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Apparently there’s a new wave of converts to the other app, so come find me: bsky.app/profile/amyephillip…
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"The error was harmless."
What the court means: "Don't do it again."
What the DA reads: "Do it again if you want to."
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THREAD. A few years ago, we were worried about the hidden epidemic of prosecutor misconduct. Why do so many prosecutors break the law? Why does nothing happen to them? Why does it stay secret? So, we tried to do something. What we found was more shocking than we imagined.
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My (unpopular) opinion is that people should not be imprisoned for years before they've been found guilty of a crime
As expected, the first defendant, Marquavius Huey, has filed a renewed motion for bond reconsideration after Judge Ural Glanville was removed from the case. @ajc #YSL #YoungThug
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Federal prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens is facing disciplinary charges for allegedly using deceptively edited videos as evidence in criminal cases against people arrested while protesting the 2017 inauguration of President Trump.
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Cutting the social safety net and buying a 5 million dollar helicopter for the DC police - that's the @MayorBowser way! 💫
DC Mayor Bowser unveils a new FALCON helicopter for the DC Police along with a new drone unit. @MurielBowser @DCPoliceDept
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Is it “oppositional defiant disorder” or is it “we can’t figure out how to help this kid so we’re going to label him with a diagnosis that makes that his fault.”
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New: DC courts keep tossing out MPD gun cases due to unconstitutional searches. Rather than adapting, cops seem to be doubling down.
I took a look at why these tactics, as exemplified by notorious “jump out” searches, are ineffective as well as illegal. Link in thread…
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Sometimes you go into court knowing you are a hundred percent right on the law and also that the judge is going to let the appeals court decide it
Hey @councilofdc, when can we expect the 2024 Performance Oversight Responses to be put online? It's been months since the hearings concluded, and last year most of them were available in March.
dccouncil.gov/performance-ov…
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Bruen used to be a dumb test that created predictable results.
Now, after Rahimi, I don't think I could predict the outcome of any second amendment case, because I have no idea which old concerns will be analogous to modern laws.
Why not just use normal tiers of scrutiny?
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Post Rahimi, the rule probably ends up being that the government can disarm unpopular groups with a public safety rationale, much as it did in the early 19th century, but with maybe a little fig leaf about which groups those are.
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Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it.
(Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)
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Some of the people he’s talking about are still alive. A LOT of their children are.
In a place where this was the overwhelming social norm, it’s insane to believe MOST of those people changed.
It’s a hard thing to hear or to say out loud.
But believing it is ABSOLUTELY insane
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We just got word (belatedly) that @mitchryals and I are finalists for an @AltWeeklies award on our investigation into MPD's 7th District cops:
aan.org/aan/announcing-the-2…
This story took a ton of work so this is super gratifying. Please read if you missed it!
washingtoncitypaper.com/arti…
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I Started Using Heroin Inside. Now the Federal Bureau of Prisons Won’t Give Me Treatment.
prisonjournalismproject.org/…
