Happening now in Charlottesville, a white cop is on trial for raping a Black woman. Yesterday, the judge ordered two Black women in the gallery to cover their Black Lives Matter shirts, claiming the statement could skew the jury.http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/alleged-victim-of-ex-city-police-officer-recounts-events/article_e8a18ecc-20e7-11e8-a439-5f2024cc3fac.html …
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The judge is the same judge who ordered the statues to remain and the tarps to come off. This is anti-Black antagonism coming from the bench, not justice.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I understand the same judge allowed statue supporters to wear Confederate symbols in his courtroom while hearing that case.
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Replying to @HermCHO
It's a little different, since that wasn't a jury case, but it is still telling.
12:27 PM - 6 Mar 2018
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