What does justice look like when the people deciding it aren’t equipped to seek it?
In this video, we reflect on the Diddy trial verdict, not from a celebrity gossip lens, but from a place of lived experience inside the jury room.
The truth is, trials are decided by 12 strangers. And not all of them care about justice. Some care more about protecting themselves. Some, like in the case I served on, say things like, “Well, if I drive drunk one day, I wouldn’t want to go to jail either.”
That’s who’s deciding someone’s fate. That’s who’s deciding justice.
Another juror once broke courtroom protocol mid-trial just to ask a police officer to see his gun. He was dismissed, but the damage to trust in the process? Already done.
And when high-profile cases like Diddy’s hit the news, we rarely stop to ask: Who’s really sitting in that room?
Because it’s not just about evidence. It’s about bias. About ignorance. About self-interest masquerading as neutrality.
At The Echo Movement, we believe this isn’t just a failure of the justice system, it’s a failure that reinforces bullying, abuse, and power imbalances across society.
Because when the courts protect image over integrity, victims don’t get justice.
