He tended to work for people who couldn't afford a lawyer otherwise. That's why I respected him. He was willing to stand up for the people who needed it. |
Over the past 16 years, I've handled many civil rights type issues. It is clear to me, that based upon what we have discovered up until this point, this case has not been handled appropriately. Not by the police investigating it, not even by the District Attorney's Office, at this point. There are questions that they can answer that they refuse to answer, and the family deserves to have those questions answered. |
We have attempted to obtain the video tapes, and the court has determined that the time is not right, at this time, to receive those tapes. The family again has a right to know what happened, and those tapes will tell us. |