January, 2021: Cops Murder Lymond Moses. December, 2021: Cops Skate On Murder Of Lymond Moses.
The only Bill of Rights that applies in Delaware is the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill Of Rights. They have the right to kill with impunity, and never suffer consequences. It will ever be thus as long as cops dominate the leadership of the Delaware House Of Representatives.
January, 2021: NCC Cops Kill Lymond Moses. Lie About Being ‘In Harm’s Way’.
December, 2021: NCC Cops Skate After Murdering Lymond Moses.
You can do something about this in 2022. Do it.
Yeah. This is fucked up. It is pitiful, but I think the “tough on blacks” crowd has Jennings nervous.
I think it’s the way the law was written.
Marie Pinkney passed a bill this year which makes the standard a bit more in line with common sense.
This bill, to be specific:
https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78765
I’m not lawyer, but not prosecuting because you think you are going to lose strikes me as bullshit.
It’s a VERY democratic thing. Just the faintest hint of a promise of resistance is enough to make them give up.
Aren’t they only supposed to bring a case if they think they can win? I am not a lawyer either, but I thought that was practice.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
The spineless and grifter ticket is shaping up nicely for 2022! This is beyond depressing.
I am not sure how to feel about Jennings in this. I am reminded of Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby who brought murder charges against three cops in the death of Freddie Gray, which ended in two acquittals and a mistrial. Some thought Mosby overcharged the officers and a lesser charge would have resulted in conviction.
Jennings’s apologetic explanation rings true, and is a call to change the law (which has already been done to a limited extent).
I get the concept of doing the right thing no matter what, but knowingly pursuing a losing case makes a prosecutor seem weak and strengthens police impunity.
The way the law was written, if the cops ‘believed’ they were in danger, they were not to be held liable.
Pinkney’s bill establishes a ‘reasonable person’ standard.
Unfortunately, the law at the time of the killing was the Get Out Of Trouble free standard.
Matt Denn found himself up against the same bullshit law, and said it out loud:
https://delawareliberal.net/2016/05/21/matt-denn-comes-right-out-and-says-it-delaware-is-a-police-state/
I miss Matt Denn. Will we ever see him in the political arena again?
As someone trained in the law I can say that this is absolutely true. They would have had to prove that the officer involved didn’t believe his life was in danger. Even if a reasonable person would not have feared for their life, if you can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not, you lose. Sad but under the law at that time this is the “correct” call. This isn’t a fear of losing at trial, this is acknowledging what the law says as opposed to what we want the law to say, the job of the people we elect to be Attorney General
Though she seemed fine taking a weak case when it was Kathy McGuiness. ::ducks:::
The problem with Jennings is the last three years of her life don’t make up for the 35 before. And the Jennings we saw yesterday – that’s her. All of these flowery statements are so tiresome and it’s embarrassing at this point especially when the words don’t match the actions.
Matt Meyer’s statement though…. Very interesting. Clear he didn’t agree and I think that’s so powerful coming from Jennings’ former boss. Glad he has the guts to call her on it.
Doesn’t seem like a weak case to me.
But, hey, you’re a troll, pointless to engage in a discussion.
BTW, it was JENNINGS who helped to craft Marie Pinkney’s bill. Meaning, her ‘flowery prose’ was backed up by tangible progress.
The KM case has a grand jury indictment. I’m with you, El Somm. I don’t think this case is weak.