I think she expects an acquittal and that's why she is pulling all of the nonsense she has. If GZ is convicted of anything, and I do mean anything including not-yet-charged jaywalking, I may frame the opinion reversing her. I think it will be that good because she has been that bad.

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Sounds like she's telling him even though you have the constitutional right to remain silent, it would be greatly appreciated if you could testify so the prosecution can impeach your statements since they were so nice to enter them into evidence for you.

It's just you..... I have the place open.

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Yes, exactly. Looks like most agree.

Edit to add missed word.

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9:22 a.m.
Root says he is self-emloyed as a safety and law enforcement trainer. He worked in law enforcement for 22 years. He describes his work and training history for the jury.

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Maybe this is why the Donnelly issue wasn't covered. According to a tweet from Kathi Belich "John Donnelly was not subpoenaed until 8 days after he was in court for trial." "Was in court on Jun 25/Jun 26 and was subpoenaed as a witness Jul 4."

Although she does say she doesn't know how the Judge will handle it. I'm not sure there is much to handle if he wasn't under the sequestration rule.

Sorry I didn't see someone else had already posted.

If Donnelly violated sequestration of witnesses by being in court. There may be some punishment for the defense or the witness, like words/admonition, and/or other things up to striking testimony for egregious violations.

We can't just quote tweets here without some tinkering because then your comment gets swallowed up in the quote. A better way is just to refer to the tweets, paraphrase the tweets, or just delete the info about the person who posted them so the tweets stand on their own. Like [quote="liesel" and then the end /quote that will actually be in brackets [ like this] but I can't type it that way cos then it will not show up as text, but as a quote.

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Mr. Donnelley, you're not clairvoyant? You didn't know on June 25th that you would be subpoenaed on July 4th?

CONTEMPT OF COURT!

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9:33 a.m.
Root says he instructed courses on pepper spray use.

He explains a force continuum as a systematic approach to the escalation and de-escalation of use of force options.

Root says the continuum remains the same for non-law enforcement individuals but the options change because an officer usually has tools with them like pepper spray, handcuffs and more.

He says he was certified with DUI stops and created the training program for Riviera Beach.

Root describes the other certifications he has, including utilizing an ink pen for defense.

He says he worked for the Jupiter Police Department for a short time.

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I hope O'Mara has Mr. Root drone on like this for about three or four hours.

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I agree Chip... I don't know WHY defence don't take their time... call as many witnesses as the think will be any use at all... to hell with Nelson's schedule?

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I just restarted my MacBook! I don't know why I didn't think of that.

Thanks!

Edit to fix broken quote.

The more info the better. We also sometimes miss posts, so if it's posted more than once, more likely to be seen.

I agree, there's not much to handle but the state has complained so the defense has to show the circumstances and the judge has to decide if there was a violation.

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Risky, but yes, they certainly could.

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I hope you're right but am concerned about the bias many have toward prosecution cases, assuming LE is right, and also concerned they may have heard of the Pinellas 12. We all know a lot, lot, lot more than do the jurors.

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9:42 a.m.
Root explains the reason for his short time in Jupiter. He then took a position with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as a drill instructor for the juvenile boot camp.

Root says he continued his education there.

He says he got his two-year degree in criminal justice, as well. He was given the position as the use of force specialist with the agency.

He became a state-licensed firearms instructor.

He also took over a training course called “Verbal Judo” which taught tactical verbal commands.

Root says there are techniques for handcuffing someone because it is restraining someone and potentially could cause injury.

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