{"id":137996,"date":"2026-02-18T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137996\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:17:08","slug":"after-lamar-williams-convicted-of-2013-bronx-murder-2-detained-for-threats-so-clayton-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137996\/","title":{"rendered":"After Lamar Williams Convicted of 2013 Bronx Murder 2 Detained for Threats So Clayton Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After<\/p>\n<p>                              Lamar Williams Convicted of 2013 Bronx<br \/>\n                              Murder 2 Detained for Threats So Clayton<br \/>\n                              Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">By Matthew<br \/>\n                                          Russell Lee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/74744891?pr=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09P7RNGK6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxwell<\/p>\n<p>                                                          Book<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/thesource.com\/2019\/09\/19\/6ix9ines-testimony-jim-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">SDNY COURTHOUSE,<br \/>\n                                          Feb 18 &#8211; A man charged with<br \/>\n                                          murder in aid of racketeering<br \/>\n                                          was brought without fanfare<br \/>\n                                          into Magistrates Court in the<br \/>\n                                          U.S. District Court for the<br \/>\n                                          Southern District of New York<br \/>\n                                          on November 16, 2022.<br \/>\n                                                          Inner City<br \/>\n                                                          Press was<br \/>\n                                                          there, the<br \/>\n                                                          only media in<br \/>\n                                                          the Mag Court.<br \/>\n                                                          <\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">\u00a0 The AUSAs<br \/>\n                                          &#8211; there were two of them &#8211;<br \/>\n                                          said he had been arrested on<br \/>\n                                          the morning of November 16, in<br \/>\n                                          Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">After the<br \/>\n                                          proceeding, their Office said<br \/>\n                                          &#8220;On August 11, 2013, WILLIAMS<br \/>\n                                          shot and killed Rasheed Barton<br \/>\n                                          in the vicinity of East 174th<br \/>\n                                          Street and Bronx River Avenue<br \/>\n                                          in the Bronx, New York.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">\u00a0The case,<br \/>\n                                          while still sealed, had been<br \/>\n                                          &#8220;wheeled out&#8221; <\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">More on Patreon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/74744891?pr=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">In mid 2025 the<br \/>\n                                          case was reassigned to Judge<br \/>\n                                          Loretta A. Preska, who started<br \/>\n                                          the trial in February 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">On February 5 the<br \/>\n                                          US put into evidence threats<br \/>\n                                          against that cooperating<br \/>\n                                          witness on a private Instagram<br \/>\n                                          account. Inner City Press<br \/>\n                                          voluntarily did not report<br \/>\n                                          more<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">[In another case<br \/>\n                                          in SDNY, the AUSA explained<br \/>\n                                          not giving exhibits to Inner<br \/>\n                                          City Press by claiming it is<br \/>\n                                          somehow cavalier in its<br \/>\n                                          reporting &#8211; Inner City Press<br \/>\n                                          responded in opposition and<br \/>\n                                          continues to await the<br \/>\n                                          exhibits]<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">On February 18<br \/>\n                                          the two men were arraigned for<br \/>\n                                          the threatens, and detained.<br \/>\n                                          Inner City Press was there.<br \/>\n                                          The US Attorney&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n                                          docketed its detention memo,<br \/>\n                                          which is far too rare,<br \/>\n                                          including a photograph (with<br \/>\n                                          faces redacted). Inner City<br \/>\n                                          Press, after initially<br \/>\n                                          voluntarily not reporting, now<br \/>\n                                          reports <\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">More on X for<br \/>\n                                          Subscribers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/innercitypress\/status\/2024224293509296577\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><br \/>\n                                          and Substack <a href=\"https:\/\/matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com\/p\/extra-after-lamar-williams-convicted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">After the<br \/>\n                                          arraignment, US Attorney Jay<br \/>\n                                          Clayton held a press<br \/>\n                                          conference in 26 Federal<br \/>\n                                          Plaza. Inner City Press went<br \/>\n                                          and asked about the (state)<br \/>\n                                          discovery laws Clayton said<br \/>\n                                          put witnesses at risk &#8211; and<br \/>\n                                          about the Office&#8217;s duty to<br \/>\n                                          make exhibit public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">Clayton said both<br \/>\n                                          principles are important and<br \/>\n                                          &#8220;you have your role to play.&#8221;<br \/>\n                                          Play on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">This is now US v.<br \/>\n                                          Palmer and Brown, 1:22-cr-600<br \/>\n                                          (Preska)<\/p>\n<p style=\"widows: 2; orphans: 2\">The case is USA<br \/>\n                                          v. 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