Posted on 07/24/2008 8:00:36 AM PDT by AuntB
An alleged gang member accused of triple murder in the slayings of a San Francisco father and two sons pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a hearing in which the judge refused to issue a blanket gag order in the high-profile case.
Edwin Ramos, 21, is accused of the June 22 shooting deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, ....... Ramos spoke softly and slowly in denying each of the allegations.
The defense sought the gag order after The Chronicle revealed that Ramos was an illegal immigrant who was found to have committed two felonies at age 17 - a gang-related assault of a Muni passenger and the attempted robbery of a pregnant woman - but was not surrendered by San Francisco juvenile justice authorities to federal officials for possible deportation.
The report has triggered outrage on local and national talk shows, and Danielle Bologna said city officials "need to take responsibility" for actions that she says led to the killings of her husband and sons.
Ramos' attorney, Robert Amparan, told the court Wednesday the case was fast "becoming national media fodder" and said he was concerned about an atmosphere of "vigilantism."
He said his office has received threatening calls and that he was concerned about comments posted by readers on The Chronicle's Web site, SFGate.
According to Tim Counts, spokesman for ICE, the only communication his agency received about Ramos came by way of the electronic request at 3:44 a.m. April 2, nearly two hours after Ramos was released. He said there is no record that ICE received any fax from the Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's deputies queried the agency by phone April 1 about the man arrested with Ramos, Erick Lopez, and an immigration hold was placed on him, Counts said.
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We are there...
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” (Will Durant)
I think if I was stupid enough to buy a house on a highway with thousands driving by everyday- that I would probably put bars on the window too. Just driving down 19th gives me the creeps.
I had no idea her sons were so young. I choked up when I read “ages 20 and 16.” So, so awful.
Is Gavin Newsome trying to keep this under wraps ?????
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Newsome should be in prison. He is a criminal radical socialist who has no aversion to breaking the law, and urintates all over the legal WILL OF THE PEOPLE of California. That city should be pushed into the Pacific Ocean on general principles since it is the largest embarassment and cancer on the state of California that we have.
Sanctuary city — BS — just a typical radical anti-American, anti-law, anti-Constitutional dung heap and represents the radical extreme left that should be thrown out of America and sent to Cuba. They do not deserve to have the protection and support of America’s military or our precious documents.
They stink. They suck. They are criminals that have no place in America.
I just caught a snip on FOX,,,
They didn’t even show his face...
Deport them all; let Felipe Calderon sort them out!
>>>>Critical Legal Studies grads are getting elected and appointed to the bench, and are often honors graduates of Crit courses which all take in law school now......... These courses are training in how to use the law to overthrow Constitutional society.
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” by Will Durant.
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