‘Letting Tony be Tony,’ Robinson lawyers publish trial evidence

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Lawyers who represented the family of Tony Robinson in a recently settled federal civil rights lawsuit gave a detailed news conference on the events surrounding the 19-year-old’s death, which occurred exactly two years ago. Anand Swaminathan, one of the two presenting lawyers, said the conference’s objective was to provide the transparency needed to enact reform within the Madison Police Department. The presentation covered inconsistencies between forensic evidence and testimony given by the officer responsible for shooting Robinson.
Swaminathan along with lawyer David Owens presented the audio, visual and ballistic evidence he used to secure the $3.35 million settlement with the city of Madison in February. He said the evidence conflicts with the narrative Kenny provided in four ways.
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Specifically, Swaminathan said evidence disputed the location of the first three shots fired, Robinson’s proximity when the first three shots were fired, Kenny’s account for three shots fired from a distance and the necessity of the last three shots fired during the incident.
“There are two stories about what happened in that stairwell and this is not a ‘he-said she-said,’” Swaminathan said. “This is a ‘he-said she’s dead,’ so there’s no one to tell the other side of the story.”
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In providing the details, which are published online, Swaminathan said he hoped to let “Tony be Tony” in the wake of the the unflattering narratives presented in the wake of the shooting.
Using the same forensic evidence, Swaminathan presented an alternate timeline ...

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