When asked if body camera footage would be released before the trial, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison said, “I’m a firm believer in transparency, and the public’s right to know, but a higher priority for me is a successful prosecution. Therefore, I’ll consult with our lead investigators and I’ll say to them ‘when can we release this information to the public and still safeguard the prosecution.’ If we can do it before [trial] I would have no problem with doing that.”
That doesn't sound like refusing, even if Ellison is a scum boy.
That is refusing. Because the defense has a right to that footage. And how in the fuck is a lack of transparency supposed to help create a fair trial? What are they hoping for, a jury that comes in having seen the damning video but not the exonerating one, so they’re primed to convict?
That doesn't sound like refusing, even if Ellison is a scum boy.
That is refusing. Because the defense has a right to that footage. And how in the fuck is a lack of transparency supposed to help create a fair trial? What are they hoping for, a jury that comes in having seen the damning video but not the exonerating one, so they’re primed to convict?