I did not expect anything but an acquittal from the start. The whole process was a typical sham in organizational behvior a.k.a. "blame the operator who pulled the lever to protect the management who gave orders" - comparable to, say, charging the captain of Exxon Valdez but letting Exxon executives who masterminded the unsafe operation off the hook. In the same vein, the four cops acted as good police dogs - they did the job that their political leadership asked them to do - their only crime was a poor judgment in that particular situation - subject to a disciplinary action (bad cop - no donut), not murder charges.
Il duce Giulliani was right when he said that what these four cops did was tragic mistake. He forgot to add that it should have been him, not them, being tried for setting up policies that led to that "tragic event." Gore simply pepetuates the sham further by insisting on punishing the operators who pulled the trigger why letting the managers who set up the policy off the hook.
wojtek