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Senior Staff Attorney & Director of Policy @ Brooklyn Defender Services (). Thoughts & observations from the frontlines of (in)justice.

Brooklyn, NY
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Joined May 2009
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    May 7

    I just gave an early Mother’s Day present to my mom: I BOUGHT FREEDOM for someone else’s mom locked up on Rikers Island. Please join me and donate to reunite families: .

    2:15
    “I was locked up for eight days before the bail out program rescued me. There was no other way I could have gotten out.” Last year, we bailed out 120+ mamas for . Here’s one of their stories. Donate to help us again this year:
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  2. 43 minutes ago

    ❌ No trial. ❌ No judge. ❌ No jury. 95% of cases *never go to trial* — instead, they're resolved by plea bargains. That's the . But you have power over them: YOU can change the system. Learn how ➡️ .

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    Here's how plea bargains damage the criminal justice system
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  3. 1 hour ago

    NO LAW & ORDER: Cases don’t go to trial. 95% of convictions are guilty pleas. Why: Prosecutors often exercise their discretion over charging, bail, withholding evidence, & mandatory minimums to terrify people into pleading even when innocent. Watch & learn how his can change:

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    Here's how plea bargains damage the criminal justice system
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  4. 3 hours ago

    Surefire confirmation you’re doing something right in justice reform? The bail bonds twitter trolls go apeshit. Congratulations, Google, on doing right by banning ads from the predatory bail industry.

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    16 hours ago

    BIG NEWS: Google has banned ads from bail-bondsmen because the industry “makes most of their revenue from communities of color & low income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable.” NY should join the rest of the world & ban them outright.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    DOMINO EFFECT: Facebook(!) just announced they were done supporting the bail bonds industry too: “Advertising that is predatory doesn't have a place on Facebook," said Vice President of Global Policy Management Monika Bickert.

    BIG NEWS: Google has banned ads from bail-bondsmen because the industry “makes most of their revenue from communities of color & low income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable.” NY should join the rest of the world & ban them outright.
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  7. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    This is a good, responsible step by who still, remarkably, has Breitbart in their ad network, which famously had a “Black Crime” tag for their articles.

    BIG NEWS: Google has banned ads from bail-bondsmen because the industry “makes most of their revenue from communities of color & low income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable.” NY should join the rest of the world & ban them outright.
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  8. 16 hours ago

    BIG NEWS: Google has banned ads from bail-bondsmen because the industry “makes most of their revenue from communities of color & low income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable.” NY should join the rest of the world & ban them outright.

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  9. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    *Intentional separation of children from their parents* - a sadistic method of psychological warfare used by Génocidaires & Colonists - is now the STATED POLICY of the United States of America. We are historically evil.

    Sessions: I'm directing American officials to intentionally separate kids from their parents if they try to cross U.S. borders without documentation. "If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border," the attorney general said
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  10. 20 hours ago

    *Intentional separation of children from their parents* - a sadistic method of psychological warfare used by Génocidaires & Colonists - is now the STATED POLICY of the United States of America. We are historically evil.

    Sessions: I'm directing American officials to intentionally separate kids from their parents if they try to cross U.S. borders without documentation. "If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border," the attorney general said
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  11. Retweeted
    May 6

    The only Donald currently making America great:

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  12. May 6

    And while I and everyone are talking about the video, lemme just say: the *song is soooooooo good. Headphones. Loud. Bass. Beat, Complexity. Trap/gospel/African/traditional. Art.

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  13. Retweeted
    May 6

    Read this thread. On how the threat to call the cops ended a domestic-violence fight--because the couple feared the police would kill them. Also for Phil's point that we all need more options than "call the cops."

    1/17. A thread with some jumbled thoughts about how we live race, public safety, and the resources too many don’t have after watching a Black couple arguing in a gentrifying neighborhood.
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  14. Retweeted
    May 6

    One week to go...we are $10,000 short of our goal. Help us bail moms out of Rikers Island for Mother’s Day. Please give what you can.

    Despite demands to mothers across New York State are still being held hostage by bails they cannot afford. We’re raising $30,000 to bailout mothers from Rikers Island for Mother’s Day --are you with us?
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    May 6

    These shouldn't be "left flank" outsider positions in a self-identified progressive region, but our current political leaders set such a low bar.

    Cynthia Nixon says Black and Latinx people being 10x more likely to be arrested [by NYPD] for pot is wrong, backs legalization, and says she would prioritize communities of color for licenses to sell. Cc:
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  16. May 6

    Then the private choice women make about their reproductive health is certainly none of yours, you hypocrite.

    Franklin Graham: Trump’s Affair with Stormy Daniels is “Nobody’s Business”
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  17. May 6

    James Shaw Jr., the Waffle House hero, has forever, absolutely, & very publically rendered this stupid credo demonstrably false.

    Standing ovation at the NRA for Mike Pence repeating "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
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  18. May 6

    Literally nonstop.

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    Latino man goes to ATM, Gets $60, Buys Mentos from Convenience Store, Gives cashier a $20, Waits for Change, Puts Mentos in Pocket, THEN A COP PULLS HIS GUN OUT...claiming the man stole the Mentos. He should be fired. Full story via @:
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  19. May 6

    Truth 👇👇👇

    In a blue state like New York, marijuana shouldn’t even be an issue. If there was more political courage in Albany, we would have done this a long time ago.
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    May 6

    ICE raids went up 30% in Donald Trump’s first year in office. If you’re arrested, remember: . You could ask to speak to a lawyer even if you don’t have one. Learn more by watching this series of 4 videos in 7 languages at

    #WeHaveRights: If ICE Arrests Us
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