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Judge won’t try Black man in courtroom with white portraits
mypanhandle ^ | 12/22/2020 | MATTHEW BARAKAT

Posted on 12/22/2020 3:17:01 PM PST by devane617

A Black defendant’s right to a fair trial would be harmed if the jury heard the case in a courtroom lined with portraits of white jurists, a northern Virginia judge has ruled.

The upcoming trial of Terrance Shipp on charges of eluding police will be held in a courtroom that has no portraits on the wall, said Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard.

Bernhard noted that his usual courtroom has no portraits. But jury trials that were postponed during the coronavirus pandemics are now being held in larger courtrooms. The walls of those rooms are lined with portraits of retired judges who are overwhelmingly white, he said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bs; court; fairfaxcounty; grovel; racist
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To: ClearCase_guy

Now the Left brings us Seeing Just-Us.


21 posted on 12/22/2020 3:40:47 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: devane617
"Judge won’t try Black man in courtroom with white portraits"

So, will Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard be wearing a sack over his Caucasian head?!?

Also, will the AP racist writer, Matthew Barakat, be told to capitalize "white" when referring to the jurists at the same time he refers to the defendant as "Black"?!?

22 posted on 12/22/2020 3:40:52 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: devane617

This guy was overwhelmed by pictures.. can we say that Kyle Rittenhouse was also “overwhelmed” by a crowd of white people trying to kill him ?


23 posted on 12/22/2020 3:41:08 PM PST by Celerity
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To: Celerity

“She blinded me with White People”?


24 posted on 12/22/2020 3:43:11 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: devane617

There is a whole continent he can move to if he hates seeing white people.


25 posted on 12/22/2020 3:44:25 PM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: Responsibility2nd

You have to feel for a satirist trying to make a living in a crazy world.


26 posted on 12/22/2020 3:44:27 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: devane617

I used to go to a restaurant in TX that had pics of all the presidents except Obama


27 posted on 12/22/2020 3:44:33 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: devane617

Sharia courts don’t allow any portraits or images at all.


28 posted on 12/22/2020 3:48:55 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
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To: devane617

No portraits. No drapes.

Just bare walls.


29 posted on 12/22/2020 3:49:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt (We have entered "Insanity Week." Act accordingly.)
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To: Carl Vehse

So, will Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard be wearing a sack over his Caucasian head?!?
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He’s a cuck and his wife has a black bull?


30 posted on 12/22/2020 3:51:05 PM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: devane617
“The upcoming trial of Terrance Shipp on charges of eluding police will be held in a courtroom that has no portraits on the wall, said Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard.”

Why try him at all, especially if he is a former slave?

Hasn't the poor man suffered enough?

31 posted on 12/22/2020 4:01:54 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: devane617

Well, it only goes to reason! I once knew of a guy named Billy Ray Valentine. He was black and framed by a company called Duke & Duke in a room filled with nothing but white dude portraits. So unfair.


32 posted on 12/22/2020 4:08:18 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: devane617

33 posted on 12/22/2020 4:12:50 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Joe Biden: Commander-in-Cheat. )
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To: devane617

Then, as a white man, I demand my case only be tried by a white male judge from now on.


34 posted on 12/22/2020 4:12:55 PM PST by Skywise
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To: mylife

That’s different - it’s a private establishment.

Sounds like a nice place though...


35 posted on 12/22/2020 4:14:18 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Rurudyne

“In the White Room..With black curtains....”


36 posted on 12/22/2020 4:14:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: virginia9000

Correct


37 posted on 12/22/2020 4:18:57 PM PST by genghis
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To: 17th Miss Regt

..... it’d be racist if they did.


38 posted on 12/22/2020 4:29:29 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: devane617

board up all of the windows and replace all of the lighting with black lights...


39 posted on 12/22/2020 4:29:56 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: devane617

New phase of a trial just before jury selection...portrait selection.

I would have wagered money that this was satire when I saw the heading.


40 posted on 12/22/2020 4:38:22 PM PST by Zack Attack
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