Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court

[Songbird]

the judge was a deck

 

[awriter]

This part kinda caught my attention. Not sure how I feel about the paper no longer covering the case. Wondering what others think.

"The newspaper stopped covering the murder trial once Stone was taken into custody, partially out of fear the judge would retaliate. It has not reported on Stone's arrest or Sasser's fine." he

 

[WriteThinking]

"The newspaper stopped covering the murder trial once Stone was taken into custody, partially out of fear the judge would retaliate. It has not reported on Stone's arrest or Sasser's fine."

This is where you double down.

Totally agree with you, and cannot believe the paper wouldn't have done that.

 

[Driftwood]

I'll defer to someone like Tarheel316, but in my experience, the Rockingham/Southern Pines part of the state is full of good 'ol boys who are proud of the county's football team and their generations of white privilege, and put up with the golfers who just happen to help pay taxes at Pinehurst.

Reading the piece, it appears Futrell had a previous hissy with the ME over a photo, and was looking for an excuse to pick a fight with the paper. Why else would he be paying attention to the reporter instead of the murder case he's supposedly presiding over?

If Richmond County's anything like most North Carolina towns, Futrell's getting pats on the back this week at the local BBQ joint and his barber for "sticking it to the media." But he's now put himself in an undefensible position. Does he really think the appelate judge will back his BS knee-jerk jerkiness with a 30-day jail stay? I can't imagine the state supremes in Raleigh will like the embarrassment this ass brings to their judicial system, either.

The saving grace for the ME and the reporter is they probably won't stay in Rockingham long, especially when "spent a night in jail for standing up to a judge" goes to the top of the resume. But Futrell is never leaving that small town. That's a much worse punishment than wearing an orange jumpsuit.

That whole area is, uhhhh, unique: Anson County, Richmond County, Robeson County. I was through there the other day and saw a nice vehicle that had been left sitting along 74. It was on chunks of wood all four wheels missing*

*stolen

 

[Tarheel316]

That whole area is, uhhhh, unique: Anson County, Richmond County, Robeson County. I was through there the other day and saw a nice vehicle that had been left sitting along 74. It was on chunks of wood all four wheels missing*

*stolen

I would hate to have a vehicle breakdown in Robeson County.

 

[maumann]

I would hate to have a vehicle breakdown in Robeson County.

Michael Jordan's father would concur.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I would hate to have a vehicle breakdown in Robeson County.

For nearly four years, I would go from a place where I worked in South Carolina to my hometown during the occasional time off.

Believe me when I say that I always knew how much gas my vehicle had between here and there. Stopping in Robeson County is NOT an option. Period.

 

[Driftwood]

For nearly four years, I would go from a place where I worked in South Carolina to my hometown during the occasional time off.

Believe me when I say that I always knew how much gas my vehicle had between here and there. Stopping in Robeson County is NOT an option. Period.

I slept in my truck in a parking lot one night in Pembroke.
It wasn't by choice. It was during Hurricane Matthew. Fortunately, the weather kept the locals sheltered in place.

 

[maumann]

Our Entertainment section editor in Rocky Mount was a Lumberton native and I probably bit a massive hole in my cheek trying not to comment every time he'd wax poetically about his hometown. Hey, mine produced Marshall Mathers (EDIT: Nope. He was born in Missouri but grew up in Warren), so who am I to talk smack?

I believe he eventually went back to work at the Robesonian.

(EDIT: Holy crap! Just found out Glenn Frey grew up in Royal Oak. That's worse.)

 

[Mr. X]

From Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/14/why-cant-journalists-audiotape-court-hearings/

 

[Liut]

From Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/14/why-cant-journalists-audiotape-court-hearings/

Thank you for sharing.