Don’t forget the good men and women of law enforcement who were pursued by prosecutors after George Floyd’s death. The profession was treated as the “pound of flesh” the country demanded. You only have to look at Officer Terence Sutton. That case still affects former Deputy U.S. Marshal Cory Novick, who lost his career for testifying truthfully and then had the legal system weaponized against him. @LELDF @MarkAVargas @EagleEdMartin policedefense.org/former-dep…

Perfectly describes what happened to Cory Novick and Terence Sutton. Prosecutors wanted a win. Sutton paid with a conviction for doing the job. Novick told the truth under oath, then learned he was on a secret Lewis list only as he was being fired for being on it. No notice. No hearing. No facts. We need to outlaw secret lists that punish good men without a charge or a hearing. policedefense.org/former-dep…

They destroyed a Deputy U.S. Marshal’s career for telling the truth. Cory Novick testified honestly in the Biden DOJ’s high-profile prosecution of Officer Terence Sutton. His testimony matched standard policing practices and undercut the narrative that prosecutors wanted. Their response? Secretly place him on the “Lewis list.” No notice. No hearing. No explanation. Career over. No misconduct. Just retaliation. This is still unfixed. Cory Novick is still waiting for justice. @LELDF @LELDF_President @Sutton4Justice @NatPoliceAssoc Full story: policedefense.org/former-dep…

Cory Novick, a former Metropolitan Police officer and later Deputy U.S. Marshal, lost his career after providing truthful testimony in the high-profile prosecution of MPD Officer Terence Sutton. On the night of October 23, 2020, Novick was a passenger in the unmarked Crime Suppression Team vehicle driven by Sutton. Earlier that evening, another officer had reported observing Hylton-Brown involved in a verbal altercation with another individual that nearly turned physical, and expressed concern about possible retaliation linked to ongoing issues within the Kennedy Street Crew (KDY). Based on that information and Hylton-Brown’s known history in the area, the team sought to locate and stop him. Hylton-Brown fled on a moped. A brief pursuit followed through Northwest D.C. streets. He exited an alley and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. He died two days later. Hylton-Brown was a validated member of the KDY, a violent drug-trafficking crew that operated open-air markets in the same neighborhood. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the trial judge excluded evidence of his KDY membership, extensive criminal history, the earlier altercation report, and related context from the jury. Shortly after Sutton’s conviction, the same Department of Justice publicly announced the indictment and arrests of multiple KDY members for drug trafficking and related crimes. Federal prosecutors charged Sutton with second-degree murder and related obstruction offenses. Novick was called as a government witness at the grand jury, a pretrial hearing, and across six days of the nine-week trial. He was also examined by the defense. His testimony described the events as he observed them and was consistent with standard policing practices. It did not fully support the prosecution’s preferred narrative. Shortly afterward, without notice, hearing, or opportunity to respond, Novick was placed on the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s “Lewis list” a Brady/Giglio-related designation of officers whose credibility the government claims is impaired. The U.S. Marshals Service terminated him solely on that basis. He has never been told the specific factual grounds for the designation, and no court ever found him to lack credibility. Sutton and Lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky later received full presidential pardons. Novick, who was never charged and whose only alleged failing was honest testimony, has received no comparable remedy. This outcome rewards the misuse of disclosure lists as a tool of retaliation and sends a clear message to every law enforcement officer: truthful testimony that does not advance the government’s theory can end a career. Novick deserves full exoneration, removal from the Lewis list, and restoration of his career. @LELDF @Sutton4Justice @NatPoliceAssoc @elonmusk wsj.com/opinion/lewis-lists-… #JusticeForCops #BackTheBlue #ThinBlueLine #DueProcess #LawEnforcement #EndTheBlacklists #BradyList #GiglioAbuse