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Anthony Lamar Smith wasn't Rosa Parks, he was a HEROIN DEALER – Kevin Jackson
2017-09-18
[TheRightScoop] "Finally, the Court observes, based on its nearly thirty years on the bench, that an urban heroin dealer not in possession of a firearm would be an anomaly," the judge wrote.
For those like me who have lost track, Anthony Lamar Smith was recently killed in St. Louis by a white police officer, whose acquittal on murder charges led to riots over the weekend.
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#7  You are a dear, Skidmark. All good things.

SteveS, they're trying to disconnect history and facts from the eternal now of furious indignation. .
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-09-18 21:55  

#6  An easy confusement, tw. Given the current frothing and looting, it seems like new news. I only saw a brief mention somewhere of it being an old case and had a hard time finding references to the original disposition.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-09-18 21:41  

#5  Nothing but adventure I hope.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-09-18 18:04  

#4  Smith was shot in 2011.

Thank you for the correction, SteveS. I've been a bit distracted with real life lately.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-09-18 13:38  

#3  I think we'll see calls to eliminate trials.

BTW -- Chicago has a new "oversight" board for the police that's been doing exactly as Steve suspects. Old, closed cases are being reopened. Expect acquittals and riots there, too.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-09-18 06:13  

#2  ...Remember that the Baltimore PD officers who were involved in the Freddie Gray incident were all acquitted by bench trials. Rather than prosecutors seeing the light on racially motivated show trials, I think we're going to start seeing calls to eliminate bench trials.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-09-18 04:59  

#1  Smith was shot in 2011. As I understand it, state and federal prosecutors at the time decided not to charge the officer.
The case was recently reopened due to unspecified new evidence.
(opinion: a cynical person might think this was a political prosecution in the wake of unrest in Ferguson,MO)
The officer was acquitted in a bench trial, leading to the current festivities.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-09-18 02:19  

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