Scary tale of mob rule and misidentification in Seattle. Stranger story here, with follow-up here. Or you can read the poor guy’s blog here and here.

Meanwhile, remember Monica Montoya? She’s the New Jersey woman who helped a police officer translate at the scene of a car accident, then was knocked to the ground arrested when she attempted to make a phone call to check on her daughter, who was at daycare (she wasn’t involved in the accident, she just volunteered to help translate).

While it’s good that the local prosecutor’s office is investigating the conduct of the police officer in the case, the same office is also pushing forward with charges against Montoya for resisting arrest and obstruction of justice. As her attorney rightly asks:

“How can I, as her defense attorney, allow my client to talk to the prosecutor’s office when that same office is bringing a case against her involving the same incident?” asks Montoya’s lawyer, Martin Perez of New Brunswick.

The linked article suggests that the prosecutors’ office is acting awfully coy about it all.

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