|
| Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,'
| 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'
|
| Many of those who served in former President Donald J.
| Trump's administration -- especially his generals,
| ambassadors and other national security officials -- have
| since turned on Mr. Trump.
| ...
<https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/30/us/politics/trump-administration-criticism.html>

--bks

On 10/30/2024 7:44 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> |
> | Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,'
> | 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'
> |
> | Many of those who served in former President Donald J.
> | Trump's administration -- especially his generals,
> | ambassadors and other national security officials -- have
> | since turned on Mr. Trump.

It doesn't mean a thing unless prominent Republiscum/QAnon elected officials
like Moscow Mitch, Gov. Wheelchair and that greasy boi-fucking dago DeSantis
join in the condemnation.

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/4d/64d60c9a-362f-11e9-9980-0bf7653d65bc/5c6f32aef0fe9.image.jpg?crop=403%2C360%2C180%2C120&resize=403%2C360&order=crop%2Cresize
Devon Morris pleaded guilty to attempted third-degree rape and other counts in the middle of his trial at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on Thursday. (OPSO)

After the victims gave harrowing accounts of the attack, a New Orleans man pleaded guilty Thursday in the middle of a rape trial where he was accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

Devon Morris, 21, pleaded guilty to attempted third degree rape, amended from third-degree rape, and two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Prosecutors said he will serve 12 years in prison as a result of a plea agreement reached just before closing arguments. He will also have to register as a sex offender upon release. Criminal District Court Judge Camille Buras presided over the case.

Both victims were 15 years old when Morris assaulted them inside a house on April 23, 2017, prosecutors said.

In a quiet but firm voice, one of the girls testified Wednesday that she was sleeping over at a friend’s house on the night in question. She had spent the day eating pizza, watching YouTube videos and listening to music with her friend.

Morris was living in the second girl’s house but he was not related to her, prosecutors said.

The girls fell asleep about 4 a.m. in the same bed, she said. She woke up some time later without her shorts on to see Morris at the foot of the bed, she said.

The girl said she froze as Morris raped her next to her sleeping friend. When he moved over to the friend, the friend angrily shouted at him to get away, she said.

The girl said that afterward, she asked herself, “Why me?”

Both girls took showers after the incident, which prosecutors said prevented investigators from collecting DNA evidence to bolster the case.

After the showers, the girls said they walked along a levee deciding what to do before they told their mothers.

"This was not an easy case to prove through scientific evidence, so we and our victims felt it prudent to accept this guilty plea when offered," Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said in a statement. "These brave young victims were consistent about what happened through their multiple statements, and their credibility was apparent as they testified, forcing this defendant's hand.”

Assistant District Attorneys Mark Lopez and Daniel Smart prosecuted the case.

Stavros Panagoulopoulos represented Morris. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/new-orleans-man-pleads-to-sexual-assault-charges-after-teen-victims-testify/article_29c2659a-362f-11e9-aa0c-e3b162833167.html

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/theadvocate.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/c3/5c33054e-2f1c-11e9-9a72-971cf0d5654c/5c63541b068ae.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427
Sherman Hampton, OPSO

A man who police said escaped their grasp for years as he sexually assaulted a series of women stands to receive a life sentence after he was convicted by a New Orleans jury Thursday.

Sherman Hampton, 64, was convicted of three counts of aggravated rape and one count of simple rape after jurors deliberated for two hours, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office said.

The case was defined by DNA evidence from sexual assault examinations that linked Hampton to all of the attacks.

Criminal District Court Judge Robin Pittman is set to hand Hampton a mandatory life sentence on Feb. 22.

Authorities said Hampton raped women who were strangers to him for years in vicious, armed attacks.

He was convicted of forcing a woman from a bus stop to an abandoned building near the former St. Thomas housing development and raping her in June 1992. The woman testified at the trial that she feared for her life as her hands were bound with duct tape.

Authorities said Hampton also raped a woman in a stairwell with a gun against her head on Third Street in May 1995.

Then he raped a woman on Freret Street in April 2003, prosecutors said. He was convicted of simple rape in that case rather than the charge of aggravated rape sought by prosecutors.

Finally, prosecutors said, Hampton raped a woman with a knife to her throat inside a home on South Liberty Street in May 2003. The victim’s young cousin was sleeping just feet away.

Police obtained warrants for Hampton’s arrest at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola while he was serving a separate sentence for a 2003 burglary. He was booked on the rape counts after his release from prison in October 2013.

At the trial, defense attorney Greg Carter argued that none of the victims had identified his client, and that they gave police conflicting descriptions of their attacker. He said the DNA evidence could not be trusted because it contradicted the victims' statements.

Assistant District Attorneys Tiffany Tucker and Angad Ghai prosecuted the case.

In a statement, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro praised the woman who chose to testify against Hampton years or decades after the attacks.

“Their wait has been interminable; their pain has been acute for more than 16 years,” he said. “I hope this verdict gives them relief and comfort. Because of their brave testimony, this brutal rapist won't be free to hurt anyone again."

Carter said his client would appeal. "My client vehemently disagrees with the jury’s verdict," he said.

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/man-convicted-of-four-cold-case-new-orleans-rapes-to-receive-mandatory-life-sentence/article_5d09358c-309e-11e9-afed-13947d49acdd.html

On 30 Oct 2024 14:44:10 -0000, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
wrote:

> |
> | Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,'
> | 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'
> |
> | Many of those who served in former President Donald J.
> | Trump's administration -- especially his generals,
> | ambassadors and other national security officials -- have
> | since turned on Mr. Trump.
> | ...
><https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/30/us/politics/trump-administration-criticism.html>
>
> --bks

Bradley's desperation is showing more and more each day.

<audience laughter.wav>

On 10/31/2024 4:35 AM, NoBody wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2024 14:44:10 -0000, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
> wrote:
>
>> |
>> | Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,'
>> | 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'
>> |
>> | Many of those who served in former President Donald J.
>> | Trump's administration -- especially his generals,
>> | ambassadors and other national security officials -- have
>> | since turned on Mr. Trump.
>> | ...
>> <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/30/us/politics/trump-administration-criticism.html>
>>
>> --bks
>
> Bradley's desperation

Bradley just won the thread!

"How You Know You've Won A Thread With Kremlin Girl / Bit of Nothingness"

It's when she starts blabbering her lame, stale, stock phrases and words:

"Bradley's desperation" [or Lee's or Mitch's or ________________]
"oh look..."
"pivot"
"word salad"
"evasion noted"
"runs away..."
"reading comprehension"
"change of topic" [when it's clearly on topic]
"oh the irony"
"opinion piece masquerading as news"
"you didn't answer the question" [when no serious question was posed]
"paywall"
"denial"

You stupid fucking dope.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:35:48 -0400, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>On 30 Oct 2024 14:44:10 -0000, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
>wrote:
>
>> |
>> | Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him 'Liar,'
>> | 'Fascist' and 'Unfit'
>> |
>> | Many of those who served in former President Donald J.
>> | Trump's administration -- especially his generals,
>> | ambassadors and other national security officials -- have
>> | since turned on Mr. Trump.
>> | ...
>><https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/30/us/politics/trump-administration-criticism.html>
>>
>> --bks
>
>Bradley's desperation is showing more and more each day.
>
><audience laughter.wav>

And Bradley runs away again.