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@Inevitablewest@BillboardChris They are only allowed to hate straight, White men, so they do like dumb robots.
This is their programming, like NPCs in a video game.
Watch the video for my thoughts on the verdict in the Shiloh Hendrix case. In summary:
I think it's pathetic. I think it's sad.
The whole thing is fucking bullshit.
We will appeal it. Stay tuned for updates.
Shiloh Hendrix's lawyer says that on top of committing blatant felony perjury, the not one, but TWO Somali translators were nothing but a tactic for Shire Jimale to evade answering any questions under cross-examination.
Says he spoke English with the prosecutors just fine.
The public should know. Not because I say so. Because this was their courthouse. Their Constitution. Their justice system.
The media asked to televise the trial. I said yes. The State said no. Read that again.
A case built around a recording. A woman prosecuted because of what was captured on video. Yet when the public asked to watch the trial itself, the State fought to keep the cameras out.
Why?
What exactly was the public not supposed to see?
I argued—on the record—for transparency. Not for publicity. Transparency. I argued that the people of Rochester, the citizens of Olmsted County, the people of Minnesota, and every American should be allowed to watch the process. To see the witnesses. To hear the arguments. To watch the rulings. To decide for themselves whether justice was done.
The answer? DENIED! Yep.
Think about the contradiction. A camera in a park becomes the centerpiece of a criminal prosecution.
A camera in a courtroom becomes unacceptable. One camera is welcomed. The other is feared.
One camera used for a $340,000 shakedown and the other feared.
One used to convict a woman for protected speech. The other feared.
Justice is not a private club. It does not belong to judges. It does not belong to prosecutors. It belongs to the people.
Public confidence is not built by asking citizens to trust the system. It is built by letting them watch it. Sunlight is uncomfortable. So is accountability.
If a courtroom cannot withstand the scrutiny of the citizens it serves, then we have a much larger conversation to have than the outcome of a single case.
The people were told to trust the process. I asked that they be allowed to see it. Those are not the same thing.
It is time to wake the fuck up.
After the second day of court, both prosecutors appeared outside the courthouse with the state's star witness, Shire Jimale, who we were told couldn’t speak English and needed two translators. It was a miracle, he spoke English outside, no translator needed!