Legal Opinion
Jefferies v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 8, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2011-1159PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
This case arises out of the tragic March 30, 2010 death of sixteen-year-old Brishell Tashé Jones. The “theft” of a five-dollar piece of costume jewelry set off a chain of senseless retaliatory violence, eventually taking the lives of five teenagers. After attending the funeral of another young homicide victim, Ms. Jones congregated with a group of mourners on South Capitol Street. Orlando Carter and his crew— seeking revenge for an earlier assault— indiscriminately fired into the crowd from a rented…
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