| Man Injured
By NYPD At 164 Street Block Party Now Has
Trial Starting 6 Years Later
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 17 – J-Quan Johnson was
injured by NYPD officers on
August 31, 2014 at the end of
a block party on West 164th
Street in Upper Manhattan. In
2015, he sued.
Now, six years
later, it is coming to
trial.
On May 17, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Edgardo Ramos
held a final pre-trial
conference on the eve of
trial. Inner City Press
covered it.
There were
arguments about video to be
shown at trial, including one
of a Mr. Wilson who got
arrested (the City's lawyer
said for throwing a bottle,
the plaintiff's lawyer said
for taking a baton).
One
witness, who has had brain
surgury albeit five years ago,
will be allowed to testify
remotely.
Judge Ramos
said, We've all gotten used to
that. He said he'll see the
parties in Courtroom 318 of 40
Foley Square on May 18.
The case is
J-Quan Johnson v. Cit of New
York, et al., 15-cv-6915
(Ramos)
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