It Would Be Better If They Had No Eyes. At least there would have been no possibility of misunderstanding.
Overseer [officer] Slager told the jury (11 whites) "My Mind was Like Spaghetti" and he was "scared to death" of the fleeing, unarmed Black man he shot to death. Like the white cop, perhaps the white jurors' minds are also like pasta in the presence of Blacks. With their minds blown, clouded with racist nonsense, it is difficult to see what is right in front of you. As stated by Doc Blynd, "white supremacy is a virus in the mind." Before They Looked @ the video & heard any facts They probably Already Had An Idea. Their eyes carry some experience, some opinion, ideology about Blacks; 'a set of assumptions older than this nation about Black people's abilities, criminality, marriageability, sexual desires, morality, etc. Most whites, when they are being honest with themselves, know that these racial understandings are part of their consciousness [MORE]. These objects are barriers that corrupt understanding, seeing reality, the obvious. [MORE] and [pdf]. Yet racist suspects have so much invested in their interpretations.
Advertising Justice. Here in photo, the white media is letting us know that a Black judge heard this case. White media make every effort to create the appearance of justice in the criminal justice system. A system that is rigged. If it didn't look right we wouldn't believe in it. Our belief in it, is its only real power. We hope that it looks fair and just because in fact it is fair and just - as opposed to it just being a show to deceive.
From [HERE] A jury of 11 whites and 1 black person deadlocked Monday in the case of a white South Carolina police officer charged with murder after he was recorded on video last year firing a barrage of bullets into the back of Walter Scott, a Black man, in one of the most high-profile shootings to rattle the nation in recent years. Like the murder of Eric Garner by a gang of white NYC cops in broad daylight, Scott's entire murder took place in front of a camera - but that's not what the white jury saw [an all white grand jury in Garner case].
“We as the jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all members, we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” the jury wrote in a note that Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman read aloud in the courtroom.
Newman declared a mistrial on shortly before 3:40 p.m., and thanked the jurors for their “hard work in trying to reach a unanimous verdict in this case.”
It was the second time in a matter of weeks that a mistrial was declared in a case involving a white officer charged with murder after being recorded shooting a Black man, following a similar outcome in Ohio last month. Prosecutors in South Carolina, like their counterparts in Ohio, vowed to seek another trial [MORE]. Like whitey vows to count your vote! Don't hold your breath in system of white supremacy. The operative question is how much do you dislike your slavery?
