This guy needs to resign by tomorrow. He's a disgrace. We pay his salary. I work hard and do not like supporting wife beaters. Get out of office. You are an embarassment.

Listen. This is a political trial. Like all political trials there is a lot at stake. This trial is in the discovery stage right now. After the discovery stage it goes to trial. Very soon.

It is understandable how some of our more retarded citizens here in SF and elsewhere would be concerned for a child and a mother who is allegedly terrorized and battered. But the more intelligent citizens recognize logical inconsistencies, that the story makes no sense.

The idea that this will not come out in trial, either the court trial or the trial right now in the media, is absurd.

At the end of this trial you will look like the morons and/or criminals you really are. So f*ck you.

I'm already giving too much away.

And to the people torturing children in the Santa Rita jail, your day of reckoning is absolutely coming.

And you won't f*cking like it.

Judge Sandoval, per chance?

Hey 8 arms. F*uck off bro. You are the one that likes such hostile words. This dipsh*t Mirkarimi is a true tool if you ever met him. Complete moron who thinks he is above all. He's not. He's a wife beater. Prison time.

"Retarded citizens?" Huh? You are the retard. Enjoy the moment as your career implodes.

Get a private sector job for the first time in your life and work. Arrogance comes before the fall. So too here. Looks like another former District 5 sup is facing ethical issues tonight as well. What a clown show. All should be fired or resign tomorrow.

"At the end of this trial you will look like the morons and/or criminals you really are. So f*ck you."

What? Our sheriff accuses citizens calling him out as being "criminals" without any probable cause or evidence. As I originally posted, Mirk is a moron and deserves no further taxpayer salary payments. Unfit for office. Per se if you will. Good bye clown. Enjoy really working for a living without your purported "power." What a civic jackas$.

You know, let's think this through. What if uncle ross picks you up for an alleged legal violation - assuming he knows what one actually is given his dearth of training? Will he beat you and lie about it? Will he threaten witnesses who can establish your innocence with his "power" and badge? Will he, as sheriff, refuse to give you food like he did to his wife? Throw this parasite on our taxpayer wallet's out. Make him work like we do for a living. Sick and delusional is all that comes to mind. And that goes for you too 8 arms to the extent you are actually not Ross. Clown show. Get a life you tool.

Forget "occupy sf" or any other city, let's "Occupy Mirk's Home" to prevent further domestic abuse. Let's do it. Protest tomorrow. He's sick.

I believe Eliana Lopez, the "victim." She says he is not abusive and she is not a victim. She says this prosecution is politically motivated. She never called the police. No one claims that she ever said she was afraid of Ross or that he was an abuser. She has told the judge and prosecutors that the violence being done to her family is being done by the DA. She talked to her neighbor because she wanted to document the fight they had in case they wind up in a custody dispute should they not be able to save their marriage. The legal system, which should be used to protect spouses who are actually being abused, in this case is being used to settle political scores and destroy a progressive political rival to the S.F. establishment. All citizens who care about honesty and integrity in government should apply critical thinking to what the DA's office is spinning in this case and be outraged. Ross in particular, and progressive San Franciscans in general, should not give in and fight back against this political feeding frenzy. The San Francisco media, in general, should be embarrassed for swallowing and perpetuating the DA’s inventions so uncritically.

Bravo Eliza. Regardless of whether you think Ross is a good guy or a bad guy, the big embarrassment in this case is the San Francisco DA's Office, followed closely by the San Francisco media, with the SFWeekly getting a special mention. The willingness of allegedly serious media (The Chronicle) and allegedly progressive media (The Huffington Post) to join in this feeding frenzy, while ignoring the wishes and well-being of the alleged victim, and failing to point out the nonsense of the DA's public spin about this case, is truly sad. Any intelligent and fair-minded 9th grader would ask more critical questions about this prosecution than the S.F. media has done so far.

Just a few examples:

The media repeatedly say "three counts of domestic violence" without explaining how 1 alleged instance of grabbing an arm multiplied into 3 counts. Let me break it down. Neighbor says wife said Ross grabbed her arm and showed neighbor a bruise (Count 1). Neighbor says child was in the house at the time (Count 2, child endangerment). The child doesn't even have to have seen or been aware of the arm grab. This count is almost always added if the police even think a child might have been present. Police notice that neighbor made the report 3 days late, but Eliana chose not to report to police, therefore they assume Ross must have dissuaded her. (Count 3, dissuading a witness.)

Of course, that is not what 95% of readers think when they hear "three counts."

The media also mostly fail to mention that Eliana chose not to report this incident to police and has never said she was afraid of Ross. Often, there is barely a mention that Eliana is absolutely opposed to this prosecution.

This is a personal matter. A family matter.

The public should let the couple resolve their differences behind closed doors.