Extra: Freedom of Access to Clinics Act Violation Trial Has Video of Duo Filming and Shouting Murder - courtroom details here

by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE Feb 14  – In late 2022 Bevelyn Beatty Williams and Edmee Chavannes were indicted for conspiracy to violate the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. 

 On February 2, 2024 their final pre-trial conference was held before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer L. Rochan. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the courtroom. Thread

On February 12, Inner City Press covered the selection, past 6 pm, of a jury of seven men and five women (of the four alternates, three are men). At least one donor to Planned Parenthood, it is noted, made it only the jury.

On February 14, after a snow day and a juror's late arrival, the prosecutors put on the stand Lauren Betters and a Mr. Liman about the June 19-20, 2020 protest at Bleecker and Mott Streets, and the non-engagement policy as a business record.

The day ended with video of a Nashville protest, with one defendant shouting Murder and the other filming with her phone. That discourages women coming in, specifically walk-in patients, the witness doctor testified.

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