Posted on 02/11/2024 7:25:34 AM PST by Libloather
A man who leaped over a judicial bench and attacked a Nevada judge during a sentencing hearing in Las Vegas last month that was captured in a courtroom video that went viral has now been indicted for attempted murder.
A grand jury returned the nine-count indictment against Deobra Redden, 30, in Las Vegas on Thursday.
His arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 29.
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus was about to deliver Redden’s sentence in an attempted battery case on Jan. 3 when he lunged over the bench at her.
Courtroom cameras recorded as Holthus’ clerk and a court marshal fought with Redden to restrain him in the wild video that was widely viewed on the internet and social media posts.
A week later Judge Holthus sentenced him to up to four years in prison for the battery charge he had pleaded guilty to in November.
The new indictment for attempted murder alleges that Redden attacked Holthus “by grabbing her, pulling her hair, placing his hands around her throat and/or hitting her on the head by manner and means unknown.”
He’s also accused of “punching and/or kicking and/or pushing” a Las Vegas police officer.
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ROFLMAO!
The thing I recall most when I first watched that video is how the US flag toppled. It seemed to me, an apt symbol of larger things that transcended the events in the courtroom, and of which the events in the courtroom were merely a tiny brush stroke on a larger canvas.
What a moron. There is no faster trip to prison than attacking a judge in her own courtroom in front of cameras and a room of witnesses.
Oh, that's just a coincidence.
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