A Fourth Juror Speaks After the Mistrial Another juror has come forward after last week’s mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, adding new detail about what allegedly happened during deliberations. Earlier, three jurors spoke with NBC’s Sue O’Connell and criticized the lone male juror who did not join the others in voting to acquit. One juror called him “very arrogant,” while another said he had “reasonable doubt” after jurors watched a video interview. A third said he had trouble moving past the fact that Clancy had killed her children. The case involves the deaths of three young children, and the facts are painful no matter where one stands on the legal question. https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2097666478753374708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw What the Fourth Juror Told WBZ-TV Later Tuesday, WBZ-TV’s Kristina Rex interviewed a fourth female juror, who described pressure inside the jury room. According to her, “the majority of the room was trying to sway” the lone holdout “from the very beginning.” Rex asked where the juror herself stood at first. The juror answered that she originally believed Clancy was guilty and criminally responsible, adding, “maybe I still believe that in a certain way.” She also said she believed Clancy was not mentally healthy and was…

The Chant Returns in Gainesville The University of Florida brought back the “Gator Bait” cheer Saturday during the Gators’ game against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville. The cheer, long known for fans stretching out their arms and clapping them like an alligator’s jaws, had been shelved in June 2020. Video from the season opener circulated on X, showing the UF marching band performing the cheer and fans responding inside the stadium. For many Florida supporters, it was the return of a familiar game-day tradition that had been placed in storage during one of the more tense chapters in recent campus politics. Why The Cheer Was Removed In 2020, then-University of Florida President Kent Fuchs said the phrase carried concerns because of historic racist imagery from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including depictions tied to alligator hunting. At the same time, Fuchs also said he knew of no evidence that racism was connected to the “Gator Bait” cheer at UF sporting events. That was the central tension from the start: the school was not saying the actual stadium chant had racist intent or history on campus, but it still removed the cheer because the…