{"id":7753,"date":"2022-10-11T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=7753"},"modified":"2022-10-12T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:21:33","slug":"court-da-cannot-prosecute-blm-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=7753","title":{"rendered":"Court:  DA Cannot Prosecute BLM Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/opinions\/documents\/B309895.PDF\">ruling<\/a> on September 28,\u00a0 California&#8217;s Second District Court of Appeal announced that the San Luis Obispo District Attorney&#8217;s Office cannot prosecute seven Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters because the District Attorney&#8217;s &#8220;well publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter Movement.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/calcoastnews.com\/2021\/01\/blm-protesters-file-claims-against-slo-county-district-attorney\/\">According<\/a> to the North Coast Times, in July of 2020 Tianna Arata allegedly lead roughly 300 BLM demonstrators onto Highway 101, blocking all lanes for an hour.\u00a0 Some of the demonstrators attacked cars, smashing the window of one car with a skateboard, shattering glass on a four-year-old child in the back seat.\u00a0 Arata was charged with a felony and several misdemeanors.\u00a0 Six other BLM protesters were also charged.\u00a0\u00a0 But, later that year, Superior Court Judge Matthew Guerreo disqualified Dow and every prosecutor in his office, citing a campaign email from Dow and his wife which stated that the District Attorney was leading the fight against the &#8220;wacky defund the police movement and anarchist groups that are trying to undermine the rule of law and public safety in our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dow appealed that ruling, and the court of appeal upheld it.\u00a0 The attorney representing BLM told reporters &#8220;We got exactly what we wanted our of this,&#8221; and noted that all four of the judges involved were white men and three had &#8220;reputations as conservatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is correct that BLM got what they wanted; a ruling prohibiting a district attorney who denounces anti-law enforcement policies and lawbreakers in an email from prosecuting demonstrators breaking the law for a political cause.\u00a0 The lawyer&#8217;s statement about the judges is partially correct.\u00a0 They are white men.\u00a0 But Matthew Guerrero was a public defender before Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Superior Court in 2018.\u00a0 Appeals Court Justice Arthur Gilbert was appointed to the court by Governor Jerry Brown in 1982.\u00a0 Justice Steven Perren was appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown in 1982 and elevated to the court of appeal by Governor Gray Davis in 1999.\u00a0 Former public defender Kenneth Yeagan was appointed to the Municipal Court by Governor Jerry Brown on January 3, 1983. He was elevated to the court of appeal by Governor George Deukmejian. \u00a0 All of these judges were appointed to the bench by the most anti-law enforcement Governor in California history, Jerry Brown.\u00a0 Two were elevated to the appellate court by Brown, one by his former Chief of Staff Gray Davis, and one by pro-law enforcement Governor George Deukmejian.<\/p>\n<p>The things BLM demonstrators did in many, if not most, of the big cities where George Floyd protests were held, included violations of the law for crimes like arson, assault, vandalism, looting and eighteen deaths.\u00a0 Progressive District Attorneys and Mayors in &#8220;woke&#8221; cities including Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis and Seattle chose not to enforce the law and arrest the rioters.\u00a0 In many smaller communities like San Luis Obispo,\u00a0 District Attorneys and Mayors did crack down on demonstrators, protecting residents and businesses.\u00a0\u00a0 Progressives are unlawfully attempting to make an example out of the San Luis Obispo DA for doing this.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court ruling should be appealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous ruling on September 28,\u00a0 California&#8217;s Second District Court of Appeal announced that the San Luis Obispo District Attorney&#8217;s Office cannot prosecute seven Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters because the District Attorney&#8217;s &#8220;well publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter Movement.&#8221;\u00a0 According to the North Coast Times, in July of 2020 Tianna Arata allegedly lead roughly 300 BLM demonstrators onto Highway 101, blocking all lanes for an hour.\u00a0 Some of the demonstrators attacked cars, smashing the window of one car with a skateboard, shattering glass on a four-year-old child in the back seat.\u00a0 Arata was charged with a felony and several misdemeanors.\u00a0 Six other BLM protesters were also charged.\u00a0\u00a0 But, later that year, Superior Court Judge Matthew Guerreo disqualified Dow and every prosecutor in his office, citing a campaign email from Dow and his wife which stated that the District Attorney was leading the fight against the &#8220;wacky defund the police movement and anarchist groups that are trying to undermine the rule of law and public safety in our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Court: DA Cannot Prosecute BLM Protesters - Crime &amp; 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