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[...]It was the first conviction of a Louisville police officer who was involved in the deadly raid.

Some members of the jury were in tears as the verdict was read around 9:30 p.m. They had earlier indicated to the judge in two separate messages that they were deadlocked on the charge of using excessive force on Taylor, but chose to continue deliberating. The six man, six woman jury deliberated for more than 20 hours over three days. [...]

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 106 points 6 days ago

Finally a tiny bit of justice. Ridiculous that it has taken this long, for so little justice.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

He's the first. The prosecutors now have a story and timeline that works

Others involved are in hot water.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 32 points 6 days ago

That's an interesting one with the jury. They were deadlocked but still insisted on deliberating for 20 hours. I wonder if it was like the movie 12 Angry Men, but instead of one juror advocating for the innocence of the defendant, they argued for their guilt.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago

Probably more likely that there was one person holding out as "not guilty" and needed to convinced.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago
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