As stated before in this space, Megan Eisenberger and Brad Ng laid a turd in the punch bowl in regard to prosecuting the K Street shooting here in Sacramento. This blog is taking a look at a different part of the trial, the witnesses.
Ng and Eisenberger handed out immunity from prosecution like it was candy on Halloween to the folks who were present when the shooting went down. I am honestly not sure why. If you didn’t fire a bullet nor posses a gun or help the assailant flee why the need for immunity?
The second major misstep was declaring this was a gang related trial. Folks, I will share this with you and I am sure quite a few feel the same way. I have no issue finding a common person guilty of a crime if evidence points to that verdict. Folks if it’s a gang related anything keep me the heck away! It is not about me turning the key in the ignition of my car and it not turning over, it’s about not being shot 12 times at the sandwich place. Folks gang related trials mean gang members in the galley at the trial, no thanks. There was a saying when I was little, snitches get stitches, yeah, I don’t need that.
Folks, the witnesses called were the dregs of society, everyone outside of the guy in the hotel lobby and the 12-year-old selling hot dogs (again at 2 am wtf?) were a poop soup. Even the girl whose sister was killed was a hostile witness. The colorful language she used toward both the prosecutor and defense was crazy! Oh, did I mention her sister was killed? Yeah wild. Folks, I do not like and have never gotten along with my sister, but if she was shot and I was a witness, I’d be a good witness. This was like Cheer’s “where everyone knows your name” and was always glad you came.
I have a feeling, it was a list of give me immunity, and I will forget what I told the detectives. Folks, let me remind you, 114 shots were fired. Six people died, 3 were shooters. The three (one died in jail) who were caught ditched their weapons in the river or a planter box. It should not have been hard to secure a conviction. Why not move the trial to El Dorado or Placer County? Heck move it to San Francisco and you might get a conviction on murder 2.
This whole thing stinks, Eisenberger and Ng really messed up and now a couple hardened criminals may walk.
To be continued at a hearing for re-trial in October.
The Chief