r/BlackPeopleTwitter 21h ago

Could probably hear the “FOH!!” from space

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u/MGLLN 21h ago edited 20h ago

The lone Black juror on the Lindsay Clancy trial who refused to acquit her used an exercise band and an empty water bottle to visually reenact the way Clancy strangled her three children. The incident was said to have disturbed the other 11 jurors.

He was also said to have ignored the other jurors and scrolled on his phone while they attempted to speak with him or dissuade him from his decision. A juror who voted to acquit, told ABC that “there wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was.”

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u/Themanstall ☑️ BHM Donor 20h ago

Sounds like a shitty juror, honestly.

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u/TreesLikeGodsFingers 16h ago

That’s the narrative they are pushing, obviously

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u/johnnyc14 13h ago

What would be the point of that narrative if it was? Media outlets were already being critical of the juror before they found out he was black