Judge rejects mistrial request in Arbery case, calls defense lawyer’s comments ‘reprehensible’ Lawyers for all three defendants in the case sought a mistrial after the judge briefly removed the jury when Arbery’s mother began to weep in the gallery. They argued that her emotional response could unfairly sway the jurors — “their faces changed,” attorney Jason Sheffield said — and they took issue with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Black civil rights icon, joining Arbery’s family in court. Judge Timothy Walmsley reiterated that he would not bar respectful members of the public from the gallery and voiced his strongest criticism yet of defense attorney Kevin Gough’s statements in court. “We don’t want any more Black pastors coming in here,” Gough said last week, calling the presence of the Rev. Al Sharpton “intimidating” in a case seen by many as a test of the justice system’s fairness to Black Americans.
The Godfather It worked for Corleone Put the threat in the audience Put Jesse Jackson in the audience to send the message to the Jury that Democrats will hunt you down
Frankie Five Angels actually had evidence that would have put Michael away in jail in the Congressional hearing knowing the full background of the fmaily since he worked under Clemenza... Not exactly the same thing..
By the way Ocho, since you are a cat you have better eyes than I... In the second video, the guy to Frankie's right and behind him who lights his cigar and who is in many shots in the vid...Is that Harry Dean Stanton? Geez, it sure looks like him. Of all the times I've seen that film, I never noticed him until tonight.
US braced for verdicts from two high-profile trials While the details of the cases differ, both involve what has become an "American norm" of "civilians toting around firearms to protect their neighborhoods," said Caroline Light, a professor at Harvard University who has written a book called "Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair With Lethal Self-Defense." © Sean Rayford A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse where three white men are on trial for murder for the February 2020 shooting of Ahmaud Arbery "It has taken hold in the hearts and minds of Americans that armed self-defense is a right and a duty of so-called good citizens," Light told AFP. This notion is "at the very root of the nation," from the arrival of the first European settlers, Light said, and a right to self-defense has been codified in the laws of a number of states under pressure from the gun lobby. "But it disproportionately puts the right of weaponized violence, the rights of armed violence, into the hands of white, predominantly men," Light said. "And people of color, especially Black men, are in the crosshairs of violence," she said, "because there is this idea that you protect your neighborhood against threats, and that the threat is seen as Black."
My Godfather example is not about context , its about concept The concept is to bring in an audience member that will project influence into a trial or hearing That audience member could be sending a message to a Judge, a Jury, a defendant, a prosecutor