Somewhere I get the feeling that Curtis Reeves’ attorney is going to try to pull a Lewinski:
http://sfist.com/2014/07/11/expert_in_andy_lopez_shooting_also.php
At first, I thought you were talking about Monica Lewinsky, and I didn’t understand what you meant by that! :-)
From your link:
“Depending on who you ask, Lewinski pioneered or invented the study of police psychology, after he earned a doctorate from online classes at Union Institute. He founded a research center called the Force Science Institute at the University of Minnesota at Mankato, where he also taught classes. When asked in the past about what he charges as an expert witness, Lewinski would only say his payments include $475 an hour fee that goes to his institute.
Among Lewinski’s 75 cases in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, he used the shoot-first doctrine to successfully defend a Los Angeles Police Department officer who shot and killed a man at a Halloween party who pulled out a toy gun.
Two sources in the SFGate article call Lewinski a fraud. Oakland attorney Michael Haddad, the president of the National Police Accountability Project, says: “He’s an opportunist who will say whatever is expedient to get the cop off, so why in the world would any reputable district attorney’s office rely on someone like him?”
Pasadena attorney John C. Burton says Lewinski is “an uncredentialed police expert who will say whatever they need to justify the situation.”
-Well. He sounds *perfect* for the Reeves defense dream team, who have already tried ever dirty trick under the sun, from questioning the integrity of the eye witnesses at the bond hearing, to claiming Reeves was possibly struck by Oulson’s cell phone, even though there was no physical evidence to that claim.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they get Reeves off. Police are rarely held accountable for their actions. I’m not aware of the percentage of retired cops who are excused of crimes, but based on the number of people who are defending him here, I suspect he may find a sympathetic jury. He was an old man, “feared for his life”, etc, etc. The judicial system is rigged for those government employees who have made their living off of it.
Is Reeves defense team paid by police union funds?