In the last days before the trial against the Dinghy Beach protester who moved the weathered, loose fence panel from Dinghy Beach during the Summer Bi-annual NCKBA Dinghy Beach & Mangroves cleanup, the new prosecutor in the case nixes Mary and Robert Spottswood's outrageous demands for apology!
The new prosecutor, upon review of the case, schooled Mary & Robert Spottswood after they had demanded that the protester apologize for a year and a half of, as Mary Spottswood stated: "Accusing my father and or the company of filing false police reports, lying, erecting a fence illegally, and stealing a beach…", all issues that are not only true, but also have nothing to do with the wrongfully charged felony case, and apparently also fall under the category of "opinion", i.e. First Amendment - Freedom of Speech.
The SAO/Prosecution told the Spottswoods that the office would no longer support their unethical apology demand as the previous prosecutor had done to date, a simple apology for moving the fence and acknowledging the City had given Spottswood the lease on the public beach would do, and the protester's First Amendment rights would no longer be violated (apparently business as usual for Spottswood & cohorts).
As The Blue Paper had previously reported,
Marriott Beachside management repeatedly called KWPD to wrongfully report "Trespassing" on Dinghy Beach in an attempt to silence protests painting the Marriott/Spottswood out as greedy public beach thieves resorting to lies and illegal behavior to wrongfully annex public property.
For a change, the Spottswood's entitlement is stymied and Constitutional rights aren't violated because Bubbaboy and his reps throw a hissy fit unless they get what they want, regardless of how unethical their demands are or who they know or who they think they are.
Court date remains in place at 9:00 Monday morning, however, it appears the trial is off.
Thank you all for your support to date, stay tuned on the next step!
Christine