{"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>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nYBH-3jcs10&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nYBH-3jcs10\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Thank you for not plea bargaining&#8221; said George Boston Rhynes<br \/>\nstarting his series of videos on the ongoing third trial of<br \/>\nLula Smart of the Quitman 10+2.<br \/>\nNo newspapers, radio, or TV reporters at this trial<br \/>\nabout voters&#8217; rights.<br \/>\nBut George is there.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nYBH-3jcs10&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\nGeorge&#8217;s first report<\/a>:<!--more-->\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYBH-3jcs10\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JyVCl6Go8bs&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/JyVCl6Go8bs\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAnd here&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JyVCl6Go8bs&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\none from the second day<\/a>, still during jury selection,<br \/>\nincluding some video from inside the courtroom this time, with<br \/>\npermission from Judge McCarvey.<br \/>\nThe first thing the judge said from the bench was that anybody<br \/>\nwhose cell phone went off would spend the night in jail.<br \/>\nThe attorneys for the prosecution declined to identify themselves<br \/>\nwhen George asked, while the defense attorney did identify herself.<br \/>\nHe also said anybody who discussed testimony of witnesses<br \/>\nwith a witness before the trial would spend more than one night in jail;<br \/>\nattorneys and clients excepted.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyVCl6Go8bs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yupFCg6eCTw&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yupFCg6eCTw\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAnd<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yupFCg6eCTw&#038;list=UUXouBUErOAg75vra7x9iBGQ\"><br \/>\nanother<\/a>, in which Kevin Moran from Atlanta said he&#8217;d been following<br \/>\nthis case for some time, and had concluded the case was being<br \/>\norchestrated from the highest levels of the state, and was for<br \/>\nthe purpose of suppressing minority voting not only in Brooks County<br \/>\nbut also across the southern counties of the state.<br \/>\nHe pointed out the absentee ballot strategy the Quitman 10 used<br \/>\nwas previously used by the Republican party.<br \/>\nAnd since that one election the same Quitman candidates had<br \/>\nbeen repeatedly elected to the school board by large majorities.<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring these trials, he had noted that a postal service employee<br \/>\nhad collected names of people who had mailed in ballots,<br \/>\nwhich is in violation of his duties as a postal employee.<br \/>\nPlus it was shown on cross-examination<br \/>\nthat the postal employee&#8217;s claims of blocks of ballots<br \/>\nsent in at the same time didn&#8217;t match the actual dates<br \/>\non the envelopes.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yupFCg6eCTw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGeorge is at the courthouse every day this trial goes on.<br \/>\nDo yourself a favor and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bostongbr\/videos?view=0&#038;sort=dd&#038;shelf_id=0\"><br \/>\nwatch his videos as they come out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#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. No newspapers, radio, or TV reporters at this trial about voters&#8217; rights. But George is there. 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