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The Ricochet Theory - What the #Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn
September 27 2026,"Song fired his weapon at the ground and the bullet ricocheted off a hard surface before striking the officer just below the neck. That would explain the plumes of dust that were visible in the video. According to Hayes, the only photo of the bullet, which appears severely bent and with several missing fragments, backs up the theory.
[...]
"In emails reviewed by The Intercept, Parker and Hayes repeatedly wrote to Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, the federal detention center where Song was held before and during the trial, asking to visit the defendant. All the requests went unanswered. (FMC Fort Worth declined to respond to a request for comment.)
Parker never got a response from the jail official in charge of Song’s detention, let alone visitation rights." 'We sent him everything he asked for,' Parker, speaking publicly for the first time about the case, told The Intercept. 'But approval never came.'
"It was the first time in his 25-year career that the forensics expert had been denied access to a client in a federal facility.
In the end, members of the jury never received a full airing of the argument nor the multiple pieces of evidence that support it."The ricochet theory, though, may yet be part of Song’s appeal and the basis of a new trial, according to two lawyers on Song’s defense team in his state-level case. New evidence, including material revealed for the first time in this Intercept investigation, shows that Song, a former Marine reservist and expert marksman, may have never intended to shoot the police officer."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/27/prairieland-appeal-gun-bullet-ricochet-benjamin-song/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oWRwZ#USPol #PrairielandTrial #Prairieland8 #Prairieland9 #AutumnHill #TrumpSucks #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #WarOnTheLeft #Prairieland
#DetentionCenters #Fascism #NSPM7 #PrairielandDefendants #Orwellian #CriminalizingDissent
#CharacteristicsOfFascism -
The Ricochet Theory - What the #Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn
September 27 2026,"Song fired his weapon at the ground and the bullet ricocheted off a hard surface before striking the officer just below the neck. That would explain the plumes of dust that were visible in the video. According to Hayes, the only photo of the bullet, which appears severely bent and with several missing fragments, backs up the theory.
[...]
"In emails reviewed by The Intercept, Parker and Hayes repeatedly wrote to Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, the federal detention center where Song was held before and during the trial, asking to visit the defendant. All the requests went unanswered. (FMC Fort Worth declined to respond to a request for comment.)
Parker never got a response from the jail official in charge of Song’s detention, let alone visitation rights." 'We sent him everything he asked for,' Parker, speaking publicly for the first time about the case, told The Intercept. 'But approval never came.'
"It was the first time in his 25-year career that the forensics expert had been denied access to a client in a federal facility.
In the end, members of the jury never received a full airing of the argument nor the multiple pieces of evidence that support it."The ricochet theory, though, may yet be part of Song’s appeal and the basis of a new trial, according to two lawyers on Song’s defense team in his state-level case. New evidence, including material revealed for the first time in this Intercept investigation, shows that Song, a former Marine reservist and expert marksman, may have never intended to shoot the police officer."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/27/prairieland-appeal-gun-bullet-ricochet-benjamin-song/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oWRwZ#USPol #PrairielandTrial #Prairieland8 #Prairieland9 #AutumnHill #TrumpSucks #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #WarOnTheLeft #Prairieland
#DetentionCenters #Fascism #NSPM7 #PrairielandDefendants #Orwellian #CriminalizingDissent
#CharacteristicsOfFascism -
The Ricochet Theory - What the #Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn
September 27 2026,"Song fired his weapon at the ground and the bullet ricocheted off a hard surface before striking the officer just below the neck. That would explain the plumes of dust that were visible in the video. According to Hayes, the only photo of the bullet, which appears severely bent and with several missing fragments, backs up the theory.
[...]
"In emails reviewed by The Intercept, Parker and Hayes repeatedly wrote to Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, the federal detention center where Song was held before and during the trial, asking to visit the defendant. All the requests went unanswered. (FMC Fort Worth declined to respond to a request for comment.)
Parker never got a response from the jail official in charge of Song’s detention, let alone visitation rights." 'We sent him everything he asked for,' Parker, speaking publicly for the first time about the case, told The Intercept. 'But approval never came.'
"It was the first time in his 25-year career that the forensics expert had been denied access to a client in a federal facility.
In the end, members of the jury never received a full airing of the argument nor the multiple pieces of evidence that support it."The ricochet theory, though, may yet be part of Song’s appeal and the basis of a new trial, according to two lawyers on Song’s defense team in his state-level case. New evidence, including material revealed for the first time in this Intercept investigation, shows that Song, a former Marine reservist and expert marksman, may have never intended to shoot the police officer."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/27/prairieland-appeal-gun-bullet-ricochet-benjamin-song/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oWRwZ#USPol #PrairielandTrial #Prairieland8 #Prairieland9 #AutumnHill #TrumpSucks #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #WarOnTheLeft #Prairieland
#DetentionCenters #Fascism #NSPM7 #PrairielandDefendants #Orwellian #CriminalizingDissent
#CharacteristicsOfFascism -
The Ricochet Theory - What the #Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn
September 27 2026,"Song fired his weapon at the ground and the bullet ricocheted off a hard surface before striking the officer just below the neck. That would explain the plumes of dust that were visible in the video. According to Hayes, the only photo of the bullet, which appears severely bent and with several missing fragments, backs up the theory.
[...]
"In emails reviewed by The Intercept, Parker and Hayes repeatedly wrote to Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, the federal detention center where Song was held before and during the trial, asking to visit the defendant. All the requests went unanswered. (FMC Fort Worth declined to respond to a request for comment.)
Parker never got a response from the jail official in charge of Song’s detention, let alone visitation rights." 'We sent him everything he asked for,' Parker, speaking publicly for the first time about the case, told The Intercept. 'But approval never came.'
"It was the first time in his 25-year career that the forensics expert had been denied access to a client in a federal facility.
In the end, members of the jury never received a full airing of the argument nor the multiple pieces of evidence that support it."The ricochet theory, though, may yet be part of Song’s appeal and the basis of a new trial, according to two lawyers on Song’s defense team in his state-level case. New evidence, including material revealed for the first time in this Intercept investigation, shows that Song, a former Marine reservist and expert marksman, may have never intended to shoot the police officer."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/27/prairieland-appeal-gun-bullet-ricochet-benjamin-song/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oWRwZ#USPol #PrairielandTrial #Prairieland8 #Prairieland9 #AutumnHill #TrumpSucks #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #WarOnTheLeft #Prairieland
#DetentionCenters #Fascism #NSPM7 #PrairielandDefendants #Orwellian #CriminalizingDissent
#CharacteristicsOfFascism -
The Ricochet Theory - What the #Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear
Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn
September 27 2026,"Song fired his weapon at the ground and the bullet ricocheted off a hard surface before striking the officer just below the neck. That would explain the plumes of dust that were visible in the video. According to Hayes, the only photo of the bullet, which appears severely bent and with several missing fragments, backs up the theory.
[...]
"In emails reviewed by The Intercept, Parker and Hayes repeatedly wrote to Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, the federal detention center where Song was held before and during the trial, asking to visit the defendant. All the requests went unanswered. (FMC Fort Worth declined to respond to a request for comment.)
Parker never got a response from the jail official in charge of Song’s detention, let alone visitation rights." 'We sent him everything he asked for,' Parker, speaking publicly for the first time about the case, told The Intercept. 'But approval never came.'
"It was the first time in his 25-year career that the forensics expert had been denied access to a client in a federal facility.
In the end, members of the jury never received a full airing of the argument nor the multiple pieces of evidence that support it."The ricochet theory, though, may yet be part of Song’s appeal and the basis of a new trial, according to two lawyers on Song’s defense team in his state-level case. New evidence, including material revealed for the first time in this Intercept investigation, shows that Song, a former Marine reservist and expert marksman, may have never intended to shoot the police officer."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/27/prairieland-appeal-gun-bullet-ricochet-benjamin-song/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/oWRwZ#USPol #PrairielandTrial #Prairieland8 #Prairieland9 #AutumnHill #TrumpSucks #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #WarOnTheLeft #Prairieland
#DetentionCenters #Fascism #NSPM7 #PrairielandDefendants #Orwellian #CriminalizingDissent
#CharacteristicsOfFascism