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- For the wrestler and Curtis' vigilante namesake, see Terry Sloane.
- For other uses of the name "Curtis", see Curtis (disambiguation).
- "Oliver's in prison. Even he couldn't outrun the risk that it takes to be out there fighting. This life has cost me my marriage, gotten me stabbed, and people I love shot. Maybe you and Lyla and everyone else has what it takes to cope with it, but I can't keep lying to myself. Being Mr. Terrific... it's just not me anymore."
- —Curtis Holt to John Diggle[src]
Dr. Curtis Holt is the husband of Nick Anastas, a bronze medal Olympic athlete and a former employee of Palmer Technologies who worked alongside then-CEO Felicity Smoak in the Design Innovations department. After learning of Green Arrow's secret identity and the location of the Arrowcave, he joined Team Arrow as maintenance and tech support. While searching for Rene Ramirez to have him join the team, he took a beating from a group of street thugs. This inspired him to be trained and go out on the field, not wanting to feel helpless again. During his first time out, Curtis was jokingly called Mister Fair Play, after his favorite wrestler, Terry Sloane, and for his clean tactics. He was later directly named after Sloane's in-ring name: Mr. Terrific.
After discovering that Oliver, John Diggle, and Felicity had violated his privacy to figure out who betrayed the former to the F.B.I., Curtis left the team along with Rene and Dinah Drake to form their own group known as New Team Arrow. However, the trio eventually rejoined Team Arrow to help Oliver battle Ricardo Diaz. After Oliver was imprisoned, Curtis became the head of research and development at A.R.G.U.S.. Following Oliver's release from prison, Curtis became a deputized superhero working with the Star City Police Department. Curtis then got a job in Washington, D.C. and relocated there after transferring the full rights of Helix Dynamics to Felicity. He also retired from being Mr. Terrific, though occasionally helps Team Arrow as tech support if needed. Curtis later attended Oliver's funeral to honor his friend.
Original multiverse
Early life
Curtis Holt was born in Starling City and grew up with a brother, to whom he was extremely close.[1] Curtis is openly homosexual since early teenhood, though his mother could barely stand his coming out.[2] As a kid, Curtis was a huge fan of wrestling, especially the clean fighting style of Terry Sloane/Mr. Terrific, on whom he had a crush.[3]
In adulthood, Curtis graduated from college with a PhD in biochemistry[3] but later pursued an athletic career, becoming a bronze medal-winning Olympic decathlete.[4] At some point in his life, Curtis started to suffer from Achilles tendinitis and needed it treated in order to qualify for the Olympics. For this, he met Paul, a physical therapist, and the two eventually began a romantic relationship.[5] Sometime later, Curtis left his athletic career and was hired by Palmer Technologies.[4]
In 2009, Curtis' beloved brother died of pancreatic cancer and he stated he would give anything to hear his voice again.[1] In 2011, Curtis and Paul got married after the latter proposed by placing a ring in the reef while they were scuba diving for Curtis to find.[6]
Due to the rising criminality in the rechristened Star City, Curtis and Paul came close to leaving the city in October 2015 until seeing Green Arrow's televised speech, which inspired them to stay.[7]
Working for Palmer Technologies
Curtis created an algorithm to argue for company-wide pay rises, only for Mr. Dennis to intervene and ask him to use it to determine who to fire. After Felicity Smoak returned to Star City, he appeared at a board meeting to introduce himself and present her with the list of people. She called him back to her office sometime later, but he accidentally arrived late. She began to get angry at him, but he explained his original intentions. As they were talking, Karla Groves walked in and Felicity was forced to fire her, which she was able to infer straight away. Days later, Curtis ran into Felicity again in her office. He reminded her that the list of names was double-sided, and she realized that Curtis' was on the flip-side. He realized this and acknowledged that it was okay, as it was his own fault, not to mention it gave him time to holiday with his husband. However, eventually, Felicity re-hired him, along with the several people she had to fire, claiming that he had a revolutionary idea for the "technology of tomorrow", and would require all of the necessary manpower.[4]While working on his project, Felicity walked in and Curtis showed discomfort. After showing Felicity a few things that he has been working on, Felicity asks Curtis to scan a playing card, looking for anything out of the ordinary. Curtis notices some strange things about it and Felicity says she gambles, saying she thinks her opponent cheated. She leaves and Curtis begins tests on the card. After Curtis finishes the tests, Felicity visits him and he offers to look at her phone. After making comments about her name, he presents her with what he found out about the playing card. He reveals that it is not a playing card as it contains proteins and receptors. Curtis says that although they can track him, their 'poker player' can track them faster. As they attempt to leave, they get stopped by Jeremy, saying he will kill the one who says where they can find the Green Arrow. Felicity says to run while doing so, Curtis knocks down a shelf and requests to be told what's happening. They go into a secret elevator into the Arrowcave and grab guns to ward him off. While Felicity is firing a rifle, Curtis tries to crawl away but Jeremy throws a card and knocks a light onto his head. Felicity then gets him and admits him to Starling General Hospital.[8]
While Felicity continued to receive strange messages on her phone and showed them to Curtis thinking he was the one sending them. Curtis knew the code from somewhere but could not remember where from. He later tracked the source of the code to Ray Palmer's network and told Felicity that it had a message in it that she should listen to. She is skeptical at first but Curtis tells her about his brother and how he would do anything to hear something new from him.[1]
Aiding Team ArrowWhen Felicity finally listens to the message she noticed that there was something strange on it and ask Curtis to try and clean it up. He worked on it for hours but they finally found the rest of the message which revealed Ray Palmer was still alive and was in trouble.[9] Later Curtis helped Felicity searching for Ray when he sends a new message, letting them know that he survived the explosion because his suit successfully shrank him down to a small size, however, is being held prisoner by Damien Darhk, who hope to get the technology from his suit. Team Arrow, also including Curtis, was able to break into the facility where Ray was being held and, with a device created by Curtis, they successfully save and restore him.[10]
A pair of weeks later Curtis attended Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak's holiday party with his husband Paul, the couple revealed them for how long they had been married and how Paul had proposed to Curtis.[6]After Felicity remained paralyzed due to an attack at the hands of H.I.V.E.'s men, Curtis began to work on a bio-stimulant implant that would help her walk again and, one night, finishing later he is attacked by Roy Harper, who was being extorted by The Calculator to commit crimes, however Green Arrow intervenes knocking Roy out with an arrow.[11]
Some days later, Curtis and Paul attended Oliver and Felicity's engagement party, where Curtis gave Felicity the bio-stimulant implant he developed and Paul told her how much work Curtis had put into the gift.[12]When Brie Larvan launched an attack on Palmer Technologies trapping Thea, Felicity, and Donna inside, Curtis, being sick, was not at work and learned about it from the news so he managed to tracks down Oliver's hideout, discovering his secret in the process, and offered his help to the team. After Oliver was stung by one of Larvan's robotic bees, which slowing began to multiplying inside him, Curtis has Laurel uses the Canary Cry to cancel out the frequency that Larvan is using to control her bees and save Oliver's life. After he recovered, the Green Arrow burst into Felicity's office, where Larvan has taken her hostages and fired an arrow at her bees which held a virus developed by Curtis. After her bees were shut down by the virus, Larvan began to shot with her gun and to threaten everybody in the room so Curtis reactivated the bees himself making them sting her multiple times and causing her to fall into a coma. Later, Oliver began to harshly criticize Curtis for his positive attitude towards vigilantism explaining that his life as a vigilante is what ruined his relationship with Felicity and took him away from happiness, however after Laurel reminded Oliver that Felicity left him because of the lies he told as himself, he apologizes to Curtis and encourages him to go back to his husband, which he did.[13]
Genesis DayAfter H.I.V.E. leader Damien Darhk reactivated the reprogrammed Rubicon protocol with the help of Felicity's former boyfriend, Cooper Seldon; Curtis assisted Felicity and her father, the infamous Calculator, subverting all of Cooper's efforts to get control over Rubicon through computer hacking and managing to overload the man's whole computer. After that, Darhk decided to use Rubicon to destroy the whole Earth and showed up at Oliver's apartment, attacking Felicity, Donna, and Curtis[14] to steal the laptop that keeps him locked out of the program and launch over 15,000 nuclear missiles. Later, as H.I.V.E. rampaged through Star City while attempting to execute Operation Genesis, Felicity managed to convince Cooper to rebel against Darhk, which resulted in his death, so that she and Curtis redirected all the nukes into space at the same moment in which Green Arrow managed to kill Darhk.[7]
Joining Team Arrow
Five months after the final showdown with H.I.V.E., as his old team members have gone their separate ways, Oliver is encouraged by Felicity to build a new team by recruiting the amateur vigilantes now working in Star City, like Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog; Curtis is appointed in searching for the latter to have him join the team, but while doing so he is ambushed and beaten by a group of street thugs. Shaken and humiliated, not wanting to feel that powerless anymore, Curtis is inspired to be a vigilante himself and go out on the field, so he asked Oliver to be trained as well.[15]
Being accepted as a part of the new Team Arrow, Curtis showed up at a rendezvous building and began training alongside Rene Ramirez and Evelyn Sharp. The training turned out to be too rough for them and all the recruits except for Curtis quit working with Green Arrow due to his aggressive personality. However, after Oliver recruited Rory Regan/Ragman and revealed his identity to them all, all the recruits rejoined the team.[16]
After training for another week the team was starting to become agitated from not participating in missions, however, Oliver told them to keep training until he feels ready to let them help in the field. Rene impulsively went out to find the drug dealer Derek Sampson on his own but his recklessness led to Sampson falling into a pool of chemicals used to create Stardust presumably killing him. Sampson however survived and became stronger, unable to feel pain. Green Arrow later brought Curtis (dubbed "Mister Fair Play"), Wild Dog, Ragman and Evelyn (codenamed "Artemis") to stop Sampson handling his men and sabotaging his equipment to replicate more of the chemicals that made him invincible, while Green Arrow confronted him. After succeeding, Oliver brought the team to the Arrowcave and they found the display cases for Oliver's suit and the former members of the first Team Arrow.[3]
Becoming Mr. Terrific
As the new team was finally allowed to become known to the public Curtis was officially given the codename "Mr. Terrific". However, there was difficulty due to Rene's impulsive and recklessness tendencies and the team had trouble getting along, but they all knew they had to pull it together. After failing to stop the Green Arrow from breaking Spartan out of military prison, Curtis and his teammates returned to the Arrowcave where they got news of Tobias Church's latest criminal act. Felicity was reluctant to send them out against Church, though Rory's return to Team Arrow convinced her to allow the mission. The team engaged in battle but was forced to retreat when Curtis got a knife thrown in his back.[17]
While recovering from the wound, Curtis stayed in the Arrowcave with Felicity and helped the team to track down Rene after he was captured by Church and his men. Later, he assisted the team in a plan to destroy Church's organization confronting them at the docks and defeating the masked assassin Scimitar with the help of Artemis and Christopher Chance.[18]
Prometheus's killing spree that started with Church's death forced Oliver to reveal to his new team his past actions as 'The Hood', leaving them all shaken and angered, believing Oliver to be a killer at heart. Despite this Curtis did not leave Team Arrow, declaring he believes Oliver has changed in the last five years. Curtis was later seen accessing the backstage of a concert with his friends, thanks to Oliver's connections.[19]
When the Spooky Crew, a gang of skull-masked criminals, began robbing banks, and a new trigger-happy Vigilante went after them, Team Arrow clashed with him posing as the gang and pretending to rob Star City Trust Bank to lure him in a trap. Vigilante saw through the ruse and knocked Artemis out, taking Mr. Terrific as a hostage. Allowing the rest of the team to go, Green Arrow shot an arrow at Vigilante before he could kill Mr. Terrific, strapping Vigilante to a pillar, although he managed to escape before the Green Arrow could unmask him.[20]
After the alien invaders known as the Dominators kidnapped Oliver, Thea, Diggle, Ray, and Sara sucking them up to their mother ship and placing them in a shared hallucination, Curtis and Felicity hack the aliens' technology to help Cisco to locate and rescue their teammate.[21]
Losing Paul
During the City Hall Christmas party, Paul witnessed Prometheus attacking and taking down Curtis, putting him in the hospital. Paul visited Curtis after he woke up, and told him that he could no longer handle Curtis being both his husband and Mr. Terrific at the same time as he began to feel worried that Curtis may never make it home alive after he started his vigilante activities; Paul told Curtis to choose before leaving. Less than 24 hours later, Curtis comes home and sees that Paul has packed his belongings and is moving out to his brother's house; Curtis is left devastated.[22]After "Laurel Lance" make an apparent return from the dead, Felicity held a party to celebrate the event, introducing her to Rene, Rory, and Curtis who, however, was not in a good mood due to his separation with Paul. Later, after Laurel is revealed to be the Earth-Two doppelgänger of the one they knew, and Oliver agreed to met her at the Black Canary statue as she insisted she was being used by Prometheus and not intentionally their enemy, Mr. Terrific attack her under Felicity's order and is knocked to the ground by Laurel's powers forcing Green Arrow to use a tranquilizer arrow to render her unconscious.
After this, Curtis expressed his frustration to Rene, stating that it's unfair that he had lost his husband in order to be a vigilante and yet, no matter how hard he tries, he's not material. Later, as Team Arrow faced Prometheus and the escaped Black Siren into a warehouse when she was about to kill both Oliver and Felicity, Mr. Terrific used a dampening device to stop her from using her power allowing Felicity to spitefully knocked her out. That evening Rene tells Curtis to concentrate on what he can do rather than what he can't, stating that his skill set is "pretty badass."[23]
A few days later, Curtis showed to Team Arrow video footages of "Tina Boland" fighting and using her sonic scream against bad guys. After agreeing that she was perfect to be the next Canary, Curtis, Rene and Oliver went together to Hub City to recruit her, eventually persuading her to accept after they helped her to take down Sean Sonus and his gang.[24]
Continuing Vigilantism
With the arrival of Dinah, he still continued his vigilantism. After stopping the assassination of Oliver, he met up with Paul who served him with divorce papers.[25]
War against Prometheus
Curtis was kidnapped along with his friends by Prometheus and taken to Lian Yu. With the help of Slade Wilson and Nyssa al Ghul they managed to escape and fought against Prometheus's team.[26]
Cayden James attacks
After Lian Yu, Curtis returned to Star City together with the Team Arrow. Then, Black Siren invaded the SCPD and the Arrowcave at the behest of Cayden James, the man who rescued her from Lian Yu. Curtis and Team Arrow tried to detain her but she ran away.[27]
After Barry was imprisoned by the Speed Force, Curtis helped Cisco to modify the Speed Force bazooka and use a Quark Sphere to release Barry.[28]
Later, Curtis teamed up with Oliver, Barry and Vixen to defeat a huge robot.[29][30]
Crisis on Earth-X
After Nazis invaded the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West, Curtis, along with Dinah Drake and Rene Ramirez, were called in to battle Dark Arrow. They were ultimately defeated and were thrown into cells alongside Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow and Harry Wells. They remained there until they were freed by Nate Heywood, combining their powers to kill Metallo. Curtis later fought alongside the other heroes in the final battle against the Nazis.[31][32]
Establishing a new team
After losing confidence in the original Team Arrow, Curtis, Rene and Dinah had decided to leave the team, and that led to the three of them forming New Team Arrow.
Joining A.R.G.U.S.
Curtis later became a member of A.R.G.U.S., but later leaves the group following a disagreement over the decision to revive the Suicide Squad with a new name; Ghost Initiative. So he accepts a new job in Washington, D.C. and leaves Star City.[33] He later returns to help Team Arrow to track down Emiko Queen and her biological weapon. After winning, he returns to Washington.[34]
Anti-Monitor Crisis
In 2019, Curtis comes back to help Team Arrow defeat Grant Wilson. So Oliver gives him a special mission to investigate a weapon that could kill the Monitor. Curtis later tells Oliver the weapon can only be made in Russia.[35]
During the Crisis, Curtis as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[36] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[37]
New multiverse
When Oliver's son William is kidnapped by John Byrne, Curtis assists in finding William and later attends Oliver's funeral.[38]
Curtis is highly intelligent, kind, caring, selfless, moral, honorable, just and optimistic. Curtis also has a dislike for guns, to the point that he believes that guns should be outlawed. Rene Ramirez gives him an opposing viewpoint in this regard but Curtis is adamant in his beliefs about the weapons regardless.
Just like the other heroes on Earth-1. Curtis has a big belief in taking the law in his own hands. He wishes to make a difference in this way. Before he was feeling discouraged when he was getting beaten up on the battlefield, but gained much confidence when he made his T-Spheres. However, his vigilante activities cost him his husband Paul and he felt very affected by this emotionally.
Curtis has a sense of justice, honor and good morals; when he learns that Oliver had him on surveillance (as he believed he could possibly be the witness that will testified against him in court - regarding his identity as Green Arrow) he became completely disgusted by his actions and more so when he discovers that even John Diggle and Felicity Smoak did not trust him; simply due to the incident with Evelyn Sharp, even after he had genuinely proven himself trustworthy, and after Oliver (unfairly) kicked out Rene - Curtis finally left the team, having lost complete trust and respect for Oliver.
Later, when Oliver finally apologizes for his unfair/unjust treatment towards him, along with Dinah and Rene, and despite the sincerity of his apology, Curtis could not return to the team, having lost complete trust and respect for the original members of Team Arrow - firstly for the violation of his privacy and trust, but foremost because they never trusted him in the first place and did not treat him as an equal, as he felt strongly that he could not be part of a team where there was no trust.
During a physical (violent/brutal) confrontation with Team Arrow, Curtis hack into John's chip implant in his right arm, to inflicted life-threatening injuries, in order to take him out of the fight, in order to stand a better chance against Oliver and get to Laurel Lance; a sign that Curtis has lost his sense of justice, honor and morality.
Curtis is a hypocrite, stating that he does not want anything to do with Oliver, John and Felicity anymore, due to them hurting Rene to the point where he needed to stay in the hospital because of the serious injuries Oliver had inflicted onto him, but Curtis himself has also inflicted life-threatening injuries to John, in order to find Laurel Lance (prior to Oliver putting Rene in critical condition) which he also does not apologise for.
- "Olympic decathlon medalist here. I got this."
- —Curtis Holt[src]
- Peak of human physical condition: Curtis mentioned that he was a bronze medal Olympic athlete who competed in Beijing. He has shown to keep a regular appearance at his gym and gets his inspiration from pro wrestler Terry Sloane.
- Acrobatics/Free-running: Curtis is very nimble, able to evade one of Brie Larvan's robotic bees, chase down drug dealers, and even dodge attacks from Roy Harper.
- Genius-level intellect: Curtis' most prominent feature is his intellect, as he has 14 PhDs, including one in biomedical engineering. Curtis graduated college with a biochemistry degree, allowing him to localize the composition of the super-serum that gave Derek Sampson his powers.[3] He led Palmer Technologies' Design Innovations department and was handpicked by Felicity Smoak to front the creation of several prototypes for the future. Curtis is also familiar enough with Morse code to easily decipher it.
- Master engineer: Curtis is a highly accomplished engineer, able to invent new forms of technology, such as the T-Spheres and contact lenses with HD displays. He also developed software for tracking certain pieces of technology when the situation demands it, a program he later added to the T-Spheres. Curtis designed infrared cameras with facial recognition functioning that were later used to identify Andy Diggle. Curtis also assisted Felicity and Cisco Ramon in hacking Dominator technology in order to locate Oliver Queen and his friends when they were kidnapped. His most noteworthy creation is a bio-stimulant chip that could repair major forms of paralysis.
- Computer specialist/Master computer hacker: Curtis is well-versed in the field of computer science, as he created an algorithm which would improve Palmer Technologies' efficiency by calculating the necessary number of layoffs needed to balance the company's budget and deciphered Ray Palmer's message hidden in Felicity's phone in the form of computer static. He also uploaded a virus into Larvan's army of robotic bees in order to take over and disarm them. Curtis is often backup computer support and mission control on Team Arrow when Felicity is unavailable.
- Multilingual: Curtis is capable of fluently speaking six languages, including English, French, and Russian, though he's noted by Anatoly Knyazev to have a "horrible" Russian accent.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Curtis has proven himself to be an amateur combatant when the situation demands it, this is evidenced when the highly trained Roy Harper, an expert street fighter who was trained by Oliver, attacked him, during which Curtis managed to land two punches on him and evade some of his attacks. Since joining Team Arrow and being trained by Oliver himself, Curtis' combat skills have gradually improved, able to hold his own for a period against a skilled assassin in Scimitar with help from Evelyn Sharp. Curtis was soon able to briefly stand up to Prometheus and fight both Liza Warner and Carrie Cutter, though he was defeated. Months later, Curtis has become skilled enough to the point of being able to defeat Nazis from Earth-X with ease. During the Outsiders' battle with Team Arrow, Curtis was able to hold his own against Oliver alongside Rene Ramirez, but was easily overpowered.
- Mr. Terrific suits: Sometime after becoming one of the new members of Team Arrow, Curtis constructed a suit for himself made out of what would be ordinary clothes, including his favorite "Fair Play" jacket. To hide his identity, Curtis has his hair tied back in braids and wears a mask in the shape of a T, covering his eyes, nose, and mouth, effectively disguising his face. It is unknown how the mask is kept on his face.[3] The suit later received some upgrades, making it more streamlined by adding white and red linings to the suit and added kevlar protection.[2]
- T-Spheres: Jokingly called his "balls" by other members of Team Arrow, the T-Spheres are a pair of automated drones invented by Curtis originally as part of Felicity Smoak's program "prototypes for the future" at Palmer Technologies. After he quit and became Mr. Terrific, Curtis continued to work on the Spheres as a weapon to aid him in fighting crime. The T-Spheres had shown the following functions so far:
- Linking to computers/data via "quantum computing."
- Self-targeting projectile.
- Used as explosives, although this was originally seen as a fault in the original design.
- Able to track any type of technology if given a piece of its circuitry.
- Forming a laser grid between the spheres.
- Can serve as surveillance drones.
- Can be loaded with several CCs of adrenaline, should one need a jumpstart.
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- From his own admission, Curtis is an atheist and has always found it very difficult to believe there's "a divine plan" behind life.[21]
- In Infinite Crisis #5 (April 2006) Mr. Terrific is seen getting into a theological discussion with Ragman, much like Curtis did with Rory in "Invasion!".
- In Season 4, Curtis would correct Felicity's grammar mistakes as a running gag.
- Curtis is the only one of the five new recruits in Season 5 to be a main character.
- Curtis is one of the many LGBT characters to appear in the Arrowverse, the others being Sara Lance, Paul Holt, Alex Danvers, Nyssa al Ghul, Maggie Sawyer, William Clayton, Nora West-Allen, Leo Snart, Ray Terrill, David Singh, and Hartley Rathaway.
- Curtis is also the first gay man and the second gay character after Nyssa to appear in Arrow.
- Curtis enjoys the arcade game Maximum Force.[39]
- He likes the movies Witness[40] and John Carpenter's Escape duology.[41]
- Curtis has seen every episode of The Closer (twice)[42] and Law and Order.[43]
- Curtis' birthday is sometime in November.[44]
Behind the scenes
- In the DC Comics, the character is named Michael Holt, the third smartest man on the planet, an Olympic-level athlete and expert combatant better known as Terry Sloane's successor as the legacy hero, Mister Terrific.
- This has been further shown through the appearance of a T-Sphere in "Restoration", as they are the character's signature weapons.
- In the episode "Haunted", Curtis picks up a gym bag with the initials "F" and "P", which stand for "Fair Play," the phrase used by the Mister Terrific on his costume.
- At the end of "Code of Silence" after Curtis reveals the bio-stimulant he invented to help Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen gratefully states, "Curtis, you're terrific". This is a nod to Curtis's code name from the comics.
- In "Who Are You?" while wondering how his doppelgänger on Earth-2 could be different from him, Curtis asks to himself, "What if I'm straight?". This is a reference to his comic book counterpart, who is heterosexual.
- In the episode "The Sin-Eater", Curtis added white and red to the color scheme of the suit, which made it appear closer to the comic book costume.
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He was 84.
Sad news descended upon the entertainment industry this morning after the announcement that Dick Gregory, a comedian who was also a driving force behind the America civil rights movement over the past 50+ years, has passed away. He was 84 years of age.
A pioneer when it came to comedy and censorship, Gregory would regularly satirize segregation and racial injustices in his act. He was also arrested on multiple occasions for marching with protesters at civil rights rallies during the 1960s. According to CNN, is big break came in 1961, when he was asked to stand in for comedian Irwin Corey at the Playboy Club in Chicago. He successfully won over a mostly white audience with his act that night and, from there, the Playboy Club offered him a three -year contract, which transformed him from a comic on the fringes of the industry into a headline performer.
In the years that followed, his star continued to rise after he was featured in several TV shows and recorded some popular comedy albums. He continued his work as an activist when he wasn't on stage, having attended marches and parades to show his support for issues including civil rights and the opposition to the Vietnam War. He also wrote several books, including Murder in Memphis, a work that breaks down assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. with analysis.
Gregory was recently forced to reschedule an event in Atlanta because he had been hospitalized. He died in Washington, as per the information that his son posted on social media. No other details were given at the time of this writing. "The family appreciates the outpouring of support and love, and respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time," Christian Gregory said. "More details will be released over the next few days."
Winning over legions of fans with his acute comedic observations about America's racial divide, Gregory helped blaze a trail for other African-American performers who also feel it necessary to turn a powerful lens onto the country's institutionalized bigotry. His influence on several generations of comedians will not be forgotten.


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SBCC Board of Trustees unanimously approve Pledge of Allegiance resolution
Is it Really Liberty and Justice for All?
Yes, our flag stands for these very freedoms but can you Believe the "N' word was spoken out loud, the full Word! There's No Need to say this Word Regardless How You Intended to use it… Trust me when I say, to an African American, Black Race of people – It Will Always Be heard and Felt in a Derogatory Manner. There's a penetrable string one feels right in the Heart of their being when you hear this Word unlike if you hear it stated as the "N" word. IT SHOULD BE AN UNSPOKEN WORD IN TODAYS CULTURE BY ALL. If you can say it sooo freely then you should question what's in your heart regardless of what excuse you use to justify saying it out loud especially to a person of Color the Full word that starts with an "N". Yet, as African Americans, we Must forgive!
The Board Member has a point in his comment. Read and let me know what you think


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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
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Prosecution Witnesses:
#16 Jeffrey Leslie (LA Co. Sheriff Homicide Detective; lead detective on case; testimony incomplete)
#20 Phyllis Masey (LAX police officer, retired who took an incident report from Cameron Brown; testimony complete)
#21 Mark Lillienfeld (LA Co. Sheriff Homicide Detective; went undercover as LAX Officer; testimony complete)
I overslept this morning and decide to go downtown for the afternoon session. I originally thought that court was dark today and tomorrow because the days were blocked out on clerk Sammie Benson's calendar but I learned this morning that was later changed.
Mr. Sprocket drops me off at the Red Line Station. On the trip to the train in the White Whale Work Truck (that's an adventure in and of itself) I discuss with Mr. Sprocket the testimony of Detective Leslie, specifically that the defendant was worried about his vehicle being left in the parking lot overnight with the surfboards on top. I also mentioned that he told detectives that he did not want to be photographed by the media when they left the archery range area and got to the top of the road where all the media was located. I told him about Brown covering his face and head and ducking from the cameras. Mr. Sprocket has a grown son. With a telling look on his face, Mr. Sprocket shakes his head at the defendant's behavior on the night of his daughter's death.
I think about the interview with detectives not being tape recorded and that is nagging at me a bit. I'm hoping that I didn't miss the detective giving the reason why that didn't happen. I don't believe ALL the officers are lying when they have given their impressions about the defendant's behavior at the scene of his daughter's death. I don't believe that there was a conspiracy by every officer whom I've seen testify so far, to say the same thing: that the defendant appeared unemotional, and indifferent to his daughter's violent death. Over 90% of communication is non-verbal. There are many assessments that we can make about a person's appearance, their presence, demeanor, how they carry themselves, just by observing them. Add into that the emerging work of Dr. Paul Ekman on micro expressions that reveal an individuals true emotions and whether or not they could be lying. I'm a regular reader of a blog by a natural "truth wizard" Eyes For Lies. She is one of 50 "naturals" that Dr. Ekman's associate, Dr. Marueen O'Sullivan has identified.
I miss the 12:25 pm train. The next one is at 12:37 pm. When I get downtown, I take my usual path through the court-of-flags and down the steps to the middle of the street crosswalk on Broadway. As I'm crossing, I see DDA Jean Daly walking north on Broadway and I hail her. "Is that Jean Daly!" She turns, sees me and smiles. She waits until I get across the street and gives me a big hug. I tell her which case I'm covering and we discuss the case a bit. I explain my interest in this case. Like Spector, there were only two people there and one of them ends up dead.
Jean tells me she's got a few very quick trials coming up but nothing interesting, just typical gang related deaths. Towards the end of the Spector retrial, she told me that she got a transfer that she wanted into the DA's Hardcore Gang Division, prosecuting gang members. One of these days I will sit in on one of her trials, but at this time writing about a gang related murder is not that interesting to me.
I ask Jean what is the status of the case that AJ (DDA Alan Jackson, Assistant Head of Major Crimes Division) was handed months ago. Jean gets me up to speed. It's a very old, death penalty case that was heard by an appellate court. The appellate court upheld the jury guilty verdict, but the death sentence was overturned on appeal. That's what Alan will be trying again. The case is old, I think she said 20 + years, and he is trying to locate detectives, etc. She thinks that there is a hearing coming up in the case soon. And other interesting news, Jean tells me that Alan did another Dateline special and it should be broadcast in a few weeks. She promises to send me an email with the information soon. I will most definitely want to follow Jackson's next case because I am a huge fan of this talented prosecutor. I will have no problem stepping out of the Brown case to attend pretrial hearings or even the entire Brown trial altogether if the cases overlap. I don't expect that Jackson's case will come to trial that quickly though.
When I finally get into 107, it's 1:25 pm, and testimony has already resumed. Detective Leslie is on the stand and redirect is underway.
Hum is going over the crime scene log with the Detective. The detective states he can't say for certain if the times are accurate on the log. There is a discrepancy with when Deputy Brother's signed in. Her partner, Deputy Dermis (sp?) signed in at 3:15 pm. She signed in at 3:30 pm. And, the time Brother's signed into the crime scene is different than (her? their?) report.
Patty and Ted arrive at 1:27 pm and sit in the front row. There are some new faces sitting with the victim's mother, Sarah Key-Marer.
Hum asks if the defendant told them it was quicker to get to Lauren, easier without clothing on.
JL: No. He said he had seen it on an episode of Baywatch.
CH: The defendant stated he had taken on another hike, at Bluff Cove (sp?) the week prior?
JL: Yes. One week prior.
Hum moves onto the detective's testimony that was not in his notes, specifically about his testimony where he confronted the defendant about not mentioning Lauren's name and how they brought that to the defendant's attention, and the time where they confronted the defendant with Lauren's photo.
CH: If that's not in your notes, does that mean it didn't happen?
JL: (No.)
CH: Did you make it up?
JL: No.
CH: Are you lying?
JL: Absolutely not.
The incident is reflected in a supplemental report that he and Smith prepared.
CH: The defense attorney asked you why you didn't record your interview with Mr. Brown. Why was it the defendant wasn't tape recorded?
JL: Initially, we wanted to video tape our interview. Based on conversations at the archery range, I felt an audio recording wouldn't (do what we wanted, which was to show the defendant's demeanor and flat affect). At the Lomita Station, we specifically went to look for a room with equipment to do that. We learned that a room was not available to us. He conferred with his partner and they had a brief conversation about it. [...] In addition, Mr. Brown's father was in the lobby of the station demanding that the defendant be charged or released immediately.
Judge Pastor gives the jury a limiting instruction about what the detective says Brown's father said.
JL: We didn't want to risk not getting a statement from the defendant.
CH: The reason was you might lose the opportunity, and not get to speak to the defendant at all?
JL: Yes.
The witness states that he did have a tape device in the car. An old fashioned recorder type that was provided to him when he first was assigned to the detective bureau. It was about 4" by 5." It was not the small digital recording devices they have today. It would not have given them the opportunity to record the defendant serendipitously. It was never the detective's intention to just audio record the defendant.
JL: We felt it was a time sensitive issue in order to get some type of statement.
Hum goes over a question by the defense about three separate versions the defendant gave as to what happened. Detective Leslie states that there is a section of Detective smith's notes where the first and second version are written out. (There's something here, regarding a question the defense asked and my notes are not clear.) The third version the defendant gave are in Detective Leslie's notebook.
CH: When you typed your report, each of the three version are contained in the report?
JL: Yes.
CH: Do you specifically recall that there (were three versions)?
JL: Yes from what they saw and heard.
Hum now asks Leslie something about interviewing techniques and when individuals are giving specifics about a traumatic event. I believe that's what was asked.
JL: When going over two or three times, the specifics of the incidents do not change.
Hum is finished with is redirect and Harris gets up to recross.
PH: You've been through hundreds of incidents. [...] Sometimes (individuals?) they tell you that, they sometimes, tell you other info that they originally forgot?
JL: Yes. Traumatic events can cause that.
Looking over at the defendant, it appears he is either looking at the jury or is looking at Harris. I can't tell.
PH: You had six hours to find a place and call, and who (Sheriff's station) can serendipitously (tape an interview). You could have asked other stations?
JL: We could have done that.
PH: Did you get on the phone and call, and say, I want to serendipitously tape this guy?
JL: No, I did not.
PH: (Would it be) fair to say you could go to your car and get the tape recorder? It would have taken you, what, five minutes?
Harris now moves onto another area, the LAX incident and the recording device they put on Ms. Key-Marer.
PH: Other possibility, you did have Ms. Key-Marer.... [...] "It was a tape recording device that was commonly worn by people? [...] (You) didn't ask the entire Lomita Station if they had a recording device that was invisible?
JL: No.
Harris goes over the three different versions.
PH: The (supposed) first and second versions are (written out) on a single sheet of paper, and they could be interpreted as one continuous story?
JL: For someone who wasn't there.
PH: Isn't it possible that when you filled out your notes, that you just made a mistake?
CH: Objection! Relevance!
JP: Sustained!
Harris goes over the sign in time on the incident log of Deputy Brothers. He presses the point that detectives are trained to do is get details right and times right.
I look on over at the jury and some of the jurors appear to be fidgeting. A slender tall black man wearing a nice tailored suit enters 107 and sits in the second row. He's carrying a large "PENAL CODE" book. It doesn't appear as if there is much note taking from the jury at the moment.
Harris asks questions about Brown supposedly telling the officers that Brown, "straightened out her arms and legs out." I also have a note where Detective Leslie answers a question about not recalling Captain Curcio said, that the defendant was saying, "Hurry up, Hurry up." There are a few more questions that I miss and then that's the end or recross.
Hum gets up to redirect again.
CH: While you were at the crime scene, you did not know that Lomita Station did not have a serendipitous video room available?
JL: (No.)
CH: When did you find out?
JL: When we arrived at the station and inquired.
CH: Were you trying to hide what was said by not recording?
JL: Absolutely not.
CH: Were you trying to lie about what was said?
JL: (No.)
Harris gets up to recross again. He asks Leslie about his testimony where he said he was not sure if on the archery range if they had cell phone reception or not. If I'm recalling correctly, Harris confronts the detective that the defendant made a call from Sacred Cove. Meaning, the defendant was able to call from the area.
(The problem with that, and I think Hum could have addressed this. All he would have had to do was bring up the defendant's statement in the 911 call, page nine. QUOTE:
MALE CALLER: No. I, I borrowed this phone and every time I move, it cuts off. I'm standing here and he's, he, the guy I borrowed the phone from, he went down to look.)
Hum has no more redirect at this point and Leslie is instructed that he's subject to recall.
The people call Office Phyllis Masey. Ms. Kim steps out to get the next witness. Hum asks Judge Pastor for a sidebar.
CH: While (Ms. Kim's getting the) officer, may we approach?
I note that the next witness is not in uniform. The sidebar is over quickly. Ms. Masey is an older black woman. She has very short cropped hair that has a faint reddish, almost hint of blond tint to it. I like the color on her.
The witness is sworn in and she states and spells her name: Phyllis Marie Massey. She is a former officer. She retired in 2007. When she was in uniform she was a police officer at LAX.
CH: How many years?
PMM: Twenty-seven years.
CH: Is the LAX police system a division of LAPD?
PMM: No. It is a separate entity.
Hum asks her if she was working January 17th, 2001.
PMM: (I) was working the front desk (at LAX) as a police officer.
In her position, she mostly took reports, walk in (complaints) and handled internal paperwork. On that date, Cameron Brown came into the police station to report a crime. His ex-girlfriend hand come in the night before and creamed and cursed at him.
PMM: He said she said, "I'll kill you." [...] He gave her name as Sarah Key-Marer.
CH: Did he tell you when they had stopped being girlfriend and boyfriend?
The defendant told her they had a child together but they were not married.
CH: Did he tell you her name?
PMM: I remember Sarah; don't know the last name.
CH: Would Key-Marr be accurate?
PMM: Yes, I believe so.
CH: Did the defendant tell you that the child died in his care?
PMM: Yes.
Hum asks her about her report and asks her to read it to herself. The report refreshes her memory. The defendant told her that the mother called him every day, all day since the child's death. There are questions about when the defendant alleged the girlfriend said she was going to kill him.
PMM: The night before, when he got off owrk.
Hum asks her to look over the report again. When I arrived, I noted that Sarah and her supporters are sitting in a totally different spot than where they sat until this past Tuesday. They are all sitting together in the third row, next to the aisle near the door. They are two rows directly behind Patty Brown and her brother, Ted. I'm guessing (I don't have a confirmation) that she was either told to move to that spot, or the defense requested she be moved farther away from the jury.
PMM: It was approximately 7:30 pm.
The witness states that the defendant told her his ex-girlfriend said, "Cameron, why don't you talk to me? Why won't you talk to me."
PMM: He said he just ignored her.
CH: Did he say the former girlfriend tried to block him so he couldn't leave on his motorcycle [...] and that she was cursing and screaming at him? [...] When he said he was specifically leaving, he said she said, the exact words in (her) report, "I'll kill you."
PMM: He said that he feared for his life and that....
CH: Did he tell you his attorney had advised him to make this report?
PMM: Yes, he did.
CH: Did he tell you his attorney (advised him) not to speak (to her)?
PMM: Yes, he did.
(Another note that is not clear and I'm not remembering what was said. I believe my note reads the witness didn't know anything about it, the death. She wasn't involved in investigation.)
The witness got her report approved by a superior and she filed the report.
That's the end of direct. Ms. Veretsian gets up to cross the witness.
LV: I know you were looking over your report. Is that because you don't remember?
PMM: Specific details, yes.
LV: You've been an LAX officer for twenty-seven years?
PMM: LAX officer for 27 years, yes.
LV: When Mr. Brown came to the station, he told you Ms. Key-Marer, the girlfriend was the mother?
(I note here that Veretsian is almost asking the same questions on cross as direct.)
LV: That she'd been calling every day, several times a day since (the child's) death? [...] And he also described to you what happened in the parking lot?
This is the second time that Judge Pastor has to ask Veretsian to get the voices up (so the court reporter can hear her).
LV: He told you... (I miss the rest of the question).
PMM: I believe he specifically said he didn't answer her.
The witness is disagreeing with Veretsian.
PMM: The report says that.
LV: Isn't it possible that he said to her that he couldn't talk to her?
CH: Objecton Speculation!
JP: Sustained!
LV: Other than what's in the report, you don't remember any specific details about (the incident)?
There is another question about the "I'll kill you" threat.
PMM: No. [...] It seems to me he said (he heard 9t) while he was driving off.
LV: And he also told you he was filing the report on his lawyer's advice?
Cross is over, redirect begins.
CH: Did he also tell you that he didn't answer the calls?
PMM: Yes, he did.
Hum asks if the defendant said by the advice of his attorney...
That's it for redirect. I see the defendant whispering with Veretsian. The next witness is called. Detective Mark Lillienfeld.
I'm surprised and estatic. I LOVED Detective Lillienfeld on the stand in the Spector trial. He was a fantastic witness. I supress an urge to get up and wave to him, to get his attention and tell him I saw him testify in Spector, lol!
Judge Pastor addresses the witness with his standard instruction and Detective Lillienfeld smiles at him.
Detective Lillienfeld is an LA County Deputy Sheriff, Homicide Division. He's been a sworn officer for 29 years. In 2001, that was his 18th year on the force, he was asked to assist Smith and Leslie in their investigation. The detectives had arranged a (set-up) meeting between the defendant and Sarah Key-Marer. The meeting was recorded via audio and video. The defendant had filed a report stating that Ms. Marer had threatened to kill him. Detective Lillienfeld reviewed a video of the meeting and the detectives asked him to do something.
Smith and Leslie wanted Lillienfeld to go "undercover" and act in the capacity as an LAX airport police officer, and act as an incident investigator. I believe Lillienfeld met with a Claudio Cruise on February 15th, 2001. He went to an office (at LAX) and met with the defendant.
CH: Who was present (at the meeting)?
ML: Another empolyee of American Airlines and Officer Cruise.
Detective Lillienfeld identifies the defendant.
Lillienfeld had a conversation with the defendant that was audio recorded.
CH: Did the defendant tell you what he did?
ML: He was a baggage handler.
CH: Did you tell him you were there to investigate the incident?
ML: (Yes sir.)
He was afraid the contact with the ex-girlfriend would continue and he wanted them to stop (it?). The defendant tells Lillienfeld that the girlfriend, she was using (foul?) language. (He said she said,) You can't just live your life and can't talk to me. She supposedly prevented him from leaving.
CH: How close did the defendant say she was to him?
ML: She was close enough to smell what he described as her bad breath.
PH: Objection! Approach!
I observe that Patty's notepad is on the ledge of the well wall. Ted is leaning forward on the ledge. His elbow is on the ledge. The defendant is leaning back in his chair. I can hear that Judge Pastor is speaking; now Harris. Veretsian leaves the courtroom for a moment.
After the sidebar, the question about bad breath is asked again.
CH: At one point, was the transcript (of the audio recording) inaccurate in one section?
ML: It was at one point.
The witness specifically remembered the defendant saying that. The defendant claimed that Ms. Key-Marer said, I should kill you, or Maybe I should kill you and she repeated the phrase several times.
ML: He said that he tried to wave to some LAX officers that he saw in the parking garage. He said doing that, distracted Ms. Key-Mar for a moment and that me it so he could drive away.
One of the reasons he gave for not speaking to her was his lawyer. As a result of him talking with her, that she could make false statements that he confessed to her. Hum asks the witness several other questions about the defendant's claims about Ms. Key-Mar.
CH: The third time during the interview, where he claimed Ms.Key-Marer said, I'll kill you...
ML: He thought that Ms. Key-Marer was going to strike him or hit him, so he stated he held hs ground.
CH: Did the defendant give some background?
ML: He stated he was unaware that she was pregnant when they broke up.
CH: Did he specifically tell you that when he and Sarah broke up....
ML: He said he didn't know. [...] He said that Sarah's roommate told him that she was from England and that she was trying (to get pregnant?).
CH: Did the defendant tell you his wife's name?
ML: Patty.
CH: Did he tell you her age?
ML: At the time inf 2001, she was 48 years old.
The defendant also told the undercover detective that they were married eleven or twelve months [...] and that she was currently unemployed. [...] (That) she was a civil engineer.
CH: Did you ask him why he had obtained an attorney?
ML: He stated the sheriff had obtained a search warrant at his home, his boar and seized his computer and he felt he needed a lawyer after that.
There's also something about the defendant stated that he was present at Lomita Station when they had (?)... The defendant told Lillienfeld that his father was retired from the cable and TV business and did a lot of work on the computer. (El Portal?) He gave the detective his father's business card.
CH: Did he ever tell you his father worked for the CIA?
Lillenfeld testifies he asked the defendant to write out a very brief statement of what occured in the parking lot. The hand written statement by Brown is put up on the overhead screen.
This is People's #46, dated 4-3-01.
Name is Cameron Brown. On January 18th, 2001 at 7L30 pm a former girlfriend, Sarah Key-Mar confronted me in a parking lot at LAX my place of work. She threatened me and said, "I'll kill you." I want this case prosecuted.
The exhibit is signed Cameron Brown and dated 4-3-01.
I believe Hum asks for a sidebar. Afterwords, Pastor asks Juror #9 if he would like to look at the actual exhibit. It's handed to juror #9 then returned to Hum. (Juror #9 is the juror who has trouble seeing exhibits up on the overhead screen.)
On May 2nd, 2001, Detective Lillienfeld received a phone call form the defendant. There were two things. He was movin and had a new address and phone number in Camarillo. The defendant also stated he had been served (with a subpoena?) for Lauren's death. He wanted to know how the case was going.
2:33 pm: The afternoon break is called. I'm sort of remembering that Harris asked or signaled the Judge for a break because the defendant needed to use the restroom. Ted and Harris leave the courtroom and Patty follows them. Sarah gets up to speak to Detective Leslie. I still have that urge to go up to Detective Lillienfeld and tell him how much I enjoyed watching him testify in Spector. I successfully restrain myself.
At the break, the bailiff's phone goes off. Ms. Benson gets up from her desk and goes over to the black gentleman and gives him a hug. Sarah and Ms. Kim whisper. I'm still wondering about the new location that Sarah and her friends are sitting in. Where she is now, she's actually easier to be seen by the jury. Where she was sitting before, (either beside me or in the row in back of me on the far right of the courtroom) the jury would have had to have taken their eyes off of the witness on the stand and glance 180 degrees the other direction to see her.
During the break, Judge Pastor asks Lillienfeld about the pronunciation of his name. (LIL-en-feld) The second "i" is silent. Lillienfeld replies, "You'd have to ask someone from Russia." I find this very humorous because during the very first Spector trial, there was this exact came discussion in the gallery among the accredited press.
After the break, Harris gets up to cross the witness.
PH: The first interview lasted how long?
ML: Thirty minutes.
Harris asks if there were a number of questions he asked Brown "from exes to surfing?"
ML: Yes sir.
PH: You knew they were investigating a homicide?
(I think this was a terrible question by Harris and could be interpreted as a defense slip up, or admission. During the entire Spector trial, defense attorney Doron Weinberg objected every time he could to the prosecution's characterization, that a "homicide" or a "murder" (Lana's death) had occurred. To me, in my opinion, this is a big mistake by Harris.)
ML: It's one of the reasons to ask (Brown) about the case.
PH: You were goading him?
ML: You used that word. I was trying to elicit statements that goes to guilt.
PH: But he never said anything negative about Ms. Key-Marer (did he)? [...] You continued (to fit) your questions about derogatory statements (about relationships with women)?
ML: It just seemed to turn him off and he wasn't buying what I was selling.
Harris goes over the transcript of his interview with Brown.
PH: You asked him questions about his wife, and he couldn't remember his wife's birthday and you teased him about that? [...] But he remembered Lauren's birthday (didn't he)?
Harris continues to go over more of the interview.
PH: He said, "I'd like to tell her what happened but I can't" ?
PH: He told you that, right away, that at the sheriff's station they didn't believe him?
ML: Yes sir.
PH: Cameron Brown told you about the custody issues?
ML: Yes sir.
PH: He told you that he was being assisted by a fascillitator?
ML: Yes sir.
I believe Harris asks him if he knew what a court facillitator was and Lillienfeld states that he did.
PH: He told you his motorcycle was really loud; the BSA, and it went "thump, thump, thump," and that many people could have (heard/seen the exchange)?
ML: Yes, that's correct.
PH: He told you about taking his daughter to the beach and collecting shells? [...] He told you that he took her to (the) Bluffs to throw rocks? [...] He told you that she wasn't afraid?
(I think Harris is testifying here.) Harris asks about Brown's tone of voice (during the interview).
ML: There wasn't anything remarkable (about it).
PH: He told you about how he would joke aobut with his buddies, how she wasn't afraid of anythng and she would be a surfer?
Regarding the phone calls he received from Sarah.
PH: He told you she wouldn't say anything, no threats over the phone; she wouldn't say anything, just cry?
That's it for cross. Hum gets up to redirect.
Hum asks the witness questions abou the threat and the order in which the defendant told him about the threat. Now he has Lillienfeld go over a transcript of the interview. The defendant did provide Lillienfelt the sequence of events of what Sarah Key-Marer said.
After those questions, Harris recrosses the witness.
Harris get's the witness to clarify that Brown told him the threats happened "as he was leaving," as he said before, "...that she said that as he was leaving."
That's it for this witness and Lillienfeld is excused. Detective Leslie is recalled to the stand.
Detective Leslie states the detectives arranged, (set-up) a meeting between Sarah Key-Marer and the defendant at LAX International Airport. There was undercover surveilance on the defendant in and around the time he was going to get off work. Recording facilities were set up in the area where his motorcycle was (parking structure). There was an undercover van that had a camera that video taped the entire exchange between Ms. Key-Marer and the defendant.
They received word from the undercover detectives the defendant was off work. Ms. Key-Marer was given instructions to approach the witness. Detective Leslie was in the van where the video equipment and listening equipment was located. He could hear what was going on. Ms. Key-Marer had on her person, a device to pick up the sound (conversation).
The people submit a DVD, People's #47 and a transcript, People's #48. Transcripts are passed to the jurors and Judge Pastor informs them that the DVID is the evidence, not the transcript.
The video is played for the jurors on the overhead screen. The taping started at 20:30.42 minutes on 1-18-01.
Sarah Key-Marer approaches the defendant as he's getting on his motorcycle.
I did write down some of the dialog, but since I've recently obtained a transcript of the video, I will just put that up as a separate entry. On the video, a few things stood out. Ms. Marer at no time blocked the defendant's motorcycle from leaving. Although at times she yelled at Brown, demanding that he tell her what happened, not once did she curse at him or physically threaten him. Ms. Marer never threatened the defendant with the statement "I'll kill you." She just stood off to the side of his motorcycle and demanded that he speak to her, to answer her questions. It did not appear to me that she got so close to him that he could smell her breath. He had his helmet on for most of the confrontation. Towards the end of the video, Brown starts to make, waving, circling type motions with his right hand, as if he is trying to signal someone. Not long after that, he just leaves the parking lot.
After the video is finished Hum asks Leslie a few questions.
CH: Did Ms. Key-Marer say, "Ill kill you?"
JL: No.
CH: Did she say, "I should kill you?"
JL: No.
CH: Did she say, "Maybe I'll kill you?"
JL: No.
CH: Did she say anything related to killing?
JL: No.
CH: Could you hear what was the last thing Ms. Key-Marer said?
JL: Yes.
CH: What was the last thing she said?
JL: Cameron, Cameron.
There's no more cross by counsel and Judge Pastor asks to see counsel for sidebar.
There's a stipulation that is presented to the jury that all parties agreed to. Judge Pastor explains to the jurors that a stipulation is about facts that are not in dispute by either party. The stipulation is that the attorney the defendant referred to are not affilliated in any way with the current counsel. Court ends early for the day, ahead of schedule. Judge Pastor orders the jury back tomorrow at 9:00 am.
Judge Pastor asks counsel if there are any evidentiary issues regarding any upcoming witnesses. Hum doesn't think so. Harris says he doesn't know who's up for tomorrow. Hum asks the judge to chat informally with Harris. Pastor grants this request.
Hum states that if there is anyone at the last minute, he will provide the defense with the names tomorrow.
JP: Do any witnesses raise 402 issues?
PH: Yes. A (prior) girlfriend will testify; going to raise behavior issues. Two incidents on 1101(b).
Harris names the witness he has an issue with, Jane Doe. (I will be calling this witness Jane Doe which is not her real name. The explanation for that will come on Day 10's entry.) Harris wants to object to the fact taht Brown was arrested (for one of the incidents). Harris wants a 402 hearing tomorrow at 8:30 am. Pastor wants it now, since they have the court time.
I don't have in my notes who presents the information on what the witness will testify to. I believe it's Hum.
Jane Doe and the defendant were girlfriend and boyfriend. She became pregnant. They discussed abortion. They discussed the issue and it was a mutual agreement to have the abortion, and that there were incidents. She wanted to date others and he became jealous. He broke into her apartment. He ransacked the apartment.
JP: Year?
The time frame is mid to late 1980's, not 100% certain. There was a car ramming incident. Hum states it goes to "common plan and scheme."
Harris states that he thought Hum was not going to bring in activities that led to the arrest.
The car ramming incident was July 4th, 1986. They dated for about 1/2 a year. Hum wanted to bring in the fact that it was reported to the police.
PH: Sorry, that was Mr. Hum's impression but that was not the impression (I had). I did not "not object." I believe I said, "Bring it up before the appropriate time."
I believe Hum states that Jane Doe will be later in the morning or later in the afternoon. Judge Pastor tells counsel to meet at 8:30 am to discuss this. Hum states that the defendant admitted to her he did it (break in, ram her car) because his parents were the ones that paid for the damage to her car.
And that's it. Court is in recess.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Cameron Brown Retrial: Day Nine
Posted by Sprocket at 2:23 AM
Labels: Cameron Brown, Crime, Lauren Sarene Key, Sarah Key-Marer, Trial Coverage
2 comments:
- The Acquaintance said...
Since you say you will post about why Jane Doe is testifying anonymously, I take it you'll be posting at least some of her testimony. This will be crucial testimony, so I hope it's complete.
- August 10, 2009 at 5:32 AM
- ritanita said...
Sprocket, I just reread this entry after reading the transcript of the confrontation you posted today.
I think it's a sign of true justice that Cameron Brown rightously stomped to the LAX police to file his report about the supposed death threats. Little did CB know that it was all captured on videotape!
I would be surprised if any juror would believe this man is truthful in any way. He's a pure, unadulterated, cold-hearted man out to get away with murder.
- August 10, 2009 at 2:01 PM
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IntoNow Tags Project Runway in Network Deal
IntoNow, a TV-tagging application owned by Yahoo, plans to release an application for Android, and revealed details of an intricate partnership with Lifetime Television surrounding season 9 of the network's reality hit, Project Runway.
Under the deal, arranged by Yahoo, IntoNow's iPhone and just-released Android applications may even be promoted during on-air broadcasts of Project Runway Season 9 trailers and episodes.
Application users will be invited to "tag" episodes — a.k.a. check in to shows via IntoNow's propriety SoundPrint TV-listening technology — to unlock additional content, participate in polls and enter contents.
Content extras, says Yahoo Media Products Vice President Adam Cahan, will involve bios on guest judges, sneak peeks at future episodes, photo flipbooks and more. Yahoo will also include a number of engagement events that are synchronized with each show, he adds.
Cahan sees Lifetime and Project Runway as perfect partners for the on-air and mobile campaign. Reality shows are immensely popular among IntoNow's 1 million users currently on iOS, he says.
Those iOS early adopters will also be greeted with an application update Thursday. The app will now feature a new set of show recommendations based on factors such as expressed interests and friends' activities. Cahan refers to the new recommendations as a personal calendar for television that tells the viewer what he could be watching at any given time.
IntoNow is doing 36,232 tags per day, on average. The service surpassed 5 million tags 138 days after its release. But, IntoNow has not gained momentum following its sale to Yahoo in April — at the time, the startup was averaging 25,000 to 35,000 tags per day.
Others participating in the television check-in game have seen modest success with campaigns similar in nature to IntoNow's Project Runway promotion. GetGlue has hosted a number campaigns with network parters around the second experience. So too has USA Network, using its own lineup of companion applications. But what users want from a TV-mobile combo experience is still unknown, Cahan says. "I don't think anyone in this space has cracked what users are drawn to," he says.
Perhaps, IntoNow's Android release and Project Runway campaign will allow the still-infant application to better determine what television viewers want and help it find a substantially larger audience.
In a separate initiative run by A+E Networks, Project Runway, for the first time ever, will also allow fans to vote for their favorite designers via Twitter.


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Arts Education
Arts Education
Goals and Rationale
A strong arts education benefits all students, communities, and societies by contributing to the development of well-rounded, educated citizens. The arts connect students with history, heritage, culture, and community, fostering an understanding of the diverse values and perspectives of global, Indigenous, and Canadian societies. Arts education also stimulates students' imaginations, innovation, creativity, and sense of well-being while developing competencies useful to their education and careers.
Encouraging a sense of wonder, curiosity, and engagement with the arts is an integral part of becoming an educated citizen. Through the arts, students' interests and talents are fostered in a variety of ways of knowing, understanding, and doing. Students learn to co-operate, overcome challenges, find innovative approaches, appreciate differences, and negotiate with others. Such exploration allows students to be creative, gain competency with materials, and develop high-level thinking skills.
The B.C. Arts Education curriculum is designed to enable students to explore the world through an artistic lens and to express their ideas, opinions, beliefs, and emotions. The curriculum also connects strongly with the values expressed in the First Peoples Principles of Learning. Students are guided in developing artistic abilities in four core disciplines: dance, drama, music, and visual arts. While each is unique and of equal importance, the four disciplines naturally work together to enhance students' intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth. All students have the capability and potential to create and engage in the arts and to develop individual strengths and capacities.
The Arts Education curriculum is founded on the artistic habits of mind – explore and create, reason and reflect, communicate and document, and connect and expand. All are lifelong and transferable knowledge and skills. Students investigate artistic elements, processes, and techniques using a range of materials, tools, and environments, and they learn to honour and respect cultural protocols. Students also develop creative ways to communicate emotions, thoughts, meanings, and concepts through the arts, and they learn to respond to knowledge and perspectives that are embedded in language, movement, memory, image, symbol, and story.
Each of the four core art disciplines offers students opportunities to deepen their understanding of self, community, cultures (their own and others'), and the world. And, through exposure to all of the arts, students build a greater understanding in all areas of learning and have the chance to apply their knowledge and worldviews in different contexts. The Arts Education curriculum provides an essential way for all students to express and understand meaning, while also challenging them to engage in dynamic ways of creating, thinking, and problem solving.
The B.C. Arts Education curriculum contributes to students' development as educated citizens through the achievement of the following goals. Students are expected to:
- develop aesthetically through the core disciplines of dance, drama, music, and visual arts, as well as through interdisciplinary forms
- investigate artistic elements and processes through the artistic habits of mind – explore and create, reason and reflect, communicate and document, and connect and expand – to understand connections between the arts and human experience
- create and respond to works of art using inquiry, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to deepen their awareness of self, others, and the world
- recognize the value of a variety of cultural perspectives and explore contemporary and historical art forms from their own identity and cultural heritage, as well as those of others
- pursue a lifelong interest in the arts and gain the confidence to create and contribute to the local/national/global art community as an individual and/or group


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While they're waiting to find their forever homes, the cats are cared for in our 36 centres or in the homes of our volunteer fosterers. Our cat care volunteers help to look after the cats and meet their needs while they are in our care.
It's a purrfect role for cat lovers, as you'll get to spend time directly with the cats before they find new owners. It's also a great way to learn more about cats and make a real difference to their lives as you'll be helping to prepare them for their new homes. You'll also be working as part of a team, so you might just make some new cat-loving friends too!
To find out what a day in the life of a cat care volunteer is like, watch our video below:
What does the role involve?
- Cleaning the cat pens
- Grooming the cats
- Feeding the cats
- Handling and playing with the cats
What skills/experience do I need?
- Basic knowledge of cats and cat care
- Patience, perseverance and empathy
- Willingness to be part of a team
- Good interpersonal and observational skills
How many hours do I need to give?This is a flexible role and most cat care volunteers usually give around two to three hours a week. However, the role can be shared between more than one volunteer if needed.
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Clothing and Footwear Retail Industry Analyzed in New Topical Report Published by MarketPublishers.com
14 Nov 2011 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Although most countries are now experiencing economic recovery, consumer confidence is still fragile, which coupled with increased pricing pressures makes the clothing and footwear industry a challenging environment to operate in. While emerging regions offer the potential for double digit growth forecasts, maturity in developed countries calls for reassessment of consumer spending patterns following the recession and analysis of impending changes in country demographics.
New research report "International Challenges and Opportunities for Clothing and Footwear Retailers" worked out by Euromonitor International offers true and unprejudiced insights into the size and shape of the world retailing industry, highlighting emerging trends, their effects on retailing in markets from pole to pole and on the development of channels and consumers' shopping patterns. Moreover, the market's top players and leading brands, strategic analysis of key factors influencing the sector – be they the developments of new store types, the importance of non-store retailing, economic/lifestyle influences, private label or pricing issues, as well as forecasts limelighting how the market is set to develop and success criteria can also be found in the study.
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Published: November, 2011
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Opportunity to Reposition Brand
Top Destinations for Luxury Brands
Rising Stars from Emerging Markets
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Katherine Adams said she'd never make her sister Mary's mistakes. Mary's fairy-tale marriage into the wealthy, powerful Manning dynasty had turned into a nighmare of abuse. Then, on the night her playboy husband was killed in a car accident, Mary died in childbirth. Now savvy, smart, and very angry Katherine vowed to never let a Manning, any Manning, near Mary's child -- not even the dashing, charismatic oil man who showed up at her door. Katherine wanted to believe Jason Manning wasn't like his ruthless family. But secrets and lies were part of his heritage. And Katherine could be destroyed by a truth she was afraid to face...and a man she could not resist.
Title: LOVE BEYOND REASON
Categories: Romance, Romance - Sandra Brown,
Publisher: Warner Books: 1994
ISBN Number: 0446360708
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Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
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Last night The Newsroom star Jeff Daniels tweeted that Aaron Sorkin's cable news saga would indeed get a third season. That should be reassuring news to fans of the show that was hanging in renewal limbo.
Though Daniels wrote that the news was "official," HBO still hasn't confirmed that it would indeed be returning. Kate Aurthur at BuzzFeed threw some cold water on Daniels' tweet early this morning. "I'm hearing HBO holding the actors' contracts is not the same as a renewal," she explained. "The status is unchanged until the schedules can be worked out."
Last week Aurthur had taken on the curious case of The Newsroom's renewal status. Though HBO is known for quickly renewing their shows after season premieres, she wrote, the cable channel hadn't said anything about the The Newsroom which has only two episodes remaining in its sophomore season.
Whether or not Sorkin was going to come back seemed to be the question lingering over negotiations. A representative for HBO told Aurthur that they are "actively involved in conversations with Aaron about a Season 3." And Sorkin himself said at a Newsroom event earlier in August that HBO offered him another season. That is, if he wanted it. He didn't say if he did. At The Hollywood Reporter, Wire alum Erik Hayden noted that the "hold-up" has been Sorkin, who needs to write the screenplay for the Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the Apple founder before he can write a third season of The Newsroom.
Media reception to the show has warmed — slightly — in its second outing. Our Richard Lawson wrote that the new season is "livelier and looser and, I daresay, likable." Last week, Margaret Lyons at Vulture admitted the show has "gotten better."
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The custodian descended into the 12-ton glass aquarium and all the garish lights of Times Square burned around her. She was young. She was determined. Her body language and colorful garb exuded a vital optimism. Bucket and mop in hand, she began to clean the glass walls of her enclosure — even as water rose above her ankles, knees, waist and shoulders. Despite her best efforts to press on with her labors, the deluge overtook her.
What the assembled crowd witnessed was a work of performance art: "Holoscenes," created by Lars Jan and his company Early Morning Opera for the 2017 World Science Festival. A whole cast of performers ventured into the tank over the days to follow, drawing the attention of over-stimulated Times Square tourists and presenting a vision of life transformed by climate change.
"They're having a visceral experience," Jan told the press at the May 31, 2017, opening. "They're having a visual experience and they're having a public experience for free in public space. And then hopefully that incites curiosity that leads them to ask questions and learn more about these issues."
Topical But Timeless
Jan's "Holoscenes" was the culmination of years of collaboration with performers, scientists and engineers. While the timing of its debut proved especially timely, the artist stressed that the problem runs deeper than the current news headlines.
"I think it's shortsighted to think too much about the Trump administration," Jan said. "Our habits have been bad habits for a long time, and we as a species, on whatever side of the political aisle you happen to be on, need to think about changing fundamentally our habits to adapt to the realities of climate science."
The writing on the wall is intimidating. Warmer temperatures and the prospect of a 6.5-foot (2-meter) rise in sea levels by the end of the century could have a disastrous effect on coastal areas and inland cities alike. As the vast majority of scientific investigation points to human causation, humanity is left to halt what it started.
The title of Jan's performance piece refers to the geologic Holocene epoch, though many scientists propose the term Anthropocene to cover the entire period of humanity's significant reshaping of the world. Certainly, life has always altered the Earth. Even our breathable atmosphere stems from the biologically induced Great Oxygenation Event 2.45 billion years ago. But the industrialized world has proven itself an act of unintended geoengineering, drastically changing our planet into a hotter world.
The "Holoscenes"performance played not only against the backdrop of American commercialism, but also against the news of the United States' looming withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. The news cast a shadow on much of the week's festivities, as leading scientists gathered to highlight such topics as the future of human evolution and creative machine learning. Yet in the spirit of the event, World Science Festival participants rallied to discuss the importance of science communication.
"Science is something that should unite the world," physicist and festival co-founder Brian Greene told the crowd. "Science is something that is our birthright as citizens of planet Earth and for citizens to not feel connected to these vital ideas, that is disastrous for the future. What's critical is that people feel that they can get these ideas — that they can engage with the true facts of how the world works and, based upon that, work out sensible policy that can drive us into the future."
Science in a Society Divided
Saturday's "Science in a Polarized World: A Global Town Hall" (watch the full discussion embedded below) explored the divide in depth. In addition to Greene, National Science Foundation director France Cordova, geneticist Sir Paul Nurse and science communication expert Dan Kahan examined the ways in which humans divide themselves over the scientific consensus of climate change, genetically modified foods and the deep geologic isolation of radioactive waste.
Kahan, a professor of both law and psychology, stressed that opposition to these topics is rooted in neither scientific unfamiliarity nor illogical thinking, but rather in identity-protective cognition (IPC). He defines IPC as the "tendency to selectively credit and discredit evidence in patterns that reflect people's commitments to competing cultural groups." In other words, while humans are certainly capable of united effort to combat global threats, our brains evolved with smaller problems in mind — such as survival within a social group. As a result, we subconsciously cherry-pick our experts and arguments to match our pre-existing beliefs and worldview. In the face of overwhelming scientific consensus, our social brains follow a more primal survival protocol.
Thankfully, cases of scientific polarization are rare, but notable breakdowns in such vital topics as pollution and vaccination can have profound impacts on society. The challenge, Kahan charges, is to predict toxic elements in the science communication environment before they occur. At what point does a scientific matter risk politicization? At what point does opposing scientific findings become a badge of belonging for one's cultural identity, rather than an exercise in logic?
As Sir Paul Nurse pointed out in the panel discussion, we have to understand the ever-tentative, ever-exploring and self-correcting nature of scientific endeavor — all while maintaining out trust.
"We need to have a society that respects the process of science and we also need trust in the scientists who are carrying it out," Nurse said. "So it's a trust in the process, and a trust in the scientists."