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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.

>>aswans+(OP)
We knew about your reality but were as powerless as you were. Look who became president in 2016 because we had the nerve to vote a black president. And I really do wonder what they’re up to next. After Bush I thought it cannot go lower but it did. I really want to be positive but am still shocked by whats been happening

>>aswans+(OP)
Probably not relevant, but the jury was mostly white, not all white. It included a biracial man, a Latino, and an Asian.

>>aswans+(OP)
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-...

>>tartor+Ba
You'd be shocked if you looked into how little (read: nothing) Obama did about police overreach and lack of oversight. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump... when it comes to police brutality they're all the same.

This isn't a partisan issue, the color of your tie does not wash your hands of blame here.

The Dem party's marketing dept should all get raises, though. For some reason you seem to believe that having a black president who did absolutely nothing for black people was better for black people than Trump. When it comes to policy or enforcement changes, this could not be further from the truth.

>>masoni+bt
The jury was 10 white, 1 asian, 1 latino.