:10:03
The charge is second-degree
assault, Your Honor.
:10:06
At 6 p.m. yesterday, in a bar and grill
at 50210th Avenue...
:10:10
...Mr. McMullen assaulted
an off-duty policeman.
:10:14
Well, I'd love to hear about this
in your own words, Mr. McMullen.
:10:20
Your Honor, I'm a victim
of police brutality.
:10:24
Just tell us what occurred,
Mr. McMullen.
:10:27
Well, it all happened so fast,
Your Honor.
:10:31
I'll try to remember.
:10:33
We had an argument. To be fair about it,
I was as much at fault as he was.
:10:39
Well, one thing led to another
and somehow it comes out...
:10:43
...that my mother was
a Native American...
:10:45
...a full-blooded Cherokee,
Your Honor.
:10:48
And this policeman yells, "It's too bad
Custer made such a half-ass job of it."
:10:54
- Well, I lost control.
- What did you do?
:10:58
I did what little I could
for a man my age.
:11:01
The little Mr. McMullen was able to do
seems to have been pretty effective.
:11:05
The officer has taken 18 stitches
in his face, his nose is broken...
:11:09
...and his jaw is wired up.
:11:11
I must've hit him harder than I knew.
Fright, fear, whatever it was, Your Honor.
:11:15
Your Honor, here is the BCI
on Mr. Jessie McMullen.
:11:18
It begins in 1947 with a three-year term
for assault just after he was naturalized.
:11:25
It goes on and on and on and...
:11:27
Your Honor, before the prosecutor
sentences my client...
:11:31
...perhaps he will agree to a trial?
:11:34
We're only here to set bail.
:11:37
I'd like to point out that the defendant's
grandson is present in court.
:11:40
My client has roots in this community.
:11:43
Bail is set at $5000.
A $500 cash bail bond is acceptable.
:11:51
Next.
:11:52
Docket number 178649326.
:11:56
Did you bring the 500?