SILVER SPRING, Md. —
A conservative legal group has sued a Maryland police department for copies of any body camera videos of a fatal shooting of …
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A conservative legal group has sued a Maryland police department for copies of any body camera videos of a fatal shooting of a man whose family says he was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire. Judicial Watch Inc. filed its lawsuit against the Montgomery County Police Department, which hasn’t publicly acknowledged whether it captured any video of the March 12 shooting of Duncan Lemp, The 21-year-old man’s death has galvanized an anti-government movement that hails Lemp as a martyr. Prosecutors in neighboring Howard County are reviewing the shooting. Members of a tactical unit were serving a “no-knock” search warrant at Lemp’s home around 4:30 a.m. on March 12 when an officer fatally shot him. Lemp’s girlfriend and parents say he was asleep in his bed beside his girlfriend when police fired at him from outside the house in Potomac, Maryland, according to family attorney Rene Sandler. The family’s account contradicts a statement issued by the police department, which said Lemp was armed with a rifle and ignored commands to show his hands and get on the ground when officers entered his family’s home.
