“It was a good strategy but this is where I intended to turn her plans upside-down. In the courtroom there are three things for the lawyer to always consider: the knowns, the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns. Whether at the prosecution or defense table, it is the lawyer’s job to master the first two and always be prepared for the third.”
“Freeman was a damn good prosecutor but in my view she didn’t play fair. A trial was supposed to be a spirited contesting of facts and evidence. Both sides with equal footing in the law and the rules of the game. But using the rules to hide or withhold facts and evidence was the routine with Freeman. She liked a tiled game. She didn’t carry the light. She didn’t even see the light.”
“Search warrants designate a specific window of time during which the search must take place. Afterward, police must in a timely manner file a document with the court called a search-warrant return that lists exactly what was seized. It is then the judge’s responsibility to review the seizure to make sure that the police acted within the parameters of the warrant.”
“It was during my explanation to my young daughter that I finally realized why I had been drawn to this particular practice of law. Yes, some of my clients were just gaming the system. They were charlatans no better than the banks they were taking on. But some of mu clients were downtrodden and disadvantaged. They were true underdogs in society and I wanted to stand for them and keep them in their homes for as long as I possibly could.”
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.”
“Those who abandon the law praise the wicked man, but those who keep the law war against him. Evil men understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all. Proverbs: 28:4-5”
“A preliminary hearing is a routine step on the way to a trial. It is one hundred percent the prosecution s show. The state is charged with presenting its case to the court and the judge then rules on whether there is sufficient evidence to take it forward to a jury trial. This isn t the reasonable doubt threshold. Not even close. The judge only has to decide if a preponderance of evidence supports the charges. If so, then the next stop is a full-blown trial.”
“Me being black. It doesn t mean I only qualify to be shoot at, arrested or to be killed. There are more certificates I deserve , rather than a death certificate. Why is it a crime for me to live? What have I done to you, for you not to accept me.”
“I am interested to observe how severe the acute mountain sickness is in sea level adapted law enforcement officers when the Mauna Kea protectors push them up to the 13,797’ summit.”
“Economists have their glories, but i do not believe that antitrust law is one of them.”
“We have to think again, and again that, any forces of any state defend the land and people or divide that since no one is above the law. If such forces kill and defy human rights; we must bring those to justice, for its cruelties against own people”
“A thousand culprits might escape but one innocent should not be punished is the first motto of God and shall be first justice of any religion and any law”
“George Floyd is the tip of a very large iceberg of government corruption.”
“Corrupt governments run corrupt courts that protect corrupt cops.”
“The legal system is a sham.”
“What a disaster the murder of George Floyd has been for the global image of the USA.”
“A corrupt legal system is a reflection of a corrupt government.”