| Man Who Pled to Gun Is Found To Have
Shot at Police So Gets 30 Years But Judge
Says Fishy
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 18 - Jamar Baker was
allowed to plead guilty to
being a felon in possession of
a fire arm. Then the
government added that he had
fired on a police man after
ramming his car, and asked for
five years in prison.
In the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on January 4, Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan held a Fatico hearing.
Inner City Press was there.
On the
stand was NYPD Officer Frank
Garrido. He described getting
tapped and then rammed by a
car, variously described as
grey or black, silver or even
white.
Maker's
Federal Defender cross
examined, implying that there
was something suspicious about
Officer Garrido calling
Officer Joseph instead of
9-1-1. He focused on the lack
of damage to the cars, while
Judge Kaplan pointed out that
if a car is going 70 mph and
is hit from behind by one
going 71 mph, it might not
leave a dead. The Federal
Defender said he respectfully
disagreed, which Judge Kaplan
noted.
Ultimately
Judge Kaplan found by a
preponderance of the evidence,
the applicable standard, that
Baker was in the car and was
the shooter, and that he fired
at the victim. Sentencing was
set for January 18 at 11 am.
Inner City Press
attended the sentencing.
Baker's lawyer urged Judge
Kaplan to stick to the
guidelines agree with the US
Attorney's Office. Baker said
he was sorry, and noted that
there were no friends or
family members in the
courtroom gallery (only Inner
City Press).
Judge Kaplan
called the conduct serious,
and imposed 30 months
consecutive to the sentence on
the Violation of Supervised
Release. Then he urged
the US Attorney's Office to
convey to the precinct's
Commanding Officer to look
into Officer Garrido's
conduct, saying that something
smelled fishy, like a fish
past its sell-by date. Inner
City Press has submitted a
Freedom of Information Law
request. Watch this site.
The case is US v.
Baker, 22-cr-200 (Kaplan)
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