randy weaver trial update day here is a copy of my first update on the randy weaver trial after a large response about email messages i ve decided that there is sufficient interest here on t p g to warrant posting file follows hi folks as perhaps the only boise resident on the list i guess it kind of falls on me to keep people updated about the randy weaver kevin harris trial yesterday marked the seating of the jury apparently no other legal activities occurred the jury was selected and things start today more interesting is what happenned outside about a dozen weaver supporters showed up to stage a protest outside the courthouse one woman carried a sign that read who stands trial for the murder of vicki and son s name i forget weaver on the evening news she said i am here protesting because i believe in freedom of speech and freedom of religion i thought we all did nice sound bite grin the news reporter also interviewed some guy named tim who refused to give his last name not to prejudge the guy but he looked like a neo nazi he also said he expected many neo nazis to show up throughout the trial tim had been handing out leaflets in support of weaver and harris and the news had footage of a boise cop telling him to move along or he d arrest i don t know the finer points of this one perhaps there s a law against political activity within x feet of a courthouse or something what happenned to the first amendment most ominous of all was that the local reporter filmed an agent of the gestapo err atf with a minicam filming the protestors welcome to the world of big brother anyhow gerry spence came out and asked the protestors to leave because he didn t think it would help weaver s case any he said he was confident that once the evidence came out that weaver would be aquitted more stuff as it comes available drew
