| Bronx Lawsuit For Excessive
Force by NYPD Heads to Jury Trial, Witness
Flies in from FLA
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 10 – Edward Rosado was
standing in front of a
Footlocker on Fordham Road in
The Bronx when he was grabbed
by the throat by an officer of
the NYPD and arrested. The
Bronx DA declined to
prosecute.
Jump Cut 1
to June 26, 2020 when U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Ronnie Abrams held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge Abrams granted the
defendants summary judgment on
municipal liability /
qualified immunity and false
arrest - but not on excessive
force.
Whereupon
Rosado's lawyer said it was
time to go to a jury, given he
said the "George Floyd jury
effect."
He also said he
might ask for reconsideration
on the judicially created
doctrine of qualified immunity
- he cited Clarence Thomas.
Judge Abrams said
the issue is settled in the
Second Circuit, perhaps one
for appeal but not one to
further delay trial in this
matter.
Jump Cut 2 to
August 10, 2021 when Judge
Abrams held another conference
on the eve of trial. Inner
City Press covered it again.
Rosado's lawyer said he has a
witness flying in from
Florida; he asked if he could
email case law.
Judge Abrams to
her credit said she aims to
have a transparent docket, so
to file all submissions there.
The jury selection is next.
The case is
Rosado v. Soriano et al.,
16-cv-3310 (Abrams).
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