Samantha Woll Murder Trial: Opening arguments Tuesday

Michael Jackson-Bolanos is charged with murder and home invasion after he allegedly stabbed Samantha Woll in her Detroit home in October, 2023.
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[@denim-th2dx]

1:16:36 omg I laughed when he said 'situation' 😂 Straight out da college of " doesn't I sound distinguished "

[@Neet4474]

She is a fair judge.

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

I like her. She seems professional.

[@bargainbeauty7529]

0:18 oh my gosh... Not him 😭

[@refinedrubies1267]

Lol

[@JustMe-ol1xc]

Seriously lol why is this dude back he makes it worse for these criminals

[@GigglingHamster]

😂😂😂😂 it’s the same guy 😩🤦🏾‍♀️ and the prosecutor is the same as well. Seems they work together often.

[@Neet4474]

That lawyer represents all the criminals 😮

[@GQLounge1]

@@GigglingHamster that's usually how it goes.

[@mzsouthernbelle9979]

the defense is giving me darrell brooks with a law degree

[@YvonneMelvin]

That’s what I said, DB Jr. 2.0 word salad. Def guy never ask his own questions. Take Prosector questions and witness answers and ask some mumble jumble of the 2 mixed and ask the question with CORRECT? Like they will say yes each time. And he is a big BADGER of the witness.

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

Oh calm down!.... Brooks was certifiably insane.....this man despite his looks and the way he speaks... and it seems, these days, no one an speak correctly..not even newscasters!.... The man is a lawyer just doing his job....here in the Armed Madhouse of America. If Bloanos is convicted? So be it. Why can't we just wait and see?

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

It's not about the hair!

[@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471]

haha

[@donwrinkles717]

​@pattymelt-go3fv No shit. It's about BAR Exam score. Which are equally unprofessional & unkempt

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

I like the judge...and how she reads the jury instructions. I cannot imagine how hard this will be for the jury!

[@nitpoon7982]

thank you for posting

[@deborahjackson4295]

He was wrong about what he did to Ms Woll. She was so beautiful

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

But wait we just don't know until he is convicted by a jury of his peers...premature...just wait.

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the confession, he's just a poor jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@dudemorris7769]

@@nunyabiz1780we sure are ignoring it as the evidence collected proves he couldn’t have done it, Jew or not.

[@dudemorris7769]

@@nunyabiz1780sad that you’re so blatantly racist. Sounds like you may be involved or know the defendant as you keep posting the same nonsense over & over.

[@stephwiller9089]

The ex-boyfriends statement isn't good but in the end the blood evidence is gonna be what convicts him.

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the ex-boyfriend confession, he's just a poor weed smoking jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@dudemorris7769]

Yep. Along with how he didn’t want anyone to see him, creeping & lurking, hiding in the shadows, doing all he could to not get caught, by his own words. He then claimed that he saw someone setting outside so he purposely went down to check the person out, odd since he did all he could to not be seen. However, he went to run into this person purposely, then was so curious he physically touched her, claimed she was cold & felt like dry wall plaster, but she didn’t have a pulse, he never seen if it was a black or white woman, but knew it was a woman. He later brought up to the cops it was a white woman, & that he had been checking up on the investigation on his phone many many times before he was caught.

[@dudemorris7769]

@@nunyabiz1780it’s a good thing we’re smart enough to follow the evidence laid out for us by the prosecution & the forensic data evidence on both the victim & the defendants phone.

[@WilliamWagner1]

No, apparently dry blood wicks up quite aggressively on waterproof northface fabric.

[@westernhemisphere2205]

Those dreadlocks look like they've been slept in for about five years.

[@dudemorris7769]

He always looks dirty & reminds me so much of DB. Not too far off from DB & sadly he has a law degree.

[@ElieGroff]

​@@dudemorris7769GROUNDS!!😂

[@spiritualwarexposed3145]

They are locs, black hairstyle that ain’t meant to be pretty dafk!

[@KeyMillyy]

The bar loves em!

[@JahdiaLenee]

I don’t think he’s guilty. I need real evidence. In fact I think he was arrested for being in the wrong area at the wrong time while black. So far the evidence is a case of clue… between the ex boyfriend who said he did it & the pervy neighbor who claimed he didn’t even know if it was a girl or guy on the ground surrounded by all them bushes, but the wife was about to tell off rip because of the hair clip in her hair. Smh.

[@donwrinkles717]

#Arrested4MurderWhiǁeBlack

[@ElieGroff]

The victim's blood on your clothing is a strong clue for me😊

[@Nel164]

lol wait so there’s someone who admitted to the murder but they decided to pursue someone else instead?

[@JEUNGURA]

People don't go to jail just for saying they killed someone.

[@spiritualwarexposed3145]

@@JEUNGURAwell when they admit to it and there’s video of him running from her apartment after the murder I think you should ….

[@WilliamWagner1]

@@spiritualwarexposed3145 That was 3 hours before the murder, and it wasn't him.

[@pudda33]

What is this on top of his head? LOL

[@LeapinLarryK22]

I think that you might be referring to what is called a "keepa" or most commonly known as a "yamalka"

[@monikaelkins8544]

And why would her boyfriend say I think I did it . That’s weird as hell. If he or who ever did it gets the maximum life 100 time in prison

[@surpriseimblack]

How is there only one public defender in all of Detroit???? Something is seriously wrong with their system!!!!!! WTF... 😑😑😑

[@malcriadamedina5358]

Exactly and people think that public defenders are able to put up a good defense for all their clients

[@dudemorris7769]

Sad since this one isn’t that good to be factual. This man could have & should have come up with a better defense for his client. Trying to use the ex boyfriend who has absolutely been cleared & not any cameras, including those same cameras that his client is on all over town, doesn’t have the ex boyfriend on any of them, not a one. It also has the ex at the synagogue & no where near the home of the deceased. It’s almost as if he’s serving his client up to the jury as the evidence they have against his client with all the metadata, the ex boyfriend isn’t on at all.

[@spiritualwarexposed3145]

@@dudemorris7769Bf is def on camera did you even watch the defense closing statements ? He’s literally on camera running from her apartment area

[@lenemaxwell2767]

1) Atty Brown is retained by Mr. Jackson-Bolanos. Not appointed. 2) There are many PDs in Detroit and they work diligently for their clients. 3) What is "their" system? You mean the criminal legal system in the US? I do agree there is a lot wrong with it. What are you doing to change it?

[@lenemaxwell2767]

@@malcriadamedina5358 LOL, they are often so much better because they have a LOT of experience.

[@KayAintPressed]

Dam every person he represent be looking rough just like him. Hair all nappy

[@SteveHicks-ms3se]

But he happy. With pocket full of doe!!!

[@KayAintPressed]

@@SteveHicks-ms3se y'all men think money will keep y'all from looking a mess idgaf how much money he got . Its mighty funny how y'all can call chicks ugly because y'all sorry asses think it don't matter if y'all look good or not. Well, it does matter cuz we got standards just like y'all do broke or not

[@sarahrean7174]

🙄

[@mommaof2.]

That was my thought too. This attorney looks as scummy as his murdering client

[@Conscious_CityGirl_DET]

Such an ignorant statement!

[@malcriadamedina5358]

I've been on Zoloft since 2017, feel totally normal, only one time I got heat stress but no Zoloft won't make you confess to a crime you didn't commit. Hope people can see through this and also realize someone like Amanda Knox is also not innocent

[@wickedsgirl1127]

distinctively vs distinctly

[@MWe-hr9lh]

So wrong. But why would the prosecutor put any blame on her? I hate that. “Her mistake” allowed him to kill her is what he said. Not a fan of that.

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

Are you saying she wasn't capable of making a mistake? Grow up!

[@stephwiller9089]

He wasn't blaming her. He is just explaining the door was left open by accident. I'm assuming he is doing that to counteract any claim that she knew her killer or maybe let them in.

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the confession, he's just a poor jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@surpriseimblack]

I'm sorry but I'm tired of this “weed made me do it bulshit” Or my “milk toast antidepressants made me do it” If you're taking an antipsychotic or mood stabilizer that's one thing. But if you're just taking an SSRI like you need to sit down. And you just smoking tree 🌴 but the weed was so good that it made you confess to a murder that you didn't commit???? Got it! Oh and just on the day of her murder your dose gets increased. So it's not even like they started you on a new medication. And your body is medication•naive.. Biggest bunch of b.s i ever heard.. 😂😂😂

[@surpriseimblack]

You know who slashes tires? Not random murderers. But people that you know that have issues with you. Like ex-lovers...

[@dudemorris7769]

Or a known felon who’s done it in the past & been convicted of doing so.

[@brucesmith1544]

This is the luckiest guy alive with that crazy boyfriend, but you know he'll do it again

[@monikaelkins8544]

I hate this happened it’s horrible but we don’t leave our doors unlocked in Detroit never ever. Back in the 50’s you could but not now

[@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471]

same as in the UK - to think 6 of us (Family) would go to bed knowing the back-door wasn't locked!!

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the ex-boyfriend confession, he's just a poor weed smoking jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@mojo6098]

@@nunyabiz1780 Change the tune sherlock, we heard you the first time.

[@LeapinLarryK22]

​@mojo6098 I agree with you 💯 this person has said the same thing quite a bit throughout the comments here, and quite frankly with his phrasing of "jew" to me is coming off as racist. No matter what, I agree with you Mojo6098! !!

[@ElieGroff]

​@@LeapinLarryK22I agree and have reported to KZbin twice. Anti-semit racist for sure.

[@iCover480]

His lawyer needs a shave and a shower.

[@dannidazzle]

Oh shut it. 🙄

[@dannidazzle]

You should worry about your own hygiene, or shower him, since your so concerned whether or not he does this himself. He has dreads but looks 10x healthier than half the old pale skin lawyers out there.

[@jetclntn]

There was never a more beautiful soul, than Samantha Woll How can anyone defend this disgusting filth. He is guilty as charged

[@pattymelt-go3fv]

Why don't you just wait for the official verdict? Why? Dead of night....And this "petty thief" murdered a woman then stole nothing? It is possible he just came across her body outside after her boyfriend killed her? Is that really out of the realm of imagination? I am retired and I sleep all day and I'm out late at night .......sh*t goes on between 2 an 4 am all the time. Strange people and strange things between 2am and 4am I don't know what Bolanos did? And I'm glad I'm not on that jury! So, can we let justice take it's proper course...Please?

[@houiemdandani81]

Le petit ami est aussi coupable il n est pas innocent c est sûr.un voleur au hasard ne tue pas quelqu’un comme ça sans rien voler en plus et d une manière aussi intense et il ne crève pas les pneus de la victime.c est une personne proche de la victime.

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the confession, he's just a poor jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@nunyabiz1780]

her friend testified that this woman who worked for the democrats was mental and had mental people in her life. her tard face ex-boy friend confessed then retracted.

[@ashleywilliams7011]

You're talking the ex boyfriend, right?

[@venusventura9548]

I see Michael Jackson hired peaches and Herb wtf she wearing big gold hoops in the court room..smh

[@lisalopez8639]

Who was Michael to Samantha ?

[@nunyabiz1780]

On day four of the Samantha Woll murder trial, her ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Herbstman, listened to the 911 call he made on Nov. 7 - in which he confessed to killing Woll.

[@lisalopez8639]

@@nunyabiz1780 I definitely believe he did it. This is gonna be a hard one. His demeanor just seems so odd but then Michael, how did you get blood on your clothes? Why did you see a dead body and run? I have so many questions.

[@Queen_Baddie22]

@@lisalopez8639maybe he thought she was homeless and asleep checked to see if she had anything valuable on her and that’s how the blood got on the jacket . Certainly if he killed her there would be way more blood . There wasn’t even blood in his car

[@Jurybirdie]

This case is horrible, scary, infuriating & an injustice to America! This can n happen to any innocent person!!

[@surpriseimblack]

I bet you if there is enough evidence on the defendant, then I'm telling you right now...I bet you the bf and the defendant know each other...

[@nunyabiz1780]

Please ignore the confession, he's just a poor jew. And please donate your money to that poor Ukrainian jew grandma that's been in those charity commercials for a decade or more.

[@Queen_Baddie22]

Definitely not ignoring a confession … the ex made