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The San Luis Obispo City Council voted on Feb. 16 to continue its discussion about local law enforcement s use of tear gas against Black Lives Matter protesters in the city last June following an emotional meeting that lasted until close to midnight and included scathing public comments about police officers conduct. click to enlarge Photo By Peter Johnson REFLECTION The SLO City Council discussed the findings of an after-action police report focused on a Black Lives Matter protest last year on June 1 (pictured). The council discussion slated to pick back up on Feb. 23 at 5 p.m. centered on a recently released after-action review of the June 1 protest, which was completed by the SLO Police Department. The document compiles testimony from officers and protesters while ....
A look back: Central Coast s top stories of 2020 and last updated 2021-01-01 01:41:19-05 2020 has seen many up and downs. It will forever be etched in history as a time of social upheaval, natural disaster, and worldwide lockdown due to COVID-19. Let s take a look back at some of the most memorable events that happened on the Central Coast. In late January, new developments unfolded in the case involving Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart, who went missing in 1996. The San Luis Obispo Sheriff s Office confirmed it seized two trucks belonging to family members of Paul Flores that same year. Flores has been a person of interest in Smart s disappearance for 24 years. Smart s disappearance has been the focus of a popular podcast Your Own Backyard by Chris Lambert. In the months following, investigators searched Flores home and 3 other homes which belong to his family members. ....
Angel Russell/KCBX A San Luis Obispo County superior court judge ruled Friday the county district attorney’s office is disqualified from prosecuting local Black Lives Matter organizer Tiana Arata and six others. Because the judge found a “clear conflict of interest,” District Attorney Dan Dow and his office is now disqualified from further prosecuting a criminal case against Arata and other BLM protestors, because Dow “sought political and professional benefit and campaign contributions in conjunction with the prosecution,” of Arata and the other defendants’ cases, according to court records. In a granted motion to disqualify, Judge Matthew Guerrero lists several instances of Dow publicly airing his views and displaying ‘animosity’ to the Black Lives Matter movement. He ultimately found Arata and defendants Marcus Montegomery, Amman Asfaw, Joshua Powell, Robert Lastra, Sam Frocott and Dylan Hill would not be able to receive fair treatment during all p ....