Skip to main content
Global Edition
Friday, March 29, 2024

Defense attorneys question inconsistencies in police department's reporting in officer assault case

Credit: ABC 2 News WMAR
Duration: 03:26s 0 shares 1 views

Defense attorneys question inconsistencies in police department's reporting in officer assault case
Defense attorneys question inconsistencies in police department's reporting in officer assault case

Defense lawyers for the men accused of assaulting a Baltimore City Police Department Sergeant continue to poke holes in the departments statements of facts.

MEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITHASSAULTING A BALTIMORE POLICEOFFICER BACK IN JANUARYTHEIR CLIENTS ARE VICTIMS OFLAW ENFORCEMENT LIES.

LASTWEEK WE SHOWED YOU THIS BODYCAM VIDEO CALLING INTOQUESTION WHAT WAS REPORTED BYTHE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TODAYTHE DEFENDANTS' LAWYERS SAYTHERE WAS A COVER UP IN THEINVESTIGATION━ IN WHAT THEYSAY WAS AN EFFORT TO HAND UPAN INDICTMENT.

WMAR 2 NEWSDAVE DETLING CONTINUES OURCOVERAGE FROM WEST BALTIMORE.(DAVE) 26:3━49 What happenedon the sidewalk back inJanuary has been questionedall along.

Defense attorneysay new documents, provided bythe states attorneys officeshows a cove━up and change innarrative by the policedepartment.

3:0━11 NATALIEFINEGAR, ESQ./DEFENSEATTORNEY: We have very seriousconcerns about whether or notsome information, falseinformation, perjury perhapswas brought before the grandjury in the indictment ofthese matters... DEFENSEATTORNEY NATALIE FINEGAR ANDHUNTER PRUITT ARE CALLING OUTTHE INVESTIGATION BY THEBALTIMORE CITY POLICEDEPARTMENT INVOLVING THEIRCLIENTS ZAYNE ABDULLAH ANDDONNELL BURGESS AND THEIRALLEGED ASSAULT ON SGT SIMPSONBACK IN JANUARY.

SIMPSONCLAIMED ABDULLAH PUSHED ANDSPIT AT HIM ALL BEFORE BEINGARRESTED.

(NATS) VideoACCORDING TO THE DEFENSEATTORNEYS, BODY CAMERA VIDEOSHOWS IT WAS THE OFFICER WHOSHOVED FIRSTHOW COURT DOCUMENTS READ.INSTEAD SGT.

SIMPSON ISPORTRAYED AS PUTING HIS HANDUP FOR PROTECTION.

THESPITTING INCIDENTSAY WAS ANOTHER LIE.

CITINGTHE POLICE DEPARTMENTS USE OFFORCE REPORTSUPERVISOR A DIFFERENTNARRATIVE.

3:5━4:09 NATALIEFINEGAR, ESQ./DEFENSEATTORNEY: In that statement,he completely changed hisstory about what happened.Rather than my client spittingon him.

He says that my clientstarted to speak and spittlecame in his direction.

ANOTHERDISCREPANCY ACCORDING TO THEDEFENSE ATTORNEYSSAYING DONNELL BURGESSASSAULTED SGT.

SIMSPONWAS IN A REPORT... NO PROOF ORVIDEO.

HEREHUNTER PRUETT/ DEFENSEATTORNEY He never puts hishand on that officer.

He nevertouches him.

He never hitshim, he never kicks him in anyof the videos Ihe was doing was helping him.So here he is helping hisfriend whobreathe repeated.

And whatdoes that get him the policecommissioner comes out and andcalls his actions criminal.THESE LAWYERS SAY THE POLIDEPARTMENT AND THE STATESATTORNEYS OFFICE NEED BETTEROVERSIGHT OR AN OVERHAUL &ESPECIALLY WHEN LOOKING ATEVIDENCE BOTH WRITTEN ANDCAUGHT ON CAMERA.

15:4━16:04NATALIE FINEGAR, ESQ./DEFENSEATTORNEY: There needs to be agreater publication of thebody worn camera footageanytime thereby a police officer.

It needsto be able to be reviewed bythe press, by civilians, bysome other body that can lookat it objectively becauseclearly the police will do agreat deal to justify whathappened on the streetsDEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE CALLINON THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICETO DISMISS THESE CASES.ACCORING TO THE POLICEDEPARTMENT THE VIDEO HAS BEENHANDED OVER TO OUR PUBLICINTEGRITY BUREAU FOR FURTHERREVIEW.

AS FOR MOSBY'S OFFICE━ THEY SENT US THISSTATEMENT SAYING:“WE CANNOTLEGALLY OR ETHICALLY COMMENTON OPEN AND PENDING CASES ORINVESTIGATIONS STILL UNDERREVIEW, AS IS THE CASE ATHAND.

AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BETRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLICABOUT OUR DECISION AND PUBLISHANY RELEVANT INFORMATION, IFAND WHEN THE TIME COMES.

You might like