Christopher Parente
Role at the time: Attorney for Marimar Martinez
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
Parente said newly released evidence contradicted DHS’s account and showed Martinez was wrongly portrayed as the aggressor.
“They picked the wrong victim to mess with.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)New evidence contradicts Border Patrol agent’s claims in shooting of Chicago woman, attorneys sayEvidence release, body-camera description and paragraphs on administrative leave
WTTW report on released agent messages, surveillance photographs and body-camera material. It records the competing interpretation advanced by Martinez’s attorney, notes that Exum’s camera was not activated and quotes CBP’s statement that Exum was placed on administrative leave.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
He contests the government’s characterization of Martinez and the factual basis offered to justify the shooting.