The American Two Party system

[Dill]

(03-09-2023, 07:02 PM)BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI Wrote: The judge allowed all the defendants to be tried together and they made a circus of the trial, so the jury was so confused and worn down.  They were deadlocked and most charges were dismissed against the insurrectionists. 

LOL and wasn't the lead juror the cousin of the coup leader? There was some blood relation in there.

I think ALL charges were dismissed, weren't they?

And the court had to return their "property," the STOLEN automatic weapons. 
So hard for the jury to figure out whether THEY were the threat or the FBI with its raid on private homes.

All this is less puzzling when you remember how hard it was to convict white people of racial
crimes like lynching during this period. Juries often just let them go. 

Also, despite the voluminous FBI files on the case, it was largely forgotten by FBI and historians
as the threat of COMMUNISM loomed so large after '48.