Happy to report that my article 'Public Defense and an Abolitionist Ethic' has found a home with NYU Law Review. Looking forward to working with the law review's phenomenal editors to get it into print. Thanks to the many who have provided wonderful feedback. SSRN coming soon!

Thank you for dragging this mayor with undeniable FACTS.

This woman is brilliant. Putting 'journalists' to shame.

Looking forward to this conversation!

🚨🤖 Pls join lpe nyc & Surveillance Resistance Lab on Weds, 3/27 @ 7PM NYU Law!

'Digital Identity & Domination: The Mayor, the NYPD, and the MyCity Platform' w/ Cynthia Conti-Cook, vincent southerland, Raúl Carrillo & Mizue Aizeki

Registration: forms.gle/x2MYDsxj1uRJfH…

The 6 justices in the majority in Pulsifer can't claim w/a straight face that they're textualists. They are, instead, ardently pro-govt in criminal cases no matter the statutory language. The Gorsuch dissent (joined by Jackson and Sotomayor) is pure 🔥. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

'Militarizing the subway with the National Guard and suggesting a wholesale ban on individuals from accessing public transportation are dangerous misuses of resources which could be better spent addressing these issues at their root.'

Full statement: advocate.nyc.gov/press/public-a…

Just got a chance to read this opinion and was totally chuffed to see my work cited throughout the concurrence. Sometimes it seems like we're writing into a void. Nice to know that some folks are listening.
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What voting looks like when white people know only white people will be allowed to cast ballots.

'In times rife with extreme violence, we cannot resort to capital punishment as a solution.'- Janai Nelson

Today, U.S. Department of Justice announced its pursuit of the death penalty for Payton Gendron, the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo: naacpldf.org/press-release/…

Never forget the NYPD murdered Eric Garner and then held a rally wearing shirts that mocked his dying words.

Proud of all we were able to accomplish this year RaceNYU, thanks to our tremendous team and our incredible partners!

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For every $1 NYC spends on the NYPD & DOC, other services receive pennies:

.02¢ Civilian Complaint Review Board
.03¢ Libraries
.03¢ Dept of Aging
.044¢ Dept of Housing
.06¢ Dept of Parks
.07¢ Dept of Youth
.09¢ DOT
.11¢ Dept of Health/Mental Hygiene
.13¢ Dept of Homeless Service

Biden Urges Americans Not To Let Dangerous Online Rhetoric Humanize Palestinians theonion.com/biden-urges-am…

Humans can only survive without water for about 3 days. Gaza has run dry.

The blockade on water, food, and electricity is an indiscriminate, collective punishment and a crime.

It is cruel and unjust. To save millions of people in Gaza - nearly half children - it must end. Now.

We are shocked and disturbed to learn that a landlord in Chicago expressing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian views broke into a Muslim family's apartment and attacked them with a knife, injuring the mother and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadea Al-Fayoume. CAIR-Chicago will hold a

Joanne Epps was such a leading light—a true giant in all things. I never was fortunate enough to take a class with her while at Temple, but she poured so much of herself into so many of us—myself included. May her memory be a blessing. inquirer.com/education/joan…

The heart of a blue whale, which can weigh in excess of 1,300 lbs (590 kg), is the size of a small car. The gigantic heart beats 8 to 10 times per minute, and each heartbeat can be heard from over 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Their arteries are so large that a full adult-sized human

Madness. nytimes.com/2023/09/01/nyr…