In a 31-page decision issued Friday, the state’s criminal court of appeals ordered a new trial for the man, Tim Gilbert.
Gilbert was arrested after a family dispute on Christmas Eve three years ago in Murfreesboro, southeast of Nashville, according to the decision. A grand jury indicted him the following April on charges of reckless endangerment, unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting arrest, and he was convicted after a jury trial last year.
Inside the room was the flag, portraits of Confederate leaders and a framed letter from the U.D.C.'s national leader. Gilbert's lawyers argued that having a room"festooned with Confederate memorabilia and maintained by the U.D.C. implied that the court 'subscribes to the confederate principles' and that to many, 'the confederacy and racism go hand in hand,'" the decision says.
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rolandsmartin Just one black man over how many years
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A new jury they should just throw the case out for such a disgraceful miscarriage! And the sad part is the thousands of people that went through there while the hateful people felt emboldened to take away their rights and put them behind bars NAACP UN humanrights1st hrw
Wonder how many other juries convened in that room? Both juries deliberated in the 'U.D.C. room' in the Giles County Courthouse, which is maintained by the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Systemic racism manifest 'all around us for all to see' in communities where Black & other Americans have been cornered. But, until a light is shone directly on it nothing or very little is done about it. Will these times bring real change or will we continue to turn a blind eye?
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I went to Nashville and on the historical walk it talks about how the slaves worked in the same fields as the owners. I could not believe the sophistry of it all. People there I met had never been to the MLK museum 3 hrs away in Memphis. Another world. I'm not surprised.
Nothing like a little reminder of those “glory days”, huh?
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A flag is going to influence the jury's decision?
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That's some BS!😟😡
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Yeah, that will change nothing and cost tax payers. Just stupid.
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He's guilty
Hate to admit it but I’m kind of surprised you could have a confederate flag in a courthouse.
Why didn't the jurors object to the traitor flag?
Reaching for stories?
Query how many Southern courthouses have Confederate memorials on courthouse grounds…