(March 31, 2021 at 12:24 pm)Brian37 Wrote: The defense cross is asking about the tobacco shop and age requirements to get in to that portion of the store.
WHAT THE FUCK? What the fuck does that have to do with a knee on Floyd's neck?
It’s called ‘discredit the witness.’ You’re perfectly correct that it doesn’t have anything to do with Floyd’s death. If the defense can get the clerk to admit that underage people are allowed it that section of the shop, he can establish in the jurors’ minds that the witness is unreliable, so ANY witness could be unreliable.
It’s a very common courtroom tactic and is frequently used when the prosecution have a very strong case, such as video of a cop kneeling on someone’s neck until (and after) that someone died.
Boru
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