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Incidentally, there is a defense attorney on YouTube who goes by natalielawyerchick who takes an interest in sovereign citizen cases and will react to videos of SovCits arguing in court, and explaining what they're arguing vs. what the law actually is. It's a fascinating little rabbit hole to go down.
There's also a fun bingo game to be played while watching said videos (or uploaded body-cam footage)
People latch on to magic incantations because sometimes you have to be saying things "sufficiently clearly that a reasonable police officer in the circumstances would understand" dawg.
Yassine Meshkout even wrote a post about how he saved a client with just eleven words.
That was one of the saddest AAQCs I've read. I thought what the judge was doing was pretty cool and reasonably obvious...and the rest of the post was all about how thoroughly he missed the point--all a mystery! Who could predict!
I am very confused by your point, even after going back to read the essay to see if I didn't remember it clearly. You say it was clear what the judge was doing - what, exactly, was she doing? It isn't clear to me that she had any sort of plan or agenda, she simply changed her mind when asked. And in that light, the rest of the essay makes perfect sense. You say he was missing the point, but as far as I can see there was no point to be missed. All he could do was speculate why she changed her mind so suddenly.
Yes, that was largely Meshkout's take as well. I believe it's a failure of theory of mind to chalk it up to randomness or whimsy, and it was obvious to me what her likely thinking entailed.
Meshkout's eleven words was an unusual request--as Dean says above, signaling through exceptional effort. The judge decided to take it seriously, as a test of Meshkout's credibility and judgment--that it wasn't a last-ditch effort at empty posturing on behalf of a client that didn't deserve it. The correct lesson to draw from the situation is to use that request--or similar--in cases where you are sincerely trying to prevent a miscarriage of justice and not use it in other cases. It's an opportunity to preserve the integrity of the signal.
In light of this, the essay's response of "it was so random, what can it mean" was intensely frustrating.
That is a really bizarre interpretation to me. You're basically saying that the judge went "you asked enough times so I'll let you win". But that is an idiotic way to behave. I don't really think that a person qualified enough to be a judge would act in such a bizarre and irrational way.
No, it’s not about “enough times,” but about signaling sincerity. The magic incantation was the opportunity, not an obligation, for a judge to act on ymeshkout’s apparent belief in the client.
The judge’s role is not to be adversarial, but to ensure the best outcome of such hearings. The flight risks should be restrained and the reliable should be released. Ymeshkout had laid the groundwork of expressing his trust; that judgment was the crystallization of informal relationships and nonverbal cues.
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