r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • 21h ago

Could probably hear the “FOH!!” from space

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u/thecatsclause 21h ago

people are more likely to protect members of their own race, even if they're clearly in the wrong. if it were an all-white jury, she might have gotten through no problem.

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u/Forty86 21h ago edited 11h ago

I believe his stubbornness has to do with how the trial would go if she were a black woman. More than likely she would go to prison without a second thought, but in this case she could go to a psych ward for life. Which isn’t necessarily better than prison forever, but if thats the reason why he refused to change then it makes sense.

I appreciate the awards yall but this is just me trying to make sense of his position. Do not take it as fact. I’d prefer if we’d focus on fixing the system that has failed so many.

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u/KingBoyo 20h ago

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I told my close friends immediately that I couldn’t be on that jury. I think the justice system isn’t nuanced enough to handle this, but I probably would’ve said guilty because I know for a fact black women aren’t getting that same grace and consideration.

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u/hotsoupcoldsoup 20h ago

We already know for a fact. Same county, same district - https://www.theroot.com/as-lindsay-clancy-s-case-ends-in-mistrial-this-black-m-2000124546

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u/DeciduousRefuge 15h ago

I wish someone could convince me if you change the race of the defendant, the votes would go exactly the same way. I wish I lived in that world. Alas, if wishes were horses…