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WE WERE THERE FOR A STATUS HEARING FOR TIM ARBUCKLE. THE COWARD THAT KICKED VINNIE AS HE LAY HELPLESS. HE WAS THERE WITH HIS BROTHER. THEY SAT IN THE FRONT ROW WHILE BEHIND THEM SAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY INCLUDING MY WIFE AND I. WE ALL HAD PINS ON WITH VINNIE'S PICTURE ON IT. WHILE WAITING FOR HIM TO BE CALLED ARBUCKLE AND HIS BROTHER CONTINUALLY LOOKED BACK AND US AND WOULD SNICKER.

WE IGNORED THEIR INFANTILE SNICKERING UNTIL THEY MADE A VERY COLD AND DISGUSTING REMARK. THEY TURNED LOOKED AT US AND THE PINS AND MAKING SURE IT WAS LOUD ENOUGH FOR US TO HEAR SAID "LOOK AT THOSE SCUMBAGS AND THEIR PINS!!" WE WERE FLOORED! THAT WAS A CALLOUS, HORRIFIC STATEMENT TO MAKE. I LOOKED AND SAW THE PAINED LOOK ON MY WIFE! I WAS OUTRAGED.

WORDS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY AND ARBUCKLE'S BROTHER. THEY THEN GOT RIGHT UP AND WENT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM AND STOOD WITH THE POLICE OFFICER. THEN IN ANOTHER CLASSLESS ACT, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY APPROACHED THE JUDGE AND SAID WE WERE INTIMIDATING ARBUCKLE AND ASKED FOR PROTECTION! IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HEARING THEY BOLTED TO THEIR CAR AND TOOK OFF!

IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT AT ALL IN MY MIND AS TO WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE WE WERE DEALING WITH, THAT ERASED ALL DOUBTS. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH A LOW, CLASSLESS ACT! WHAT THEY HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT IT DID WAS REINFORCE MY DETERMINATION TO MAKE SURE THAT ARBUCKLE IS TAKEN OFF THE STREETS AND PUT IN JAIL WHERE HE BELONGS!

ARBUCKLE HAS ASSAULT CHARGES ON HIM NOW BUT SAND IS NO LONGER THERE TO PROTECT HIM. THE EVIDENCE SAND WITHHELD WILL NOW BE BROUGHT FORWARD AND USED AGAINST HIM. EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER. WHICH WAS WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HAVE INSTRUCTED MY ATTORNEY TO ASSIST THE NEW DA IN PURSUING THESE CHARGES.

THOSE WORDS, THAT INSULT, THAT ONE CALLOUS REMARK WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM. FOR AT EVERY HEARING, EVERY COURT APPEARANCE AND FINALLY AT SENTENCING WE "SCUMBAGS" WILL BE THERE, WITH OUR PINS...