The lawyers representing a group of former George Washington University students who allege they were wrongfully arrested while observing a protest in 2002 at Washington’s Pershing Park have long tried to get their hands on a catalogue of police activity from the day of the demonstration. For years, the city has claimed the “running resume” — a police log — did not exist.
But now the city, through a contractor, has managed to develop a 4,700-page account. Over the objection of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, who include Bryan Cave partner Daniel Schwartz and law professor Jonathan Turley, Magistrate Judge John Facciola of Washington federal district court on June 1 gave the U.S. Department of Justice one month to review the information for any law enforcement or informant privilege.
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