I understand everyone has a right to an attorney, but Darden didn’t have to take the case, he did it because he wanted the attention and when he got too much attention he lashed out.
Now, according to TMZ he’s quitting.
Nipsey Hussle’s alleged murderer is going to need a new lawyer — Christopher Darden is quitting the case … and it sounds like a wave of death threats to him and his family were just too much.
Darden, who famously prosecuted O.J. Simpson in his double murder trial, says he’s received death threats since taking Holder’s case — and the flood of hatred reminded him of the O.J. case. As he put it, “Just as they were in 1995-Cowards never change. These days these cowards don’t send letters instead they sit anonymously behind keyboards threatening a man’s mother and children.”
Darden hinted he might reveal more in the future about exactly why he’s bailing on Holder — aka “Shitty Cuz” — but made it clear to his haters that he won’t forget … “To those who issued those threats to my children please pay close attention so there is no misunderstanding. Later. F**K YOU!”
But, Darden wants to make the point that under the Constitution, EVERYONE deserves a defense in court. He says, “After centuries of a history of black men hung from trees without trial, or after the thousands of cases of black men tried, convicted and executed without counsel … I cannot understand why in 2019 some people would deny a black man his 6th Amendment right to counsel of his choice.”
Holder is due in court today, it will be the last time Darden will be with him.
Flip the page for video of their previous court appearance.