On 09 May 2008, Knowledge <knowledg_e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:49:52 -0700 (PDT), "marybones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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><marybones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On May 9, 9:36 pm, Knowledge <knowled...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:53:06 -0700 (PDT), jaimej78
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <jaime...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> >"The Chicago Tribune"
>>> >Friday, May 9, 2008
>>>
>>> >It has been nearly six years in the making, but the R. Kelly trial
>>> >will be getting under way today. At least we think it will be.
>>>
>>> >The R&B superstar's defense team has asked Cook County Judge
>>> >Vincent Gaughan to postpone the trial because of recent publicity
>>> >surrounding the case. Kelly's attorneys are upset about weekend
>>> >stories describing a closed-door hearing in which Gaughan ruled a
>>> >woman could testify to having a three-way sexual encounter with
>>> >Kelly and the girl shown in the videotape at the heart of the case.
>>>
>>> >The judge, however, hinted Thursday that he plans to start jury
>>> >selection this morning. It seems he's moving forward, so we will
>>> >too.
>>>
>>> >Proceedings are expected to begin around 9 a.m., with the jury pool
>>> >being brought in about 10:30 a.m. Officials have summoned 150 Cook
>>> >County residents for the case and the 12 fair-minded folks who
>>> >can't come up with a decent reason to be excused from jury duty
>>> >will hold Kelly's fate in their hands. (There will be four
>>> >alternates, which is really the worst job in the judicial system.
>>> >They have to listen to the whole trial but don't get to
>>> >deliberate.)
>>>
>>> >The singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, faces child
>>> >pornography charges stemming from a 15-minute videotape that
>>> >law-enforcement officials say was made between Jan. 1, 1998, and
>>> >Nov. 1, 2000. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
>>>
>>> >There's intense media interest in the case, with reporters from all
>>> >over the country--as well as France and England--flying in for the
>>> >trial. In order to put Cook County's best face forward, the
>>> >courthouse has gotten a bit of a makeover. The entrance has been
>>> >painted, there's a new information desk in the lobby and the
>>> >benches in Gaughan's courtroom have been re-stained.
>>>
>>> >Kelly, 41, was in court Wednesday with his attorney and two
>>> >bodyguards. Though he's always serious and respectful while in the
>>> >courthouse, he appeared more somber than usual. He said little to
>>> >his entourage as he waited for his case to be called.
>>>
>>> >As a few spectators pointed and smiled in his direction, he
>>> >furrowed his brow and continued looking straight ahead into the
>>> >well of the courtroom.
>>>
>>> >We'll let you know when he arrives in the courthouse this morning.
>>> >With the exception of a single missed court date last December,
>>> >he's usually early and enters the building without comment.
>>>
>>> >Kelly has a special entrance, so it won't take long for him to get
>>> >inside and past security.
>>>
>>> >We'll be providing gavel-to-gavel coverage throughout the trial, so
>>> >keep checking back for updates.
>>>
>>> >May 9, 2008; 9:48 a.m.
>>> >Media, crowds await R. Kelly's arrival
>>> >By Azam Ahmed
>>>
>>> >There's an air of anticipation at the Cook County Criminal Courts
>>> >Building as media and spectators alike are assembled to await the
>>> >arrival of R. Kelly.
>>>
>>> >More than a dozen police officers are gathered in the area of 26th
>>> >Street and California Avenue this morning. Reporters have thronged
>>> >near the spot where Kelly is expected to enter the building, but no
>>> >one is sure exactly when he will show up.
>>>
>>> >Two men held posters stating: "R. Kelly world's greatest
>>> >pedophile!"
>>>
>>> >A small group of Kelly supporters stood nearby, talking quietly
>>> >among themselves.
>>>
>>> >A Fox News helicopter hovered over the courthouse.
>>>
>>> >Still, most the people entering and leaving the courthouse have
>>> >nothing to do with the spectacle trial, concerned only with the
>>> >normal flow of violence, robbery and other crimes that are the
>>> >staple of the criminal justice system.
>>>
>>> >The defendant has arrived
>>> >9:57 AM CDT, May 9, 2008
>>> >By Kayce Ataiyero
>>>
>>> >At 9:45 a.m.--much later than anyone had anticipated--defendant R.
>>> >Kelly pulled up in front of the courthouse in a black Cadillac
>>> >Escalade.
>>>
>>> >Flanked by five bodyguards, the R&B singer, wearing a grayish blue
>>> >suit, walked quickly inside the building without a word or any
>>> >acknowledgment to screaming fans who professed their love for him.
>>>
>>> >Some spectators booed him.
>>>
>>> >After he entered the building, his supporters and detractors began
>>> >arguing with each other outside the courthouse.
>>>
>>> >Three protesters shouted, "R. Kelly is a pedophile, lock him up," a
>>> >position that enraged about 30 of the singer's supporters, who
>>> >immediately countered with, "Free R. Kelly," among other things,
>>> >which can't be printed here.
>>>
>>> >Copyright 2008 "The Chicago Tribune."
>>>
>>> >Jaime
>>>
>>> It will be thrown out permanently if they try him on those bogus
>>> charges.
>>>
>>> ALL the females were post puberty, and hence no longer children, but
>>> rather adolescents. So the pedophilia charges will be thrown out.
>>>
>>> He may be guilty of statutory rape, but apparently that is not what
>>> he has been charged with doing.
>>>
>>> America is a very pathological country. it's the only Nation where
>>> people get excited and prepare for a lynching when men have sex with
>>> adolescents who are ripe females and ready to marry and bear
>>> children according to GOD and nature, but they pin medals on people
>>> who fly over innocent countries, dropping thousands of tons of bombs
>>> on small babies, toddlers, children, adolescents, adults, and
>>> seniors killing them by the hundreds of thousands.
>>>
>>> That type of pathological thinking has condemned Amerikkka to hells
>>> fire!
>>>
>>> Everything you ever wanted to know about politics,racism, White
>>> Supremacy, and religion, but were afraid to ask!
>>>
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RACE_RACISM_AND_RELIGION_2008/
>>
>>The majority of the military personnel you condemn are of minority
>>races, so claiming White Supremicism here is bogus.
>>
>>And The Law According To Knowledge seems to be: no Black person is
>>ever guilty of any crime.
>>
>>Time for you to grow up.
>
> What color were the people who gave the orders to rush to attack Iraq
> and Afghanistan?
>
> What color are the people who are rushing to attack Iran now?
Who cares? The world will be a better place when Iran is wiped off the
map.
> What color is the soon to be president who has the wisdom to sit down
> at the talk and talk to people with whom we have disagreements instead
> of using Nation slaughter as the tool of first choice?
Red white & blue, not fecal colored or beaner brown.
> If it is not White Supremacy, then why do you all always pick the
> ignorant savages who want to murder everyone who is not white? instead
> of the intelligent men who know that killing innocent people is not
> the answer.
Look at the chimp chirping about savages. How about your shit hut
savage brothas the Hutu's, who hacked 970,000 people to death?
> If these devils don't go to trial and be executed, then R. Kelly
> should not be on trial at all.
>
> Think about it!
R Kelly should tried, beaten, then drawn and quartered for molesting
under-aged female animals.
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