So, DA doesn't want to appear racist, therefore a case with little hard evidence (except for an audio tape) gets tried for murder...
But I sense a pattern in this season... the cases aren't really well thought through or worked up. I mean the (black) victim has an asthma attack, reaches into his pocket multiple time (maybe for an asthma spray?), and (white) people around him say he was trying to attack them. First of all, why is there no mention of an asthma spray? Did he not have it on him? Was it even looked for in the train or his boyfriend asked if he had one? The victim is severely asthmatic, he'd definitely have one on him.
Secondly, is there no video surveillance on the train itself? Just in the stations? And why not follow up on the woman's story - a woman a tried to flee from a gang and then walked into the victim having an asthma attack - she still had the adrenaline pumping, and thought herself under attack. So granted, she didn't talk about why she changed cars during the trial, but why not ask her?
And then there's the defendant, an elementary school teacher, who tries to beef up at night, working out with a neo-nazi. Why did no one ask any other member of that late night training group about the teacher's attitude? They don't even appear on the radar. And of course, there's the undercover terrorist investigation: But honestly, the policeman couldn't really tell anything about the crime that others in the workout group can't. So, while it's damaging for the case that he doesn't testify, I don't think that all avenues were followed here.
So, a wannabe racist criminal gets a not guilty verdict - and I'd feel pretty pissed off at the DA's office for not making sure that he at least is convicted for what he definitely did, i.e. choking someone who was already unconscious to death...
Review by nicky2910BlockedParentSpoilers2024-03-24T18:13:13Z
So, DA doesn't want to appear racist, therefore a case with little hard evidence (except for an audio tape) gets tried for murder...
But I sense a pattern in this season... the cases aren't really well thought through or worked up. I mean the (black) victim has an asthma attack, reaches into his pocket multiple time (maybe for an asthma spray?), and (white) people around him say he was trying to attack them. First of all, why is there no mention of an asthma spray? Did he not have it on him? Was it even looked for in the train or his boyfriend asked if he had one? The victim is severely asthmatic, he'd definitely have one on him.
Secondly, is there no video surveillance on the train itself? Just in the stations? And why not follow up on the woman's story - a woman a tried to flee from a gang and then walked into the victim having an asthma attack - she still had the adrenaline pumping, and thought herself under attack. So granted, she didn't talk about why she changed cars during the trial, but why not ask her?
And then there's the defendant, an elementary school teacher, who tries to beef up at night, working out with a neo-nazi. Why did no one ask any other member of that late night training group about the teacher's attitude? They don't even appear on the radar. And of course, there's the undercover terrorist investigation: But honestly, the policeman couldn't really tell anything about the crime that others in the workout group can't. So, while it's damaging for the case that he doesn't testify, I don't think that all avenues were followed here.
So, a wannabe racist criminal gets a not guilty verdict - and I'd feel pretty pissed off at the DA's office for not making sure that he at least is convicted for what he definitely did, i.e. choking someone who was already unconscious to death...