tellner
04-12-2008, 12:42 AM
Full article (http://www.slate.com/id/2188823/entry/2188824/) contains NSFW but completely appropriate language in transcript which he later completed.
The "legal tabloid" abovethelaw.com (http://www.abovethelaw.com/about.php) named Ron Tolkin (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/the-quiet-presence-in-the-courtroom/) "Court Reporter of the Day (http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/03/lawyer_and_court_reporter_of_t.php)" last month after the 61-year-old Brooklyn stenographer was called upon to wrestle a rampaging criminal to the ground in open court. Tolkin jumped on defendant Victor Wright after the convicted drug felon started choking (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/nyregion/12court.html) federal prosecutor Carolyn Pokorny, head of the Eastern District of New York narcotics division (http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nye/divisions/crim/crim.html). The crazed Wright also tried, unsuccessfully, to slash Pokorny with a razor (see Page 6), but the weapon fell to the floor amid the tumult. As Tolkin subdued the assailant, with help from the defendant's lawyer and two U.S. marshals, his tape recorder picked up the scuffle. Several days later, the conscientious (http://ncraonline.org/AboutNCRA/cope/) court reporter produced a certified (Page 7) transcript of the unusual proceedings. Excerpts appear below and on the following six pages.
The "legal tabloid" abovethelaw.com (http://www.abovethelaw.com/about.php) named Ron Tolkin (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/the-quiet-presence-in-the-courtroom/) "Court Reporter of the Day (http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/03/lawyer_and_court_reporter_of_t.php)" last month after the 61-year-old Brooklyn stenographer was called upon to wrestle a rampaging criminal to the ground in open court. Tolkin jumped on defendant Victor Wright after the convicted drug felon started choking (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/nyregion/12court.html) federal prosecutor Carolyn Pokorny, head of the Eastern District of New York narcotics division (http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nye/divisions/crim/crim.html). The crazed Wright also tried, unsuccessfully, to slash Pokorny with a razor (see Page 6), but the weapon fell to the floor amid the tumult. As Tolkin subdued the assailant, with help from the defendant's lawyer and two U.S. marshals, his tape recorder picked up the scuffle. Several days later, the conscientious (http://ncraonline.org/AboutNCRA/cope/) court reporter produced a certified (Page 7) transcript of the unusual proceedings. Excerpts appear below and on the following six pages.