Pastor Vindicated On Disorderly Charge, Given A Guilty Verdict For Obstruction‏

First Pastor Dave was wrongly arrested and charged with "Disorderly Conduct" for having addressed to teenagers in a parking lot, as part of his ministry. Then he was wrongly arrested and charged with "Resisting" the first arrest. Later the district attorney changed the second charge from "Resisting" to "Obstruction." This is the short version. At one point in the case, the district attorney offered to drop the obstruction charge if Pastor Dave would have pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct charge. That did not fly, as Pastor Dave was not about to plead guilty to such a horrendous charge.  So, what did the district attorney do? Well, within a week of the trial she flipped it around. She dropped the disorderly conduct charge and went with the obstruction charge. I guess they get to pick and choose these things like candy in a candy store. And we wonder why so many people do not agree with the judicial system in this country.  The district attorney obviously realized that in the United States of America, speaking to two teen boys did not constitute disorderly conduct. She admitted, in so many words, on April 27, 2009 during Pastor Dave's trial in her opening statement that he had not done anything wrong towards the teens.  The obstruction trial, that in essence, turned out to be Pastor Dave on trial for his own arrest, came down to his word against three cops. Who do you think won? Keeping in mind the theatrics that can go on in such a trial, I don't think it is hard to figure out the answer to that question. But the good news is, Pastor Dave was vindicated of doing anything wrong towards the two teenagers. Clearly the district attorney new she could not get the jury to believe that one!    For the full story, go to: http://www.debrajmsmith.com/pastordave.html