Judge disqualifies SLO County District Attorney from prosecuting Tianna Arata case
Posted at 11:03 AM, Dec 11, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-11 18:25:52-05
A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Friday approved a defense motion to disqualify the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office from further prosecuting the case against community activist Tianna Arata.
Arata, who is charged with 13 misdemeanors in connection with a July 21 Black Lives Matter protest in San Luis Obispo, appeared in court via livestream Friday morning.
In court Thursday, her attorneys argued that District Attorney Dan Dow had made several statements on social media and at public events that show implicit bias against the Black Lives Matter movement.
SLO County prosecutors squabble over protests, racism
November 14, 2020
By KAREN VELIE
Reflecting community discord, employees of the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office have conflicting views on law enforcement, racism and the BLM protests, according to an email string released by District Attorney Dan Dow on Friday.
On Aug. 6, the district attorney’s office held an employee Zoom meeting where BLM and the protests were discussed. While the specific topic of the meeting has not been divulged to the public, two emails showing conflicting views were produced in response to a public records request for the emails from the