MIAMI — Prosecutors on Tuesday released video of the beating of a Republican canvasser in Hialeah, as a judge set a hearing that may feature the victim testifying in open court.
The clip was released in the case against Javier Lopez, who along with a second man is accused of beating up Christopher Monzon as he canvassed for the Republican Party in East Hialeah on Oct. 23. Lopez and Jonathan Casanova are also accused of siccing two German Shepherds on Monzon, who has claimed that the attack was politically motivated in a case that has drawn national media attention.
The surveillance video from a neighbor’s home is grainy and shot from a distance. It shows two cars, belonging to Lopez and Casanova, parked in front of Lopez’s home.
