Aaron Hernandez is on trial for a Boston double murder unrelated to the murder he has already been convicted of.
Prosecutors are using his jailhouse calls to one of the Pouncey brothers as evidence.
Officials say Hernandez feels the victims in the homicide case were “trying” him before he shot them to death later that night.
The first phone call went down on April 3rd, 2015:
“During this call, the defendant talks about how he has changed and now he would not want to even go in a club if there were ‘black people there” because if they (referring to he and the Pounceys) go in “imagine if I go in the club with y’all n*ggas and n*ggas try you, you already know what time it is, feel me?'”
“This statement is relevant as an example of the defendant’s use of the word ‘try,’ referring to being disrespected. Bradley will testify (and likely be subject to vigorous cross-examination) that the defendant repeatedly told him that he felt that people — and, ultimately the homicide victims in this case — were ‘trying’ him.”
The second call took place on April 28, 2015:
“During this call, [Hernandez] stated words to the effect of, ‘I’m going to get another tattoo that looks like a stop sign that will say, ‘Beware, no hesitation.’ [Hernandez] said, ‘You feel me? Like try me and there’s no hesitation.'”
“Again, as set forth above, this statement is relevant to the defendant’s use of the word ‘try’ and ongoing perception that others were ‘trying him’ — and suggest how the defendant responds when tried.”
That is a bit of a leap by prosecutors, but this is Hernandez we are talking about.