Arne wrote:
"Good news. It was a wise move to eschew a jury trial.
The pressure on jurors (and the implicit threat to them and their families) in that community to convict would be intense."
I agree.
I wouldn't be surprised if all the other defendants now pursue the same course of action.
Including the retrial of the first officer (the one that ended in a hung jury).
The old saying "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six" don' play out so well when "the twelve" by whom is judged may be comprised largely of inner-city blacks...
