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Opening statements begin in trial of self-proclaimed citizen journalist
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Nydia Tisdale confers with her defense team Monday morning at the start of the criminal trial against her. Tisdale, who calls herself a citizen journalist, was forcibly removed from a political rally at a local pumpkin farm in 2014 and subsequently arrested on charges of trespassing and obstruction of an officer.
Opening statements were set to begin Nov. 29 in the case against citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale. She faces trespassing and obstruction charges after refusing to stop shooting video of speeches at an August 2014 political rally Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville. Prosecutors and defense attorneys questioned prospective jurors Monday and Tuesday in a courtroom at the Dawson County Government Center. A jury of nine men and five women was seated late Nov. 28.