Attorneys Raise Body Camera Evidence Questions In Manhattan "Self-Defense" Murder Case
20 November 2021
20 November 2021
Earlier this week, Tracy McCarter appeared in a Manhattan court to learn whether a judge would dismiss the second-degree murder indictment against her, as her attorneys raised questions about the NYPD body camera footage tied to the case which they claim to tell a different story. In March 2020, McCarter, a nurse at Weill-Cornell, was arrested for the death of her estranged husband, James Murray. The pair had been separated since July 2019 after Murray, who is white, had repeatedly kicked, struck, and choked McCarter, who is Black. By the time they separated, he had been in and out of ...
Attorneys Raise Body Camera Evidence Questions In Manhattan "Self-Defense" Murder Case
While prosecutors say that the defendant said she stabbed her husband, defense attorneys say the body camera footage proves only officers used the term "stabbed."
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