Sydney Powell's Teacher Testifies in Mother Stabbed Murder Trial

#SydneyPowell's English teacher from high school, Kathryn Milligan, says Powell was a good student who cared about her grades, but did not recall her having a severe mental illness. Powell is accused of killing her own mother. She pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.
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[@debra7933]

Does anyone know why the words "So help you GOD" are no longer uttered upon swearing in?

[@coffeechi1869]

@@debra7933yes the democrats had it removed saying court is not a religion.

[@debra7933]

@@coffeechi1869 I see. Thank you for the response.

[@hollyjolly2066]

​@@debra7933 I had wondered that, too. Unfortunate...

[@debra7933]

@@hollyjolly2066 It is unfortunate Holly.

[@jaeweber1]

Sydney shouldn't be smiling at all for any reason during this trial. 😡

[@gailmorra]

Exactly

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Yes.. how can u be smiling when u have killed ur mother 😢

[@godivagirl6325]

She broke character, did u see her look bk at jury and got bk to being sad smh

[@Jsarmy87124]

Her brain is not like us so of course she gonna smile

[@phalisatumblin1249]

I agree

[@debbiepowell2036]

The teacher never answered the questioned asked, There was nothing that you saw that alerted you to anything? She said, "I never reported anything" That's not what he asked😢 Big difference

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Also when her grandma was asked if she thought sidney was faking she didn't answer was there a objection or what she answered the next question thou...

[@GH-oi2jf]

You have not represented that exchange accurately. You should listen to it carefully and quote it exactly. I listened to it and i believe she answered the question. The prosecutor accepted it.

[@grudge0132]

Teacher sound like she one of that monster toy fools..

[@lovepet4565]

That teacher had such obvious disdain for the prosecutor It was patently obvious

[@nancyroman580]

Teacher forgot to add her "panic" attack & number vision on her recommendation letter..... Bravo Teacher of the Year. This women is so pathetic, just count how many times she stuck her thong out and smack her mouth 🐸🐊🦎🐍🦎

[@lisayork2624]

She’s just the female version of Chandler Halderson. His parents found out he was lying about still being in school so he murdered them just like Sydney did. Both lied about it afterwards. He’s serving a life sentence, so should she.

[@triciamuir]

Exactly! Grant Amato and Joel Guy Jr are similar, but Chandler's case almost mirrors this case.

[@skylarstypulczak9864]

YES! I have thought the EXACT same thing during this trial ! Her and Chad have so many things in common.

[@shortcake5472]

💯

[@kandylaland]

Kyle Navin, Erik Metzig, Tyler Hadley etc. It goes on and on with these people. Pure evil and violent

[@Elegant_Sausage]

​@@kandylalandChris porco

[@DovaMati]

Out on bond. Gets her nails done. Covers her ears like a two year old. Cries instantly when she wants. Stops like hitting a switch. Entitled. Spoiled. Coddled. Manipulative. Mom was on the phone about to hear some truth. She was an obstacle in Sydney's way about to find out Princess Sydney wasn't a golden child. So Sydney manipulated the situation.

[@joanpartin9798]

Agree with all you said but the crying part . She tried to cry but couldn't get any tears . Fake crying.

[@truthteller9071]

Spot on! 🎯

[@Jenahh-aye]

She makes a terrible actress. That crying is a joke.

[@wesner326]

Absolutely! And it seems she might have been able to manipulate the teacher somewhat, bc she seemed a little bias to me.

[@carriewittbrodt5072]

Both parents were prominent in this neighborhood. Well known at the school. This girl got her way thru teen years. Couldn't handle it when no favors were given at a different level of education and she was suppose to do it on her own. Has a bother who lost his mother due to her rage...she's not mentally ill, just too pampered to be accountable as an adult!

[@truthteller9071]

That girl is no schizophrenic.

[@ridgemanron]

'Stefanophrenic', for sure, since I heard she idolizes the congresswoman from New York State and would like to be called Elise.

[@kateashby3066]

Nope, they don’t try and cover up their crime IMMEDIATELY. no this chick is your average narcissist. Wolf in sheeps clothing. And her parents did that to her!

[@minounettedurand4422]

Not only schizophrenia..... buy she is very mentally sick. Look at her eyes..... she is lost. And her nails..... no decent in these circunstances.

[@Cheyna1993]

She bashed her mother in the head with a cast iron skillet and stabbed her 30 times and they’re all in the courtroom giggling

[@Vt12365]

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[@MrMooremelody]

barely. 1 second smile out of hours and hour and weeks of trial. spare me

[@jmcieslak0]

need a break from the tension once in a while, it's a demanding environment

[@Cheyna1993]

@@MrMooremelody Nope, the giggling still doesn’t get a pass from me. SPARE ME

[@MrMooremelody]

@Cheyna1993 you clearly don't know how a court room works. Like I said, weeks and weeks in the court room, people are allowed a smile. You don't know the context. And they're not 'giggling' as you say

[@JD-ps6lb]

Her entire demeanor changed when the prosecutor started questioning her… even her facial expressions and breathing..

[@C.W.scottishhighlandmumma1821]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. It was like flipping a switch 😳

[@CloudySunflowerfield]

I’m was hoping I also wasn’t the only one to notice that.

[@annarosati5246]

I was about to say the same thing. She appeared defensive … her entire demeanour changed. I feel like Sydney wasn’t prepared for the test and therefore used this teacher to get her out of it for now so that she’d have more time to study. To say that it was inappropriate to contact an administrator isn’t correct. She should’ve sent her down to see an administrator to discuss the situation instead of making another teacher ( colleague) feel compelled to move the test for her and to speak on her behalf.

[@Mimi-hn6iv]

She was very short and rude.

[@sarahprice1375]

She was brusque in the extreme and was a different personality. I feel so sorry for the victim.

[@dexdecker]

She went blind temporarily and the teacher didn’t call the nurse or counselor? Wtf?

[@tamarevans9025]

It reeks of BS. She probably didn't study, simple as that.

[@karenstieglitz3443]

@@tamarevans9025 This is what I think, too.

[@mandyhaven4290]

Manipulative even then

[@kateashby3066]

@@tamarevans9025Lmfao that girl has been manipulating ppl since she popped out of the womb. The way she is so reliant on her daddy and the way he coddles her tells us everything we need to know about how she got this way. Make a fuss and watch everyone nearby do backflips to appease you. Good ole narcissist.

[@agrajag1084]

When you suddenly realise you are smiling and laughing then instantly go back to hiding your face and being all upset!

[@elliebellie7816]

Why did the English teacher get involved in resolving the student's problem with the Chemistry teacher? It was none of her business what was going on in the Chemistry class and she should have let the Chemistry teacher handle it. Very likely the Chemistry teacher saw the situation for what it was - the student had not prepared anything for the assignment and was looking for a way out.

[@jashhh1295]

Absolutely agree

[@WendyRichards-uq3cu]

Miss Powell has mastered manipulation & had this particular teacher wrapped up in her farce.

[@honeybadger1847]

My English teacher was my protector, my de facto counselor. She was my safe space. I suspect Sydney felt the same way about Ms. Milligan. And chemistry was my nemesis. I’d speak to my English teacher frequently about my dread of chemistry, my inability to comprehend it, despite hours of study. To suggest that Sydney hadn’t prepared for the exam is ludicrous. It doesn’t fit with her personality type at all. She would have overstudied, not “slacked.” And I suspect her friend suggested they go to Ms. Milligan’s office and Sydney just acquiesced. We view the world and the things that happen in it through highly personal lenses. I can’t understand your observations and I’m sure you can’t understand mine. But I think we can both pay attention to the MMPI-2.

[@amandachrist387]

She taught her to ski, so she got attached, but definitely, should have been a guidance counselor.

[@ihatespam2807]

Because academia if full of tenured idiots!

[@judyskinner254]

She is definitely NOT a schizophrenic.She might be a psychopath though.

[@kateashby3066]

Narcissist is the word you’re looking for. Psych0paths rarely k!LL their own. Narcs on the other hand are almost always the ones who k!LL their own family/spouses

[@dianamcmillan3285]

How can she even smile after what she did to her mother .

[@irisheyes5890]

Teacher is a little jolly considering Sydney pleaded guilty to murder. And when the teacher was cross examined you could tell she was defensive toward the prosecutor, rolling eyes, facial expression etc.

[@amandachrist387]

"I'm not an expert"

[@Dr_KAP]

She wouldn’t be in court if she’d pleaded guilty. She pleaded not guilty.

[@LinkRocks]

She pled not guilty by reason of insanity.

[@Mimi-hn6iv]

Exactly!!

[@Mimi-hn6iv]

She also cut him off.

[@traceymaisto2989]

She gets her nails done for court, seen walking out of court with a smile on her face. How could the family be ok of her killing her mother. I’m outraged over this case. She is going to get away with it. I hate how she is sitting there looks like she is doing cross word puzzles. She looks like a spoiled brat. 😡

[@towram]

To the fullest!!! She in her mind ... probably thinks she will get out of this like all other life events.. oh I can't see the numbers... can I take the test tomorrow.. Smh

[@DT-ml7ob]

I actually don't think she will get away with it. She will definitely get a punishment however I don't believe it will be to the fullest extent of the law. I can't imagine a jury being fooled by this choir girl act.

[@janiemarshall4320]

Wow

[@shawnnycollins4274]

@@RoxyLabassa-ti9nhToo late for that.

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

None of her family is okay with her killing her mother.

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

This girl is NOT insane !! Throw the book at her 😡

[@SoneBlink]

" Sidney: I can't see the numbers, i want to take the test another day". Teacher : "yes, sure." She always got away with her lies.

[@1dontknow4321]

That’s because it’s a Christian school, not a public school. Christian schools don’t even have to have real teachers.

[@sairysv8625]

What class was she in? Senior?

[@DR-mq1vn]

So she cried to her teacher, so they let her take the chemistry test on another day. Sydney sounds manipulative to me. Sounds like people have always coddled her.

[@tinab3627]

That would be almost everyone in her age group 😢

[@etet4536]

Totally agree.

[@msangelz]

Think your generalising as not everyone cries and gets their way

[@truthteller9071]

The teacher arranged it for her instead holding Sydney accountable to speak to the other teacher!

[@priscilliacarter1144]

There is nothing wrong with Sydney

[@FizzleFrazle]

“Offing your mother was hard on you. Let’s go get your nails done” - the family

[@rosiebuckley3575]

Wth is wrong with that family. So weird 🤷‍♀️

[@JustLikeJulia9]

They are a family of enablers!(imo)

[@MySanty2010]

Exactly. What is wrong with this family??? They bonded her out, no questions asked, and took her to live on the family farm. “It’s ok that you just murderized ur mother/bestie”.

[@MrRhiannedanielle]

Or this girl was in psychosis with schizophrenia, as diagnosed by a qualified professional, and the family could see and believe that. I'm shocked at how obviously unwell this young lady was (currently medicated, and will likely never be as she was before schizophrenia took hold), and yet how many people here don't get it or understand schizophrenia. Its very common for stress reactions to trigger the first episode of psychosis in schizophrenia at around this young ladies age. To kill her mother was totally out of character, yet very much in line with what a psychotic individual with paranoid and delusional thoughts would do. I wish more people understood the array of mental illnesses there are and how they can affect people. This case is absolutely tragic.

[@patriciagallace5065]

People are too quick to judge without a full understanding of psychosis mental illness

[@Beechnut2U]

She wasn't honest after she murdered her Mother.

[@sabineliebehenz4492]

And before neither

[@rosiebuckley3575]

She was fairly quick to make up lies to try and cover herself. She knew exactly what she was doing, she's devious and I hope the jury are not fooled

[@GH-oi2jf]

Exactly.

[@joes.4149]

@@rosiebuckley3575wouldn’t a schizo be all wh wh whaaat have I donnnnne. 😂

[@moriA503]

I noticed in one shot the other day when Sydney was supposedly crying she almost smirked or smiled caught herself! She’s a manipulative person for sure 😡

[@levinshyeh]

what’s the time stamp please?

[@tammymartin880]

Dupers Delight

[@CharlotteFreya21]

@@levinshyeh2:42

[@aslmad1]

So what? You know how long these trials are? Should she never smile again?! For the rest of her life?!

[@brendalinker3764]

I wouldn't smile ever again if i was responsible for murdering my mother

[@lyndseyculver3057]

This lady is so biased towards the defense. She's rude and making faces when the prosecution questions her.

[@Jo.lawler]

Yes a totally different attitude with the prosecution, could she purse her lips any thinner.

[@lyndseyculver3057]

@Jo.lawler such special treatment given to this girl and she gets to leave court, and live free on grandma's farm. Mental illness my butt. She's sane. She's a manipulator and a narcissist. RIP Brenda

[@gailmorra]

A complete turn of her behavior. Jeering at the Prosecutor

[@sinclairreed5367]

Came here to say the exact same thing. Her jovial nature completely changed, her looking off and the pursing of her lips,I'm almost positive that the defense gave her the questions to expect from them, she clearly seems defensive.

[@judygutierrez4309]

She must be getting paid lots of money

[@kimhutchins70]

Sydney whines & lies....and people bend over backwards to help her through every emotion. Unbelievable

[@Monalisa0622]

That's why she is in the situation she's in

[@shawnnycollins4274]

@@Monalisa0622Exactly!

[@misskathleen490]

the way she is being "coddled" is beyond strange right? I believe it is because the amount of support in this very small courtroom making a point to her perhaps that they still care about her? I dont get it. I am sure they realize there is no way out for her she is going to either Marysville or Heartland Psych and Marysville would be better im sure.

[@iveliserojas612]

Like he dad and family are so pathetic

[@iveliserojas612]

What get me everyone thinks they no her it just Btk and happy face etc serial killers Ted bundy all was loved good ppl but had another side just like he’s daughter he defends her and he’s and denial but the victim didn’t get no live by her family and he’s family pathetic to believe this narcissistic it’s pathetic omg just like Ted bundy Btk and other serial had a good IG but hide a big secret they crazy

[@chanel2018-k3z]

I would think this teacher would have reported this to the school nurse 🤷‍♀️

[@truthteller9071]

At minimum. But she knew she was lying

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@truthteller9071🤔🙄oh really?

[@cwaters5456]

Good point.

[@tamarevans9025]

Or an optometrist lol 😂

[@Katiekay.]

@@tamarevans9025 what does this comment even mean???

[@trinity2145]

Her dad was asked about her having any mental health issues the day of. And her dad said NO!!! This girl is just entitled, lying, and I’m hoping the jury sees through this. Because MOST OF US CAN!

[@kirbcutscals]

a huge expert witness that has worked for this district court literally testified that it was his opinion she was insane at the time of the act. y'all want justice but sometimes, life doesn't produce justice.

[@trinity2145]

@@kirbcutscals well, I’m. Not watching the entire trial. Just clips. And an expert also said leticia stauch was insane with multiple personalities and that wasn’t true.

[@HeavenlyPresley-Tonya]

@@trinity2145 LMAO NOT WATCHING THE WHOLE THING --- OMG HUGEEEE Difference - and TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS!!!! YOU COULD EASILY TELL LETECIA WAS FULL OF BS!!!! GO BACK AND WATCH THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS CASE -- THE EXPERT WITNESS AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE WITH WACK LADY TO THIS MAN -- WACK LADY BEING THAT PSYCHIATRIST FOR LETECIA -- HOW CAN YOU DECIDE WITH WATCHING ONLY CLIPS????? THAT IS BEING BIAS! - HE WEIGHED IN ALL THE TESTING ALL THE PSYCH'S DOCS ETC AND THEY ALL AGREED -- MY DAD HAD SCHITZOPHRENIA -- WITH BAD PARANOIA AND DELUSIONS HALLUCINATIONS THINKING PEOPLE WERE OUT TO GET HIM VOICES THREW THE TV --- PSYCHOTIC EPISODES IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL -- RIP DAD - I LIVED IT WITH HIM THEN I WAS DIAGNOSEDDDD WITH BIPOLAR WITH ALL OF THIS BUT NEVER HEARING VOICES OR SEEING THINGS THAT WERE NOT THERE -- ITS H*LL!!! FOR ONE THING THIS WAS HER FIRST!!!! PSYCHOTIC EPISODE NO MEDSSS TO MAINTAIN BEING STABLE YOU HAVE TO BE ON ANTI-PSYCHOTICS!!! I TAKE 2 MY DAD TOOK MANY --

[@DiscernmentNow]

@@trinity2145 I think something happened the way she lost it, and afterwards too. We don't know how she's been acting for the past three years, but she's on meds now her grandmother said. I've seen a lot of mentally ill people, and they CAN appear normal, and then just lose it, especially under extreme pressure, stress, change, etc ... Same with TBI, Traumatic Brain Injured, Dementia. It's hard to know, if we aren't around her day after day.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

We all? No, you can't speak for the majority!! You didn't live alongside her. Like the rest with their assumptions, you really have no knowledge whatsoever.

[@annscott4432]

Not sure why not many noticed this teacher’s friendly happy attitude with testimony to the defense changed when the Prosecution questioned her. Her demeanor was indifferent. Definitely a fan of the defendant.

[@laurenkelly8251]

I came here to say exactly this. She seemed downright hostile to me towards the DA.

[@macewindu4442]

So according to this witness, Sydney was honest and had good grades? The facts prove the opposite, so her credibility is weak imo and she seems heavily biased. No wonder Sydney could manipulate so easily with people like this around her.

[@kaydub4595]

Soooo biased. It was actually annoying

[@JustLikeJulia9]

Exactly! More enablers at school!! And I’m so sick of hearing about what a great student Sydney was… no one cares!! Ted Bundy was intelligent too!

[@amandachrist387]

They're all delusional. Stepford wives

[@feddavandermolen-quest8388]

She had good grades, her dad said the same.

[@shawnnycollins4274]

@@feddavandermolen-quest8388I wonder if she actually earned those good grades on her own merit...doubt it.

[@MindyBeee]

It's a MURDER TRIAL!! Why is the teacher laughing and joking? It's horrific. RIP Brenda 💔

[@vickimooredotco]

It relieves stress.

[@AL-fl4jk]

It’s a stress related reflex in some people, relax Karen

[@mikey0946]

I laugh and joke in traumatic situations. Understand that people handle stressful situations differently.. it doesn’t mean they don’t care or are indifferent about what happened… get over yourself

[@aslmad1]

Life goes on. This is quite a while after Brenda passed on. There’s nothing wrong with being happy or jovial. She was focused on answering the questions. They didn’t ask her to show how she feels about murder And to show how she mourns dead people !

[@laurenkelly8251]

She only giggled like a schoolgirl to help her bestie (Sydney) but what a huge change in attitude when the DA walked up there. This has nothing to do with stress relieving as others are claiming. Very sad.

[@Jenahh-aye]

Them letting her right out sort of disproves the insanity claim doesn't it? If she's so detatched and insane that it justified murdering her mother in this gruesome fashion, wouldn't she have needed more in depth in patient care and help to recover? They want to have the cake, eat the cake, cover the truth with the cake, throw the cake at the safety concerns of society and then save the cake for the little sociopath for later.

[@TheSybil47]

Well said!

[@HeavenlyPresley-Tonya]

DID YOU NOT HEAR THE DOCTOR THAT SHE WAS STILL UNDER PSYCHIATRIC CARE?

[@surfergirl2943]

Yep !

[@TheSybil47]

@@HeavenlyPresley-Tonya Yeah, scary, like an ordinary person, who didn't do anything evil. The Grandma said that Sydney is in charge of her own treatments, and follow it on her own, without help from anyone else.

[@Jenahh-aye]

@@HeavenlyPresley-Tonya umm yes, Yelly Mccrreep, The reason I specified in patient care. In -Patient. She's recieving out patient therapy since very early on, like a non snapped and lost it regular therapy patient. I'm recommending that actually criminally insane persons , require intensive live- in facility care. For years. If not life. They don't gore porn it up bludgeoning and stabbing and slicing someone up like this, and then suddenly get well enough for release outpatient in a matter of days, weeks or even months. It doesn't add up. It's very obvious that she's a sociopath but was never actually temporarily insane. Or she wouldn't have been well enough to stay w her granny within days. You don't snap, then just take meds and boom unsnap like that. That's not how any of this works.

[@HallieElizabeth-no1dw]

What is this teacher’s issue with the prosecution? She has such anger and contempt for him and it is unwarranted. Wow. She is gross

[@GH-oi2jf]

I don’t see anger and contempt. Cross examination is a little different from direct, so she is perhaps more defensive, that’s all.

[@martyliming6171]

This prosecutor does an excellent job of being courteous and calm with each witness. I can definitely see the teachers contempt for him, as well. This mother was murdered in a brutal way. Why is everyone trying to go out of their way to protect the defendant? She may have appeared to be perfect in high school, but something seriously changed that, and I personally don’t believe its a sudden onset of schizophrenia

[@catsanddogs8983]

I mean she hit her mother over the head with that huge cast iron frying pan fracturing her skull and then proceeded to stab her 30 times ABOVE the neck and people are saying" oh poor thing is mentally ill, nobody understands mental illness". Are you kidding me? What about the brutal murder of her MOTHER? She is every bit just as much a danger to society as that other lady schabusiness who chopped up her boyfriend. But because she has a rich family who hires the best attorney and looks like a little schoolgirl she will probably go back to grandma's horse ranch, sickening, someone from a different background would already be locked up! Hope the JURY sees through this.

[@KimberlyThomason]

^^^^This 100%^^^^

[@shastajustice3753]

She is NOT another schabusiness!!

[@lindat3607]

Can't see the numbers? What?? Shouldn't she have called a parent if there was a problem? Teacher rolling her eyes at the cross exam makes me suspect her testimony. Maybe daddy is a big contributor to the school?

[@carriewittbrodt5072]

He knows people high up in politics from what I've read.

[@truthteller9071]

Bingo!

[@Jenahh-aye]

Oh they have some legit connections. She got bail right away, cop buddy called the dad first, judge doesn't make her look at her own carnage. I hope the jury is as fed up with the special treatment as the world and finally give her the accountability she earned.

[@jaclynmailloux4028]

This is such a weird trial to watch. I find myself feeling even worse for the victim than I already felt. To me it seems as though none of these people seem to understand that you can still love someone while also holding them accountable for their actions. She brutally killed her mother, right? Even if mental illness was a major factor in what she did ~ it still happened, so why doesn’t anyone seem to care that she take some accountability here?

[@marilaucher9989]

It's called denial and enabling and I think it has a religious component

[@smiley9872]

@@marilaucher9989 If you don't mind me asking, what religion is involved here?

[@marilaucher9989]

@@smiley9872 in this instance the family was involved in strict Catholicism not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with being a Catholic but in this family's case they're in deep denial I think a good example that I could provide would be that there are two different kinds of priests some are actually psychologists themselves and have an understanding they need to take responsibility for their actions they just can't say five Hail Marys and Jesus will take the wheel okay other priests who have no moral responsibility and expect but they will automatically be forgiven with no accountability and no self-exploration these are the ones who become the pedophiles and the sexual abusers within the church and again it has been permitted because of the extreme denial existing in the church many priests were prosecuted decades after their crimes because of this pervasive belief that All Is Forgiven. A common expression you hear around some Christians is that it is righteous to turn the cheek but actually what they're really doing is turning a Blind Eye In some cases.

[@noreenfarooqui6829]

Maybe they don't want to lose another loved one... Brenda lost to death, and Sydney to prison.

[@julesjule4580]

@user-fe4wr8ce9z and you are presenting as offensive to the humanity community.

[@Cinnamon349]

What is an absolute atrocity is that she is able to commit the most horrible act and then gets bond and lives in peace on a 100 acre farm playing with animals. I mean… what in the world? Should have been no bond no bail! Crazy or Sane either way! Jail time.

[@truthteller9071]

Exactly! I hate that she was able to Fake schizophrenia - not difficult - & whatever quack psychiatrist diagnosed her! This is very much a spoiled brat who is too prideful to admit wrong! She was so close to her mom but acts like all is good! She needs life in prison at the least!

[@carriewittbrodt5072]

I read her father made calls to have that arranged and requested no charges or trial. Just wanted her to be treated by a psychologist, which is strange. There's a second child, a son. that lost his mother due to Sydney's actions. Not much mention of him at all. This girl raged and killed her mother!

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

The family supports her and definitely forgive her why can’t you sounds like god told them it wasn’t her fault but her illness

[@triciamuir]

Def shouldn't have someone FREE that has the capacity to suddenly go off and murder someone when they're caught failing college. Who knows what else will trigger her. I personally wouldn't want to live in society with someone like her. That's scary.

[@caterinascarcella]

She’s been coddled all her life. Can’t believe Brenda’s mom is so accepting of the vicious murder of her daughter!! 😱

[@coffeechi1869]

I think mom had more than one enemy in the family 😢

[@Katiekay.]

can you explain what you mena by that?

[@autism_momma_LosAngeles]

This is like an alternate universe. It's like no one cared about Brenda. They just want Sydney to be able to move on. This prosecutor and his cross are really good. He knows the teacher is not on his side and he reacts with such humility and graciousness even though its clear she hates him

[@laurenkelly8251]

He was brilliant my opinion and feel for his questioning hook, line and sinker. She painted herself into a very small corner and any credibility she may have had, she lost.

[@SarahHolt-z4y]

How about a NURSE if she couldn’t see ?!?!

[@hammerbrad]

Sydney truly doesn't care. Did you all catch her little smiles? She's shady AF

[@DR-mq1vn]

Why didn't the cross examination ask this teacher about students who lie and try to get out of things?

[@DanielGreen-gi3ts]

I have that same question

[@GH-oi2jf]

The teacher said she “knew Sydney would succeed,” but clearly she did not that because Sydney did not succeed.

[@laurenkelly8251]

She became a successful murderer unfortunately!

[@nicolebrown1927]

Lord, this whole thing is so truly sad🥺😢 RIP Beautiful Brenda Powell💙🙏🏽💙😔

[@raptorlover004]

I love how she keeps putting her hands to her ears

[@debrarow1933]

Teacher is Disgusting laughing and joking , it’s a horrendous murder trial for gods sake , just awful, feel so sorry for this lady that lost her life at the Hands of her own daughter

[@rockmyballsplease]

I think everyone in the room laughed, idiot.

[@gomogomez7300]

2:17 smiling Sydney... Is amazing how they all talk with joy and admiration about this criminal young lady...

[@Vikinggirl1968]

That teacher sure changed when prosecutor started to cross exam !!!

[@traveltm]

Yes! Body language very closed off.

[@MyBizOnlu]

I dont agree, defense was asking more warm memory type questions, prosecutors not so much, but she did grin and laugh for him a few times.. Not much body shown to view body language.

[@shastajustice3753]

His line of "questioning" is an attempt to put words in her mouth. I'm surprised the defense attorney isn't objecting to this line of "questioning". He's annoying.

[@laurenkelly8251]

​​​I'm surprised the prosecution didn't ask to treat her like a hostile witness. He was brilliant and did nothing wrong. Did you ever notice her have auditory hallucinations? Did you ever notice her blackout in class. She knew she gave a W for the prosecution. He did not lead the witness in any possible way.

[@BrideOfChuckyy]

Why dont you all upload the whole day of trial? All we get is 20 mins a day wtf

[@holt7088]

Because they have a 📺 channel available to you

[@johnjacobo]

Wait a min what the hell was that at 10:15? 😮 He asked her a question, she was about to reply and someone told him something He then says he has no further questions?

[@EllaBrd]

@@johnjacobothere was an objection and the judge sustained the objection.

[@BrideOfChuckyy]

@@holt7088 you sound stupid af they have a whole archive of full length trials

[@halimak625]

​@@BrideOfChuckyywhere? I've searched utube and rumble I can't find full days trials just highlights 🤷‍♀️🇬🇧

[@baystonjax]

Does it bother anybody else that Sydney has done up nails? She is trying to look all meek, but the nails just throw it off. Just my opinion.

[@denialara8464]

You're right .. she's not fixing her hair but having her nails 💅 done shows who she really is

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

Hair too

[@DR-mq1vn]

Such a shame that her Mom (who she brutally murdered) isn't alive to get a manicure. Yeah, everything Sydney has done bothers me.

[@pmshea63]

No. It's self care.

[@savetrump9120]

It doesn't bother me that her nails are done. I wouldn't even notice it if it wasn't pointed out . The part that bothers me is how her family still supports her. My family never gave me that kind of support about anything. I guess I didn't have a good family. None of us ever killed each other. I just walked away and got on with my life. It must suck having a high GPA and being in prison for the rest of your life.

[@sueallen1945]

Definite mood change when the prosecution cross examined. Makes sense.. just find it interesting.

[@amyhenningsgard8618]

Yes, I noticed that too.

[@noneyabusiness8738]

Yup!! They all stand behind this girl.

[@nazym86]

Yes! Very defensive.... I see an agenda

[@rez3501]

For sure! I hope the jury notices the daggers coming from little miss perfect over there towards the prosecution

[@DanielGreen-gi3ts]

Catholic school has clearly changed. We didn’t get coddled like this. And I’m glad we didn’t.

[@rez3501]

I pray the jury is able to see through this act. As much as she was surrounded by friends, family, coddled, and privileged, surely someone would have noticed if she had such severe issues she didn't know right from wrong. I can't help but feel this was the one time there was a situation she couldn't control or manipulate, and she just frankly lost her sh!t. I wonder if her former teacher is thanking their lucky stars that they let her have a redo on the test.

[@Char_43]

That’s ridiculous!

[@jeynjohnston8085]

​@@Char_43why?

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@RoxyLabassa-ti9nh🤔

[@lesleyhughes3174]

🤔

[@honeybadger1847]

@@RoxyLabassa-ti9nh Is this the privilege and coddling?

[@deborah3912]

This teacher was an easy one to manipulate and SP knew it. SP TOLD her she couldn't see the numbers, this teacher has no way of knowing if that were true or not.

[@MomMom-ys1oc]

She is a malingerer who is a darn good actress. She clearly hated her mother and her rage erupted when she got caught messing up. She just didn't want to play good girl anymore and believed she would get away scott-free. Let her rot in prison!

[@Josh_Jones_13]

I actually went to school with this girl. She was a grade older than me. I would never have expected this from her. We had mutual friends. Always remembered her as a quiet girl. It’s a crazy world we live in. Prayers that she can get help and for her family affected by this.

[@edjohn5114]

So you remembered her as quiet, and that’s why you don’t expect it from her? Interesting analysis

[@Josh_Jones_13]

@@edjohn5114 It’s not that I didn’t expect it because she was quiet, just not the type of person that she gave off. She wasn’t like a strange kid or anything. Just a normal high school girl more on the shy/quiet side.

[@dee8714]

That’s how people described Chris Watts. You never really know a person !

[@Roswell33]

Read about covert (vulnerable) Narcissism. Killers aren't all weirdos either

[@PuddilyOops]

@@dee8714Same vibe, so sweet and perfect until someone saw that they weren’t.

[@We4redev0]

Dang, even the teachers were coddling and enabling her smh

[@levinshyeh]

If she’s oh so mentally ill, why wouldn’t Miss Teacher have reported this to someone? 🤨

[@Beechnut2U]

These "character" witnesses have nothing to do with what Sydney did on Mar 3 to her Mother.😢

[@lovepet4565]

I agree They seemed really hostile towards the DA

[@TheSybil47]

They clearly don't know her, and never did.

[@GH-oi2jf]

This witness was testifying to her behavior. The point is to show that she was not violent, so this violent act was out of character.

[@TheSybil47]

@@GH-oi2jf Yes, and they did that very well, but their's something wrong with the picture they paint of her. A quiet, sporty, religious, best friends with her mother, Mini-Brenda, good grades, etc. Never had a fight, whether verbal, or psycical, no raised voices. That begs the question, why don't we see the normal behaviour of a teenager in Sydney, during he teen years? The way in which she murdered her Mother was filled with hatred. Then, think back on the testimonies of the witnesses, quiet..., "Is she brewing? Surpressing her anger? Then I come to the conclusion, that the folks around her, didn't know her, and that infuriated her. That was her teenage rebellion. All in a few minutes of rage.

[@laurenkelly8251]

​@@GH-oi2jfShe also testified that SP did NOT have noticeable mental health issues, including hallucinations, blackouts, hearing voices etc.

[@truthteller9071]

Why is that murderous, sociopath out on bail being coddled by grandma?? She deserves kife in prison at the least! That girl does Not have schizophrenia!

[@Char_43]

Agree, I’m appalled she hasn’t spent one day in prison! Her grandmother is disgusting too, it was her daughter murdered and all she seems to care about is that spoiled brat!

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

They feel liable for not treating her and there religious beliefs painted this scenario imo crazy most people wouldn’t be this forgiving we all know how teenage girls and moms could fight none go this far , I don’t doubt she needs mental help .

[@jbt8922]

Man the way these kids are turning out nowadays is scary. Discipline is almost nonexistent and they way kids are coddled is making them not being able to care for themselves as adults. She does not have schizophrenia. Watching the body cam footage proved it.

[@lovepet4565]

My 25 year old is not this way at all Worked since 15 About to graduate UNC In a successful relationship, so behaves like a young man not a spoiled boy I think it's certain parents have just stopped being parents

[@Briansmusic-]

@Battlekitten-sl2vn College is daycare to some! :)

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

Dam computers I blame , I was terrible with discipline my kids , either too nice or too mean .

[@lovepet4565]

@Battlekitten-sl2vn not where we live

[@1dontknow4321]

@@lovepet4565So no one ever killed anyone in your day.

[@Annette-z1h]

This woman bothers me. She acts like she doesn't want to be there. Very condescending

[@laurenkelly8251]

She seemed to be having a good h.s. girl giggle session with the defense attorney though. She lost all credibility in my opinion.

[@tamarevans9025]

This teacher was dead wrong about Sydney's collegiate success!

[@shastajustice3753]

Not necessarily. Mental illness often appears in late teens, early 20s.

[@mountainmanreacts6465]

@@shastajustice3753She was still wrong about her collegiate success, though.

[@toni3901]

Wow, why she never took her frustration out in the Dean he were the one who expelled her. She sounds like a person who wants her way all the time.

[@phalisatumblin1249]

Exactly!

[@stephwiller9089]

Well this is just further evidence that she was used to being seen as great and successful and when she couldn't do something she manipulated people into helping her fix it / get around it. When she got to university people stopped coddling her and she freaked because she couldn't hack it, couldn't lie / manipulate her way out of it, and the result was lashing out when faced with consequences.

[@amandachrist387]

Her safety nets weren't there anymore

[@crystalhanson1483]

You are RIGHT ON :) Since my antennal TV isn't showing this Trial, I was trying to find out what has been going on. GREAT COMMENTS on a web site I just found: WEB SITE: Websleuths; Brenda Powell 50, stabbed to death by daughter Sydney. . .CLICK this subject in BLUE. READ COMMENTS from Teachers from High School and COLLEGE. Comments state LIKE YOU'VE STATED; "she was used to being SEEN as great and successful and when SHE couldn't DO something SHE MANIPULATED "PEOPLE" INTO "HELPING" HER FIX/GET AROUND IT". One Teacher states he/she does write Recommendations for College Students. They NEVER know what happens after that. A College Students needs 3 recommendations and they are written "generically" because they don't KNOW the student/family, very well? ? College Teachers :) :) :) :) tell IT like you stated in your comment and WHAT THEIR COLLEGE DOES FOR NEW STUDENTS and SUGGESTS to go to community college. . .that may be EASIER. . .than COLLEGE COURSES that are more difficult for a person like Sydney Powell. "Interesting" comments and "INFORMATIVE" to HELP Understand Sydney Powell TYPE of student(s). The College Teacher DID STATE. . .Sydney Powell Type of student(s) SHOULD BE "INVESTIGATED" IN HIGH SCHOOL and parents TOLD. . .before going off to College where these Types WILL REACT like Sydney Powell did.

[@martyevans8162]

Her Father may be the biggest explanation for her dysfunction & attitudes of entitlement. Sydney seems more like a sociopath with inclinations of psychopathology than any of the other mental health problems the psychologist has attributed to her. She is clearly very manipulative. The violence exhibited today by kids her age when things don’t go their way and/or they can’t have what they want is extremely alarming. They also feel entitled to the very worst of behaviors without consequence. The public needs to be protected from this young monster!!

[@cc-px9ue]

If the parents were so involved, how come they didn't know she wasn't longer enrolled? She used this teacher for not taking the test. Another one who needs to grow up!

[@michellelively202]

Sydney doesn’t have any friends after this.

[@michelle3974]

This teacher only supports the idea that without accountability and honest communication, good students with good grades also have the capability of doing the unthinkable. This teacher did not answer the last question-no accountability and no honest communication.

[@lojokes2]

I’d like to know from the shrinks, how it is she murdered her mother in a schizophrenic episode and then invented an alternative story about an intruder, broke glass, told her dad the story (all evidence of knowing what she did was wrong), and then lapsed into a catatonic state when the police arrived. Totally contradictory. Wouldn’t she have remained in a schizophrenic break throughout?

[@kandylaland]

It's an excuse.. the art of avoiding accountability

[@Nasdaqbaby]

She consulted with Letecia Stauch 😮

[@nanpenn1010]

She is not psychotic, schizophrenic or schizoaffective! Dr. Lieberman nailed her! We don’t need psychologists. She needed to be evaluated by a psychiatrist or LCSW who has many years of working with the severely and persistently mentally ill. Not a psychologist who works in sports med and is a hired gun for court!😂

[@lexiaaforever437]

Seems like she’s on Sydney’s side. She literally dodged the question! All she said was she never “REPORTED “ it! Then as soon as prosecution got up…. Her tone changed .

[@GH-oi2jf]

If you listen to the question carefully, she answered it satisfactorily. The questioner accepted her answer.

[@maryspeth3469]

All I can say is dad checked on her and left. Gee he was lucky....

[@samb7370]

So basically this teacher enabled her just like everyone else. “If I bat my eyes and cry and pout I can trick them into anything” Powell to jail for life. She’s perfectly sane and knew what was going on. Or DP if they have it. just getting busted for lying about school doesn’t warrant killing ur mom. sorry. 😒

[@DanielGreen-gi3ts]

When the teacher was smiling and glowing about her dear Sydney I guess the fact that the girl stabbed her mom in the head 30 times after hitting her with a heavy object, was just her having a bad moment. The poor thing.

[@eddypaul8959]

Some kids who are big fish in a small pond in high school become very small fish when they get into a large pond and they cant handle it and crack.

[@brendabrazell2556]

Something her mom wouldn't let her do ,so she figured if mom was out if the way she could whatever she wanted to ..She knew what she was doing.She is not as crazy as her Grandmother and her lawyer make her out to be.Having mental problems is the answer for kiling someone.Can you imagine what her mon was going through at that time.

[@TheSybil47]

Her Mom's last words stuck with her: "Get out!"

[@FoNgThOnG]

Her and her whole family don't want her to take accountability and don't wanna be named "that family with a daughter that murdered her mom over faking her college time".

[@wisewillow5731]

This simply screams to me... "But Mummy didn't buy me a pony"..

[@Katiekay.]

stop hating on people who work hard and provide for therir children in ways you never had

[@SeekTruthTransparent]

Looking at more facts of the case, in my personal opinion I believe that she didn’t plan to kill her mom but rather went into a rage about the situation that was transpiring and snapped then didn’t know how to handle it so she staged a break in. That is what I personally feel. This case is absolutely heartbreaking and I can’t even begin to imagine the physical suffering her mom endured being attacked with a cast iron skillet and knife attack. It’s gut wrenching.

[@blitzmom2674]

According to reports she was researching how to kill someone and how long it would take someone to bleed out in the days up to the murder. She was planning a murder.

[@emptypockets2467]

and she stabbed her Mom

[@Nadiapaulinemusicmedia]

If she’s such a schizophrenic why isn’t she handcuffed in court because apparently she can violently flip out at any point.

[@shawnnycollins4274]

She’s an entitled brat whose used to getting her way. Now she’s an entitled murderer. I’m just glad that she didn’t murder someone else’s mother.

[@edw8889]

Sydeney was lovely u til she stabbed her mother and beat her over the head with a frying pan other than that she’s a peach

[@Swansong321]

No-one is perfect!😝

[@melaniel7121]

Teacher seems a little to chummy biased about defendant.

[@elizabethfigueroa6159]

Asking the teacher to go and talk to the other teacher to me shows a lack of accountability. She’s felt pretty comfortable getting other people to believe and do her bidding but when it came to discussing that directly with the teacher and being responsible in taking action she makes another person go and do it for her. This is interesting, in that one she can be manipulative, but I think she has deep rooted self esteem issues and a very low image of herself.

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

The teacher is kissing her butt...why?

[@amandachrist387]

Thissssssssssssssssss! Huge red flag

[@amandachrist387]

This "community" that allows children to ride by the seat of their parent's clout is sickening. All involved wanted everyone to be perfect, in their perfect little "I've skied since I was five" world, and that's how killers are created!

[@maureenstevens6824]

She wasn't prepared and lied to get her way. She learned this behavior worked and she us still using it.😢😢😢

[@honeybadger1847]

Listen to the testimony again. Ms. Milligan asked Sydney if she wanted her to speak with the chemistry teacher, not the other way around.

[@melaniel7121]

She can't look up but she can look up to smile when her teacher needs her glasses. Nothing funny about killing your mother, Sydney!

[@estelaashunto3844]

The killer got "impared' at the time to take a test and the teacher believes it. Really? Wow. Sydney is definitely a well manipulative. 😮

[@Goldiegirl2009]

That need to retake the test was probably pure manipulation. Suspect she wasn’t ready and didn’t want to get a bad grade so she lied about not being able to see.

[@krisbest6405]

Please not a religious family AGAIN.

[@laceyfox3384]

"I knew she would succeed at college"

[@JustLikeJulia9]

LOL

[@sabrenatriplett7841]

Why are they using the word offense instead of the word murder .she killed and murdered her mother .why not use the word murder what she did instead of offense

[@claudettewright365]

It’s a difference in legal terminology. Murder means a premeditated homicide that happened by a sane person. The verdict hasn’t come back yet on whether she was sane vs. insane. That’s probably why they’re not using the word murder at this point in time.

[@LoveandMisses]

This teacher seems love to love being the center of attention.

[@yolandecloete2186]

What’s the point in having the teacher in the witness box 😏

[@Shepherdmom]

To make Sydney seem like a innocent lovely girl that wouldn't do harm to anyone. Stabbing and beating to death her mother, is irrelevant because Sydney is such a perfect person.

[@GH-oi2jf]

She is a defense witness. The defense wants to show that violence is out of character for her. They will argue that her assault on her mother was a psychotic break.

[@carriewittbrodt5072]

Well all the lies, before and after that killing is not mental illness. Scheming right up to the point she was arrested took some thinking. Lied and pretend to be her mother when the Dean called back after 3 times, lied to her father when he called to speak to the mom, broke out the window, lied to police when they arrived. Doesn't sound like bi Polar-Schizophrenia disorder to me, just a lier and a murderer in the middle of rage!

[@ptrpan61]

so no medical historical documentation of any disorder? ever?

[@kk3940]

Mental Health issues can arise at anytime in life though- some people cope with the symptoms for years and aren’t diagnosed until they have a MH break. But I get what you’re saying, I’m not entirely convinced she didn’t do this intentionally either

[@yorkierussell9255]

Schizophrenia tends to start presenting in adolescence and early adulthood. She went undiagnosed for until the tragedy happened. Yes, people can indeed go undiagnosed for a while. There are many other cases like this.

[@ptrpan61]

@@yorkierussell9255 true.

[@ptrpan61]

@@kk3940 right. not sure how im feeling about this.

[@higgs1233]

I cannot fathom the idea of someone taking the life of a devoted parent, regardless of the circumstances. The justice system is compassionate and strives for impartiality. In the case of Sydney Powell, it's heart-wrenching to learn that she was brutally murdered by her own offspring, to whom she had dedicated her life. This tragedy also serves as a poignant reminder to all parents: regardless of whether your child is a top achiever, it's important to recognize that they will experience both highs and lows-that's the nature of life. The fact that Sydney felt her only option was to commit such a desperate act rather than face her parents' disappointment speaks volumes about the pressures she faced. Parents, please remember to be understanding and supportive.

[@coll4455]

The prosecutor could not be any nicer flat out said to her I’m not trying to trick you. Meanwhile she speaks back to him like the person she’s talking about didn’t kill her mother brutally. We know you’re not an expert you’re a teacher. We don’t need you to tell us you’re not an expert before answering your question.

[@cherylquell]

I sure hope the prosecutor has something to add here, the ONLY thing I've seen during this trial so far is EVERYONE painting her as an angel??? Not one damn tear for the woman who was BRUTALLY murdered? I can't even watch anymore, it's possing me off.

[@RcPlayer-tt2vw]

So you don’t think she deserves to just get mental help .

[@levinshyeh]

The prosecutor actually did really well pointing out that the teacher is trying to say she knew Sydney was sooo mentally ill, but then why didn’t she report it? get her help? He’s doing well i think!

[@tawnyavandamme5471]

What is she doing a friggin word search .

[@helgaadstmk]

She knew that she did wrong, so no insanity defence

[@annbendouli5871]

I can’t believe that Sydney killed her mother and nobody observed any aggressiveness by her previously ..especially her teacher 🥴 🤥

[@midnightrun2764]

6:10 Oh Yeah! Skiing into a tree was hysterical for Sonny Bono too eh?! 😆🤣😂

[@melaniel7121]

Sorry don't trust this teacher!

[@stefanocastiglioni4585]

She was „distraught“ for the upcoming chemistry test…. Was she ever distraught about having butchered her mother? This episode of the chemistry test is emblematic. For whatever reason she was not ready to take the test and promptly resorted the her tried-and-true strategy: whining in self-pity, expecting and demanding others to solve her own problems and take responsability for her. It is disconcerting that the teacher accepted or - even worse - suggested that she would talk to the chemistry teacher so that this privileged brat could take the test another day. Weird that she recognizes that she „wasn’t the person in charge of the test“, but - all the same - she felt entitled to help her protegée. This fact alone is enough to make the teacher an unreliable witness. Too biased, not at all objective and she didn’t even try to hide her disdain for the prosecution. What a deplorable bevahior on the witness stand!