Pinned
A man was choked on the floor of a Charlotte restaurant by Border Patrol agents — and thousands of Americans invented a knife to justify it.
My newest oped on on the lies Americans tell themselves to excuse state violence.
Scott Hechinger
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Scott Hechinger
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Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Fighting everyday to share the truth about public health & safety.
- He was 14 when he was falsely arrested & prosecuted. 14. Years. Old. His trial lasted a single day. He spent 17 innocent years behind bars & the rest on state supervision. Impossible to heal. And no one will be held accountable.John Bunn, wrongfully jailed at 14 in the 1991 murder of a correction officer, weeps as he’s exonerated nydn.us/2rLGgE3
- A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK. A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK. A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR NOT DOING HER HOMEWORK.A Michigan judge denies the release of a 15-year-old Black girl who has been jailed since mid-May for not doing her online schoolwork. nbcnews.to/2ZLMIxe
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
00:22Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting." - But here’s the thing: you all did in fact vote to deport moms.
- For context on Manafort’s 47 months in prison, my client yesterday was offered 36-72 months in prison for stealing $100 worth of quarters from a residential laundry room.
- “One day, from his sniper nest, Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking w/ other girls on the riverbank. She dropped, clutching her stomach, & the other girls dragged her away.” This is who he pardoned & honored.
- Police in New Mexico burnt a child alive.Albuquerque SWAT team raids house looking for an alleged robbery suspect. Using nuisance Flashbangs to get the suspect out ignited and engulfed the home in flames. After the fire, police find the body of a 14-year-old boy. He was not the suspect.
00:00 - How am I still seeing more about court packing than this?Tax records show 200 entities funneled money to Trump properties while reaping benefits from White House: report hill.cm/mN5jd5O
- Don’t talk to police. If you are going to say words to police, they should only be “I want to speak to a lawyer.” That invokes your right to silence under both the Fifth & Sixth Amendments. All questioning must cease. Don’t talk to police. If you are going to say words to police,
- In ordinary times this alone would be a scandal sufficient to threaten to take down a presidency. No one will even know this happened.The president cut Switzerland’s tariffs after Rolex’s CEO gave him a priceless gold clock. trib.al/ETgwj4z
- The @ManhattanDA charged this man being punched in the face with violent felony assault on the cop. The claimed injury was the *swelling to cop’s fist.* Read that again. Take it in. Then read this: This happens routinely. Prosecutors are shameless enablers of police violence.
- Every single undocumented person I know respects this country infinitely more than Donald Trump.
- *This* is the face of Trump's war on immigrants. A 17-month-old baby. Juliet. Returned last night to her mom. Asylum seekers from Honduras. Separated & detained by ICE for 2 months. This is the scene from SFO. Listen to her cries. Bear witness. This is trauma. This is too much.
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