Running racism in America thread

Lyin’ Reynolds out here talking about making chocolate chip cookies in his closing.

 

Bingo! That was my primary beef with the OJ trial, the DA moved the trial downtown when OJ chose to live in Brentwood. He was only entitled to a jury pool of his peers in Brentwood. I thought Garcetti moved it because he thought he had such a good case, he did not want to think he got a crutch with the Brentwood pool. Of course, I think logistics may have had an impact too in that they did not think the Brentwood courthouse could handle the trial.

 

This seems to be Derek Chauvin’s closing argument

 

Sorry, not trying to be overbearing, but according to Wikipedia (and some other accounts online):

District Attorney Gil Garcetti elected to file charges in downtown Los Angeles, as opposed to Santa Monica, in which jurisdiction the crimes took place.[122] The Los Angeles Superior Court then decided to hold the trial in Downtown Los Angeles instead of Santa Monica due to safety issues[clarification needed] at the Santa Monica Court house. The decision may have affected the trial's outcome because it resulted in a jury pool that was less educated, had lower incomes, and contained more African Americans.[123] Richard Gabriel, a jury consultant for Simpson, wrote that more educated jurors with higher incomes are more likely to accept the validity of DNA evidence and the argument that domestic violence is a prelude to murder. Gabriel notes that African Americans, unlike other minorities, are far more likely to be receptive to the claim of racially motivated fraud by the police.[122]

So it was Garcetti's decision, not the judge's decision.

 

Defense closing argument had an intermission so jurors could get lunch
Nelson closing in on three hours

 

Chauvin's probably going down but Nelson is earning his money with this closing.