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The Context of White Supremacy delivers Gus T. Renegade’s exclusive, frontline coverage of Week 4, Day 2 (Day 13 overall) of the federal capital proceedings against convicted White Terrorist Payton Gendron in Buffalo, NY. On a historically warm November evening shadowed by the local elections, Gus logs an explosive session on the 8th floor of the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse, where 12 prospective jurors (8 females, 4 males, and 1 non-White female) were brought forward for individual examination, resulting in a joint exclusion of two. Gus details the stark theater of U.S. Marshals bringing Gendron into court with no badges—a maneuver designed to prevent "prejudicing" the jury with the impression of guilt, despite his defense openly declaring his guilt every single day.Gus documents the defense striking of Juror 0808, a young White woman whose written questionnaire listed Drake, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears as the figures she admires most, while naming Taylor Swift as someone she does not. The session turned fiercely aggressive as prosecutor Kristina Leslie stripped away her usual smiley, chipper demeanor to criticize the panelist's alleged perplexing laughter and inappropriate courtroom behavior. Despite a U.S. Marshal privately branding the woman a "dumb bimbo" and Gus predicting she might actually be seated due to her serious answers, Judge Vilardo ultimately approved a strike for cause.The definitive breakthrough of the day occurred with Juror 0842, a White man who revealed that since filling out his questionnaire in June, he had appeared in a documentary film addressing Racism in Buffalo and the 5/14 group lynching. Gus instantly recognized the project as Stephen W. Rosenthal's HUMBOLDT, which Gus screened just last month at the 20th anniversary Buffalo International Film Festival. Although Judge Vilardo conceded there was nothing inherently improper about his presence, he dismissed the juror because he disliked the "optics." In a historic first for this deployment, Gus chased the excused juror into the hallway—with explicit permission from the U.S. Marshals—securing his contact info and sharing a brief conversation about their mutual time in Seattle.From navigating Buffalo's dirty, smoke-filled transit tunnels to securing primary field sources outside the courtroom doors, the counter-racist record continues right here.#TOPS2022 #TheCOWS17Years #LetsGoBuffalo #NewYorkState #BIFF20 #InvestInTheCOWS #CapitalPunishmentCall-In Number: 720.716.7300 Code: 564943#💻 No phone? Join online using the VoIP Dialer:[https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/dialer](https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/dialer)INVEST in The COWS!PayPal: [http://paypal.me/TheCOWS](http://paypal.me/TheCOWS)Cash App: [https://cash.app/$TheCOWS](https://cash.app/$TheCOWS)

