I recently read a post from another blog (not as good as DISCOURSE, naturally, but still useful!) by a former Marine who had completed the same training as Penny. He pointed out that the marine guide to the carotid chokehold, the one Penny used, says that when correctly performed it will cut off all blood flow to the brain, rendering the…
I recently read a post from another blog (not as good as DISCOURSE, naturally, but still useful!) by a former Marine who had completed the same training as Penny. He pointed out that the marine guide to the carotid chokehold, the one Penny used, says that when correctly performed it will cut off all blood flow to the brain, rendering the victim unconscious in 30-40 seconds. Penny applied the hold for SEVEN CONSECUTIVE MINUTES. That fact is certainly enough to justify a verdict of manslaughter or worse, at least in my layman's opinion.
And this is exactly the point that everyone involved in this whitewashing refuses to acknowledge. Chokeholds like that do the job far faster than Penny held on for. That was a conscious decision to murder someone with the implicit belief that, because the victim was poor, Black, and homeless, nobody would give much of a shit. Even the charges are basically a, 'Meh, we'll lose if we charge this based on the evidence. We have to accommodate everyone's feelings."
French also proved once again that pro-lifers are the most full-of-shit people on this planet.
I recently read a post from another blog (not as good as DISCOURSE, naturally, but still useful!) by a former Marine who had completed the same training as Penny. He pointed out that the marine guide to the carotid chokehold, the one Penny used, says that when correctly performed it will cut off all blood flow to the brain, rendering the victim unconscious in 30-40 seconds. Penny applied the hold for SEVEN CONSECUTIVE MINUTES. That fact is certainly enough to justify a verdict of manslaughter or worse, at least in my layman's opinion.
And this is exactly the point that everyone involved in this whitewashing refuses to acknowledge. Chokeholds like that do the job far faster than Penny held on for. That was a conscious decision to murder someone with the implicit belief that, because the victim was poor, Black, and homeless, nobody would give much of a shit. Even the charges are basically a, 'Meh, we'll lose if we charge this based on the evidence. We have to accommodate everyone's feelings."
French also proved once again that pro-lifers are the most full-of-shit people on this planet.