Law Office of Brian A. Ford

Excellent news in Virginia.

We are glad to have this first appellate win, and we are pleased to now be properly before the County Appellate Division on the merits. We feel strongly that Judge Guerrero’s order was necessary and properthis unlawful prosecution must be stopped! Dan Dow’s office cannot be trusted to prosecute any case involving Black Lives Matter because of his personal bias and racial-political animus. He is subservient to the more extreme and racist interests of the far right, and he sells his office to further their agenda. Any other prosecutorial agency would have apologized and dismissed this case long ago, or not even charged it in the first place.

This first win against the government's hapless appeal was an easy win--they filed their appeal in the wrong court--but it is an important win. How much can you trust their understanding of the law if they can't figure out the right court to file in? As always, I am happy to be a part of this outstanding defense team, and proud to fight for BLM activists fighting for justice! "While the District Attorney’s Office says the state court’s ruling boils down to a simple change of... venue for the appeals, attorneys for various defendants chalked the ruling up to the latest of several legal wins for the defense." https://www.sanluisobispo.com/n/local/article249873433.html

In this Never Never Land (while the case is stalled under appeal), the defense should be able to get their discovery so they can move forward, Judge Duffy said, ordering the District Attorney’s Office to file its opposition to defense motions for sanctions by March 24. The defense does have a right to go forward with this motion. While the AG cowers behind his appeal, today the corrupt SLO DA tried to buy off 5 of the SLO 7 with offers of pre-trial diversion--essentially ...a offer of probation. After FABRICATING charges against my client and the others. After dragging their names through the mud for months. After they EXPOSED the DA for failing to prosecute the driver of a BMW who tried to kill BLM demonstrators with his car. After all that, the prosecution collapses--essentially admits the charges are a sham--and then asks these righteous demonstrators to take community service sentences? They did their community service on July 21, 2020! I am proud to see them still standing strong! Read more here: https://www.sanluisobispo.com//local/article249611973.html https://www.sanluisobispo.com/n/local/article249611973.html

Thanks to Dave Greenwald for having me on and taking such an interest in my client’s case, along with the other SLO 7. I am proud to stand with these warriors jor justice, we are righteous and we will prevail! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dShWfuoGzyM Check out the Dave’s regular podcast, Everyday Injustice, for more in depth coverage of the injustice system:... https://m.soundcloud.com/davisvanguard

More on yesterday’s victory for BLM protesters in SLO. Superior Court Judge Matthew Guerrero on Friday ruled that the entire county District Attorney’s Office is disqualified from prosecuting the multi-co-defendant case due to elected District Attorney Dan Dow’s outspoken activism for causes opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement. https://www.sanluisobispo.com/n/local/article247783130.html

The death penalty is a stain upon all of usit is premeditated murder. The government should not murder, and these murders are committed by the government on our behalf.

https://www.kcbx.org//judge-disqualifies-slo-county-da-pro Today we struck a strong victory for Black Lives Matter protesters criminally charged for their 1st Amendment activity in San Luis Obispo County on July 21, 2020. SLO District Attorney Dan Dow's Office invidiously discriminated against my client and the other SLO 7 because of their emphatic belief that Black Lives Matter. Today, the Honorable Judge Matthew Guerrero granted our motion to disqualify Dan Dow and his O...ffice from prosecuting the case for his egregious conflicts of interest, and further ordered Murgia discovery of all internal evidence underlying the charging decisions in these cases. I am proud to have played a part in this decision, along with the other amazing attorneys on this case, both from my community of soul practitioners (Pier 5 Law Offices) and the local bar in SLO.

Proud to confirm that the Law Office of Brian A. Ford has a much higher success rate* than the soon-to-be ex-president’s elite strike force. Release the Kraken! *Note that results can never be guaranteed in legal matters. Especially if you are Trump.

Anytime you build a better looking prison or jail, you're taking resources out of the community. The investment you're putting into the building of that infrastructure is investment you're not putting into reentry. You're not putting into educational programs and services. You know, we look to these prisons we see in Europe that are really beautiful and but they're built totally on a different system. They have very few people incarcerated. They have very low recidivism rates because they actually be-believe in repair like that these are citizens, and they're not based in slavery. Right? It didn't come from a system of enslavement. Our system is. So the prettier box ain’t gonna to do it. Design is not going to solve the problem. -Deanna Van Buren-

Authorities need to ensure meaningful accountability, including through thorough disciplinary measures and, as appropriate, criminal investigations in these cases. They should also thoroughly and impartially investigate any other cases involving law enforcement officers who advocate violence, discrimination, or hostility toward any individual or group; participation in intimidation and violence; or collusion with or tolerance of criminal activity by extremists. Generally, in the tiny percentage of cases in which officers are known to have links to extreme-right armed groups, the authorities’ responses have been insufficient, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

According to the report, by the National Registry of Exonerations, official misconduct contributed to false convictions in 54 percent of exonerations, usually with more than one type of misconduct.

Darrin Bell, King Features Syndicate

Come One! Come All!!!

Something positive.

Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith and Undersheriff Rick Sung must resign!

Still proudly offering pro bono representation to protestors charged with crimes.

Fight the system! We will take your case the distance! As with all things, if protestors remain united, they shall overcome!

Daryl Cagle, darylcagle.com

Still saying it, too. Fuck Trump and his Nazi Friends.

‘The American Civil Liberties Union and Black Lives Matter announced Thursday they are suing President Trump and Attorney General William Barr for authorizing an unprovoked and frankly criminal attack on protesters at Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., where the National Guard and officers dressed in riot gear fired tear gas, rubber bullets and flashbangs to disperse peaceful protesters on Monday so Trump could have a photo op with a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. We look at the increasing militarization of the police with Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.’

Abolish qualified immunity.