Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association

Zoom Seminar

September 17, 2020

Time: 3:30 pm

Defending Victims of Police Misconduct:
Challenging Police Credibility, Misconduct, and Overreach

Speakers:
Tim Maloney
Deborah Levi
Amelia McDonell-Parry
Jan Pinkney
Dr. Paul Archibald
Lynsey Hodge
Chaz Ball
Richard Gibson
Latoya Francis Williams
Baynard Woods
J. Wyndal Gordon

Topics:
1. Examining the Abusing Cop (attacking credibility)
 - Tales from the courtroom
 - Challenging the silent witness: what you need to know about body-worn camera footage   

2. Why We Run (humanizing race relations and decoding the myth of fleeing and eluding 
 - The mental health and social work perspective

3. The Good Cop (addressing departmental solidarity and refusal to disclose Internal Affairs records
 - Defending the police
 - The prosecutor’s role and perspective
 - How to get the records, what to do with them, and making a record if you are denied 

4. Use of Force Experts (know what the State will not know)

5. An Officer’s Tale (locking in sworn statements of law enforcement or the investigatory team)

6. Close to Home
 - I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad

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