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I think the case of injustice against the defendants can be made without minimizing the injuries sustained by the victim. I hate to see what should be a case of (racially motivated) overreaction on the part of the d.a. turned into a defense of violence. I really think that trying to argue that the victim was not really hurt, or that he was "asking for it" , weakens the appeal to logic that simply showing the inequality of treatment the 6 defendents received can do on its own.
No matter what the victim said, he should not have been attacked. Having been attacked, his attackers should be held accountable for their illegal actions. However, they are entitled to the same due process as any other citizen,no matter the color of their skin. The protest should center on that - not on whether or not the victim deserved his attack.
This should be bigger than this one incident. If we are going to look at the bigger picture, we need to be concerned that defendents without money (many of whom are minorities) are getting an entirely different justice than those with money and that justice is not yet color blind.
Fair minded people will see that. No need to play "blame the victim".
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