Why is this case going so badly for the State of Florida? Why? Could it be by design? Could the intention be to lose on purpose so as to inflame racial tensions?
The reason for this line of thinking is that there are parallels with the Rodney King case in the early nineties. In that case, the media played the beating over and over again, which aggravated racial grievances to the extent that the only outcome that could keep the peace was a guilty verdict. But the state went after a more serious charge in which the evidence could not support a conviction. So, there was an acquittal and the subsequent riot.
One may get suspicious that such an event was planned and was intended to bring about that very effect.
This evidence in this case may support an involuntary manslaughter conviction. But such a case would imply no racial animus, which would relegate it to the back burner as political fodder. So, the case has to be hyped so it can be exploited politically.
Now, I don't know jack squat about Florida law. Maybe they don't have such an option there. But it would seem that there should be one, so I am assuming that such an option does exist and is not being followed. There is simply no political incentive to do the obvious thing and pursue the case with lesser charges so as to have a better chance to win it. The incentive is to hype the case and to lose it, so as to make the charge of racism and extract tribute for the racial spoils system. Even if they win a conviction here, which seems unlikely, they can't lose. They get their racial spoils, but not without some of it own racial blow back. As a State victory here would seem tainted given the rather poor performance so far in this trial.
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