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Dramatic Video: Chaos After Quadruple Murder Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
- Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:34pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A court officer restrained a member of a victim's family when the verdicts were read Thursday. (Image source: Boston Globe)
A dramatic scene unfolded in a Massachusetts courtroom Thursday after a jury acquitted one man accused in a quadruple murder trial and deadlocked over another.
The execution-style killings of three adults and a toddler had become known as the “Mattapan Massacre,” Boston’s Fox 25 reported.
Court officers restrained two women who rushed forward to the defendants’ table, screaming after the verdict was announced.
Watch a report from the Boston Globe below:
Boston’s Fox 25:
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Comments (123)
Voice1percent
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:14pmBut wait a um, she black! The killers they black, they killed a black person. So um who’s the racist!!!! I am so confused……..
Report Post »lrv gonzalez
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 7:00pmI saw two BLACK defendants who were acquitted of murdering Four BLACK PERSONS.
Report Post »But I don’t see any BLACK AGITATOR (ie) Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others going there to claim for the lynching of the Murderers.
Neither do I see Mr. Obama, stating that he would like to have a son like the murdered child.
He wouldn’t dare, because the BLACK PANTHERS WOULD HUNT HIM DOWN
MCDAVE
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 10:44pmIts not a racial issue…Its about justice..lady may feel justice has not been served..
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 10:58pmAl and Jesse don’t police their own, A young Mother
Report Post »and a toddler are of no concern to them……these
Race Baiters are Disgusting….
Uriel
Posted on March 25, 2012 at 11:17pmI know!
Why is this being reported on TheBlaze? All the other violent crimes that TheBlaze reports are “Hate Crimes”. So what’s with this one?
Report Post »steely_eyes
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:03pmWhere is Rearend Al Sharptongue to fight this injustice?
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 12:43pmThat‘s the second funniest question I’ve read today. Where do you think that bag of crap is? He’s in Florida inciting a riot!
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:51pmWonder where those defendants will find to live – safely. Now. Or IF, maybe I should say. Stupid Dims.
Report Post »FlatFoot
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:32pmThe only person who was actually involved in the murders and is already doing time for his involvement in the murders is also the Prosecution’s star witness. He got a sweetheart deal of no more than 18-years in prison with multiple opportunities to be paroled many years sooner, as opposed to Life with no parole, to plead guilty and then testify against the other two. Considering the ‘community’ where this happened and is still happening I would have to say that the guy that pleaded guilty was dumber than a box of rocks and his dump-truck Public Defender attorney is dumber than a sack of hammers.
Remember, a criminal jury is made up of your ‘peers’ — and in that neighborhood most of your ‘peers’ are bound to be either mortally afraid of you or just. like. you. They hate snitches and they hate the Poh-leece. They be keepin’ it real.
Meanwhile, there were no “White Hispanic” people involved in the “cold blooded” murders of the toddler child, his mother, and the other two victims so there is no racism involved — therefore, Minister Farrakhan, Reverend Jesse, Reverend Al, and all the other race-baiting media attention wh0res will be staying in Florida for the foreseeable future.
Report Post »lexington_green
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:37pmdoes anyone remember the last time a hispanic was referred to by the media as “white-hispanic”? oh, that’s right, you can’t. damn the media to hell and the so-called black leaders for trying to fan the flames of race hate in this country just to gin up obama’s base. marxist bastards. the lot of them.
Report Post »A. James
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:35pmThe media and the administration is corrupt. They are complicit in attempting to race bait and pin blacks vs whites. Every story regarding the latino that killed the black kid is attempting to twist it into white hate. It is f ing ridiculous.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:55pmYou get… what you Pay for!
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:27pmThose that got angry about the verdict would have been saying that it was because of racism is their people were the defendants.
Report Post »desert buckeye
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:13pmFLATFOOT.
You nailed it!
Report Post »1,000′s of black youths are killed every year. But, unless the “perp” is a “white hispanic”, no one seems to care.
Cemoto78
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:02pmI didn’t see Al Sharpton or Farrakan in any of the pictures or the video, wonder why?
Report Post »rambosharley
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 11:12amI bet that defendant will be on the NBP’s “Wanted” poster! NOT!
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 1:22pm@LEXINGTON_GREEN
Report Post »If he’s a white-Hispanic then the prez should be called a black-white.
sizzler2220
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:46pmI guess these poor thugs had to sell and buy dope because they were unhappy with the amount of Obama Bucks they were receiving.
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:36pmGlad I don’t live in Boston, they might be roasting marshmallows tonight.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:55pmWhat , no outrage from Jesse and the boys ?
Report Post »FN-FEDUP
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:26pmthey will all be wearing new sneakers tonight and watching the city burn on there newly acquired errr stolen TV sets
Report Post »A. James
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:37pmWell, those sneakers that they “acquired” belong to them. They deserve those sneakers for the injustices projected onto them.
Report Post »omgfolks
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:27pmDid you see all the white shirts in the court room ? I guess they were worried about the sneakers running rampet. Funny how some will always cause a scene, but it always seems to be the same some.
Report Post »campt1
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:20pmThe “Ten Commandments” are not multiple choice!
Report Post »TORREY
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:23pmYour comment is one of the best I have seen in awhile and hilarious :)
Report Post »Cruelnunusual
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:16pmAttorneys are slime. That defense attorney thinks the jurors are “heroes” because he won the case, not because he cares about the truth.
Report Post »waspanglosaxon
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:05pmIt is virtually impossible to get a conviction against a Black murder defendant, even when he kills other Blacks.
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:10pmMaybe you should take a tour of a prison one of these days and then you will know why your comment is ignorant.
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:55pmI don’t know why hiscomment is ignorant. How do you know that all of those black men are in prison for murder. There’s also rape, robbery and voter intimidation, oh, wait, voter intimidation is only for white republicans. Kinda like “hate crimes” are only for white people. Anyway, he doesn’t seem off the mark to me.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:54pmNo surprise here–Don’t forget this is LIBERAL, UBER LEFT Massachusetts! Ah, but where’s Al Sharptongue and Jesse Jacka$$????
Report Post »MN NICE
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:38pmAnd no amount of gun control would have prevented these senseless killings…
Of course, the only ones that need to be controlled are us pale, redneck kind of people that cling to our bibles and guns…
Report Post »GP100
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 8:28amThe Draconian gun laws in this state make it very difficult for law-abiding citizens to secure a firearm (never mind obtaining a carry permit – which is at the discretion of your chief of police). However, criminals have no problem getting a gun, just like in Chicago and DC.
The liberal judges and legislators often cut loose these fine, upstanding, young men who are ‘turning their lives around’. Problem is, they are repeat offenders and go out and hurt or kill innocent people. The victim’s blood is on the hands of our corrupt judges, DA’s, and politicians. But as usual, gun violence will be targeted as the problem and used as an excuse for more regulations and laws by Deval Patrick and his ilk.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:11pmSo I guess they’ll have a million-hoodie march tomorrow in Boston led by Sharpton, Jackson and the rest of the race-baiters demanding justice. No? Oh they’re tied up right now demanding justice for one bIack kid who was shot by a Hispanic guy, that the press keeps calling white, instead of being concerned about just another daily occurrence of bIack on bIack crime, in this case the execution-style killings of three adults and a toddler. One feeds an agenda the other doesn’t, that’s how they prioritize the value of a persons death.
Report Post »ahull15
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:35pmI guess black on black crime doesn’t count
Report Post »ChristianPolitician
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:43pmSharpton and Jackson are two shameful individuals and if the defendant wasn’t also black
they would come unglued.
But in this case, they wont say a word.
It’s just not good press.
Report Post »afhveteran
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:05pm…imagine if it were two ‘white boys’ on trial huh?
Report Post »Jase
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 10:14pmThere would be riots in the streets and a 24 hour media frenzy.
Report Post »Mitchina
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:03pmOMG.. I think Obama would be elected by the end of next week if that were the case.
Report Post »ChristianPolitician
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:49pmI don’t know any of the facts of this case. The video shown here is the first I heard of it. So with that said I want to address the reactions by the family. I understand their heart break here and in other cases where a defendant is acquitted of the charges.
But sometime the innocent are just that, innocent. If this man was found innocent on 9 counts, something was wrong with the evidents. What I am struck by here and in other cases, is how sure the family is that the one arrested and charged is guilty, regardless of the evidents.
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:03pmWe need to remember that the verdict choices are guilty or not guilty. A not guilty verdict does not mean the jury deems the defendant innocent; it means the jury did not believe the prosecutor met the burden of proof required for a guilty verdict (beyond reasonable doubt in criminal cases).
My heart goes out to the victims’ family members and pray they find the comfort and peace that only God can provide.
Report Post »Brem
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:42pmRight, the system worked to free more criminals to murder again. I guess the murderers didn’t leave a confession video at the scene for the police to hand over to the prosecution, so the jury believed the laywer’s version that space aliens were more likely to have committed the murders
Report Post »knighttemplar999
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:17pmThank God John Goodman, the Florida billionaire, was convicted today. I was afraid he was going to get a get out of jail free card, due to his wealth.
Report Post »kasper512
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 6:41amI did also, I am so happy that the right thing was do, even though he had money
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:02pm…
Notice all the added security on hand, for the reading of the verdict?
The judge knew how these folks were going to react, so the judged prepared well.
Does this make the judge racist or guilty of profiling? No, it does not.
The judge was basing the need for added security, on past experiences.
People need to learn how to behave, in a courtroom. There’s no place for outbursts and violence, in a courtroom.
People need to learn how to dress properly, for the courtroom. There’s no place for cleavage, tube tops, printed T-Shirts, or logo-wear, in a courtroom.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:18pmA jury of your peers?
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:32pmI agree LEADNOTFOLLOW, the cleavage and tube tops are not appropriate for public perusal.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:01pmSo he got away with murder, for now that is until street justice is meted out and it will be I’m sure.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:23pmI’m sure there is some white neighborhood to burn.
Report Post »Stephen Markovich
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 8:36pmstreet justice isTHE justice
Report Post »Nemo13
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:56pmIf Sharpton and Farrakhan do not acknowledge this trial, than it is proof they really do not care about any black people, just their wallets.
Report Post »berlich
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:32pmProof isn’t required for things you know to be true.
Report Post »JBarr73
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:16pmWhere are Sharpton and Farrakhan demanding justice in this case? Does anyone know if they have even commented on the case?
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:54pmSo they were just walking home from church one Sunday and were murdered clear out of the blue?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:52pmHeartbreaking… Now you have a couple criminals still on the street and can kill again! One thing I know.. God will take care of them!!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:48pmBlack on Black murder…go figure. Sad, but it happens daily in this country.Daily.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:55pmNot according to Mike Moore he always says white males commit the most murders and blacks are just victims of the ‘man’. That‘s one reason I don’t believe one word out of that loud mouth commie Moore.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:17pmJust watch the First 48. They could do a new show everyday in Chicago alone. Yes 90% Black on Black.
Report Post »frnchmn
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:34pmThat’s because Mikey Moore is mindless tool.
Report Post »Mitchina
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:08pmWhite on white crime happens too… justice is ALWAYS done in those cases… there isn’t any color to empathise with or be blinded by,
Report Post »NeoKong
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:41pmWhere is Al Sharpton…?
Report Post »Oh that’s right.
There is no race angle to play up.
0341mortarJOBS
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:00pmThat is the Truth………. Could you imagine if these victims had been killed by a white guy???The streets of boston would be aflame…
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:39pmI was watching this on local tv. JUSTICE was NOT served in this case…. VERY SAD. :(
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:51pmWhy was he found not guilty? Can you fill us in on this story?
Report Post »G man
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:38pmWhere’s Sharpton and Farrakhan?
Report Post »truthb4fiction
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:56pmWhy they are in Orlando… busy blaming the wrong people!
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:27pmThey’re in Orlando blaming Hispanics?
Report Post »Marcus Porcius
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:53pmThey don’t care because this defendant is black.
You know the rule. Black victim=racism, black defendant only =racism if convicted.
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