During the federal trial against political prisoner Eric King, there have been multiple disruptive incidents affecting him at the prison where he's being held. King, his legal team, and supporters are concerned that these are retaliatory actions by BOP. unicornriot.ninja/2022/bop-blame…
On Thursday morning, which was the fourth and final day of trial, the government and the defense brought to Judge Martinez’s attention (without the jury present) that King’s cell was flooded when he returned to it the previous evening.
Zachary Huffman, a BOP paralegal, told the court that King’s cell’s sink was on and there was some toilet paper in it, seemingly alleging that King left it on. The judge asked if anyone else could have done that, and Huffman said it could potentially have been prison staff.
Attorney Alvarez (defense) approached the lectern and stated when King arrived back at his cell the previous evening, he was crying and distraught at seeing it flooded—many of his belongings were soaked and destroyed including some legal papers, family photographs, and books.
Alvarez added that King noticed his inventory paperwork provided to him by BOP listing all of his property had coffee stains on it, and when King asked staff about it, they told him “a bird flew into his cell and knocked it over.”
Martinez asked the gov't how anyone knew about a bird in King’s cell. They said an officer saw the bird and entered the cell. Alvarez added that BOP staff told King that when the officer allegedly went into King’s cell for the bird, that’s how toilet paper got in his leaky sink.
Judge Martinez said he'd never seen anything like this in his whole career—it was far reaching at this point to say it wasn’t the BOP’s intention, and an accident instead—“Now a bird is being blamed?” He added that the BOP seemed to be setting themselves up for a civil lawsuit.
Take a look at our article for more disruptive incidents King's been affected by this week. You can also learn more about the trial here ---> unicornriot.ninja/coverage-of-th…
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