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CoolAbdul t1_j6hhacb wrote

Reply to comment by your_city_councilor in Justice for Tyre Nichols Worcester, Massachusetts at Kelly Square at 4:00 PM Tomorrow by New_Analyst3510

Because the problem is systemic therefore the jury pool's views will likely be skewed to a certain extent.

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your_city_councilor t1_j6ir6r6 wrote

2020 happened. People's attitudes were changed by that, much more than some demonstration in Worcester, MA. And it's not like police weren't convicted of murder before that, or even before we had smartphones to record evidence.

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CoolAbdul t1_j6j6ql8 wrote

And following the policy has changed nothing, which means wider change is needed.

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your_city_councilor t1_j6j90bd wrote

...but a demonstration isn't going to change policy in a different state.

And policies are far better now than they were when most of those convictions happened.

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CoolAbdul t1_j6jdkrg wrote

>...but a demonstration isn't going to change policy in a different state.

Civil rights marches happened in every state. Eventually the blanket of pressure changed things in the deep south.

>And policies are far better now

But demonstrably not where they need to be.

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