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Re:Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for t... by tomohawk on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:03AM (#24048072)
Reminds me of the Rodney King videos. An abbreviated version was shown in the press over and over, which looked pretty damning. But, the jury saw the entire thing and acquitted.
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Re:Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for t... by smt88 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @09:32AM (#24049742)
> which looked pretty damning. But, the jury saw the entire thing and acquitted.

The Department of Justice disagreed. They indicted the officers for violating King's civil rights, and two of them went to prison for it.

You may be familiar with the Attorney General leading the DoJ at the time, because he's the same one leading it now: Bill Barr.

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