Overview
- Attorney Christopher Parente filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis to modify a protective order so body-worn camera video, photos, electronic communications and other materials can be released.
- The court set a hearing for Thursday in Chicago, while a separate bid by media organizations to access the same evidence remains on appeal after Alexakis denied their request last month.
- Prosecutors dropped the assault case against Marimar Martinez and a co-defendant in November with prejudice, yet her counsel says government webpages and statements still describe her as a domestic terrorist.
- Parente’s filing cites recent Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents as grounds for transparency on DHS use-of-force practices.
- Court records detail Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum’s post-shooting texts and defense claims of evidence mishandling involving his SUV, and a U.S. attorney’s office in South Bend is examining Martinez’s vehicle.