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Originally Posted by PornMD
Question: In picking an impartial jury to judge a white cop killing a black man, what makeup of jury do you think would be best? Or is that even possible in this sort of case?
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I think it's extremely difficult to select a jury in a case like this that
everyone will be happy with. This is a case that needs to be treated carefully if we have learned anything about "white cop / black victim" cases in California. Oakland already rioted over this case once. The trial was moved to LA.
My personal opinion is they probably should have tried harder to construct a more diverse jury, and at least put one black person on it so there can be no wild claims after the fact. Another disturbing element of this particular jury is that some of them are "career" jurors, having served in multiple cases before, some of them murder cases. Is that questionable or cool?
I don't know... I've never been in a position to question potential jurors. I truly do not have the answer.