adachi says hundreds of cases could be affected. at thousands of cases to see if there are any more which need to be taken to court. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. another top story of the morning, go to amy hollyfield who is a great reporter and apparently this morning a great traffic director. amy? >> reporter: i am a traffic director for this weekend, terry. there are going to be transportation issues this weekend. on bart, they have to shut down a track on the transbay terminal through the tube. so you are going to have some issues there. you are going to need to transfer here at the 12th street station. bart officials say they realize this is a hassle. that's why they scheduled it for holiday weekend and overnight hours. they estimate it will impact 10,000 to 15,000 people each day. they are doing this to repair a cable. emergency repair. if they didn't do it, they say it could cause bigger problems. the work will take place this weekend and next weekend. people who need to pay attention the most are those w

then there was this video revealed in early may, adachi saying it shows sfpd officers in plainclothes entering the julian hotel with nothing in their hands, next shows two cops carrying bags that adachi says were never mentioned in the police report or booked into evidence. he thinks the police were stealing from the suspect, who says his laptop and camera were missing after the search. >> you just can't take stuff from people's houses because you have a valid reason to arrest them. >> reporter: because of the video clip, 6900 cases from the past five years are being reviewed. so far, more than 100 cases have been tossed out even in cases where the defendants already pled guilty. >> regardless of whether they are arrest the right person or not, they still have to follow the law. they still have to follow the constitution. >> reporter: and we got this statement from the sfpd this morning saying, quote, the officers in these videos have the same rights as any other citizen. they are assumed innocent until proven guilty and we are operating under that assumption. depending on the outcome

i want to first and formost jeff adachi, thank you for the opportunity. patty lee. and sury to all the students. can i see the hands of the high school students? you know what i like about that? mihose means my children. look where you are sitting. in the front. i did a presentation for 2 thousand students and they were 25 hundred chairs. where do you think they sat? it breaks my heart. they sat in the back. i had all the ushers remove the first 5 hundred chairs and we started getting closer. how does it feel to be in the front? if you see yourself at second best, how do you think people are going to treat you? when you sit in the back. who sits with you? your a little brothers, sisters. now growing up in texas. i can't tell you how many times they were making fun of me. i am going to share and comments. thank you for letting me be here. by the way also, my children are here. thank you. actually, they make me feel very nervous. there's a saying in latino culture. foreign language. it means men should be ugly and strong. i am ugly. i can do 50 pull ups. comes from be

adachi, say that. probably because of this, more one saying how is that. the only people who speak the truth are children and people who have had too much to drink. that's called wisdom. you think about it. i am going to share one more thing. i will speak briefly on the concepts of that. if i asked you right now, ladies and gentlemen, how many of you would have considered yourself at risk? could you raise your hands. and there was probably a lot of pain with that, huh. in the book i wrote. i interviewed 60 role models and all of them were at risk astronauts. it made us who we are. i have scars. i have a doctorate, but also scars. wisdom comes from making mistakes. i have made a lot of mistakes ladies and gentlemen. i am going to speak about collaboration. i am going to talk about the role of expectations. i will speak to the value of hope. because when you're in an ugly situation. hope means so much. it's a global concept. in the research i do with resilience of children. close your eyes. bear with me. go ahead and hope them. i am not going to take you thr

. >> we heard from jeff adachi and he is wondering how many cases are going to be thrown out and how many cops could be involved and what he considers illegal activity. take a look at some surveillance video. this is from the julian hotel. undercover cops walking out with items, items that according to adachi were never booked into evidence. those cops from mission station. the video me is employing at 1:00 this afternoon, show officers from the same station to record a drug bust he has pictures that the drug buy never happened. they were caught on doing things illegal and hundred cases thrown out in the southern california. they are investigating the internal affairs but he wants more help from the public. >> we are going to be asking for the public's help to come forward with other cases. we're looking for situations where evidence was taken or property was taken. we're also looking for situations where the officers said they made arrests and there were different circumstances. >>> there are 6900 cases under review right now and that the coming from the southern station and it coul

that came out of the public defender jeff adachi's office. it is expected to result in 26 drug cases dismissed today at the hall of justice. they could be refiled. keep that in mind. the video allegedly shows officers stealing a laptop and camera bag. jeff adachi saying that there was a perjury involved. excessive force. illegal searches. but the police union president said the district attorney dismissing 26 cases does not mean officers are guilty of anything. >> as a union, we're forced to get them attorneys because there is allegations. the attorneys are obviously going to tell the cops hey you can't comment on the cases. you're under investigation. so of course they're going to throw the cases out. >> our office is now reviewing over 6,000 cases involving these police officers and other officers who are involved in conducting illegal searches. so this is big. this is huge. >> adachi on the attack, releasing a video at 1:00 this afternoon. we just heard, reviewing thousands of cases look for police breaking the law. the videos coming out t

. >> we heard from jeff adachi and he is wondering how many cases are going to be thrown out and how many cops could be involved and what he considers illegal activity. take a look at some surveillance video. this is from the julian hotel. undercover cops walking out with items, items that according to adachi were never booked into evidence. those cops from mission station. the video me is employing at 1:00 this afternoon, show officers from the same station to record a drug bust he has pictures that the drug buy never happened. they were caught on doing things illegal and hundred cases thrown out in the southern california. they are investigating the internal affairs but he wants more help from the public. >> we are going to be asking for the public's help to come forward with other cases. we're looking for situations where evidence was taken or property was taken. we're also looking for situations where the officers said they made arrests and there were different circumstances. >>> there are 6900 cases under review right now and that the coming from the southern station and it coul

now, according to jeff adachi the public defender, this video shows san francisco police cops out of uniform entering the julian hotel with nothing in their hands and then next the video shows two cops carrying bags. adachi says he can't be sure what's in the bags but he believes they contain his client's laptop and camera. he says the items were never mentioned in a police report or booked as evidence. he also says his client jesse reyes never got his stuff back. the police chief is look into the accusations. >>> the oakland city council will keep paying for injunctions against gang members in two parts of the city, north oakland and fruitvale district. the "oakland tribune" reports the council voted last night to continue paying to keep gang members from associating with each other and from wearing gang colors. most of the $760,000 price tag is for staff time. >>> coming up, footing the bill when your pooch gets loose. >> the they regulations for -- the new regulations for dog owners in the east bay. >>> i think it's about time she got thrown under the bus. >> plus, nancy pelosi ac

ad adachi is saying his will save $1 million to $140 million. if that does pass there's a good chance there's going to be litigation over that. >> why do they think it's going to pass now if it didn't happen before? >> it matters how angry the people are. the mayor is going to unveil his proposed budget by june 1st. a lot of getting the pension deal this time with the unions have a lot to do with what the budget's going to like like. are there going to be layoffs? are there going to be service cuts? in fact, the largest sitting employees union in san francisco, service employees international local 1021, has not signed on to the mayor's pension reform deal yet. they're not saying they don't like the deal. they're saying, if we don't oppose you at the ballot we want other things that we gave up in the past. one of those is getting the tiered system for some of the employees. that's worth about $7 million a year in cuts they had to come up with in years past when the budget was miserable. >> but you know, vested rights notwithstanding, unions notw

also today, adachi promises more video, question of the police activity and new allegation of theft and illegal search. this video coming out this afternoon. the case is expected to be dropped this morning. live at the hall of justice, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. >>> authorities recovered a large gun collision stolen from a gilroy home. they say the suspects tied up and tortured the owner in the theft. they found the weapons under the floorboard of the san jose apartment that belongs to a suspect in the robbery. they recovered stolen jewelry. investigators say three men broke in the 59-year-old victim's home in early february. police say they tortured him until he gave up the combination to his safe. >>> this morning, the 77-year-old man accused of being a serial killer is scheduled to enter a plea on four murder charges in marin county superior court. joseph naso is representing himself. earlier in week, the prosecutors gave him 5600 pages of discovery material. he is charged with killing four women, one each in marrin and contra costa counties between 1977-1994. inves

we have seen jeff adachi roll out the surveillance videos . today, he organized a panel discussion to talk about police abuse revealed in the videos. >> the panel began with a mon tage of recent television reports. >> the law enforcement community is stunned. >> there is surveillance tapes from hotels. the public defender said it shows the police searching without a warrant and taking suspect's belongings. one of adachi's team said the video proves what residents have claimed for years. >> the videos are just a small sample of what is clearly a culture. >> san francisco's new police chief responded and said if officers acted improperly they will fired. >> i have compelled all of the officers to tell me what happened and they are fired and they are telling us what went on. >> the former police chief said cops should wear cameras inspite of the costs. >> the chief supports the idea at least for undercover officers conducting searches. >> if they have cameras on them showing the good work they do. >> today prominent defense attorneys in the confe

public defender jeff adachi expected to reveal new evidence against those officers today. he has already released surveillance that appears to show police conducting illegal searches and stealing from suspects. the department has launched an investigation now. sf weekly reports that adachi's office says these latest cases involve the same officers as earlier ones. >>> sheriff's deputies have found more than 60 guns stolen in a violent home invasion robbery. the weapons were discovered wednesday as deputies searched the apartment of ernesto gonzalez in west san jose. he was among six people arrested earlier this month for a home invasion in gilroy. deputies searched before but didn't find anything. this time they noticed something suspicious. >> as they removed the carpet, as they removed the padding, that they noticed that there were these cutouts to indicate that it had been altered so when they removed the nails and took out the floorboards, that's when they discovered these secret compartments. >> investigators say most of the weapons belonged to the victim of the gilro

and adachi says that amounts to theft and misconduct. now, 80 criminal cases have already within dropped from judges and district attorneys. another 26 felony cases are expected to be dropped i -- dropped later on this morning. in the meantime, the san francisco police department says it's looking into the allegations against the officers. but again at a 9:00 hearing at the hall of justice, another 26 felony drug cases are expected to be dropped because of these allegations of police misconduct in san francisco. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> five minutes after 8:00. an a.t.m. repairman accused of replacing real money with fake money is in custody after being on the run for a year. they say this man was identified on surveillance video stealing $200,000 from seven a.t.m.s from san francisco and daly city. they say he abandoned his wife and disaappeared. -- disappeared. he was arrested in phoenix and was extradited for charges. he's due in kurt on tuesday for a preliminary hearing. >>> just out

according to jeff adachi, a video shows san francisco police department cops out of uniform entering the julian hotel with nothing in their hands. then the very next video shows two cops carrying bags. now, adachi says he can't be sure what's in the bags but he believes that they contain his client's laptop and camera. he said the items were never mentioned in police report or booked as evidence. he also says his client never got his stuff back. >> just because you're a police officer you don't have the right to go into somebody's room and remove personal property and keep it without having, you know, any indication of it in the reports. that's extremely, extremely disturbing. >> the police chief chief says the internal affairs unit is looking into the allegations. >>> u.s. supreme court is siding with police officers in a divisive case. it ruled that officers had the right to storm into your home if they smelled marijuana. court said if police believe any drugs are being destroyed or flushed, they can forcibly enter without a warrant. the ruling stems from a case recently in kentuck

public defender jeff adachi hr ooiri released new video.s surveillance video -- officers claim the suspect who's seen in this video wearing a white shirt, spit crack cocaine out of his mouth and then sold it to an undercover officer. ad adachi says the video doesn't show the transfer of any drugs. >> this video opens up a pandora's box. because we're talking about bibus operations on the street by narcotics officers that are clearly and unequivocally being falsified. >> the fbi is now looking into all the charges of misconduct. 14 officers are still on the job but are off plain clothes patrols. left in a curious spot, charged with investigating alleged misconduct that happened under his watch as police chief. 7:32 now, her own family thought she would bail and run, so erica gallagos accused of stealing her own son's baby girl is still in an l.a. county jail. contra costa county sheriffs will pick up her on tuesday. officers said that she snuck into her son's home and stole the 4 day olds girl. police found the baby girl hundreds of miles aw

public defender jeff a adachi. and our fire chief, joanne as white. [applause] acting city administrator, amy brown. [applause] port director monique moyer is with us. [applause] and from senator mark lino's office, susan slim. [applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we

--segun el defensor publico, "jeff adachi" los policias se llevaron una bolsa que pertenecia al morador, de nombre "fernando santana" la cual, nunca fue entregada a las autoridades.--por su parte el supuesto afectado, asegura que nunca dio permiso a los agentes para que catearan el cuarto, pese a que el reporte de la policia indica lo contrario. --un agente de la patrulla de caminos fue detenido, por presuntamente robarse diversos aparatos electronicos de una tienda "target" de "vacaville". --el uniformado tiene 36 aÑos y se llama "shawn hammonds". --los articulos que, segun testigos, intento llevarse sin pagar estan valuados en casi mil-400 dolares.--los empleados de la tienda ubicada en el numero 3-mil de "harbison drive" dijeron a la policia que esta era la cuarta vez que el oficial les robaba. --su arresto se logro gracias a que alguien apunto las placas de su vehiculo.--el oficial esta libre tras pagar una fianza de 30 mil dolares. ---mas de 100 maestros podrian ser despedidos del distrito escolar "mount diablo" en "concord."---la junta educativa aprobo de forma unanime los recorte

adachi. >> guerrero and other mission station officers are also seen in two other surveillance videos. they are under investigation for allegedly stealing items during drug busts. javier tenerio says officers robbed from him while searching the home of his stepson. >> we asked him for the search warrant and he said, i don't need one. >> this opens up a whole other pandora box. >> reporter: prosecutors have dismissed 119 cases involving testimony from officers tied to the surveillance tape scandal. >> that it should be amply clear that this is not something that is being swept under the rug. >> reporter: in fact, the da today dismissed 26 narcotic cases -- excuse me 1,500 cases involving southern station officers are under review. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this is get away day for the memorial day weekend. despite higher gas prices, 34.9 million americans plan to travel this year. let's take you out to the roads and take a peak on how traffic is doing on the freeways. we start with this live look at interstate 80, boy it is packed in bot

. >> reporter: jeff adachi fought the pension reform plan. he's gathering signature for a new proposition. >> our city sees between 90 and $100 million a year. i applaud the mayor, it's a great first step. >> i leave mr. adachi to his viewpoint, but i am sure that he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> reporter: now san francisco supervisors are expected to make their own tweaks to the plan which is expected to be put before voters this fall. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some of the other things mayor lee's proposal will do is create new tiers. the pensions will be based on a final compensation period over three years for new employees instead of the current one to two for current employees. the plan will also allow cost sharing and pay their own retirement contributions. >>> members of a union came together to protest nonunion, noncontract workers. >> what do we want? >> jobs. >> when do we want them? >> now. >> reporter: members of the black men united demonstrated in front of a

can we real quick give it up for john adachi. you know. i really want to think jeff for his leadership. his willingness. you have extended your office and given us this opportunity to create positive change in your schools, in our streets and i really want to thank you for that. i want to just make a couple quick announcements. to my colleagues. i am show proud what we have accomplished. we have given a voice to many who have suffered in silence. i want to acknowledge 2 individuals who have carried out our mission. you met angela chan from the asian law office. can you give it up for them. i also want to say to be members of the safety america partnership. our efforts have been over lookd and unappreciated, but i know what tremendous contributions we have made to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am looking forward to continuing that in the future. it feels acward to be up here. i know there are so many of

jeff adachi helping you get there. go prosperous. i think the word that i have been using and i think it's true, it's integrity. if you go with passion. like jeff said in his speech, check yourself at the door and go forward and things will happen. don't try to solve the world a problems by yourself. in you can solve yours, you world will prosper and get better. thanks. so i run the trust clinic. i am one of the pediatricians. about 20 of us. there's a young man sitting here. i know you. from the general. her son is the tallest. i know this is about the schools. we want you to know, we are there at the general to help you. i help work with to 2 trauma surgions. i work in the team clinic. a lot of us know these kids. a lot of these kids are getting shots. 100 people almost got murdered last year. first graders are taking guns to school. i don't have to give you bad numbers. once they get shot. they fall in our lap. they are in the icu. they are fairly angry kids. these cases for us medically. they formed a group where we have multiple

public defender jeff adachi says this latest video was taken in a jefferson hotel last december. two men say the officers searched the residence without consent and took items. the drug case was later dismissed. >> searching his room and lifting up the mattress and everything. >> an investigation is underway. at least six other san francisco officers are under investigation in cases of alleged misconduct. >>> the police department honor the fallen officers today be they set aside one day in may every year. in the past 10 years the chief says they have been fortunate and have not lost any officers but the danger is there every day. >>> campus police at san jose campus university are investigating the shooting death of three people last night as a murder suicide. none of the three had a criminal record and officials called the deaths unprecedented. >> reporter: police officers are investigating a possible murder suicide in the north garage last night. the school newspaper got a picture of one victim as he was lifted into an ambulance. they said the suspected shooter was found wound

adachi get in a fight. here we go. you are gone. we better stop that trend. cheryl. >> i was just go to ask cheryl. her viewpoints on use with guns and whether the gun buy backs will work. do you have friends, thank you for bringing that up. >> i know people with guns. i wouldn't. i don't want to get involved with that. i just leave them alone with their guns. i don't get involved >> i say that to say, the idea if someone is carrying a gun, we might consider them dangerous. if they got that one, they can get another one. >> we have to consider, this is going to be a long process. this is not a one stop drop, if am i rackateering. i am going to take a couple of guns i don't use and use others. the major thing we have to look at is prevention. we have so many different levels of things we have to use. we can't just say, okay. drop your gun off, you're cool. that's not a shot at the program. we need that problem. but we need these other programs and dealing with the parents and families. we just first grader at cleveland. i worked at cleveland. he probably found

public defender jeff adachi says that the victim never took the cell phone on of his right hand and never took his left hand out of his pocket. the police report is completely false. >> this opens up a whole new pandora's box. we are talking about buy bust operation on the street involving narcotics officers were with the reports are clearly being falsified. >> the public defender said the there are red flags about the conduct of officers and the truth will this of the officers to going back to last year. he said the police nor about it, prosecutors about it and did nothing as these officers' testimony continues to put people in jail. >> bishop attorney george gascoigne spoke about today's allegations. he tried to turn the attention toward what the police force should do. >> with the reality is that in the police business, there will be allegations of things that are done in a properly. it is important that we within the criminal justice system have the right protocol, and are able to live these areas very quickly and take appropriate action and that is what we are doing. >> a statement f

adachi has released 12 videos like this.'s office is planning to release another video today with a press conference at 1:00 p.m. he says that video and press conference will outline more evidence of police wrongdoing. now, because of the allegations of misconduct against these officers, a total of 80 cases have been dropped by prosecutors or judges and again, there could be more felony cases dropped today at a hearing at 9:00 a.m. here at the hall of justice. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 5:32. prosecutors in los angeles have not said when they expect to file former criminal charges against the suspect in the brian soe beating case. a hearing is set to determine if ramirez violated parole, that will allow officers to get more evidence without seeking immediate charges against him. la police chief charlie bag says he is confident they arrested the right man. >>> two court appointed doctors say the man accused of killing an east palo alto community leader is not mentally competent to stand trial. a judge is

public defender jeff adachi expected to real new evidence against those officers today. he has already released surveillance video that appears to show police conducting illegal searches and stealing from the suspects. the department has launched an investigation. >>> l.a. police now say it could be several days before they can present evidence on their prime suspect in the bryan stow beating case. anne makovec is in san francisco. that's where stow remains in critical condition. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and all of this waiting for official charges is very difficult on the stow family. they come here almost every day to sf general hospital to see bryan stow, who is in critical condition heavily medicated here and has been for weeks. here is a look at the lapd's prime suspect, giovanni ramirez, side by side with the sketch of one of the men police have been looking for since the attack on march 31. they believe that this is ramirez. he was arrested on sunday in east hollywood now being held on a parole hold until investigators hand over the case to p

city and county has a great san francisco public defender and we want to express our thanks to jeff adachi for his support of ctla over the years and for his gratitude for being here today. thank you for your taxi and have a great conference -- thank you for your attention and have a great conference. [applause] >> i also want to acknowledge the public defender, past-present president of the california lawyers association. thank you for being here. now, we have our 50th anniversary tribute to "to kill a mockingbird." how many of you have read the book? seen the movie? i think everybody has seen it. well, this tribute features not only a great clip from "to kill a mockingbird" but atticus finch himself played by julian lopez-morillas who is one of the finest actors in the bay area. so let's go back to memory lane and enjoy this performance. >> ladies and gentlemen, gregory peck. >> never seems as fresh and wonderful, as good and evil as it does when seen through the eyes of a child. trying to capture that is remarkable and perhaps that is why one look and the last few years has been so warm

public defender jeff adachi is expected to reveal new evidence against those officers today. he has already released surveillance that appears to show police conducting illegal searches and stealing from suspects. the department has launched an investigation. >>> it's a case of hide and seek that baffled law enforcement. dozens of guns stolen in a violent home invasion robbery. now the suspects are arrested but sheriff's deputies in the south bay wondered what happened to the weapons. mark sayre shows us they found the answer right under their feet. >>> reporter: the guns seized from hidden compartments in a west san jose apartment cover not only an entire floor of a sheriff's conference room but several large tables, as well. 60 guns in all both large and small including this ar-15 semiautomatic rifle. >> we do not want these guns to end up in the wrong hands. and they could be used in commission of felonious crimes. >> reporter: the case of the guns begins on february 6 of this year at this ranch estate in gilroy. deputies say the man who lives here was tied up and tortured

public defender jeff adachi released the video he says shows police officers taking away property for a man arrested for possession of  meth. a camera and laptop computer belonging to jose reyes vanished and they say this isn't the first time. >> we have a number of illegal seizures that are occurring. >>> in the chauncey bailey murder trial a surprise witness took the stand. rob roth was in the courtroom as the man accused of driving the get away car defended himself, rob. >> reporter: julie here at the alameda county courthouse in a surprise move antwon mackey took the stand. and he told the jury he has nothing to do with bailey's murder. mackey is accused of driving the get away van after bailey was shot to death in 2007 and he's charged with murdering another man and participating in a third murder. >> he is giving to this jury his version of events and he felt that was very important. >> reporter: the prosecution is charging that bey ordered the murder of bailey. earlier the prosecution's key witness broussard testified that he ordered the killing. his attorney says mackey's te

but public defender jeff adachi says the images tell a different story. >> his palm is never outstretched. his palm is never outside his pocket. >> reporter: officers claimed in their report that the suspect, who is seen in the video wearing a white shirt, spit crack cocaine out of his mouth and sold it to an undercover officer. but adachi says the video clearly shows there was never a transfer of drugs. >> but this opens up a whole new pandora's bax because we are talking about buy bust operations on the street involving narcotics officers where reports are clearly and unequivocally being falsified. >> reporter: the case has been dismissed, and police say the officer in question is now facing disciplinary action. another drug case thrown out by prosecutors involves the son of javier and mariette tenorio. mr. tenorio says officers threatened to least him and illegally searched his house last august. he also claims officers stole several items including two new ipods and a camera. >> i wasn't involved in anything. i don't know why they treat me like that. >> reporter: the fbi is now lookin