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Neo-Nazi gets makeover to hide tattoos from jury
reviewjournal.com ^ | July 25, 2016 | DAVID FERRARA

Posted on 07/25/2016 2:41:46 PM PDT by PROCON


As potential jurors enter Courtroom 11D at the Regional Justice Center for a robbery trial on Monday, they will not see the teardrop tattooed just below defendant Bayzle Morgan’s right eye.

They will not see the swastika within a clover under the 24-year-old’s left eye. Nor will they see the words “Most Wanted” across his forehead.

The “Baby Nazi” tattoo on his neck will be hidden, as will the Iron Cross on the back of his bald head, along with two more white supremacist tattoos where his eyebrows should be.

In an unusual move, District Judge Richard Scotti has ordered the concealing of Morgan’s tattoos from the neck up.

“The goal is to make sure we can get a jury to at least give him a fair trial,” defense attorney Dan Bunin said.

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KEYWORDS: german; jury; makeover; mrpotatohead; neonazi; police; style; tattoos
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To: familyop

Certainly not neo-nazi tattoos :-)


21 posted on 07/25/2016 3:08:54 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: lacrew

What is he on trial for?


22 posted on 07/25/2016 3:10:00 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: thoughtomator

“The man chose by his own free will to present himself to the world with those tattoos - he put them on his face in places nobody could miss them, to advertise these qualities he saw in himself.”

Sure, but people can change while tattoos are fairly permanent. They may only be evidence of a person’s state of mind at some point in the past, not necessarily at the time the crime in question took place.

In a perfect world, the jury should just disregard them, but this isn’t a perfect world, so if they are likely to be prejudicial, he should have the opportunity to conceal them.


23 posted on 07/25/2016 3:12:21 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: thoughtomator

I agree with you too. But what the jury needs to decide is what he actually DID ( or not). Not his prejudices or what he believes or “thinks”. Such is the rule as I understand it - anyway. Yes, I’d otherwise prefer to let him go into court just as he is. IF he’s guilty, he deserves it. But just in case he’s innocent of the charged conduct, he shouldn’t have to face a likely- prejudiced jury ( even tho, as you correctly point out, he would’ve done it to himself).


24 posted on 07/25/2016 3:13:17 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Eagles6
Would think they would be important identifiers. Judge tampering with evidence?

A rapidly-spreading trend among law enforcement agencies is the practice of wrapping a towel around all the arrestees' necks and shoulders for mugshot photos, because *some* have visible neck tattoos. Witnesses were looking for only the tattoo and were identifying the wrong person based on that.

25 posted on 07/25/2016 3:13:33 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: PROCON

Wow, that man is some poor mama’s baby boy. What in the world went wrong.


26 posted on 07/25/2016 3:14:39 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“fair trial does not cover up relevant information.”

That’s right.

Seems unfair to the victims.


27 posted on 07/25/2016 3:15:40 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: PROCON
Why didn't he get a tattoo saying: ""I'm Stupid. on his forehead?
28 posted on 07/25/2016 3:25:22 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: PROCON

..........looking at this guy the old phrase “you can’t fix stupid” comes to mind.........

As long as the taxpayer doesn’t have to pay some cosmetology person or plastic surgeon even one dollar to, in effect, altar who he REALLY is so he will look good for the jury then what will be will be.


29 posted on 07/25/2016 3:32:27 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: thoughtomator

The only “tats” I want associated with this psycho-hatemonger killer is that of the sound of “ratta-tat-tat” when he is executed by a machinegun firing squad.

Then he’ll be tattooed forever - a holey guy at last.


30 posted on 07/25/2016 3:47:37 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: lacrew

#20 - where did you get the photos/ Need definitive source and point of publication (If newspaper, name of paper, date and story title).

Remember - Trayvon Martin’s mother is going to speak tonight at the DNC convention.

FR readers should know, if your photos are authentic, that his father is or was “ganged-up”.


31 posted on 07/25/2016 3:49:59 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: PROCON
The legal counsel should have to explain the meanings of the various tattoos and their placement

The intention of the person getting the tat might or might not be important to the accused crime


32 posted on 07/25/2016 4:21:34 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: faithhopecharity

Really? I find it hard to believe that. The marking of ones body to that extent is intimately connected to that persons beliefs and inner workings and some of those marks are direct claims of responsibility for criminal acts IIRC. To hide them, in my opinion, is to commit fraud upon the jury.


33 posted on 07/25/2016 4:43:46 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Conservative treehouse:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/07/14/update-33-trayvon-martin-shooting-the-bloom-is-off-the-ruse-the-gang-connections/

Their photo of the CAT tattoo appears to be from this article (and many others):

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/justice-department-investigation-is-sought-in-florida-teenagers-shooting-death.html?_r=0

And credited to a photographer named Red Huber, in Orlando.

Another photo, merely credited to the AP, is at the Daily Mail (have to scroll a while):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2119340/Trayvon-Martin-case-Newt-Gingrich-slams-Obamas-disgraceful-comments-shooting.html

I believe these photos were taken on March 16, 2012...at a press conference/Sharpton event. It was surely taped, and shown on the news - but I cannot find the video, to save my life.

This ‘rap dictionary’ lists the word CAT as crippin all the time:

http://www.rapdict.org/Talk:Crips


34 posted on 07/25/2016 4:52:49 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: lacrew

Thanks CT. This is the way to give FR readers searchable sources to use both the verify the authenticity of what we see/read, and also as a source/link to send to friends and detractors alike. They can then make up their own minds.

Our job is to get this kind of information/sources out to our FReepers, friends and even strangers because we are not going to see this in most of the mainstream media.


35 posted on 07/25/2016 5:10:37 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

No problem. I think Conservative Treehouse may have recently fallen out of favor for being pro-Cruz or something like that...but they still do excellent work digging into the media stories de jour.


36 posted on 07/25/2016 5:23:53 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: Axenolith

well, my note was how I understand the law

the idea being to test the prosector’s evidence of what the accused actually may have DONE

and not prejudice a jury

it is, after all, just possible that the defendant is a total Nazi slimeball (sure looks that way) but maybe he did not do the crime of which he is accused

juries can be prejudiced or inflamed by being shown certain inflammatory things like, say, swaztikas or KKK costumes or
“Piss Christ” or whatever like that...
the law wants a non=prejudiced jury

anyway....that’s how I understand it.
I DO UNDERSTAND your POV....
Best,
fhc


37 posted on 07/25/2016 5:25:15 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: PROCON

Why not just put a paper bag over his head.


38 posted on 07/25/2016 5:28:11 PM PDT by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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To: lacrew

There is something strange about that site.


39 posted on 07/25/2016 5:29:32 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: PROCON

The judge is a duplicitous fool. No legal precedent requires this. What next, give every ugly defendant a makeover, make every fat defendant look slim, give bald defendants wigs? Nonsense. The defendant proudly walked the streets with this look. He reveled in that look, wanting his peers to see.
Now it’s time for a jury of his peers to see. Judge wrong, period.


40 posted on 07/25/2016 5:49:41 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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