WHITE PLAINS, NY
Police Officer Wayne Simoes, indicted for using excessive force, allegedly violating the civil rights of Irma Marquez, appeared before White Plains Federal Court today.
The government was presented with additional evidence to refute the August 19, 2008 indictment against P.O. Simoes. The most pertinent among the evidence submitted are two video tapes which challenge the widely distributed video which shows P.O. Simoes lifting Ms. Marquez vertically into the air after grabbing her about her waist, turning her mid-air onto a vertical position, and thereafter slamming her body face down onto the floor in the bar from which the allegations are drawn.
P.O. Simoes' attorney, Andrew Quinn, Esq., said the video divulged to the public in August “doesn't tell the whole story.”
Quinn said, "The video the government handed over is significantly longer and shows a number of events."
P.O. Simoes is next expected to appear before the court on December 4, 2008, when a trial date could be set.
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