[Ppnews] 6/21 Michael Tarif and Evelyn Warren arrested & beaten.

[Political Prisoner News]

Update 6/22/07: Late last night Tarif and Evelyn were given DATs and 
released.  There is no court today.  Their court date is July 25, 2007.
Danny

From: Brendan Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:26:30 -0400
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Subject:  News on the Warrens and Police Brutality

<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/06/22/2007-06-22_rights_lawyer_wife_busted.html>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/06/22/2007-06-22_rights_lawyer_wife_busted.html

Rights lawyer, wife busted

BY OREN YANIV, MICHAEL WHITE and LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Friday, June 22nd 2007, 4:00 AM

A well-known civil rights lawyer and his wife
were busted in Brooklyn last night for allegedly
interfering in an arrest they witnessed, authorities said.

Attorney Michael Warren, who has represented
rapper Tupac Shakur and members of the Black
Panthers and worked on the Abner Louima trial,
said cops punched him and his wife during the incident.

The arrests brought more than 200 angry
supporters to the 77th Precinct stationhouse in
Crown Heights, where they stood vigil for nearly
five hours until Warren and his wife, Evelyn, also a lawyer, were released.

As the crowd chanted "freedom fighter," Warren,
who specializes in police misconduct cases,
declared, "We are just an example of what is happening in this city every day."

"I got hit in the jaw, upside the head and on my
lip a few times, and you can can see that my
pants are torn, but I'm fine. I'm great," he said.

After he and his wife left in their SUV, the crowd slowly dispersed.

Police declined to address the allegations of
violence at the hands of the arresting officers.
Warren was charged with obstructing governmental
administration and resisting arrest.

His wife got a ticket for disorderly conduct,
Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.

Cops were collaring a man wanted on drug
possession and auto theft charges about 6p.m.
when the lawyers stopped their car at Atlantic
and Vanderbilt Aves. in Prospect Heights and
began criticizing the officers, a police source said.

Evelyn Warren scratched a female cop's face as
she and her husband later were being taken into custody, the source said.


<http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/news/regionalnews/sharptons_cop_shout_pal_busted_regionalnews_brigitte_williams_james_and_perry_chiaramonte.htm>http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/news/regionalnews/sharptons_cop_shout_pal_busted_regionalnews_brigitte_williams_james_and_perry_chiaramonte.htm

SHARPTON'S 'COP SHOUT' PAL BUSTED
By BRIGITTE WILLIAMS-JAMES and PERRY CHIARAMONTE

June 22, 2007 -- A prominent Brooklyn
civil-rights attorney - who has worked with the
Rev. Al Sharpton - and his wife were arrested
last night after he tried to stop cops from making an arrest, police said.

Michael Warren, 63, and his wife, Evelyn, were in
their car at Atlantic and Vanderbilt avenues in
Prospect Heights at 6 p.m. when they claim they
saw several police officers beating a man.

As narcotics cops tried to make the arrest,
Warren got out of his car and tried to stop them,
shouting, "You can't do that!"

Warren then re-entered his vehicle, but the cops
ordered him out. When he refused, they dragged him out, authorities said.

Warren's wife, who also allegedly refused to get out, was arrested.

The couple was taken to the 77th Precinct station
house where a crowd of 200 supporters gathered.

Warren received a desk-appearance ticket for
obstructing governmental administration, and his
wife got a summons for disorderly conduct.

Warren has worked with Sharpton's National Action Network.


Susan Howard
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National Lawyers Guild
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