Sunday, January 15, 2012

How To Deal With the Media

We can't do this to certain media people -

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Pennsylvania judge ordered a suspect's mouth to be taped shut during jury selection in an assault case after the man repeatedly interrupted proceedings, The Tribune-Democrat reported.

Judge Timothy Creany took the drastic step Thursday as Erik Britt, 27, facing charges of assaulting a prison guard, repeatedly interrupted proceedings by accusing deputies of racism.

Britt, who was acting as his own attorney in the case, shouted in the court that, "Nobody else is black. This is embarrassing to me and my country." Later, he accused the court of hindering his "freedom of speech."

Britt began disrupting the court as soon as the 40 potential jurors entered the room, the newspaper reported. After removing the jury from the court several times while Creany tried to calm Britt down, a deputy wrapped "heavy, red tape across Britt's mouth and around his head" to silence him, the newspaper reported.

or can we?

(Just kidding)

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