Lawyer: Move trial from courthouse with Confederate monument

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Kevin Mcgill, Associated Press
Updated 6:01 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A legal argument has been revived in Louisiana over whether a black defendant can get a fair trial in a courthouse where a Confederate monument is displayed.

Niles Haymer, a lawyer for defendant Ronnie Anderson, says the answer is no. He released copies Tuesday of his new motion to have Anderson's case moved out of state court in the city of Clinton, where a Confederate monument stands outside the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse.

A judge rejected a similar motion in August, saying Haymer filed too late.

But that same judge also threw out a serious firearms charge against Anderson. District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla has now filed a new felony charge against Anderson, involving illegal possession of a stolen firearm.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Lawyer-Move-trial-from-courthouse-with-13239463.php

[certainot]

1. any prominent trials in states dominated by RW radio are tainted

the local blowhards get the memos from the local GOP and they'll use it for generating racism, and when it's immigrants it's great for generating support for voter suppression legislation

[TomSlick]

2. If that becomes the rule, I don't know of a courthouse in Arkansas in

in which a trial of an AA defendant could be held.

That might be a way to get rid of the statues.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Washington County's court house has none.

[TomSlick]

4. Yeah, I pretty clearly over stated.

I should have known about Washington County. NW Arkansas supported the Union and the folks in Fayetteville would not have tolerated such at any point since.

I have long been curious about the confederate soldier statue in the square across from the Benton County Courthouse. Again, that area was loyal to the Union.