San Fran defense lawyer (and for what it’s worth, Democratic fundraiser extraordinaire) Jim Brosnahan, along with the Marin County Tali-boy’s folks and friends, are launching an all out P.R. campaign to soften the blow civilization is fixin’ to clap on Johnny bin Walker’s dirt-encrusted ass. Now, I’m not one to judge (ohmmmm… tolerance …. ohmmm …. permissiveness … ohmmmm the Berkeley City Council), but I would think that — rather than spending their time writing press releases and gathering up and releasing baby photos and cutesy home video of the Hippy of Islam — his “support group” and its various sadsack apologists might try spending some time making a nice, cozy American Quilt for the grieving family of Mike Spann.

There comes a point where marketing and spin is just…well, evil.

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