cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/44753482
The order came in response to a motion from the defense attorneys for Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, a man who Ross attempted to apprehend in a separate confrontation in June. After Ross broke a window in Muñoz-Guatemala’s car and fired his Taser, Muñoz-Guatemala drove away and was later convicted of dragging Ross with his car.
Muñoz-Guatemala’s defense attorney Eric Newmark praised the ruling as key to defending the rights of his client, but also important for public understanding of what transpired in the shooting of Good.
“My client is entitled to a full hearing and to review these documents to determine whether there’s any basis for a new trial,” Newmark told The Intercept. “Ultimately, we’re seeking dismissal of the charges against my client. This information is important because it will help me provide a full and complete defense.”
I don’t find this uplifting. My standards haven’t dropped that low yet.
Maybe if the government complies with the order, but I probably need to see real consequences to be uplifted.
You’re not thrilled by the idea that one agency asked another agency for some files?
I mean, there are so many possibilities: will they deliver them digitally? How will they be uploaded? Would they send a courier to pick them up? What’s their name? What are their aspirations? Will they find love along the way?
Do you not find love uplifting?
/s
Charge and arrest are important first steps, but conviction and appropriate sentencing are the ones that matter.
We get a lot of pseudo-justice with fuckers like this being arrested, but then the legal process drags its feet until people stop talking about it, then the charges get dropped and nothing happens.
Stay angry until that murderer is in prison.
Besides this just being an order, this post also rather directly breaks rule A of the community. (It’s Schadenfreude)
Not all good news is uplifting news.
I felt uplifted at the prospect of justice happening, and as of this time, the over 200 people that have upvoted it seems to have as well.
This is not Schadenfreude, this is a hope that justice might be served and as such might even be considered as a community triumph.
