| Judon McBride Charged With
South Bronx Shooting Is Found Guilty by SDNY
Jury
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 29 – Judon McBride is
charged with shooting a gun in
the South Bronx near 320
Beekman Avenue, as a felon. On
August 3, 2020 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge P.
Kevin Castel held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
McBride, according to the
complaint, is also known as
Smooch or Smooth.
At 2 am on March
10, an Officer stopped him and
he said, "they are shooting"
and that he was "out of here."
Then more
shooting.
On December
7 Judge Castel held another
proceeding which Inner City
Press covered. McBride was
requesting to be released on
bail.
But more
detail was given, of the
shooting on Beekman and Oak
Terrace. Judge Castel denied
bail, and moved an evidentiary
hearing on McBride's motion to
suppress identification
evidence to February 9,
excluding time until then.
The
government says "the defendant
was long-known to both the
Victim and Witness-1, having
grown up on the same city
block as they did... The
Victim described McBride
approaching his residence
firing numerous shots toward
him and Witness-1."
On April 13,
2021, Judge Castel held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
It is
moving to trial, to begin on
April 27. Judge Castel asked,
Who is Diego Beekman? They own
buildings around 138th Street
and Beekman Avenue in the
South Bronx. There will be
some evidence suppressed, some
not suppressed.
On April 23,
Judge Castel convened another
pre-trial conference and Inner
City Press again covered it. A
focus was the US Attorney
Office's response that they
will not be able to provide
the requested Civilian
Complaint Review Board records
the defense has requested. DOJ
emphasizes that the CCRB "is
in impartial agency,"
independent from the NYPD.
But the
government's witness list
includes, for example, Officer
Brian DeStefano, who's been
accused of improper use of
physical force. The CCRB says
it found the victim
uncooperative. But what about
the records?
Inner City
Press covered the trial from
August 27 to 29, including
disputes about the verdict
sheet. In the end, the verdict
was guilty. Afterward, Judge
Castel thanked the jury and
said he hoped they would be
able for July 4 to be able to
be outside with friends and
burgers, "or veggie burgers."
He called jury trials the best
engine for truth. Watch this
site.
The case is US v.
McBride, 20-cr-363
(Castel)
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