| In SDNY Mag
Court Green Detained As Felon in
Possession, Judge Asks Of Larger Drive-By
By Matthew
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SDNY MAG COURT,
July 29 – In the Magistrates
Court of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on July
2, Kasmir Green was presented
on charges of being a felon in
possession of ammunition.
But that was only
part of the story. The
Assistant US Attorney said
Green had committed a drive-by
shooting in The Bronx on
October 5, 2020, and then was
arrested at 5 am on July 2
with 53 bags of crack and
$1800 in cash.
Green
retained counsel said he has a
job, at the Hard Rock Cafe in
Yankee Stadium, and lives with
ten children.
SDNY
Magistrate Judge Debora
Freeman determined that Green
should be detained - not as a
risk of flight, but as a
danger to the community. In
the socially distance gallery,
his wife expressed
displeasure. The AUSA called
her a witness to the drive-by
shooting.
The case
was assigned to SDNY District
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
On July 29, Judge
Kaplan held a proceeding and
Inner City Press again covered
it. It occurred a bit later,
after another Judge Kaplan
proceeding Inner City Press
covered, involving a man on
supervision who left voice
mails that were transcribed
and put in the docket.
In this
case, Judge Kaplan asked why
if it involved a drive by
shooting only the ammunition
was being charged. The AUSA
replied that if they can prove
the shooting was released to a
drug conspiracy, perhaps they
were will re-file additional
Federal charges.
The real
question may be, why is the
State court not reliable to
prosecute and punish a drive
by shooting, such that a
Federal ammo charge is viewed
by law enforcement as
preferable?
The case is US v.
Green, 21-cr-431 (Kaplan)
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