MsKawasaki t1_j7dszrp wrote on February 6, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Reply to comment by bigdaddyman6969 in RPD lies again! by MeanMasheen5

You’re responding to someone who is a lawyer so. Maybe defer to them on this.

bigdaddyman6969 t1_j7du3in wrote on February 6, 2023 at 1:39 AM

Dude this is literally directly from the article. The DA dropped the charges because key info in the case was ruled inadmissible. For better or worse.

> McEachin said that her office did not "have any issue with the legitimacy of the charge in this case," and that their decision not to proceed with charges "was unrelated to the implication suggested in your reporting."

> McEachin said that at a hearing the Friday before Holley's trial, the judge had ruled the 911 call for service that brought Yoon and Onorati to Maggie Walker Plaza was inadmissible.

> McEachin said the call for service was for a report of a man attacking people with a glass bottle.

> “The exclusion of the crucial evidence left our prosecutor in a position which she would no longer be able to present at trial the context and reported violence that led the officers to approach Mr. Holley," McEachin said

[deleted] t1_j7e19oh wrote on February 6, 2023 at 2:35 AM

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beamishbo t1_j7e37we wrote on February 6, 2023 at 2:51 AM

Where are you getting the idea that the police failed to disclose the reason for the call, or the idea that the call didn't match the person who was arrested? None of that is even alluded to in the article. The only thing mentioned is the fact that a judge ruled the context of the call inadmissible the Friday before.

MeanMasheen5 OP t1_j7ednbx wrote on February 6, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Ahhh you’re right. My bad. Was doing my dishes when I saw this reply. Misread his quotes out of context.

beamishbo t1_j7e3317 wrote on February 6, 2023 at 2:50 AM

He's correct though. Charges can be brought a few ways - a basic search in the court system (public record) shows this case was brought on warrant and made it though general district court up to circuit. That means the prosecutor and at least one judge thought there was probable cause for the assault - presumably before the 911 call was ruled inadmissible.