You have probably noticed as I have there has been very little media about the case, in fact there has been little information about how it went from a $50K bond to no money at all.
As we both know, there is TWO sides to every story, here is his side. He goes into a good explanation about the charges against him, etc., and his trial date of October 15th.
He also posts some interesting YouTube videos of his arrest (he filmed it). There are four videos, but the one below (before they tear off the door of his apartment) is the best one.
Also, just for reference since he doesn’t bring it up, the SFPO he is talking about in the post, Sean Kooistra, is the brother of the city attorney, Stacy Kooistra.
A good attorney will tell you it’s not a good idea to talk about your case in advance of the trial date. If the bond was dropped to zero, it sounds like there’s no crime. The city attorney must recuse himself if someone in his family is involved.
Now, if only we could use this local law enforcement/jurisprudence energy to form a grand jury concerning the Copper Lounge collapse, then we could call ourselves a democracy again….Hooray!!
(“What about the Verizon subpoena, do you think we could see its results, too?….”)
Of course, the city attorney doesn’t prosecute criminal cases and really has nothing to do with this…
this particular case aside, since the city attorney rarely seems to know what the municipal laws are during meetings, perhaps he can go ahead and recuse himself from being the city attorney.
I would totally agree!
The city city attorney’s office files the affidavits to cause a criminal arrest. the city attorney does not prosecute the criminal complaint but it becomes a question of covering up a mistake by city attorney’s brother lets christopher out on a pr?