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The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office filed a motion on March 26 seeking a gag order against Tianna Arata and three other Black Lives Matter protesters and their respective attorneys, citing a collective media campaign that s influencing the county s jury pool. On March 29, about 40 people gathered in front of the DA s Office holding signs that read Stop silencing Black voices and Dan, you already got disqualified, give it up. The group called SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow a racist and accused the office of witness tampering. click to enlarge Photo By Karen Garcia CONTINUED SUPPORT About 40 people gathered in front of the Palm street entrance of the SLO County Courthouse in protest of the SLO County District Attorney’s Office’s recent motion to file a gag order against Tianna ....
San Luis Obispo BLM protesters want to sack judge, refuse diversion March 4, 2021 By KAREN VELIE Attorneys for several Black Lives Matter protesters expressed interest on March 3 in disqualifying San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Rita Federman from the case, while at the same time displaying no interest in a diversion program that could lead to the charges being dropped against some defendants. Curtis Briggs, one of Tianna Arata’s attorneys, said he wanted first to clarify Judge Federman intended to remain on the case, and then planned to file a peremptory challenge against her. Federman replaced Judge Matt Guerrero after he was reassigned to family court more than a month ago. ....
During a virtual appearance in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on March 3, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office recommended a misdemeanor diversion for five of the seven local Black Lives Matter protesters charged with endangering and violating the personal liberty of nonparticipants in a protest last July. Citing the community s division over the case, Deputy District Attorney Delaney Henretty made the request, asking the court to consider the defendants Marcus Montgomery, Amman Asfaw, Joshua Powell, Sam Grocott, and Jerad Hill lack of criminal history and the belief that their actions were done to stop racial discrimination, a worthy goal. ....
Attorneys for BLM protesters take another swipe at SLO County prosecutors March 1, 2021 By KAREN VELIE Attorneys for two San Luis Obispo Black Lives Matter protesters are asking the court to hold prosecutors in contempt of court for allegedly withholding records they were court-ordered to provide. Attorneys Patrick Fisher and Curtis Briggs, who represent protesters Tianna Arata and Robert Lastra, filed a motion last month asking the court to incarcerate SLO Deputy District Attorney Delaney Henretty and California Deputy Attorney General William Frank for not providing all requested documentation. Fisher and Briggs assert there has to be more correspondence between law enforcement and prosecutors than has been disclosed. ....
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. ....