Jury Nullification! The court can't send you back for delivering the "wrong" verdict.
So hypothetically even if there's a ten minute 4k video of you beating a cop to the death while screaming "Die you fucking pig", the jury could say "Not Guilty". They don't have to show their work.
Unfortunately, it's harder and harder to believe we'll see real, meaningful improvement on the systemic issues involved in a case like this without a period of violence. I hope and pray we figure out the secret to peaceful revolution, if that's even possible.
On Thursday a grand jury decided there was no criminal conduct by [Sgt Greg Capers, who shot the kid] in the case.
What the fuck is wrong with that grand jury? I mean, presumably the prosecutor didn't want to get an indictment and should also rot in hell, but the jury? Probably a bunch of cowards or assholes.
Though when I was on a grand jury, the assholes voted to indict on every charge. Sending kids to jail for selling pot? No problem!
There was a little old white lady who sat behind me. I asked her to imagine being asked to indict a black man for sitting at an all-whites counter in the 50s. Would she indict? She said she didn't know.
Sadly, grand jury (at least where I was) was a simple majority, so I couldn't hang the jury.