Well! Finally Mr. Bothun can see the light at end of the tunnel. Let's hope this is the end of the harassment that smells of a vendetta. Bothun has suffered for the last 3 to 4 years. The Atherton Police Department has got to clean up its act and get down to the business of working for the residents of Atherton.

Good article Ms. Batti

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To Olt Timer:

Wishing for the DA to do the right thing in this instance is futile. When it comes to misconduct by police officers, the DA has historically turned a blind eye.

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This is what was allegedly found after this Huge search.

.01 grams --or 1/100th of a gram-- of a controlled substance.

It has retail value of 60¢ to $1, if that.)

There's a shock. Like I said from day one, this was totally bogus.

I'm not sure people realize how much one-hundredth of a gram is.

To provide a little perspective, if you emptied an entire packet of sugar into your coffee or tea, you will generally leave more than that amount behind in the empty packet.

Congratulations to the APD for their vigilance and for making this find. You clearly have broken up a large narcotics ring and made a huge impact on local criminal activity.

The Bothun case is yet another example of the Police Department abusing its power and wasting local resources to persecute one who's been critical of the Department in the past (and justly so).

This is not as much resolution or vindication as Mr. Bothun deserves after the long ordeal he has been subjected to--but I am still very glad to see this news.
Our system of governance will never function with intimidation directed at members of the 4th estate, especially it comes from law enforcement.
I hope Mr Bothun gets his full dignity restored as this would benefit us all.

What are you talking about Ed? Mike Guerra said in the Palo Alto paper today that the police department is NOT targeting Mr. Bothun for retaliation. If he says it, it must be true. And if you don't believe him, he can get Pete Petersen to exonerate himself on that issue.

Mr Exonerated:
Au contraire.
Unfortunately, The involvement in project "Get Bothun" , of Officers from as far away as Oakland and beyond, would not surprise me at all anymore. Why -just a few months ago, Atherton paid to send several APD officers to to Oakland as part of some Mutual AID Agreement, to cover the Meserlee Sentencing, so they already owed APD a favor. I'm sure they would be thrilled to reciprocate with this capture of such a trophy Atherton resident.

Maybe the favor was already repaid when Petersen, an ex Oakland high ranking officer, came to Atherton to white wash things. [Portion deleted - speculating that someone may do something wrong.]

When you stop and think that Bothun went to grade school with one of the officers who was at his home, in charge of the raid, it's scary.