LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the
one-year anniversary of the videotaped beating of Marlene Pinnock.
Ms. Pinnock is still currently living on her own in
Los Angeles and working with her
attorney and community activists to lobby Los Angeles District
Attorney Jackie Lacey to press
charges against Former CHP Officer Daniel Andrew before the
statute of limitations runs out. Ms. Pinnock's
attorney, Caree Harper, a champion of civil rights and the
underserved, continues to be involved in several high profile
police misconduct cases including the beating of Clinton Alford by
the LAPD, the takedown of a pregnant woman by
Barstow police and the recent
tragic shooting of Walter DeLeon also by the LAPD on June
19, 2015.
On July 1, 2014, Marlene Pinnock, 51, became a household
name when video emerged of a Black woman being repeatedly punched
and socked by a white police officer on the side of a freeway. Her
videotaped beating would add to the recent rallying cry by
African-Americans nationwide protesting police brutality and the
killing of unarmed Black people.
Andrew "struck her in the upper torso and head several times
with a closed right fist," the records say. CHP Commissioner
Farrow and Asst. Commissioner O'Quinn argued that Andrew's actions
(blows to Pinnock's face and body) were to "protect her" from the
slow moving rush hour traffic.
"They wanted to assassinate my client's character because she
had an illness that is suffered by millions of Americans including
journalist Jane Pauley," said
attorney Caree Harper.
It didn't work. A federal lawsuit was filed against the CHP
in July, 2014, and on September 24,
2014, the case settled. Attorney Caree Harper set precedent by obtaining terms in
the actual Settlement Agreement that dictated the termination
of the officer's employment with the California Highway Patrol. Harper
also secured a $1.5 million
dollar settlement for Ms. Pinnock, most of which was
placed in a trust which was not completed until January,
2015. Marlene Pinnock's attorney provided her with shelter,
food, transportation, private medical assistants and
basic essentials until the trust was completed.
Since then Attorney Caree Harper along with civil
rights leaders have been lobbying Lacey to charge Officer Andrew
with attempted murder or at the very least felony assault under
color of authority.
Jasmyne A. Cannick is based in
Los Angeles & can be reached at jasmyneonline.com or
Twitter @Jasmyne.
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SOURCE Jasmyne A. Cannick