DALLAS, TEXAS – In a spectacle that has captivated the true-crime world and overshadowed the ongoing Lil Durk proceedings, the capital murder trial of Kiwan White, the accused hitman in the 2020 slaying of Dallas rapper Mo3, has taken a bizarre and damning turn. Federal prosecutors presented surveillance footage on Tuesday that allegedly places White at the scene of the shooting, not just through his weapon or vehicle, but through the distinctive, unchanged pair of bright blue boxer shorts he wore—a detail that has subjected him to relentless scrutiny and unmerciful mockery online.
The prosecution’s case, now widely referred to as the “Jockey Shorts Trial,” reveals a stunning lapse of criminal judgment. According to the video evidence played in the courtroom, White is allegedly seen entering his home moments after the fatal freeway shooting, carrying what authorities describe as the same Draco firearm used in the attack. However, when he exits the residence later, aside from a fresh t-shirt and hat, he is, in a jaw-dropping discovery, wearing the exact same pair of electric blue underwear.
The exposed boxers, visible do to the low-slung sagging of his pants, have become the unmistakable insignia linking him directly to the crime scene.
‘The state has shown you what facts look like,’ said the prosecution in opening statements, describing the accused as a “hitman on the highway.” The defense counters, anticipatorally, that the case is chips of “speculation,” but the optical evidence of the undersized briefs is a piece of indisputable physical evidence that legal analysts say is nearly impossible to wave away. The fact that the surveillance footage, which was captured in sharp 4K resolution, also shows the accused stepping out of the front door in the same pants and underwear is the kind of oversight that defines a for-life conviction.
The details of the horrific event on Interstate 35 are as chilling as they are now heavily scrutinized. The state’s witnesses have begun to recount the terrifying moments when the Ford Mo3 came under heavy fire in broad daylight. One female bystander recounted her immediate proximity to the chaos, testifying that she initially believed she heard a “blowout” before realizing the shooter’s motive.
“I put my car in park and I got down on the floorboard and I prayed because the gunfire became so loud,” she told the jury, recounting how the wounded rapper exited his vehicle. The victim attempted to flee through traffic before collapsing, later pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The accused, meanwhile, was barreling down the expressway in that gratuitously flagged state.
The distinction is not just comedic but likely fatalistic for the accused. At the center of the case is aRivalry which authorities allege escalated from a series of social media battles. The prosecution contends that White, 34, was dispatched on orders from Dallas based rapper Yellow Beezy, whose real name is Jaquan Clasark.
Yellow’s reaction to the face of death offers the motive for this targeted assassination, a guarantee of payment in some vague agreement. The later witnesses claimed that Mo3 had been at his own home just thirty minutes before his murder, and that her young son may have inadvertently tipped off White on the victim’s whereabouts. That testimony is expected to tie the co-conspirator, Devin Brown, to the plot.
During the trial, federal agents revealed a new piece of evidence: a Glock 19, which was found inside Mo3’s abandoned vehicle nearly three years after the shooting. The prosecution alleges that Mo3 was attempting to reach this gun seconds before the fatal confrontation, but was unable to retrieve it in time. The rapper’s death, in this narrative, was sealed by a moment of athletic inefficiency and a matter of seconds.
But it is the alleged hitman’s undeniable consistency with his laundry habits that has become the most discussed element of the trial. Days after the shooting, U. S.
Marshals arrested White on an unrelated federal gun charge, a stemming conviction. It was during the federal investigation that the surveillance footage emerged, connecting him to the shooting. Federal authorities also revealed a separate incident, when White allegedly shot his transgender girlfriend days prior to the murder, leading to his release on bond charge.
The chain of offenses leading up to the heat has raised eyebrows regarding the justice system’s pre-crime oversight.
The defense is attempting to undermine the validity of the state’s evidence, trying to assert the three individuals in the grainy surveillance are not all the accused, despite the match of the luminescent underwear. Out of the three men seen in the footage prior to the shooting, White alone features the noticeable exposure, worn below his well below his hips. As one analyst narrated the footage, “Out of the three, the one whose pants are so high he’s exposing his entire boxer is always the one holding the weapon.”
It’s a lamentable defense that is, in fact, helping to build the prosecution’s profile.
What has driven the public reaction, however, is the fact that White is arguably gaining the respect of and even earns props from spectators in the gallery for staying true to the code of silence. With his fiance and codefendant cooperating against the case, he remains resolutely mapped to the streets in its narrative, though that narrative isn’t one of justice. An attorney, and former federal inmate, has offered a theory on why White is risking a life sentence rather than cooperating: he’s allegedly being housed on an “active yard” in federal prison, home to dangerous cartel members who have been monitoring his behavior.
The reasoning is that if White had flipped, and Ivy, Federal authorities would not put him in a general population known for inducing harm to snitches. “If they know somebody is cooperating, they’re not going to risk putting their asset on an active yard,” the commentator explained. “He’s walking that yard freely, which means he’s probably not testifying.”
This alleged code was on display in a now-viral video of White’s call to his loved ones from within a federal prison, where he can be seen laughing, writing, and telling his gang mates, “I’ll be home soon for real, no cap.” The video circulates the net as an explicit portrayal of a man living without guilt or remorse. However, for the family of the victim, including a crocodile of tears from White’s own ex-girlfriend, there is no relief or prop’s that is allowed.
The gunman is being celebrated for not snitching? “That’s a somebody who’s not a hero,” said his ex, who testified for the state. “He’s OK, because after he pulled the trigger he’s a victim of his own stupidity.”
White’s initial arrest five years ago on charges of shooting his girlfriend in the calf, she stated, was on bond at the time of Mo3’s death. That time, he was taken as a felon in possession, and he is now facing a second count related to the gun used in the Mo3 hit. Meanwhile, the trial will continue, with prosecutors asking for jurors to look at the YouTube evidence and identify the intransigent underwear as the symbol of a contract killer.
He hasn’t been found guilty, and he will face the death penalty if convicted. But in the court of public opinion, the verdict has already come through: the man who was supposed to be the phantom hitman was undone by the absolute want of a change of underwear. The trial continues over the next two weeks, but if history is any indicator, the garish blue white is a damning prediction signing the verdict.
With Dallas investigator still accumulating, his likely face of being incarceration is high.
