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BigFurHat Dismissed From Jury Duty by BigFurHat — July 19, 2011 

I woke up bright and early this morning, proud and looking forward to fulfilling my civic duty. I drove, joyfully, the 45 minutes to the county courthouse, singing America the Beautiful the entire way.  (Actually, my eyes were half closed and my face was in permanent Michelle Obama scowl. Truth is, BFH doesn’t work and play well with others, especially at 8 am.)

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From a potential pool of about 75 people, BFH’s name was pulled from the fishbowl on the fourth pick. If this was a system in order to receive a free box of Omama steaks I’d still be sitting there, the last person, in my pathetic folding chair, waiting, as the staff explained that they were out of steaks and “would I perhaps accept a half-off coupon for steak-ums, instead?”

The voir dere was in a small office. There were about 25 of us. The plaintiff’s lawyer, along with the defense counsel, explained that they would tell us the bare bones minimum about the case to see if there were any conflicts of interest.

A woman was suing for malpractice. She alleged that a doctor at an emergency ward missed a simple diagnosis of appendicitis which resulted in the plaintiff being put on a permanent colostomy bag. This cleared out most of the room because many potential jurors had either gone to this hospital or had immediate family members who were hospital staff. A few others were dismissed because they had pending or past medical  lawsuits of their own.

I was envying the people who were sent packing, cursing the day that I didn’t at least try and sue the doctor for that awkward prostate examination. I was actually contemplating faking a heart attack when the lawyers said the case was estimated to be about 3 weeks long. This was a nightmare. After all, I have extremely important blogging to do.

While my mind was racing I overheard the defense counsel say something to the effect of  “my client Dr. Achmed Mohammad.”

Achmed Mohammad?…  Achmed Mohammad?…  Achmed Mohammad!!

I quickly raised my hand. I asked to speak to both lawyers outside the jury room. I had a legitimate question.

I asked the lawyers if it would matter to them if I was affiliated with AFDI and SIOA. It didn’t immediately register with them, so I said, “SIOA, Stop the Islamization of America. It’s an anti-jihad organization.”

The plaintiff’s lawyer smiled and said that he didn’t mind. The defense lawyer shot him a “gimme a break look” as he extended his hand and said that he appreciated my candor and that he was uncomfortable with me being a juror for this particular trial.

Woo hoo! At last, my abject bigotry and reprehensibility was paying off. As I was going out the door, the plaintiff’s lawyer stopped me and said, “don’t get us wrong, it’s not that we don’t fully agree with you.” The defense lawyer actually gave the plaintiff’s lawyer a little playful kick in the shins, as if to say “don’t be saying that about me, idiot.”

The plaintiff’s lawyer offered me a parting word. He said, “keep up the good fight.’

That made my day.

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juniper

12 years ago

Poor Woman! Her innards were totally botched by a muz-rat so-called doctor!!

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DanS.

12 years ago

I keep telling you – the plaintiff’s bar IS the best defense against Islam!! WHO ELSE DOES TRIAL WORK??? So stop picking on plaintiffs who sue – they keep us honest!!!
We ARE the 4th branch of government!! It’s the greedy insurance companies who defend who are on the side of Islam – THEIR attorneys do the “outreach” crap!!

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Nate Hall

12 years ago

Juries have the ability to judge the law as well as the facts. Judges hate this power and will remove anyone who tries to use it. Therefore the easiest way to get out of jury duty is to hand out fliers explaining jury nullification the day you are to be there. They might even ban you from jury duty forever !

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Patti

12 years ago

Well what do you know!?!? Being a ‘racistislamophobicbigot” DOES have it’s advantages! I will file this for future reference!

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i'm just sayin'

12 years ago

sue the doctor for that ‘awkward’ prostate examination.
sooo.. then.. you’re ready for TSA ‘screening’ at da airport

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Andrew H

12 years ago

“Racism claims that the content of a man’s mind (not his cognitive apparatus, but its content) is inherited; that a man’s convictions, values and character are determined before he is born, by physical forces beyond his control. This is the caveman’s version of the doctrine of innate ideas — or of inherited knowledge — which has been thoroughly refuted by philosophy and science. Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes.”
— Ayn Rand

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David Howard

12 years ago

What a bonanza!

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charlotte

12 years ago

It depends on the case. In some instances it may actually be good to be on a jury to convict Islamic driven crimes so as to ensure they get sent to jail where they belong.

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Nat's daughter

12 years ago

I agree. We need jurists who will convict these animals.

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SumDum Phool

12 years ago

When I went for jury duty, they asked me if I would do what I felt was right, even if it contradicted “instructions” from the judge, or perhaps the law. I said I would absolutely do what I felt was right- what other purpose was there for a jury, unless they want to waste all our time.
Instant dismissal.

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looloo

12 years ago

What a great story…..I can imagine it felt good to get some random encouragement in an unexpected place.

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ebonystone

12 years ago

Big Fur Hat, you should be ashamed of yourself, and you should turn in your SIOA card. You had a chance to perhaps put a medical jihadist behind bars, or at least have him dis-qualified from practice. And you had the chance to inform the other jurors about the threat of Islamization; but, no, you had blogging to do. For Shame!
Incidentally I agree with you that jury duty is a pain in the neck: I’ve been on two juries, and was dismissed from a third during the voir-dire because the defense attorney thought my name was evidence of racism. Still, it’s one’s civic duty. And you missed a golden opportunity to put a jihadist quack in the slammer. Think of the blog comment you could have written if you’d stayed on the jury, and he was found guilty.

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BigFurHat

12 years ago

Ebonystone,
Pamela read me that riot act too!
Think of it this way, though –
Mistrial halfway through the trial because I’m
outed as an SIOA contributor.
That’s not fair to the plaintiff.
But Runaway Jury is intriguing.

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