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Title: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Facehead on April 01, 2012, 06:38:24 PM
Apparently we are still untrustworthy scumbags.

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More details to make your blood boil have emerged from the trial of former police officer Michael Pena, who was found guilty of three counts of predatory sexual assault for attacking a 25-year-old school teacher at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan last August. A juror interviewed after the judge declared a mistrial on the rape charges told the News the three holdouts didn?t take the testimony of witness Gregory Matherly seriously, dismissing him as the ?skateboard witness.?



Full article:

http://gothamist.com/2012/03/31/gunpoint_rape_cop_jurors_dismissed.php (http://gothamist.com/2012/03/31/gunpoint_rape_cop_jurors_dismissed.php)

Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: fulfillthedream on April 01, 2012, 07:21:22 PM
insane.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: cornholio on April 01, 2012, 07:39:06 PM
Wow.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: smellyfart on April 01, 2012, 07:39:22 PM
dats some bullshit.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: tortfeasor on April 01, 2012, 08:04:22 PM
too be fair we don't know how that guy came off on the stand. 
maybe he was a little too "down river" for the jury.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: KoRnholio8 on April 02, 2012, 12:28:56 AM
too be fair we don't know how that guy came off on the stand. 
maybe he was a little too "down river" for the jury.

read the whole article - jury was composed of deliberate idiots
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Sleazy on April 02, 2012, 05:32:16 AM
if you read futher it clears it up

"it's just really hard to trust a guy that pushes mongo" said one juror when asked about the witness credibility
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Fenzadill on April 02, 2012, 07:30:34 AM
Someone needs to go vigilante if that fucker walks.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: ziggy on April 02, 2012, 08:47:16 AM
I blame Jereme
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Soty2020 on April 02, 2012, 09:42:40 AM
if omar can testify against bird and get him convicted, a skateboarder should be able to testify against a  cop
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Big Skatefase on April 02, 2012, 10:37:51 AM
that's fucked up
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Bobby Peru on April 02, 2012, 01:55:28 PM
http://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-city-criminal-court-consider-the-testimony-of-gregory-matherly-in-trial-of-michael-pena# (http://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-city-criminal-court-consider-the-testimony-of-gregory-matherly-in-trial-of-michael-pena#)

Started a petition to take his testimony seriously in the sentencing. Fuck the police.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: mcpeepants on April 02, 2012, 03:48:00 PM
Edit: nvm, link works for me now. I just signed it, btw.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: TwisT on April 02, 2012, 07:06:38 PM
I signed it.

Im bout to forward the story to al sharptons "national action network" and see if it get a response
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: barkeep11 on April 02, 2012, 07:16:20 PM
Signed.  That story turned my stomach!  Outrageous!
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: trannies and mannies on April 02, 2012, 07:48:57 PM
Fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: lalala on April 03, 2012, 07:27:52 AM
http://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-city-criminal-court-consider-the-testimony-of-gregory-matherly-in-trial-of-michael-pena# (http://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-city-criminal-court-consider-the-testimony-of-gregory-matherly-in-trial-of-michael-pena#)

Started a petition to take his testimony seriously in the sentencing. Fuck the police.

Signed.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Tufty on April 03, 2012, 10:23:56 AM
When a cop is on trial funny things happen. Same old story.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Tarela on April 03, 2012, 11:48:12 AM
if you read futher it clears it up

"it's just really hard to trust a guy that pushes mongo" said one juror when asked about the witness credibility

lmao..he might even be a longboarder, people who don't skate mix the two all the time
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: via on April 03, 2012, 07:19:41 PM
A mistrial and a jury of morons for the trial of a former cop?  Hmmmmm.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Skate Troll on April 04, 2012, 03:21:36 AM
watch this then tell me you dont see where they are coming from this is what we look like to the rest of the world total druggie scumbags
baker 3 FULL VIDEO part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq5sYuQpJaA#)
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Mouth on April 04, 2012, 08:15:28 AM
They probably discredited him by showing his 'yo flip' footy to the jury.
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: BIGSTOOPS on April 04, 2012, 04:43:06 PM
does this mean i don't have to go to jury duty?!
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Bobby Peru on May 08, 2012, 11:55:40 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but the sentencing was yesterday and the cop got 75 to life. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577390390421328940.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577390390421328940.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: fulfillthedream on May 08, 2012, 12:09:52 PM
you got a link to the whole article? it says i gotta subscribe to read the full story...
Title: Re: Jurors refuse to believe eye witness of rape ... because he is a skateboarder ..
Post by: Bobby Peru on May 08, 2012, 12:57:31 PM
Here's another article http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57429165-504083/michael-pena-former-nypd-officer-gets-75-years-for-sex-attack/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57429165-504083/michael-pena-former-nypd-officer-gets-75-years-for-sex-attack/)