According to this, this trial was a beating. Mehserle, understandably*, did everything he could to not go to jail. It conflicts with his letter, though.
From the post:
They also lay out the role, the money spent and conflicting testimony delivered by the expensive expert witnesses that Mehserle brought forth. He spent 65k on one witness who attempted to tell everyone the dozens of videos showing Grant’s shooting were unreliable and inconclusive.
*I get it. You play dirty when you are trying to 'win'. He didn't want to go to jail. I get it. I just don't like it. It is an all-in kind of play to defend himself the way he did. You just have to be ready for those consequences.
Aside from the obvious injustices here, what pisses me off now, and back when this first happened, is that this happened all the damn time. People in power get away with this shit all the damn time. The dude was just unlucky enough to be on camera when it happened.
Never thought I'd be thankful for Big Brother.
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