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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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    JonBenet Ramsey Folder -  Arndt
 Trial Wednesday 6-6
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 Okay, I got some work done in my yard yesterday, so I
 decided to head back to the trial once again on my bike.

 Today the weather was warm and sunny so I decided to
 wear shorts. I didn't know if shorts are allowed inside the
 courtroom, so I packed my jeans and long sleeved polo shirt
 with a collar into my back pack and headed out. I got there
 just in time as Arndt was seated in the witness chair just a
 little while after I got there. She was being questioned by
 her own lawyer. 

 Basically he as asking her about her loss of income and
 other expenses she had that related to her stress disorder
 as a result of what happened in the Ramsey case. Some
 press article had described Arndt as the "Mark Furman" of
 the Ramsey case, and she said that was the worst insult
 you could give a cop. I said to myself, "well it's not all bad,
 because Furman was a very good cop. Again Hagglemax was
 complaining about the "lack of foundation" for certain
 evidence. I think it was the list of Arndt's expenses so there
 was a very long recess. I had a chance to visit with Frank
 Coffman out in the hall. 

 He looked very spiffy in a handsome western style white
 shirt. I complemented him on his nice appearance. He
 chatted a bit and I told him how I have been critical of the
 way the BDP handled the communications with the public
 from the beginning. I said that for reasons of public safety,
 the police had an obligation to keep the public better
 informed. He made the argument that it was better for the
 investigation for the police to remain silent. We both agreed
 that there just isn't enough evidence in this case for a
 conviction. At any rate, we waited around for the
 proceedings to recommence but most everyone was out of
 the court room. Sometime a little before 12:00 noon Mr.
 Jones, Linda Arndt's attorney came in and I went up front
 and ask him when the trial would begin again, and he said
 1:30 so it was obviously time for lunch. Before that, a tall
 and attractive well dressed blond woman had been seated in
 front of "reporter" and myself. I had felt that she was most
 likely Hagglemax's wife. She was with two young adult
 persons that I suspected were her children. The young
 woman bore a striking resemblance to Hagglemax so I
 presumed she was his daughter. 

 I think "reporter" agreed. Reporter was making small talk
 with her about the lighting in the courtroom, and I joined in.
 I found her to be amazingly personable for what I suspect is
 a very "high maintenance" woman. She was warm and
 friendly, and the three of us chatted about how lucky it is
 that we are just observers, and not actually on the jury. I
 said that I liked the freedom to get up and walk around in
 the hallway during the sidebars and she agreed that the
 freedom is nice, and not something that the jury is free to
 enjoy. 

 Reporter and I then headed off to Taco Bell for lunch, and I
 pointed out to her that we were talking to Hagglemax's wife,
 as reporter had not yet made the connection. 

 After lunch the trial began at 2:00. The judge stated it
 would run until 5:00 and would start earlier tomorrow
 morning and run until 6:00 PM. This didn't make some in the
 crowd happy. I suspect he is punishing the attorneys for
 their failure to "stipulate" to evidence before trial. 

 The afternoon session was devoted to the cross
 examination of Arndt. She is a very good witness. She is
 very careful and deliberate with her answers. She is very
 well spoken and has a good choice of words. 

 Hagglemax droned on in his usual fashion trying to put words
 into the witness's mouth. I thought Linda was the best
 witness so far in dealing with Hagglemax's ambiguous and
 confusing questioning. She would often state that she didn't
 understand the question and asked him to repeat it. He
 went off on a tangent and was dwelling on the first
 sentence the the letter Judge Jackson had written to the
 BPD. I think his style is to endlessly badger a witness hoping
 to beat down the witness and bring about confusion. At one
 point he made some one of his many claims and Arndt told
 him, "that's a bold face lie and you know it." He grumped
 that "we will get to that later." I noticed that all the women
 on the jury were on the edge of their seats and they didn't
 look all that happy. Here is poor Linda who has already been
 worked over by the BPD and the media, and he's tearing her
 down again. People began walking out of the court room one
 by one, and I noticed the jury was watching the people
 walk out. I myself grew tired of Hagglemax and decided to
 leave too. I can only hope that the jury feels like me and
 awards Linda a big settlement for all the hardship she has
 suffered while just trying to do a good job as an honest cop
 with the often criticized BPD and its often misreported
 Ramsey case.


  
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