The blog’s opinion is: "IDK exactly what happens, but Londergan will never have to face trial on this, because the superseding fact is it’s too weak a case."
In the press last week was, Mary Moriarity’s lead on this begged off, wanted out. So she’s looking to hire uber litigators in private practice to prosecute it. HC attorney’s office may well "have the money", but she needs the board to approve the retainer and subsequent large payments.
I’m trying to restrain my certitude because I am self aware that as a layman I don’t know all even a smidge of the shit but boy how can this not be dumb. And indicative of this prosecution’s ultimate failure
There’s a Lou Raguse tweet out there that anon quotes some other trial level county prosecutors, saying there’s other sr prosecutors who uniformly won’t take it. I’m a little bit surprised that you can casually refuse an assignment in that workspace but ya know, in most 21st century white collar workspaces you can refuse a task if a) it’s stupid enough and b) you can explain yourself. If everyone feels that way, it’s the boss that’s a problem.
So… it’s Mary Moriairty, and her woke / revolutionary / blm prism that tells her this is a case.
Such that these DC pros get the case to work, I still don’t think they win it vs the officers defense (which is very well organized). Chauvin is not an instructive example here. Dondo and a bit of the dept in testimony washed their hands of Chauvin, said "yeah, that’s on him". You got no one in the patrol, including Londergan’s partner, who isn’t going to stand up for him and be the credicility that makes his UoF case. These litigators are going to have to pull witnesses from academics and pro testifiers, and it won’t be persuasive to the practical facts. I don’t think it’s a good assumption at all a diverse Minneapolis jury is receptive to convicting Lonergan merely because "BLM".
Such that it’s true a trial flops and MM wastes $1M+ dollars, she’s going to be spared that. I can’t see that commissioner board saying yes. At that point MM apparently has to assign to a jr prosecutor, who in making her case to the board, she speculated would lose.
This is not going to trial.
Zingy Skyway Lunch 