Two years later: A look back at Mary Han

Marisa Demarco [ Thu Nov 29 2012 4:42 PM ]

Courtesy of Rosario Lynn Vega

Mary Han

As the announcement broke Tuesday that our police force is under investigation by the feds, I was making the final edits to an article about civil rights lawyer Mary Han. She died two years ago, and though the Albuquerque Police Department declared her death a suicide, people who knew her say there’s no way.

The crime scene was so badly handled, according to her family, it will be nearly impossible to find out what happened to Han, an attorney who never shied away from taking on APD or the city. Twenty-six people—officers, APD brass, high-ranking city officials—went to Han’s house that day, according to the civil lawsuit.

I got a chance to speak with a friend of Han’s about her passion and dedication. If it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone, says the family’s attorney, Rosario Vega Lynn.

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a very nice article [ Thu Nov 29 2012 6:35 PM ]

This is the first time I have read anything about Ms Han that gave a sense of her real personality not just that she was a lawyer.
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!!!!!THIS SMELLS BAD NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT!!! [ Fri Nov 30 2012 1:28 PM ]

I HAD THE DISPLEASURE OF MEETING MS. HAN, SHE WAS BRILLIANT, BRUTAL,CONNECTED,COMMITTED TO WIN ANY CASE SHE HAD,"NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK"!! SHE MADE HUGE$$$$..((( FROM JUDGE KENNEDY, THE PATROLMAN WHO FIRST SHOWED UP AT THE SCENE AND MOST OF THE UPPER MANAGEMENT AT A.P.D., EVEN FORMER SHERIFF DARREN WHITE AT THE TIME A EMPLOYEE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY TRAMPLING AND CONTAMINATING THE SCENE OF A OBVIOUS QUESTIONABLE HIGH-PROFILE HOMICIDE IS WAY OUT OF ANY LOGICAL OR ACCOUNTABLE PROTOCOL. A.P.D.,DARREN WHITE WTFU. KEYSTONE COP SYNDROME,I DONT THINK SO?? AS I SAID IT SMELLS BAD,GOOD LUCK TO THE HAN FAMILY..
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