Editor,
To continue this farcical trial against the two St Paddy Parade  litigants is a waste of money and resources. This is an obvious  attempt to intimidate the two into not suing the city in civil court,  and that's much worse.

That's not what our courts are for.

All the evidence needed to see the cascade of misinformation that led  to this whole problem, came out in the trial. Misinformation to the  police of no permit. Misinformation to the parade organizer that  caused him to revoke the legal permit to march, then some of the  police overreacted. The original charges were changed, they were  tried, and now the charges will be changed again?

That's not what our courts are for.

The jury was hung because they couldn't agree that an obstruction, by  the Bookman group, had even happened. The prosecution made it's case,  and failed to prove it to the jury. The system worked when reasonable  doubt was proved.

That's what our courts are for!

Mark Lewis
CSaction.org