{"id":9962,"date":"2014-08-30T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T21:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2014-08-30T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T21:11:58","slug":"quitman-102-third-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/quitman-102-third-trial.html","title":{"rendered":"Quitman 10+2 third trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nYBH-3jcs10&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nYBH-3jcs10\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&#8220;Thank you for not plea bargaining&#8221; said George Boston Rhynes\r\nstarting his series of videos on the ongoing third trial of\r\nLula Smart of the Quitman 10+2.\r\nNo newspapers, radio, or TV reporters at this trial\r\nabout voters&#8217; rights.\r\nBut George is there.\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nYBH-3jcs10&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\nGeorge&#8217;s first report<\/a>:<!--more-->\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYBH-3jcs10\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JyVCl6Go8bs&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/JyVCl6Go8bs\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAnd here&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JyVCl6Go8bs&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\none from the second day<\/a>, still during jury selection,\r\nincluding some video from inside the courtroom this time, with\r\npermission from Judge McCarvey.\r\nThe first thing the judge said from the bench was that anybody\r\nwhose cell phone went off would spend the night in jail.\r\nThe attorneys for the prosecution declined to identify themselves\r\nwhen George asked, while the defense attorney did identify herself.\r\nHe also said anybody who discussed testimony of witnesses\r\nwith a witness before the trial would spend more than one night in jail;\r\nattorneys and clients excepted.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyVCl6Go8bs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yupFCg6eCTw&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yupFCg6eCTw\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAnd\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yupFCg6eCTw&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\">\r\nanother<\/a>, in which Kevin Moran from Atlanta said he&#8217;d been following\r\nthis case for some time, and had concluded the case was being\r\norchestrated from the highest levels of the state, and was for\r\nthe purpose of suppressing minority voting not only in Brooks County\r\nbut also across the southern counties of the state.\r\nHe pointed out the absentee ballot strategy the Quitman 10 used\r\nwas previously used by the Republican party.\r\nAnd since that one election the same Quitman candidates had\r\nbeen repeatedly elected to the school board by large majorities.\r\n<p>\r\nDuring these trials, he had noted that a postal service employee\r\nhad collected names of people who had mailed in ballots,\r\nwhich is in violation of his duties as a postal employee.\r\nPlus it was shown on cross-examination\r\nthat the postal employee&#8217;s claims of blocks of ballots\r\nsent in at the same time didn&#8217;t match the actual dates\r\non the envelopes.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yupFCg6eCTw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGeorge is at the courthouse every day this trial goes on.\r\nDo yourself a favor and\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bostongbr\/videos?view=0&#038;sort=dd&#038;shelf_id=0\">\r\nwatch his videos as they come out<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Thank you for not plea bargaining&#8221; said George Boston Rhynes starting his series of videos on the ongoing third trial of Lula Smart of the Quitman 10+2. 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