It wasn’t the weapons.
Or the bullets.
It was the Tweets.
Jack Jones?
Victim.
The authorized system?
Rigged.
Criticism of Jones’ alleged actions regarding these unregistered, loaded handguns that confirmed up at Logan Airport safety Friday night time in a bag with Jones’ identify on it?
Racist.
Those who categorical criticism of his alleged actions?
Bigots.
That is the summation of the general public protection supplied by Jones’ lawyer Rosemary Scapicchio Tuesday. “He had no intention of bringing any guns into Logan Airport that day,” she added of her consumer.
Scapicchio’s protection of Sean Ellis, whose 1995 first-degree homicide conviction was overturned after spending 22 years in jail, was featured within the Netflix “Trial 4” docuseries.
She attended Suffolk Law School concurrently Mrs. OBF.
She’s good.
Jones pleaded not responsible to a number of firearms-related costs Tuesday and stays free on $30,000 bail. Jones can be again in court docket on Aug. 18.
If solely Jones was a member of the Biden household.
For now, the true crime here’s what was mentioned about Scapicchio’s consumer.
“It’s the social media, and the media, who have turned him into a thug, who have labeled him a ‘thug,’ with no evidence whatsoever. This is not a situation where Mr. Jones ever wanted to be a thug or thought of as a thug. But because he’s a young Black man, all of a sudden, he’s a thug,” Scapicchio mentioned.
“That’s what happened here. There’s no evidence of that whatsoever. And it’s disrespectful to Mr. Jones and everyone else. Every other Black man in America who’s young and Black is called a thug because he happens to be Black in this situation. This is the institutional racism that we deal with every day in the court system. There’s no indication in any way that he was disrespectful (or) did anything to say that he wanted to be a gang member or a thug. He’s a young Black man charged with a crime,” Scapicchio continued.
“Therefore, he must want to be a gang member. He must want to be a thug. That label that was attached to him through social media almost got him fired. And it was completely unfounded.”
That’s 9 mentions of Jones being a “thug” by his lawyer in simply 54.2 seconds.
Move over Jim Crow. Here comes Pat Patriot.
Unfortunately, Rosemary’s child right here isn’t backed by the proof.
A Google search turned up no point out of “Jack Jones” and “thug” earlier than right now. An examination of Twitter discovered 4 Tweets referring to Jones as a “thug” on the social platform within the 85 hours between stories of Jones’ arrest and midday Tuesday.
The posters had 87, 217, 299 and 6,194 followers. None have been verified nor linked to different platforms. The Tweets earned a complete of 958 impressions as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
This was greater than an hour after Scapicchio’s Tony-award worthy effort outdoors East Boston Municipal Court.
There’s nowhere on planet Earth outdoors Massachusetts and Manhattan the place an lawyer might credibly make this case and hope it is going to work. But Scapicchio is aware of her viewers.
The introduction of the race card leaves the Patriots and Robert Kraft in a bind.
Scapicchio thanked the Patriots for ensuring Jones stayed “almost” fired.
She additionally made it clear that firing Jones would make the Patriots or NFL no higher than these 4 individuals on Twitter who known as her consumer a thug. And her phrases and actions made it sure Jones goes to remain in Foxboro for some time.
Or else.
Imagine if the Patriots have been to “fire” Jones?
Kraft ought to be warned.
All these platitudes about Black Lives Mattering, all these knees through the National Anthem, all that prison justice reform, and all that high quality time with Meek Mill received’t imply a factor as soon as Kraft is accused by an precise social media mob of throwing a younger, yet-to-be convicted Black man underneath the bus.
The 4 Tweets through which Jones was known as a thug can be changed by 4 million pictures of Kraft and his previous BFF Donald Trump.
“Everyone turned him into this thug and this wannabe gangster with no evidence whatsoever. We’re suggesting you do your research before you start writing like that,” Scapicchio added.
“Research.”
If solely, counselor. If solely.
Scapicchio threw loads of haymakers on Tuesday. Her largest problem, and that going through her consumer, could also be what’s within the police report.
Or so says protection lawyer Mark Bederow.
“The issue is whether Jones ‘knowingly’ possessed the firearms when he had them at the airport,” Bederow advised me through electronic mail. “Jones’ lawyer is laying the foundation for ‘I didn’t know they were in the bag’ . . . Prosecutors will track the guns, serial numbers and see if they come back to him. They’ll look at his social media. And they’ll likely move to compel Jones to provide a DNA sample to compare to the guns.”
“It’ll be interesting to see what evidence will support his ‘I didn’t know’ defense. For now, it seems like a stretch, and he appears to be in real trouble and at serious risk for doing time,” Bederow added.
For the Patriots, the timing and particulars of this case delivered a poignant reminder of their dalliance with mass-murderer Aaron Hernandez.
And the Bad Old Days on the whole.
The tenth anniversary of Hernandez’s arrest for the homicide of Odin Lloyd comes on Monday. Hernandez’s troubled previous was not information to anybody within the Patriots group. Rather it was a badge of honor for the likes of Bill Belichick and Kraft. They actually imagine they might rework a real-life murderous thug into an honorable citizen for the value of some hugs and a five-year, $40 million contract extension.
It tragically didn’t work.
If solely Hernandez performed the race card.
He could also be catching balls from Mac Jones this se
ason.
(Bill Speros (@BillSperos and @RealOBF) will be reached at [email protected])
Source: www.bostonherald.com