Brooklyn reviewed the interview and nodded in satisfaction. He thinks that his technique of throwing the pot has become more proficient.

He even called Brenner afterwards to explain why he said that.

"I've just taken office."

"I really don't understand."

"You know, I was busy dealing with a class action lawsuit, and I was in a hurry to hear the trial, and I had no idea what was going on in the courtroom."

"This matter has nothing to do with e.. Y really has nothing to do with it. ”

"Thank you, thank you for your help, I have time to invite you to my house and try my craft."

"Okay, let's go fishing together next year, okay, goodbye." Hanging up the phone, Brooklyn hummed a little tune, in a good mood.

Especially when I think that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I can take a holiday and rest, and I feel better. But this good mood is quickly ruined by the documents handed over by Bob and Nelly.

…………………… November 22, Thanksgiving Day. David, Ray and Brooklyn are on the third floor.

It's already cold in New York at the end of November. Single-digit temperatures make people not want to go out. But today is Thanksgiving, and they have to go out.

Early in the morning, the three of them drove two cars and went straight to the supermarket. Turkey and pumpkin pie are a must-have for Thanksgiving, but unfortunately Brooklyn won't make them, so you can only buy ready-made products.

After choosing a guy and pumpkin pie, the three of them invariably moved to the wine area. Loading most of the cart with drinks, Ray and David pushed it to other areas, while Brooklyn returned to the entrance and pushed two more carts.

Then it's time to buy. Not long ago, taking advantage of the bad luck of the broadcaster, David and Lei Xiao made a fortune, and they can live more abundantly this Thanksgiving.

In fact, today is not a good time to go on a shopping spree, as it is federal custom that all kinds of shopping malls and supermarkets usually put out great deals on the second day of Thanksgiving to attract customers.

This day is also known as Black Friday. But in recent years, in order to make money, merchants have continued to radiate back and forth the super discounts on Black Friday, and the discounts on Thanksgiving Day are also very amazing.

Although it can't be compared to Black Friday, it is still much cheaper than usual. After a shopping spree, Brooklyn didn't forget about dinner.

drove to Oriental City, but was stuck in place and couldn't move when it was far away. A costume parade is being held ahead, and groups of people are painting strange costumes and walking along the road.

For the people of the Federation, Thanksgiving is the equivalent of the Spring Festival, and it is a holiday that needs to be celebrated warmly. Brooklyn had to find a nearby parking lot and lead Ray and David on foot.

Some time ago, he had an appointment with a boss in Oriental City, and he paid a huge sum of $500 to build two copper hot pots.

When they came to the store, Brooklyn skillfully communicated with each other in Chinese, and David and Ray looked confused.

Ray was better, he had experience in Asia, and he had occasionally heard Brooklyn swear words in Chinese, while David was completely confused.

He had never known that Brooklyn could speak Chinese. After the greetings, Brooklyn explained his intentions, and the boss returned to the back with a smile, and walked out with two huge red copper hot pots with a diameter of at least half a meter.

Under the stunned eyes of Ray and David, Brooklyn touched the thickness of the hot pot, lifted it up, weighed it, and paid the final payment.

The owner was delighted and packed Brooklyn with two boxes of carbon, which counted as a giveaway. It wasn't until he left the store that David came back to his senses, looked at the two large boxes that were caught under his armpits by Lei and asked

"What is that for?"

"Hot pot." Brooklyn explained how to eat hot pot while taking the two of them around and shopping for ingredients.

By noon, the shopping was almost done, and the three of them found an authentic-looking restaurant for lunch.

After eating, he returned to the car, and David shook his head at Brooklyn with a solemn face.

"Is that really authentic?" Ray also asked solemnly. They had just found a restaurant that looked the most oriental and authentic, and ordered a few home-cooked dishes such as braised pork, mapo tofu, back pot pork and stewed sauerkraut.

As a result, the braised pork is the same as the pot wrapped meat, the mapo tofu is sweet and spicy, and the back to the pot meat has no aroma of tempeh at all, just dry pork belly, and stewed sauerkraut is the only normal one.

While ordering, Brooklyn noticed the abnormality of the dish on the table next to him and alerted the two of them. But they didn't agree with Brooklyn.

Other Federalists might have thought the restaurant's improvements were appetizing, but David Reagan couldn't.

These two have been whetted for Brooklyn's authentic Oriental cuisine. This is like piracy and genuine, before using the genuine version, you will feel that piracy is also very good, but once you get used to the genuine version, and then change to use the pirated version, you will be very unaccustomed to it.

The purchase was almost done, and the three of them drove home to prepare dinner. The Commonwealth's Thanksgiving history is not glorious, but after so many years of packaging and whitewashing, history is no longer important.

Legend has it that the crew of the Mayflower arrived on the American continent, starved and cold, and when they were dying, the Indians brought food, and in gratitude for the Indians' life, there was Thanksgiving - food would be given to the poor people on the streets.

Of course, legends are just legends, and if the Indians and the crew of the Mayflower can sing and dance around the campfire, just look at the number of Indians in ancient and modern times.

Brooklyn can skip this step because the property they bought is in the middle of nowhere, and very few homeless people come here.

Thanksgiving traditions also include exchanging dishes with neighbors, a step that can also be omitted in Brooklyn. His neighbors were a little far away, and they never spoke.

Thanksgiving traditions also include getting together with family. It was one of the most stressful days for Federal Airlines, and like the Spring Festival in the East, Federalists wanted to rush home and spend Thanksgiving with their families around the dinner table.

This step can also be ignored. All three of them in Brooklyn are orphans, and they are considered each other's family.

There are many traditions of thanksgiving, but since the three Brooklyn brothers are just three poor bachelors, those traditions require the cooperation of women and children.

So, under the command of Brooklyn, the three brothers filled a copper pot hot pot, took out the turkey and pumpkin pie, opened a dozen beers, served all kinds of snacks, turned on the TV, and ate it.

Before you know it, it's already dark, and every house is lit up, and the family sits around the table to enjoy dinner, and there are bursts of laughter from time to time.

At some point, snow fell in the sky, and the streets were empty. On days like these, even homeless people get together with their best friends for a warm evening.

Jerry rubbed his hands together and drove the car alone, wandering aimlessly on the road. Like a rebellious teenager.

He didn't know where to go. …………………… Thursday, November 29th. The afterglow of Thanksgiving fades.

It was a great holiday that seemed to make people more cheerful and open-minded, veterans' clubs were no longer under siege, and the number of attacks on veterans plummeted.

Everything seems to be going in a good direction. On days like these, Robert Baleseux officially opened the trial.

Cedric hung one arm, the bruises on his face had not yet dissipated, and he just put on his coat and stood in the courtroom.

This slightly comical dress weakened the seriousness of his body, and made his whole person look a lot softer.

Robert Bales is still the same. To Brooklyn's surprise, Cedric did not ask for a psychiatric evaluation of Robert Bales.

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Brooklyn even chose an appraisal agency, and waited for Cedric to come to him, but he waited until the court session and did not see Cedric coming.

This made him both curious and disappointed. Curious as to why Cedric did this, disappointed that Cedric would not even be able to use such a simple judgment reduction defense.

Glancing at a slightly comical Cedric with a complicated expression, Brooklyn read out the courtroom discipline and announced the beginning of the jury selection.

Without the addition of the ATC, the jury selection process was normal and swift.

In fact, most of the time was spent on the prosecution's side, and Cedric, who came on the court with an injury, adhered to the usual military style, stood in front of the jury and swept his eyes, directly reporting a series of numbers, cleanly, and the whole process took less than a minute.

Cedric was very well-behaved and did not interfere with Anne Aldington's selection of jurors, but simply stood quietly beside Robert.

This made the jury selection process very smooth, and the whole process did not even take half an hour. After the jury was chosen, Brooklyn thanked the excluded jurors, asked Ray to take them away, and then closed the courtroom doors to declare the trial officially begin.

The prosecution was the first to speak. Anne Aldington recounted the case and the evidence in the prosecution's possession, all in a way that was not far removed from the document Cedric had shown to Brooklyn.

This surprised Brooklyn a little. Then it was Cedric's turn to make the opening statement. In his usual indirect and efficient style, he recounts the eucalyptus story, with the only difference being that he focuses his statement on what happened to Robert Bales.

Hearing that Robert Bales suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, spent all his retirement money for treatment, emptied his family savings, and borrowed money from the bank, but he couldn't be treated, and finally he had to choose divorce in order not to drag down his wife and children, the jury everyone exclaimed, and several female jurors frequently looked at Robert with sympathetic eyes.

Cedric frowned and staggered to his position, blocking the juror's view of Robert.

“…… What we – my clients need is respect. Cedric said earnestly after recounting the eucalyptus hair

"It's true that he has suffered from mental illness, but he's a whole and independent person, and he needs to be respected, not abusive or sympathetic." Brooklyn had to interject

"Does the defendant need to undergo a psychiatric evaluation?" Cedric shook his head in refusal. This is not unexpected in Brooklyn.

can drag on for an entire period of evidence without applying for a psychiatric evaluation, either there is a trick or it is deliberate.

Now, it seems, was deliberate. Brooklyn immediately looked at Robert Bales, who looked like a vegetative person.

Most of the time he doesn't respond to external stimuli. As if reading the meaning in Brooklyn's eyes, Robert Bales unexpectedly had a hint of displeasure on his face.

"I'm not sick." He said in a hoarse voice. Brooklyn nodded, completely confirming that he didn't need a psychiatric evaluation.

Psychiatric evaluation is a right that anyone has the right to apply for, and in turn, anyone can waive this right.

Regardless of whether Robert Bales has a mental problem or not, if he waives his right to a psychiatric evaluation and the corresponding prosecution does not advocate a psychiatric evaluation, the judge can follow his own wishes - the judge can request a mandatory psychiatric evaluation of a normal person, or he can ignore a clearly mentally ill mental state and try him as a normal person.

Cedric glanced back at Robert Bales, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the jury members

"I hope that Sgt. Robert Bales will be treated as a normal person in this trial." With that, Cedric limped back to Robert's side.

As Cedric walked towards the dock, a bailiff next to Ray was about to go over to help, but was pulled by Ray.

Facing the puzzled gaze of his colleague, Lei slowly shook his head and said nothing. Cedric's opening statement is special.

He simply gave up on taking advantage of Robert's experience and psychological situation. This kind of defense thinking of seeking the near and far makes people can't help but wonder if Robert Bales offended Cedric, otherwise why would he have cut off his arm at the beginning of the trial?

It is not impossible for Robert Bales to be acquitted by changing to a normal lawyer to defend him, based on Robert Bales's psychological condition, and trying to win sympathy by clinging to his experience.

In order for the first trial to go smoothly, Brooklyn carefully screened the jury, each of whom had at least two jury experiences.

These people have a basic understanding of the trial and the defense ideas, and they are puzzled and puzzled by Cedric's unique statement.

It's not that they don't understand Cedric's purpose—they don't want others to sympathize with him—and everyone is not deaf and understands Cedric's purpose, but they still can't understand it.

Dignity or freedom, or even further, dignity or life, which is more important? Besides, did Cedric violate his professional ethics as a lawyer by doing so?

If you want to preserve your dignity, that's fine. But you also have to divide your position on different occasions, right? Cedric is now a lawyer, and dignity shouldn't be something he should be thinking about.

Helping Robert Bales win the case is! One of the jurors immediately raised their hands and asked the question.

Since it was a closed trial, there were no observers, which made everyone feel a lot more relaxed.

Brooklyn listened to the jurors' questions and shook his head to deny his questioning. The juror's doubts were understandable, but he was wrong.

He had this question based on the premise that Robert Bales himself valued survival more than dignity.

But in Brooklyn's judgment, Robert Bales himself valued dignity more. The basis is that he insisted on demanding an apology from the owner of the Chevrolet, and the location of his emotional outburst.

Brooklyn remembers very well that the information handed to him by Cedric showed that Robert Bales was parked at the intersection where his wife would pass by on her way to work, and his emotions were completely outburst after being influenced by the owner of the Chevrolet.