I don't get what this means
HI, can someone help me understand the sentence below?
"They speculate about what murdered black people might have done that we don’t know about to beget their fates, as if alleged crimes are punishable by death without a trial by jury."
This is from today's NY Times. I understand from 'as if..' but the first part is very hard to understand.
Thank you in advance.
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g. g. we don't know what they are) to beget their fates - (literally which gave birth to their fates, in other words, that caused them to end up being murdered)
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- we don't know what they are) to beget their fates - (literally which gave birth to their fates, in other words, that caused them to end up being murdered)
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"They speculate about (They are trying to figure out the actions that these black people committed.)
what (e.g. the offenses, transgressions or misconduct that) murdered black people might have done [that we don’t know about ]- (e.g. we don't know what they are)
to beget their fates - (literally which gave birth to their fates, in other words, that caused
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