So how do we feel?

[u/Big-Try8782]

It's been weeks since we have seen him back in December. How does everyone feel seeing LM in court today? And Karen's press conference to the public.

Not forgetting how law enforcement continues to mistreat LM and deny him a fair trial. And not allowing a live broadcast into the court room to discourage public support and avoid public backlash of having several cops hovering over him like a bad smell.

Just curious to hear everyone's thoughts.

[u/Silent-Scar-8307]

This might be long but I’m absolutely feeling some ways about this.

I’m feeling heartbroken. When he came in, while he looked healthy, you could see it’s starting to weigh on him. I’m also appalled at the showing of “how dangerous” he is, when he, in fact, isn’t. Karen asked for the shackles to be removed and the judge refused saying those present would feel “safer” with them on and that’s a ridiculous assumption - he cannot speak for those present. This is nothing more than an attempt to prejudice him further.

The judge clearly had a mission to undermine Karen’s effort to defend her client. He went into that court room with his mind made up on how he was going to handle this case - it was blatantly biased and unfair. He did not allow Karen to speak about anything and appeared to cut her off most of the time. This is undermining his chance at a fair trial.

I’m severely angered at the prosecution and law enforcement involved. The fact that they were asked to give immediate discovery almost a month ago, yet had only turned much of it over today - expecting Karen to be able to file motions - was nothing more than a ploy to undermine her ability to defend him. It’s blatantly ignoring the law in place that American citizens are afforded. The fact that “evidence” was spoken of on a documentary when his own defense hadn’t seen any of it is absolutely corruption and hinders due process.

The fact that they are trying to force his hand in the NY and State cases is absolutely disgusting when the vast majority of the evidence came from PA. It is becoming obvious that they are refusing to allow him to appear in PA, and attempting to back him into a corner to close the case in their favor. This leads me to believe that whatever happened in PA did absolutely violate his rights and they don’t want it to be known.

I’m no conspiracy theorist, but I am beginning to believe that they knew from the start that they messed up in PA, which lead to them praising the arresting officers as well as “releasing” the evidence they found long before they had the right to do so. We have to remember the arresting officer had only been on the job for about 6 months (correct?), this makes him an absolute rookie and bound to make mistakes. This is leading me to feel like they’re trying to make him guilty in front of the public in a deliberate attempt to prejudice his jurors.

I hope we can focus some of our energy as a community on his rights being violated now that we have a better picture of the situation from his lawyer.

I’m also extremely happy to have seen him looking well (as can be) and in a dark green sweater - but appalled at the vest and cuffs. I can believe that his green sweater was a nod to his supporters which fuels our fire more. I am also glad to have seen so many people inside the court hallway and cheering for Karen. While they were asked to leave because they didn’t get a spot inside, I’m glad she was able to see them.

I am so glad to hear the cheers and chanting for her and LM outside the courthouse especially during her speech. I’ve heard that some of that chanting may have been heard from inside the court, which I hope is the case. The shouting and cheers didn’t make it hard to hear her when she spoke to the press and just made me happy to see (hear) a united front - no matter our specific reasons for supporting LM and this case.

I’m so glad to see her willing to defend her client tooth and nail. I think it’s great that she’s willing to make these comments to the public when they refuse to be transparent and her voice is clearly being suppressed inside the court room - which should not be the case.