{"id":77191,"date":"2021-03-16T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77191"},"modified":"2024-06-03T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:43:12","slug":"send-in-the-kangaroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77191","title":{"rendered":"Send In The Kangaroos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>City of Minneapolis reaches an independent settlment with the Floyd family&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;just in time to jeopardize the Chauvin trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%3D%3D\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called it a milestone. The city council unanimously approved the settlement.<\/p><p>Announcing the settlement in the middle of jury selection for the murder trial of Derek Chauvin confused legal experts.<\/p><p>\u201cIt was absolutely terrible timing, I would say for both sides,\u201d said Mary Moriarty, the former chief public defender in Hennepin County.<\/p><p>Prospective jurors in the trial can still be questioned about their thoughts on the settlement, but Moriarty says no one knows how the news will affect the seven already seated.<\/p><p>\u201cMost jurors I think would perceive [the settlement] as the city\u2019s belief that Chauvin did murder George Floyd and that they are liable,\u201d Moriarty said.<\/p><p>It\u2019s assumed that it\u2019d be very difficult to insulate any jury from hearing about the settlement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the Minneapolis City Council&#8217;s performance over the past year, it&#8217;s hard to guess whether it was incompetence, malice or arrogance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say &#8220;Its the Minneapolis City Council.  Why choose?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Minneapolis reaches an independent settlment with the Floyd family&#8230; &#8230;just in time to jeopardize the Chauvin trial. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called it a milestone. The city council unanimously approved the settlement. Announcing the settlement in the middle of jury selection for the murder trial of Derek Chauvin confused legal experts. \u201cIt was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,44],"tags":[431,465],"class_list":["post-77191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minneapolis","category-stupid","tag-chauvin-trial","tag-mary-moriarty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77193,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77191\/revisions\/77193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}