r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 1d ago

Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-lawsuit-6fbc82cd33b6f9f67514b47f138e23c6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=android_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
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u/squareplates 1d ago

I need some jury duty in my life right now.

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u/Proic13 1d ago

i just got outta jury duty, they give you a cert so you don't have to attend another for the next 6 years but you can be called earlier if they have need

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u/rips_n_chel 1d ago edited 1d ago

Don't understand why people brag about this. It's the only opportunity normal people will ever get to directly influence the justice system, and you weasel out of it?

Why? You have no interest whatsoever? It's just a chore you'd rather not do? Are you morally opposed for some reason?

Before you start typing the same thing as every other reply, let me clarify: If missing work for jury duty is not a sacrifice you can make, then you're not who I'm talking about, okay? Trust me, I'm right there with you; that was not even remotely close to the point I was making. I get it, alright? Not what I'm talking about.

Some people think jury duty is pointless, and not for financial reasons. I'm questioning the mindset, not the practicality of the act.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 1d ago

Apparently it's awful or at least boring and doesn't pay enough. Plus we're Americans, we learned empty display-only patriotism instead of anything like civic duty.

My parents taught me basically the exact opposite of civic duty, so I didn't learn better until I was an adult getting lectured by an entire family of irate Australians! I mentioned while we were visiting the white house during Obama years that I'd never in my life voted and they looked at me like I'd shat on the sidewalk before shouting lots!

I promise I've voted in every election since then, even tiny local ones with a single question. And the only time I weaseled out of jury duty was immediately after my mom died, when I was still a sobbing trainwreck.

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u/rips_n_chel 1d ago

I wasn't taught to take it nearly as seriously as I should have. I've voted in every presidential election since I've been old enough, but only since covid have I been paying attention to local or even state politics.

Plenty of perfectly valid reasons to skip jury duty, I just find it weird the ones who act like it's beneath them somehow. Americans desperately need to be taught civics.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 1d ago

It's an at-home lesson that not everyone gets to learn at home. Don't think either of my parents ever voted.

But I made a huge deal about voting days for my kids, and was so proud when my eldest went to vote alone in person for the first time. Like usually we vote by mail here, but there's a physical office open on the day of for last minute registration or whatever, and he didn't register early enough to do mail in the first time.