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Tagged with: City Attorney

59 shots: Closing arguments in the Nieto case

“We are here today because of 59 shots,” Nieto family attorney Adante Pointer said, as he began his closing argument in the Nieto trial....

Final argument in the Nieto case: What I would say

I am not a lawyer. I don’t know the rules of evidence. I don’t know what you can and can’t mention in a closing...

A trainwreck of a witness on final day of Nieto case

One of the city’s star witnesses in the Alex Nieto case took the stand today, and the result was one of the worst legal...

While cops pass notes and look away, Alex Nieto’s mom talks of the death of her son

In what has been the most overwhelming day in the Alex Nieto trial, the court heard testimony from a range of experts, mostly witnesses...

The Agenda, March 6-13, 2016: The end of 8 Washington, the next step in the Nieto trial…

The developer of 8 Washington finally threw in the towel the other day, ending a dramatic chapter of San Francisco politics that may have...

Nieto trial: More evidence casts doubt on police story

Just before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins entered the courtroom this morning, Alex Nieto’s parents took their seats carrying a solemn pink helium balloon,...

Dramatic new evidence in the Nieto trial

The officer who first opened fire on Alex Nieto testified today that he emptied an entire magazine, reloaded, and shot again, fearing that Nieto...

The Agenda: The cops, the city attorney, Hillary and Bernie ….

When you’re the San Francisco city attorney, you have to defend your client, and sometimes your client is the Police Department, which is getting...

Does San Francisco need a Public Advocate?

With the mess that was the Super Bowl negotiations, and the FBI investigations at City Hall, and a genuine feeling that the mayor isn’t...

Super Bowl City is utterly stupid and boring

I went to Super Bowl City, and now you don’t need to. There’s nothing there. Nothing, that is, unless you like to pay $8 for...