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Live Tweeting From #LivestreamOnTrial Closing Arguments in Fullerton, CA (3/19/2015)

posted Mar 19, 2015, 9:31 PM by The Editor   [ updated Mar 24, 2015, 3:38 AM ]
Live tweets from closing arguments in the trial of People v. Beers, and People v. Redkey, two citizen journalists who were arrested livestreaming the January 2014 protests of the "not guilty" verdicts in the police murder of Fullerton resident Kelly Thomas.

#LivestreamOnTrial jury instructions being read; closing arguments next in Dept N4 Fullerton North Justice Center #FreeThePress
#LivestreamOnTrial defense atty calls January 18, 2014 "a day for which the First Amendment was made" & shows protest signs & slogans.
"There is no playbook for protesting." #LivestreamOnTrial defense points out protestors must take cues from behavior of police #FreeThePress

Defense says willful lawbreakers don't #livestream & someone has to be the last to disperse #FreeThePress #FilmThePolice #LivestreamOnTrial

Both defense attorneys submit 18Jan2014 Fullerton assembly was lawful; penal code 409 not applicable #LivestreamOnTrial #FreeThePress
Jury deliberating in #LivestreamOnTrial as of 2PM Thur 3/19 Court will recess at 4:30PM and resume Monday if no verdict today.

Additional information about the case:

Live Streamer Records Own Arrest During Kelly Thomas Protest; Footage Survives Despite Camera Confiscation (Updated)

“The story of Kelly Thomas hit close to home” by Patti Beers

PM Beers Films the Police 

Undercover Fullerton Police Arrest ANOTHER Citizen-Journalist...in Pasadena? 


Trial Starts for Citizen Journalists Arrested for Filming Kelly Thomas Post-Verdict Protest

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