>>> There is no legal justification for the mass arrest. The state violated due process for most of the accused. Association is not enough evidence to support even probable cause a crime has been committed. <<<
I guess that’s pretty much the bottom line, isn’t it?
Now we know why we’re hearing nothing from the DA: “When you’re up to your nose in excrement, don’t open your mouth!”
Again, thank you for your patience and consideration.
In this incident, most of the arrested were not in the vicinity of the shootings, and for those people, the only way to justify holding them is to have evidence they conspired. Absent being able to make specific allegations that hold water (have some evidence in support), the "just" thing to do is release the person arrested; and if the judge finds absence of probable cause for arrest, the arrest ought to be expunged from the record, too. The cops and DA (and the judges) are just being pricks, because the so-called "justice system" enables and rewards pricks.
FWIW, this sort of denial of due process is common. This incident catches attention because so many people are swept up in the same incident. For the 140 unjustified arrests here, with multi-month incarceration of an innocent, there are probably 1,400 individuals and small groups caught up in the same oppressive process. The window into this is appellate decisions, and probably 1 out of 1,000 incidents get that far. Most people just walk away after the mistreatment. You can fight city hall, but it's expensive, time consuming, and there is NO reward at the other end other than to be able to say, "see, I was right."