It was a constant battle of who said what and what constituted harassment that was or wasn’t protected speech under the First Amendment. Both sides battled verbally for nearly five hours Friday in a packed courtroom in the Manteca Branch of the San Joaquin County Superior Court over making a temporary restraining order permanent that would keep Gabriel Duenez of Lathrop away from two Manteca Police patrolmen who are claiming abusive and emotional harassment from the brother of Ernesto Duenez.Ernesto Duenez died in a police-involved shooting last June in Manteca. At one point Judge Phillip Urie reprimanded those seated in the courtroom.
Lawyers bicker over who is harassing whom in restraining order case against Duenez