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DONKEY: Judge Misreads ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict And Sends Courtroom Into Shock
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Donkey Today for Monday, August 18th goes to a Fulton county judge named Henry Newkirk. I keep telling you over and over that these judges be playing. Okay, when they sentence people to life plus 70 years. What the hell does that mean? Do I wake up in prison in my next life, or when a judge gives you 200 years. At some point, we have to ask the judge, why are you playing with me? Just simply tell me I'm never coming home. Wu Tang is forever. And so is my prison sentence. And when the judges do the months thing. Oh, my God. We sentence you to 600 months. You thinking yourself 600 months? Start doing the math. That's 50 years. Okay, 50 years. Stop playing with me, judge. Well, I bring to you today another example of a judge playing. See, Alton Oliver was found not guilty in connection with the killing of Fulton county deputy James Thomas. Not guilty in the killing of a deputy? I haven't been following the case. I hadn't even heard of the case until I saw this news story. But you kill a police officer and get found not guilty in America. I need to know what type of lucky charms you holding. Okay. You must got the pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars and green clovers. Okay. Lord have mercy. Would you like to know what happened? Well, Oliver was accused of shooting and killing Deputy Thomas while he was off duty and in. In his personal car. Okay. Oliver claims self defense, alleging that Deputy James Thomas solicited him for sex. Yes. Oliver testified that he was walking home when Thomas drove up beside him three different times, leading to the alleged solicitation and shooting. Now, imagine if women shot and killed all the guys that tried to holler at them, you know, that they didn't want to be hollered at by. That's a discussion for another day. But Alton Oliver was found not guilty. And I don't think the judge liked the decision too much, because even though he was found not guilty, the judge let his inside thoughts slip out. What do you mean the judge let his inside thoughts slip out? Let's go to Channel 2 News for the report, please. A jury found a man not guilty of murdering a Fulton county deputy. Channel 2's Richard Elliott is live outside of the Fulton County Courthouse with how the judge in the case, Richard, actually misread that verdict at first. Yeah, this all went down just before 4 o' clock this afternoon. It was one of the strangest endings to a Trial I have ever seen in 40 years of covering trials. Alton Oliver on trial for the murder of Fulton County Deputy James Thomas Jr. Jury comes back in, hands the the verdict form to the judge. Judge Henry Newkirk reads the verdict. Only it wasn't the actual verdict. He misread it in open court. Here's some video of how it all unfolded. The verdict. We the jury find the defendant guilty as to all six counts of the bill of indictment. Sheriff, will you please hand this to council and pass it over? Wait, what? Did not say, not what? We the jury find the defendant not guilty on all six counts. I apologize for my mispronunciation. You know what the hell? That ain't funny, right? That's what the hell you was doing. Let me hear it one more time. Isolated, right? He knew what the hell he was doing. We the jury find the defendant guilty as to all six counts of the bill of indictment. Chair, please hand this to state councillor. We the jury find the defendant not guilty on all six counts. I apologize for my mispronunciation. Why you laugh funny? He laughing because he knew he was trying to be funny. The family was relatively cool when that guilty verdict was read too, though. This is like somebody playing with you about winning the Powerball when The Powerball is 605 million like it is right now, okay? This is like somebody telling you that you're not the father on Maury when you are the father and want to be the father and have already been in the child's life for a bit, okay? This is like a doctor telling you that you're not pregnant, even though your period hasn't come on in two months and you clearly are pregnant, so why is the doctor playing with you? Okay, let me tell you something, Alton. You better get the hell out of Fulton county, okay? You need to get the hell out of Georgia, period. Okay? Judge Newkirk said guilty because that's what he believes you to be. And if he believes you to be that, so do a lot of other law enforcement officials in Georgia. Okay? You need to relocate because Judge Newkirk tried to kill you, okay? He thought if he told you that you were guilty, you was gonna go into cardiac arrest right there and die. Okay, listen, this is a prime example of the weight of words in life, and especially in a court. Words carry a lot of weight, okay? One slip can mean heartbreak, panic, or relief. So this is just yet another example of why we have to choose our words carefully. Especially when you're a damn judge in a courtroom. Please give Judge Henry Newkirk, the biggest he hawk. You can tell he be handing out sentences. You can just tell he read that. Yeah. And you said the family was pretty cool when they. I mean, when you. I didn't see the video either, but when you listen to the audio. Oh, yeah. Nobody reacted. Like, they reacted all late. It probably was shocked, though, at first. Like, what? Okay. Excuse me. Yeah. That is crazy. But I'm gonna tell you one thing. If I had to kill everybody who hollered at me, I would be Uma Thurman and kill Bill everybody left and right. That's what I'm saying. Like, y' all, get off me. Stop. But I can understand why he would also feel threatened, too. If somebody's absolutely pulling up next to you in a car quite a few times at some point, you're like, all right, bro. Like, chill out. Back up off me. Yeah. I don't know if that means shoot and kill, but, you know, not at all. But thank you for that. Donkey of the day. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We just played the audio during. Just with the mess. Tracy Ellis Ross. She was talking about President Barack Obama, not telling her somebody she was dating wasn't the one. Let's hear the audio. Well, I broke up with somebody. No, listen, we don't have to get into. I broke up with someone. And I remember running into the former president, and he was like, I could have told you that. And I was like, well, you failed as a friend. Like, it was your job to say that before I. You know what I mean? Like, nip it in the butt. Yes. No, nip it it, not snip it. Right. So we're asking 800-585-1051, if your friend is dating someone you know isn't a good fit or you know it's not gonna work, do you step in and say something, or do you let them figure it out on their own? That is the question definitely. Step. You want me to answer that? When we come back. When we come back. When we come back. 800-585-1051. Let's discuss this. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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