11-25-2014, 03:00 PM
(11-25-2014, 02:45 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: I'd like to say kudos to the eyewitnesses (particularly the black ones) who had the courage to testify honestly to what they saw.
Not an easy thing to do and they should somehow be commended.
Jesus Christ, MS. And, just when I start thinking you're making good sense.
Black people deserve extra credit for telling the truth during a sealed investigation under oath, because........ white people are always so damned honest and black people are such liars? How condescending.
It's common knowledge that eye witness testimony is unreliable on first pass. Many times eye witnesses are telling the exact truth of what they saw, but it doesn't match up to what actually went down due to perceptions, memory, subconscious bias, and many other factors. It doesn't mean they were lying in the first place -- that applies to people of all colors.
Related info: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...xt_06.html