| Harlem SSA Office Punch At
Private Security Guard Triggers Federal Case
and $2500 Bond
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 4 -- The day after
Christmas 2019 in the U.S.
Social Security Administration
office on 126th Street in
Harlem, Brian Watson
"approached the window without
waiting for his service ticket
to be called."
A Federal case
ensued.
According
to a complaint on which Watson
was arrested for assault, a
Private Security Officer
"employed by a private company
awarded a security contract by
the Federal Protective
Service" then "asked Watson to
remove himself from the
window."
After some back
and forth, according to the
complaint, Watson "thrust a
nearby chair" at the private
security guard and struck him
in the face using his right
fist. Watson also "resisted
and was bucking his
body."
On March 4 Watson
was presented in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court, with Inner
City Press the only media
present. His Federal Defender
argued that what Watson most
needs is mental health
treatment, and that no bond
should be required. The
Assistant US Attorney
agreed.
But SDNY
Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox
disagreed with both the AUSA
and the Federal Defender, and
required Watson to post a
$2500 bond. Watson signed, and
was apparently released. The
case is US v. Watson,
20-mj-1612 (Fox).
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