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Re: Prejudice Against Asians is Alive and Well (Score: 1)
by GeoffDB on Tuesday, June 07 @ 15:49:59 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Here is a victory that you can be proud of. As a result of all the violence inflicted against your community, 4 AA jurors our of 12 in Palo Alto (CA) decided that two AA cops who beat a black man were merely doing their jobs (read the article below):
PROSECUTORS DECIDE AGAINST RETRYING THE OFFICERS
By Chuck Carroll
Mercury News
Two Palo Alto police officers who allegedly beat up a resident nearly two years ago pleaded no contest this morning to disturbing the peace as part of a deal with Santa Clara County prosecutors.
But community groups immediately decried the deal received by Michael Kan, 27, and Craig Lee, 42. The two had been charged with felony assault for beating 59-year-old Albert Hopkins in July 2003, but a trial ended in a deadlock earlier in the spring.
Santa Clara County prosecutors decided not to re-try the case, instead negotiating a deal with the officers. By pleading no contest to disturbing the peace -- an infraction -- Kan and Lee are expected to keep their jobs.
Lee declined comment after the court hearing in San Jose, but Kan expressed relief.
``I'm glad it's over, two years has been a long time,'' Kan said. ``It's good to be done and get back to life.''
Kan said he expects the department will retrain him and then re-integrate him back into a regular duties.
Community groups reacted angrily, charging Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu - who is running for district attorney -- ``sold out the community'' to win votes.
``This wasn't even a slap on the back of the hand,'' said Aram James, a former public defender who is a member of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability. ``It was an insult to the victim, the people of Palo Alto and the people of this county.
But Deputy District Attorney Peter Waite said the the deal was made because the District Attorney's Office felt a re-trial would end in a similar result.
District Attorney George Kennedy, in a written press release, said ``A second deadlock would not sufficiently promote police accountability or justice.''
Kennedy said ``Palo Alto is better served by the police department moving beyond the distraction and division of this case'' and instead concentrate on Palo Alto Police Chief Lynn Johnson's plan to institute a department-wide refresher training on arrest and detention issues, as well as scenario-based training.
Kennedy also noted Hopkins has been compensated for his injuries and that the Palo Alto Police Department will soon have video cameras in police cars.
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Re: Prejudice Against Asians is Alive and Well (Score: 1)
by GeoffDB on Tuesday, June 07 @ 13:54:15 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Who is "brutha"?
I don't know of any brutha around here. My name is "GeoffDB."
Please do not use racially antagonizing remarks on a civilized website. You've made an ethnically insensitive and derogatory statement.
That is the same racist BS that I hear in SF all the time. It is supposed to be clever, but it is not. |
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