Posted on 05/24/2022 4:37:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On Wednesday morning, Joao DePina will walk into a Massachusetts courthouse to learn whether he could face the possibility of spending a decade behind bars.
His alleged crime? Heckling a district attorney from afar during a live press conference.
DePina repeatedly interrupted then-Suffolk County D.A. Rachael Rollins during a November press conference to criticize Rollins' professional and personal behavior. His shouts were picked up on local news broadcasts, and Rollins paused on several occasions to ask DePina to stop interrupting her attempt to give an update on two cops who had been shot earlier that day. DePina also livestreamed his tirade, during which he criticized Rollins' nomination to be a U.S. attorney (she was confirmed to the post in December, becoming the first black woman to be U.S. attorney for Massachusetts).
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
What’s happened to this country?
Why do I suspect the perp is white?
I’m sure the heckling was just “Let’s go Brandon”!
Yeah the title omits the fact that he was under criminal indictment by her office at the time.
Not saying that it justifies the charge but leaving out critical information tends to undermine your argument.
Paying attention guys?
Meanwhile… antifa was burning down our cities and looting businesses.
The powers that be decided affirmative action and political correctness were far more important than facts and justice.
Yeah the title omits the fact that he was under criminal indictment by her office at the time.
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Indictment does not equal conviction, and with many of these politicized DAs, I’m sure they’d freely indict people just because they don’t like them and want to make their life miserable.
EVIL George Soros has been allowed to run RAMPANT in this country!!! He is PURE EVIL and he probably paid for this “woman” to be the DA.
This is a 1st amendment case and should have NEVER even been charged.
And this case proves,yet again,that he's right.
She’s a Soros D.A. Comes with the territory.
So... get indicted lose your first amendment rights?
Don't think it was meant to work that way.
'Coz, y'know, because the 1st amendment is all about insurrection.
[snip] The heckler was not a resident of Ferndale Street or anywhere close to Tuesday’s incident. He was Joao DePina, a provocateur and failed candidate for city council who has been banned and suspended from social media platforms for harassing both private and public figures. Whatever his most recent grievances are with Rollins, DePina’s behavior on Tuesday— broadcast live across the region on television— was a form of vandalism, interrupting the dissemination of information. [/snip]
https://www.dotnews.com/2021/two-too-close-calls-boston-police
Joao DePina discusses his candidacy for Boston City Council in District 7 (Roxbury). Interview for BNN News. Aired August 25, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8fEr-9lsE
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