JeanieS: Jay Olsen Verdict Appalling

I was very interested in the Jay Olsen trial because I was on jury duty these last two weeks, my time ended the day the Olsen trial ended. I wasn’t picked for a jury - for whatever reason. My friendship with police officers? My acquaintance with several attorneys and judges? My father being a former editor of The Chronicle? I was appalled at the verdict. And I really truly question how the jurors came to their decision. I wonder if they caved because of it being late Friday and they didn’t want to go through the weekend. And there is a “law” that is presented to the jury that is straight from the judge and it is that law that the jury needs to comply with and make their decision on. Even if the jury was excluded from hearing about Shonto Pete’s trial results, they should have considered an intoxicated, off-duty cop, running through residential streets shooting several rounds from his personal weapon as “reckless endangerment”/ JeanieS , Nuts & Nonsense. More here .

Question: What is your reaction to the innocent verdict rendered by the jury in the case involving Spokane police officer Jay Olsen?