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Before Frank Gable was exonerated, this activity against you (and Liz) would be assumed to be part of the investigation into Michael's murder. Now that Gable's been declared legally innocent, couldn't these activities now be called obstruction of justice? The Ninth Circuit straight up called it a result of "government misconduct". They said the prosecution "eviscerated" (purposely surgically disemboweled) Gable's defense. Maybe you have a civil rights case for obstruction, and also for defamation (anti-SLAAP).

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Had to jump in here after a retired cop friend of mine sent me a query, basically, "How does a guy(me) with no prior arrests and no history of drug abuse/use get a judge to sign off on a no-knock search warrant!!!???" The not-so-short answer is, the Marion County DA's office(ADA Tom Bostwick!)cut a deal with a career criminal, Gregory Allen Johnson who had been busted on manufacturing and possession charges, along with felon in possession of a firearm and explosive devices(pipe bombs), all of which, with his past felonies, would send him to club fed for 20 years or more. And so the deal was made. Greg rattled off a short list of known cooks and distributors and their locations. I know this because I went to the Marion County Court House immediately after the above raid on my home, and was able to pull up the file that had the search warrant affidavit that former Marion County ADA Jamese Rhoades, and now a spanking new judge, had signed off on, and ordered sealed after all of the searches were completed. But I got there early, and there it was, my name dropped in with a bunch of cooks, crooks, junkies and thieves...and liars. Dale Penn, crooked DA, knew that no-knocks can and do, often end tragically. Reliving this event and knowing it could have had a lot of casualties distresses me greatly to this day. This was again, a blatant effort to eliminate me from the equation and severely tarnish my record and reputation. And some of you may know the story about Mr. Johnson, who now goes by Kellcy(because of the folks he ratted out or set up that day)as the guy trying to sell his story to Willamette Week. https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-7724-should-you-believe-this-man.html Should you? I definitely would not.

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It really seems like McAlister had the most power in the whole scheme to take out Michael, and later you (Kevin). Everyone involved has something to do with prisons. Not a single person, cop, lawyer or prison official in the Gable framing, is trustworthy or even credible.

I'm wondering who has provided the protection of McAlister for all these years, the protection he bragged to Linda about? Blackmail using child porn and other videos? Prison gangs to enforce/harm/kill on his/their behalf, for years? Maybe McAlister was in business with the prison gangs (I understand there are several prison gangs) all those years.

It's all still so sad and horrible. RIP Michael Francke. He was so right about the way to address issues of crime, primarily with education and social support, BEFORE people get involved in crime and go to prison. There will always be crime and criminals, but education can help minimize it. For now, there just has to be a way to solve THIS crime, if not through prosecution, then otherwise through public exposure of facts. 🙏

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You need not wonder. You answered your queries!

His own deviant behaviors attracted birds of a feather. Once you've immersed yourself in that, you're forever compromised. Welcome to the company.

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