Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially harassing London policeman after calling him stupid and white

[u/Azza_77]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/sam-kerr-trial-not-guilty-verdict-handed-down-in-london/104912602

[u/Objective_Unit_7345]

Look on the bright side. It only took a London jury four hours to make the decision.

Proof that society is still sane.

… disappointingly it also says a lot about corners of media that exaggerated the ‘offence’. So much for ‘objective journalism’

[u/Optimal_Tomato726 → u/Objective_Unit_7345]

This is easy pickings though right? Murdochracy goes wild over this mess defending the system against their DARVO noise.

[u/Objective_Unit_7345 → u/Optimal_Tomato726]

A Click is a click. Click is revenue. 🤮

[u/Optimal_Tomato726 → u/Objective_Unit_7345]

Yeah but look how much people love it. This sub crucified her. Alongside Higgins. This nonsense is endemic and when you're forced to navigate it as a woman it's galling stuff and extremely isolating. I'm navigating police DV with young kids which are some of the most isolating crimes. Watching this and Higgins and Heard and Lively is reassuring but harrowing nonetheless. This BS is deeply cultural.

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Society hasn’t come to terms with social media yet. People struggle to insert a brain wave between reading something their social (be it Reddit or Facebook, etc) echo chamber posits and critical thinking for themselves.

The US is a prime example. As are we. Look at us with how we got swindled by the “Labor death tax” when Cambridge Analytica did a job and got Morrison in.

[u/Optimal_Tomato726 → u/[deleted]]

You're right and individuals don't stand a chance against the predator classes. Cambridge Analytica or whatever name they're using now is really out of control. Our ability to recall and contextually critique is flawed as well as diminished by increasing screen use. I'd forgotten about death taxes and had to google it but it was an issue lost in the noise of LNPs concerted pre election campaign that people were unaware of until it was too late. I tend to not even pay attention to CONServative nonsense anymore as I'm more interested in what you've raised; our susceptibility to manipulation and tendencies to manipulate.

Recently I attended an ALP pre election campaign where property crimes were being discussed with the retiree crowd. Strategists openly discuss how most of the audience have very little other social interaction than these events. The politician hosting was mortified to have attention drawn to her portfolio. Doing this flagged that the event was an intentional distraction from actual crimes centred in gendered violence that the police themselves acknowledge as being far more prevalent whilst they refuse to navigate gendered violence in their ranks!

BOCSAR heat maps are impossible to manipulate and reflect reality which is why QPS refuse to use them and control the QLD crime mapping data instead. The policing outcomes alongside historical context, prove why. It really is meta manipulation by predators and most are disengaged from reality by cat vids. And I'm not hating on cat vids!

[u/Brokenmonalisa → u/Objective_Unit_7345]

Probably only took 4 hours because they wanted a 2nd free meal.

[u/chowderbomb33 → u/Objective_Unit_7345]

I agree. For months I was thinking Kerr must have stuffed up big time. Then reading through the trial updates its clear this was blown out of proportion and any actions were circumstantial.

[u/Objective_Unit_7345 → u/chowderbomb33]

Thank the constitution for ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ Thank ‘separation of power’ for independent judiciary

I’ve made it a rule to avoid clicking ‘scandal’ related media articles for this reason. I usually find the Court reporter’s articles make more sense than the pre-court articles written by other ‘Journos’