Veronica Waters
@MissVWaters
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10m
Back from lunch, Judge denies mistrial motion over ADA Ollivierre comment. He will tell jury the State was admonished and to disregard the question. Now they're talking about admitting FB posts which "informed" the defendants.
Laura Hogue says the State's been arguing that the defendants are exaggerating neighbors' crime concerns. She says the only way to respond is to say "Let me tell you what my neighbor was worried about." That may help the jury.
Judge says let's get the panel. Kevin Gough says, somebody in the foyer was wearing a Black Lives Matter mask. Bringing it to Court's attention for the record.
Judge reads instruction to jury. Defense calls Cindy Clark, a Satilla Shores neighbor. She says she was aware of petty crime in neighborhood, and yes, she heard of cars being broken into, guns stolen, people walking around at night.
Clark & husband took precautions, making sure to lock doors. Sometimes talked w/neighbors about it. She says from 2006 on, they heard of things happening here & there. Sheffield asks if she thinks it's a good thing for neighbors to look out for each other.
Clark's a member of the neighborhood FB page. Did she use it to inform herself of crime? She says maybe she posted about it once or twice. She never witnessed a crime. She said she was aware of two guys being at neighbor's car and one being scared off
The other guy was left behind. 2-3AM. Woke us up. Saw a car broke down and people walking into neighborhood and called 911--they weren't walking away from vehicle for help, they were walking to neighborhood. Turned out to be stolen car. She's a gun owner.
State asks: Incident with 2 guys at neighbor car--further back than 2018? Yes. Broken down Florida stolen car? Clark guesses that was 2016. Clark doesn't know the McMichaels. She's met Roddie Bryan once.
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