Reply #186: You're "disagreeing" with something I didn't say.

[G Hawes]

Perhaps you should try reading it again.

I said that it should be an interesting case and that I hope both sides of the civil suit keep their arguments out of the media and save them for the courtroom. I didn't say that the video shouldn't be shown or that people shouldn't be made aware of the case.

My reason for saying that I hope they keep their arguments for the courtroom rather than trying their case in the media, is because people can and do say stupid things to news reporters sometimes, news reporters can and do misconstrue or twist what people say, etc. And when that happens, the words may come back to haunt the parties when the case gets to court, not to mention tainting the jury pool.

I'd like the guy to get a fair shake at taking down the cops who, in my view, acted quite inappropriately. I'd hate to see his case tanked by ill-advised words uttered to a shrewd reporter, or words taken out of context, or words twisted, etc.