Of all of the disturbing particulars to pour out of the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, what may infuriate me essentially the most now could be the picture of his supporters exterior of the courthouse, spraying child oil over one another and bouncing round in jubilation, after he managed to flee accountability for his most extreme prices.
Diddy’s reported response alone irked me.
Earlier than Diddy exited the courtroom, he reportedly knelt to the bottom in entrance of his chair and bowed his head in prayer. After that, he turned towards the gallery and clapped, which led to an eruption of applause and cheering from the onlookers.
Given the testimonies of so many individuals from Diddy’s life—notably Cassie Ventura, whom he subjected to bodily abuse that nobody can deny occurred given the viral footage of it—I want to suppose the God of Abraham has that man on mute and is extra involved along with his victims and the protection of those that testified within the trial making an attempt to get them justice.
Nonetheless, it’s simple that regardless of insurmountable odds towards him, Diddy managed to safe as a lot of a authorized victory as plausibly doable. Not often do federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York lose excessive profile circumstances just like the one lodged towards the Unhealthy Boy Data founder and mogul, however on Wednesday morning, the third day of deliberations, the jury discovered the 55-year-old not responsible of 1 depend of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud or coercion, however responsible of two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution.
Even when I can perceive why the satan may give the Lord a nod, the antics of his supporters exterior the courthouse are one other story.
Diddy’s kink for child oil has turn out to be comedic fodder for some, however oh how I want the bottom would have fell beneath the tooth of every a kind of goofy, silly Negroes.
The problems of home violence, sexual assault, coercion and rape shouldn’t be handled with such flippancy, however contemplating the protection technique employed that bought Diddy off the hook for a lot of the prices, maybe that’s the place they’ve taken their cues from.
Within the protection group’s closing arguments, Marc Agnifilo, who served as lead on Diddy’s protection group, mocked the federal government’s closing argument and warned that prosecutors have been using a novel strategy to intercourse crimes that risked turning the swinger way of life into potential crimes for all Individuals.
“I assume it’s all price it as a result of they discovered the Astroglide. They discovered it in packing containers, packing containers of Astroglide taken off the streets. Whew, I really feel higher already,” he mentioned in his closing remarks. “The streets of America are secure from the Astroglide!”
“They took Astroglide and so they took child oil, and that finally ends up being the proof on this case, as a result of his companies are excellent. There’s nothing in regards to the companies to seek out. There’s nothing in regards to the companies to make right into a felony case,” he continued.
“They go into the person’s bed room. They go into the person’s most personal life. The place is the crime scene? The crime scene is your personal intercourse life. That’s the crime scene.”
Let Agnifilo inform it, by charging Diddy, federal prosecutors had launched an unjust assault on a distinguished and wildly profitable Black entrepreneur.
I discovered that argument absurd a yr in the past when it was first employed by his authorized group, however primarily based on social media, choose podcasters, too many males I hear within the barbershop when getting a fade, and apparently this jury, it’s not as far-fetched.
But even when one is to acquiesce to the concept that federal prosecutors overreached to convey down the Black man (that doesn’t pay his Black artists, allegedly, thoughts you), does that warrant the trivialization of the abuse the ladies in Diddy’s life endured?
Not simply by the clowns on the road cheering for Puffy, however his major protection legal professional.
Regardless of acknowledging the bodily abuse between the couple, Agnifilo claimed in his closing argument that the connection between Diddy and Cassie was “an incredible trendy love story.”
“Nobody’s forcing her to do that,” Agnifilo mentioned at one level. “She’s a girl who really likes intercourse — good for her.”
Cassie’s personal phrases contradict this, although.
Does stomping on a girl on her head point out an incredible trendy love story to you?
I wrestle to articulate simply how soulless it’s to explain coercion by means of bodily abuse, blackmail, and monetary management as “an incredible trendy love story.”
It’s certainly one of a number of the explanation why I rolled my eyes when Agnifilo claimed on Wednesday, after the decision, “Mr. Combs has been given his life by this jury. He treasures, I guarantee you, the chance that he has been given, and he won’t run afoul of something this court docket imposes on him.”
On what grounds ought to any of us suppose he’s discovered a damned factor? His authorized protection? The actions of his members of the family and supporters?
Fortunately, not less than for the sake of those that testified towards him within the trial anyway, the choose mentioned that Diddy and his legal professionals haven’t met their burden to point out that the mogul poses “no hazard to any individual.”
Diddy will keep in jail till he’s sentenced in October – until his legal professionals efficiently rush it.
Even when they fail in that respect, haven’t they gained sufficient already?
In her closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Legal professional Maurene Comey mentioned Diddy in his thoughts “was untouchable.” She famous that one former private assistant even described him as a “god amongst males.”
“For 20 years, the defendant bought away along with his crimes. That ends on this courtroom,” she argued. “He’s an individual. And on this courtroom, he stands equal earlier than the legislation. Overwhelming proof proves his guilt. It’s time to maintain him accountable. Discover him responsible.”
Comedy maintained that “The defendant just isn’t a god.”
No, however he’s a robust man with some huge cash, participating in abusive conduct in direction of girls, and like many males of that kind earlier than him, has managed to flee the worst of penalties.
With a cheering crowd of followers dancing in child oil for him over it, mocking his victims one final time.
None of those folks have discovered something and we’re all worse for it.
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