Damn. I knew the name was familiar ... and then when I saw his photo. I know the judge in that Stanford rape case,
Aaron Persky. I had to look him up on Wikipedia to remember the connection.
I haven't seen him in 20+ years, but I've gone camping and played hackey-sack with the guy. He was a former Oakland housemate of an old coworker whom I socialized with for a while out here and he also played on his Berkeley club lacrosse team. Was always a stand-up guy too, and now there's kind of a lynching campaign for his job. Pretty messed up.
This just convinces me more about how social media can turn into an ugly monster out for witch hunts and the blood of otherwise good people.