Lawyer shocked with stun gun at courthouse cites racial bias, says he will appeal conviction
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A California lawyer who wore casual clothes when he stopped by the courthouse on his day off has said he could have acted differently when confronted by deputies, but he did not commit a crime.
Attorney Jaaye Person-Lynn said he will appeal his conviction for obstructing or delaying a police officer. He was sentenced last week to a year of probation.
The stories described Person-Lynn as a lawyer who has been involved in high-profile cases, including a case in which a woman died in police custody.
Black Attorney Gets Probation for Going into Court in Casual Street Clothes Black Attorney Goes to Court in Street Clothes . Gets Convicted of a Crime!!! Play video content But i m an attorney! Jaaye Person-Lynn
A Black attorney claims he was racially profiled in court because he was wearing street clothes . and while this video of his arrest seems to support that, he was just convicted for the whole thing.
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Jaaye Person-Lynn was sentenced last week to one-year probation after being convicted of obstructing or delaying a peace officer for this San Bernardino courtroom altercation in 2019.
Long story short . Person-Lynn says he dropped into court on his day off without a suit on, because he needed to change a hearing date for a client and thought he could do it quickly with the clerk. The Sheriff s deputies inside the courtroom, however, stiff-a
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Practicing law while Black is what supporters of defense attorney Jaaye Person-Lynn call his case. Well known for representing African-American clients against law enforcement, things took a turn as he is the one that s under arrest.
On his day off, he stopped at department S-7 of the San Bernardino County Courthouse, to try to change a court date. He admits he usually wears a suit, but since he was in the area and thought it would take a second, he stopped by the clerk’s office, where he says he was told to go by the courtroom and talk to the clerk there.