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Post by happyhoix on Oct 22, 2024 8:58:51 GMT -5
Add a new one - Central Park 5 are suing for defamation.
Trump insisted during the debate that they are guilty because they signed confessions.
Ignoring that those confessions were determined to be coerced and that the actual perpetrator was found.
Hope they win millions of dollars.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 22, 2024 10:11:40 GMT -5
Add a new one - Central Park 5 are suing for defamation. Trump insisted during the debate that they are guilty because they signed confessions. Ignoring that those confessions were determined to be coerced and that the actual perpetrator was found. Hope they win millions of dollars. Very odd trump is not aware they were exonerated of their alleged crimes.  |
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Post by pulmonarymd on Oct 22, 2024 10:40:39 GMT -5
He doesn’t care
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 22, 2024 10:53:29 GMT -5
I sure has hell hope the vast voting majority of the USA doesn't care about trump come November 5th. The man is mentally ill. |
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Post by dondubble on Oct 22, 2024 10:53:54 GMT -5
He is incapable of admitting he was wrong about them and just doubles down every chance he can. |
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Post by pulmonarymd on Oct 22, 2024 11:07:15 GMT -5
Trump is catering to his racist base. They think the same way he does. So the fact that they were exonerated is irrelevant. They were black and were accused of a horrific crime, so it’s fits his racist trope. As we have seen here, it is ok to execute someone who was convicted before they exhaust their appeals and are eventually exonerated
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 22, 2024 12:14:39 GMT -5
He is incapable of admitting he was wrong about them anything and just doubles down every chance he can. fixed it for you. |
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 22, 2024 15:22:01 GMT -5
Add a new one - Central Park 5 are suing for defamation. Trump insisted during the debate that they are guilty because they signed confessions. Ignoring that those confessions were determined to be coerced and that the actual perpetrator was found. Hope they win millions of dollars. Very odd trump is not aware they were exonerated of their alleged crimes. He knows but as we've seen on the board it doesn't matter. If you say you are guilty you must be guilty and even if you aren't guilty of THIS crime you probably did something else so deserve to be locked up. Especially if you are brown and/or speak funny languages. But a white dude walking through the park in body armor with an automatic weapon over his shoulder? Mind your God damn business he's exercising his rights. |
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Post by pulmonarymd on Oct 22, 2024 15:25:33 GMT -5
Very odd trump is not aware they were exonerated of their alleged crimes. He knows but as we've seen on the board it doesn't matter. If you say you are guilty you must be guilty and even if you aren't guilty of THIS crime you probably did something else so deserve to be locked up. Especially if you are brown and/or speak funny languages. But a white dude walking through the park in body armor with an automatic weapon over his shoulder? Mind your God damn business he's exercising his rights. Funny how the fact that he has been convicted doesn’t affect his or his cult’s beliefs. They were convicted and so was Trump-they are both guilty. Or they were both possibly wrongly convicted. But as we always see, Trump gets a pass that would be disqualifying for anyone else |
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Oct 22, 2024 15:31:11 GMT -5
He knows but as we've seen on the board it doesn't matter. If you say you are guilty you must be guilty and even if you aren't guilty of THIS crime you probably did something else so deserve to be locked up. Especially if you are brown and/or speak funny languages. But a white dude walking through the park in body armor with an automatic weapon over his shoulder? Mind your God damn business he's exercising his rights. Funny how the fact that he has been convicted doesn’t affect his or his cult’s beliefs. They were convicted and so was Trump-they are both guilty. Or they were both possibly wrongly convicted. But as we always see, Trump gets a pass that would be disqualifying for anyone else  Cause Trump is white . ..and rich (at least on paper) Isn't that how it's always been when it comes to justice in America? Trump allows people to be fully open and unashamed of what we already know. What is ironic about is probably very very very few of his followers fall into the category that would receive Trump's level of deference in court but they sure as hell seem to think they do. Hence the shocked Pickachu faces on his J6 supporters. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 23, 2024 12:30:07 GMT -5
Central Park Five vs Donald Trump: Defamation Lawyers Give Their VerdictJust a couple of weeks out from election day in the U.S., yet another lawsuit landed in Republican nominee Donald Trump's inbox: A defamation claim from the "Central Park Five". Trump said during his September 10 debate against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris that the Central Park Five had initially "pled guilty" and "killed a person ultimately". But they never did plead guilty at their trials, and the victim in the case survived. The Central Park Five is a group of black and Hispanic men wrongfully convicted as teenagers of the several assaults, rapes, and robberies in New York City's Central Park in 1989. They are Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise, and were all aged between 14 and 16 at the time. In 1989, Trump took out full-page ads in four prominent New York newspapers calling for the state to "bring back the death penalty" in response to crimes such as these that were blighting the city. The boys were never named in Trump's ads. All five were exonerated by a judge in 2002 following a confession made by the real culprit in one of the rape cases, Matias Reyes, and a review of newly available DNA evidence—but all had already served their sentences. The group was eventually awarded a $41m settlement after filing a suit against New York City over the handling of their case, arguing they had made false confessions—later recanted—under police coercion. Now, they have filed a suit in a Pennsylvania federal court against Trump over his comments during the Harris debate, alleging that he made "false and defamatory" statements about them and that they have "suffered injuries" as a result. Responding to the suit, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told AP it is "just another frivolous, election interference lawsuit, filed by desperate left-wing activists, in an attempt to distract the American people from Kamala Harris' dangerously liberal agenda and failing campaign." Newsweek asked several attorneys who specialize in defamation and the First Amendment for their views on the Central Park Five's lawsuit and Trump's vulnerability to it. Here's what they said. Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
On the face of it, it seems like a strong claim. The core legal issue seems likely to relate to Trump's state of mind—does he really still believe (if he ever did) that the five individuals who law enforcement has unequivocally determined were not guilty were actually guilty? That's sounds like a difficult mountain to climb. Erica A. Wolff, Partner, Sher Tremonte
In light of the protections afforded to speech in this country, plaintiffs must meet a high bar to state claims for defamation. This well-drafted complaint may very well meet that high bar. Former President Donald Trump, on national TV, falsely accused these plaintiffs of pleading guilty to and committing violent crimes he knows they didn't commit. Trump may argue that the statement was substantially true because the plaintiffs confessed to involvement (before recanting, pleading not guilty, and ultimately being exonerated), but I think the average listener would have reasonably understood Trump to be saying these plaintiff assaulted and murdered someone (which is false and obviously very damaging to their reputations). Rest of article here: Central Park Five vs Donald Trump: Defamation Lawyers Give Their Verdict
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 26, 2024 15:53:23 GMT -5
Should read 'so totally devoid' but you get the gist of it.  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 8, 2024 13:20:40 GMT -5
Judge grants Jack Smith’s request to pause Trump Jan. 6 caseA federal judge granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith on Friday to suspend deadlines in President-elect Trump’s election interference case. The move comes after Smith begun discussions with Justice Department officials earlier this week about how to wind down Trump’s federal criminal cases, which likewise includes charges in Florida related to his retention of classified documents. “As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025. The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,” Smith’s team wrote in a brief Friday. Rest of article Judge grants Jack Smith’s request to pause Trump Jan. 6 casehere:
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