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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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Oh no..Triggered by a picture of a white guy.
1 posted on 12/22/2020 3:17:01 PM PST by devane617
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This is getting so sick and pathetic and Dangerous!


2 posted on 12/22/2020 3:18:18 PM PST by virginia9000
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To: devane617

Ah.

Makes perfect sense.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 3:19:37 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: devane617

That is the most bovine excrement of an excuse I think I’ve ever heard. And the guy will probably protest if there are any whites on his jury.


4 posted on 12/22/2020 3:19:48 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: devane617

Blind justice is out the window.


5 posted on 12/22/2020 3:20:46 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: devane617

So how’s a white defendant supposed to get a fair trial? Oh wait, they’re not.


6 posted on 12/22/2020 3:20:53 PM PST by Orosius
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To: devane617

Or demand an all black jury when trying blacks.


7 posted on 12/22/2020 3:22:50 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: Orosius

I will demand a wall lined with white guy portraits if I go to trial...


8 posted on 12/22/2020 3:23:23 PM PST by devane617 (...)
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To: SkyDancer

Yep. Get acquittals for everything and then wonder why there are so many criminals preying on them. Why don’t the police do something about all the crime in black communities? Oh, yeah! We’re defunding them.


9 posted on 12/22/2020 3:25:49 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Bernhard should be forced off the bench.


10 posted on 12/22/2020 3:26:52 PM PST by sauropod (Cui bono? I will not comply.)
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To: sauropod

When is someone on the Left going to say this is getting crazy? Sooner or later this crap will come home to leftest.


11 posted on 12/22/2020 3:28:53 PM PST by devane617 (...)
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The judge could have made the point without having to inject race.

He could have said the portraits were a distraction and he would want the jury focused on the testimony and case presented.

And nobody would have cared

Everyone is looking for their twitter or facebook moment that is all


12 posted on 12/22/2020 3:30:25 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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This is so twisted it is pathetic. This race thing is being carried too far!


13 posted on 12/22/2020 3:32:41 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (EQ)
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To: devane617

I think every other portrait should be replaced with Justice Thomas.


14 posted on 12/22/2020 3:33:26 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Bernhard should be forced off the bench.

Yes, he should. He's just admitted he can't control his courtroom to the point that is fair for both the prosecution and the defendant.

15 posted on 12/22/2020 3:35:25 PM PST by libertylover (Remember: Deep State hated Jesus too.)
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To: virginia9000

I think the Babylon Bee shunned the story and tried to palm it off on Mad Magazine which tossed it out where a maintenance man brought it to this place.

Can America get any more degraded and preposterous?

I happen to have blue eyes. Can I demand an all blue eyed jury and judge under the gaze of a row of blue eyed patriot portraits?


16 posted on 12/22/2020 3:38:42 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: GreyFriar
As Justice Thomas noted in a later dissent, Batson would prevent a black defendant from even using peremptory challenges on white jurors, so he would be SOL.
17 posted on 12/22/2020 3:39:00 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: devane617

These articles from the Babylon Bee are just so ironic. So funny.

Wait, what?


18 posted on 12/22/2020 3:39:32 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve. DJT 11-07-20)
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To: devane617

If you think it’s butt-kissing, and it is, It’s Social Justice.

(apologies to the butter like spread)


19 posted on 12/22/2020 3:40:20 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

I guess he was “Overwhelmed” by the white people.

Overwhelmed. That word was used. He just put the back of his hands to his forehead, spun around and slumped to the floor.

It was too much for the ol’ chap to handle.


20 posted on 12/22/2020 3:40:25 PM PST by Celerity
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