The jurors are taken to eat at the cafeteria right across from where the exhibit is. It would be very easy for a jury to see the exhibit.
Anne McCandless Jordan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan S. Kushner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Grow on Black History exhibit > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:56 PM > Subject: RE: [Mpls] Grow on Black History exhibit > > > > Jordan Kushner wrote: > > > > > I have one question that I cannot resist asking: How did we get a > > > narrow-minded jailer in the most powerful political position in Hennepin > > > County? > > > > I have one question for Mr. Kushner: If it is indeed true > > that this exhibit was visible to jurors > > JSK - I disagree that the exhibit is in a position to unduly influence > jurors. The exhibit is in the tunnel between city hall and the government > center. The juror assembly room is about thirty yards away, on the other > side of the elevators and escalators. Jurors can easily come and go without > ever seeing the exhibit. It would take a special effort. This argument is > a red herring - a convenient excuse for Opat to avoid dealing with his > apparent own discomfort about being confronted with racism. > > What is also disturbing is that the exhibit was positioned in the basement, > instead of in the atrium on the skyway level where many many more people > pass through and would notice it. Whereas a large cross section of the > public passes through the atrium, it is mostly city and county employees > that go to the basement of the government center and back and forth between > City Hall . There has been an exhibit about baseball history in Minnesota > located in the atrium for months. Why wasn't the Black History exhibit > placed in this spot? Is not considered important enought to the county > bureaucrats? Or are they concerned about the public being "incited" or > provoked from too much meaningful education? > > > and you were a defense > > attorney or a judge presiding over the criminal prosecution > > of a White segregationist would think that the oversized > > version of the photograph might bias jurors? > > This is a rather unrealistic hypothetical. A more likely scenario is that > jurors hearing a case of a Black criminal defendant (probably a majority of > the defendants in Hennepin County) might actually be more sensitive about > racism God forbid! > > Jordan Kushner > Golden Valley > > > > > Michael Atherton > > Prospect Park > > > > > > Jordan S. Kushner > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
