Bump!
I had the opportunity to have lunch today some some other WS posters. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, hope they did too. One of the things we wound up discussing was "Are Cindy and George going to make some sort of scene during the trial - if they are allowed in the courtroom while it is going on?" I found myself in the minority because I do not think they would do anything to disrupt the trial. Maybe disrupt is not the correct word, but act out in some way. So now I am wondering what everyone else thinks. Will they act out in some fashion in front of the jury? If they do, how will HHJP handle it?
HOW NICE that you were able to enjoy a lunch with some new friends, a friendship formed over a mutual desire to see justice served. Good for you all! I picture chicken salad sandwiches and iced teas. :chicken:
I am not sure exactly
how they would disrupt, or to what extent, but I do feel that they will on some level. I don't think they can help it. True that right now there is no jury, but they are fully aware that millions are watching these hearings, and to call out "Linda" or "Yes I did, Miss Burdick", even after having been reprimanded by His Honor several times, shows an immeasurable lack of self-restraint. I can't see how a jury is going to make that impulse any less intense. I think it'll intensify it, in fact.
George is volatile, I don't see him as threatening or a danger, but he's volatile just the same, and I think he's one of those people that is completely UNaware of his own surroundings. When he rolls, I can almost see his tunnel vision, he sees what he's angry at and goes full on hog at it, rather than having that filter that says "whoa there, I better watch what I say, there's a crowd around here". I don't think he's dangerous because I think he's a coward, but I do feel he's impulsive enough to at least cause a small uproar.
Cindy, though, I think is so self-centered that she really can't help herself. She'll cause a scene on purpose, she's probably rehearsing it right now.