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Originally posted by Marie
AlphaFrog,
I don't think that anyone has questioned the jurors and their application of the law. We all know and understand that once an issue is taken to court, then it is the letter of the law that must stand.
However, what people were questioning was the original intention of the person(s) who chose to prosecute this young man in the 1st place. As has already been mentioned, there was recently a case very similar to this where a young man was accused of rape after having what was found to be consensual sex with a younger girl. In this instance Yes the girl was white and Yes her father had some very strong feelings about his daughter being with a black man. This was believed to be the motivation by many people viewing and invloved in the case including the young man's, white adoptive parents.
Furthermore this is a scenario that many of us have seen played out in smaller settings time and time again. I primarily have heard of instances where interacial couples have been stopped and extensively questioned by the police for little or no reason other than that individuals displeasure with their relationship. While it is with out a doubt that some people in this thread made assumptions without 1st investigating the facts, it is undeniable that their assumptions have proved true many times in this country's history. Certainly their assumptions were not unfounded. I don't understand why there is such resistance to the notion that racism still occurs everyday in this nation and that many of us have experienced it 1st hand. Hence it is quite feasible that many people would be concerned when they hear a story that starts out like another that they've heard many times before.
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Quoted because I appreciate you ability to present your opinion respectfully and courtiously without name calling or degrading someone else with a different opinion.
I completely agree with most of what you said.
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