re: #95 Targetpractice

No offense, but are you entertaining the idea that these charges are politically motivated?

I don’t think I’d suspect a true “political” motivation in the sense of advance someone’s career or something like that. I think the potential for civil unrest is pretty high, the city is facing the possibility of boycotts, lots of bad publicity, allegations of racist/corrupt police department, etc. If the prosecutor just announced they aren’t going to press charges and drop the case things could get really bad. I think the announcement to press charges will pacify a lot of the tensions. By the time the trial comes around things will be calmer and evidence can be laid out in the courts instead of sensationalist rumors and questionable forensic “investigations” in the press.
I think there are a lot of reasons to bring this to trial even if the prosecutors don’t think they’ll get a conviction.