The Massachusetts Appeals Court today ordered a new trial for a Black man who pleaded guilty to three gun-related charges in 2018, because his white public defender at the time turned out to have a deep hatred of Blacks, details of which he readily shared on his public Facebook page, if not with his clients.

Ronald Badgett has already completed his five-year sentence in state prison - with credit for the 207 days he'd spent locked up before his sentencing.

Badgett was arrested at the Lenox Street housing development on Feb. 24, 2017. According to a Boston Police account:

When officers stopped Badgett, he continually reached inside his pockets and ignored officers’ orders to keep his hands where they could see them. For fear of a weapon, officers attempted to pat frisk Badgett, and after

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