With this post, you are doing exactly what you are accusing others of doing, jumping to conclusions. And your offense is even more egregious than theirs: Those who wrongly jumped to the conclusion that Walden was guilty at least had some evidence for their opinion. It was either Walden, his girl friend, or more likely some combination of the two responsible for what happened that resulted in the girl friend's trip to the hospital. Where is your evidence the majority of Americans or forum members hate liberty? Or due process or their rights? Have the majority of forum members posted their opinions on this subject? That's beyond hyperbole; it's a gross exaggeration.
As I posted previously, innocent until proven guilty is a legal precept and rightly so. The public is not restrained by it, nor should they be. For example, do you think OJ Simpson murdered two people? He was found not guilty. Was it inappropriate for me and millions of others to conclude he did it after seeing and hearing the mountain of evidence which pointed to his guilt? Do you think Jerry Sandusky is a *********? If he's innocent until proven guilty in the court of public opinion, was Penn State wrong to fire their president and head football coach? If the majority of Americans hated due process, liberty and rights, we would see mob "justice" enforced on a regular basis. When was the last time you read or heard about a lynching in this country?
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. People are in fact saying he is guilty, should be released, etc. THEY ARE jumping to conclusions. Those conclusions of guilt without assumption of innocence is anti-liberty AND anti-due process. I have clear evidence in their own words. So you are definitely wrong on this one. Couldn't be more wrong. To throw the book at a guy, want him fired from his job, to want him to pay the price before there is any proof of guilt then you are clearly anti-liberty, anti-freedom, anti-due process, and anti-constitution. No ifs, buts or ands about it. So you are a joke. I have plenty of evidence Americans hate due process and liberty, see the reaction to the Casey Anthony case. See their support for the Patriot Act. See their support for many things that infringe upon the rights of Americans. The majority of Americans hold these beliefs.
I do believe OJ Simpson did not kill two people. He was targeted by a racist and sickening investigation. You had one of the lead detectives (Mark Furman) using the word "n*g*er." It was a circumstantial case and the media tried him in the court of public opinion afterwards. THis is what this country does in sooooo many cases, try them in the media. Prejudice people's opinions without actually looking at real evidence, not a one-sided story. That is what we got in the Anthony and Simpson cases, as well as many others.
Sandusky is a creep and he is probably a *********, however I don't have the evidence to prove he is a criminal and a ****** abuser. There are allegations. Allegations do not necessitate proof in all cases. There is a lot left to be substantiated. There have been many cases across the country in which psychologists have been found to create memories in kids (or even older people) to say they were sexually assaulted and coerced by detectives, prosecutors, etc. to willingly or unwillingly make stories up. There is tons of peer review journal articles on this stuff. It is quite sick. Sandusky has a right to a trial. Paterno shouldn't have been fired until there was evidence he acted in the wrongdoing. We have ONE man say that he told Paterno of what happened. we still don't know what exactly he told him. We have what he claimed to have told him. McCreary has already found to be a liar. He said he reported these incidents to the police, yet there is no record of it. He has liked a couple times, so it is quite possible he is lying about what he said to Paterno. Paterno was forced out because of MEDIA scrutiny and emotional reaction. Even listen to the reasons why they dismissed him....They said it was "whats best for the university." That has nothing to do with what his actual actions were.
We do see mob justice all the time. We do see them support the government in infringing upon rights. We support politicians that support the Patriot Act, warrantless GPS tracking of vehicles, indefinite detention of people we claim to be enemies of the state--citizens included.
Look at the death threats made toward the jurors in the Casey Anthony case. THat isn't mob justice??? People were calling people that had the name Casey Anthony and threatening lives. Threatening the lives of the parents of Casey Anthony. There was an instance where a women attacked, assaulted and chased after another women that she thought looked like Casey Anthony. There is plenty of modern day lynchings. They just aren't like the good old fashion ones that these same people would have supported had they been alive in those days.