Very little progress it seems has taken place since 2008 with the resignation of former Palo Alto police chief Lynne Johnson concerning her controversial orders to stop all African Americans wearing a “Doo-rag” during a series of robberies having taken place in Palo Alto involving an African American. We believe an alleged racial profiling...
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My name is Tony Ciampi.  Some of you are probably aware of my case against the Palo Alto Police Department that went sour, but there may be many of you who are not. In March 2008 Palo Alto Police Officer Kelly Burger falsely arrested me and shot me in the face with his taser gun...
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Should law enforcement officers be held accountable for fabricating evidence in order to falsely incriminate citizens of crimes? Is there any set of circumstances which would justify a law enforcement officer the right to edit and falsify evidence in order to incriminate citizens of crimes? If you answered yes to the first question and...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the mental condition often spuriously called “split personality”, referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, in which the same person has the ability to exhibit more than one distinct personality.   In this case, there are two personalities within Dr Jekyll, one good and the other evil; completely opposite...
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Open letter to Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns, city council members and beyond. Thursday morning September 13  I got a warning on the windshield of the RV I live in telling me I was in violation of Municipal Code Section 10.44.020(a) and that I would receive a ticket for $46.00 for parking there....
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On October 19, 2010 Palo Alto City Manager James Keene’s police chief, Dennis Burns, informed Tony Ciampi through Burns’ attorney, (Steven Sherman), and subordinate staff that Ciampi could not have a copy of the MAV videos containing the watermark because the watermark was proprietary. Police Chief Dennis Burns, (through his attorney) reiterated this LIE...
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Warning to all Santa Clara County Criminal Defense Attorneys and Public Defenders: Be advised that Palo Alto Police Officer Kelly Burger has knowingly provided false testimony during a court hearing under penalty of perjury and knowingly filed a falsified police report violations of California Penal Codes 118 (a), 118.1. Burger also knowingly and intentionally falsified a...
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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Long time Palo Alto resident Tony Ciampi and local police watchdog claims in his latest email to city leaders he was made the subject of what he feels to be an illegal traffic stop by PAPD officer Thomas Destefano. Based on the information received from Mr. Ciampi in his email he alleges he was detained...
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City Manager Jim Keene and Police Chief Dennis Burns deserve praise for the way they handled the Occupy Oakland police raid. They initially responded to a request for assistance from another public service force by sending 15 Palo Alto Police officers for backup. Twelve police forces responded to the request for assistance, making 13...
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