then elmer did the thing he always does and told a long, rambling, entirely irrelevant personal anecdote. this time it was about an incident that definitely for sure happened where a man pointed "the biggest .38 i've ever seen" at him. he says he was scared, "but i survived it."
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"we've all been scared before." "people got scared. people were upset." elmer is equating having a gun pointed at him in a stairwell with his client *ACTUALLY FIRING A GUN INTO A CROWD DURING A RIOT.* people weren't just "upset," they could've been killed.
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elmer finishes by saying "we must see the thousand degree flame that caused this," before sitting down dramatically. there was several minutes of silence as judge moore appeared to be reviewing and marking his notes.
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judge moore asked richard preston if there was anything he wanted to say before his sentence was decided. tearfully, he said "i am sorry i had to make that choice. i only had seconds to decide how to save those people. i didn't want to hurt anybody and i didn't hurt anybody."
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in typical fashion, judge moore delivered a long explanation of his decision. it borders on sermonizing, oftentimes, but it is interesting to see how emotionally he's arriving at these decisions.
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judge moore firmly, repeatedly rejected the idea that richard preston was acting in self defense, in defense of others, out of heroism, or out of fear. "this whole thing was driven by anger & belligerence, not fear." "i don't know if it was hatred, but it was anger."
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moore, who will preside over corey long's disorderly conduct appeal in january 2019, said "i don't find what mr long did was a justification" [for shooting at him] "it was stupid, it made people feel uncomfortable, but ultimately he was just trying to make a point."
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"i don't think you were saving people's lives by shooting at him," the judge told the klan wizard [not a sentence i ever thought i'd write]
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during elmer's long side story about WWI, he said "in situations like these, the rules go out the window." moore referred back to that statement specifically to disagree. "i think it was a choice. i think you were mad."
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Replying to @socialistdogmom
Emily the Bulbasaur, dipshit anarchist 🏴 Retweeted molly 🐶
wait it's the *lawyer* trying to argue "the rules go out the window"?! something tells me mr klan wizard would've been better off taking a plea dealhttps://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1032135770042261504?s=19 …
Emily the Bulbasaur, dipshit anarchist 🏴 added,
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He did plea, but was offered no deal, as he could offer very little in return
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