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@BklynDefender

Brooklyn Defender Services provides criminal, civil, family and immigration legal defense in nearly 35,000 cases annually.

Brooklyn, NY
Vrijeme pridruživanja: listopad 2013.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. Please see our joint statement with & more regarding blatant misinformation by law enforcement falsely linking a tragedy in Nassau Co. to discovery reform. *The police commissioner has since admitted there is NO link.* See:

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  2. "I know it's not easy, but legislators, I want you to hold the line on bail reform. I know what it is like to languish at Rikers. Too many innocent people take pleas because they don't want to languish in jail." - Roger Clark,

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  3. "We are not any less safe than we were on December 31st. They don't believe we deserve to be free. We have a police commissioner that wants people to be afraid of poor people." - Anthonine Pierre,

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  4. "We must demand state legislators invest in things that actually make our community safer and stop dumping money into the NYPD." - C. Aaron Hinton, D.U.E.C.E.S Inc.

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  5. of tells the story of Mr. White. In the throes of addiction, he was charged with a felony for allegedly stealing shampoo. Thankfully, bail was not set. Rather than being jailed, he voluntarily enrolled in treatment and turned his life around.

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  6. "When bail reform went into effect, imagine those sitting in jail because they had no money are now for the first time reunited with their homes & family. Imagine the happiness that they started this year knowing their loved ones have come home." - Jamell Henderson,

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  7. "We will not believe the lies...Bail reform is working. People are coming back to their communities, returning to court, getting services they need to thrive." - Clarise McCants, Campaign Director, Criminal Justice

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  8. "When you're attacking white supremacist racist discriminatory systems, it's not going to be easy. They're not just going to give it to you... The law has been in effect for 31 days. We're not rolling back bail, speedy trial, or discovery." -

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  9. "Fear-mongering didn't start Jan 1. It's been going on for a long time in courtrooms across NY. The public defenders standing here this morning and court rooms now still see it happening...We're going to keep calling out fear-mongering in the courts & on these steps." -

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  10. “For fifty years our city, state & nation has been part of an orchestrated campaign to incarcerate people of color. Finally with bail reform passing last session we are doing something to right that wrong and put ‘justice’ into the criminal justice system.” -

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  11. "I've spent four decades fighting for racial justice... It has been less than 30 days of bail reform, and we already have people who are fear-mongering. We will not go back. We won't change one word." - Hazel Dukes, president of

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  12. "What I'm asking [Police Commissioner Shea] to stop doing is the continuation of fear-mongering that police commissioners have done for too many years." -

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  13. "We have one message to the City of New York, the Police Commissioner, and the Mayor: No rollbacks. The law stays as is." -

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  14. "What we've seen is what we've expected. Less people incarcerated. People back to their families. People not losing jobs. People not losing kids to foster care...The reforms are working. We're going to stand strong and fight back." -

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  15. "It is a lie to say that Jews will be safer if poor people are locked in cages...We know we are safer together. We know that when poor people are locked up just because they are poor that makes everyone less safe and everyone less free." - Rabbi Rachel Timoner

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  16. "Less than a month after reforms have gone into effect, there's an organized effort saying the only way we can have safety is to put poor people in cages. The true pathway to safety is for us to dismantle racist structures & provide people with the support they need." -

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  17. “They say roll backs / we’re not having that!” We rallied at City Hall today to fight for justice and to say no to rolling back bail reform in NY. Don’t give in to racist fear-mongering.

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  18. Since 2017, ensured no detained immigrants in NYS faced the threat of deportation w/o a lawyer. But its funding is now at risk. It’s vital that NYS & build on the successes of NYIFUP & maintain critical protections for .

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  19. Today, New Yorkers rallied in Albany to demand the legislature pass bills that will decarcerate New York State and reduce racial- and gender-based profiling. NY must repeal the ban and pass the Act this session!

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  20. For trafficking survivors, a criminal record means limited access to employment, college, financial resources, housing & immigration relief. Survivors deserve to START over. Support the

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