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Tmitsss's avatar

Having tried many lawsuits, I can confirm that having a juror laugh at a witness is a bad sign for the side presenting the witness.

Shrugged's avatar

Especially when it catches the daydreaming absent and "aggrieved" father by surprise and he almost smiles in return thinking it was the appropriate response to what he missed.

Douglas Baringer's avatar

A laugh can be a sword to the heart.

Tmitsss's avatar

When I was a very new lawyer

I watched my father try a case. It was a routine case, a low impact rear end motor vehicle accident. It was mostly about damages. Our client was a former electrical lineman who years before had been injured on the job when he grabbed a wet rope that was crossing a live transmission line. The current damaged his hand his voice and exited his heel giving him a permanent limp. The auto accident happened at 10 am in front of a doughnut shop. The client was unemployable and already had a beer that morning. The investigating officer, noted that the client slurred his speech and was unsteady on his feet. My dad put the client on the stand and had him explain his slurred speech and unsteadiness on his feet. (There was no blood alcohol test). On cross examination the young lawyer for the plaintiff as the Defendant “were you drinking the night you were injured?” There was no laughter in the court room, there was more of a lack of oxygen in the room. Despite the fact that the defendant rear ended the plaintiff the jury found for the defendant. And that is the story of the worst question I saw in 40 years of practicing law.

MartyB's avatar

The Manhattan Coroner sounds like she reached the same conclusion as Saint George of Fentanyl’s . And for precisely the same reason.

BLM was an astroturfed movement that accomplished nothing in the way of improving any BLs, except for a very few individuals who prospered. Oh, and they helped stir a mighty load of excrement that added to the tremendous pile of crap that brought down PDJT 45. And in the ensuing years of disaster following The Steal even some normal people figured out who made their lives while they held sway. Say, how did PDJT’s 47 share of the black vote improve?

Adorable Deplorable's avatar

Because Elon Musk had the balls to put his money where his mouth was and the truth got out. Much to the chagrin of the Deep State Swamp Scum.

LuAnn's avatar

X becoming a free speech platform made all the difference in the election.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

Funny how a ray of truthful sunlight can make the "narrative spin" just melt away.

Lawsy0's avatar

Glad to see the mention of sunlight's cleansing properties. I was about to toss out a Tupperware item due to tomato sauce stain. Someone told me to leave it out in the sunlight. I did that in the middle of winter. The item not only smelled better and looked better--I didn't waste it. That was @ 1972+/-

Shrugged's avatar

Yes. Lesson learned. Seeing how this one media channel can make so much difference helps me to see just how much persuasion and influence the mainstream media has given the leftist all these years. Go back 20+ years (long before streaming) and we had a guy who saved AM radio by turning it into a new genre of talk radio. Rush Limbaugh was our only weapon for many years in response to the overwhelming mainstream push. He was very influential, but not bigger than all the cable channels put together.

Now I understand the power of media.

Jim's avatar

The need for the UniParty to control the narrative has been all important. X/Twitter has resulted in the breaking of that narrative which has allowed people to realize they aren't the only ones thinking the political leaders are frequently stupid,and that the media narrative movers are either dumb or evil.

Don Reed's avatar

12/10/24: We were bailed out by an Afro-American!

Shrugged's avatar

I was in St Louis just before the primary election and was surprised to see so many BLM signs in the front yards of the urban households in 2024. Talk about bitter clingers. They were usually sitting beside a Cori Bush re-election sign.

At least the voters in MO removed the latter in the primary. That sent a message to the squad.

Jeremy R's avatar

Astro turf or not black liars and murderers was not a new movement, just a rebranding of the communist controlled black liberation movement. An early visit to their site was eye-opening. They didn't bother to purge their materials for several years and by accessing the site map one could browse through some of the most violent anti American content not produced in Iran.

Revisionist history is tearing the country apart. That's what Satan and his minions want.

A million blacks murdered by other blacks in cold blood is no problem yet one black killed by a white in self defense instantly became a national crisis and a black man dieing from an overdose in the presence of police turned many cities into ash heaps.

MLR's avatar

Derek Chauvin remains in prison and was almost murdered there for being a white policeman arresting a drug addled black man who died of an overdose. When will someone do something about getting justice for him? Assad’s prisoners required toppling of his regime to open the gates of his prisons. I hope we don’t need that for justice to be done. As an aside, 6% of the population is responsible for 50% of the murders that occur in this country. That 6% are black men and those 50% murdered are mostly other black men. Perhaps BLM could focus on the real threats to black people?

Dutchmn007's avatar

Derek Chauvin was railroaded.

Gail W's avatar

I wish DJT would work to get a REPUBLICAN governor elected in MN (I think that is where Chauvin was convicted?) in exchange for that gov pardoning Chauvin.

THAT would be justice imo.

Stephen Wolf's avatar

Those people are totally Socialist now, no hope. Trump can pardon Chauvin telling them how wrong they were as only Trump can do.

Wim de Vriend's avatar

If Chauvin was convicted under state law Trump cannot pardon him.

Stephen Wolf's avatar

True, I was not sure if he was charged as a felony or not. Should have researched first.

Gail W's avatar

Didn't DJT only lose MN by a few points?? If so, I'm assuming that is much better than R's typically do in MN. Imagine what DJT could do there if he really tried. 👍

JT's avatar

WHY are people relying on Trump to throw out the Socialists??? Band together and kick them to the curb! Most of that state is Red.

Gail W's avatar

Most of what state is red? MN??

Wow, I just looked it up! ( The state website does not give this info but another site shows Rs 1.6M and Ds 1.4M !! But then Unaffiliated is almost another million.

Greg's avatar

Actually black on black crime is the most prevalent.

Wim de Vriend's avatar

That much of the black crime affects other blacks doesn't invalidate his point. Besides, the level of black on white crime is bad enough anyway-- and the general increase in black-committed crime says a lot about the perverted success of all these past decades of Great Society vote-buying and the accompanying endless grievance-mongering.

In 2020 the NY Post featured a bunch of articles of a new form of black-on-white crime: an epidemic of young black hoodlums beating, hitting or even trying to set on fire white people, total strangers, whom they happened to encounter somewhere. Because of the ubiquity of monitoring cameras a lot of those articles were illustrated. One memorable one was of a tall black kid meeting a 92-year-old lady pushing a small shopping cart -- no, not a homeless one -- in the Gramercy Park district; he was at least a head taller. While passing her on the sidewalk, his left fist flung out and hit her on the side of her head; she fell, but received medical attention and survived; while he continued walking he had looked back, apparently to verify the success of his punch.

Besides these opportunistic hoodlums you could say that this black "revenge-mania" includes low-lifes like Alvin Bragg and Letitia James and Fani Willis and the black female loudmouths who have made themselves small-town mayors and scream "racism" when it is found that they've been looting their town's treasuries -- and on and on. And when is somebody going to get up and say "enough already!" ???

JT's avatar

When by-standers get involved and kick the ever living sh*t out of the bullies. We have a spectator nation, instead of people who recognize what they're looking at (situational awareness) and react immediately. That punk knew he'd get away with it.

Jeremy R's avatar

That 6% might be a lot less considering that most of their victims are other black men and male children.

Another sad part of this is that the vast majority go unsolved because the family and friends refuse to cooperate with the police.

Absentee fathers, welfare mothers, drugs, the list goes on. Thanks a lot LBJ, at least you got em voting more of the same.

JT's avatar

Except that BLM was NEVER about 'helping' blacks. It's was always about the grift. Just like Al 'Charleton' and the others. Remember the photo the media posted everywhere with Chauvin's knee supposedly on Floyd's neck - supposedly? It wasn't on his neck at all. I took a active shooter defense class and the way to hold down a perp is to kneel across upper back because the arms can't move backwards in retaliation. (Had multiple debates on this issue with colleagues.) Exactly what Chauvin was doing. I agree - WHERE is his defense? WHERE are the damn Republicans on this issue?

Don Reed's avatar

12/10/24: Not a hope in hell on that one.

Liz LaSorte's avatar

Neely had 42 prior arrests, including assaults on women in the subway. This situation would not have happened if NY’s justice system operated as it should in a civilized society that recognizes law and order. And that circles back to Soro’s backed district attorney Alvin Bragg and the fact that the majority of NYC voted for him.

So, it's really about dumb voters, and the reason democracies always ultimately fail. When “normies” have BLM virtue-signaling signs in their yard TO DEFUND THE POLICE (and who wants that other than criminals?), it’s not the system; it’s the voters. Can we fix stupid? Three decades ago, we had wiser people voting...

Adorable Deplorable's avatar

Don't give up yet. The race hustlers are going out of style. As are the baby killers, the alphabet people, the talking heads and the MSM.

Amy's avatar

I agree with “going out is style”. We attended a dinner in October for the Assist Pregnancy Center in Annandale. The director spoke and her main point was, legal/illegal - whatever- let’s make abortion unimaginable. The Left can’t win that argument. Moms and babies win. Dads, too.

Gail W's avatar

As I've heard pointed out elsewhere, it's SO ironic that these (seemingly grossly unattractive) women are 'threatening' celibacy due to DJT's win because 'reproductive rights". 🙄 IF THEY WERE THAT SEXUALLY DISCRETE IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY WOULDN'T NEED ACCESS TO ABORTIONS. *hurrumph!*

Adorable Deplorable's avatar

Who the hell wants these hags to procreate anyway? They are doing us a big favor.

Cookie McCall's avatar

Celibacy - what a concept! Of course, that would pretty much put Planned Parenthood out of business

Lawsy0's avatar

That would be a blessing for most of us, but it would put a big dent in PP's ability to sell used baby parts.

Gail W's avatar

Yeah, wouldn't that be a shame. / sarc

Greg's avatar

I didn’t get a hurrumpf out of that guy.

Don Reed's avatar

12/10/24: "Hello, boys! Do you miss me?!"

Shrugged's avatar

Someone needs to put father Andre Zachary on the stand in the civil trial that will most likely occur after this success for Daniel Penny to ask him how many times he went to the court room to support his son in each of those 42 arrests.

I'll bet not a single one.

Suzie's avatar

I’d read that when Neely was doing his Michael Jackson dancing gig for change, he’d asked his father if he could live with him. But his father refused because Neely wouldn’t share his change with him.

That so-called excuse for a father is the lowest of the low, as are all they who support his fraudulent grasp for money over the body of his dead son.

Shrugged's avatar

Interesting. Absent fathers in black families started with the ADC/foodstamps programs of the 1970's, a program for which I was a caseworker for two years making a dozen home visits each month to determine recertification.

Black women felt more secure with a government check for rent and food stamps to feed her and the kids than to rely on dad who was carousing while unemployed.

That program destroyed the family of all who used it - Black and White.

Suzie's avatar

It was worse than that.

Women applying for government Welfare would be turned down if the father was still living in the home. This instantly “disincentived” fathers from living in the home, and the rest is history.

Reddog's avatar

Suzie, using a reasonable context for what constitutes a “father”, I don’t see how anyone could ever consider that guy as having been one. Not even close. And there you have the tragedy of so many black American kids. Without a father and mother who care, the kids have little chance for a normal future.

RevMikeyMac's avatar

Sperms donor. Period. He shouldn't get one red cent.

Jim Nelson's avatar

I am not a lawyer, but given his long absence from his son’s life, I wonder if he has standing in the eyes of the court. Having said that, the NYC justice system is so corrupt, he might actually win.

Don Reed's avatar

12/10/24: They'd make him the next mayor of NYC.

darrell's avatar

Where I live when a man like this attacks a woman in broad daylight he is immediately removed from the streets. (one way or another).

Greg's avatar

That is the future. One way OR another.

Reddog's avatar

We pray you are right but it isnt a given.

Alice Ball's avatar

I couldn’t agree more Liz! How does NYC succeed in so many ways with these absolutely bottom of the barrel voters?? Dumbest people in the country along with Californians.

Reddog's avatar

History show there has never been a shortage of the ignorant or stupid.

Gail W's avatar

It's mass formation psychosis.

https://youtu.be/ZltdPfal5x0

You will never see the world the same again after watching this.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

Gail, your link to Tucker's interview with Mattias Desmet on Mass Formation Psychosis is outstanding. I watched it a few months ago. I don't know if it will be the final word on the psychological manipulations that have been occurring, but it sure is eye-opening.

Gail W's avatar

I agree. I have watched it multiple times and every time I do it blows me away.

Cookie McCall's avatar

Thank you Gail for posting this link. I love all the interesting conversations Tucker has with people I otherwise would never known about

Gail W's avatar

You'll love it. But Tucker has deeply disappointed me in several guests he's had on in the last year that are rabidly antisemitic which is extremely unhelpful, especially if you're Jewish, as I am.

LuAnn's avatar

I will watch it. Thanks.

Greg's avatar

It’s a lot of Wall Street money

Gail W's avatar

Maybe. Regardless, once you hear how it’s done you will know how to help open other ppls eyes which what must happen to break down the psychosis.

LuAnn's avatar

We had our own version of mass formation psychosis in Canada during COVID and with the mass graves of Indian children (false), also during COVID.

Gail W's avatar

Yes, if you listen to that interview the mass psychosis has occurred throughout history, most notably the holocaust. IMO it's another reason why they hate DJT (and Musk). They are not mass-persuadable. Their minds are too independent.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

But it is possible that there has been more entrenched voting fraud in both NYC and California than we realized, which "cemented" them as Blue places; but possibly they are not quite as True Blue as we had thought.

LuAnn's avatar

I think that's very possible, TPG, because Trump did have some breakthroughs in both states.

PM's avatar

Is it true DJT called Trudeau Gov of the great state of Canada?

TeaPartyGal's avatar

Yes!--is on CFP. Hilarious!

Jeremy R's avatar

Think of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the liberals ( if any) who actually moved there. Do they swim for Greenland or trek across Alaska and take a kayak to Siberia?

Gail W's avatar

Close and the truth is even better -

When Trudeau whined that DJT's tariffs would bankrupt Canada, DJT joked that the US could then make Canada the 51st state of which Trudeau could become gov. 🤣

Subsequent people (I don't think DJT would have said this, but who knows!) said Canada could be the 'gay North Dakota'. 🤣🤣🤣

Jeremy R's avatar

I'd say very likely. Orange county flipped from Red to communist the moment they got a few people in place to count the vote during the fauci flu scamdemic. I believe it's still red.

PM's avatar

Could the reason be the fruit of the poisoned tree, MSM, spreading white supremacy and wantonly killing anyone who is black? Nah.

William Coulter's avatar

Jordan Neely’s skin color had NOTHING to do with what happened to him.

His crime wasn’t being loud, either.

His crime was threatening to kill people he didn’t know, had never met and not one of the potential victims had ever done anything to him.

His behavior is what got him killed.

Until behavior responsibility is addressed in this society not much will change.

Daniel Penny is a hero. He did what was the right thing to do not only for himself but for the other riders of that subway.

It is interesting that not even Benjamin Crump is in on this scheme of victimization by skin color.

Reddog's avatar

Now you are getting to the heart of the matter: personal responsibility.

Alice Ball's avatar

He is in Memphis however.

PM's avatar

Al reported for duty, though-He's so big a deal, MSNBC is afraid to dump him.

William Coulter's avatar

Big Al might want to lay low for the next few years as I understand he and him paying his taxes don’t jive together very well.

From the Beach...🌞🇧🇷🏖️🌊🐬🌎😎's avatar

Alvin Bragg is a Black supremacist stalking White men.

Good night, Alvin. Are you a 🐿️ chipmunk?

' Tis the season, Alvin. Alvin! Alvin!!

Christopher's Eclectic as Hell's avatar

Let the malicious prosecution civil lawsuits begin!!!

Gail W's avatar

I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect those civil suits from his POS 'father' will have a VERY SHORT shelf life due to the fact that his father was never IN his life to begin with.

Reddog's avatar

Maybe, hope you are right. But it is NY.

PM's avatar

Yep, they haven't ruined his life enough already.

Duke of URL's avatar

[B]ullshit & [L]ies for [M]oney...

PM's avatar

Neely brings back memories of M. Brown. Both were what I and others believe were rabid animals, poisoned by drugs. You had skin in that game, Don; who is in better position to beat the drums for a pardon of Derek Chavin?-Stabbed 22 times by another animal, recovered, and is now under the protection of Ken Paxton in Big Spring, TX. FWIW, I'm working with the Texas House to have August 9 declared Don Surber Day.

Gail W's avatar

FWIW, see my post above. I *think* since Chauvin was convicted in MN he could only be pardoned by the MN gov. I hope someone here will please correct / educate me if that is wrong! 👍

Stephen Wolf's avatar

A President can only pardon federal offenses.

Gail W's avatar

Correct. That is why I suggested that DJT help elect a non-insane MN GOVERNOR so that they could pardon Chauvin. 😊

PM's avatar

In defense of my horseman-Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, was absent from the panel’s meeting last week after being traced as the source of leaks to the press regarding the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), sources told The Hill. Wild — who has been the top Democrat on the Ethics Committee since 2022 — is not returning to Congress next year after losing her re-election bid to Republican Ryan Mackenzie. Word is Matt ratted her out as the leaker of the ‘ethics’ findings, strictly forbidden under House rules. Heard he now has his own show. Godspeed, Matt.

Stephen Wolf's avatar

She is a Democrat should answer any doubts.

Marlan Hoerer's avatar

Justice prevailed despite an all out insanity topped off by egotistic persecutors[ prosecutors ] assault on the legal system. Shockingly the jury was made up of individuals using reasoned logic to reach a verdict .F Bragg and his entire staff. Poll is peanuts but none for the chipmunk loser.

Reddog's avatar

I sense Braggs time in the spotlight is about done. Even in NY, people have limits.

Charles Bolen's avatar

1. Trump DOJ should consider federal civil rights charges against the Rittenhouse and Penny prosecutors.

2. AOC clearly isn’t recognizing the shifting of the political winds. The way urban blue collar voters are moving, she is ripening herself to see the district flip in a cycle or two. Subway riders want safe subways, and she is outing herself as part of the problem to her own voters. She’s down in share in every subsequent election in all four of her elections, and she had 30k fewer votes than 2020.

AZCACTUSPETE's avatar

Still, she is in office; and she is a DF. We know that. Apparently her constituents are happy with her. That says a whole lot about that district.

LuAnn's avatar

I hope AOC will be gone, but I think she'll likely try to run for President. Even if she leaves the political scene, she'll end up as a lobbyist or consultant and will still rake it millions. She is in the game and will not leave.

Reddog's avatar

Time to ignore Cortez and her gang. They only matter if you pay attention to them. Just say no.

Subvet's avatar

The same could be said for Whoopie and Company. Ignor them I do. The only time I know what they are saying is when some blog brings them up.

Shrugged's avatar

"31 years ago New Yorkers elected Giuliani as mayor to end the chaos."

Our injustice system has done to Rudy what they did to Derek Chauvin and almost did to Penny. Daniel Penny still has a long road of civil trials to survive which will likely saddle him with undeserved financial burdens and charges. I am still horrified Derek Chauvin is wasting away in jail for doing his job arresting a drug addict acting out like Jordan Neely.

The twisting of our justice system into a warped board is much easier to see with time. I hope like hell it becomes obvious during the Trump 2.0 years. It started with Obama.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

And Obama's AG, Eric Holder.

Jeremy R's avatar

I would edit your comment to reflect that Chauvin was trying to save the man's life. They did what they could and by the book. Hard to win when someone has ingested enough poison to kill a small town.

Suzie's avatar

“ AP said, “The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness. Neely was Black. Penny is white.

No, it didn’t.”

Hear, hear, Don Surber!!!

Let me repeat that louder for those in the back of room:

NO IT DIDN’T!

Enough of that crap. That is over, done with, gonzo.

Good is good and bad is bad, and it does not matter one whit what color you are, your mental state, your position in life - none of that.

We are done with the destructive divisions this establishment has been shoving down our throats for years, trying to excuse evil and bad behavior, and make scapegoats out of the innocent.

Let common sense and the Rule

Of Law be restored once again, and for all time.

PM's avatar

Congressman Eli Crane (R-AZ), a Navy SEAL veteran: “Daniel Penny Congressional Gold Medal Act,” notes the convict, Jordan Neely’s, criminal background, outstanding arrest warrant, and threatening behavior, as well as Biden’s failure “to adequately protect residents and their property from violent criminals” over the last four years. “Penny’s actions exemplify what it means to stand against the grain to do right in a world that rewards moral cowardice,”

“It is the sense of the Congress that Daniel Penny, with integrity and honor that is characteristic of who he is and of his honorable service in the United States Marine Corps, stepped in to protect women and children from an individual who was threatening to kill innocent bystanders, and he is a hero.”

AZCACTUSPETE's avatar

My wife and I voted for him. No relation even though my middle name is "Crane". He will be an asset. We need more like him.

PM's avatar

Penny is a HERO-Bragg is a ZERO, Lawfare at its ugliest. Trial evidence revealed that Neely had the synthetic marijuana drug K2 in his system at the time. Defense claimed that Neely died NOT from Penny’s chokehold, but by “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint, and the synthetic marijuana.”