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POLICE BRUTALITY COVERUP BLOWN: Video Surfaces Showing Riot Police Out of Control
In 2003, the Justice Department under the Bush administration took Prince George’s County, Maryland, to court and won, getting the court’s authority for the feds to maintain oversight of the County’s police department following a rash of reports citing excessive force against unarmed and, often, innocent citizens (see the link to an NPR story below).
Well, as high-profile criminal attorney, Rene Sandler, can attest, the probationary anger-management rehab—which just ended last year—obviously didn’t work. Because, now, Sandler is among several lawyers engaged in a civil action against the police department for, once again, police brutality and excessive force.
Sandler represented one student who was wrongfully criminally charged by the Prince George’s County Police whose case was dismissed in court on July 8, 2010.
These most recent cases involving Univeristy of Maryland students have a common-thread incident dating back to March 3rd of this year, when the County’s horseback riot police were on the scene in University of Maryland’s College Park. The school had just upset rival Duke in a basketball game and students were out en masse, celebrating the victory in the streets.
Sandler’s client, like several other students throughout the night, says he was violently attacked by police without provocation. Police reports afterwards claimed disorderly conduct by belligerent students. However, cell-phone and other videos were brought forth as evidence with visual records to the contrary. Once Ms. Sandler showed the videos to the prosecutor, she dropped the case. Now that the criminal trial is over, Ms. Sandler is in the process of pursuing a civil action against the Prince George’s County Police Department on behalf of several students who were beaten and wrongfully criminally charged.
The most notable case is that of victim John J. McKenna who was accused by police of striking their horses, causing the horses to kick and injure him in retaliation. But a video surfaced (a portion is embedded in the NPR story) showing that police accounts obviously are false, throwing the gas of a coverup on the fire of brutality.
Get out in front of this unbelievable case about to hit the national news. Call Special Guests today to schedule an interview with Rene Sandler and get the inside track from someone who is right in the thick of it.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES SHOULD BE USEFUL FOR SHOW PREP:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/04/police_beating_of_u_of_md_stud.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041505394.html
ABOUT RENE (pronounced REE-nee) SANDLER, ESQ.:
Rene Sandler, Esq. has fought on behalf of her clients in courts throughout the State of Maryland for more than a decade. Ms. Sandler was recently named as a top trial lawyer in Washingtonian Magazine, which listed the top 1% of attorneys in 28 legal specialties in the Washington Metropolitan area.
Ms. Sandler regularly handles high profile criminal cases in Maryland and has been featured in Washingtonian Magazine and a variety of local and national newspapers and magazines and is currently a popular talk show guest. Ms. Sandler has been recognized through the Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender (The same county where the DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad was tried) as a private attorney possessing outstanding trial skills and commitment to her clients and for fighting injustice.
Rene Sandler, Esq. is the Chair of the prestigious School Education Committee through the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, which partners with Montgomery County Public Schools to bring educational programs to the schools on such topics as school violence, gangs, forensic evidence, juvenile justice system, and the legal system as a whole. Recently, the Montgomery County Bar Association honored Ms. Sandler for her tireless work on this Committee and for developing and implementing programs for both Montgomery County students and parents through the Montgomery County Public Schools Parent Academy.
Ms. Sandler began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. S. Michael Pincus, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Thereafter, she joined the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted hundreds of major felonies, misdemeanors, and serious traffic cases and regularly tried cases before juries. Ms. Sandler has been in private practice since 1996.
In addition to practicing law, Ms. Sandler is an adjunct law professor where she teaches law practice management. Rene Sandler, Esq. is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar Association, member and former Board of Director of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Montgomery County Bar Association Nominations and Elections Committee, Legal Ethics Committee, and Chair of the School Education Committee.
Ms. Sandler practices in the areas of criminal defense, serious traffic offenses, juvenile crime, child protective services investigations, personal injury, appellate law and protective orders in domestic violence cases. Ms. Sandler maintains her knowledge of cutting-edge issues and legal developments by regularly attending continuing legal education courses, seminars and other training. Ms. Sandler teaches continuing legal education courses to attorneys on the topics of protective orders and criminal law and has recently published articles for attorneys on the collateral consequences of protective orders and issues related to child protective services investigations.
Ms. Sandler also volunteers each year as a judge for the Maryland High School Mock Trial competitions.
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