Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of injury lawyers san diego::What Is a Personal Injury Demand Package







Review of injury lawyers san diego::What Is a Personal Injury Demand Package








ASSOCIATED               PRESS,               YAHOO               NEWS,               ASSOCIATED               CONTENT,               COPYRIGHT               2011               A               number               of               people               have               complained               that               they               like               my               regular,               slanted,               editorialized,               opinionated               and               biased               style               of               writing.

I               cannot               do               that,               as               this               is               intended               for               the               mainstream               news               media,               and               I               am               reporting               this               story,               not               analyzing               it.

I               will               publish               editorials               as               soon               as               this               trial               is               over.

The               two               comments               that               I               made               are               that               the               hoopla               surrounding               the               rumors               in               this               case               are               apparently               not               borne               out               by               the               testimony               thus               far,               plus               the               Plaintiff               does               not               appear               to               be               as               seriously               injured               as               thought.

These               are               case               facts               and               not               editorial               opinion.

The               tactic               of               exaggerated               rumors               is               often               used               in               a               case               which               has               been               blacked-out               and               not               reported               by               the               news               media,               in               order               to               have               people               demand               to               hear               about               it.

This               has               resulted               in               the               San               Diego               Union-Tribune               and               KGTV               News               10               accounts.
               For               fifteen               years,               David               Ross,               known               as               the               Water               Man,               has               been               supplying               drinking               water               on               hot               summer               days               and               blankets               on               cold               winter               nights               for               the               San               Diego               poor               and               homeless.

He               has               appeared               at               most               of               the               Tuesday               San               Diego               City               Council               meetings,               too,               in               an               attempt               to               get               more               toilets               Downtown.

A               retired               new               car               dealer,               Ross               was               allegedly               beaten               by               San               Diego               Police               in               2009,               as               he               handed               out               water               and               sandwiches               to               starving               people.
               Today               in               San               Diego               Superior               Court               Department               75,               the               courtroom               of               Judge               Richard               E.

L.

Strauss,               he               and               his               lawyers               began               action               against               the               City.

Represented               by               Scott               Dreher,               the               famous               ACLU               attorney               that               had               the               guts               to               sue               the               City               of               San               Diego               in               Federal               Court               over               its               Illegal               Lodging               Ordinance,               and               his               partner               veteran               lawyer               Matt               Miller,               Ross               had               one               of               the               other               Plaintiffs               with               him,               a               homeless               man               also               beaten               by               police.

Ross               himself               has               never               been               homeless,               and               is               a               local               Christian               missionary.
               Ross               has               supposedly               suffered               two               strokes               due               to               the               incident,               and               was               hospitalized               in               critical               condition,               but               looked               healthy               today               as               his               attorneys               argued               against               the               City               over               evidence               issues.

One               television               media               outlet               requested               a               camera               in               the               courtroom,               and               the               request               was               granted.

Police               Officer               Stephens,               originally               charged               along               with               another               officer               in               the               incident,               was               removed               from               being               charged               in               return               for               his               testimony               later               in               the               case.
               Arguments               were               heard               over               whether               earlier               sworn               depositions               could               be               used,               as               one               Plaintiff,               Myron               Hill,               could               not               be               located.

He               would               therefore               be               unable               to               be               cross-examined.

Plaintiffs               also               objected               to               getting               lengthy               depositions               papers               less               than               a               week               ago               from               the               City               Police               Attorneys.

Jury               instructions               were               also               discussed,               and               both               sides               were               told               by               Judge               Strauss               to               argue               that               issue               amongst               themselves,               only               using               him               on               one               or               two               unresolved               issues.

Both               sides               have               until               tomorrow               to               file               briefs               on               their               positions.
               The               Plaintiffs               complained               that               the               City               interviewed               their               clients               without               an               attorney               being               present,               despite               the               demand               for               one,               and               challenged               whether               certain               of               the               experts               are               actually               experts.

The               City               apparently               had               its               doctors               examine               the               plaintiffs               without               any               lawyers               present,               and               no               such               exam               would               have               been               scheduled               or               permitted               by               their               lawyers.

The               lawyers               were               invited,               but               locked               out               of               the               examination               at               the               last               minute.

There               were               also               questions               as               to               the               validity               of               any               mental               diagnosis,               as               well               as               the               subjectivity               of               the               evaluator.

In               other               words,               none               of               the               mental               tests               performed               were               done               by               an               independent               doctor.

In               the               end,               the               judge               decided               to               allow               the               City               to               challenge               credibility               and               mental               state.
               For               several               months,               David               Ross               was               investigated               and               under               video               surveilance,               and               the               City               would               like               to               show               some               of               the               results               of               that               surveilance               that               help               their               case.

Attorneys               for               Ross               said               that               they               had               no               objection,               as               long               as               they               received               all               of               the               out-takes               and               those               portions               of               the               tapes               showing               the               good               work               done,               too.

Police               said               that               no               tapes               of               the               good               things               done               by               Ross               were               made.

Quite               probably,               best               guess,               the               City               hired               a               private               firm               to               tape               Ross,               and               the               firm               only               submitted               certain               cuts               to               the               Police.

Attorneys               for               Ross               also               complained               about               predatory               editing,               where               certain               words               and               phrases               were               snipped               out,               changing               the               significance               of               the               video.

There               were               objections               that               videos               of               Mr.

Ross               were               very               unrepresentative               of               what               he               did,               and               therefore               misleading.

These               videos,               however,               were               permitted               by               the               judge.
               The               police               and               City               apparently               wish               to               prevent               any               private               or               independent               news               accounts               of               the               trial,               while               the               Plaintiffs               want               same               and               to               show               what               Ross               does               daily               in               his               missionary               work.

Plaintiff's               attorney               argued               that               Ross               wants               to               show               that               he               was               attacked               for               no               valid               reason               by               police,               and               wants               to               prove               his               credibility.

So,               Ross               wants               to               show               prior               news               articles               and               television               footage,               as               well               as               video               of               his               own.

So               far,               the               police               can               show               video               and               enter               evidence               detrimental               to               Mr.

Ross,               but               he               cannot               also               enter               same               to               prove               his               credibility,               lifestyle,               etc.

In               the               end,               the               Court               determined               that               some               of               this               may               be               relevant               to               the               amount               of               damages,               and               will               be               permitted               but               very               limited.
               The               City               Police               lawyers               brought               up               the               belief               that               the               homeless               are               mentally               ill,               ever               since               President               Reagan               closed               the               mental               hospitals.

The               judge               didn't               buy               that               one,               pointing               out               that               Mr.

Ross               is               not               homeless               anyway,               and               never               has               been.

He               has               also               never               been               regarded               as               mentally               ill.
               The               City               said               that               it               wants               to               keep               the               jury               from               being               exposed               to               the               missionary               work               of               Ross,               and               the               Court               agreed               that               keeping               religious               arguments               out               is               important.

Police               argued               that               the               religious               mission               of               Ross               is               not               relevant               to               the               case,               and               may               prejudice               the               jury               into               awarding               higher               damages.

Lawyers               for               Ross               argued               that,               among               other               things,               he               was               deprived               of               his               rights               to               Freedom               of               Religion               and               Freedom               of               Speech,               so               all               of               these               things               may               be               relevant               to               the               case.
               The               City               wants               to               make               sure               that               it               is               clear               that               any               damages               awarded               are               not               going               to               the               poor,               although               Ross               does               use               his               own               money,               unreimbursed,               both               to               pay               for               the               Downtown               San               Diego               toilets,               and               provide               water               and               blankets.

Plaintiff               brought               up               that               Officer               McLoughlin,               one               of               the               accused,               may               have               himself               known               about               Ross               from               the               news               media,               and               intentionally               targeted               him.

Plaintiff               also               mentioned               that               they               would               be               calling               police               officers               to               testify               against               the               police               department.
               One               of               the               things               that               Ross               is               arguing               is               that               he               had               an               understanding               between               himself               and               police,               among               other               things               special               parking               privileges               to               do               his               work,               and               said               relationship               was               damaged               by               the               incident.

His               lawyers               argued               to               bring               in               his               family               history,               but               the               Police               lawyers               objected               to               that               as               prejudicial,               and               won               that               point.
               Police               wish               to               exclude               information               from               previous               lawsuits               against               the               City,               and               previous               issues               of               brutality.

There               is               a               huge               wealth               of               information               determined               at               length               by               other               courts,               some               of               it               taking               years               to               investigate               and               collect.

That               can               be               accepted               as               evidence,               but               as               to               including               testimony               from               Police               Internal               Affairs               hearings               to               determine               officer               wrongdoing,               the               words               "Internal               Affairs"               will               be               prohibited               from               the               trial,               as               prejudicial               and               too               "television               series".

Plaintiff's               lawyer               argued               that               it               will               be               difficult               to               refer               to               the               information               contained               in               past               brutality               investigations               without               using               the               words               Internal               Affairs               to               refer               to               same.

The               judge               will               not               permit               it.

The               officer               involved               has               had               prior               disciplinary               actions               and               investigations               regarding               this               sort               of               complaint,               and               that               cannot               be               admitted               as               evidence.
               Police               also               wish               to               exclude               certain               testimony               by               Dana               Terrell,               a               social               worker               assigned               by               San               Diego               County               to               help               David               Ross,               as               a               social               worker               is               not               a               psychiatrist,               and               therefore               not               someone               who               is               an               expert               at               diagnosis.

Her               diagnostic               info               will               not               be               accepted,               but               she               may               talk               about               how               this               incident               changed               Mr.

Ross,               on               the               issue               of               damages.

She               is               a               psychiatric               social               worker,               and               most               states               would               not               allow               her               to               diagnose               a               patient,               as               she               is               not               a               psychiatrist               nor               psychologist.
               Lots               of               talk               about               one               specific               parking               ticket,               which               would               help               Plaintiff               show               a               view               inside               the               police               department,               plus               arguments               over               what               constitutes               a               parking               expert.

The               parking               ticket               may               not               be               used               by               the               prosecution.

Other               motions               were               unopposed,               and               granted,               same               not               being               discussed.

The               City               wants               Officer               Stevens               to               be               exempt               from               sequestration               as               a               witness,               but               that               was               denied.

The               trial               must               be               completed               by               Thursday               of               next               week.

Tomorrow,               a               jury               will               be               selected.
               Day               two               of               the               police               brutality               trial               in               San               Diego.

First               order               of               business               was               jury               selection,               which               took               4.5               hours.

The               jurors               and               alternates,               a               total               of               14               people,               include               5               males               and               9               females.

1               is               Black,               2               Oriental,               1               Hindu-India-Related,               no               Hispanics,               and               10               Aryan               or               White               people,               all               age               25               to               50.
               Then,               the               opening               statements               by               the               Plaintiffs               and               the               Defense,               followed               by               the               testimony               of               David               Ross,               the               famous               San               Diego               Water               Man,               the               primary               Plaintiff.

The               first               thing               obvious               is               that               the               followers               of               Ross,               a               missionary               famous               in               the               national               news               media,               have               greatly               exaggerated               accounts               of               what               took               place,               perhaps               to               raise               interest               in               the               case.

This               may               have               worked,               as               the               San               Diego               news               media,               which               had               been               hiding               this               case               largely,               suddenly               took               interest,               and               a               camera               was               in               the               courtroom               today.
               According               to               Scott               Dreher               and               Matt               Miller,               lawyers               for               Plaintiff               Ross,               the               case               involves               police               intimidation,               free               speech               and               assembly,               and               illegal               search               and               siezure.

Ross               passes               out               sandwiches               and               water               for               homeless               and               poor               people               in               downtown               San               Diego               every               day.

One               day,               a               San               Diego               Police               officer               who               was               training               a               new               officer               drove               up               quickly,               and               slammed               one               of               the               followers               of               Ross               into               a               brick               wall.

Ross               objected               as               that               being               unnecessary               and               brutal,               as               well               as               for               no               valid               reason,               and               was               himself               slammed               onto               the               ground.

A               war               veteran               with               hand               combat               skills,               also               a               follower               of               Ross,               saw               that               from               a               nearby               assembly               area,               and               tried               to               defend               Ross               against               the               attack.

He               was               slammed               into               a               police               car.
               David               Ross,               The               Water               Man,               had               worked               for               the               Society               of               St.

Vincent               dePaul,               Father               Joe's               Villages,               a               Roman               Catholic               charity,               as               a               caseworker               for               9               years,               eventually               leaving               to               run               his               own               charity               for               the               past               6               years.

He               gives               people               hugs,               converses               with               them,               tries               to               help               with               their               problems,               and               on               cold               nights,               he               passes               out               blankets               for               those               who               will               be               on               the               sidewalk               overnight.

He               also               pays               for               the               rental               and               maintenance               of               several               toilets               in               the               downtown               San               Diego               area.

All               of               this               is               via               his               own               money,               from               years               as               a               Mercedes               Benz               car               dealer               in               Los               Angeles.
               Ross               is               73               years               old,               retired,               and               is               the               local               minister               who               performs               the               funerals               when               homeless               people               on               the               sidewalk               die               of               pneumonia.

His               own               lawyers               do               not               know               this,               but               Ross               is               famous,               and               I               have               both               attended,               and               reported               on,               his               funerals.

He               also               supplies               fast-food               such               as               pizza               or               hamburgers               for               a               no-frills               wake.

(See               "Huge               Monument               Honors               Dead               and               Displaced               Homeless",               February               2011               edition               of               the               San               Diego               Homeless               News,               NZ9F.com/SDHN.)
               As               a               result,               David               Ross               has               a               following,               and               many,               including               most               of               the               police               (he               is               supported               by               and               good               friends               with               most               police)               listen               to               him.

He               also               addresses               the               San               Diego               City               Council               on               10               AM               Tuesdays,               when               they               allow               anyone               to               speak               for               3               minutes               per               person.

Police               are               scheduled               to               testify               on               his               behalf               against               other               police.

The               incidents               involved               occured               in               front               of               over               50               people.

Ross,               a               huge               police               supporter               for               life,               is               extremely               shook               up               and               mentally               distressed               as               a               result               of               what               happened.
               He               has               in               the               past               been               punched               by               a               homeless               man,               knocking               out               some               of               his               teeth,               stabbed               with               an               icepick               in               an               attempted               carjacking,               and               broken               bones               when               hit               with               a               lead               pipe,               all               in               separate               incidents.

This               one               is               the               one               he               has               not               recovered               from,               however.

His               physical               condition               has               not               been               that               greatly               changed               permanently,               but               his               mental               condition               is               entirely               another               story.
               The               San               Diego               Police               lawyers               side               of               the               issue               is               this:               They               heard               a               tip               that               drugs               were               being               distributed               by               a               man               from               the               trunk               of               his               car               near               Neil               Good               Center,               one               of               the               San               Diego               homeless               refuges.

When               they               arrived,               between               60               and               100               people               outdoors               in               the               refuge               became               agitated               and               started               shouting.

The               City               says               that               "the               area               is               a               bad               neighborhood,               full               of               homeless               people,               who               are               often               mentally               unstable,               dope               addicts,               drunks,               losers,               do               not               like               police               officers,               and               often               carry               weapons."               That               is               a               direct               quote.
               They               showed               the               jury               a               police               mug               shot               of               Myron               Hill,               one               of               the               Plaintiffs,               who               was               asked               by               the               police               to               get               out               of               the               street               where               water               was               being               distributed,               and               he               said               no.

He               was               then               escorted               to               the               sidewalk               area,               and               arrested.

(A               hacker               got               onto               my               website               and               changed               the               word               "arrested"               to               "resisted".)               The               sidewalk               has               a               wall               running               along               it,               which               "police               know               is               a               better               position               of               safety,               particularly               knowing               what               they               know               about               the               homeless               population."               Hill               was               handcuffed               and               placed               on               the               ground.
               David               Ross,               the               primary               Plaintiff,               then               began               yelling               and               "interfering"               with               the               officers               dealing               with               Hill.

The               particulars               were               not               given.

One               police               officer               then               began               shouting               at               Ross               to               get               out               of               the               street,               and               his               followers               nearby               began               yelling               and               screaming,               which               police               called               "pre-assaultive               cues".

Police               handling               Ross               observed               him               trip               and               fall,               and               eleven               of               his               followers               approached               them.

One               named               Marvin               Britton,               a               decorated               retired               soldier,               approached               police               even               after               they               ordered               him               to               stand               back.

Police               used               their               hands               to               push               him               away               3               times,               then               used               a               tazer,               called               for               backup,               and               aimed               tear               gas               spray               at               the               group.

Britton               was               arrested               for               Felony               Battery               Upon               a               Police               Officer.
               City               claims               they               used               standard               procedure               and               will               call               experts               to               testify.

An               orthopedic               surgeon               examined               Ross               on               behalf               of               the               police               and               claims               that               his               physical               injuries               are               mostly               from               the               lead               pipe               incident               years               ago,               and               his               refusal               to               have               surgery.

They               also               claim               Ross               to               have               had               pre-existing               Post-Traumatic               Stress               Dissorder               problems,               stemming               from               previous               attacks               by               homeless               people,               not               police.

Ross               plays               tennis               daily,               using               his               supposedly               crippled               arm,               although               the               people               he               plays               with               say               they               noticed               poorer               form.
               The               police               say               they               had               a               legitimate               reason               to               investigate,               they               have               a               very               dangerous               job,               and               this               group               generally               dislikes               police,               is               mentally               unstable,               uses               drugs               and               alcohol,               and               carries               weapons.

They               say               that               their               actions               were               entirely               reasonable.
               Next,               David               Ross,               the               Water               Man,               takes               the               witness               stand.
               Mr.

David               Ross,               the               primary               Plaintiff               (person               suing               for               damages)               took               the               stand,               and               was               asked               by               his               attorneys               about               his               lifestyle.

He               says               he               gets               up               around               7               AM,               works               out,               and               then               plays               tennis.

After               that,               he               goes               to               a               storage               facility               to               load               up               his               car               with               water               bottles,               sandwiches,               and               blankets               to               be               given               away               to               poor               people               that               day.

On               the               day               of               the               incident,               there               were               hundreds               gathered               at               the               support               facility,               called               the               Neil               Good               Center,               in               Downtown               San               Diego.
               Traffic               was               light,               and               since               everyone               knows               him,               he               merely               toots               his               horn               and               a               line               of               people               assemble               to               get               what               they               need.

He               said               he               also               gives               out               hugs,               takes               time               to               get               to               know               people,               tries               to               make               them               less               embarrassed               about               needing               help,               and               bridge               the               problem               of               the               sadness,               disconnect,               and               anger               in               the               people.

He               said               he               could               do               none               of               that               while               working               as               a               social               worker,               but               as               a               missionary,               he               can.
               Ross               said               he               ran               Mercedes-Benz               auto               dealerships               for               14               years,               including               9               years               in               Dallas               and               5               years               in               Los               Angeles.

Asked               why               he               gave               up               the               car               business,               he               said               that               he               grew               up               poor               in               the               Inner               City               of               Detroit,               and               jumped               at               the               chance               to               be               somebody,               a               car               dealer.
               When               his               wife               died,               he               became               discontent               with               the               money-orientedness               of               the               auto               business,               and               had               long               not               been               happy               working               in               it.

What               made               him               happy               was               volunteering               after               work               at               St.

Francis               Center,               in               Los               Angeles.

A               veteran               of               the               Korean               War,               he               got               along               well               with               the               many               military               veterans               living               on               the               sidewalks.
               Asked               about               the               day               of               the               event,               he               said               he               had               100-150               people               who               wanted               water,               and               with               hugs               and               conversation               that               might               take               5               minutes               per               person.

He               had               been               working               45               minutes               when               suddenly               San               Diego               Police               Officer               McLaughlin,               the               only               person               civilly               charged               in               the               case,               suddenly               drove               up,               stopped               his               patrol               car               abruptly,               and               his               car               doors               flew               open.
               Mr.

Ross               said               this               startled               him,               because               usually               the               police               wave               and               drop               by               to               talk.

Police               have               in               the               news               media               claimed               that               Ross               is               a               major               factor               in               their               community               relations,               and               helps               keep               the               homeless               calm               and               non-violent.

San               Diego               Assistant               Police               Chief               Boyd               Long,               who               deals               with               homeless               issues,               helped               him               set               up               a               storage               locker               facility               for               the               poor               to               keep               their               clothes               and               other               posessions               in,               thus               having               less               clutter               of               same               on               the               streets               downtown.

A               prettier               environment               for               everyone.
               Ross               said               that               on               the               day               of               the               incident,               Officer               McLaughlin               showed               very               quick,               angry,               and               aggressive               movements,               and               when               that               officer               took               hold               of               his               friend               abruptly,               he               asked               the               officer               to               calm               down.

"Shut               the               [F-word]               up!"               was               the               reply               he               got               from               Officer               McLaughlin.

Ross               asked               why               he               (his               friend)               was               being               roughed               up,               and               was               again               told               the               same               expletive.
               This               friend               was               then               thrown               violently               against               a               brick               wall               by               the               police               officer,               an               ex-Marine               in               the               Military               Police.

He               told               the               officer               to               stop,               and               the               officer               screamed               at               him,               spun               him               around,               forced               him               to               the               ground,               and               then               screams               were               heard               in               the               background.

The               several               hundred               people               across               the               street               at               the               center               were               now               watching.
               He               tried               to               get               up,               but               his               arm               hurt               too               bad,               and               the               officer,               McLaughlin,               accused               him               of               faking               being               injured.

There               was               then               screaming,               yelling,               and               panic               from               the               shelter.

Witnesses               outside               of               the               trial               claim               that               at               this               point               the               huge               gates               were               locked,               locking               the               crowd               in               a               fenced-in               area               (shown               above),               so               that               no               one               could               get               out               and               possibly               harm               the               police.

Private               security               is               used               at               the               center,               and               they               rapidly               take               preventive               action.
               One               very               large               man,               a               Vietnam               Veteran               and               also               a               former               Military               Police               officer,               had               already               run               out               of               the               gate               to               try               to               defend               missionary               David               Ross               from               attack               by               the               police.

Shortly               thereafter,               police               backup               arrived               in               large               numbers,               and               surrounded               Ross,               protecting               him.

One               officer               said               of               Laughlin,               "He's               lost               his               mind.

He               needs               anger               management."
               Paramedics               then               arrived               and               took               him               to               a               hospital               for               X-rays.

At               the               hospital               Police               Internal               Affairs               apologized               to               him               and               took               a               30-45               minute               recorded               statement.

Leaving               the               hospital,               he               had               a               bad               headache,               arm               pain,               soreness,               and               confusion.

Some               loss               of               arm               motion.

Unable               to               sleep,               friends               dropped               by               to               comfort               him.

He               received               physical               therapy,               plays               tennis               to               recover,               and               has               continuous               haunting               dreams               in               which               police               chase               him               and               laugh               at               him.
               He               saw               a               therapist               years               earlier               when               attacked               by               a               homeless               person               he               was               trying               to               help,               but               he               had               not               seen               her               for               years,               and               now               returned               to               therapy,               paying               with               his               own               money.

He               continued               in               psychiatric               therapy               for               2               years.

He               said               that               his               emotional               problems               were               because               he               always               considered               the               police               his               allies               and               protectors,               and               now               one               attacked               him.

"Police               are               my               partners",               he               said.
               Photos               were               shown               of               the               area               where               he               parks               his               car               to               hand               out               water.

This               is               across               the               street               barely               visible               in               the               photo,               past               the               fence               in               the               upper               right.

It               is               clearly               visible               through               the               bars               of               the               fence.

David               said               that               he               has               had               problems               driving,               and               also               lifting               up               cases               of               water,               due               to               injuries               suffered.

He               said               that               his               parking               spot               across               the               street               was               unofficial,               but               police               never               bothered               him               for               parking               there.
               He               was               asked               if               any               officer               on               the               day               of               the               incident               asked               him               whose               car               it               was,               or               said               he               should               not               be               parking               it               there,               and               he               said               no.

He               gets               help               from               Gary               Limpic,               a               marriage               counselor               from               his               church,               to               lift               heavy               cases               of               drinking               water,               when               he               buys               them               or               picks               them               up               from               storage.

He               said               that               he               has               had               to               use               rubber               braces               to               play               tennis,               and               has               never               recovered               100%.

He               does               shadow               boxing,               and               both               that               and               tennis,               he               says,               requires               an               excellent               sense               of               balance.
               The               police               cross-examination               of               David               Ross               asked               him               about               his               leaving               St.

Vincent               de               Paul,               over               a               disagreement.

He               said               that               the               problem               he               had               was               that               they               were               using               computers               and               not               any               one-on-one               contact               in               order               to               handle               case               work.

He               said               that               made               people               a               number,               and               he               hated               depersonalization.

Insufficient               personal               contact,               he               said.

He               was               asked               if               the               streets               were               dangerous,               and               agreed               that               they               were.

He               has               been               attacked               at               least               four               times,               becoming               injured               each               time.

Once,               he               lost               several               teeth.

He               was               also               asked               if               his               getting               people               in               line               and               out               of               the               street               was               an               orderly               process.

He               said               that               he               does               the               best               he               can.
               He               says               that               he               tries               to               get               everyone               out               of               the               street.

He               was               asked               about               shopping               carts               in               the               patio               area,               shown               in               the               photo.

He               said               that               there               was               no               real               commotion               at               the               facility               until               the               officer               slammed               one               man's               head               into               the               brick               wall.

Then               there               was               shouting.

And,               the               officer               (Laughlin)               came               over               and               grabbed               him.

The               veteran               who               tried               to               rescue               him               from               the               police               officer               got               his               head               slammed               into               a               parked               car.

There               was               a               question               as               to               whether               the               officer               may               have               kicked               him,               or               tripped               him,               or               he               did               not               know               what.

He               said               that               he               felt               pushed,               but               did               not               know               how               it               was               done,               it               was               done               so               fast.

There               seems               to               be               some               who               gave               depositions               that               the               officer               also               kicked               him               once               on               the               ground.

He               is               uncertain,               and               says               it               was               like               being               in               the               Twilight               Zone.
               He               had               never               seen               this               officer               before.

He               was               asked               if               his               right               shoulder               injury               was               actually               due               to               a               lead               pipe               attack               he               received               earlier.

He               has               been               diagnosed               with               chronic               insomnia               and               depression.
               Next               witness               is               Harry               Miller,               not               related               to               Matt               Miller,               a               lawyer               in               this               case,               who               was               asked               why               he               was               at               Neil               Good               Center               that               day.

Miller               said               he               had               financial               problems               and               was               in               foreclosure.

He               needed               to               register               to               receive               services               in               case               he               needed               them               in               the               future.

Asked               if               he               had               met               David               Ross,               he               had.

He               was               asked               if               there               was               a               commotion               before               Mr.

Ross               was               on               the               ground,               he               said               there               was               not.

He               said               he               personally               now               felt               fear               of               police               as               a               result               of               this               incident.
               He               said               there               was               a               conversation               between               Officer               McLaughlin               and               David               Ross,               and               the               officer               was               very               upset.

His               tone               was               loud,               nasty,               and               there               was               a               Black               man               pleading               with               the               officer               and               saying               "What               are               you               doing?"               Then               the               Black               man               (Vietnam               Veteran               Military               Police               Officer               Marvin               Britton)               was               arrested.
               He               said               he               was               in               shock               and               did               not               like               what               he               saw.

When               backup               arrived,               he               complained               to               a               police               officer               that               he               knew               and               trusted.

He               was               interviewed               at               home               by               Police               Internal               Affairs.
               Next               witness               is               Marvin               Britton,               just               mentioned               above.

A               large               Black               Vietnam               Veteran,               walking               with               a               cane,               he               testified               that               he               went               to               the               Neil               Good               Center               for               months,               and               saw               David               Ross               a               lot.

He               buys               the               daily               newspaper,               and               sits               down               to               read               it               at               one               of               the               tables.

Eventually,               somebody               shouted,               "Something's               happening!"
               He               saw               Officer               McLaughlin               place               his               hip               into               Dave               and               flip               him               on               his               back,               and               then               raise               his               foot               to               give               him               a               military               heel-stomp.

He               explained               what               all               that               was,               and               said               that               the               officer               was               angry,               with               his               head               as               red               as               a               beet,               sort               of               like               having               a               bad               day.

He               said               the               maneuver               he               used               on               Ross               was               extremely               fast,               so               fast               that               most               people               do               not               even               know               what               is               going               on,               and               is               called               an               NVA               Flop.

Asked               how               he               knew               what               that               was,               he               stated               that               he               used               to               be               an               MP,               a               military               police               officer.
               Britton               said               he               injured               his               left               side,               hip,               and               shoulder               in               the               incident,               and               has               had               to               walk               with               a               cane               ever               since               police               threw               him               into               a               car               for               trying               to               rescue               Ross               that               day.

He               said               that               he               was               really               "pissed               off",               because               the               officer               had               to               take               the               same               oath               as               him,               when               he               became               a               police               officer,               to               Protect               and               Serve.

In               the               hospital,               he               said               that               if               he               ever               ran               into               Officer               McLaughlin               in               a               dark               alley,               he               better               have               his               weapon               with               him.

Britton               is               very               big,               strong,               but               not               getting               around               too               well,               due               to               his               injuries               in               the               incident.
               Next,               witness               Larry               Johnson,               a               plumber               from               central               San               Diego,               33rd               and               Market.

He               said               he               goes               to               Neil               Good               Center               a               lot,               and               was               dropping               off               some               deodorant               and               soap               that               day.

He               said               he               sees               David               Ross               there               a               lot,               and               observed               Officer               McLaughlin               knocking               a               bottle               of               water               out               of               Mr.

Ross's               hand               that               he               was               trying               to               give               to               the               officer.

Both               were               yelling,               and               he               thought               McLaughlin               kicked               Ross.

Then,               chaos.

People               yelled,               "Call               911!"
               Finally,               police               and               an               ambulance.

A               Sergeant               talked               to               him               about               giving               Internal               Affairs               statements,               which               he               did.

Asked               about               street               crimes,               and               police               protecting               themselves,               he               said               he               understood               that.

What               he               wanted               to               know               is               how               people               protect               themselves               against               renegade               cops.

He               also               said               that               Myron               Hill               was               not               interfering               with               traffic,               as               the               police               suggest,               and               that               there               were               about               20               people               getting               water               from               Ross.

He               said               that               Ross               was               not               kicked               nor               tripped.

He               said               that               the               officer               tried               to               "slam               him"               (Ross),               but               Ross               tripped.

Asked               what               was               meant               by               "slamming",               he               said               that               is               when               a               police               officer               forces               someone's               head               into               a               wall,               like               they               did               to               the               person               named               Hill.
               New               witness,               Ronald               Seno,               met               David               Ross               5               years               ago               and               has               played               tennis               with               him               almost               every               morning               the               last               3               years,               as               his               tennis               instructor.

Seno               is               a               tennis               pro.

He               said               that               the               time               of               the               incident               greatly               reduced               the               ability               of               Mr.

Ross               to               play               tennis,               and               he               has               had               to               change               his               racket               from               a               professional               tennis               player               racket               to               now               one               used               by               elderly               people.

Seno               said               that               Ross               has               improved               the               past               2               years               since               the               incident,               but               is               only               60%               as               good               as               he               used               to               be.

He               said               that               there               was               a               problem               with               his               range-of-motion               and               his               follow-through.
               New               witness,               Gary               Limpic,               partner               of               David               Ross,               who               is               a               marriage               counselor,               music               pastor,               and               with               Mr.

Ross               runs               the               Ninth               Avenue               Check-In               Center,               a               storage               facility               for               the               San               Diego               homeless               to               keep               their               posessions               in               lockers               instead               of               all               over               the               streets.

He               was               not               present               at               the               incident,               but               has               often               helped               "The               Water               Man"               pass               out               water.

He               has               known               Ross               3               and               a               half               years,               and               stated               that               the               incident               had               Ross               unable               to               do               anything               at               all               for               two               weeks,               nor               carry               water               for               5               or               6               weeks,               so               he               had               to               unload               and               give               out               the               water               himself.
               He               said               that               he               often               saw               the               police               stop               and               talk               to               David,               and               they               had               a               good               relationship,               David               and               the               police.

He               was               asked               if               he               would               be               willing               to               lie               for               his               partner               Ross,               and               said               that               he               would               not.
               At               this               time,               3               PM,               Wednesday,               April               20,               my               website,               NZ9F.com,               was               brought               up               by               the               data               processing               clerk               during               a               break,               and               scrolled               to               my               photo               on               Home               Page.

As               I               do               have               a               few               stock               photos               of               the               Neil               Good               Center               on               the               site,               no               problem.

I               complained               to               the               Bailiff               that               the               jury               should               not               have               access               to               anything               like               this,               not               even               in               the               background,               and               was               told               that               internet               access               in               the               courtroom               was               prohibited.

No               one               on               the               jury,               which               was               on               a               break,               saw               anything,               and               the               site               was               no               longer               on               the               computer               by               the               time               they               returned.
               I               normally               wear               a               hat,               shirt,               or               similar,               with               my               website               logo               on               it,               but               intentionally               did               not               do               so,               for               fear               the               jury               might               find               it.

Because               nearly               nine               thousand               people               wanted               the               complete               and               uncensored               story,               this               contains               everything,               even               that               which               the               jury               is               prohibited               from               seeing,               plus               information               that               neither               the               judge               nor               the               lawyers               involved               have.

The               alternative               would               have               been               closed-circuit               television               transmission               for               a               large               crowd,               but               given               the               fact               that               Ross               is               the               religious               leader               of               some               people,               and               the               nature               of               the               trial,               this               could               prove               to               be               a               dangerous               undertaking.

So               that               is               why               I               am               covering               it               in               such               detail.

This               is               the               radio               broadcast               of               a               football               game,               and               I               am               giving               the               play-by-play.

My               being               in               the               courtroom               means               that               many               people               do               not               have               to               take               off               work               to               be               there,               too.
               Next,               a               new               witness,               Officer               McLaughlin               himself,               who               is               the               primary               person               to               be               accused               of               wrongdoing               here.

He               has               been               a               police               officer               for               12               years,               and               prior               to               that               a               military               justice               investigator               with               NCIS               for               a               year.

Before               that,               he               was               a               United               States               Marine               for               8               years,               in               the               Military               Police.

He               began               as               a               San               Diego               Police               Trainer               4               years               ago.
               He               complained               that               people               on               the               day               of               the               incident               were               "milling               about",               and               the               area               of               the               homeless               had               a               lot               of               drug               use,               illegal               (on               the               sidewalk)               alcohol               use,               many               assaults,               and               the               Neil               Good               Center               was               "almost               exclusively               homeless               people."
               On               the               day               in               question,               he               was               investigating               drug               activity,               from               a               tip               he               got               earlier.

The               form               used               for               interviews               of               informants               and               tips               was               presented               on               a               viewing               screen,               but               most               of               it               was               blacked               out.

One               thing               that               was               listed               was               "pushing               shopping               cart."               He               said               that               when               he               arrived               at               the               Neil               Good               Center               he               saw               people               looking               into               the               trunk               of               Mr.

Ross'               car,               and               thought               he               might               be               a               dope               dealer.

Then,               he               saw               that               he               was               only               handing               out               bottles               of               water.
               Much               trial               testimony               has               been               over               whether               the               car               of               Mr.

Ross               was               parked               legally               or               not,               and               how               heavy               the               traffic               was.

Officer               McLaughlin               said               that               he               noticed               Myron               Hill               in               the               street               by               Ross'               car,               and               told               him               to               get               out               of               the               street.

He               replied,               "No,               I'm               getting               water."               He               said               that               he               grabbed               Hill               immediately               instead               of               issuing               a               ticket               because               it               was               a               dangerous               spot.

Asked               if               any               traffic               had               to               swerve               to               avoid               him               or               Hill,               he               said               no.

It               should               be               noted               that               17th               Street,               in               question,               is               one-way               and               extremely               wide.
               He               was               asked               about               a               woman               who               ran               when               he               drove               up.

He               was               then               asked               why               he               used               force               against               Myron               Hill,               and               he               said               that               Hill               tensed               up               and               dragged               his               feet.

As               it               turns               out,               Hill               is               in               jail               during               the               trail,               having               been               arrested               for               selling               cocaine,               but               he,               too,               complains               about               excessive               force               in               the               incident,               is               one               of               the               three               Plaintiffs               suing               for               damages,               and               will               testify               later               on               videotape.
               The               prosecution               wants               the               police               report,               filed               by               McLaughlin,               entered               into               evidence,               but               the               police               themselves,               who               are               the               Defense               here,               do               not               want               that,               and               the               judge               ruled               that               the               jury               does               not               get               to               see               the               police               report.

Asked               whether               Ross               requested               that               anyone               else               interfere               (that               could               be               considered               inciting               a               riot),               McLaughlin               said               that               he               did               not.

Asked               if               there               is               anything               wrong               with               people               (Ross)               talking               to               police,               he               said               no,               but               yelling               at               police               in               such               a               way               that               many               spectators               notice               in               a               negative               way               interferes               with               police               work.

He               said               that               when               Ross               yelled,               so               did               the               crowd.

It               has               been               mentioned,               but               needs               to               be               noted               that               Ross               is               their               religious               leader.
               McLaughlin               said               he               had               to               wait               two               minutes               for               backup,               and               during               that               time,               Marvin               Britton               came               out               of               the               Neil               Good               Center.

He               is               a               large               ex-Military               Police               officer,               same               as               McLaughlin.

(Witnesses               that               I               spoke               to               independently,               not               expected               to               testify               at               the               trial,               said               that               when               Britton,               who               acts               as               a               "bouncer"               helping               with               security,               went               out               to               "rescue"               Mr.

Ross,               the               gates               to               the               center               were               locked,               locking               most               everyone               else               in.)               McLaughlin               was               then               asked               if               Ross               posed               a               threat,               and               he               said               he               did               not.

Ross               is               in               his               mid-70s.

McLaughlin               said               he               grabbed               his               hand,               then               felt               it               slip               away,               and               Ross               stumbled               to               the               ground               of               his               own               clumsiness.
               He               said               he               felt               frustrated               and               nervous,               but               not               in               danger.

He               also               thought               Ross               was               faking               injury.

He               said               that               once               Ross               saw               the               laser               light               from               his               taser               on               his               body,               he               stopped               being               aggressive.

He               was               asked               why               his               partner,               officer               Stevens,               the               rookie               on               his               5th               day               as               a               San               Diego               Police               officer,               had               neither               his               taser               nor               his               gun               drawn.

He               said               Stevens               was               over               near               the               wall,               out               of               danger,               with               Hill               handcuffed.
               He               said               that               when               backup               arrived,               there               where               then               police               everywhere,               and               no               more               problem.

Asked               why               he               did               not               ticket               Ross               for               illegal               parking,               he               said               the               scene               was               too               chaotic.
               Next               witness               is               rookie               Police               Officer               Brian               Stephens,               who               was               unfortunate               enough               to               have               this               be               his               fifth               day               as               a               police               officer.

He               was               being               field-trained               that               day               by               his               partner,               veteran               officer               McLaughlin,               who               just               testified.

Originally               charged               himself               as               a               Defendant,               he               was               removed               from               being               sued               today               in               return               for               his               testimony.
               He               said               that               he               an               McLaughlin               were               there               looking               for               drug               sales,               but               immediately               saw               that               Mr.

Ross               was               not               doing               that.

The               situation               was               peaceful               and               orderly.

He               said               he               had               no               problem               with               where               Mr.

Ross               was               parked,               and               did               not               consider               any               situation               dangerous.

He               was               asked               if               when               he               parked               behind               Mr.

Ross               he               put               on               his               flashing               lights               to               warn               traffic,               and               he               said               that               same               was               unnecessary               because               the               street               is               very               wide.
               He               said               there               was               very               little               traffic,               persons               around               Mr.

Ross'               car               did               not               seem               in               any               danger               nor               dangerous               themselves,               and               his               partner,               McLaughlin,               grabbed               Hill               within               5               seconds               of               telling               him               to               get               out               of               the               street.

He               said               an               inappropriate               amount               of               force               was               used               to               pressure               Hill               against               the               wall.

He               said               that               when               Ross               approached               McLaughlin,               he               was               given               the               NVA               Flop.

He               said               no               one               there               was               an               imminent               threat.

He               said               that               the               reason               Ross               was               flopped               is               that               he               was               red-faced,               yelling,               waving               his               arms,               interfering               with               their               investigation,               and               drawing               the               attention               of               over               100               spectators               across               the               street.
               Their               agitation               led               to               Marvin               Bitton               coming               across               the               street.

He               was               asked               if               Ross               asked               for               help,               (which               under               terrorism               laws               would               automatically               be               considered               inciting               a               riot),               and               he               said               that               he               did               not               ask               for               any               help.

Stephens               was               then               informed               by               the               attorney               questioning               him               that               mere               words               do               not               count               as               interference               with               police               work,               and               that               verbal               protests               without               any               touching               are               permitted               as               Free               Speech.

(He               was               once               an               ACLU               lawyer               specializing               in               Free               Speech.)
               Cross-examination               by               the               City               and               Police               lawyer               brought               up               the               Training               Manual               of               the               San               Diego               Police               Department               Academy,               and               its               official               guideline               called               the               Force               Matrix.

The               matrix               consists               of               a               do-or-don't               guide               for               matching               the               behavior               of               a               suspect               or               person               being               arrested               with               the               behavior               that               the               officer               should               respond               with.

It               consists               of               various               levels               or               situations,               and               tells               how               much               force               is               acceptable,               too               extreme,               or               even               not               extreme               enough.

It               is               a               standard               part               of               police               training.
               The               Force               Matrix               lists               5               basic               levels               of               suspect               behavior,               from               noncompliant               (refusing               to               obey               an               order)               all               the               way               to               imminent               threat               of               the               officer               becoming               murdered               by               the               suspect.

Stevens               characterized               the               threat               level               of               Hill               as               active               resistance,               one               of               the               step               levels,               which               would               justify               being               tackled               or               sprayed               with               chemical               mace,               but               no               use               of               a               gun               or               taser.

Asked               what               the               threat               level               was               of               Mr.

Ross,               he               replied               "None."               (That               would               mean,               theoretically,               even               touching               Mr.

Ross               was               too               great               an               amount               of               force.)               Asked               if               he               knew               Mr.

Ross               before               the               incident,               he               stated               that               he               did               not.
               Officer               Stephens               is               testifying               against               the               San               Diego               Police               Department,               his               current               employer,               and               against               a               fellow               police               officer,               his               partner.

This               is               significant.
               Next               witness,               San               Diego               Police               Captain               Christopher               Ball,               who               said               that               David               Ross               is               a               fixture               on               the               street,               a               known               homeless               advocate,               and               provides               things               that               even               help               the               City,               such               as               paying               for               toilets.

Asked               if               Ross               has               permission               to               park               his               car               in               a               particular               spot,               he               said               there               was               no               protocol               for               granting               anyone               permission.

He               also               said               that               he               had               never               told               Ross               not               to               park               there,               either.
               He               said               that               sometimes               distribution               of               water               is               quiet               and               orderly,               and               other               times               it               is               rambunctous,               water               being               thrown               like               a               football               pass.

He               testified               that               other               service               providers               also               use               the               Ross               parking               space               in               question.

Asked               if               he               had               ever               wanted               the               car               ticketed,               he               replied,               "We               give               tickets               to               address               problems,               when,               in               the               mind               of               an               officer,               a               problem               needs               to               be               addressed."
               On               the               way               out               of               the               courtroom,               he               shook               the               hands               of               Plaintiffs               Ross               and               Britton,               in               front               of               the               jury.

I               have               never               before               seen               a               police               officer               shake               the               hand               of               someone               in               a               courtroom               suing               his               department.

I               was               shocked.
               Next               witness               San               Diego               Police               Captain               Mark               Jones,               who               said               he               was               aware               of               the               incident.

He               said               that               there               were               no               special               police               parking               policies               to               deal               with               the               needs               of               homeless               service               providers               like               Mr.

Ross.

He               was               asked               if               he               knew               who               Ross               was               before               this               incident               and               said               that               he               did               not.

On               his               way               out               of               the               courtroom,               he,               too,               shook               the               hand               of               Ross.
               The               next               witness,               San               Diego               Police               Chief               of               Patrol               Operations,               Assistant               Chief               Boyd               Long.

He               said               he               has               known               David               Ross               for               years,               and               knew               him               while               a               patrol               officer,               Sargeant,               Lieutenant,               and               now               as               one               of               the               Chiefs.

They               have               talked               more               than               once               a               week,               but               he               never               met               Ross               in-person               until               the               incident.

He               was               asked               about               Mr.

Ross'               illegal               parking               spot,               and               said               they               discussed               it               about               a               year               ago               (this               was               a               year               after               the               incident).

He               said               that               Ross               is               famous,               and               he               read               about               him               long               before               ever               meeting               him.

He,               too,               shook               the               hand               of               Ross               when               leaving               the               courtroom.
               Chief               Long               is               someone               that               I               have               met,               when               I               published               an               article               previously               on               police               harassment               and               the               homeless.

We               spoke,               and               I               told               him               of               my               8               years               as               a               cop.

He               is               more               of               a               psychologist,               like               myself,               and               believes               that               police               work               is               easier               if               you               get               people               to               obey               the               law               to               begin               with,               rather               than               punishing               them               for               breaking               it.

Since               this               incident,               Long               has               been               placed               in               charge               of               police               liason               operations               involving               the               homeless,               and               most               of               the               leaders,               including               Ross               as               religious               leader               and               myself               as               newspaper               editor               have               his               personal               cell               phone               number.
               Next               witness,               due               to               scheduling               difficulties               and               a               trial               running               more               quickly               than               the               time               it               was               all               supposed               to               take,               is               the               videotaped               testimony               of               Myron               Hill,               the               third               Plaintiff,               who               is               the               one               ordered               to               get               out               of               the               street,               refused               to               do               so               until               he               got               his               bottle               of               water,               and               may               have               been               slammed               into               a               wall.

His               testimony               was               intended               for               a               later               day,               but               needs               to               be               used               to               fill               in               time               now.

I               liken               it               to               the               classroom               speaker               being               late,               and               a               film               clip               will               be               used               instead               temporarily.

It               is               relevant               to               future               developments               in               the               trial,               so               not               all               of               it               makes               sense               yet.
               Hill               testifies               from               jail,               taped               April               6,               and               the               tape               is               very               snipped               up               and               poor.

He               was               arrested               for               transportation               and               sale               of               rock               cocaine.

He               says               traffic               on               the               street               was               light,               he               never               saw               Officer               McLaughlin               before               the               incident,               and               that               he               often               helped               David               Ross               distribute               water.

He               spoke               of               a               previous               police               incident               less               than               an               hour               earlier,               where               a               woman               was               being               sought               and               ran               from               the               police.

He               said               "people               get               upset               because               police               will               get               in               your               face.

They               always               gotta               bother               or               do               something               to               somebody."
               That               line               of               thinking               is               called               the               "jailhouse               mentality"               in               that               it               is               the               person               who               "snitches",               or               tells               who               did               something,               that               is               the               guilty               party,               as               opposed               to               the               one               breaking               the               law.

It               is               the               same               notion,               however,               as               the               "good               olde               boys",               where               no               corrupt               gangster,               politician,               nor               even               police               officer               dares               to               "snitch"               or               "rat"               on               the               rest.
               When               asked,               he               said               that               he               couldn't               tell               if               McLaughlin               kicked               Ross,               and               he               did               agree               that               officers               have               a               hard               time               on               the               street.

I               think               Hill               is               mentally               ill,               out               of               touch,               and               maybe               even               high               on               dope,               based               upon               the               videotape.

The               point               here,               I               think,               is               that               it               could               be               that               any               normal               person               may               have               used               a               little               bit               more               force               and               shown               a               little               bit               less               patience               with               him,               based               upon               his               personality.

Therefore,               you               or               I               may               have               done               the               same               thing               as               McLaughlin,               who               was               being               human,               biased               and               all.
               The               last               witness               of               the               week               is               Dana               Terrell,               the               clinical               therapist               of               Mr.

Ross.

She               is               an               LCSW,               Licensed               Clinical               Social               Worker,               a               California               healthcare               designation               below               a               psychologist               or               psychiatrist,               but               trained               at               giving               clinical               therapies.

These               are               people               who               help               with               problems,               run               therapeutic               focus               groups,               help               hospice               people               deal               with               Depression               from               knowing               that               they               are               terminal,               and               many               similar               things.

She               has               23               years               experience,               sees               35               clients               a               week,               and               specializes               in               treating               PTSD,               Post               Traumatic               Stress               Disorder.
               She               is               one               of               the               therapists               used               by               San               Diego               County               in               cases               ranging               from               car               accidents               thru               incest               to               assault.

Ross               saw               her               years               earlier               after               being               attacked               by               a               homeless               man,               one               of               several               such               attacks.

Terrell               has               also               worked               for               the               State               of               California,               and               San               Diego               Youth               Services,               which               is               a               government-owned               nonprofit               dealing               with               adoption,               foster               parenting,               juvenile               delinquency,               and               a               myriad               of               child-related               issues,               including               molestation.
               She               gave               Mr.

Ross               tests               to               determine               his               levels               of               pain,               distress,               discomfort,               mental               illness,               and               similar               back               when               she               saw               him,               two               years               before               the               incident.

She               also               gave               him               similar               tests               after               the               incident,               and               said               that               those               more               recent               tests               show               his               mental               difficulties               had               doubled,               on               an               objective-items               scale.
               Many               units               of               government               use               this               sort               of               test,               as               it               is               difficult               to               fudge               or               fake,               plus               it               requires               far               less               education               to               use               effectively               than               if               you               were               to               hire               a               clinical               psychologist               or               a               psychiatrist.

These               objective               tests               are               most               often               in               probation               and               parole,               but               can               be               used               for               a               wide               variety               of               evaluations.

A               parole               test               may               ask               questions               like,               "How               many               times               has               this               person               tried               to               escape?

How               many               times               have               they               been               placed               in               detention               for               fighting?

How               often               do               they               call               their               family?

How               often               do               they               go               to               church?"               The               designers               of               the               test               assign               numerical               values               to               each               question,               and               then               you               add               or               subtract               numbers               to               get               a               final               score.
               I               have               designed               more               than               one               such               test               myself.

It               can               be               used               by               almost               anyone               with               a               high               school               education,               and               there               is               no               way               to               cheat               on               a               diagnosis               or               evaluation,               because               you               are               merely               counting               factual               things               that               either               did               or               did               not               happen.

No               favoritism               can               be               attached               as               a               result               of               liking               or               disliking               them,               for               example.

Their               disadvantage               is               that               they               fail               to               consider               extenuating               circumstances               and               anything               unforeseen               by               the               test               designers.

So               a               bartender               will               get               a               very               poor               score               on               the               question,               "How               many               people               around               you               do               you               see               drinking               alcohol               every               day?"
               Terrell               finds               that               the               reason               this               attack               is               so               special               for               Ross,               compared               to               other               attacks,               is               that               it               was               the               police               doing               the               attacking,               and               he               normally               depends               upon               them               to               defend               him.

The               good               guys               become               the               bad               guys,               a               breach               of               trust.

Terrell               said               it               is               the               difference               between               being               raped               by               a               total               stranger               versus               being               raped               by               your               church               pastor.

There               is               an               element               of               shock,               disbelief,               cynicism.
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               About               the               author:               Prof.

John               Kitchin               teaches               a               course               in               homelessness               thru               Milwaukee               Free               University,               on               the               San               Diego               Homeless               website,               NZ9F.com.

He               publishes               the               San               Diego               Homeless               News,               wrote               a               book               about               the               topic               in               1995,               and               has               written               over               two               dozen               editorials               for               major               newspaper               chains.

He               was               educated               in               psychology               at               the               University               of               Wisconsin               -               Milwaukee,               and               has               been               a               Red               Cross               volunteer,               dealing               with               persons               made               homeless               by               disasters,               for               over               30               years.

NZ9F               is               the               callsign               of               his               disaster               relief               communications               radio               station.
               Trial               Coverage               Resumes               Monday,               April               25.






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