[The Electrician]

But Rendell testified that he also specifically told Morris that "I didn't want any interaction with the demonstrators. I wanted this to be extremely peaceful and extremely positive."

Nudge, nudge... Wink, wink...

Yohn said the plaintiffs "make much of the Teamsters' reputation for violence and Rendell's knowledge thereof."

But the evidence, Yohn said, showed that "Rendell believed the union's violent reputation only extended to labor disputes and he had no knowledge of the organization behaving violently during political demonstrations."

That one stretches credulity past the breaking point. Kinda like saying "but Your Honor, while I knew that pit bulls could be violent when attacking other pit bulls, I had no knowledge that they could be violent against human beings". The judge surely would have accepted that assertion, uh, right...

[Physicist]

That one stretches credulity past the breaking point.

Pointedly so, IMHO. To my ear, it sounded like the judge was deliberately being absurd, so that nobody would miss the direction of this railroad.

[freekitty]

The Union has a history of violence. I can't imagine how Rendell wouldn't have an idea that some kind of violence could be possible, if just to scare the protestors.

And the Clintoons track record is no secret.