Cop at center of Inauguration protester trial exposed trashing liberal protesters on social media
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lead investigator in the mass prosecution of leftist Inauguration Day protesters is a fan of Donald Trump’s right-wing internet tribe, attorneys showed jurors Tuesday.
Defense lawyers used cross-examination of Det. Gregg Pemberton to show jurors his affinity for Trump boosters like David Clarke and the One America News Network (OANN), and his antipathy toward the Black Lives Matter protest movement.
Lawyers juxtaposed Pemberton’s public comments with video of Inauguration Day protesters chanting “Black lives matter!” before their march, in an effort to establish that the government’s key witness is fundamentally biased against the people he was investigating.
The detective, who also serves as a public relations official for the union that represents Metropolitan Police Department officers, is a vital witness for prosecutors. He produced the video highlight reels and PowerPoint tools they will ask jurors to use to string together specific individual timelines from a chaotic day of protests and unrest.
https://thinkprogress.org/cop-at-center-of-inauguration-protester-trial-exposed-trashing-liberal-protesters-on-social-media-7b6cab1a00c9/
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