Maine's Black Lawyer
@lutherevers.bsky.social
Not the only one..... I'm told.
Passed the bar, spending my life in public defense.
Likely thinking about cats at all times.
Passed the bar, spending my life in public defense.
Likely thinking about cats at all times.
Pinned
My mood for the next 35 years (give or take).
As a current public defender, for over a decade, I cosign everything here.
We absolutely have a two-tier justice system. I've had clients convicted of non-violent misdemeanors get more jail time than dozens of people in the Epstein files.
We absolutely have a two-tier justice system. I've had clients convicted of non-violent misdemeanors get more jail time than dozens of people in the Epstein files.
As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
February 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
As a current public defender, for over a decade, I cosign everything here.
We absolutely have a two-tier justice system. I've had clients convicted of non-violent misdemeanors get more jail time than dozens of people in the Epstein files.
We absolutely have a two-tier justice system. I've had clients convicted of non-violent misdemeanors get more jail time than dozens of people in the Epstein files.
Since Reagan, the rallying cry of Republicans has been "think of the children!" Every excessive act, every oppressive law was justified if it protected the children.
Unspoken in that, but known to most, was it only applied to white, wealthy, Christian children
They want the rest to die quickly.
Unspoken in that, but known to most, was it only applied to white, wealthy, Christian children
They want the rest to die quickly.
Guillotines are the moderate solution
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Since Reagan, the rallying cry of Republicans has been "think of the children!" Every excessive act, every oppressive law was justified if it protected the children.
Unspoken in that, but known to most, was it only applied to white, wealthy, Christian children
They want the rest to die quickly.
Unspoken in that, but known to most, was it only applied to white, wealthy, Christian children
They want the rest to die quickly.
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I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players
Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
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I don't actually care if Platner is a nazi, he's stupid enough to put himself in a position to have to defend himself against being one due to his own doing and that's someone too stupid to be in public office, sorry. Let him be your fav redditor if you care that much about him
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I don't actually care if Platner is a nazi, he's stupid enough to put himself in a position to have to defend himself against being one due to his own doing and that's someone too stupid to be in public office, sorry. Let him be your fav redditor if you care that much about him
This is from last year, but here's a truly execrable case that shows why Congress needs to abolish qualified immunity and reduce judicial barriers for civil lawsuits.
www.yahoo.com/news/victory...
You can read the actual opinion here:
share.google/c4y29RDfzqf2...
www.yahoo.com/news/victory...
You can read the actual opinion here:
share.google/c4y29RDfzqf2...
Victory for Gardens officer who held unarmed man at gunpoint in viral 'unhinged cop' video
He was the victim. She was the officer. But after a mistaken arrest and national scrutiny, a federal court says she acted lawfully.
www.yahoo.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This is from last year, but here's a truly execrable case that shows why Congress needs to abolish qualified immunity and reduce judicial barriers for civil lawsuits.
www.yahoo.com/news/victory...
You can read the actual opinion here:
share.google/c4y29RDfzqf2...
www.yahoo.com/news/victory...
You can read the actual opinion here:
share.google/c4y29RDfzqf2...
If you are horrified by the evidence regarding how agents and the government reacted to this shooting, know your local authorities are just as bad and probably worse.
I see this shit all the time in response to cop violence. The entire system is built to exonerate them.
apnews.com/article/immi...
I see this shit all the time in response to cop violence. The entire system is built to exonerate them.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by federal agents say documents show how DHS lies about investigations
Attorneys for a woman shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent last year in Chicago say newly-released videos, texts and emails show how the Trump administration mishandles investigations and spre...
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
If you are horrified by the evidence regarding how agents and the government reacted to this shooting, know your local authorities are just as bad and probably worse.
I see this shit all the time in response to cop violence. The entire system is built to exonerate them.
apnews.com/article/immi...
I see this shit all the time in response to cop violence. The entire system is built to exonerate them.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Jared Golden is such a waste of space in Congress. I wish he'd just resign. He's clearly miserable as a member of Congress and his absence would be an improvement.
February 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Jared Golden is such a waste of space in Congress. I wish he'd just resign. He's clearly miserable as a member of Congress and his absence would be an improvement.
There's a certain dark comedy in listening to the guy with both the "Don't talk to me before coffee" and "It's 5 o'clock somewhere" signs in his office expound on how drug users are morally deficient.
February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
There's a certain dark comedy in listening to the guy with both the "Don't talk to me before coffee" and "It's 5 o'clock somewhere" signs in his office expound on how drug users are morally deficient.
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Average prosecutor: I can indict a ham sandwich
Lindsay Halligan: I am not your average prosecutor
Jeanine Pirro: *munching on the ham sandwich* what's an indictment again?
Lindsay Halligan: I am not your average prosecutor
Jeanine Pirro: *munching on the ham sandwich* what's an indictment again?
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Average prosecutor: I can indict a ham sandwich
Lindsay Halligan: I am not your average prosecutor
Jeanine Pirro: *munching on the ham sandwich* what's an indictment again?
Lindsay Halligan: I am not your average prosecutor
Jeanine Pirro: *munching on the ham sandwich* what's an indictment again?
I accept their terms.
Also, fucking hell, non-English music can be amazing even if you don't understand the lyrics.
youtu.be/92ydUdqWE1g?...
Also, fucking hell, non-English music can be amazing even if you don't understand the lyrics.
youtu.be/92ydUdqWE1g?...
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I accept their terms.
Also, fucking hell, non-English music can be amazing even if you don't understand the lyrics.
youtu.be/92ydUdqWE1g?...
Also, fucking hell, non-English music can be amazing even if you don't understand the lyrics.
youtu.be/92ydUdqWE1g?...
Fuck the Trump administration, part eleventy billion.
I ordered new swords for a show. I put an order in with Reliks, an amazing Canadian company I've used dozens of times in the past.
I get a call this morning from their staff warning me Trump's tariffs and import fees will add $250 to the cost.
I ordered new swords for a show. I put an order in with Reliks, an amazing Canadian company I've used dozens of times in the past.
I get a call this morning from their staff warning me Trump's tariffs and import fees will add $250 to the cost.
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Fuck the Trump administration, part eleventy billion.
I ordered new swords for a show. I put an order in with Reliks, an amazing Canadian company I've used dozens of times in the past.
I get a call this morning from their staff warning me Trump's tariffs and import fees will add $250 to the cost.
I ordered new swords for a show. I put an order in with Reliks, an amazing Canadian company I've used dozens of times in the past.
I get a call this morning from their staff warning me Trump's tariffs and import fees will add $250 to the cost.
Judges need to start finding the Government in contempt and putting people in jail.
I guarantee you we plebes would not get away with this kind of cutesy quibbling.
I guarantee you we plebes would not get away with this kind of cutesy quibbling.
ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Judges need to start finding the Government in contempt and putting people in jail.
I guarantee you we plebes would not get away with this kind of cutesy quibbling.
I guarantee you we plebes would not get away with this kind of cutesy quibbling.
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Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?
It's crazy. These warehouses seem to be a makeshift camp concentrating people into a specific area and I don't..... Oh. Yeah, we all see it now.
Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It's crazy. These warehouses seem to be a makeshift camp concentrating people into a specific area and I don't..... Oh. Yeah, we all see it now.
As a Miami Dolphins fan since childhood, and a lifelong hater, this game has been delightful.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
As a Miami Dolphins fan since childhood, and a lifelong hater, this game has been delightful.
More like Su-punt-bowl. Am I right?
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
More like Su-punt-bowl. Am I right?
I love how Trump spent most of the last month calling all Somalis garbage and declaring they're all criminals and frauds, but after he posts a video depicting The Obamas as apes, we still get the "Is Trump racist" discourse.
YES MOTHERFUCKERS! Use your goddamn eyes and brains.
YES MOTHERFUCKERS! Use your goddamn eyes and brains.
February 7, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I love how Trump spent most of the last month calling all Somalis garbage and declaring they're all criminals and frauds, but after he posts a video depicting The Obamas as apes, we still get the "Is Trump racist" discourse.
YES MOTHERFUCKERS! Use your goddamn eyes and brains.
YES MOTHERFUCKERS! Use your goddamn eyes and brains.
When The Event occurs, cancel everything on my calendar for a week and alert the local hospitals. I will be partying my Black ass off.
Do you think this is the first time Bartolome de las Casas has been labeled part of the "woke mob"?
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
When The Event occurs, cancel everything on my calendar for a week and alert the local hospitals. I will be partying my Black ass off.
Beautiful snark here from AP, but fucking hell... This is the President of the United States sounding like a child on the car ride home.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Beautiful snark here from AP, but fucking hell... This is the President of the United States sounding like a child on the car ride home.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hageman says a lot of very stupid and very offensive things here. I won't dignify most of this inane rambling, but I have to retort to at least one thing:
All words are made up. Literally all of them.
All words are made up. Literally all of them.
House Republicans are having a normal one while being laser focused on the big issues facing the American people this afternoon
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hageman says a lot of very stupid and very offensive things here. I won't dignify most of this inane rambling, but I have to retort to at least one thing:
All words are made up. Literally all of them.
All words are made up. Literally all of them.
First off, full credit to those kids for defending a fellow student and dropping the hammer on that asshat.
Second, Bro got his ass kicked and punked out by some kid wearing a Minecraft backpack. Just walk into the ocean. It's over.
Second, Bro got his ass kicked and punked out by some kid wearing a Minecraft backpack. Just walk into the ocean. It's over.
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
First off, full credit to those kids for defending a fellow student and dropping the hammer on that asshat.
Second, Bro got his ass kicked and punked out by some kid wearing a Minecraft backpack. Just walk into the ocean. It's over.
Second, Bro got his ass kicked and punked out by some kid wearing a Minecraft backpack. Just walk into the ocean. It's over.
It will be great if this stands review.
3d Cir. holds that habeas corpus petitions challenging immigration detention are "civil actions," so prevailing noncitizens may be entitled to attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Gonna be a loooooooooot of these.
www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...
Gonna be a loooooooooot of these.
www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
It will be great if this stands review.
It's Black History Month.
Last year, I posted a Black History Story every day, showcasing lesser known stories.
Time constraints won't let me do a full month this year, but I'll put out a few in the next 27 days.
You can also read last years in reverse, starting here.
bsky.app/profile/luth...
Last year, I posted a Black History Story every day, showcasing lesser known stories.
Time constraints won't let me do a full month this year, but I'll put out a few in the next 27 days.
You can also read last years in reverse, starting here.
bsky.app/profile/luth...
Black History Month Stories.
I've been saving this story for the finale.
This story is a Black man who broke barriers in radio, film, and television. A man who was beloved by all audiences across the country and made huge contributions to his community.
This is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.
I've been saving this story for the finale.
This story is a Black man who broke barriers in radio, film, and television. A man who was beloved by all audiences across the country and made huge contributions to his community.
This is Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
It's Black History Month.
Last year, I posted a Black History Story every day, showcasing lesser known stories.
Time constraints won't let me do a full month this year, but I'll put out a few in the next 27 days.
You can also read last years in reverse, starting here.
bsky.app/profile/luth...
Last year, I posted a Black History Story every day, showcasing lesser known stories.
Time constraints won't let me do a full month this year, but I'll put out a few in the next 27 days.
You can also read last years in reverse, starting here.
bsky.app/profile/luth...