watchpaul: Day Sixteen - Defense rests in Gundersen case

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Day Sixteen - Defense rests in Gundersen case - UPDATED

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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BREAKING NEWS - ☛ TS Defense rests in Gundersen case
The defense rested today in the rape trial of former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen, clearing the way for jury instructions and closing arguments to begin Monday.
☛ TS Defense rests in Gundersen case
☛ ER FBI expert: submachine gun use by city police not uncommon
☛ TS Blue Lake begins plans to clean up evidence locker

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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Anonymous9/10/2008 1:35 PM
I wonder who's sweating more Gag's or Gundy ??
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Anonymous9/10/2008 2:22 PM
Paul is not going to jail.

Gunderson is already there.

Paul will offer another deal at this point.
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Fred Mangels9/10/2008 2:37 PM
Defense rests already? I guess that would be a good thing.
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Rose9/10/2008 3:33 PM
It surprises me, too, Fred. But I guess you have to ask, what was there to refute? We don't have access to the transcripts, so all we know is what's in the papers, but it looks like all the testimony was about Darcie Seal's testimony - what did she say, and when, is she saying one thing one day and one thing another day, was she suffering from Stockholm syndrome...how raunchy could it get - and still no word about Lunesta. The trial was more of an investigation than a trial it seems.
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Anonymous9/10/2008 4:08 PM
I'm breathless with anticipation .........

It the jury doesn't convict on the rape PVG is going to look really bad, as will office. The investigation was fubar'd from the start.

The real winner is Russ Clanton. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Anonymous9/10/2008 5:26 PM
Convict? Hell there was reasonable doubt before it started. Clanton was to easy on Gallegos for not hammering more on Joan.
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Anonymous9/10/2008 5:30 PM
Paul will be lucky to get a conviction on the gun charges. Sounds like the only thing Gunny could be hung on was breaking Blue Lake policy and he's not on trial for that. In the end Paul gets what he went after.....and end to Gunny's career.
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Fred Mangels9/11/2008 7:18 AM
Now that you mention it, I don't believe I've ever heard the specific charges regarding the firearms.
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Fred Mangels9/11/2008 8:10 AM
Reading this morning's news it seems to confirm what I've suspected. That being that these firearms charges are simply paperwork related in regards to how he purchased the guns. Peace officers are allowed to own automatic weapons in California. There's also been testimony that they were fired at the C/R Police Academy range. Maybe not fully documented training, but close enough for me.

With two witnesses (according to the Eureka Reporter this morning) having different opinions as to whether the weapons needed to be registered with whatever agencies, I'd say there's doubt as to guilt in even paperwork violations.

It's looking pretty good for Gunderson, to me, but that's just from the not- so- close attention I've been paying to what's been in the papers.

As an aside, I find it rather odd that the investigators in this chose to bring up the weapons. A lot of cops up here have such firearms and you can bet they themselves could probably be charged for the same thing Gunderson was charged with by not having someone's idea of the right paperwork filled out.
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Anonymous9/11/2008 8:21 AM
wait a minute. Clanton is the defense lawyer. Therefor, PVG was
half-way to a conviction when the case started. In a battle to the bottom of the barrel, Clanton
wins. By a nose, but he wins.
So Gunderson may lose.
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Anonymous9/11/2008 9:48 AM
Half way to a conviction? The entire burden was on PVG. He started out at 0%. Looks like he is ending up there. It only takes a reasonable doubt to be acquitted. But I agree both are bottom feeders.
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Anonymous9/11/2008 1:34 PM
The FBI guy cleaned the DA's clock. How is it, given the unimpeachable facts regarding police gun use, that these charges were ever brought? Does NO ONE in the DA's office know ANY laws? Or at least ask about them? Or is it shoot first, ask later in these here parts?

Remember, they have their own assault weapons. Admittedly, unsilenced (? as far as we know)
semis (as far as we know) but shouldn't they know the law? And if they don't, wouldn't asking the FBI/ATF been a good place to start
prior to filing felony charges?
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Fred Mangels9/11/2008 5:39 PM
You would think so. Just about gives credence to my, and others, suggestions that this was just a way to pile on charges in hopes Gundersen would plead guilty to some of them.

What a mess!!!
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Anonymous9/11/2008 8:20 PM
I think you're right Fred.

While I believe there are some really troubling dimensions of the gun stuff, particularly the web site gun sales stuff.

But, you haven't considered the possibility that this is a matter of professional jealousy. Does the DA SWAT team have a Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun?

Now that Gunderson is out of police work, where does that little gem go?

Seriously, there are some really disturbing aspects of this case. But, I think it was vastly over charged...immunized key witnesses recanting, the DA's wife representing the chief accuser of the defendant and the colossal bail.

I wouldn't hire Gunderson to paint my house but I think he's a victim too.
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Anonymous9/12/2008 7:56 AM
What website gun sales? There was mention of a Myspace site that indicated that they sold arms. Not one mention of any sales. All kind of bragging bullshit is posted on Myspace.
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The Humboldt County Grand Jury found that "Weak leadership and poor managerial practices" have undermined the office... Implicit in all evidence gathered by the Grand Jury - including interviews with the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) - is the unfortunate truth that the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) exhibits a limited understanding of how things are done in the department" Gallegos "lacks the global perspective needed to keep the department operating efficiently," and quotes an unnamed staff member as saying, "The D.A. (Paul Gallegos) does not fully understand the functionality of many of the things we do here" - Years later, in his own words: "I’m not an administrator, they didn’t elect me to be an administrator, they elected me to make sure this office runs..."

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Gallegos has taken what was "arguably the state's best small DA's office, with a cutting edge CAST program that "trained the trainers"... into a bunch of time serving bureaucratic wannabee brown nosers, lightly sprinkled with a couple of earnest learners who are sure to split as soon as possible.

One weeps for Max Cardoza who won Angellel, and for Maggie Fleming who won so many impossible victories. Mired in Humboldt for personal reasons, they have to suffer the ignominy of working for Paul, with Yougo, yes, yougo who has freed more people as a prosecutor than he did as a defense attorney. As has Paul. Anonymous comment

Gallegos has answers for everything. I’ve never met anyone whose answers came so quickly, with such polish - except about his law school(s). He likely sounded the same way when promising to get prosecutors off their anachronistic “at will” status and onto civil service status. It never happened. Indeed, he told them, “Disloyalty will not be tolerated” – a real morale builder.

He sounds great. What progressive doesn’t want to believe in him? But it’s a myth. He’s an intellectual lightweight and self-aggrandizer who tries to please everybody with glib answers. Jim Fahey for The Arcata Eye

The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.

Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.... Gallegos' Help Wanted ad

Gallegos' OWN Quotes

★ ...District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he believes the statute of limitations clock, even on misdemeanors, doesn't start running until law enforcement knows or reasonably should have known of the offense. In this case, Gallegos said, that means the statute of limitations would not run out at least until Feb. 8, 2009, or one year after Gundersen's arrest and the discovery of the photographs in question...

★ "...some people actually molest out of different feelings, some times out of feelings of love....” DA Gallegos explaining why Child Abuse prosecutions were down

★ “I never said that the information was not available under the Freedom of Information Act. Quite the contrary, I informed you that our use of force policy is not a public record.” Paul Gallegos to the Times Standard 5/25/07

★ ...“One is that I do everything to make people happy which means I don’t stand for anything except for just something,” he said. “The other is I stand for something and I try to be a leader and take some people, a group of people, a community someplace and I say guess what folks, this is who I am. I stand for your beliefs. We share these beliefs or we don’t. You get the option to judge that. This is who I am and I am committed to leading us this place, wherever it is...." Eureka Reporter Gallegos defends record, looks ahead 7/3/2005

★ Note the difference between what he SAID, and what he DOES..."...So what are these issues? Top on Gallegos' list is the proliferation of "garbage cases," small-time crimes and overcharged cases that he said are clogging up the court system.

Garbage cases, said Gallegos, come in two forms: Cases that would lose if actually brought to trial and cases that are overcharged for the crimes committed. The idea behind filing both kinds of garbage, he said, is to get the defendant to plead guilty, netting a conviction without having to go into court.

Again, the IRONY is astounding! Look at what he SAYS, and then think about what he DOES! "Probably 95 percent of the cases that are filed plead guilty. In fact, there are a lot of cases that are filed on the assumption they will plead guilty, because of the time and expense involved in defending them. But these cases shouldn't even be filed in the first place, because if they were challenged, they would lose," Gallegos said. Better yet: If they weren't filed at all, it would save the county time and money...." North Coast Journal 2/21/02 Too bad he didn't take his own advice.

★ “Tim’s a stud,” he said. “He really is; anyone would be stoked to have him.” Gallegos on his second in command right hand man Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen. (Former second in command right hand man to Jim Jones/People's Temple.)

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Day Sixteen - Defense rests in Gundersen case - UPDATED

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