Patrick G. Barkman
@barkmanlaw.bsky.social
(He/Him) Criminal defense attorney licensed in Colorado, Texas and the Cherokee Nation, 5th Cir., 10th Cir. This isn't legal advice.
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“To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.”--Clarence Darrow
Tie of the day
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tie of the day
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
Tie of the day
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Tie of the day
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tie of the day
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
A federal judge last week blocked ICE from making indiscriminate arrests without a warrant in Colorado, in a case brought by @acluofcolorado.bsky.social.
The Trump administration can't arrest people because of our skin color, accent, or perceived nationality in order to fulfill arrest quotas.
The Trump administration can't arrest people because of our skin color, accent, or perceived nationality in order to fulfill arrest quotas.
ICE conduct in Colorado "unlawful”: Federal judge restricts how immigration officers can arrest people in the state
The ruling is a win in federal court for ACLU, Colorado law firms who sued ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions
coloradosun.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A federal judge last week blocked ICE from making indiscriminate arrests without a warrant in Colorado, in a case brought by @acluofcolorado.bsky.social.
The Trump administration can't arrest people because of our skin color, accent, or perceived nationality in order to fulfill arrest quotas.
The Trump administration can't arrest people because of our skin color, accent, or perceived nationality in order to fulfill arrest quotas.
Today's Rant: I shouldn't have to explain to a prosecutor what a plea bargain is.
Hint: it is NOT "your client pleads guilty to the charged offense so I don't have to bother with a jury trial and in exchange he gets nothing."
Hint: it is NOT "your client pleads guilty to the charged offense so I don't have to bother with a jury trial and in exchange he gets nothing."
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today's Rant: I shouldn't have to explain to a prosecutor what a plea bargain is.
Hint: it is NOT "your client pleads guilty to the charged offense so I don't have to bother with a jury trial and in exchange he gets nothing."
Hint: it is NOT "your client pleads guilty to the charged offense so I don't have to bother with a jury trial and in exchange he gets nothing."
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Tie of the day
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tie of the day
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in an FBI investigation that included surveillance of a private Signal chat of volunteer courtwatchers monitoring ICE activity inside New York City’s immigration courthouses.
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The NYPD confirmed its involvement in an FBI investigation that included surveillance of a private Signal chat of volunteer courtwatchers monitoring ICE activity inside New York City’s immigration courthouses.
Tie of the day
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Tie of the day
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Tie of the day
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Tie of the day
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Reminds me of the time I asked a judge why she had signed off on a bunch of no-knock warrants that all used identical cut-and-paste language. She told me I didn’t know what cops had told her about those cases that wasn’t in the affidavits.
Which . . . that’s worse.
(And then nothing happened.)
Which . . . that’s worse.
(And then nothing happened.)
I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reminds me of the time I asked a judge why she had signed off on a bunch of no-knock warrants that all used identical cut-and-paste language. She told me I didn’t know what cops had told her about those cases that wasn’t in the affidavits.
Which . . . that’s worse.
(And then nothing happened.)
Which . . . that’s worse.
(And then nothing happened.)
Tie of the day
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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If you, a lawyer, cannot write a brief or motion without using AI you're in the wrong line of work
a bald man is talking into a microphone and saying and that 's the bottom line cause stone cold said so
ALT: a bald man is talking into a microphone and saying and that 's the bottom line cause stone cold said so
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you, a lawyer, cannot write a brief or motion without using AI you're in the wrong line of work
Tie of the day
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Tie of the day
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Hot take: lawyers who use AI are engaging in malpractice
You Heard Me Supervisory Special Agent Jess Lacroix GIF
ALT: You Heard Me Supervisory Special Agent Jess Lacroix GIF
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Hot take: lawyers who use AI are engaging in malpractice
Reposted by Patrick G. Barkman
The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.
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To say nothing, to do nothing, to know nothing, and to have nothing, is to be a great part of your title, which is within a very little of nothing.
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To say nothing, to do nothing, to know nothing, and to have nothing, is to be a great part of your title, which is within a very little of nothing.
Tie of the day
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tie of the day
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’Tis very like, he hath the falling sickness.
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
’Tis very like, he hath the falling sickness.
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Moments after they shot his 19-year-old daughter, Diana, San Jose police rushed Jim Showman to an interrogation room, isolated him from his ex-wife, and questioned him for 27 minutes before revealing they'd killed her.
California has finally banned the practice.
California has finally banned the practice.
California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt
A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.
www.motherjones.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Moments after they shot his 19-year-old daughter, Diana, San Jose police rushed Jim Showman to an interrogation room, isolated him from his ex-wife, and questioned him for 27 minutes before revealing they'd killed her.
California has finally banned the practice.
California has finally banned the practice.