Garner case: they needed 12 votes to get an indictment..

[SummerSnow]

There was 14 white jurors. Stacking the deck.

[logosoco]

1. Is it possible to be a racist against your own race?

I am a white person, and I am not liking many white people right now.

Ever since Bush stole the first election I have sat here and watched a majority of white people f'ing everything up.

I try to be open minded and peaceful. It is not easy.

[gollygee]

3. It isn't a case of not liking your own race

It's a case of not liking the white supremacist power structure in the US.

[logosoco]

4. Yeah I'm trying to remember that.

I try to live my life by the "we are all connected, we all came from the same place", but the past few weeks are making that hard.
I guess, just like I am waiting for the good cops to step up against the bad cops, I am waiting for someone (?) to step up against this. I feel like many people don't want to be bothered. They might miss something on TV!

[branford]

2. How was the jury stacked?

Although I'm surprised and saddened by the lack of an indictment, I would note that Richmond County (Staten Island) is almost 75% white, with blacks only representing about 10% of the population. With 14 whites in a 23 person grand jury, whites are actually underrepresented. Moreover, unlike Ferguson, the prosecutor was actually trying to indict the officer.

http://www.clrsearch.com/Staten-Island-Demographics/NY/Population-by-Race-and-Ethnicity