| After Man
Dies in NYC Jail $2 Million Demand To Be
Topped After Death Video Produced
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 2, updated
– A 27 year old man, Eugene
Castelle, died on imprisoned
on Riker's Island on November
8, 2016. There are photos
which his lawyer calls bad,
and there is a missing video.
There was a
demand for $2 million, it
emerged on February 2, but the
demand may go higher.
On
February 2, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn
held a discovery conference.
Inner City Press covered
it.
Judge Netburn
expressed skepticism that the
City does not have deposition
transcripts computerized, and
urged that an inquiry into how
the video of the time of death
was altered.
The defense
lawyer blurted out that there
had been a $2 million demand.
The
plaintiff's lawyer replied
that was the demand BEFORE he
learned how bad things were.
He said he could not advise
settlement until seeing the
video.
Judge
Netburn offered a settlement
conference in March, or if not
taken soon, in May.
The case is
Tirado v. City of New York et
al., 19-cv-10377 (Netburn)
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