida State Attorney behind the George Zimmerman and Marissa Alexander prosecutions, lost her re-election bid yesterday. She's finally out.
Corey often charged to the max (even when the evidence didn't support the charges, in my opinion). Her loss wasn't a surprise, given some of her case defeats and changing public opinion about the priorities and practices in the criminal justice system.
Jeff Ashton (Casey Anthony lead prosecutor) also lost his State Attorney re-election in Orlando, after serving just one term -- his loss did reportedly take a lot of people by big surprise.