NFAC's Grandmaster Jay found guilty of pointing AR-15 at officers during Louisville protests

[King Jove]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A federal jury has found John Johnson, who also goes by the moniker “Grandmaster Jay,” guilty in his federal trial after being charged on two counts for pointing a firearm at law enforcement officers in September 2020 in downtown Louisville.

During protests, the officers were stationed on the roof of a government building downtown with a group of LMPD officers, while Johnson marched through the city with an armed militia.

Friday, Johnson took the stand for the second time to answer questions from the prosecution. Johnson was interrogated about his movements in the days and hours before the event. He claims his AR-15 rifle was empty and the trigger was in the safe position when he pointed it, adding that he was only looking around with the flashlight on the gun’s barrel.

During their closing arguments, the prosecution argued that all the jurors needed to know in order to find him guilty was that he used a weapon, and that he intentionally used it in a threatening manner. They said all of the other arguments presented by the defense were just “smoke and mirrors” to make them vote according to their feelings, not facts.

They played clips of Johnson’s videos on Instagram, recorded prior to the shooting, where he urged his followers to knock police officers unconscious, take their body cameras, flip their police cars, and light them on fire, as well as not allow them to enter their neighborhoods. In another video, he made threatening comments to a person who had called him while he was live on his Instagram account. He told the person they would come after him, his family, his church members or co-workers.

The defense argued that these remarks, although inappropriate, were made out of anger over George Floyd’s death. Johnson’s counsel also told the jury that he was being tried because he was a “Black man with a gun.”

The prosecutors response was that there was no connection between the case and Johnson’s race.

His attorney told the judge that his team planned to file a motion for acquittal. He also asked that Johnson be released to await sentencing. The judge declined, stating that the law requires he be detained because of the charge he was guilty of.

As soon as the judge announced the verdict, emotions flared in the courtroom, and several of his supporters could be heard weeping and yelling that they loved him. As they were leaving, they declined to comment.

Johnson is facing up to 27 years in federal prison. He will be held there until he is sentenced on Aug. 22.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Scammaster Jay

 

[Cat piss martini]

*interrogation*

agent: you have a very interesting file.
jay:
agent: lots of redacted sections.
jay: sir the gun wasnt loaded and the vest was for paintball.
agent: youre looking at serious time.
jay: could you reach out to the president for me.
agent: you looking for a biden pardon already?
jay: *whispers* trump....call trump.
agent:
jay: i did security for trump on the low......i've given the government info.
agent: go on.......tell us about the info
jay: i draw dumb nikkas in.....get personal info and give it to the feds man.
agent: nothing in the file corrobarate such claims.
jay: tariq nasheed and them other anti white nikkas should be sitting here.
agent: i think were done here......take him away.
jay: i'll give you person info on all of our members.
agent: we have that already.
jay: call trump.....please!!!!

 

[Silver Surfer]

What was this silly nikka thinking?????

 

[Voice of Reason]

Tariqs bytch ass did everything to try and discredit this dude.

 

[Wildin]

Miscarriage of justice.

I bet the jury was 100% white.

 

[EndDomination]

he was definitely moving funny - any time a new "Black" group with no ideology and no deep community connections runs into the spotlight and is revolutionary in aesthetic only - we should be concerned

this still seems like bullshyt though

 

[King Jove]

What was this silly nikka thinking?????

He claims his AR-15 rifle was empty and the trigger was in the safe position when he pointed it, adding that he was only looking around with the flashlight on the gun’s barrel.

This is why the Black Panther Party explicitly told it's members to never point their guns unless they were about to shoot.

If you're gonna LARP as a revolutionary, at least understand the gun laws and follow them down to the T.

 

[Arithmetic]

And what will happen to the police officers seen here violating the civil rights of two law-abiding HBCU students?





Oh they were acquitted, nvm

 

[LevelUp]

 

[shutterguy]

Was wondering what happened to this guy.

 

[Jcotton1]

Really