they admitted this was a rap sheet in the newspaper, and indeed, the president of the p.o.a., marty o'halloran, he took the sheet in. he could have been investigated. there are elements in this department that clearly over many years feel they can do what they want for political purposes. we should not dance around the context here. it wasn't just some theoretical political dispute. eight years ago, the public defender released video that showed serious criminal conduct by members of the sfpd. and for that, while he was alive, he got relentless abuse. the officers said we believe the officers in that incident will be exonerated. when those officers were indicted, the p.o.a. said these indictmented are apparently based -- indictments are apparently based on questionable testimony, and these officers will be acquitted, and they were convicted of federal felonies. and because of that, because of what the public defender did, the racist text scandal came out and officers were eventually fired them, with the p.o.a. supporting them. i have had police commissioners tell me that they fear the misuse o