Mark Geragos - taming the tiger?

[Guest zipperzone]

RE: The wall did not meet standards

 

>It has been done before, and it generally requires a good bit

>of acclimation and even "tranining" to "be wild".

 

I can think of a few escorts who are animals and are quite wild, and without any training. Just doin' what comes naturally.....

[+ glutes]

Meet 'victim' number 1

 

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/01/18/ba-220x329-funeral1.jpg

 

Paul Dhaliwal, 19, one of two brothers attacked by a tiger, told the father of victim Carlos Sousa Jr. that they stood on the railing, waving and yelling at the big cat before it jumped up the enclosure's wall, according to court papers. Court docuements show he had a blood alchhol level of .16, and was high on marijuana.

[Guest zipperzone]

RE: Meet 'victim' number 1

 

I have a real hard time finding any sympathy for these louts.

[+ glutes]

taming the tiger victims?

 

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(03-28) 16:09 PDT San Leandro - -- The younger of two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo was arrested on suspicion of trying to steal two video game controllers from a San Leandro store, police said Friday.

 

Paul Dhaliwal, 19, hid two Nintendo Wii controllers in his pants at the Target store at the Bayfair Center mall about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, San Leandro police Lt. Tom Overton said.

 

Store security officer Michael Marucut, dressed in plain clothes, told authorities that he witnessed the theft and followed Dhaliwal as he walked past the cash registers, "never making an attempt to pay for the concealed items," the police report said.

 

Once Dhaliwal walked outside the store, Marucut and several other security officials confronted him. Dhaliwal "was uncooperative and immediately began to resist," Marucut wrote in a statement included in the police report.

 

Dhaliwal was subdued and placed under citizen's arrest. Officer Warren DeGuzman arrived and took Dhaliwal into custody. After he was read his rights, Dhaliwal "admitted to selecting and concealing the merchandise," DeGuzman wrote in his report.

 

But Dhaliwal said he never left the store with the items, the police report said.

 

Dhaliwal, whose scars from the tiger attack are still visible on his head, was arrested for petty theft, Overton said. Dhaliwal posted $1,500 bail shortly before 3 p.m. Friday, police said.

 

The incident at Target happened on the same day the brothers filed a claim against the city of San Francisco, seeking unspecified monetary damages in connection with the tiger attack. A message left for Paul Dhaliwal wasn't returned.

 

The alleged shoplifting incident isn't his first brush with the law.

 

In February, both he and his brother, Kulbir Dhaliwal, 24, who also survived the tiger attack, were in court to seek the personnel records of San Jose officers who arrested them after they scuffled with police on Sept. 7. But at a hearing Friday, the defense withdrew that motion, said Stuart Scott, a Santa Clara County deputy district attorney. An attorney for Paul Dhaliwal did not return a call for comment.

 

After that incident, both men were charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. Paul Dhaliwal was also charged with misdemeanor battery on a police officer.

 

The brothers were arrested after they allegedly refused to cooperate with officers who reported seeing them chase two men down the street, according to police reports.

 

Paul Dhaliwal is accused of hitting an officer in the chest with his forearm as the officer tried to restrain him, leading to the battery charge. He stopped resisting only when an officer held a stun gun to his neck and threatened to use it, according to a police report.

 

Kulbir Dhaliwal cursed at officers while kicking the security partition in a squad car, forcing police to pull him out and put him in leg restraints, the police report states.

 

In February, Paul Dhaliwal pleaded not guilty to marijuana possession after being cited Dec. 21 for allegedly having 1.8 grams of pot in his pocket while in the parking lot of a Milpitas hotel.

 

He had been placed on probation three days before that incident after pleading no contest to felony reckless driving and other charges for leading police on a 140 mph chase on April 28, court records show.

[hiJinX]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

Is his prior criminal record admissable outside the court of popular opinion with regard to the tiger attack?

[+ glutes]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

The day after his arrest, he and his brother filed suit!

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032900803.html

[Guest zipperzone]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

Is anyone really surprised?

[Guest]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

>Is his prior criminal record admissable outside the court of

>popular opinion with regard to the tiger attack?

 

Well, I'm no lawyer, but since their suit alleges defamation of character, I would say yes, since their character is that of a sociopathic liar and thief.

 

" Those legal troubles could be an issue if the brothers file a lawsuit against the zoo and it goes to trial. Defamation is one of the few legal claims that makes your life "an open book," said one legal expert.

 

"If they end up testifying, then their credibility is an issue and any dishonest act, stealing or lying, could be brought in to undermine their credibility," said attorney Jim Hammer, a former deputy district attorney in San Francisco who successfully prosecuted a fatal dog mauling case there.

 

"Once you get on the stand," he said, "your reputation and veracity are an open book." "

 

I wish we could just take a helicopter and drop these assholes in the middle of Greenland.

[Guest]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

Or simply feed them to the lions. That would be poetic justice, since their actions led to the death of a fellow feline.

[Guest zipperzone]

RE: taming the tiger victims?

 

>I wish we could just take a helicopter and drop these assholes

>in the middle of Greenland.

 

Why not in the middle of Hudson Bay.

 

The really annoying thing is that these lowlifes will be in court until the day they die for one thing or another and the taxpayers will have to pay the price for their trials and incarceration.

[+ glutes]

Bring the KY Dhaliwal!

 

SFGateHome of the San Francisco Chronicle:

 

The younger of two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has been sentenced to 16 months in state prison for violating his probation in a felony reckless driving case where he led police on a 140 mph chase through San Jose in April 2007.

 

Paul Dhaliwal, 20, was sentenced in December to 30 days in the Santa Clara County jail and three years of probation in that case, but three days after sentencing he was cited for marijuana possession when he was found with about 1.8 grams in his pocket while in the parking lot of a Milpitas hotel, court records show. He was also arrested in March on suspicion of shoplifting video-game controllers at East Bay Target stores.

 

Dhaliwal was sentenced last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court to 16 months in prison for violating probation in the chase case, Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott said. Dhaliwal also pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and public intoxication stemming from a drunken scuffle with San Jose police in September, Scott said.

[Guest zipperzone]

RE: Bring the KY Dhaliwal!

 

Damn! That tiger only did half a job......

[+ glutes]

if only the tiger family could sue...

 

if only The Tiger Family could sue...

 

11-14) 06:10 PST Hayward, CA (AP) --

 

A judge had agreed to dismiss shoplifting charges against one of the men who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo.

 

As part of a plea deal, Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal agreed Thursday to serve five years of probation and stay away from all Target stores.

 

The 20-year-old Dhaliwal was arrested in March after prosecutors say he was caught trying to shoplift video game equipment from a Target store in San Leandro.

 

Dhaliwal is currently serving a 16-month state prison sentence for violating his probation in connection with an April 2007 reckless driving arrest in San Jose.

 

Meanwhile, he and his brother -- Kulbir -- filed a federal lawsuit last week against the city and county of San Francisco, the zoo and others over the tiger attack.

[+ purplekow]

RE: if only the tiger family could sue...

 

>if only The Tiger Family could sue...

>

>11-14) 06:10 PST Hayward, CA (AP) --

>

>A judge had agreed to dismiss shoplifting charges against one

>of the men who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the

>San Francisco Zoo.

>

>As part of a plea deal, Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal

>agreed Thursday to serve five years of probation and stay away

>from all Target stores.

>

>The 20-year-old Dhaliwal was arrested in March after

>prosecutors say he was caught trying to shoplift video game

>equipment from a Target store in San Leandro.

>

>Dhaliwal is currently serving a 16-month state prison sentence

>for violating his probation in connection with an April 2007

>reckless driving arrest in San Jose.

>

>Meanwhile, he and his brother -- Kulbir -- filed a federal

>lawsuit last week against the city and county of San

>Francisco, the zoo and others over the tiger attack.

 

I understand that one thing has nothing to do with the other, but I hope that these guys get nothing. The zoo should sue them for damages and for the value of the tiger who paid the ultimate price because of these two bozos.

 

 

I have never seen a purplekow;

I never hope to see one;

I can tell you anyhow;

I'd rather see than be one

 

Help there is a purplekow in my mirror

[+ glutes]

Tiger follow-up

 

from sfgate.com Matier & Ross:

 

Zoo talk: The total payout for that 2007 tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo came in at about $2.5 million - a figure that, believe it or not, actually has zoo folks sighing with relief.

 

Some San Francisco supervisors had publicly predicted the zoo would be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars for its alleged neglect in allowing the tiger to escape from its enclosure on Christmas Day, then kill Carlos Sousa Jr. of San Jose and attack two of his friends, Kulbir and Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal.

 

Sousa's family settled its lawsuit against the city earlier this year. Terms of the agreement are confidential, but sources close to the case tell us the settlement amounted to about $1.5 million.

 

The Dhaliwal brothers had been hoping for $1 million apiece. But late Thursday, just when it appeared that talks with attorneys for the zoo had collapsed, they settled for a combined $750,000, plus $75,000 to $150,000 for Kulbir's medical bills from his stay at San Francisco General Hospital.

 

After their attorney Mark Geragos takes his slice, it's believed the brothers will each collect about $250,000.

 

All to be paid by the San Francisco Zoological Society's insurer.

 

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[+ glutes]

The Brothers just keep on giving...

 

Cocaine bust of tiger attack victim

 

John Coté sfgate.com

 

Sunday, July 26, 2009

 

One of two San Jose brothers who survived a Christmas Day 2007 tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has been arrested on suspicion of felony cocaine possession after a car he was a passenger in was pulled over while heading the wrong way on a street next to the San Jose State University campus, police said.

 

Kulbir Dhaliwal, 25, was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of possessing about 3 ounces of cocaine and being under the influence after the car was pulled over about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, university police Sgt. John Laws said.

 

The driver of the car, Tarlok Dhaliwal, 26, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, Laws said. The two appear to be brothers. A third person in the car was not arrested.

 

Kulbir Dhaliwal recently split with his younger brother Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal what remained of a $900,000 settlement the zoo paid them in connection with the attack. At least $75,000 was applied to medical liens, and their attorney took a cut, typically about one-third.

 

Kulbir Dhaliwal, who police records show had to be put in restraints when arrested in a September 2007 drunken scuffle with police, had to be held down in this most recent incident for authorities to take a blood sample, Laws said.

[+ glutes]

Arrested... AGAIN!

 

The brothers are getting popped weeky!

 

(08-06) 12:13 PDT San Jose -- The two San Jose brothers who survived a Christmas Day 2007 tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo were arrested in San Mateo for misdemeanor violations after a traffic stop, the latest in a series of run-ins with the law, authorities said today.

 

The brothers recently split what remained of a $900,000 settlement the zoo paid them in connection with the attack. Their arrests come two weeks after the older sibling, Kulbir Dhaliwal, 25, of San Jose was booked on suspicion of felony cocaine possession after being stopped near San Jose State University.

 

The latest incident happened at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday when San Mateo police Officer Joseph Cassin stopped Dhaliwal for driving on a shoulder on-ramp to Highway 101 near Peninsula Avenue, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney. Dhaliwal's passenger was his brother, Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal, 21.

 

The officer smelled the odor of marijuana in the car and saw an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka inside, Wagstaffe said. It was the same brand of vodka that San Francisco police found in Kulbir Dhaliwal's car after the tiger attack, authorities said.

 

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[KMEM]

And, Glutes, do you agree that they are receiving the treatment that they deserve?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[+ glutes]

With $900,000 (minus Mr. Geragos fee), they can afford any treatment they want!

[KMEM]

I think you missed the point. Low lifes like these don't deserve much of any thing. They CAN afford to move on and away, reform and do better, but they won't, weill they?

 

Getting arrested every week forever is less than what they deserve.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[+ glutes]

Grizzly Adams?

 

Wonder if this assholic-idiot will get Geragos...

 

(09-26) 20:29 PDT San Francisco -- A man sneaked into the grizzly bear exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday and was taken into custody almost immediately without suffering any major injuries, city officials said.

 

The quickly resolved incident indicates that safety procedures instated after a fatal tiger attack in 2007 are working, said Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom. In that incident, the zoo made international headlines when a Siberian tiger escaped her enclosure and attacked three people, killing a 17-year-old boy.

 

Saturday's incident occurred around 5 p.m. when a man "gained access to the grizzly bear exhibit," according to a written statement by zoo spokeswoman Gwendolyn Tornatore. The zoo's two grizzly bears were in the exhibit at the time, she said.

 

A zoo visitor alerted officials to the situation, and they "immediately implemented a code-red response," Tornatore said. A shooting team along with several zookeepers responded to the area, she said, where officials fired a warning shot to keep the bears away from the intruder.

 

The bears were ushered into their dens and locked in, she said.

 

It's not clear what prompted the man to sneak into the enclosure or how he gained access to the 2-year-old grizzly exhibit, which is surrounded by glass walls in some portions and electric wire fencing in others.

 

In the statement, Tornatore said the man was "conscious but unresponsive" when he was being treated by paramedics. His only injuries were apparently some burns from the fence, according to sources.

 

Ballard said the man was taken into custody by police, and the incident is being investigated by police and zoo officials. Police said the man likely will face charges for entering the exhibit.

 

The zoo overhauled its safety procedures in the aftermath of the fatal tiger attack, which occurred on Christmas Day 2007, ending with the fatal shooting of the tiger by police.

 

In addition to retraining staff and working more closely with police after that fatal incident, officials also raised the walls of some enclosures and installed electric fencing around a number of exhibits.

 

"The protocols set in place after the tiger attack were followed and the situation was resolved immediately - the protocols worked," Ballard said.

 

"There will be a complete investigation into how exactly he was able to enter into the bear enclosure, but I will say that enclosures are designed to keep bears in, not people out. They are ringed by hot wire and electric fences."

 

Ballard praised both zoo officials and police for their speedy response to the potentially deadly situation.

 

"The zookeepers behaved heroically - they prevented a serious injury or death by their swift intervention," he said. "And San Francisco Police Department was on scene within moments."

 

E-mail Marisa Lagos at mlagos@sfchronicle.com.

 

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