I wouldn't call it fear. I think it's just natural to want to be around your own people. I mean, I'm sure as hell not going to move into Chinatown, or Little India. Here, we like to move to neighbourhoods where we are around our own people.
Foreperson: 3 jurors unwilling to convict Resiles based on race, leading to mistrial
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The foreperson of the jury in the murder trial of Dayonte Resiles said three jurors were unwilling to convict Resiles based on his race.
The foreperson discussed on Friday the most recent twist in the that ended Wednesday with the hung jury.
“[The three jurors] said, ‘I don’t want to send a young Black male to jail for the rest of their life or have him get the death sentence,'” said the foreperson.
Resiles faces life in prison and possibly the death penalty for the murder of Jill Su, a 59-year-old Davie woman who was killed in her home back in September of 2014.
Police said Resiles broke into the home to commit a burglary, and when he found Su inside, he tied her up and stabbed her to death. His DNA was found on a knife and inside the home.
Two years after his arrest, Resiles escaped from a Broward County courtroom. He was found six days later.
Just before Thanksgiving, the suspect finally stood trial. After six days of deliberations, the jury came back with manslaughter, but when it came time for the foreperson to confirm the verdict to the judge, she couldn’t do it.
“The whole time I’m staring at the judge and at the clerk, and we’re locking eyes, and I’m looking at each one of them,” said the juror. “They’re just waiting for my verdict of either ‘yes, I agree’ or ‘no,’ and I just couldn’t, and that’s why I said no.”
She said most of the jury was ready to convict Resiles of at least second-degree murder, but the three refused because the defendant is Black.
That's because you're very liberal and progressive. I prefer middle class Whites as my neighbours. And I am thankful my entire small town is 100% middle class Whites.
Well, I'll be dead (thankfully) before we reach South Africa levels of corruption. I fear for future generations of Whites though.
Well, I'll be dead (thankfully) before we reach South Africa levels of corruption. I fear for future generations of Whites though.
It will be then, that they will finally understand:
Your neighbours aren't there to entertain you.
Not in all ways, but in many ways, yes.
Or just maybe he was ahead of his time.
Sometimes you have to take out the trash, and it's not always a pleasant task...
You dont have to like it but thats EXACTLY how history played out.
They were incompatible with his vision for Germany. I guess the ideal scenario would've been for the Jews to leave when he told them to (and many did in fact leave).
Hitler should have listened better to some of his Generals, and I'll agree that Operation Barbarossa was a big mistake. I think Hitler believed that if he didn't strike first, the Russians would've attacked anyhow, which they very well may have. We can only speculate now.
Ya, America has always been in a unique position, and that can be seen by the beliefs of some posters that vary from other Western nations. They've always dealt with Blacks and Mexicans, whereas in Canada Blacks and Mexicans are foreign to many people.Don't worry, you're still one of my favourite Amerimutts.
But yeah you're right, our cultures and history are very different. America has never been entirely white like the UK has always been, although that 1965 immigration act had a lot to do with the drastic change in your nation's demographics. Prior to that, the US was majority white.
They've also went with a 'melting pot' style of immigration, where they don't view other cultures and customs the same as we would here. In the US, everyone is 'American', whereas Canada has employed a 'multicultural' route instead. The latter is not as bad as it sounds, since it embraces the idea that we are in fact different. Different races and cultures do different things. People are different. The US doesn't quite view that in the same way.
Foreperson: 3 jurors unwilling to convict Resiles based on race, leading to mistrial
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The foreperson of the jury in the murder trial of Dayonte Resiles said three jurors were unwilling to convict Resiles based on his race.
The foreperson discussed on Friday the most recent twist in the that ended Wednesday with the hung jury.
“[The three jurors] said, ‘I don’t want to send a young Black male to jail for the rest of their life or have him get the death sentence,'” said the foreperson.
Resiles faces life in prison and possibly the death penalty for the murder of Jill Su, a 59-year-old Davie woman who was killed in her home back in September of 2014.
Police said Resiles broke into the home to commit a burglary, and when he found Su inside, he tied her up and stabbed her to death. His DNA was found on a knife and inside the home.
Two years after his arrest, Resiles escaped from a Broward County courtroom. He was found six days later.
Just before Thanksgiving, the suspect finally stood trial. After six days of deliberations, the jury came back with manslaughter, but when it came time for the foreperson to confirm the verdict to the judge, she couldn’t do it.
“The whole time I’m staring at the judge and at the clerk, and we’re locking eyes, and I’m looking at each one of them,” said the juror. “They’re just waiting for my verdict of either ‘yes, I agree’ or ‘no,’ and I just couldn’t, and that’s why I said no.”
She said most of the jury was ready to convict Resiles of at least second-degree murder, but the three refused because the defendant is Black.
If this story is true & race clouds a person's judgement to the extent that they are not able to separate it from the facts then the juror should automatically be relieved of their duties and replaced immediately.
If the situation persists and suitable jurors can't be found then the judge alone should decide the verdict.
