Myles is a real sack of shit that seeks high profile cases. Everyone, regardless of how heinous their crime, deserves good representation and due process. But the purpose of defense is not to get guilty clients off on technicalities or public sympathy, it’s to make sure they receive a fair trial and that the legal consequences fit the crime. Getting you ass-whipped by a crowd stopping you in the act and the public being disgusted with you as a human being are extra legal consequences that inevitably occur when you commit a crime and have no bearing on your defense or eventual sentence.
Myles also takes on cases of Proud Boys and crooked cops/prosecutors, so he’s got a type.
“Honolulu-based defense attorney Myles Briener has gained recognition in Hawaii for taking on high-profile clients and cases in recent years. In 2021, Breiner represented Nicholas Ochs, the founder of Hawaii’s Proud Boys chapter who landed in court in 2021 after his participation in the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Breiner also represented Louis and Katherine Kealoha, a former police chief and deputy prosecutor in Honolulu who were indicted for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and drug charges in 2017.”
theinertia.com/…/igor-lytvynchuks-lawyer-says-he-…
Also, Lytvynchuk has hired crisis management firm Red Banyan to try and suppress stories and push the narrative he was “saving turtles”.
xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
So this dude is absolutely awful and deserves all the hate he’s getting but there was video of the beat down (lemme try and find it, one sec). It isn’t worth pressing charges because no one in Hawaii will ever convict the perpetrator. It would be political suicide for a prosecutor to even try to advance a case. I think a local politician (state senator? Mayor?) even commended the guy.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Oh sweet, it’s real? The state senator is right, and bless the people of Hawaii for coming down hard on that kind of behavior.
xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yeah. It’s real. Really fucking awesome :D
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I like how they blur out the seal in the video but visibly show him getting pummeled.