Court Solidarity: Benny Warr
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Over the last year, Benny Warr, represented by Charles F. Burkwit, has been fighting for discovery documentation for his civil lawsuit against the City of Rochester, the Rochester Police Department, and the named officers who brutalized him as he sat in his motorized wheelchair waiting for the bus on May 1, 2013. For more information on his case and where things stand now, please see: Exonerating police misconduct: no accountability in Benny Warr case and Ivery & Warr in court: Demand city hand over excessive force documentation.
Mr. Burkwit relayed these issues regarding the current, federal case:
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Spencer Ash--who represents the City of Rochester--has only handed over about half of the cases the City was ordered to disclose regarding the discovery issue in Mr. Warr's case
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Mr. Burkwit subpoenaed the Center for Dispute Settlement (CDS) and the Civilian Review Board (CRB) for cases of police misconduct
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The City and CDS have both moved to quash the subpoenas
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Mr. Burkwit will argue to release those subpoenaed records as well as ask the court for permission to depose individuals connected to the CRB and CDS
Benny Warr and his lawyer will appear in Judge Marian Payson's federal court on Tuesday, August 25, 3:00PM at the Federal Building (100 State St.). Please come out and support Mr. Warr and the community against police secrecy and brutality.
Pertinent Info:
Benny Warr in federal court
Tuesday, August 25, 3:00PM
@ the Federal Building (100 State St.)--NOT THE HALL OF JUSTICE ON EXCHANGE BLVD.
To get into the Federal Building, you MUST have ID on you
If the guards ask what your business is, you can tell them you are there for Benny Warr's case
It is unsure how long the hearing will go on for, so the end time for this event is not necessarily correct
