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1. aswans+jc[view] [source] 2020-06-07 02:09:29
>>srames+(OP)
I'm black, got my license to drive the year Rodney King got assaulted by cops that got exonerated by an all white jury. Glad some of my fellow Americans woke up to my reality.
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2. masoni+uF[view] [source] 2020-06-07 09:23:21
>>aswans+jc
That jury wasn't all-white; 9 of 12 were white.

In the Federal jury that later convicted Koon and Powell of Federal civil rights violations, there were likewise 9 of 12 white jurors.

Modern American jurors don't inherently judge on race. For another example, the jury that convicted congressman Mel Reynolds on all charges was half black:

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/23/us/congressman-convicted-...

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