All Episodes
Previous Next
June 22, 2023 - MyronGainesX
02:04:03
Fed Explains YNW Melly Trial On Day 7
| Copy link to current segment

Time Text
The bold name.
So if you could read them out loud to the all right, what's up guys?
I am live streaming the trial right now.
So without further ado, we're just gonna get right into it.
Just so you guys know they're talking about the gang culture right now with the bloods, and they got a detective testifying.
Clear for the record which particular document we're looking at.
No number one physically physically, you know what I mean type.
No, just the bold on that one.
Number two mentally.
Number three?
Spirit.
Number four.
Economically.
And number five.
Socially.
Okay.
Moving on to the next meaning.
Meaning of G shine.
You had mentioned that sometimes there are specific colors that individuals are told to wear.
Is that like reflected in this document here that was found in the YNW Melly booking email?
Objection B B saying.
What does this say about the uniform or fashion statements?
It gives directions on the colors of the organization, what they mean, and uh as with the other signs and symbols that they have, like the five-point star gave each point of the star the specific meaning.
They do the same thing with the colors, they'll come up with initialisms of what each letter that color means and why it's means something too.
Okay.
In terms of the colors that were identified in this G Shine document, what were they?
The colors I already mentioned, red, green, and black.
I don't mention black, but red, green, brown.
The next stage here, what is this title?
Okay, what's up, guys?
So um you guys are probably wondering what's going on right now.
We're covering the Meli trial live, and what's going on is they are talking about the G Shine gang.
They got a detective testifying on um the gang hierarchy structure, that type of thing for the um for the um jury, because as you guys know, they're trying to get the death penalty.
A big part of them being able to get the death penalty is they need to illustrate that Millie is a gang member, so that's what they're going through right now.
And I'll keep repeating myself as more and more people join in.
Uh, but yeah, let's get back to the trial.
Meaning of G Shine Ascari.
And then it says in here, you've been what's this DMV mean?
The Department of Motor Vehicles.
No.
I'm not sure exactly what what that acronym is, but um you or you move up in the ranks here.
You'd be reassessed by it by your higher ups, like council.
Okay.
Is there a specific uniform that you talked about the the previous link that's mentioned in this document?
Yeah, we're wearing brown and with a white t-shirt underneath untucked.
So it says it in there to signify that you're for battle.
Okay.
Um in terms of reason the email address that we had looked at previously.
The one the bang bang Ascari.
Is that consistent with what was said to be done in this last paragraph?
Yes.
That's typical with the gang name in general.
A lot of members will just put the gang name at the end of their moniker, their Instagram handle, their Facebook handle, whatever it is.
Okay.
Going on to the next document in this.
What is this title?
Oh, that's that's one of the old shadow number memorize.
Okay.
And now this photo here.
What is this illustrating?
I can make it a little bit bigger.
I know it's This is when they restructured.
They were talking about the grass has been cut low.
And the snake's heads are popped up.
So when they restructure it was for, like I said, you know, there's indictments, stuff like that, and they need to restructure and change the rules up so that way they can meet out people that they might think are cooperating with law enforcement or just people who aren't uh being true to the organization.
Um this is talking about that basically.
Um it there's a line that says it talks about a memo.
Is that something you've seen in your training experience that they their memos that are issued to update policy?
Yeah, anytime it looks like a directive, anytime things are gonna change within the organization, they usually uh close the books so no new members, they'll uh they'll freeze everything, no movement, and they'll reassess what they have to do within the organization so that they can continue to um reorganize and move forward.
Okay.
In terms of you said the books, what are the books?
Oh uh terms mean um literally the books like the the ledgers where they would write the members' names.
So when the books are closed, you're not gonna put new members into the books.
Most really most well-organized games will have a national national ledger where all the sets will be outlined with all the members and what the ranks they currently hold.
Okay.
And in terms of this last email here, an image, that's the close-up, or I'm sorry.
The last image was a close-up of this email header.
Who was this email sent to?
I say uh he was identified as subject name goon on the phone.
That's like Rip Phone.
7727139807, that phone?
That phone.
Okay.
And who was it sent to?
YNWMelly booking at gmail.
So you mentioned a lot of the items and the stall on that you've reviewed.
Yes.
We're going to start out with the question labeled as states triple V for identification purposes.
Okay.
Alright, so guys, just so you know, this detective right here is masked up.
Okay.
Um I think he's an undercover detective.
So he's speaking about the gang, um, because he probably does undercover what gang stuff.
So, but yeah, he's actually wearing a mask, which you don't see this often.
Coming to the fence.
Discover do you recognize what's been labeled as state triple D. Yes.
How do you recognize that?
This is a extraction report from the cell phone and the nine eight oh seven uh messages between that phone number and uh a contact state that is GF stretch with the C press out using an X instead of S C. And does this really accurately depict the conversation that is on that cell phone?
yes here at this time the state would request to move states triple b in states triple will be will be marked state
Okay, detective on this particular phone and this messages.
There's the term rise up and beloved.
Is that something based on your training experience you can offer an opinion on?
Yeah, it's mentioned throughout multiple.
So they're using Melly's text messages right now, guys, to illustrate that he is in fact a gang member, whether it's him crossing out sees in his writing, um, the way they communicate using the gang vernacular, they're establishing right now that he is in fact a gang member, and they got a detective here who's a sex subject matter expert on gangs and those undercover with gangs to testify to it.
Uh G shine Bible's the term rise up beloved is just a term of endearment that they're using between each other on its own, doesn't really mean anything, but knowing that these guys are um members of G Shine, it does not.
So if you guys remember, um, you know, in the famous song 50 cent, you know, what up blood, huh?
What up, cuz uh what up gangster, right?
So that's uh, you know, you say what up blood, you're referring to another member of the gang in an endearing way.
Same thing with because if you're a crypto.
So um they're using this right now to show that Millie is in fact a gang member.
So, in terms of the term perk, H U R K on this particular message, is that something you've seen before?
Yes.
And what is does her mean?
Herc is a term used by members of G Shine to refer to each other.
It's like calling each other bro or dude, same thing.
Members of G Shine call each other Herc.
That's one of the terms they use.
And on the December 1st, 2018, this particular message.
Is there another term that would indicate G Shine affiliation?
the rank designation is scary He's addressing he's addressing the person receiving that message as an SCRARD.
Okay.
He's not just saying the work smart.
Understood.
Um, in terms of the last message here that looks like December 29th of 2018.
you could read that one aloud please and i can make it bigger You have many other hoods that have productible aspects in motion, and it's time for us to put a form of some businesses into existence so we can grow as a family.
We're already established financially.
So we want to combine with you in the form of growth and development and endure prosperous ventures as a collective.
Um to January 27th of 2019, is it the same use of the term 11?
Yes.
Um, in turn on then it says line up some venues.
Detective polar, I want to ask you if someone is a member in a sort of music group.
Yes, why would they be talking about venues with someone who is identified as a godfather?
Because they would need to get uh sustaining.
So Detective Paul, I want to back up and go into your training and education and experience on areas of control by specific areas under the blood gang or me.
You mentioned that there are different sets in different areas of the country.
Correct.
In terms of the various neighborhoods and various businesses within that neighborhood, do you have training and experience as to how access to those businesses are controlled?
So if you're in a neighborhood that is uh predominantly controlled by the specific gang, whether it be the bloods, the crypts, whatever, and you are trying to go to that neighborhood, you need to have like almost like an approval to be there.
If not, you might if you're at the wrong neighborhood, you might get approached and the repercussions could be different for every person, but point is you'll probably get confronted.
So I'm gonna move on to some of the other messages that you've gone through with landmarked as state triple W. Yeah.
I'm showing you states triple W. Partner's coming in court today.
Do you have an opportunity to review this document?
Yes.
Does that document accurately depict five different chat conversations between the individual using the 9807 phone number and some of the individuals you talked about previously?
Gino, Perk, Jaquan Burton, etc.
It's not in position, attest to whether that accurately reflects conversations between two people that you're not a part of the terms.
Does that accurately reflect the conversations that were captured on the 9807 cell phone extraction?
Yes.
in terms of is there any additions or deletions from the cell phone instructions?
I didn't see any in red.
Do they share that accurately to the conversations on the 9807 cell phone?
Yes.
Yeah, this time the state would request a new state's triple W. Alright, since we got almost 700 of you guys in here, guys.
What they're basically going over right now is they're going through Melly's phone, establishing that he is in fact a gang member for the G Shine Bloods.
Okay.
They're establishing what the bloods are, then they're establishing this set, they're establishing terminology that they use when they communicate with each other, like Herc, for example, blood, these are terms of her endearment.
The G Sharm bloods in particular use the term Herc.
So the prosecutor is going through that, and she has a detective on the stand right now that's uh identifying these terms and explaining it to the jury.
Um, and the detective has his head recovered for his safety, obviously, because he's um a uh probably undercover.
So that's why um they're going through this because they're trying to put get the death penalty on uh on Melly, and to get the death penalty, the enhancement to get that death penalty is they're gonna need to establish that he's a gang member.
That's why this testimony is so critical to the death penalty portion of the case.
In and published and carrying.
I am Jack from Property Foundation and Sufficient Foundation.
Uh moving the state triple W. State triple W are state seven.
And guys, she doesn't have enough for a conviction right now, but they're going through the case, so they already had their witnesses lined up, so now she's covering this section, but she's also gonna bring, I think the medical examiner in, which is gonna be interesting, because the medical examiner is gonna explain how the two uh victims actually died, not through drive-by, but rather being shot in the vehicle.
So I just have to go through and start with some of the pictures that are in this exhibit.
Reference the pages as you go if you don't want to.
Okay.
And guys, give me a favor, we got uh almost 800 of you guys in here.
Can you guys like the video, man?
Um, I don't normally live stream trials like this, but I know that you guys enjoy this stuff, so I'm doing it for y'all.
We're watching it live together.
I'm explaining terminology.
So the only thing I ask is that you guys like the video.
So starting And going on, which is labeled as page six.
And this is a conversation that starts out with an individual name Foley and the 9807 cell phone number.
Are there pictures that are sent back and forth between these individuals?
Yes.
Oh, and with John's permission, I'm going to switch over if I can pull up the picture.
Okay, let's get over.
Okay, let's get over.
So they're going to pull up pictures from Ellie's phone now and more text messages.
So So the River's clear council, what's the number?
This is still the same exhibit.
This is just the digital copy so that we can access the photos.
So you exhibit seven seven zero two.
Yes.
Thank you.
So in terms of the images that were sent, were you familiar with Jamel Demons?
Yes.
Can you point him out in this particular photograph?
Now have you guys noticed they did this with YSL as well, uh using pictures back against them to show gang uh ties.
I'm sorry, it's no longer a touch screen on that initially, because it's now on this issue.
Subject play she was jumping.
In the center of the frame?
Yes.
May the record reflect that the state pointed to it and you get hit by the person to whom the state wanted.
So let's go to a different one.
Do you see the defendant to Mel Dems in this photo?
Can I stand up your one?
Yes.
In terms of the hand gestures or signals that he is making, is that anything that you can comment on with your expertise?
So Eastide sign, Eastide Bud.
So all but sign on speak up.
So look, as you guys can see here, they're using these pictures against him to show his allegiance to the game.
I'm sorry, sir.
Well talking about.
And so you first said the east side one is that came out with his left hand or right hand.
I don't know if it's pictures.
These are being pointed forward.
And then that, the other hand, it's kind of crooked, so I can't tell you from the East Center who's doing this, which is a book, cancelling.
Those are both from page 6 of State 70.
Thank you.
Going now to page 14.
You indicated that the some of the emails were identified as a specific individual.
Who was that?
Garrett Dixon, in the emails, was identified as Gino and Gino This phone number was identified as Derek Dixon.
Um, in terms of the messages here on page 14 of state 70.
The phone first message on September 16th of 2018.
What does that say?
I'm sorry, say that again?
The first one?
Oh lock me into the and then took out the C of the X. Okay.
Then the next message, the response from the 9807 phone number.
What is that?
050, that's what it called B later on in this text where he explains it.
Okay.
Down to the next one from the number that's identified as genome.
And what message does that say?
Me and the Godfather, the GF talks about you.
Um we come into your show and handle.
Okay.
Moving on to page 15.
And this second message here on page 15.
What are we looking at?
The 050 means on point.
Can you translate that please?
He's Gino's subject safe as Geno is explaining what the code means.
Um so that the recipient doesn't mess up on the godfather.
So look, zero zero five zero means on point, DL means I got you, or for show, or yeah, okay means butter smoke.
SL means shine love.
Um greetings and responses are rise and shine, I shine you shine, rise up and uh bopping shine right and shine bright, my shine platinum and gold.
Why is this important guys?
Because this establishes gang vernacular for this set of the bloods, which is called the what?
The G Shine Bloods.
Questions him and says it down below.
Just a few things called my A with I'm making sure you're on point.
So saying 050 means on point, DL means I got you.
and he proceeds to give other definitions.
SL means children of ingredients and responses, R, rise and shine, I shine, you shine, rise up, up and walk, and shine, shine right, shine bright, light shine, time to the goal.
So these are all things that were written in that original document from my over.
And that original document in terms of the date on that, do you recall for the said date?
September or something.
September 16th, 2018.
number 16.
So in some of the responses from the 9807.
Again, that term her.
Again, it's just uh the term used between members of G Shine.
He's just responding recognize you know, just using G Shine terms.
Okay.
Continuing on through the month of September on page 16.
And in terms of the message here from the 9807.
There just checking in the C is taken out and the B is put in its place.
Can you explain what or translate the September 21st, 2018, 1126 p.m. message from Gino?
Just asking if he's alright.
Everything's good.
everything's good Can you explain what is a square?
It's referenced to page 19.
Page 19.
Square is a narcotic slang for uh uh key typically a keogram of uh of any type of narco.
Yeah, they used squares when I was in South Texas, a kilo of drugs.
Injection, you know.
What's the injection?
Injection.
404B, 403.
Well, sorry about that, guys.
I'm muting it because they fucking the one thing I don't like about this trial is that their audio fucking sucks.
So let me uh I turn it off just now.
Hold on, let's see.
I'm going to bring it down a bit so it's not hurting you guys ears so much.
*music*
*music* Thank you.
*music* *music* Thank you.
So detective polo, in terms of your training and experience in narcotics and gang investigation, what is a square?
Square is in reference to a kilogram of any type of narcotic that is sold in kilograms because it's shaped like a square.
Okay.
So I want to talk now on page 21.
September twenty-third, twenty eighteen, six twenty-five p.m.
Can you it's read those two text messages and then help to assist in the understanding of what they need?
Twenty one.
So that the guy hit is who he moves through on that he got the skills.
The next one too.
Yes, please.
Bro, wait that square.
Want to know what you want for a hook and a verse.
Okay.
And can you explain what the Skittles in that message?
Uh so that language hasn't all the skills, because right now schedules are something completely different.
Um back then it was talking about uh XSE pills.
Okay.
And in terms of looking in context, the message before that on September 23rd, 29, 623 p.m.
With what is the Z. A Z is short for a zip.
A zip is slammed for an ounce.
Okay.
So going on to page twenty two.
So not only are they discussing gang activity, they're also discussing drug trafficking as well.
fucking idiots.
There's a different phone number that is listed on there.
Tell him to call.
Right.
And what phone number is listed there?
Nine five four three seven six nine one five eight.
Okay.
Um the next message.
If you could read that one on September twenty-third, two thousand eighteen, nine fifty-eight p.m.
He got it.
Yeah, hurt his name image.
He's very important.
He's got sorry.
He's gonna give you some baby.
He's over the whole South Carolina.
When you talked about earlier about areas of influence, is that what you meant?
Yeah, so especially with the linux that cross state boundaries um you would need to know where your where your higher ups are reporting from because if you say i report to stretch you're gonna say the stretch especially if they don't they're not part of your lineup you say uh i report to stretch out of south car line up and they can double check you and reach out to their context south line up make sure that stretch is the reversal okay um continuing
on to September 25th, 2018.
This is common, guys.
When you go to another area, right, and you're a gang member of like a national gang, like the Bloods or whatever, you'll want to touch and tap in with people in other states that you can kind of rely on when you're there.
Protection, resources, you know, logistics, et cetera.
Another message from on page 23 for Defense Council.
Thank you.
again referring to the same image name from the previous yes okay do you know what the baby is only the prayer okay small like baby and the response haven't heard from in twin so then moving on further down that page on 1008 p.m.
What does Geno asked the number identified as you know states DL did you give your date for the Savannah State show and the DL what does that mean the the Hey guys we just crossed 1,000
live viewer so you could be anywhere else so thank you uh the only thing i ask guys just like the video please uh we're reacting to the trial right now they're going through text messages um between meli and other people where they're establishing that he is in fact a gang member the dl does that have a specific connotation or meaning that's okay it's been a long day we'll come back to it so with regards to the next line on
that.
What does that one read?
the GF Godfather gonna call you take out the C and follow you today and make sure you're on home basically and the response was everything's good all file so I want to go then again to the digital version to reference this picture here.
So the number identified as Geno ending in 4281 sends an image, and this is on page 24 for Council.
So the number of people are in the room, and this is the number of people who are in the room, and this is the number of people who are in the room, and this is the number of people who are in the room.
In terms of this message, can you translate as to what it's talking about?
It's a picture of another phone, a contact name tall, a person holding the phone who writes, "Did you ever skyline with him?" So you ever connect with him or talk to him?
He's dying to talk to you.
Melody, that is...
And that's...
...and that's...
then he says he's gonna have to have today he's gonna have to hit him up today.
So then say on to the DL telling you expecting them okay and then the next response want you to groom him show them the meaning of the chain of command safety and security show do something different and the response I got you I just know that by him talking to you hearsay.
this is an image of a conversation between two other people My bad, guys.
My bad, guys.
Okay, guys, courts on sidebar.
What that basically means is um when they're in sidebar, they're talking on the side.
Um, like the two the lawyers, the defense counsel and the um prosecution are meeting with the judge talking to the side where no one can hear their conversation.
So uh, and it's meant to be, you know, pretty much a lawyer-only discussion because judges are lawyers too, 99% of the time.
So let's go ahead and see if we can fast forward this trial a bit.
If they're at a sidebar, if I hit the live.
Okay.
Prejudices.
So it's really going to depend on how they see this case, uh, their own feelings about gang violence, for example, uh, their own feelings about drinking some gorilla mine over here, guys.
Uh, make sure to use the code fresh at checkout.
Loyalty about betrayal.
So all this plays into it, uh, and it's something that's definitely weighing on their minds.
Yeah, I would imagine so.
And uh I would imagine during the voider process, jury selection process.
Both attorneys, both sides really uh question these jurors about their uh preconceived notions about uh gangs or gang violence, um, and very important facts in crypto.
That's why they say the case is won or lost in jury selection.
Absolutely, absolutely.
And Ikeisha, you know that uh jury selection is so important here.
And let's talk about the jury in terms of uh this testimony.
Uh gang testimony, testimony regarding gangs tends to be riveting at times for a jury because it's just an intriguing uh set of facts and it's to hear about.
This feels a little dry.
Um, how do you think the prosecution uh could have been proved?
Not to be Monday morning morning quarterbacking this, but improve the presentation that we see here.
I think they should have allowed the jury to just know that he was in a gang, period.
I think the fact that they're now trying to explain this some some more hurts them because the average juror, which is why we have an expert, right?
The average juror doesn't know this about gangs, they just think that gangs are violent, they don't know that there are laws, they don't know that they're instructing you to love each other and to read and to go to school and not to be a homosexual and to make sure your hygiene is good, and to they don't know this about gangs, and so now you're introducing them to an element and an aspect that they aren't familiar with that undermines your case.
And so I I think I think that they have a problem.
I disagree.
No, they I disagree uh 100% disagree with these people.
I I ain't gonna lie, man, the law crime network, some of the people that they bring on are kind of suspect.
Uh it makes me question a lot of times their professional experience.
Um, it's actually extremely important to outline the gang's um activities, practices, behaviors, structure, hierarchy, vernacular, um, you know, codes.
All of these things are important to establish that they're an organized criminal faction, okay?
That's extremely important.
I remember when I was an agent myself and I investigated gangs.
I used to write reports extremely detailed about, for example, I did Land Kings for a bit, Incas, regional Incas, what enforcers, what they did, what their roles were, who was who, um, how they did meetings, oh, what a violation was all these things needed to be documented in reports.
So I get it, it's a state level, so they might say, Oh, this is overkill or whatever, but it is important to establish this so that the jury understands that this is organized crime.
This isn't just like these dudes saying, Oh, yeah, we blood, blah, blah.
No, no, no.
There's codes, rules, and regulations.
It's an enterprise, okay.
That's why when you hit that people with RICO, they need to establish that it is a criminal enterprise.
This is why gangs fall on that line because of all the structure.
So they're incorrect.
Yeah.
No, absolutely.
I 100% agree because what we just saw actually in that clip was sort of like a code of conduct there.
And it doesn't seem nefarious, it doesn't seem violent, uh, if anything.
And this is the importance of having experience, guys, not just as like, you know, oh, I'm a lawyer, right?
Did this or whatever?
How many criminal cases have you actually investigated?
How many people have you put in jail?
How many reports have you written?
How many affidavits is you sworn to?
How many uh search warrants have you done?
I've done all this shit.
You know what I mean?
So that's why like I'll listen to these people over here on this long crime network, and I'll be like, Man, some of y'all don't know what you guys are talking about.
It's saying love your brother, your fellow gang member.
That's gonna possibly hurt the prosecution.
So great point there.
Um before we close out the show, Dr. Bober, I want to get your take uh quick 10 second take.
Do you think the prosecution's gonna get their conviction?
Or right now, as it stands, do you think the defense has a chance to get an acquittal?
I don't think this is a slam dunk by any means.
I think the defense definitely has some inroads in there, and there's some reasonable doubt for sure.
So I think uh it's not a slam dunk.
I think they still have a chance.
Great.
And Dr. Bovert, thank you for joining us today.
I keep shall I want to get you quickly for your 10 second take.
You think the prosecution have a conviction or an acquittal possibly in the making here?
Acquittal in the making, and I'll tell you why really quickly.
Jurors are serious about murder cases, more so than any other type of case.
And they are not gonna accept anything but the most ironclad type of evidence to send this young man a prison for the rest of the license to his death.
All right, thank you for joining me, Aikesha, Dr. Bober.
Thank you.
Hold on, I think they might be having a recess for the trial.
Let's see here.
Let's see here.
Hmm.
All right, so I guess um, yeah, it's probably a recess right now.
It looks like uh what's going on here.
Let's see here.
Okay, I'll hit some of the chats real quick.
Um, and if you guys have any questions, throw them in in the chat and I'll answer them.
Um while we wait for this thing to come back up.
But yeah, more than likely what's happening is there's a recess.
Uh let's see here.
I'll refresh it one more time.
Thank you.
Okay.
All right.
So while we wait for that, let's see here.
We got Jerry Pa uh Pacheco goes, can you cover Edward Snowden?
Also, side note, can the Tate seek asylum like Snowden uh did?
Um I could covered Edward Snowden, but guys, you gotta remember Snowden is not in prison, so his indictment and a criminal uh complaint are filed away.
I can't I can't pull them up.
Um because he hasn't been arrested.
So since he hasn't been arrested, none of his court documents are available.
So typically when the person's arrested, they unseal the indictment so you can actually read the charges against them.
So right now at this point, I don't even know what the charges are exactly.
I know it's probably it's definitely gonna be violations of the espionage act, 100%.
Um, which is as you guys know, if you've been watching the Trump trial, right?
18 USC 793.
I want you guys to learn that.
18 USC 793.
That's uh the espionage act.
Um, so that's what I think it is.
And then we got um Hedging Mastermind goes, Myron, your voice volume is too low.
Okay, I turn uh turning it up a bit.
Um I think it's because the fucking um trial thing is so goddamn loud with their ambient noise.
And then them boys, uh CIA goes, uh fresh and uh uh monkey and monkey.
Okay, I don't know if but uh uh lol if you're trying to make fun of us, but okay.
Um let's see here.
Um so yeah, guys, get any questions in while we wait for this thing to come back up.
I think they're gonna bring it back.
I think they're just doing a recess right now.
But I figured I was like, yo, let's go ahead and uh do this trial.
You know, we could go backwards a bit to some of the testimony from before.
Let's see here.
Uh when they first brought this detective in, he was let's see what these guys gotta say.
It's always funny to hear their opinions.
Are not there to report.
All right, so let's see what they got to say.
This was earlier in the day.
This was approximately uh four hours ago or so.
So maybe you can say, hey, we believe because of his absence, he must have been in the shooting, but that doesn't help.
So to me, the strongest, even though it is pretty weak, is the video of him getting into that very seat that they say the child came from.
Our next question, uh, I'll take this one.
It's from Catherine Vargas from Facebook.
How long is the case supposed to last?
Will there be any Hey guys?
Give me a quick favor.
Uh we got uh 1100 plus y'all in here.
Do me a favor, like the video.
Let's get to um uh one thousand 100% engagement almost.
Let's hit 1,000 likes if we can, guys, because it helps a lot with the algorithm.
Uh, we've been getting a lot of haters that like come on and watch our videos just to hate watch.
We got a lot of hate watchers, which is strange to me.
Um, so let's cut kind of override their hate and uh like the video, please.
it helps a lot with the algo.
Breaks for July 4th.
Well, Catherine, the answer is they're off the week of July 4th.
Obviously, there's a holiday in there Uh go have court on Fridays, so that would be a very short week.
So they're off that week.
And we think that this case could wrap up by the end of July.
So that's what they're for.
Oh, wow.
They're for I didn't realize that they have that much evidence that they gotta go after, guys.
This is this judge, this case is gonna go for damn near a month.
Our next question, uh, offie is from Becky S from YouTube.
If YNW Melly is found not guilty, will it be easier to convict Bortland?
All right, so for all the idiots out there that are saying that, like, oh, Melly's innocent, blah, blah, blah.
Guys, if the trial still has like another month to go, then bruh, the everyone that's saying this prosecutor sucks, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Y'all are nah.
Then that means that the prosecution has ample time to prove their case.
So everyone here is speaking way too early.
And what chart charges is Bortland being charged with.
I think that um, I think you it would be equally difficult to convict um Portland.
And but I do think the prosecution, um, I don't know if it's going to be the same prosecutor, but they will have learned uh a lot from uh this trial with Melly.
They will know um what their pitfalls are, they'll know how to be prepared with their evidence and with the information um that they're trying to introduce into court.
Um, for example, uh Melly's girlfriend's mom and her testimony, they don't know how to treat that.
You know, it's just this will essentially be a test run for them with um Portland.
It kind of is a test run uh for them with Portland.
Uh and just so you guys know, quick little reminder who is YW Portland, YNW Bortland, guys is Cortland Henry.
That is one of Melly's best friends.
He is the individual that was driving the vehicle, okay, on the day of the shooting.
And just to give you guys an illustration, um, right of what it was.
Okay, this is how they are arranged in the vehicle, guys.
Okay.
You can see here you got uh you got Bortland in the front, Melly back passenger seat, quite um Chris, and then you got Sack Chaser in the front.
So this is how they're arranging the vehicle after the shooting happened, and both individuals are deceased, the vehicle was driven to a desolate area out of s uh in Miramar, Florida.
They shot on the right hand side of the vehicle over here, okay, um, to make it look like a drive-by shooting, and then Bortland took the two to the hospital and said that they had been victims of a drive-by shooting.
Melly was nowhere to be found.
But they have surveillance footage that shows that Melly did in fact get in the back of the vehicle um uh earlier that evening.
Okay.
Next question, Terry, Zach P. Productions from YouTube.
In terms of the overall legal system, what type of ramifications charge uh changes, pardon me, might arise from this court case.
Well, I think the biggest ramification would be this death penalty issue, because if in fact the death penalty is something that the jury comes to the conclusion, I think that eight four new law that Governor DeSantis put into place will be something that not only the courts in Florida will be looking at, but an issue that could go back up to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has looked at this issue several times, and ultimately, you know, Florida was able now to put it back to eight four, but I do think that that's going to be challenged.
So obviously it has other ramifications as to whether or not you can use music, whether or not you know you can include certain evidence in the trial, but I think the biggest issue here is the fact that they are asking for the death penalty on a case where most people are saying, even if he's found guilty, why would this Be a death penalty case.
We saw with the Parkland shooter that that case was a case that was a death penalty case.
And even in that case, they did not elect to have him convicted and have him uh put to death.
He obviously pled guilty, and the sentencing phase, the jury decided, look, we're not going to put him to death, even though all those aggravating factors existed.
So I think the death penalty is probably the biggest issue in this case.
I think so too.
And with that new law, and it'll be interesting to see how that holds up when it's challenged.
Uh TikTok question for you, Brian Buckmeyer.
Official 2023 MeliFan asks, why is he not allowed to talk to his family?
And I think that Melifan means inside the courtroom.
Yeah, it's uh it's an issue that a lot of us defense attorneys have with both the courts and uh their court staff in the sense of they would argue is just the mechanics of it all doesn't work.
They they don't want to have anyone passing information, contraband, um, touching each other.
There are very strict rules about what you can and cannot do in a courtroom, and oftentimes those rules are limiting the access that a defendant, especially when the person is incarcerated, may have with family.
Now, are there exceptions?
Of course.
Have I had the opportunity to have a client say goodbye to a a loved one, a child of theirs or um family members, whatever it is, before they're sentencing go off to to upstate, we we call upstate in New York because they literally go from one of the five rolls to upstate New York for for a serious jail time.
Yes.
But during a trial, I don't know of any judge that will bend court rules to allow for any interaction.
So that's why you'll see Melly kind of looking off to the side and voicing to family or friends because there's not that ability to interact with them more personally.
Yeah, most courts have very strict rules about that, and they don't they don't want you know this to be social hour.
Um, but it just depends on which court you're in, how how strictly they enforce these rules.
Anna Aaron underscore Aaron Trout from Instagram offie.
Is he going to take the stand at some time?
What do you think?
Um thanks, Anna.
I doubt it uh very much.
Uh defense attorneys usually do not they do everything they can so that their client does not have to take the stand because of course uh the client has the right not to testify.
Taking a stand is one of the dumbest things you can do.
But also um I've said this thousands of times, defendants are under so much scrutiny.
Anything that they can anything they do is going to be picked apart uh from how they breathe, how they speak, whether they sound remorseful, if they sound remorseful, why?
Uh whether they're talking or speaking assertively, whether they're speaking gently, um, anything they do is going to be highly scrutinized.
And depending on how you mean, you are going to interpret it positively or negatively.
And it's just, it doesn't matter what they say.
It's all about behavior, mannerisms, and what you expect um a guilty man or a an innocent person to say on the stand.
So it's just troublesome.
And not only that, when uh a defendant takes the stand, you don't know what you're going to get all of the time, they can open the door to uh admitting evidence or admitting a line of questioning that previously would not have been admitted.
So you don't want to do that.
They're also um, you know, prior bad acts that may be able to come into play that they may be questioned on.
So it's just uh a minefield, and a lot of times it's just not worth it.
Yeah, certainly.
And defendants open themselves up to a lot of cross-examination when they take the stand.
Uh let's get to our next question.
Terry, we have less than a minute, so it has to be quick.
Uh kick, it's Mackel from YouTube.
Does the court know that the undercover detective is known for making false accusations?
This seems like this person's making a statement here.
We don't know anything about that.
Well, certainly the court may know, but I don't think anyone else in that courtroom knows.
For instance, the jury or anyone in the audience that I'm aware of, that has not been introduced.
They did the voir dear of the undercover agent, and none of that came up during that voir deer.
The only issue that came up, and the only issue that mattered to that judge was whether or not he was in fear of his life and whether he could wear that mask.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's that that's a stupid question by the people because winds up happening, guys, before trial is um they always do like um giglio conversations, right?
So anytime an officer has like um, you know, issues with you know candor or you know not being honest in the past or whatever, they would never put them on trial to testify.
And um, and before any uh any law enforcement officers are supposed to testify, the prosecutor a lot of the times and the defense get gets files of anything that they have.
So if they have any internal investigations going on, if they have any issues going on like that, giggle giggle problems, blah, blah, blah.
Um, they go ahead and they have to disclose that to the defense.
So prosecutors, a lot of times try not to use guys that have shady past or might be under investigation from an internal affairs standpoint or any type of internal investigations.
So that's all made public to the defense and to the prosecutor.
And I know this for a fact.
Why?
Because when I was an agent and I went to trial, I had to go ahead and sit there with the prosecutor and grill every single agent and every single law enforcement officer that came in that was um testifying in the trial and asked them all these uncomfortable questions.
So I know that for a fact.
You must screen out every single law enforcement officer that comes in to testify in your trial.
Well, Terry, thanks so much uh for being with us.
But yo.
Dumbon goes.
Like the goddamn video, because y'all are not gonna get this type of insight anywhere else on YouTube because I've actually went to trial, I've won trial, I've sat there and gathered evidence with the prosecutors, sat there, I've testified hundreds of times, ran a bunch of affidavits.
This is my lane.
Okay, uh, there's not many things that I'm super cocky and arrogant about, but this is one of them because I've actually done these cases.
I know what I'm talking about when it comes to this stuff.
So I've actually went to trial before.
Most law enforcement officers have never gone to trial before.
I went to trial as the case agent, which means I was responsible with the prosecutor for putting everything together, making sure the case stuck, and that we had all the evidence that we needed to conclude.
It was like a three or four-day trial.
It wasn't too long.
But uh, but it it really, you know, shows it it really tests the strength of your case and it tests your skills in investigator because everything comes out in a trial, right?
That's why most prosecutors never want to go to trial.
So um, so yeah.
Thanks everybody for being with us as well.
Brian Offie, thank you.
I'm signing off, and Michelle, you will be taking over.
We'll be back right back.
You're watching Law and Crime.
Almost 1400 of you guys in here.
Do me a favor, like the video.
Let's go hit some chats here.
Um, because this um thing is still going here.
Let me find a good part here that we can cover.
This is the text messages again.
Let's see when they bring in this officer and swear him in.
Uh okay, so he's there.
Okay, he's there still.
Okay, this is a DNA guy from the day before.
We could talk about him a little bit too, actually.
You know what?
So let me just have this right here for y'all.
Let's read the chats and then I'll go to the DNA guy because he actually brought up some pretty interesting stuff too.
Um, we got Jerry Procheco.
Oh, sorry, read this one earlier.
Uh with Snowden.
Okay.
I've noticed the texts are SMS.
Can they pull up text like this, even though they're eye message and they don't have access to either phones?
Um, yeah, I mean, that they have the phones.
That's how they're able to get these messages, though.
Uh, I don't play games of mine.
Did you cover Travis Rudolph case?
No, not yet.
Uh, in a days goes, Black women, you had on the last pod is what a lot of black men want.
Some the feminine, what was your opinion on her?
Uh I think you mean the girl that sat next to me.
Yeah, she was cool.
The girls on the panel yesterday were cool.
Um, guts goes, people like Melly need to be put to rest.
They romanticize murder too much and bring nothing but destruction to the community.
Yeah, it is what it is.
I mean, I don't know if he needs to be put to death, but um obviously if you guys look at the crime scene photos, they uh they're pretty bad.
They're pretty bad.
Uh, he should be put on the stand so you can dry snitch like all these other rappers.
Homie literally made a song that aided to him being a suspect.
Yeah, uh murder on my mind.
Uh damn it, bro.
I literally was looking for this video before it dropped, and I was listening to your stuff yesterday.
So I'm here now.
W Vladimir Gaines.
I got you, my friend.
I got y'all, man.
Don't worry.
Uh okay, let's go ahead and um play this.
This is a DNA expert that came in, guys.
Okay, um, and testified.
Um and something that came out, which um I'll talk about a little bit later, was DNA found on the door handle.
So let's see if it's covered here and then we'll continue.
That was on June 1st, 2020.
Three three weeks ago.
Okay, so Matthew, you we heard Terry before saying the reason this could be significant.
Is does it not show what the defense amplified in their opening statement that this was sloppy police work?
Remember, their theory was they targeted uh YNW Melly because he's famous.
And and maybe they rushed to judgment, and not all the avenues were checked, and not all everything, all not all the I's were dotted or T's were crossed.
I always get that mixed up.
Sometimes I mess that up, but I got that right there.
But you know what I'm saying?
Maybe is that what this is a sign of?
Well, yeah, you know, I I'm not sure what this does for the prosecution's case, other than you know, make the the water a little murky here.
I mean, uh, you know, why why even bring it up?
Um you have video of uh of uh of Melly getting into the vehicle.
What do you need to have uh DNA or or some some test done while the trial showed that his DNA is there uh on the door handle?
All that that does is muddy the water.
It gives jurors some pause.
You know, why wasn't this done earlier?
You know, why why take this up so late in this process?
Uh and it does point to uh shoddy police work, which is something that if I were a defense attorney that I would pound away at, and this gives me fodder to do that, and the and the prosecution brought it up itself.
It doesn't add anything significant to the prosecution's case, but it but it opens the door to the defense to pound away at this shoddy police work.
Yeah, I mean I think there's something to that in a way, you know, and I and I think that's what's a little uh a bit concerning.
And we know the defense has honed in on this.
They brought up an argument, I think it was yesterday where they said that you couldn't um and the judge I think agreed, you know, there was an issue.
First, there was a discovery violation that the prosecution engaged in, and the judge was not too happy about that.
Okay, real quick, just so let's bring this up.
So that yes, guys, there was a discovery violation.
Um, I want to say it was it was either yesterday or the day before.
What ended up happening, guys.
So let me explain what discovery is.
Discovery, guys, is the process where um the prosecutor gives the defense all of the evidence, all of the information on the case on their client on the defense's client, right?
And the reason for this is so that both parties have access to other evidence and are able to argue their points, whether it's the prosecution arguing this evidence size of individual two, and the defense defends against the arguments that says, well, you know, there's plausible deniability here, it wasn't really my client that did XYZ, blah, blah.
But the point is that both parties need to have the discovery.
The prosecutor didn't have portions of her case put together for the defense and tried to bring it out during the trial.
And the judge didn't like that and sanctioned her for it.
What does that mean?
Some of that evidence didn't come in.
Okay.
And uh he got a little frustrated with her and told her, Hey, does she have everything that you have?
Oh, yeah, she has some of the paper.
No, go get the shit, go print it, blah, blah, blah.
So he likes they made a recess for that, so she could go print out all the printouts and give it to the defense.
And obviously that makes the prosecutor look bad, not prepared, et cetera.
Um, so uh that didn't look too good.
But she did get the stuff in.
They didn't use uh they ended up sanctioning her and not using some of the stuff.
Does that mean that oh, she's gonna get fired, she's gonna get in trouble?
No, it just means the evidence doesn't come in.
The trial, the jury wasn't there.
Um, but uh when it comes to discovery, it's a very important process, guys.
And if you'd mess it up, right?
Uh from an agreed a more egregious fashion, like not turning over everything, then it could be a problem pre-trial.
But um, yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean, for them to have a trial, and you know, it's been damn near five years that Millie's been in and they don't have all their ducks in a row, etc.
Uh, it's not good.
And you could tell that the prosecutor, I'm actually surprised, she's pretty much there by herself.
I haven't seen her with another prosecutor.
Normally, with a case this big, you would want two or three prosecutors on the case.
Looks like there's only one, which is strange to me.
Um, meanwhile, you look at the Melly's table, he has three defense attorneys.
He has the female, the white guy, and that black male, all on his defense team, and the prosecutor's pretty much by herself.
I see like someone next to her, maybe that's like uh legal aid or some shit like that.
Um, but I doubt that's a prosecutor.
Uh that's all she has.
So um, yeah, the DA's office is probably like low on people or something, but um basically that's what the discovery issue was.
There was some documents that the defense didn't have that came from the testimony from the phone information with that FBI agent that I took told y'all about a couple days ago, and that's what ended up uh getting uh having some some discovery problems.
But then there was also a question of uh, and that's what it was, right?
It was the question of you can't uh do a surprise ambush on the defense by bringing in evidence that they didn't see that you retested current evidence for a new result.
And and the judge said at one point there was a discovery violation.
What'd you think of that?
Well, yeah, that the the judge uh you know ruled that you can't surprise uh the other side by evidence that you've just uh unearthed you, you know, he said uh clearly you can continue to investigate a case,
and if you find exculpatory evidence, you can you you have to turn that over to the defense, and it could change you know your your view of prosecuting this case, but if you find uh inculpatory evidence that you know you discovered after the trial, after the discovery has been been been completed and the trial is begun, you know, you can't use that.
Even if it's if it is you know it impacts the case, you can't use it because you can't surprise the other side.
You can't surprise the defense, you can't ambush them by bringing up evidence that they've never had any chance to look into themselves.
And the judge was adamant about that.
Yep, yeah, that's a big discovery violation.
Anything that you're gonna use is uh for evidentiary purposes, the defense needs to have as well.
They need to have a mirror image of everything you have.
That's a good point.
Um let's take a break.
When we come back, we're gonna see what is happening in court.
And if we're not back live, we still have so much more to talk about in the YNW Melly record trial.
back Okay.
Okay, just a bottom of state of Florida.
Uh you know.
I'm sure there's other uh experts in the state of Florida.
Is that correct, Ronald?
Yes, sir.
So uh I'm gonna come in here I want to take some testimony from the outside approach to the jury just to verify all of it.
So Bradley, I wanted to have a poll.
How are you telling me?
Uh with Robert County Sheriff's Office.
How long have you worked in our county sheriff's office?
Since 2015.
Okay, so now they're introducing this detective that I told you about uh that has the mask on or whatever.
So she's asking about his professional background.
How long have you been assigned to the strategic investigations decision?
Since March of 2018.
And your time in the strategic investigation decisions or SAD, have you worked undercover operations?
Since that time before.
And the undercover operations that you work with type are they?
I ain't gonna lie to you guys.
This is um yeah, he's talking about narcotics and firearms.
Um, this is not common that you see an undercover uh you know, um, law enforcement officer testifying in court with a mask on.
That means that he's probably still very active.
And from what I understand, he was like green-lit by some gang members.
Firearms, fire rights, um gang-related investigations.
How many years did you spend specifically in the gang and organized crime section of the strategic investigations mission?
From 20 March 2018 to three weeks ago.
Have there been credible threats on your life?
Yes.
Yes.
In terms of the is there so he basically got green lit by somebody, which is why he's testifying in court right now uh with a mask on, and they they pulled it looks like he was up in the gang unit until three weeks ago, they pulled him out, probably for his own safety.
of money assigned to the death of youth that has been offered up.
Uh approximately 50,000.
And in terms of your safety and security, why are you wearing a mask for that reason?
So I'm not walking around for our county call each county county anywhere, and uh get ambushed by someone that might be looking for me.
We've done so warrants on multiple people in our county involved in the investigation work, correct?
outside of that investigation, there's photographs of deputies being sent around, people trying to figure out who I am and what I look like.
And that's uh kind of a concern for me.
It was just one of the I will say this that it's a little strange to me that they had to bring him in as a subject matter expert to talk about gangs.
I mean uh, you know, normally whenever you have a subject matter expert, uh you bring them in to kind of like explain things, right?
So for example, they asked me to do this before, be a subject matter expert on like human smuggling investigation.
So like anytime there's a human smuggling case or whatever it may be, uh I would come in and I'll testify and I would explain how it works, how uh you know organizations work with taking money, how people are moved, how much it costs, the whole the entire process.
I've explained human traffic uh how human smuggling works on this channel before.
Um I don't want to beat you guys with boredom unless you guys want me to specifically cover it again.
But you typically have subject matter experts in different disciplines, whether it's uh computer forensic agent that comes in and testifies as to how they've got retrieved evidence from a uh device, or uh, you know, someone who talks about human smuggling, someone talks about human trafficking, someone who talks about drug trafficking, whatever it may be.
So I think it's a little weird that they would bring in a guy like this who's kind of pretty much under damn near laying low, right?
Uh protective custody almost.
Uh well, not protective custody because obviously law enforcement officer, so he's not in custody, but he's under uh, you know, he's obviously moving differently.
It's strange that they would bring him in as a subject matter expert to talk about this, knowing that he's grenlit.
But I mean, I guess he's probably the best at it, so they said, hey, I want the best person in the county, but I mean they could have easily grabbed someone from another agency to talk about this, right?
Whether it was, you know, maybe someone from the FBI, someone from homeland.
I mean, we had a gang unit when I was an agent, right?
You could have easily brought someone from over there to talk about this stuff.
So I it is a little weird that they're bringing this guy in in particular, but maybe he maybe it's because he has intimate knowledge of the G Shine Bloods, that might be why, which you could see uh when we were talking through the text messages before, uh, that he did have some intimate knowledge of them, but I was like kind of a stretch to bring a guy like this that's pretty much wanted dead in Broward County to testify.
So person, I'd probably just write it off, but yeah, after five or six cell phones got downloaded, and uh there was pictures of many deputies uh being sent around and saying, Is this Danny Bolo?
I'm like, okay, these guys are actually looking for me.
And so Detective Colo, with regards to the hundred times you've testified in court.
Did you testify earlier this month before the honorable judge Martin fine?
Yes.
How were you at higher?
I believe I was writing this suit probably.
And in terms of your case, how is that the same ask?
Have you testified before the honorable judge Michael Lucian's courthouse?
Yes.
Was that in or around February, March of this year, 2023?
Yes.
And what case was that on?
Uh that was the XXX sentence the old case.
And that was uh the death of that individual?
Yes.
How many times did you testify in that case?
It was twice.
How were you retired when you testified then?
Uh different suit, same class.
And in terms of during that particular testimony, were individuals trying to call your cell phone and get in contact with you during the actual testimony.
Yeah, that happened.
And was this testimony life change with some?
It was live streamed.
Thank you.
Yes.
Oh, this is true.
Go ahead.
Yes.
What time did you get to the courthouse that I sit outside?
Just after nine o'clock.
And were you wearing that mask?
No, sir.
in fact you've been sitting out there for at least an hour on mass as people were walking in and out correct sure Are you the only expert in in the uh uh deal with gangs?
And DSF.
I believe I'm the only one that's testified as an expert at the broader sheriff's office currently.
All right, so he has uh experience testifying, that's another reason why.
How about you say the flyer?
You know, I'm sure there's other uh state floor.
And for the last hour, you've been right outside this courtroom where the doors are, correct?
Yes.
On that, yes.
As people in this group, including myself, we're walking in and out, correct?
Yes, sir.
You weren't concerned about your safety then, no one knows where it was out there.
And I was under the impression I wasn't gonna be allowed to wear the mask.
So I sit down.
So if you guys can see here, the defense, you know, they're just beating him up a little bit.
They're trying to attack his credibility.
You know what I mean?
Uh right, and that's this is what defense attorneys do.
They kind of grill you and uh try to make you feel uncomfortable.
So trying to get a rise out of the guy who's saying this, like, oh, you didn't have a mask on earlier, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Thank you.
So uh detective or definitely I'm sorry, we shouldn't have uh detectives at the uh recording.
Uh you're telling me that uh there's you have a fear for your safe.
By the way, guys, we got 1300 y'all in here, man.
Do me a favor, like the video, man.
Let's get to 1,000 likes, please, so that we can uh get this video out to the masses.
For my safety, but more for the safety of my family.
And that's if you're uh Facebook broadcast.
Yes, sir.
Uh and you're indicating now that there's intelligence from BSO that there's some type of uh bounty request on your on your life.
I intercepted it on a uh court authorized wiretap through the state uh through Robert Kelly was uh wire authorized by Judge Siegel for the game investigation during that uh investigation.
There was uh conversation about placing the bounty on my head uh upwards of 50,000.
Okay, there we go.
So there we go.
So basically what happened was the state was uh wiretapping phones, right?
They had uh he said a court authorized intercept, but that basic that's a fancy way of saying a title three or a wire like a uh tapping phones, right?
Listening to people's phone phone calls, and during the course of those conversations, that's when they heard the credible threat that they wanted to kill him, right?
And he probably was working as a in an undercover capacity within the organization, so that's why he's in a situation as he's in now because they heard it over T3.
So now it makes sense.
And since then we've uh as I stated before, recovered several cell phones and had investigation, other narcotics investigations, fire investigations, um investigation of South Carolina that's tied to Broward were photographs of deputies were sent with my name attached to it.
People trying to figure out who I am, what I look like.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Can you step down to the square side?
That's true.
Thank you.
All right, we'll fast forward a bit here.
And guys, get your questions in.
I'll be on stream for a little bit longer.
Uh and then because it looks like right now I'm looking, it doesn't look like they're um the trial still going on anymore.
Either it's a super long recess or they might have cut it for the day.
I mean, it is 5 p.m.
So they might have cut it.
So let's go ahead and move forward.
We're leaving quantitation method.
So the laboratory will then provide a uh test.
Okay, so this is a DNA analyst here, guys, that analyzed the vehicle.
Um, and just so you guys know, when they analyzed the vehicle the first time, they didn't find Melly's DNA anywhere.
Then when they did uh uh went through it a second time uh earlier this month, right, right before trial, they found Melly's DNA on the door handle.
So obviously, that's gonna go ahead and Make the prosecution look pretty bad because it looks like oh yeah, we're fishing, blah blah blah.
How come the DNA wasn't shown the first time and now it's being shown this time as you get closer to the trial?
So that's never a good look, even if it is legit, right?
Um but uh but yeah.
Uh conduct they would uh process this test and return the results to the agency to see if the results that they've gotten were appropriate for what the case.
And do you have to pass these competency tests or examinations before moving on to the next test?
The competency tests are done to ensure that you are competent in the technology that is going to be employed in the case we once you pass that initial testing.
Is there additional yearly or biannual proficiency testing then?
Uh as a DNA list, I require to do uh two proficiency tests per year, and my laboratory the uh the agency will purchase proficiency tests from a provider.
I process them, generate my results, my answers, and those are then sent back to the providers to ensure that I'm getting the correct answers.
Are those then in house in terms of the scoring and completion of that proficiency testing for IC uh it's I process it in house, it's reviewed, and then it's sent back to the court.
Are the proficiency tests require any statistical interpretations?
So is it we has the statistical interpretations changed as the way they didn't do any other DNA and realize how they're uh ruling from a quarter and how we're gonna proceed with this witness?
Good.
All right, so let me hit some of these chats real quick.
Uh three Dickers goes, I'm late on this case, but there's a mugshot of the lady that is defending the kid who had murder on his mind.
It's on the internet.
You think that makes things worse for him?
It doesn't, or it doesn't matter.
There's a mukshaw of the lady that is offending the kid who had murder on his mind.
Three Dickles, I'm not too sure what you mean by that question.
I'm confused.
Uh FedRec's ever gonna be on Rumble, W Fed gang.
Uh maybe, man, maybe.
Uh I might, yeah, I might have to bring some of Fed Reacts over to Rumble because there are some like violent things and stuff like that that I don't show y'all, especially like the the shooting reactions.
So that might uh have to come.
So check this out, guys.
This video right here, right?
And this is the from the channel, as y'all can see, they still have this uh this shit going on, it's still not showing.
So that tells me that they might be done for the day with this.
Thank you.
Sorry about that.
My bad accidentally went the wrong way, hit the wrong button.
Sorry about that.
Um, so you go back here.
Uh we're gonna go get me a Glock ASAP.
Y and W. Melly alleged allegedly asked mom, right?
So hold on, let me share the screen real quick with y'all.
Boom.
Okay, right here.
Give me a Glock ASAP.
Including, and then there are text messages and conversations that are done at or about the time of the murder, including conversations with the defendant's mother.
So for example, I'll show your honor now what has been extracted from that same cell phone.
And this is also information that predates for murder.
So there's no reason or motive to lie or anything at that point, because at this point the victims are still alive.
And so we also then have the defendant's conversations before and after, which show the same pattern of speech.
The same as you guys know, you remember this is the prosecutor on the case.
Way he is communicating on these, which show that he is the individual that had care custody and control of that phone at the time.
So I'm gonna start because I appreciate the results on this one.
Um, and this is from a phone number that is identified as you before we continue.
Uh I would respectfully suggest that we take this is the defense attorney talking.
You know, of course he's gonna get in here and try to, you know what I mean.
This is what good lawyers do.
They object to everything, they question everything, they try to impede everything.
This is what they do, you know.
My retort to their argument PC, so that we don't lose the significance.
Thank you.
She's gonna counsel gonna proceed with her.
Okay.
Argument.
So we have this is prior to the homicide.
This is gonna be August 30th of 2018.
The phone number seven.
So this is about uh two months before the murder.
That's uh said to a crazy lady again.
We'll get into why it's a B shortly when you guys, as you guys know, the reason why it's Brazy Lady and City Crazy Lady is because blood gang members don't like to use the word letter C. The next witness uh in this is prior to them bringing that detective on.
See how she's alluding to it.
Hey, we're gonna bring the next witness on.
That's gonna be the um gang expert.
This is the defendant's mother.
This is Jamie King, because if you go to state 63 on the subscriber records, that is the other phone number that is subscribed to Miss Jamie King at that time.
Okay, so three diggers clarifies that my bad.
I meant to say there's a mugshot YW.
Melly's lawyer going around on the internet.
Do you think that will make things worse for YNW or things like that?
Don't matter in this case.
Uh it won't matter.
I mean, it could always somewhat hurt the public perception, but um, if the jury's doing what they're supposed to, they shouldn't be watching the news or watching anything on this case.
The only thing that they should be getting information on, guys, is the trial, nothing else.
Uh, it probably will do little to nothing to affect uh the case.
I mean, uh, people always complain, oh, how did OJ get off?
How did OJ get off?
Like, we all knew he was guilty.
People need to remember that during the OJ trial, the the jury members didn't watch the news.
They were forbidden from watching the news, guys.
They couldn't look at any outside media coverage on the case.
They only can see what was displayed in court.
So remember, the jury isn't there when they're fighting back and forth about discovery, or this is gonna come and this is gonna come in, blah blah blah.
The judge kicks them out, and then lets the lawyers argue, then they bring them in to see the evidence.
So what the jury sees, guys, is a very skewed right version of what all of us are seeing right now.
Like hell, all of you guys watching this podcast right now have more knowledge probably than the jury does in this investigation because they're specifically instructed to not watch anything pertaining to the Melly trial, uh, outside of what they see in the courtroom.
So I you know, enforcing that's a whole other thing, but typically they're not supposed to.
So uh that's why it probably will make little to no difference in the actual investigation because they can only use what was uh the evidence used during the trial to move formulate their conclusions.
And that's why OJ got off, man.
His lawyers did a really good job of steering the evidence in a way where the jury was like, okay, there's reasonable doubt here, despite the fact that the general public was watching news coverage, saw all this other evidence, right?
That didn't come into trial and thought, man, OJ did it.
But if you're a juror back then, you're like, yo, I only had this stuff to go off of.
It's not enough for me to say he's guilty.
And that's how he got off.
They created reasonable doubt.
Additionally, the best counsel provided Jamie King's records to the state to show that that is her phone number and represented it as such.
Um, so this is discussions, and where he is calling her mom about and talking about the argument and the fight between the defendant, Sach, Chaser, and as he's referred to at this bottom message, where she is talking to Mr. Demons about that person, showing that it is not Sack that is on the other end of this line or this particular phone call.
Um moving on, and then we also have that's also another speculation for why Melly killed uh Sack Chaser.
It was because there was beef between Sack Chaser and Melly's mom.
Uh there was like some kind of disagreement.
There's a bunch of rumors because one of the biggest things in this trial is like, well, why would Melly kill his two best friends?
And you know, there's theories and stuff like that.
There's one about like I told y'all before with Sack Chaser, and then the other one is that um they were standing to make some money, right?
From I think selling the the the YW um copyright or trademark, and uh he would have had to pay them a couple hundred thousand Dollars and he didn't want to do that.
So he had them killed so that he would get a bigger lump of the money.
So that's another um theory as to why he killed them, but it's not clear cut yet why they're uh where the motive is.
We're a discussion.
This is still August 30th, and we're talking about how I don't know what all going on.
He's talking, making a live video talking about your mother.
It's going to make people hate you.
That's why I have never and would never do that.
I love you, and that's your best friend.
This is not for social media.
Um, and then sure.
Can you repeat that please?
Sure.
So if you go through this whole conversation here, starting with how is his sister going on social media talking about punching me in the face, my fault from the individual that's been identified as Jamie King by the phone records by the subscriber records that are in evidence already.
Then going on the reply is you started it by texting his mama.
It's gonna be problems and not even knowing what you're talking about.
You a grown-ass lady doing childish shit, ain't nobody tell you to text her.
She minding her business, going to work.
Yeah, so this is hilarious.
They're just going back and forth on uh you can see her and Sack Chaser arguing here.
You Fing with her.
The response then, she could have called me or texted me back, not have you or daughter all on social media talking about fighting me like I cussed at her.
I didn't even say one cuss word when I texted her.
I said nothing disrespectful, and you know it.
I wish you took up from me like that when aunt cussed me out and tried to fight me.
Again, this is talking about Anthony Williams on that.
So, like I said before, the next message on August 30th.
I don't know what's all going on.
He's talking about making a live video talking about your mother.
It's going to make people hate you.
That's why I have never and would never do that because I love you, and that's your best friend.
This is not for social media.
So continuing on next page.
Hey guys, 50 more likes, and we'll hit 1k likes.
Do me a favor, like the goddamn video.
All right, we got 1400.
in here like the video In this particular page, this is again referring to the social media conversations on that with regards to Anthony Williams and the defendant's mother.
So for here, no, I'm not your actions.
I take up for you.
I have people and for those of you just joining.
This is Melly's mom talking to Sack Chaser.
For some of you guys that might not know, one of the theories as to why Melly killed his friends was because of the beef that Sack Chaser who was the guy in the front seat, by the way, the darker individual.
Uh um, why Melly killed his friends and the this uh argument between uh Sack Chaser and Melly's mom, shown here through text actually, Brazy Lady, uh, might add some credence to that theory.
People telling me your son doesn't care about you.
That Jamel Demon's mother is Jamie King.
Here she is identifying that she is speaking to her son in that.
Um, so then I want to go then to after the time of the homicide.
All right, so now we're fast forwarding post homicide uh post-murder.
So these are a conversations were in August of 2018, two months before the murder, in which Jamie King is sending a text message to her son.
Send me your location.
I'm in Stuart, I love you so much.
He then sends a return the location showing at her about the time of the crime as to who was using and doing that.
Oh shit, here we go.
Okay, love you again from Jamie King.
I'm at your gate.
I'm going to get the trash.
The next response is bring Mariah, which you honored already hope her testimony that Felicia Holmes, her daughter, Mariah Hamilton, was in a dating relationship with this defendant, and that at this time, and that there was conversations, and that she has identified Mariah as Maria Hamilton.
Okay, so maybe this, okay.
Was this is this Melly then?
I guess maybe this is Melly's phone number here.
It's confusing because this is yeah, young sack chaser Howard.
Okay.
Then there is okay.
It continues.
He then asks his mother to buy him a gloss.
Okay, so this is Melly.
All right, my bad about that, guys.
Why the fuck does it say sex chaser then?
That's confusing.
Because that's the sack chaser is one of the people that people that were killed.
ASAP.
And telling her, like go now.
So she then responds, okay.
What's wrong?
She says, I got your 45.
Holy.
Then his response.
I just don't want no illegal gun.
Well, that's not illegal.
Continuing on.
But I'd rather have a Glock 40.
419.
She says, okay.
His response is I'll pay you when you get down here.
She then says, okay.
Then.
Your Honor.
I object to this.
Uh, is she gonna read the entire phone?
This is not this does not go to the heart of our objection.
Okay, so obviously, defense attorney is doing what defense attorneys do best, objective objecting everything, right?
Because, you know, this could be pretty damaging, right?
To to the defense.
So he's objecting here, trying to get the prosecutor off her uh run here.
Counsel, I I asked her to put on uh a prop of what she anticipated is what she's telling me and how it's rolling.
Go ahead.
Continuing on, there's been discussions about other witnesses.
I'm waiting on track to cash at me the thousand who's track, guys.
She's referred to track 100.
That is Melly's uh manager.
And then she asks, is someone threatening you?
To which he replies, no ma.
This is his mother that he's talking to, and he's saying, I'm not scared, just listen.
This is clear proof and evidence that this is Jamel Dimmond's phone because he's speaking with his mother on that one.
She identifies yourself.
So on the last one that showed November 3rd, 2018.
Love you too, Ma.
Ma, and yes, son, on that.
Where she is identifying that is the phone that is being used by her son, and that is on the subscriber list.
However, that's not the only thing.
In addition, the defendant also, in other conversations, add her about the time of the homicide.
Sends a photo of his driver's license to someone to be able to authenticate.
Ah shit, bruh.
Oh shit!
Oh shit!
Oh shit and show specific items in terms of going through and setting up a rental.
And even has so much as puts the address of 805 Northeast Fourth Avenue.
What's the date of that counsel?
That one is September 28th of 2018.
That shows that the defendant has previously been to the studio and knows that.
Also talks, and this is a conversation with Adrian Davis, and what she is using this phone, sending in pictures of his driver's license on this phone.
And some of the other pictures and items that your honor has in front of you.
There's pictures of credit cards, front and back, with the defendant's name on them.
There are multiple in things that show that this phone was being used by the defendant, Jamel Demons.
There is no evidence before your honor that it was being used at the time of the crime anymore.
In addition, the defendant is seeing on camera the section of a phone as he is leaving the studio on October 26th of 2018.
At that point, there's phone in his hand.
That phone then tracks, and you can follow on all of the call detail records and all of the mapping that was done put in yesterday to show that this phone Goes from the studio and is consistent with the phone of Anthony Williams, which is the other phone that's on there on C Mobile, and all the way out to the scene of the crime.
Bam.
So, you know, prosecutor doing a little bit of cooking right there.
You know what I'm saying?
Uh we got 1500 of you guys here right now.
So give me a favor.
Uh like the video.
Okay, we got uh 1,000 likes.
Let's get let's get up to 1500 if we can.
Um yeah, let's see what else we got.
Okay.
Let's go back to the law and crime network.
Let's get to 1500 likes, guys.
Um, let's see here.
YW Melly.
Okay, so I think this just finally finished.
All right, so yeah, so they never ended up coming back, guys.
Um, we saw the testimony from that guy.
Let's see what else here we can uh find.
You got the Kohlberger trial as well.
Well, you know, let's see.
Well, why YW Bortland take the stand is a defendant smiling in court a normal thing?
In your opinion, is the defendant usually found guilty when showing that type of body language?
Well, I think a defendant smiling in court is a normal thing.
You have to remember that it's very nerve-wracking, and you automatically have responses that you really cannot control.
So also, I just wanted you guys if you guys notice he asked for the gun after the murders, okay.
This is very important, right?
Why would he ask for a gun after the murders?
I'm speculating because he got rid of the murder weapon.
Because as you guys know, in this trial, one of the big things that the prosecution does not have is they don't have the murder weapon, guys, which is important because that would be able to establish, you know, uh the rounds when the gun was shot, etc.
The cat making caliber, they don't have any of that.
Okay.
So what I think is after the shooting happened, more than likely, Melly got rid of the weapon, either throwing it away or giving it away to a friend, which is why he needed a replacement gun right after the fact.
Okay.
So that's my spec.
That's purely speculation.
Obviously, we can't prove that, but that could be a reason as to why he asked his mom for a gun right after the murder.
I think if you see someone smiling and they're fidgeting around, it could just very well be nerves.
Now, I will say that in the past, I do think that Melly has been more active and more pronounced today.
He is very serious.
I've seen less smiles, and certainly there are no antics going on.
And as far as the jury is concerned, the jury does look at the defendant at every move and every motion that that defendant makes because they're trying to make a determination as to whether or not the defendant is guilty or innocent.
And so I think they are looking at him.
It doesn't seem to me, because I'm looking at the faces of all these jurors.
We have 15 jurors, we have nine women and six men.
They actually seem to be paying more attention to the witness, and they think, you know, at least it seems as though they're thinking that whatever it is that's going on on the defense table is something that might be normal.
It doesn't seem as though they're using it against him.
So at the end of the day, I don't think that the antics will be used against him.
No way to really tell, but right now he is being very serious.
And I think we should point out uh, in fairness to Melly, a lot of what we saw during the first week of the trial with the the praying and the kiss blowing of kisses and all this stuff, uh, a lot of that happened outside the presence of the jury.
It was captured by our camera, but you know, the jury is not supposed to be watching anything regarding this case.
So told you guys.
So the jury probably won't see this right here, which you guys are about to see right now, at least not during the trial.
They shouldn't have seen any of that.
All they should see is what's going on right there in front of them in the courtroom.
Our next guy, bro.
Next question comes from Miranda O'Gannier from YouTube.
Uh Linda Kenny Bottton, are they going to revisit the evidence of the shots in the car?
Because multiple of those bullet hill holes would have gone through Bortland and Melly if they was in the car, and that shows that they both got out.
Well, that's interesting because I do not know because I don't have the list whether the defense has a reconstruction expert, a crime scene reconstruction expert, and whether or not they feel the need to use that, or whether or not they feel that they poked enough holes in the cross examination of the prosecution's expert to say uh that indeed it shows that uh you know only one of them maybe could have gotten out.
But I I you know, if I were the defense right now, and I'm a big one for putting on a defense case.
I so you guys can see here, look at the bullet holes on the right hand side of the vehicle, right?
However, we know that the victims were shot from the left side of the vehicle, okay.
Um, so uh Melly was sitting in the back seat right here, one of the victims was sitting here, another victim was sitting here, and then you had Bortland in the front driver's seat.
So the gunshots came from here from left to right, not from right to left, is how these bullet um holes uh illustrate.
So it doesn't, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't drive, which is a big hole in Melly and Bortland's story.
Melly didn't give a statement to the police, but Bortland didn't Bortland said that they had got shot in a shot in a drive-by shooting, which doesn't match with the wounds.
I'm not sure I would use a crime scene reconstructionist here, but again, I'd have to see the reports, and sometimes you just have to live the case.
But you see how close attention our viewers are playing, that's the same type of attention and questions in their head that jurors have.
We got 1100 likes, guys.
Let's get it up to 1500, man.
We got almost 1600, y'all in here.
Like the video, let's get to 1500 likes.
Right now, most certainly.
Uh, one thing we should point out, too, uh, that I think is really interesting, and we haven't heard this testimony yet, Linda.
Uh, but the Christine Bradley, the assistant state uh attorney said in her opening that the evidence, the medical examiner is going to testify that Juvie and Sack Chaser uh were dead when the bullets were fired fired into the vehicle, not from that's huge, guys.
So um, and they're gonna be able to tell this because when the heart isn't beating anymore, you're not gonna bleed as profusely.
So that's how they're gonna that's how they knew that when they got shot during this drive-by shooting that they were already dead.
Um, the back seat where they claim they were fired from.
So that'll be some interesting testimony uh when that comes up.
Yeah, Jay, Jay Sink.
Yeah, guys, they're estimating that this trial is gonna for you new viewers that just came in.
They're estimating that this trial is going to be done by the end of July, guys.
That means that they're gonna go for over a month in this trial.
So for everyone saying, Oh, yo, the the prosecutor's sucking it up, bro.
She's got a lot of time, bro.
So exclamation point from YouTube, Bridget asks question.
When do you think they will start trying to bring in his music into it?
And will it have a big impact on what the jury might think?
I got an answer on this, but let's see what these chicks say, and we can uh give you guys my answer.
Not really sure, Bridget, that they're gonna go there.
Right.
I don't think so either.
That's an interesting question.
Um, I know that you know, sometimes the the state will bring in evidence from a defendant social media from their um music from their lyrics.
Um he has a a song right that it's called uh murder on my mind.
Um so I don't know if the if the state is going to be bringing that in right now, it's their job to show that he in fact was the killer in this particular situation.
And so if if I were the prosecution, I would be focusing on you know the fact that he was in the vehicle at the time, he was the person who made the shots that came from within the vehicle.
Yeah, and I I hate to bring this up again, but in the opening statement, Christine Bradley said something like about music being artistic expression.
We won't be getting into that.
But she did talk about social media messages.
So uh maybe the Yeah, the prosecutor did say that they weren't going to use the music against them.
And normally they don't use music, guys.
Uh, they only use music if it aligns with what they said.
And a lot of times they use the music maybe like in Rico cases, like they use Casanova's lyrics against him, they use uh YSL's lyrics against them, which if you guys want break it, you could look at my uh YSL video where I talk about this in more detail.
But in this case where it's murder, they're not gonna use it um as much because they got a lot of physical evidence too.
They don't need to, but when it comes to gang stuff, Rico cases, they are gonna use the music because and they did it for Bobby Schmerta as well.
Now, the reason for that is because they're illustrating that the music in itself is done to increase the status and hierarchy of the gang, which plays into the racketeering statutes a lot of the times.
Judge didn't let them go there, and maybe the prosecution's just saying we're not even gonna touch it because bringing in rap music lyrics has been a kind of a controversial thing, bringing this stuff into trials uh across the country.
And if you guys notice it only works when you bring it into Rico slash gang cases because they can use the music as an uh as a uh tool or a piece of evidence to show that the music is being used in furtherance of the criminal and gang activity to intimidate um you know rivals, talk about rivals, brag about rivals, increase their stature.
All of this plays into it.
So even though you have that first amendment right to free speech, it absolutely could be used against you, especially within the context of gang investigations.
All right.
So if you want to be a rapper and you want to talk about your gang, uh, I wouldn't do it.
Nope.
That's definitely gonna be wrong.
Uh Terry, let's uh get a question over to you now.
This is from Jessica Ann from Facebook.
Has the prosecutor lost the jury?
Yeah, someone mentioned AR ABB in Philly.
Yeah, that's a good example.
Probably one of the worst self-snitches I've ever seen, man.
And I'll don't worry, guys, I'll do AR ab as well.
He probably I would say the worst self-snitcher ever.
With all of this long testimony.
Well, yeah, that's a very good question.
I think in the beginning, yes, they had they had witnesses on the stand who went on and on talking about information that really wasn't relevant, just sort of trying to teach the jury what was going on from an evidentiary standpoint.
But now they're putting on witnesses who are fairly quick getting up and down.
And so I think the jury is paying attention to these witnesses because it's not prolonged.
Now, in cross-examination, I do think the defense is doing a really nice job at disputing some of the information, making it seem like they didn't go far enough, or they're not doing an analysis, or they're not the expert.
All right, guys, let's get 50 more likes so we can hit 1200, okay?
Let's get to 1200 likes.
50 more.
Like the video, guys, please.
For it's to really talk about the data, it's mostly forensic data, and that can be boring.
I agree, but I do think this is a very tentative jury, and they are paying close attention to everything that's going on on that witness stand.
I don't think they're being distracted by anything in that courtroom.
They're paying very close attention.
All right.
Uh Linda, this next question I'll send over to you.
Um, I guess it's actually we kind of have two questions put together from two different viewers.
Uh Nina Stanick from YouTube, who is from Switzerland.
So thanks for tuning in from Switzerland, and uh Joe Nose from YouTube.
Uh both are asking about Cortland Henry, the co-conspirator who's charged separately in this case and will face trial at a later date in a separate trial.
Uh asked, do you think Courtland will take the stand and snitch on Melly?
Uh is Bortland a state witness in the case.
Will he have his own trial?
So, yes, he's going to have his own trial.
I answered part of that, but Linda, the rest to you about do you think Cortland will take the stand and and will he snitch?
Well, that's a question that we just talked about with this a little bit different bet, thank you, Nina Joe.
Uh, because the question is, will he snitch now?
Remember, he uh could be a witness, but I would imagine that if he gets on the stand and decides to snitch, right?
What's the defense going to do?
What did you do?
You found God when it was decided that you had to have your own trial in your own death penalty case.
And just so you guys know, he's also going to be put on trial for this um murder as well.
He's not looking at the death penalty, and he's been on house arrest all this time.
So he's actually been out.
Meanwhile, Melly's been uh in jail, didn't have bond.
And now you want to talk about Y and W. Melly?
You didn't say that before.
You didn't say that before you got a deal, and the deal saves your life, not his, doesn't it?
And there you go.
The defense really has a lot to work with.
So my impression is no, he won't take the stand, even though the prosecution may decide they need him because they're losing the jury.
All right.
Yeah, I don't, I don't I don't think Bortland's uh gonna be taking the stand.
Uh I just don't I think it's too risky for the prosecution.
Plus, they they he's accused of murder.
I just don't think it's gonna happen.
Uh TT by three from Instagram.
Can someone explain the car stealing or car ceiling situation?
Was it Melly in the Um?
I think if if the prosecution doesn't feel like they approved their case, they're gonna put him on the stand 100%.
100%.
So I think that's kind of the the their um their X factor, you know, their Ace their Ace and the hole is they have him ready to testify.
They're trying not to use him, obviously, because they don't want it to be attacked just like that woman had said, Oh, you got a deal, oh you're um you're only testifying so that you don't go to prison for life or whatever it may be.
So I think the prosecution is trying to not use Bortland if they can avoid it.
But I think if push comes to shove and they don't think that they made the strongest case that they can make and they're not sure where the jury stands, they will absolutely put him on the stand and have him testify against Melly.
Because even though, right, they always say, Oh, well, you know, one crook's testimony isn't enough to put another crook in jail.
That's true.
However, if Bortland gets on the stand and says, Okay, I was driving and Melly shot them, and you know, I heard the gunshots, blah, blah, blah.
Even though Bortland is looked at as a liar, because remember, he's the one that made this whole fucking drive-by shooting up Bullshit in the first place.
Even though he's a liar, the thing that's gonna save him and make him credible is that his testimony against Melly will be substantiated and most importantly, corroborated by the physical evidence.
It's gonna show the wound patterns match up, it's gonna show they stopped at this rural area to shoot into the car.
It's gonna show that he left Melly and went to the memorial hospital to go ahead and drop the bodies off.
And Melly was there, you know, FaceTiming his girl and his mom saying, Hey, come pick me up, blah, blah, blah.
So even though he's not a credible witness because he's lied before, and he's also on trial for murder as well, his testimony is going to be corroborated by the physical evidence, which that in itself is what authenticates his testimony and makes it valid because it's gonna line up with the physical evidence that they have.
So, what I see, or what I um suspect is the prosecution is gonna go as far as they can without Bortland, assess can we win without him?
If the answer is, eh, I don't know, they're gonna put his ass on the stand and tell him, All right, tell us what the fuck happened, and then they're gonna cut him a deal.
That's what's probably more than likely gonna happen if the prosecution uh isn't able to bring this thing uh full circle, or some piece of evidence gets uh uh taken away that can't be used, etc.
We've seen that there's been discovery issues during this case.
So that's what I predict is gonna happen.
He's going to be the X factor.
Passenger and the two victims in front.
So Bridget, uh, can you clear that up for TT by three?
Okay, so that's an interesting question.
She's asking Light the goddamn video.
I'm giving you a better insight than these four bimbos on screen.
If they're if who was all located in the vehicle and where they were.
Um, so I guess I would say from the we will go back to what the the camera shows.
And I mean, I think that's the clearest indicator of where these where everyone was.
Um, you had where Melly was in the back of the vehicle, and the forensics team is stating that that is where the initial shots came from the back of the vehicle, and that's why they are putting this murder on Melly, because they are saying that the shot initial shot came from the back seat of the vehicle um that was from where Melly was seeing it.
Yeah, so they say they are saying Melly was in the back driver's side, and then one victim up front, another victim next to him.
Uh so that's why uh kind of what they're saying here in this case.
Uh our next question, Terry Austin.
Uh at user NQH one or high one from YouTube, why doesn't the state seem to have solid evidence so far?
Seems a reach to convict a man on such small evidence.
So this is somebody who doesn't believe that the case is very strong.
Uh what's what do you have to say about that?
I'll get my opinion on this here in a second.
I want to see what the women say.
Let's see.
Well, this is a circumstantial case, and sometimes it's very difficult to prove a circumstantial case.
You don't have a witness who can say, I was there, I saw exactly what happened.
So to that extent, it is a weak case.
But if they do it correctly, they can put forensics in.
I mentioned this before, but they need to make sure they have the phone data, they need to make Sure, that they have any sort of cameras that might have been outside to view the cars.
They need to get the information from the cars to see where the cars went.
And so I think if they put all of that forensic data together and they do it well and they analyze it, they can pinpoint what exactly happened.
You know, as far as the car, we do have the video of the individuals getting into the car.
And what the prosecution is claiming is yes, you're right.
We have Melly in the back, and he's in the back behind the driver.
We have Christopher Thomas, who's in the back on the passenger side, and we have Anthony here.
All right.
So here you can see here, this is Melly right here, guys.
You can see this is his satchel.
It's weighed down a bit.
We don't know what's in there.
And Sack Chaser's already seated in the front.
Uh, and then this dude, Chris, the light-skinned guy with the dreads is seated in the back over here, and Bortland's already in the driver's seat.
They they went in first.
And then Melly's the last one to come out.
It's in the front on the passenger side, and they have Henry as the driver.
So that is what the prosecution is claiming, and they're going to have to prove that with the forensic evidence that they have.
And so far, that's what they're putting in.
And I think it's really, I wouldn't say it's a weak case.
I would say it's a difficult case.
And it's a very interesting case.
Uh, it's got a lot of people watching and paying attention.
Uh, we are going to take a quick break, keep the questions coming.
Um, yeah.
So the thing is that the the reason why this guy said, Oh, it's a weak case, blah, blah, blah.
Stupid.
The case just started.
It's been, it's day seven.
This is gonna be a month-long plus trial.
So obviously, they don't have all the evidence out there yet.
Like, you don't have everything, you don't have the totality of the circumstances in front of you.
So it's very or it's too early to make an assessment and say, Oh, this case is weak, uh, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Like, yes, this is a circumstantial case.
And I've talked to you guys about circumstantial cases where the evidence on its own typically doesn't look as good.
If you get put each piece of evidence, oh, well, his phone showed that he traveled like this.
Oh, well, if you look at the the wound pattern, it's not it's from left to right.
Oh, if you look at the sh um the bullets of the whole and the car, it's on the right hand side.
Each piece of evidence by itself is weak.
But when you put each piece of evidence next to each other in tandem, it tells a story that there's only one logical conclusion.
Okay.
So a case like this is gonna take more time.
So for the people that are sitting there saying, Oh, this is a weak case, this prosecutor dodo, she'll do it, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Is the prosecutor the best?
Eh, it doesn't look like it.
To me, it looks like she's overworked, and I'm shocked that she doesn't have a second chair with her.
That's actually really shocking to me.
But that doesn't mean that the case isn't gonna be strong.
But when it's a circumstantial case, it means you have to sit there and wait and be patient and look for all the pieces of evidence to come out because all the evidence together tells a story.
You can't go off of one piece here and one piece there.
Oh, this is weak, that was blah, blah.
You gotta blend everything together.
And um, it's amazing to me how so few people don't understand how the justice system works and or how evidence is presented in a case, what circumstantial evidence is, why you need to look at everything.
Like this case, right?
If you just look, even if you look at the little clips here and there, it's not gonna do it justice.
You honestly have to watch damn near the whole trial to really understand everything.
Obviously, I'm giving it to you guys or summarizing it for y'all, but um, the case is much more complex than um a lot of people want to admit.
So you have to pay attention to know what the hell's going on.
But the prosecution absolutely does have a strong case.
I've broken this down in other videos.
Um, but the problem is that it's circumstantial, but circumstantial cases can be strong cases if you hear out all the pieces of evidence because then it allows you to come to a logical conclusion of all right, this is the only way that this could have been done.
And then when you look at like the nonsensical story that the defendants came up with, which is what they got hit in a drive-by shooting in a different location, right?
Like on Interstate 75 or something like that, versus it was really proven that they got there they were shot.
Um, the drive-by shooting was done in a more desolate area by Mirmar, and the police went back there, were able to find shards of glass that match the Jeep, right?
Like all these things of evidence, again, though on its own, it doesn't look strong when you put it all together to match up with the phone, because the phone is what got them to the area to go back and look for the shards of glass when they tested the shards of glass, it proved that it matched the vehicle that they had in custody.
See how it all built upon itself, right?
So that's what you got to do.
You got to have critical thinking skills.
But a lot of the people, I'll be honest, are fucking retards.
If I'm gonna be all the way 1000, a lot of people are stupid and don't understand how circumstantial evidence works and how you need to pay attention and know every piece of evidence so that it all makes sense.
So, you know, for all the people saying, Oh, yeah, but this is a weak case, blah blah.
Number one, they're not done.
They still got another month, which I'm shocked that it's gonna take that long.
And then number two, um the defendant's story is so asinine that there's no way that could have happened, right?
Like if they had a better cover story, right?
Like maybe someone else shot them, it wasn't a drive-by or whatever.
Then I'd be a little bit more inclined to be like, okay, maybe the prosecution doesn't have that strong of a case.
But the defense's story is so fucking clown world that it's very obvious.
And they lied.
Like all the all the people that they interviewed, Fred O'Bang, all Melly's friends, all the other people, not just board uh, not just uh uh Cortland Henry.
They interviewed all of Melly's friends, all those guys that were there when in the red Mitsubishi that you guys saw.
The police interviewed them too, and they all gave stories that didn't make sense.
Oh, yeah, I drove Melly here, we went here, blah blah.
Police go ahead, they do sell location data on their phones.
They showed y'all niggas didn't go anywhere that you guys said.
So everyone is lying.
The physical evidence doesn't match the the wound patterns and the DNA uh and the um and uh the death records, right?
The forensic examiner's it um information doesn't match up what they're saying, right?
The people the the victims were clearly dead, but then the bullet holes were shot into the vehicle after the fact, like all this shit is like bruh, like he killed him.
It's a that it's it's a thousand percent Melly shot them and killed him.
Now it's on the government to prove it.
But if you look at the other story, it makes zero fucking sense.
This is why I say so many people like lack common sense, like it's so many people are so dumb.
Millie's innocent, bruh.
He ain't innocent.
He definitely killed him, you know what I mean.
Now it's on the government to prove it.
Um, but yeah, I mean, and here this is just so y'all know, like I like YNW Melly.
I think his music is great.
I think he's very uh talented.
I mean, if he beats the case, good for him.
Like, I'll be like, all right, cool.
We could listen to the music again.
But for me to sit here and tell y'all objectively speaking that he's innocent would be a lie.
Like it's very it's it's very obvious that he killed him.
It's just on the prosecutor to prove it, but y'all gotta give her enough time.
She has another month of evidence that she has to go through, a bunch of more witnesses.
Um, but I think by the end of this, he's probably gonna get convicted, guys.
You probably will, because their story is so like far-fetched.
Um, that there's no way that they got hit in a drive-by shooting.
Like, come on, man.
You know, it doesn't make sense.
And on top of that, like Melly tried to say he wasn't at the scene, and then later on he releases a documentary where he admits he was at the scene.
Yeah, I'll show y'all.
Look, just so y'all know I'm not fucking capping here.
That's another thing, too.
A lot of people don't know this case that well, and they're just like assuming they know, but they don't really know anything, so they're just like watching this for the first time.
Look at this shit.
Keep in mind, he said that he was not at the crime scene, or like he tried to make himself not be at the crime scene.
Look at this shit.
Four days after the completion of this film, YW Melly and his friends were targets of a drive-by shooting in Miami, Florida.
One W Juby and YW Sack Chaser were killed.
Why is this important?
Because it puts Melly at the scene.
Like self-stitching in his own documentaries.
Come on, man.
Bruh, come on.
All these idiots in the chat trying to say, oh, bro, like, oh, he's he wasn't even there, blah blah blah.
They got his own documentary.
Look at this shit.
Like, come on, man.
Uh anyway.
Common sense isn't so common.
It amazes me how stupid people really are.
Like the video, guys.
All right.
Um, but guys, I think that's gonna conclude today's um coverage on the on the thing.
If I have time tomorrow, I'll uh I'll cover it again.
It seems like you guys really enjoy these live breakdowns.
Give me ones in the chat if y'all like me doing these uh live breakdowns of the trial.
Um, because I might start doing this more for you guys anytime there's like a high profile trial.
Give me ones in the chat if you guys like it, twos if you don't.
One of you like it, two if you don't.
Um, because what I'll probably do is anytime there's like big cases in there on trial live, um, I could watch it with you guys and give you more insight and everything else like that.
Because you know, I I totally understand that watching trial can be dry and boring as fuck, which is why so many people don't know what the fuck is going on because they can't sit there, you know, through all the monotony and all the boringness and be able to siphon cipher through all the bullshit and be able to get like the pertinent information.
I understand that.
I mean, hell, even for me, it's annoying.
So I get it.
Uh, but if y'all enjoy it, man, you get it.
You want to watch uh trials with your boy uh Myron Gaines, so I can go ahead and explain shit to y'all.
I'd be happy to do that.
Okay, it looks like it's all it's resounding once.
Cool.
All right, yeah, I'll do that for um for high profile cases for you guys.
Um, but yeah, guys, send me a favor.
Let's see here how many how many likes we're at here.
We are at uh we got 1600, y'all in here, but we only got 1.2.
Come on, man, get it to 1.5, guys.
Stop being fucking ninja watchers.
Just smash that like button.
I really appreciate it.
Um, but uh let's see.
I don't see any any super chats here.
If you guys got any last second questions, get them in now.
Get them in now.
I'll answer it before I get off air.
Give you guys a minute.
Any last minute questions, go ahead and shoot them here, and I will uh answer them before I get off air.
Uh all right, doesn't look like anything's coming in.
Cool, cool.
We got one point three.
And I'll get timestamps up uh for you guys here as well very soon.
So cool, cool, cool.
All right.
Love you guys.
I'm gonna catch you guys on the next episode of Fed it.
I'll probably do yeah, I'll do young Dolph eventually, guys.
I just gotta get the documents for him.
Um gun shot.
It's not really obvious on the case.
It was him.
Yeah, bro.
I dude, people are stupid, dude.
People are really dumb.
You gotta remember that a lot of people, right, are like kind of clouded by their judgment is clouded because they like Y and W Melly as a fan, which I completely understand.
But you gotta be able to be objective.
Like me, for example, I like his music, but I can look at the evidence and be like, yeah, bro, like he shot these dudes.
There's no way around it.
You know?
Uh when the next party, Trey Gaines.
Uh, I don't know when the next party is.
Y'all know I don't drink like that.
Um so yeah.
All right, guys.
Like the video.
I'll be back uh probably maybe tomorrow.
Do another live stream for you guys before Fresh and Fit.
Since you guys really like this trial coverage.
Uh, that was uh uh the YW Melly murder trial on day seven.
We'll see what happens.
I'll catch you guys on the next episode of Fed Reacts.
Love y'all, peace.
Special agent with homeland investigations.
Okay, guys, HSI.
This is what Fed Reacts covers.
An associate YSL did commit the felony.
Here's what 6ix9ine actually got shifted the whole US government.
This guy got arrested.
Espionage, okay.
Trading secrets with the Russian John Wayne Gasey, aka the killer clown.
▲
Export Selection