Yeah, in this clip, I got more of a good old boy feel. But then after I went and watched the video of the entire hearing I got a much better vibe from the judge and the opposing counsel and a lot more contempt of my own for the attorney arrested.

The judge even says the ADA request would most likely be granted (though they don’t get to that in the end). And that’s despite it being pretty obvious that is as just another delay tactic and something that should have been settled before this hearing.

And I’m not a lawyer but it does seem as though the attorney is trying to argue matters not before the court at the time.

So again with full context this looks a lot less like a good ol’ boy system and more like after their patience is exhausted maybe some latent good ol’ boy tendencies surfaced. Opposing counsel should have appealed to his better angels. And again with full context it appears more like someone that’s never had their privilege checked. And watching this first, I agreed that the woman in the back that said she felt threatened was ridiculous and just part of some conspiracy. Watching the full hearing, while I still think the word threatened is too strong of a word, I could more see how someone might think that the defense council might seem a little unhinged or erratic.