WBZ reports -- Three women from the Boston area face a variety of charges after a police chase and cruiser crash in New Hampshire.
Portsmouth police say it started Friday night in Seabrook, where an officer was trying to stop a Toyota being driven erratically on Route 1....(snip).
Let's hope these ladies get the help that they need for their apparent drug addiction and attendant problems that it brings. Not that prison is too much into rehabilitation, they primarily just do whatever is necessary to clock dollars there, it's like legalized slingin' (of privatized services to get government funding and search and seizure proceeds). Here's how they do it in Tenaha, Texas. Remember Eddie Murphy said "Better not go to Texas...."
Revere Dan Talbot murder proffered testimony of Michael Racca becomes key as YouTube videos disappear from Chris King's 1st Amendment Page.
UPDATE: Vids now appear, only one other person reported problems so I hope it was only an operating system glitch.
First of all people are writing me about the power of Michael Racca's proffered testimony, read the comments on the miraculous reception of the spent .40 cal casing post to see that some folks -- whom I believe to be the same Juror who wrote me in this post -- would have voted differently had they heard this. And yah I am 100% it was a Juror in the earlier post but not in the first one, only 90% sure on that pending further comment or verification. Here then, is that testimony from Derek Lodie's childhood friend who is not incarcerated or the recipient of any government-brokered sentence reduction and who in fact is getting his life together as a physician's aide.
Second, the power of that video and many others has been muted because I woke up this morning to find that I cannot see ANY of my YouTube videos on the blog, prompting me to write this email:
There is a video beneath the picture of that spent casing that does not appear anymore, and in fact NONE of my videos appear any more, hundreds of video placements are missing yet they play fine on YouTube. Have I been hacked?
I am not aware that I have violated any TOS here. My blog has survived 7 or 8 challenges by Government and Big Business and I have never lost once, so I would hope that this is a technical glitch.
Please advise, immediately thank you. This is particularly important because I have recently used video to show an unprecedented 36 videos of a crucial police murder trial and had 15,000 hits on such videos in 2 weeks, without any advertising. That is what America is all about, and should I not be able to obtain information from you I will need to contact that ACLU, another blog that was ranked high with mine by the Masters in Criminal Justice Website. http://www.mastersincriminaljustice.com/blog/2008/top-50-constitutional-law-blogs/
KingCast presents: Did Revere Officer Billy Soto tell the biggest Dan Talbot murder trial lie?
Think people THINK:
You could stand there and fire all day long and never have that happen, plus the bottle would have been burned, who do they think they are fooling?
They ain't foolin' me and that's why Conley can't stand me.
But I know Cengage Learning is pickin' up what I'm puttin' down. Heck, watch for Mythbusters and CSI to run with it next season, soon they'll be watching, too. They have writers who search the Internet for stuff like this, 'natch.
But over at MrMillcity some folks called me a "duplicitous cunt.... a sociopath (and) criminal who should be behind bars."
Nice. All this because I took the time to give you more trial exhibits and testimony than any major media source. So now we know not only do they hate the vigorous and legal application of the First Amendment by this black man, they're also misogynist. I've never lost a Government or Corporate challenge to this blog despite 7 or 8 efforts so keep on hatin' guys, it will reduce your life span measurably. Shows the "mentality" of the typical KingCast hater.
KingCast: We're professionals, don't try this at home.
Sam Shaulson, Morgan Lewis and Citibank proved wrong again, this time on KingCast professionalism under adverse circumstances.
Sam_Shaulson_wrong_on_KingCast_professionalism Citibank claims they lawfully refused to open a bank account for me while they opened one for my Caucasian girlfriend because I became boisterous when they refused to cash Derrick Gillenwater's check. But I didn't, and that's the real reason Citibank refused to offer that tape for public view, I would have gladly blue-dotted everyone else to show my demeanor at the bank that day because I was chill. I recently proved that they lied about what the teller saw, too, watch this video.
Now as to why DA Conley was so nasty to me, ignoring me while speaking to Caucasian journalists who publish my photos, well I'm an intelligent, assertive observer --and a black man -- making some very disquieting observations about the quality of his team's investigation in the Dan Talbot murder trial, in which I have posted some 36 KingCast YouTube videos. He claims it was something to be proud of, but reasonable minds can and do find it lacking in crucial areas -- and potentially even fabricated. Read this post about the spent casing that made a miraculous landing into the crevice of a Gatorade bottle without even scoring its plastic, and listen to the testimony of the Sergeant who leads up the range testing.
Anyway, watch as Dan Conley totally disrespects me but I keep my cool and keep on with the video, even as the press secretary Jake Wark is reduced to giggles.
As a matter of course, DA Dan Conley is a wannabe-bully, Press Secretary Jake Wark is a silly-man giggler and I am cool, calm and collected: Habit “is the person’s regular practice of meeting a particular kind of situation with a specific type of conduct,” whereas character “is a generalized description of one’s disposition, or of one’s disposition in respect to a general trait, such as honesty, temperance, or peacefulness.” Figueiredo v. Hamill, 385 Mass. at 1004, 431 N.E.2d at 232, quoting Advisory Committee Notes, Fed. R. Evid. 406. As noted in the comments, a private citizen is sending me his video from the occasion he was so shocked as well.
One day I want DA Conley to look me in the face and straight up tell me
"I know that .40 cal casing on that Gatorade bottle really flew there and landed just like that."
Shortly after that he will disappear into the horizon as he walks across the Charles River in Jesus sandals.
KingCast on the multi-task, watching misogyny-filled Superbowl ads.
So I was just chillin' out last night, playing chess and catching up on a mass of paperwork long-delayed during the past few weeks of my Dan Talbot Murder trial coverage that culminated in Suffolk County DA Dan Conley acting like a racist donkey's ass on video, when it hit me: These are the most misogynist, bullshit advertisements I have ever seen. The only good ad was the Volkswagen TDI ad. The worst one was the Dodge Charger ad, well, tied with the Bridgestone ad. And these ads weren't even remotely creative, but then again creativity is hardly the hallmark of misogyny. A quick Google search shows me I was not alone in my thoughts. The star of the Superbowl was the emasculated man.
KingCast says Suffolk DA Dan Conley is such a racist First Amendment basher, he'll even talk to other media who use my images but disrespect me.
Conley, acting in the manner of a complete racist, First-Amendment-bashing jackass, turned to Seth Daniel immediately after disrespecting me and asked him if he had any questions, but the funny thing is (well it's not so much funny as it is arbitrary, capricious and racist), Seth and the Revere Journal have even used my courtroom photographs.
Goes to this story and YouTube video. What a tool. He is inept, arrogant, racist and rude and Jake Wark, whom I previously complimented for his professionalism, finds it all funny, wonder if he realized the KingCast camera was rolling, ha-ha.
PS: Dan, I'm also a top-ranked Constitutional Law blogger (by Masters in Criminal Justice website) and NH Sunshine project noted me as a Government Watchdog, I think those credentials are Good Enough to show the Word how inappropriate your conduct was, as of 7 Feb 12:00p 13,354 people have watched KingCast trial-related videos, whether you like it or not. Actually given your attitude, I hope you hate it.
Why does your office not prosecute violations of the Open Meeting Law? Or, if you don't have the resources to devote to such prosecutions, how about providing some advice and assistance to the citizens who are willing to take up the cause of transparency in government?
We do handle open meeting law complaints and, through it, we do our best to foster transparency and accountability. The open meeting law is very broadly written - and intentionally so - but its fundamental purpose is to ensure that citizens have access to the decisions made by their representatives.....
KingCast, the Boston Phoenix & TOUCH 106.1 FM present: The Definitive post on DA Dan Conley; he's inept, arrogant, racist and rude.
In February, 2009 Dan Conley refused to speak to a former State AAG and newspaper editor who blogged 35 videos of a contentious murder trial in the death of Revere Officer Daniel Talbot. In this YouTube video he put his finger in this black man's face and asked him for "credentials" even though he was aware that Judge Patrick Brady had given the man such credentials to roll video, take audio and still pictures and to provide commentary.
Conley, like a complete racist, First-Amendment-bashing jackass, turned to Seth Daniel immediately after disrespecting me and asked him if he had any questions, but the funny thing is, Seth and the Revere Journal have even used my courtroom photographs.
Boston also has an unusually high number of convictions reversed on appeal or vacated as wrongful San Francisco, for instance, has released two people wrongfully convicted of murder in the past 15 years; Boston released that many last year alone.
Simply put, the BPD's homicide unit has the worst track record of any big-city police department in the country.
What's more, certain murders are even less likely to be solved. When the victim is a black man aged 17 to 35 as is the case in nearly half of all Boston homicides the arrest rate over the past six years is just 31 percent. (The map on this page shows how this has played out since the start of 2004, in the roughly six-square-mile patch of Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury where almost half of the city's killings take place and where hardly any get solved.)
And the bit with the fingerprint lab is mind-numbing, read the comments for that piece.
Ready for more yet?
In homicides committed from 2000 to 2002, for instance, the BPD homicide unit made arrests in every case with a female victim, every case with a victim younger than 17, and in all but one case with a white, non-Hispanic victim.
This huge disparity in homicide-solution rates based on the race, gender, or age of the victim simply does not exist in most other cities..... (more in the comments)
Not that Dan Conley really cares because he thinks he can ignore a black man at will. Dan Conley is indeed a fascist, racist pig who - as I've stated - hates the First Amendment. That's why the Phoenix gave him the Muzzle Award in 2003 for supporting the prosecution of a black man who was passing anti-war information in honor of Dr. Martin Luther Coon (errr.. sorry, that's Conley-speak, I mean King, like my last name).
As Naro has observed, it seems clear that police, responding to a call about the confrontation, saw a white, uniformed National Guardsman and a black, dashiki-clad man yelling at each other and did what came naturally: they arrested the black man, got physical with him, and then claimed he had assaulted them. Conley, as prosecutors are wont to do, declined to question the veracity of the police account.
"Free speech," Van Der Meer told Lombardi, "is not a criminal act." Unfortunately, on one day in April 2003, it was.
Thanks to the Universal Hub for maintaining this link about Suffolk County DA Dan Conley. KingCast: Just the facts, shown in video. I look forward to round two.
So I rolled video (coming late night with a bunch of other vids) on a cop-stop tonight outside the Dwight and Nicole show. The Officer was firm but quite respectful to the driver, I thought. But the officer had some questions for me, he did not appreciate my presence. That's too bad because if I'm not scared of D.A. Conley (and I'm not, he's an ass) I'm not scared of a street cop. I told him I thought he was doing a Good Job, it's all on video, but he was wiggin'.
As a former State Attorney, and as a Citizen of this Country, I'm going to do whatever I want to do with my cameras. There's a New Day in the First Amendment dawning for Boston, and I am going to lead the charge.
-The KingCaster. PS: You want more, watch DA Conley acting like a tool: His transgressions are worse than those of the Officer in this video, every day they are. He knew exactly who I was (I've even sat next to him and was next to him all afternoon Friday) and he knew I had "credentials" from His Honor. I am going to approach His Honor about Dan Conley's actions because they are conduct unbecoming of any professional, much less the Director of Criminal Affairs, who is sworn to uphold the Constitutional Freedoms I was exercising.
Dan Talbot murder trial 5 Feb 2010: Sentencing and a rude, unprofessional response from DA Dan Conley "I don't have to talk to anybody."
Awwwwwrighty then, from the YouTube comment section:
See if you disrespect me I will indeed bust a cap in your ass, straight from a Canon.
It is unfortunate that D.A. Conley hasn't learned from the tragedy because he's still pointing fingers and escalating situations so I had to shoot him.
Legally.
This way he won't get out of line, or lose his place, he will always remember that he is my public servant.
Conley: You. Serve. Me.
Don't get too big for your britches, and don't you ever forget it, son.
-The KingCaster.
I have complimented Dan Conley's office when they did a good job (Stroman) and I have repeatedly said that both lead counsel (Prosecutor Zabin and Defense counsel Peter Krupp) in this case "performed admirably," but apparently that's not enough for DA Dan Conley. No Sir. So he refuses to talk to me because he doesn't like me airing dirty LE laundry as I did with the 34 Dan Talbot murder trial videos and daily commentary about the trial. Such coverage included some possible Appellate issues and questions about why known repeat criminal Michael Picardi was not charged, even though he was admittedly the mastermind in destroying the murder weapon, see numbered para. 1. Dear Attorney Conley: You indicated you wouldn't talk to me even after I get the press credentials. Suit yourself, if you want to show up on YouTube videos being a jerk the rest of your life, I will be more than happy to help you with that. "Am I a credentialed journalist?" Fool I've been a daily reporter years ago and I'm credentialed enough to have run the most complete coverage of ANY MEDIA of this trial, so there you go. I've never even bothered with the credential process here in Mass because if someone has a Good Heart and integrity as a public official, they don't bother playing games like that. But you Sir, showed your true colors today.
And so too, did Jake Wark, whom I have previously complimented. What did he think the camera wasn't rolling when he was laughing at his boss disrespecting me? Until your attitude improves, screw both of you, as you are acting no better than the blokes and lassies out there behind the schoolyard, damn your time. Damn your time, wasting my tax dollars with your down presser man attitudes. Wow, you suck.
Conley, like a complete racist, First-Amendment-bashing jackass, turned to Seth Daniel immediately after disrespecting me and asked him if he had any questions, but the funny thing is, Seth and the Revere Journal have even used my courtroom photographs.
I don't know who you think you are, Mr. Conley but don't you ever put your finger in my face again, are we clear? My father doesn't do that, so I will be goddamn if I let some strange white man from Boston do it, to hell with you.
In another video that is uploading folks will note that Patty Talbot and I exchange pleasantries. I'm cool with her, and I'm all right with Officer Talbot's brother Paul, we have had respectful exchanges on several occasions, especially when they asked about the autopsy photos that I have a policy never to publish. And whether any of you haters can appreciate this or not, I have not said one bad word about Officer Talbot other than what he and the others were engaged in on that fateful night, so stuff it. And that means you too, Attorney Conley. See you at the next trial.
Now then on to the sentencing and victim comments and statements from counsel: Defendant Iacoviello has about 200 days left on his successive sentence for the weapons charge, then 15-life at the discretion of the parole board. Defendant Heang will get 3-6, typed statements coming later tonight or over the weekend in this same post. But to me, the Real Story is the contempt that DA Dan Conley showed a taxpayer and resident of the Commonwealth and former AAG today. KingCast is only going to get bigger, stronger and better, so we're in for some hellified videos if he maintains that attitude. Get your popcorn.
New KingCast affiliate video: Jason Vassell candlelight vigil against racist Prosecutor Elizabeth Scheibel.
My support and encouragement for the Justice for Jason campaign and anyone involved with it. This case makes Massachusetts look like 1960's Mississippi and that's a FACT. Read my blog post, with a link to an excellent Boston Banner story, excerpt:
Outside the dorm were John C. Bowes, then 20, and his friend Jonathan Bosse, then 19, both from Milton, Mass. Bowes and Bosse were not UMass students; they were on campus visiting friends and had been to a party earlier. When they were tested later that morning, Bowes’ blood alcohol content was .18 percent and Bosse’s was .26 percent. Both exceeded the .08 percent legal limit to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts; Bowes by more than twice the limit and Bosse by more than three times.
The woman at the window later told police that one of the men said he wanted to hang out with her and be her friend, and that “she was ‘creeped out’ by his demeanor and the fact that he had been spying on them through the window.” Vassell told the men to leave, and witnesses say they shouted threats and racial slurs, challenging him to come outside and fight them. When he refused, they broke his window.
KingCast says: We need some Civil Rights up in here, Quick Fast and in a Hurry.
KingCast presents: A healthy snack. Well..... except for the sodium.
So this is a lil' garlic lime black bean shrimp deal with some sesame oil veggies. Delicious but I'll need to start making my own spicy black bean concentrate as this one was tasty but after eating it I'm kinda sorta' afraid to check the sodium content ;)
KingCast tells Citibank lying Lawyer Sam Shaulson: "Every time you lie, I'll cut your heart out and feed it to you."
From today's filing, mit video! (uploading now)
Once again, Respondent’s argument is a noise full of sound and fury, signifying….. nothing. And none of this changes the FACT that we were trying to cash a check and that is why I took a copy of the Branch Manager’s card, how ridiculous an argument for them to make. In point of fact, I recently found that card and hereby enter it in to evidence, run a date check on the ink from where I wrote Tim Sullivan’s name if you like. I’m busy working on a project with the Arts and at-risk school children that I conceived (the project, not the schoolchildren) several months ago, I’m completing historic coverage of a police murder case as an embed blogger, I scarcely have time to go around fabricating stories about a scum bag bank and its managers. See Carlo Caramanna business card, Attachment 1.
Further, I was never arrested in the bogus and dismissed case against me for Attempted Felony Extortion so Sam Shaulson needs to get his facts straight or shut his ignorant mouth. A simple phone call or two to the Jurisdiction would have proved that. Sam Shaulson is just another stuffed-shirt, fat cat lawyer making assumptions without due diligence, and trying to criminalize my conduct. The only arrest I was worried about, Counselor, was the one that your racist pig client was threatening during that time period of the video that you fail to address. Newsflash Sam: Not every black man is a criminal because they complain about morally aberrant corporations like your client, or because they have blogs that you don’t like. I never would have said that I represent Derrick Gillenwater as an attorney and the teller knows that because she knows I’m not licensed. Bring her in to testify and she will tell you I know her through another individual, D.R.S, another J.D. who works for another lawyer we know........
........Further, said teller needs to watch out for Perjury as to any observations as to what she observed as Mr. Gillenwater, J.R.T. and I exited the building outside of the double doors because she can’t even see that.
Watch the YouTube video and review the pictures: The teller window is well set back down on the right side, and it is recessed off the wall by more than a foot leading up to the Federal Spec. bullet proof windows. Then there are the teller counters on the other side of THAT, so the teller sits well back -- several feet -- from that window. Put simply, and as you can see from the video provided by Respondent itself, there’s no line of sight going out the second door whatsoever. I am enclosing an 8” x 10” glossy of this for Counselor Shaulson as Attachment 2.
Sam: didn't they teach you in Law School that you can't just make up facts as you go? An arrest of me that never happened? A teller who can see through walls? A Decision Maker who was black but who really isn't? You're the one who ought to be suspended, My Friend.
Dan Talbot murder trial -- KingCast receives exclusive commentary from Juror, "Shady Soto was the weakest link."
In response to the "weakest link" post, it was Officer William Soto, and it supports my contention that a hung jury was close. Before I had video access I noted "Soto blasted on cross-examination."
I was a juror on this trial. We discounted Soto's testimony pretty much as his was so different than everyone else . This cop was pretty shady all around. He was the one who removed the two guns (his & talbots) from the murder scene. His testimony had changed much too often from the Grand jury account .. Lodi having the gun that ended up killing Talbot just made no sense. The elder Hung, Bobby and Tommy were the only 3 it came down to. We believed Tommy was coming clean and telling the truth. Hung is a worm of a human being. None of his testimony was taken to account.He threw his own kid brother under the bus... He did not have to involve him at all . ALL roads lead to Bobby no matter how you slice it. We spent hours on trying to decide if he was to be convicted of murder 1 or 2. We had two hold outs for murder 1 and thought we would be a hung jury. In the end it was pretty clear we all made the correct decision.
I'm not so certain I come to the same conclusion, but part of the reason for that is because of the proffered testimony of one Michael Racca -- that the Jury did not hear. And also given the suppressed Adjutant evidence of Officer Talbot's plain clothes shooting history as previously referenced, the Jury might have thought twice about who pulled the trigger first on that fateful day. In fact I'm almost certain the Jury would have recognized reasonable doubt at that point, and if someone else shoots first then it's all about self-defense, you have no time or safe place to retreat to, you're in a field about to get capped.
Anyway, I wonder how much longer some of these LE will be around. I foresee some personnel (and hopefully policy) changes on the Horizon.
KingCast says the Boston Herald is still a sensationalized, lying tabloid wannabe rag: Dan Talbot was not shot "between the eyes."
In response to this story that calls Robert Iacoviello "a pint-size punk" I wrote, in pertinent part:
Too bad the shot was not "between the eyes" why bother with the sensationalism, this case was ugly enough as it is, and you know what the Forewoman said, the LE's actions were "totally reprehensible."
But the Herald is about to catch a lesson about their slimy ways, run a word search for these scumbag yellow "journalists" in the top left corner of this blog, he-heh.
I was told that a Recommendation was issued that a final determination would be coming forthwith, i.e. "within two weeks." Well two weeks have not yet passed, but what is the Delay? We all know the facts. And we all know that the ultimate discretion will be with the Commissioner. And we all know that litigation is likely but hey that's the price we pay for living in a Free Society, right. Fire him immediately and make your call on the pension issue according to precedent, but do it now, Sir. You said you were committed to firing him in no uncertain terms based on the facts as you knew them, and those facts have not changed, it's pretty much cut and dried.
KingCast says "Here's to customer surveillance, errrr.... service."
Sooo..... the Comcast boys were out around midnight conducting some sort of annual test they told me, it was interesting. I asked them a couple of times to refresh my signal because it was out, they told me "We're not here for that" but promised they would call to the home base to refresh it but when I climbed off the 650R and went inside, the signal had not been refreshed. I called and then had to manually reset. They hightailed it outta' there and the Five-Oh came in to protect and to serve, nice! Comcast, Boston LE all coming around to protect the KingCaster from poor service or other societal harms, I love it :)
Hey KingCast is Beck still in the Loop with you or what?
You newbies might not have noticed that Beck and Gil Scott Heron are the two background music artists in most KingCast videos. Well there's a reason for that, it's 'cos they Funk-ay!!!
Beck channeling James Brown: Funky Drummer. Check. Tight guitars. Check. Dancing Fool. Check. Charisma. Check. Proper Attitude. Check. And the Horn Section toward the end is uber tight, I used to rock this song 10 years ago and forgot all about it, good to stumble upon it tonight. I got to dance around once with some of James' Crew, and it is a lifetime experience. The most sampled artist in the World, dammit. Honorable Mention: BMWfilms "Beat the Devil."
And he saved Boston, that's a movie I watched with the Girly-Girl and boy did we have a lot to tawk about after watching that puppy. As to the Girl, wonderful. As to the City, well.... Usher might have said I love you but sometimes you gotta' Let it Burn, he-heh.
KingCast applauds today's vigil for Jason Vassell, the recipient of unfair & bigoted prosecution for defending himself against racist white attackers.
See:justiceforjason.org.Updates........Bay State Banner coverage. Look: The cats who attacked Jason Vassell have a history of racially-motivated activities. Two years ago to the day at UMASS Amherst John Bose and Jonathan Bosse started with racial taunts and epithets, broke his ground-floor window, and rushed inside his dorm room and broke his nose, all because he was chillin' with a white girl. In self defense, after repeatedly telling these scumbags not to advance, he slashed them with a pocket knife. Good for him, it's called the Castle Doctrine, MGL 278 8A and had two black men attacked a white man I'm Sheibel probably would have applied it.
But racist Prosecutor Elizabeth Scheibel's office -- who has a history of prosecuting black men who defend themselves against racist white men -- has thrown the book at Jason Vassell and he faces up to 30 years for his "crimes" while she sought only minimal punishment against his attackers. No destruction of property, no public intoxication, no trespassing, etc. etc.
As a former NAACP Legal Chair I say the NAACP should get involved, after all they just prevailed in Maryland, obtaining a Court Order for 10,000 documents concerning racial profiling.
I won't be able to make the vigil tonight but I hope they send me a YouTube video to post. Also I am still trying to find out where the case sits as far as the Supreme Court Order to provide five years of prosecution data that may show disparate treatment of blacks, particularly black males. The next protest is not going to occur at night, because if there is another protest I'm going to organize it for broad daylight, march right into that office and lay it on the line, yessir. And one of the LE involved, specifically one Lieutenant Thrasher, appropriately enough, shows his racist tendencies when he calls Mr. Vassell "A Donkey drug dealer" when in fact he was an honor student, community volunteer and first of his family to attend college. Lieutenant Thrasher is no different than another dirtbag LE in Boston named Justin "Jungle Monkey" Barrett, who had better be fired this week.
As a former LE Attorney, I hate pigs like you because you wreck The Game for responsible Officers, and you need to get gone.
My Caucasian brother in law said it best:"These two white men and that Prosecutor disgrace my race."
Dan Talbot murder trial 3 Feb. 2010 -- The Appellate Process and the $64,000.00 question.
After yesterday's conviction Attorney Krupp vowed to bring the Appeals. So Attorneys Zabin and Krippendorf, or whomever handles the State's Appellate work will soon be busy defending their victory.
I can't imagine what the breadth of the Appeal will be, but there will obviously be a Manifest Weight of the Evidence Argument for a ton of reasons including the position of the body, the miraculously-discovered and placed bullet casings (both the 9mm and .40 cal on the Gatorade bottle), testimony of Paramedic Lee Ann Kraft that Soto told her the kid who returned, wearing a red hoodie shot Officer Talbot (KingCast hosted YouTube video). As to the procedural matters I still need to find out how Murder 2 arrived on the table and there is the procedural/substantive matter of the proffered witness Michael Racca, who was Derrick Lodie's childhood friend, as noted in this 27 Jan 2010 post. Unlike the State's witnesses who testified against Robert Iacoviello, nothing was offered to Mr. Racca, who is not a career criminal. He's finishing up his G.E.D. and studying to be a doctor's assistant or nurse I believe was his testimony. Racca said that Derek Lodie implied that he shot Officer Daniel Talbot during the telephone conversations that evening shortly after the tragedy when Lodie telephoned him.
Racca stated in the top video that Lodie told him:"[Lodie] had first related to me that the kids had a gun, we thought they were kids but we all know now that they were officers. They had flashed a gun to him at first, and that's when he said he showed them what it really meant to have a gun."
The Court asked for clarification and the proffered witness said it again, clear as a bell. He did not stammer, he did not hem and haw, and he was quite credible, and he also said that Lodie told him the officers fired first.
With that in mind, and re-thinking the Court's Decision (with which I initially agreed) I still agree that I don't see it as an excited utterance -- too much time for fabrication -- but why isn't it a Statement Against Penal Interest that could be argued for two purposes: One, to show Lodie as the shooter, and two, to show that whomever shot after the first shot from the officers fired in self-defense.
Then there is also the adjutant evidence on the Bombard case that the Court did not allow in to evidence, when Krupp alleges that Officer Talbot, dressed in plain clothes but on duty, discharged his weapon 8 times after a fleeing suspect who had his back turned. Read the Evening News and watch the videos from 26 Jan 2010 right here.
So basically Krupp will argue in addition to the Manifest Weight arguments that his client got dissed at every turn, and that cumulative effect of that is tantamount to Reversible Error, or in some fashion shows enough unlawful bias that the trial was tainted and a new one must be held. I look forward to reading the briefs from the Defense and Prosecution when they are filed, probably in late spring or early summer.
The $64,000.00 question: If a New Trial is ordered, will Robert Iacoviello, Jr. take the stand. And you can best believe a New Trial would occur, unlike the State's BS case against Derrick Gillenwater, where the State ran away on remand and I had to embarrass two prominent Boston Attorneys into paying Mr. Gillenwater for their Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (Judge Moriarty, p. one and two) which in Massachusetts is tantamount to Legal Malpractice. Google his name, I'm not getting into all of that right now. I'm sure those guys hated what I did, but all I did was exercise my First Amendment Rights to address what Harvard Law School's Citizen Media Blog deemed to be Constitutional violations against Mr. Gillenwater, thank you.
Sooo...... After more than two years of heartache and 2.5 days of deliberation, closure has arrived for Patty Talbot in the form of Guilty Verdicts against Robert Iacoviello, Jr. (Murder 2 and Firearm possession) and James Heang (Accessory, NG on possession). No charges brought against Michael Picardi due to "prosecutorial discretion" as noted in the above video, even though the State knows that he was the chief mastermind in disassembling the murder weapon.
Sentencing will come at a later date per request of the Defendants, and victim statements will be taken later as well. Seated next to Ms. Talbot, the Victim's advocate told her "Both Paul and Connie said the same thing, they're not ready."
Ms. Talbot -- with whom I have a cordial rapport, despite what you haters have to say -- was sobbing throughout most of the courtroom verdict procedure and unlike other reporters, I didn't bother trying to ask her for a comment, it's just not the Right Time.
It was a hotly-contested case and there will be hotly-contested appeals based on the issues I have set forth in this blog, and some others. "He didn't do it, and we will appeal to the SJC,"offered Defense Attorney Peter Krupp.
Wherever that leaves the State and the Defendants and the families is neither here or there at this point, but what is here and there for us as a society to think about is the fact that Youth and LE had better start acting in a more mature fashion out on these streets, or tragedies like this one are bound to repeat themselves. Also, I was correct in my analysis, 100% because the Jury did not find for Murder 1:
Another lawyer got on the elevator with me today at lunch break. We look at each other and nod. There is a long, hard blink between us and we almost immediately knew each other as former LE Attorneys watching a horrible case. There was silent communication between us that what happened is a shame all around. He broke the silence first.
"That's gonna' take a lot of rehabilitation there," he said, speaking of how dinged-up Krupp left Papandrea on the witness stand.
"I know, Man," I responded. "That was pretty ugly in there."
"You don't get to murder one on that witness, no you don't." ******* I'm still not clear how we got a Murder 2 charge on the table, and if Krupp did not ask for it that may be part of an appeal.
KingCast: Like it or not, I'm talking about the Real Issues.
Over and Out,
The KingCaster
Related post:Closing Arguments. And to you haters, I would have recorded the State's closing argument as well, but with major media there I was prohibited, this matter was addressed and everything is okay now, I spoke with the Chief Bailiff, but more rules will need to be crafted. PS: At top, two of my favorite pictures of the lead warriors Krupp and Edmund Zabin -- but also dig the big picture of Zabin next to Channel 7, catch his parabolic reflection in the eyeglass, nice.
KingCast says "Welcome to Black History Month, the coldest, shortest...."
KingCast photo, Slades wallside. I am not for the abolition of Black History Month -- American Indians, blacks, women the Irish and other minorities made sacrifices (or were slaughtered) and contributions all the time in the building of this country but isn't it ironic that it is the shortest and coldest month? Even though I ski, I'm looking forward to warmer weather and Juneteenth.
Update:Guilty on 3/4 counts. Some tool over at the Revere forums keeps on saying that
"It's obvious you hate cops, and blah-blah-blah and why don't you tell us what happened...."
Look: It is not my job to predict jury verdicts. I only did it once when I practiced, and thankfully I was correct, but I don't have a horse in this race. It is the State's job -- not mine -- to tell us what happened so don't get it twisted. The fact that the State is having somewhat of a difficult time telling us what happened is because of the fact that the State did not follow protocol during the investigation, not my fault. Those who are interested may read my response to this tool in the comments section, meanwhile I'm rocking out to the Minutemen as you read the State's case below:
1. The State is saying that it was Gia Nagy's DNA on the disassembled weapon that Picardi was working on and that points to Defendant Iacoviello (closing arguments 28 Jan). More on Picardi's involvement, fascinating that I don't believe he was charged even though Nagy was with him and allegedly helped him destroy the 9mm Hi-Point as testified by Marilyn Cardona. This I believe to be the same Michael A. Picardi of Saugus who was arrested for larceny on 6 May 2008, stealing so he could "get high." I believe he subsequently was arrested on warrants on 16 Oct. 2009. More about Picardi I know but I sure ain't tellin'. All Set.
3. Also there was the testimony of some cat Randy Furtado who roomed with him for 3 days who says Iacoviello came up to him and confessed. Read that here in the 20 Jan post.
One thing for certain, working this case, it Ain't No Picnic! (Dig the Ron Reagan cameo)
KingCast notes that Russell Cumbee, a total hypocrite and Franconia newcomer and rumored former LE, has filed a warrant for Bruce McKay Highway SB154.
M de Rham photos. Details are emerging, but I know that in March there will be a Town Vote regarding a warrant initiative set forth by this tool who actually had the gumption to write:"News flash: Free speech does improve people's lives." KingCast News Flash: The problem with this hater hypocrite is that he obviously hates free speech with which he does not agree in that he calls me "An annoying blogger" even though I am the top-ranked Constitutional Law Blogger, and even as I make history as the first embed blogger with video at a Revere MA police murder trial (State v. Iacoviello/Dan Talbot). Mayoral Commendation as well, yah, I got it like that 'bro, but you're a hater so you call me names and I give it right back at you, because you've earned it.
As a Court Officer I would have hoped you would be more open-minded.
Mr. Cumbee, the people of Franconia will indeed vote and it might not turn out your way but that's the Democratic process where everybody gets to speak, not just you. And you only brought this initiative because you know the House vote is going to be difficult given that the House already said "only when the people want it" and ALL of the Sponsors for SB154 were from Hillsborough County or other areas outside of Franconia. You yourself are a newcomer, I'll bet I was skiing at Cannon before you were living up there and Mayor Streeter, a 30-year Governor's/Executive Council veteran was most definitely active in North Country before you were, and before he gave me that there Commendation, bro.
Several people have said they would have shot Bruce McKay as well, but I'm not going that far.... knows maybe Bruce McKay could have helped us figure out what happened to Maura Murray. Want more? Keep on reading.
I'll bet you weren't frequenting North Country back when Brad Whipple was an area LE, you might learn something from listening to veteran LE sometimes, but alas you're too busy calling people "loony leftists" 'cos you don't like how they exercise their Free Speech Rights. I hope you're not the one behind the theft of the SB154 opposition petition from Mojo's.
Mass DA's score victory in Stroman murder case in about an hour.
I took a few moments to discuss this case with the Prosecutors. They were relieved to obtain some measure of Justice in this twisted case, which was tried a Jury directly across the vestibule from the State v. Iacoviello/Revere Police Dan Talbot murder trial I am blogging. Read the Stroman case for yourself, it's a World Gone Mad.
Dan Talbot murder trial 1 Feb 2010: Put the guns down!!! ....... Jury's out, can the State's case survive the weakest links?
Note: New KingCast video of Joshua Buxbaum noting that he told Officer Soto to put the guns down. Pacino said it with a bit more force (at 1:08-1:34), but the message should have been clear enough from Mr. Buxbaum, a former LE and current Homeland Security consultant.
The weakest link in any case involving the State is typically the State's own witnesses. As a Defense lawyer, you get one cop admitting the other cop screwed up -- or worse yet lied -- as I did in this video with Officer Johnson (see below), and you're Good-to-Go. In the case of Commonwealth v. Iacoviello we can readily identify two such witnesses who vie for the position of Weakest Link: William Soto and Evan Franklin. Franklin is a known tool who bathes in a vat of French's no questions on that one, allegedly running from the scene (again, as he ran from a two-car accident as a cadet and somehow got reinstated a coupla' years later read the commments) and purportedly not knowing what kind of guns he owns. And boy was he sweating up a storm in the Courtroom. We don't know about Soto's history because the Court ruled it wasn't coming in on prior occasion, but while he was on the Stand he and the Paramedics both recall him putting the gun in Lodie's hand, which doesn't exactly give the State a Major Toe Hold.
Near as I can tell -- And I'm pretty sharp on the uptake -- the Defense has to rely on its hopes that they have dinged-up Soto and Franklin enough to carry a NG Verdict.
You see, the other thug life witnesses are almost tertiary because if the Jury believes the two weakest links then it will likely find the other issues less than compelling, and vote 'G.' But if the Big Dogs go down, the case is irrevocably toasted and Iacoviello and Heang will walk, 'NG.' Either way, the Town has a lot of growing up to do, both the LE and the Yoot. It's really that simple, that's why they call me the Metaphysical Reductionist, trial consultant.
KingCast encourages NH House to table SB154 Bruce McKay Highway; the community still doesn't want it, only Hillsborough sponsors want it.
Seriously, the House already said no, here's the history, and here are the sponsors. Sponsors: (P)Lou D'Allesandro (d) Michael Downing (r) Ronald Boisvert (d) Robert Letourneau (r) Patrick Garrity (d) Jean Jeudy (d) Betsi DeVries (d) Jeffrey Goley (d) Connie Soucy (r)
Another hegemonic beat down from Senator Letourneau and his pals, go figure.
Meanwhile back in New Hampshire, KingCast sees Dave Coltin still standing strong on videotape destruction.
UPDATE FOR YOU LANDRIGAN READERS:Read this post comparing Kelly Ayotte to Martha Coakley, two peas lying in a pod.
Here's an unbelievable case (the idiots at Scribd removed my full document scan I have mentioned several times. The well-respected firm of Devine, Millmet even noted that the DA and the Rockingham Police acted inappropriately in destroying a video that would have allowed him to sue for malicious prosecution of a bogus stalking charge by his baby's mamma, he was at her house for his agreed-upon visitation. Here is Mr. Coltin's NH Insider chat board discussion.
In the Civil Rights Justice system there are two sets of people: Those who are haters and those who fight back. These are their stories. Blink-Blink.
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WBZ reports -- Three women from the Boston area face a variety of charges after a police chase and cruiser crash in New Hampshire.
