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Lawyer taken away in handcuffs after showdown with Boston judge
Boston Herald ^

Posted on 09/04/2019 11:23:11 AM PDT by outpostinmass2

A Boston judge ordered the defense attorney for a Straight Pride Parade protester to be taken away in handcuffs after she argued he didn’t have the right to refuse to dismiss a case.

Attorney Susan Church was held in contempt of court Wednesday by Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott while defending Lilley Antoinette, 29, a protester from Somerville who was charged with disorderly conduct at the Straight Pride Parade in Boston Saturday.

Both Church and the prosecutor requested dismissing Antoinette’s case due to the police report of her arrest lacking information, including what her exact actions were at the event and who may have been victimized.

“We’re outraged,” said Elizabeth Rucker, who has been leading efforts to pay for the protesters’ bails. “An argument between the two is an overstatement of what happened. How could you possibly say (Antoinette) victimized someone if there’s no name of a victim?” Sinnott, who declined requests from prosecutors to dismiss some of the cases the day before, pushed back against Church when she spoke out about statutes regarding case dismissals.

“This is the only warning you’re going to get. Do not try to talk over me, do not try to turn this into theater,” Sinnott said before ordering Church to be held in contempt.

Antoinette’s arraignment was rescheduled due to Church’s removal, though she said her lawyer’s actions only made her like her more.

“My lawyer is a badass,” Antoinette said.

Developing …


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; bluezones; boston; elizabethrucker; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; joecrowley; lilleyantoinette; massachusetts; newyork; ocasiocortez; richardsinnott; somerville; straightpride; susanchurch
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To: Red Badger
Never ever try arguing with a judge on their courtroom!...............…

Good advice.

I was a witness in a case in a Boston courtroom.
When the case came up the judge said he didn't have time to hear it that day, and told the lawyers he wanted everybody back in the courtroom Monday at 10 AM.

One of the lawyers approached the bench and said he couldn't make it because he had to be in another courtroom on another case on Monday at 10 AM.
The judge told him " If you are not here Monday at 10 AM I will hold you in contempt of court.
And then the Judge left". - Tom

61 posted on 09/04/2019 12:32:37 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: outpostinmass2

“They both are and surpising they are both married to males.”

Wonder who is on top?


62 posted on 09/04/2019 12:33:15 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: outpostinmass2

Both Church and the prosecutor requested dismissing Antoinette’s case due to the police report of her arrest lacking information, including what her exact actions were at the event and who may have been victimized.
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Could be evidence of police-prosecutor favoritism toward Antifa, i.e., an unconstitutional deprivation of equal protection of law. DOJ and Trump have no excuse for not challenging this type of behavior.


63 posted on 09/04/2019 12:39:20 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: Xa Shue
Tell it to the judge..........You can go first..........🤓
64 posted on 09/04/2019 12:39:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
A Boston judge ordered the defense attorney for a Straight Pride Parade protester to be taken away in handcuffs after she argued he didn’t have the right to refuse to dismiss a case. .. “This is the only warning you’re going to get. Do not try to talk over me, do not try to turn this into theater,” Sinnott said before ordering Church to be held in contempt... “My lawyer is a badass,” Antoinette said.
That'll give the perp something to talk about with her fellow inmates.

65 posted on 09/04/2019 12:43:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Xa Shue
It is NOT the judges’ courtroom. That courtroom and all others belongs to “We the People.” We need to put to an end the idea that in a courtroom the judge is god-like.

I fantasize about a citizen asserting their Constitutional power against authority:

Imagine if a juror talked back to a judge, saying “I have a 6th amendment power as an impartial jury, and you are a creation of Congress as a lower court. My right as a member of the jury is superior to yours via Article VI.”

Then I fantasize about being thrown in jail for contempt.

-PJ

66 posted on 09/04/2019 12:49:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Xa Shue

It’s the judges’ courtroom. They run the show. Otherwise you have judicial anarchy.


67 posted on 09/04/2019 12:50:14 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: BipolarBob

Oops like most posters including me you just read the headline

We all do it


68 posted on 09/04/2019 12:51:56 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: outpostinmass2

They need to file a formal complaint against the judge with the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board.

I’ve cost more than one judge his job by doing this. They sweat bullets just being investigated.


69 posted on 09/04/2019 1:06:46 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: wardaddy

Don’t be ashamed. I’m not. I’m pretty sure it’s in the Constitution to do so. I shoot from the hip. That’s how I roll. And when I get it wrong, I blame it on the other Bob.


70 posted on 09/04/2019 1:08:39 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: Rockingham

That’s why I did not follow my mother’s wishes and go to law school. I know myself well enough to realize that by now I would have absolutely shattered the county record for contempt citations.


71 posted on 09/04/2019 1:14:45 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: tired&retired
They need to file a formal complaint against the judge with the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board.

Why? From what I can see in the article, the judge had every right to hold the lawyer in contempt if she was trying to talk over him, especially if he had already warned her.

72 posted on 09/04/2019 1:25:11 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: outpostinmass2

A judge is a dictator in “Their” courtroom.


73 posted on 09/04/2019 1:40:09 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: outpostinmass2
Straight Pride Parade protester ANTIFA
Fixed that.
(It appears the reporter is trying to give the impression that it was a member of the Straight Pride Parade who got arrested, when it was an "ANTIFA".)
74 posted on 09/04/2019 1:55:47 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: outpostinmass2

“Your move, Sugartits.”

LOL!!! Gotta go to school for a long time to get that stupid.


75 posted on 09/04/2019 1:59:59 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: null and void

Rule #1 don’t piss off the judge
Rule #2 see rule #1


76 posted on 09/04/2019 2:37:13 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: outpostinmass2
LOL, if you're going to do it, at least go "Full Pacino"


77 posted on 09/04/2019 2:39:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steely Tom

Straight Pride Parade protester
MSM code for person protesting a parade of non-homosexual Americans.

The left-wing protestor is represented by a left-wing activist lawyer who tried to foul up the proceedings and got in the judge’s face.

For some reason (seeing that these events took place in Boston) the judge wasn’t buying in, and His Honor threw her in the hoosegow.
...
Thank you for taking the time


78 posted on 09/04/2019 3:28:26 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: CA Conservative

First, after reading a better article on this, I’m happy with the end result as the attorney was representing Antifa protesters.

Most District courts are Mickey Mouse Courts. The judges are unqualified and make bad decisions. Often it is better to just waive it to a real coutt.


79 posted on 09/04/2019 3:33:48 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: outpostinmass2

It’s a courtroom, not a stage. Judge rules.


80 posted on 09/04/2019 3:39:22 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable.)
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