"Brooklyn Federal Judge Pamela Chen said Monday that violence at the Sunset Park jail and the prevalence of contraband smuggling are not relevant to the charges against former Correction Officer Leon Wilson, who's accused of chasing a BMW with his Bureau of Prisons van, then shooting and wounding one of the car's passengers. "There will be no evidence about the level of violence at the MDC introduced at trial," Chen said."
"When Greco started to describe how inmates drop a line down from a window to waiting smugglers on the ground below, prosecutors objected, leading to Chen's decision. "I'm much more concerned about that suggestion - that there's rampant drug smuggling. I'm not saying that's not true," she said. "The question is, what should the jury hear in assessing what happened that night?""
Brooklyn Federal Judge Pamela Chen ruled that evidence about violence at the Sunset Park Metropolitan Detention Center and the prevalence of contraband smuggling is not relevant to the charges against former Correction Officer Leon Wilson. Wilson is accused of chasing a BMW with a Bureau of Prisons van and then shooting and wounding a passenger. He faces charges of deprivation of rights under color of law and use of a firearm in a crime of violence. Defense counsel described the jail as extremely dangerous with routine smuggling, but prosecutors objected and the judge limited such evidence.
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