Fort Dix Judge Hates Love

Yesterday was the arraignment for the Fort Dix Six, the men accused of plotting just a really dumb terrorist attack by attacking an army base and then strolling out unharmed and unnoticed. All six men pled not guilty, the trial will begin in October, etc., etc.

Of course, while in the courtroom people are innocent until proven guilty, on the Internet they are most certainly always guilty. And Judge Robert B. Kugler made sure these men couldn’t express feelings for family members.

Several defendants, shackled at the waist and wearing olive prison jumpsuits, motioned and smiled to family members in the packed courtroom, and some mouthed words to them. One defendant, Serdar Tatar, mouthed, “I love you,” to a group in the back row, including two sobbing women.

Kugler admonished both the defendants and their families, who communicated in turn.

“That will be the last time that happens in this courtroom,” he said.

Cupid was later held in contempt by Kugler and fined $1,000.

An Oct. trial for Ft. Dix Six [Inquirer]