Police Want $5,000-Plus to Release Records in Fatal ATV Crash

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Police Want $5,000-Plus to Release Records in Fatal ATV Crash

December 4th, 2017

Awake Goy

State police are attempting to block the release of records, including photos, reports and on scene video, related to an Aug. 26 police chase that resulted in the death of 15-year-old Damon Grimes — at least for now.

Grimes, of Detroit, was illegally riding an ATV on city streets when state police troopers spotted and tried to stop him. He fled.

Grimes lost control of his ATV, crashed into a pickup and died after allegedly being shot with a Taser by Trooper Mark Bessner. Bessner is accused of improperly firing his Taser at the teen through the open window of his patrol vehicle while amid the chase.

The incident led to the resignations of Bessner and two other troopers, according to federal court filings.

Monique Grimes, the teen’s mother, is now suing the trooper for more than $50 million.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger is calling the death of a 15-year-old, who allegedly attempted to flee Michigan state police while riding an all-terrain vehicle in Detroit, a “drive-by.”

The Fieger Law Firm, whose attorneys are representing Monique Grimes, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for public records related to the case.

Michigan state police didn’t deny the request, but responded with what U.S. District Judge Gershwin A. Drain referred to as an “astronomical” bill for $5,331.20 in order to process the request.

Rather than pay the invoice, the attorneys attempted another avenue to obtain the records. They filed for what is called a “rule 45 subpoena,” to force the court-ordered release of the records.

State police then asked the judge to block the subpoena, claiming several reasons, one of which being that release of the records could impede the ongoing criminal investigation.

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