Old 04-19-08 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Daily Commute
This guy was acquitted after a fair trial in front of a fair jury. That ain't the start of a decent into a Nazi state.
There's nothing "fair" about a court which won't convict police officers for perjury and assault. What you seem to be forgetting is that it shouldn't have been the CM rider on trial in the first place - it should have been the police officers on trial. They had NOTHING on him but lies, while he had nearly a dozen eye witnesses and video evidence on them.

If I were to, for no good reason, mace you, beat the crap out of you, take you to court, claim under oath that you assaulted me, then subsequently be shown to be a liar due to video evidence, would you not want me brought up on charges? Would you not be able to successfully sue me?

I think people need to divorce the definitions of "Nazism" and "Fascism" in their minds. Nazis are fascists, but fascists aren't necessarily Nazis. A nation with a legal system which allows certain people to be above the law does indeed exhibit one of the markings of fascism. (other markings of fascism include enormous military spending, repression of civil liberties, and rampant nationalism, by the way).
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