http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/16/video-our-justice-system/ In 88 seconds, his life will change forever Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:26:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/16/video-our-justice-system/#comment-58 at connecting*the*dots Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:18:03 +0000 http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/16/video-our-justice-system/#comment-58 [...] Andy just posted an interesting exerpt from Greensboro’s Child, with Lewis Pitts providing an insider’s account of the jury selection process for the state trial. [...] […] Andy just posted an interesting exerpt from Greensboro’s Child, with Lewis Pitts providing an insider’s account of the jury selection process for the state trial. […]

]]> http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/16/video-our-justice-system/#comment-59 Lex Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:42:38 +0000 http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/16/video-our-justice-system/#comment-59 Official Greensboro had quite the distorted understanding of which threats were clearest and most present. To cite just one example, from p. 30 of the GTRC report: "Concerned that they might be outnumbered by hostile protesters and by-standers, Lt. Ward asked Police Attorney Cawn if [Nelson] Johnson’s speech to the gathered Morningside residents [immediately after the shootings] was enough to charge him for disorderly conduct. Cawn said yes because he felt Johnson was inciting the crowd. Cawn remembers Johnson’s words to be “Go get your guns and let’s kill some cops.” <b>The video demonstrates that this is an incorrect recollection, but it was similar to the recollection of many other officers at the scene, which demonstrates the level of threat police thought that Johnson posed to public safety and their assessment of the volatility of the situation."</b> (Emphasis added.) Official Greensboro had quite the distorted understanding of which threats were clearest and most present. To cite just one example, from p. 30 of the GTRC report: “Concerned that they might be outnumbered by hostile protesters and by-standers, Lt. Ward asked Police Attorney Cawn if [Nelson] Johnson’s speech to the gathered Morningside residents [immediately after the shootings] was enough to charge him for disorderly conduct. Cawn said yes because he felt Johnson was inciting the crowd. Cawn remembers Johnson’s words to be “Go get your guns and let’s kill some cops.” The video demonstrates that this is an incorrect recollection, but it was similar to the recollection of many other officers at the scene, which demonstrates the level of threat police thought that Johnson posed to public safety and their assessment of the volatility of the situation.” (Emphasis added.)

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