Juror’s cell phone search in Black Lives Matter case causes mistrial
Mark Kimball, right, confers with his attorney Justin C. Shepherd on the first day of his trial in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District. Pat Grossmith
Published: 6/17/2021 7:25:46 PM
The trial of a city man accused of pointing a loaded handgun at Black Lives Matter protesters last year ended in a mistrial Tuesday after a juror, during deliberations, used a cellphone to do some research in the case.
The trial of Mark Kimball, 20, of Manchester, charged with three counts of criminal threatening, opened on Monday in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District. It ended Tuesday when a judge learned a juror had Googled definitions for “aggressor” and “provocation” during deliberations.
Sweeping ‘the bucket’ and other encampments is nobody’s idea of a fix for homelessness
A cleaning crew arrives at The Bucket, an encampment lived in by unhoused people, in Manchester. Activists and residents have brought city officials a list of demands, which included a request for more warning before being required to leave a space. Cameron Johnson / NHPR
Published: 6/9/2021 5:24:35 PM
The Manchester’s Chief of Police acknowledges that the situation at “the bucket,” a long-time haven on city-owned property for the encamped homeless on the city’s West Side, is not ideal.
“We do get numerous complaints from residents in that area since the inception of the camp,” Chief Allen Aldenberg said Monday, which he estimates has been at least a year.