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Originally Posted by Ari
It was a great example of how racism distorts perception, the blatant racism of the cops and how the prosecution was willing to put up liars just to defend the cops.
The store incident didn't really matter unless we're cool with street execution for petty theft.
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I think the store incident mattered in that it was used to make the big kid into a dangerous supercriminal felon. It shouldn't have mattered and it didn't matter to most of us, but it sadly matted way too much to apologists of the murderer.