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For the record, the following are "personal notes or personal observations" by an Internet posters attending the Linda Arndt Civil Trial in 2001.  This information was either posted on the ACandyRose Internet Subculture Public Forum or permission was given for the information to be copied from the Justice Watch Forum to be "shared" for the Internet community following the JonBenet Ramsey murder case.  All postings are based on personal opinion and observations of the individual posters.
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       TOADLOAD 
                              6/5/2001 12:33 am 
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  Today I didn't get down to the court house until
  10:30 AM. There was an earlier witness, but I don't
  know who it was or what was said. When I arrived
  expert police procedure witness VanBlaracom was
  just going back on the stand. The plaintiff's attorney
  named Jones was questioning him about a list of
  newspaper articles mostly regarding Arndt's conduct
  as a police officer, and other statements by the BPD
  regarding the conduct of other BPD officers working
  in some capacity on the Ramsey case. 

  Naturally "Slick Hagglemax" the defense attorney
  was objecting full bore and more often than not
  being over ruled by the judge. I was going to try to
  keep score but lost track after the first 15 minutes
  because Hagglemax insisted on another sidebar
  which I believe the federal trial judge dislikes as it
  impedes progress in the trial and 
  inconveniences the jury. 

  At some point before lunch the plaintiff wanted to
  show an abridged video tape of a Boulder city
  council meeting. Hagglemax objected of course and
  insisted that we watch the entire meeting, not just
  the important parts. 

  So they played the tape. All in all it didn't look that
  great for Kolbe because various City Council
  members were questioning Kolbe's lack of progress
  on many different police issues. His responses to the
  city council members actually cracked me up, not
  because they were humorous. He went through a
  list of various crimes and cases one of which
  included a riot. He felt his problems would be abated
  if there were a lull in crime in Boulder. That's what
  cracked me up. It was like wishing for the "magic
  fairy" just after you have run an ice pick through the
  evaporator of your refrigerator and hear the gas
  leaking out. Subsequently some city council
  members questioned him as to whether or not this
  was actually realistic. 

  They also indicated he wasn't doing a good job in
  media relations. 

  After the tape, we recessed for lunch. "Reporter"
  from Justice watch invited me to lunch so I finally
  did get a "free lunch" and this time the person that
  offered it did show up. 

  After lunch Hagglemax began his cross examination
  of VanBlaracom. This is when I changed his name
  from "Slick Hagglemax" to Weasel Hagglemax. It so
  happened that the judge outside of the view of the
  jury had ordered the plaintiff's attorney to draw up a
  list of newspaper articles with the date, headline,
  and a brief summation of the article so that the jury
  would not be exposed to other prejudicial
  information and reports about the Ramsey case
  which wasn't directly related to Arndt's suit. Well
  slime ball Hagglemax went on and on in front of the
  jury about how this redacted list was invalid and
  should be ignored by the jury even though he knew
  full well that it was something the judge had
  required. However, the jury didn't know that. 

  While this apparently is a legal maneuver the judge
  allowed, my sensibilities were affected. As the
  afternoon wore on Hagglemax droned on and on in
  an augmentative tone with the expert witness. I
  finally couldn't stand it any more and left. I don't
  think I'll go back to the trial because I personally
  have had enough of Hagglemax. I just don't care to
  listen to him anymore. So that's my report for the
  day. 

  Hopefully ACR will make arrangements with
  "Reporter" to have her court reports for Justice
  Watch also posted here. 



  Edited 6/5/01 11:32:46 AM ET by TOADLOAD
   

   
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