Judge orders feds to turn over file in Park Police shooting
Source: Associated Press
Matthew Barakat, Associated Press
Updated 2:35 pm CST, Friday, March 6, 2020
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal magistrate on Friday excoriated the government for refusing to turn over its investigative file in the death of a Virginia man shot by U.S. Park Police.
The files are sought by the family of Bijan Ghaisar, who died in 2017 after he was shot by Park Police officers multiple times at the conclusion of a stop-and-go chase on the George Washington Parkway.
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Government lawyers said they have been delayed in turning over the file because the material in the file is sensitive and voluminous.
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Ghaisar's family has been frustrated by the slow pace of the federal investigation and what they see as stonewalling to cover up an illegal shooting. Several members of Congress, including Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Sen. Tim KaIne, D-Va., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have also found fault with the government's handling of the investigation.
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