4/6/13 Re Hugh Halford, Pasadena PD, & Lack of Justice (i.e "kangaroo courts")

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4/6/13 MY LETTER to BRIAN CHARLES,PASADENA STAR NEWS re PASADENA

POLICE DEPT, EXCESSIVE FORCE,& HUGH HALFORD

[apparently Hugh Halford & the Pasadena PD are still up to their old tricksre withholding evidence to win their case(s) at the expense of true justice.Our only hope is that sooner or later something will put the fear of God inthem. I dont see any other hope for justice. My efforts using the L.A. justicesystem revealed to me that it is a kangaroo court, and clearly by winningthey feel they can keep doing what they are wrongfully doing. ]

Dear Brian, I read your article re Pasadena PD & theevidence cover-up lawsuit & noticed the name HughHalford. I took on the Pasadena PD re an excessive forceincident back around 2000-01 when I was a student atFuller Seminary, & Hugh Halford represented the city.They offered me a tiny settlement amount, but I rejected it

& went to trial, at which point they , or he (Halford) reallystarted putting on the pressure with abusive letters &phone calls (he would call & start literally yelling at medespite me saying I would not do any business over thephone..., until I changed my phone # to stop him).

The alleged "malfunctioned dispatch tape" was thesmoking gun in my case against Pasadena.There was

simply NO WAY one section of the digital tape"malfunctioned" as they alleged..when both sides were stillgood. They had destroyed evidence to conceal whatwould have proven they were out-of-control emotionally (ieyelling,screaming,swearing,using unprofessional abusive


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language towards me) and Hugh Halford "winked" at theirmalfeasance.As it turned out, Halford had just arrived at Pasadena

from Santa Ana (where he was either fired or pressured to

resign due to a case involving somebody named Mooc if I

recall correctly..he apparently was in the OC jail & alleged

that Halford covered up evidence & the court found in

favor of Mooc (at the time, albeit I watched it progress &

ultimately Halford got it reversed by the california appealscourt...maybe some "insider" shenanigans in his favor).

Halford is a slick customer & actually started out as an

LAPD police officer "back in the day" when LAPD had

more of a notorious reputation (I found out all of this during

my research leading up to the trial).

Halford made sure I found out NOTHING about the

background or history of the cops who abused me at a

traffic accident , and there's LOTS MORE, but I will leave it

at that for now. I was new to Pasadena at the time...was a

seminary student & also working for the LAUSD as a

substitute teacher at the time...and they treated me liketrash. By the way, they also managed to get the court to

stifle a book written by an ex-cop revealing corruption

inside the PASADENA PD .


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***KEEP UP the GOOD WORK! KEEP REPORTING! ***

THIS IS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO WRITE TO BRIAN

CHARLES:

"Pasadena Police Department faces

lawsuit over hidden evidence in

shootingBy Brian Charles,

Staff Writer

twitter.com/J BrianCharles

Posted: 03/04/2013 10:30:24 PM PST

Updated: 03/04/2013 11:11:52 PM PST

PASADENA - A former resident says Pasadena police failed to

turn over evidence - including several hundred photographs -

during a criminal trial in which he was charged with assault.

Attorneys for Sherwin Williams, 46, of Fontana said they

learned of the evidence while preparing for a civil trial against

the city and two Pasadena police officers.

The suit alleges officers Alex Torres and Kenneth Florendo

engaged in an excessive use of force and assaulted Williams

when they fired 22 rounds at his pickup truck on Dec. 27,

2010. Williams' suit seeks unspecified damages.

Williams' suit also claims the city was negligent and failed to

train and supervise the officers involved in the shooting thatdamaged several cars and an outdoor storage container.

"The cops unloaded 22 shots in a crowded intersection," said

Danielle Claxton, one of Williams' attorneys. "Those cops lied."

City officials have denied Williams' claims.

Williams was not hurt in the shooting. He was later arrested
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on suspicion of attempted murder and faced a possible life

sentence. Williams was ultimately charged with assault with a

semiautomatic firearm and the illegal discharge of a single

shot.

He was acquitted of all charges in October 2011.Before Williams' criminal trial, his defense attorneys received

218 photos taken by the Pasadena Police Department, said

Anthony Willoughby, Williams' lead trial attorney.

More than two years

after the incident - and a year after the criminal trial ended -

Willoughby said his office received more than 500 additional

crime-scene photos sent to his office by Pasadena Assistant

City Attorney Hugh "Tim" Halford."He could have gone away for life and they held these photos,"

Willoughby said.

Neither Halford nor Pasadena police Chief Phillip Sanchez could

be reached Monday for comment.

Shortly after Williams' arrest, the Pasadena Police Department

issued a press release alleging that Williams fired directly at

the officers, and that an officer was injured as a result. The

specific details of the injury were never released. Williams

attorney said the shot fired by his client - into the air - never

came close to the officers.

Initial reports from the Police Department identified Williams

as a "known associate" of the Pasadena Denver Lanes. His

attorney denies the allegation.

Police Detective William Broghamer was the investigating

officer on the Williams shooting. Broghamer was moved to

desk duty last month after Los Angeles Superior Court J udge

Larry Fidler, while declaring a mistrial in a murder case, called

Broghamer's actions in that murder investigation "egregious."

Broghamer failed to turn over exculpatory evidence in the

murder case and threatened a witness.

Before the shooting, Williams said he was confronted by a

member of the Pasadena Denver Lanes Blood gang. Williams


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claims the gang member called him a snitch and threatened to

kill him in the CVS parking lot in the 900 block of North Lake

Avenue.

In his claim against the city, Williams acknowledged firing a

"single shot" into the air to protect himself and ward off theapproaching gang member.

Police officers involved in a traffic stop nearby said they

witnessed the shooting. In their initial reports, Torres and

Florendo said they believed Williams was about to shoot them

and fired on his pickup truck as it left the scene.

After Fidler's decision, Sanchez launched an independent audit

of the Police Department and its tactics. The audit is the latest

of several investigations into the department.Independent investigation by the department's Internal Affairs

unit, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Internal

Affairs Bureau, the county Alternate Public Defender's Office,

and the county District Attorney's Office are under way.

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4/6/13 Re Hugh Halford, Pasadena PD, & Lack of Justice (i.e "kangaroo courts")