TheGreenHornet
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I clicked on a peacock movie called 'The Capture" as it seemed to hold some indication of a good story.
However, after watching the first segment I found out you are required to pay to watch the whole story...and it did not seem worth it so I opted out.
Yet it was interesting at one level as in regards to the modern phenomenon of the public being on camera so much of the time...more so in some places than in others of course....London being the most surveilled city in the world and the city wherein this story takes place.
Atlanta, Ga. is the most surveilled city in America.
The point of the whole thing being can cameras be trusted to present the real truth in every case?
Which reminded me of a rather famous case in Florida not that long ago....it was discussed on here and unfortunately most got it wrong(I contend) as well as did the jury.
Not even to mention how the media(no surprise there)totally mangled the case.
For those that remember it was a case of simple self defense.
I should also mention the defense lawyers were inept as well.
The prosecutors were very competent but heavy-handed I think in their devotion to convicting a innocent man in order to please the city fathers and protect tourism aka....to avoid letting the city be painted as racist and to protect the liberal myth of black victimhood.
The case was about a white guy who got into a argument with a black woman regarding parking in a handicap spot at a conveinance store. Though she was not the driver she was merely waiting in the car with her kids whilst her b/f went into the store to get some stuff.
The black woman was the one responsible for the whole tragedy...instead of reacting in a common sense manner she became enraged that some white dude would dare point out to her that the vehicle should not have been parked in a handicap spot.
Her angry tirade towards the white dude caught the attention of a customer going into the store who unfortunately got the wrong impression...thinking the white guy was messing with the woman (he had no idea what was going on) but went into the store and told the black guy that some white dude was messing with his woman.
Whereupon, the black dude in a blind rage rushes out of the store and in a very violent manner knocks the white guy to the ground who in fear of his life and grievious bodily injury pulls his pistol out of his pocket and shoots the black guy one time....killing him.
A simple case of self defense.....but as we know all too well now .....there is a double standard that comes into play now whenever a white guy kills a black guy. Blacks have become sort of a super protected species in our society due to political correctness and be you a private citizen or even a police officer....if you kill a black guy....under any circumstances....the media will put you in the spotlight and try and convict you in the public eye no matter if they have to mis-state the facts of the case in order to do so....aka George Zimmerman.
The police investigated the case and did not arrest the white guy until later after political pressure stirred up by the media was brought to bear.
The prosecutions case was based strictly on the parking lot video. The event was captured on camera....and it clearly showed the black guy(who had a history of assault as well as drug use) clearly committing a violent assault on the white guy.
However, the prosecution contended that the white guy over-reacted.....as in he did not have to shoot the black guy....and they presented the video in slow motion video to convince the jury that was the case.
The outrageous thing about the slow motion video was that it altered the real time reality....in slow motion it deceptively appears that the white guy had a lot of time to make his decision of to shoot or not to shoot.....in truth he had to make a very, very fast decision. He only had a couple of seconds to make his decision. And we should not forget that under the law of self defense if you reasonably believe your life or limb is in serious jeopardy you have the legal right to use lethal force..
Not even to mention he was in a state of shock due to being attacked and in a blind sided manner.....he did not even see the black guy coming....though the g/f had told him when her man came back he would get fucked up....a blatant threat.
The prosecutors attempted to show that the black guy was actually retreating when he was shot.....this is also deceptive....as in he merely took a step back to assess the situation and was still very,very close to his victim.....within striking distance.
Unfortunately, the jury was intimidated by a very strong prosecutor.....who banged his fist on the table and screamed in a very loud manner.....watch the video, watch the video that is all you have to do.....outrageous summation and a mis-direction of the jury.....by law they were charged with much more than to merely watch a video.
Their very first action should have been to determine if the white dude was in reasonable fear of his life or in fear of great bodily harm......according to the jury foreman( interviewed after the case was over) they did not even consider that.
They voted to convict and thus perpetrated a miscarriage of justice...their unfortunate victim is now serving 30 years for murder.
This occurred because the jury was misled by the prosecutor and a 'slow motion' video.
However, after watching the first segment I found out you are required to pay to watch the whole story...and it did not seem worth it so I opted out.
Yet it was interesting at one level as in regards to the modern phenomenon of the public being on camera so much of the time...more so in some places than in others of course....London being the most surveilled city in the world and the city wherein this story takes place.
Atlanta, Ga. is the most surveilled city in America.
The point of the whole thing being can cameras be trusted to present the real truth in every case?
Which reminded me of a rather famous case in Florida not that long ago....it was discussed on here and unfortunately most got it wrong(I contend) as well as did the jury.
Not even to mention how the media(no surprise there)totally mangled the case.
For those that remember it was a case of simple self defense.
I should also mention the defense lawyers were inept as well.
The prosecutors were very competent but heavy-handed I think in their devotion to convicting a innocent man in order to please the city fathers and protect tourism aka....to avoid letting the city be painted as racist and to protect the liberal myth of black victimhood.
The case was about a white guy who got into a argument with a black woman regarding parking in a handicap spot at a conveinance store. Though she was not the driver she was merely waiting in the car with her kids whilst her b/f went into the store to get some stuff.
The black woman was the one responsible for the whole tragedy...instead of reacting in a common sense manner she became enraged that some white dude would dare point out to her that the vehicle should not have been parked in a handicap spot.
Her angry tirade towards the white dude caught the attention of a customer going into the store who unfortunately got the wrong impression...thinking the white guy was messing with the woman (he had no idea what was going on) but went into the store and told the black guy that some white dude was messing with his woman.
Whereupon, the black dude in a blind rage rushes out of the store and in a very violent manner knocks the white guy to the ground who in fear of his life and grievious bodily injury pulls his pistol out of his pocket and shoots the black guy one time....killing him.
A simple case of self defense.....but as we know all too well now .....there is a double standard that comes into play now whenever a white guy kills a black guy. Blacks have become sort of a super protected species in our society due to political correctness and be you a private citizen or even a police officer....if you kill a black guy....under any circumstances....the media will put you in the spotlight and try and convict you in the public eye no matter if they have to mis-state the facts of the case in order to do so....aka George Zimmerman.
The police investigated the case and did not arrest the white guy until later after political pressure stirred up by the media was brought to bear.
The prosecutions case was based strictly on the parking lot video. The event was captured on camera....and it clearly showed the black guy(who had a history of assault as well as drug use) clearly committing a violent assault on the white guy.
However, the prosecution contended that the white guy over-reacted.....as in he did not have to shoot the black guy....and they presented the video in slow motion video to convince the jury that was the case.
The outrageous thing about the slow motion video was that it altered the real time reality....in slow motion it deceptively appears that the white guy had a lot of time to make his decision of to shoot or not to shoot.....in truth he had to make a very, very fast decision. He only had a couple of seconds to make his decision. And we should not forget that under the law of self defense if you reasonably believe your life or limb is in serious jeopardy you have the legal right to use lethal force..
Not even to mention he was in a state of shock due to being attacked and in a blind sided manner.....he did not even see the black guy coming....though the g/f had told him when her man came back he would get fucked up....a blatant threat.
The prosecutors attempted to show that the black guy was actually retreating when he was shot.....this is also deceptive....as in he merely took a step back to assess the situation and was still very,very close to his victim.....within striking distance.
Unfortunately, the jury was intimidated by a very strong prosecutor.....who banged his fist on the table and screamed in a very loud manner.....watch the video, watch the video that is all you have to do.....outrageous summation and a mis-direction of the jury.....by law they were charged with much more than to merely watch a video.
Their very first action should have been to determine if the white dude was in reasonable fear of his life or in fear of great bodily harm......according to the jury foreman( interviewed after the case was over) they did not even consider that.
They voted to convict and thus perpetrated a miscarriage of justice...their unfortunate victim is now serving 30 years for murder.
This occurred because the jury was misled by the prosecutor and a 'slow motion' video.
‘The Capture’: TV Review
Peacock's six-episode U.K. transplant 'The Capture' stars Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner in a story about the dark side of CCTV.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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