by Bra5c0 | Dec 8, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
This past week, as in previous nuisance trials, there was a moment when the Texas lawyer stood before the jury and attempted with all his might to ignite in them the passions of ancient division: To make these cases about good versus evil. “This process,” he told the...
by Jen Kendrick | Jul 14, 2023 | Beyond Bacon
Recently, an environmental group sent out a press release about taking a group of people (mostly interns) on an aerial surveillance of Eastern North Carolina to “document and expose” animal feeding operations. So I was curious to see what you can see from...
by Bra5c0 | Mar 7, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
In the closing moments of the nuisance trial this week, the Texas lawyer tried to persuade the jury that his ongoing attack in the courtroom, while seeking piles of money, isn’t about modern agriculture. That it’s not about pining for “the old days” – days when...
by Bra5c0 | Mar 6, 2019 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
It is difficult to find the right words to describe what was happening Tuesday as the Texas lawyer stood before a jury in Raleigh at the close of the fifth nuisance hog farm trial and pleaded for tens of millions of dollars – piles of money for himself and 10...
by Bra5c0 | Dec 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The fourth nuisance trial is in the hands of a jury. And so, now, we wait. We wait for a just result. We wait for the signal that, yes, facts and truth can and will prevail in a courtroom 100 miles away from our farms. Importantly, we wait in a belief that the men and...