Joseph P. Welch, Attorney at Law

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You’re in contempt! No, YOU’RE in contempt! Suddenly during this exchange I realized that a roll was flying past my head. And then another. And then I’m in the middle of this heated food fight in a kitchen with at least 50 other people all high on the acquittal of two of our comrades earlier that day. Seven years ago I was trying the last of the #Occupy St. Louis cases. Two activists were assaulted by the STLMPD during a protest when they were cornered by the cops down a dark street. They were charged with assaulting the cops. Ours was the standard police brutality defense - cops will accuse you of assaulting them in an attempt to justify their use of force. The cop said my client got within 1 foot of him, called him a motherfucker, and spit right in his face and then he chased my client down and tackled him while my other client tried to de-arrest him. But video showed the spit came from at least 20 feet away while the officer was looking in the opposite direction before he turns and just runs after some random guy in the crowd. For my closing argument I walked over to the prosecution’s table and poured a small cup of water. I turned my body towards the jury and my head to the left and threw the water into my own face and started to recite the officer’s words about how he felt when he got spit on. And then I looked to the right, and pointed at the lectern which was positioned right in front of the jury, and said “it must of been that guy” and knocked the lectern to the floor with a loud bang. The prosecutor starts objecting that he’s wet - I splashed him a little. After we finish closing arguments and the jury retires I go on trial for contempt of court in a courtroom still packed with close to 100 spectators including half the prosecutors and public defenders who were there to see the trial. It took 6 hours for the jury to return not guilty verdicts on all counts but after the trial they were outside the courthouse high-fiving my clients and their supporters. #notguilty #occupystl #stl #314 #lawyersofinstagram #lawyerstories #freeallprisoners #anarchist #publicdefender #freedomshouldbefree #resist #stlouis #foodfight #ftp #nlg #dearrest #protest
A good pair of truck stop sunglasses can easily last you 8 years. #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #firetotheprisons #lawyersofinstagram #lawyerstories #314 #stl #legalize #NORML #publicdefender #sunglasses #truckstop
It's been a blast to see so many outspoken prison abolitionists and other comrades at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in St. Louis. Even got to meet my #beard brother and take in the architecture of historic Union Station. #reform19 #stl #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #NORML #GSTLNORML #hightimes #stlouis #314 #firetotheprisons #anarchist #communism #anarchy
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. #sixthamendment #billofrights #constitution #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #NORML #GSTLNORML #hightimes #marijuana #mmj #freeallprisoners #breadbook #settlers #anarchy #anarchist #communism #freedomshouldbefree #fucktrump #acab #1312 #314 #stl #kropotkin #sakai
My client was on trial for felony possesion of #MDMA and was looking at a little bit of time since he was already on #felony probation and had other priors. That night he had been smoking #cannabis in his Maryland Heights motel room when the night manager ratted him out to the cops. So he consents to a search of his room thinking he won't get arrested for a little bit of weed. But the cop arrests him anyway and demands to know where his car is, which is a PROBLEM because that's where he's stashed the #ecstacy. So now he lawyers up and refuses to cooperate, but the cop isn't having it and takes his keys and starts walking through the parking lot clicking the key fob to see which car responds and finds his car and demands to search it. My client refuses to consent to the car search. The cop is like "it's my word against yours" and unlocks the car and finds the MDMA. At the suppression hearing the cop testifies that my client consented to the car search just like he did with the search of his motel room. So my client takes the stand and tells the judge he's been stopped for #marijuana at least 10 times in the city and they never arrested him for it - sometimes the city cops would even let him keep the weed and let him go! And that's what he was expecting to happen when he let this #MarylandHeights cop search his motel room which is why he consented. But he's like "judge, I knew that I'd be looking at another felony if he found the ecstacy so I wasn't going to let him search my car." And the judge believed him and suppressed the illegal search. #NORML #GSTLNORML #hightimes #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #legalize #acab #1312 #mmj #freeallprisoners #freedomshouldbefree #314 #lawyerup #stl #publicdefender #anarchy #anarchist

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