Tasty. > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:01:11 -0700 (PDT) > > Rudy:"The tape earlier in the day of Ruby Freeman and Shaye > Freeman > Moss and one other gentleman, quite obviously surreptitiously > passing around USB ports as if they're vials of heroin or cocaine. I > mean it's obvious to anyone who is a criminal investigator or a > prosecutor, they are engaged in surreptitious, illegal activity that > day, again that day And after a week ago, they're still walking > around Georgia lying." > > Moss and Freeman are Black, and the racist subtext couldn't be > plainer here. We'll address that a bit more below, but for now note > the remark about USB ports. They did not note it during the hearing, > perhaps because it's a bit of inside baseball for the computer > savvy, but let us point out that you can use any of the following > terms for that hypothetical device: USB drive, thumb drive, jump > drive, flash drive, keychain drive, data stick, pen drive, removable > storage, key drive, or portable drive (among others). What you > cannot do is call it a USB port. A USB port is what the drive plugs > in to, it is not the drive itself. > > What they did note during the hearings is what Moss actually was > passing to her mother. It wasn't a USB drive, or any other form of > technical equipment. What was it? A ginger mint.