Gus Ganley Wins $70,000 Settlement Resulting From August 2007 Critical Mass

So what happens to Officer Craig Williams who clearly lied under oath (his testimony of an extended interaction with Gus immediately prior to the arrest doesn't hold up against video taken of him and Gus).  What about the police report he filed that said he was "assaulted" by Gus which is what the city attorney based his whole case on.  What about the lies under oath from Officer Richard Lillard or his bogus police report?  When are officers who blatantly lie in their police reports and in court going to be fired?  Disciplined?  Anything?  If video evidence that they are lying is not enough, what is?

I guess the city will just throw some money at it and it will go away.

This thing apparently has gone past 2 judges (administrative and criminal), various city attorneys, the chief of police, and the city council.  How about someone in the process holding these officers accountable for their actions?  No one in the "legal system" is ever willing to PROSECUTE THE POLICE. 

Good for Gus and his attorney.  Bad for all of us who might encounter these (or any) officers in the future.  If no one will ever hold the police accountable for their lies and abuses of power, they can (and will) do whatever they want to and get away with it with no repercussions.

The paragraphs after this one are why I wrote this letter, but then, I ALSO NEED YOUR LAWYER HERE IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA.; you see, when one doesn't agree with a Rochester Minnesota cop that one has "obstructed" Rochester Minnesota cops in their "performance" of their "duties" one has, of course, (here in Rochester Minnesota anyway) Obstructed the legal process -- hindered them, if not, indeed, ASSAULTED them by one's not agreeing with them that you have "obstructed" them BY FAILING TO AGREE WITH THEM -- YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO, YES, HAVE TO CONFESS WHAT YOU DIDN'T DO! I know it's circular, but, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT HERE IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA, IT EITHER IS OR IS NOT CIRCULAR REASONING -- BUT, IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY, IF WHAT MATTERS IS JUSTICE, FOR THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA COPS. I'm typing this immediately after coming to the first site where I could type an email about this, AS I AM LOOKING FOR YOUR LAWYER, MR. GANGLEY! Who, what firm, address, PHONE, EMAIL? Are there other lawyers, away from Rochester, who would get take a case here in ROCHESTER MINNESOTA?

I am SO happy for you Gus Gangley (smile, smile, smile)! Thanks for COURAGEOUSLY doing what we must for a CIVILIZED society. I ALSO THANK THE REST OF YOU CRITICAL MASS RIDERS, AND ALL OTHERS WHO ROAD "AT" THE RNC, ETC.. Over the last 4 years I have had about 11 experiences with the Rochester Minnesota cops. As a result of EACH of those experiences, I would NEVER trust ANY of them about ANYTHING. Everything gets 'swept under the rug here'; complain, and YOU'RE "the problem" the cops "deal with".

What this country needs is a system of citizen reporters, who report what's important, which is NOT reported in other media. (I did, HOWEVER, see the 1/12/2020 Minneapolis Star Tribune article by Steve Brandt. He reported what the police would NOT want reported! THANK YOU, MR. STEVE BRANDT! MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU!  NOW, HOW CAN CITIZENS PROTECT MR. BRANDT FROM RETRIBUTION BY THE MINNEAPOLIS COPS AND OTHERS IN CITY GOVERNMENT? I SUGGEST IT WILL COME TO CITIZENS NEEDING TO DO THAT. YOU REPORT ON HOW YOU ARE TREATED, MR. BRANT! THAT WILL BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS FINE ARTICLE ON MR. GUS GANGLEY! 

CRITICAL MASSers, others, how do citizens get "in" to find what needs reporting, and report it? Example; Here in Good Old Rochester Minnesota, a city council member told me that in 2007 13 city cops made Garrity statements in Olmsted District Court (Miranda statements, only, these are just for cops) when 12 of Rochester's 'finest' (barf, gag, retch, start it all over again) due to being accused of stealing coke from their evidene room, while the 13th is said to have gotten into a 'roidrage' (a rage due to being on steroids) -- other than that, there's a wad of them that use their cell phones to warn drug dealers,  when their coworkers are going to raid them. Pay-offs involved? NAH! Not here in  ROCHESTER Minnesota! Oh... all their trials were mysteriously closed to the public! SHHH! Other than that, Rochester Minnesota is clean -- the drinking water, i mean.

Do citizens need a web site to post news of their own cities, with rules for what must be done to verify the accuracy of stories prior to publishing them there? 'One-stop shopping' for; 1) laws re source verification, libel, other publishing rules, 2) with a database to "place" articles by: a) town, b) agency, c) tags for the issue (so one could search for articles on a specific issue -- how would that index of tags be developed?), d) WHAT ELSE?  Anyone have a list of online resources for this? Sites which would be good (thorough index re subjects; towns; whether government or police related) etc., while the site is both easy for readers to use, and, easy for citizen reporters to get information they obtain verified by others prior to placement there. As I type this paragraph, I have become somber, for it seems to me, our local governments, state governments, and federal governments and agencies all have the goals of keeping information from citizens and using doublespeak, purified language, and other "minimizing the problem when we FINALLY have to report it" tactics. TV reporters are pathetically useless, so is the print media in most cases.  

The Coen brothers! NO! You become the NEXT 'Coen Brother'! Put Minneapolis on the map! Start the film with your own video. Add some interviews showing how ridiculous and brutal the cops were. Picture it in the broader context. Do interviews of school kids, to see if kids can see the cops' problems, and the repercussions of their actions. Ask them about what they see and hear of the tapes which exist. PSST; just between you and me, Mr. Gus Gangley, ask individual kids if they trust the police, then show them some tape, then ask again. Or, have a group of kids watch some tapes, and interview them. If the KIDS can see it...  GO FOR IT!

Again, MR. Gus Ganley, ACE DUDE, SIR, thank you from deep down within me, where "things" matter most! BIKE ONWARD AND UPWARD! Hey!