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Seattle Courthouse Gang Brawl Complexifies Murder Trial
Posted May 19, 2009 6:16 PM CST
By Martha Neil
As a trial began yesterday over an alleged gang slaying, Seattle police knew that a suspect being sought on a warrant was likely to be in the courtroom. So they arrested the unidentified man in a third-floor hallway of the King County Courthouse.
Fists were soon flying, however, after rival gang members began heckling the arrestee, recounts the Seattle Times. "Reports on the number of people arrested after the brawl have ranged from one to three," the newspaper writes.
Attorneys continued to forge ahead with pretrial motions in the first-degree murder case against Omar Ali Norman, the alleged founder of Seattle's Low Profile street gang. However, three additional security officers have been assigned to Superior Court Judge Regina Cahan's courtroom because of the fight.
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astounded
May 19, 2009 7:11 PM CST
“Complexifies”?? How about “complicates”? The ABA and its Journal should be ashamed.
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not astounded
May 19, 2009 11:15 PM CST
regardless of whether “complexify” was the best word choice, astounded has presented two better issues: (1) should the ABA really be “ashamed” for using the word “complexify,” and (2) if not the ABA, who should we collectively be ashamed of? first, the word was properly used, see its definition: “1. have or develop complicating consequences” or “2. make complex.” so this brings us to the question who should we be ashamed of? answer: people like astounded for jumping to conclusions so quickly and therefore making us look bad as a profession, yada yada.
in all honesty, i am usually the first one to attack the ABA (well I used to be in my younger days, i.e., last year) but too many protestors diminishes the voices of those that matter, like me.
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J.D.
May 20, 2009 8:44 AM CST
I like it. I will find a way to work in “complexifies” in all of my future casework.
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JN
May 20, 2009 10:06 AM CST
George W. Bush has a new nom de plume, huh?
I’m hoping this comment isn’t going to be redactificated.
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JR
May 20, 2009 10:23 AM CST
I agree with No. 1. As for no. 2 what’s this “yada, yada” business? Intellectual laziness, I presume.
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Paul the Magyar
May 20, 2009 12:21 PM CST
I admit I was surprised by “complexify” but even more so to find I actually agree with J.D. on something. I like the word, it is properly used, and dates to 1830 according to Merriam Webster. Bravo, ABA!
See J.D., you don’t have to torture the language to make a point—just as you don’t have to torture people for information.
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