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Prosecutors Back Release of Redacted Body-Camera Video in Marimar Martinez Shooting

The shift positions a judge to decide formal release this week.

Overview

  • A federal hearing was moved to Friday at 10 a.m., when Judge Georgia Alexakis will consider the government's plan to publish the video with agents' faces blurred.
  • Martinez's attorneys are also pressing to release agents' photos and text messages, which prosecutors have opposed by saying publication would damage the shooter's reputation.
  • Testifying on Capitol Hill, Martinez recounted being shot five times and said a federal agent photographed her at the hospital without her consent.
  • The agent identified as Charles Exum was linked to texts, read aloud by Rep. Robert Garcia, that appeared to boast about the shooting.
  • Assault charges against Martinez were previously dismissed with prejudice, and her lawyer says she will attend the Feb. 24 State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García.