While there may be some good sense in allowing employers to keep confidential the discipline records of their employees, it seems to me that some positions in society (such as public defender, D.A., police officer, judge, etc.) should be an open book to the public. How else can the public be aware of the integrity of those who serve critical roles in our society? It is ironic that I can obtain all the details of misbehavior and subsequent discipline for Dr. Moon, whose behavior will never directly affect me, and yet I cannot obtain information on the officer of the court or law enforcement officer whose behavior may very well affect me directly.

who are the real intimidators here?

Sounds like the DA and RPD are doing a fair bit of intimidation themselves.

The DA's office and the police departments CANNOT allow a culture to develop where the public defenders are seen the bad guys.

Public defenders are as important to the system, if not more so, than the prosecutors.

How are the D.A. office and RPD being intimidators in this case?

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So the Public Defender broke the law, RPD and the DA took action based on a complaint filed by the victim, and now the cops and prosecutors are the bad guys?

Please do explain.

This boy needs to grow up.....

If it were "joe citizen" who tried to intimidate or dissuade a witness what would happen then?????
Kind of wonder what the bar association would have to say about such behavior???

they are lawyers
which means they are liars
like b shakespeare wrote kill them all
public defenders who break the law
made their own choice drunk or not
just like any other criminal
just like any other person

He was doing 'research' for an upcoming Goathead trial.
Sounds like there may be an employment opportunity coming up in the Public Defenders' office.

fire him! very unprofessional...how's he going to chase an ambulance when he's drunk?

Didn't another P.D. get a DUI a while back? It sounds like perhaps the P.D.'s office has a culture of drinking. I assume they try to limit their clients' time in AA.

some very good points. for others to say this doesn't happen are delusional. i would bet theres more to this story. there usually is.

This just makes me wonder how this guy still has a job. It seems like intimidating a witness should cause him to get fired and not be allowed to be an attorney. I wonder how he's dealt with witnesses in the cases he's handled.

Actually if you knew anything about what you were talking about you would see this guy is being treated with velvet gloves. He was asked to turn himself in, the average civilian would have been arrested on a warrant. By all means though don't educate yourself just continue being a blathering idiot.

And who was the character wanting to kill the lawyers? The villian who wanted England to sink in anarchy. Stop shooting off your mouth ignorantly.

Sounds like its time for these guys to shave thier heads and grow goatees, maybee a neck tatoo.

This boy seems to be playing with alcohol too much. Hopefully this will adjust his attitude enough, so he doesn't throw his career out the window.

It was a gal with the DA.

Its intimidation because the owner knew they WERE public defenders.

What is the relationship of the owner to the RPD?

It is ILLEGAL for a police officer's peace to be disturbed but somehow after the police arrived we have a disturbance.

Apparently, the RPD sycophants are out there waiting with their fingers crossed to bust every public defender. Yea that's NOT intimidation.

Remember a few years back when It was NOT intimidation when the RPD tried to STEAL pictures from the Record Searchlight photographer after they shot a gult war vet in the back WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND, while RC photographed it?

Yea, that's NOT intimidation. Why would they do that? Yea, not so they could get their story straight, but just because they NEEDED the evidence. Yea, that's it.

Fortunately, they did not get the images and their story obviously did NOT fit the RC images and RPD was shown to be not truthful in that case.

Dude you need to lay off the glass pipe! Your nonsense is just too much. Now run off and get yourself to re-hab!

so now i am ignorant
better look in the mirror
exalted one

"The first thing we do," said the character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, is "kill all the lawyers." Contrary to popular belief, the proposal was not designed to restore sanity to commercial life. Rather, it was intended to eliminate those who might stand in the way of a contemplated revolution -- thus underscoring the important role that lawyers can play in society.

and by the way it is a joke

I got it. May have been a little too high brow for some...wadda you do? Some people just don't get it. I would suggest that in that exchange you are definately not the one with the ignorance.

mac trucker im with you rpd killed kennedy im sure of it. us winguts have to stick together. i think it was rpd that told us margarine was as safe as butter. those s.o.b.'s. and then one time i got a flat tire on my car. i know it was rpd that had a sniper on the roof shooting out tires. and oh yah you know rpd is responsible for the high gas prices. i mean when they went over and threatened the saudis with a drunk in public arrest they just raised the price of oil.
but im sure glad the record searchlight is around to protect us.
again im with you mactrucker. its all rpd's fault

what up serg

s'up reacher

RPD also planned the death of Princess Diana...

yes you are right and they killed the record searchlight photographer that had the proof of that

...and the body has never been found...

and it never will be.

mactruckers mom must of called him for lunch. great now pb&j will be all over his keyboard

RPD buried Jimmy Hoffa under the metal fish sculptures...

The only way to get pb&j off the keyboard is to pour a glass of milk on it...bet that is not the only goo on his keyboard...

guessing by the call for lunch from his mom, I suppose it is not mactrucker, but more like tonkatrucker, I would say mothertrucker but that rhymes with something that is not nice to say...oh kind of like the conspiracy lies he believes about RPD...

A letter of reprimand, wow, that ought to straighten him out.

Not just a gal with the DA, in charge of prosecuting DUI offenses no less, IIRC....

Yep, theres that bentoman flair for the insane rearing its ugly head again. Why dont you just come clean and say what yor gripe is, in other words,for what crime did you get busted, resulting on the huge chip on your shoulder, that stirs these posts only someone like charlie manson could appreciate? Beating up elderly women? Well at any rate, Im sure mustangsally will be on here shortly applauding your hatred, calling it a matter of opinion, while berating me for commenting on your PATHETICALLY LAUGHABLE posts!

bentoverman

looks like you and tonkatrucker have been hitting the same glass pipe...better watch out for the boogey men who work at RPD...boo!!

BENTOVER-MAN! Perfect, why didnt I thnk of that. Points to you for that one.

and i'm sure you're all above reproach yourselves.

Well, most of us don't get drunk, pee on the sidewalk outside of a bar and then scream at the police when they are called that they can't touch us because we're with the public defender's office. Then when arrested and facing charges, most of us don't bump into a witness out in public and get in his face for testifying against us. In that way I guess you could say that we are above reproach. Being an attorney does not make one above the law, or common sense and decency.

You are an ignorant idiot.

Are they giving parolees at the mission access to computers and the net now??

bentoverman has hurt feelings...wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...you dolt, you can take your conspiracy theories and hide them in your empty head.

Oh and more like chuckleheadberry. List where you get that if you have an IQ above 110 you can't be a cop? You are retarded, wait I take that back, I don't want to insult retards.

Apparently bentoverman can't back his play with any facts.

You watch too much TV. If you can't figure out why lawsuits against the police go to federal court then there is nothing anyone can do to remedy your ignorance. Oh, I doubt bentoman is your real name. Your just another thirty pound turd in a seven pound trailer.

Nice.

bentoverman

If you don't know who walter white is you need to read a book.

I will give you a clue, he made his marks in history from 1929 to 1955 as a lawyer. Dumba$$.

You didn't answer my question, actually. Still not sure where the intimidation from RPD and the DA come into play here. Just for your information, everything Benito said is in the police report, which is public information, Genius!

Good luck with that complaint you're going to personally write.

Thank you for the laugh...I needed it this morning! Yes, MacTrucker is a few sodas shy of a six-pack. There's no denying that! Perhaps he's "Joe-Three Pack"