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Minneapolis ex-policeman Chauvin convicted of murder in Floyd case
- mLuby 6y agoMy submission and others' keep getting flagged, so I re-read the FAQ: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It sounds like we aren't supposed to discuss this here. :/
- softwaredoug 6y agoI don't think it makes sense to flag, given: > unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon It's pretty rare that police are convicted around excessive force in the US. So to me this is a rather notable / interesting new development.
- softwaredoug 6y agoThis is rather notable given the high burden usually required given qualified immunity and how difficult it has been in the past to convict police of excessive violence. (hence I think its HN worthy)
- andyxor 6y agoThe mob won, let’s hope for mistrial or appeal. When a US representative incites violence on the streets to intimidate the jurors, and the president ‘prays’ for guilty verdict it is a travesty of justice.
- bobbean 6y agoAre you telling me Chauvin did everything by the book, committed no wrongdoing, and you endorse his behavior? Or that he should be forgiven or given a slap on the wrist because what he did wasn't that bad? It's really hard to understand this line of thinking. Also "the mob won" - isn't that in a way what protesting is for?
- andyxor 6y agoI'm saying that mob justice is no justice.