The woman who survived
five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last fall,
-- only to be criminally charged and then cleared,
now wants a judge’s permission to share records that
show how the feds respond when “their agents use deadly force against U.S. citizens.”
#Marimar #Martinez’s lawyer argued Monday that
top Trump administration officials continue to smear her name,
and that the White House’s false narrative about her arrest
has even seeped into writings by
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
All the while, a standard court order bars Martinez from sharing records in her case.
Designed to protect against the improper disclosure of evidence,
attorney Chris Parente says the order has
instead become
“a prophylactic to countering a pernicious misinformation campaign mounted by the United States.”
“They are forcing the public,
and Supreme Court justices,
to have to rely solely on the government’s
inaccurate version of events,”
Parente wrote.
“This court has the power to shed light on the truth of what happened on October 4.”
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Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the entire country in the dark."Jon Seidel (Chicago Sun-Times)