Rebecca Kavanagh
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Rebecca Kavanagh
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Public Defender (NYC & Baltimore) & Writer. Sydney ✈️ NYC + DC. she/her. Views my own. “I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.” James Baldwin
What about people born intersex? Where do they fit in?
January 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Not only do words mean little but when your actions (trying to bury the story) contradict them your intent is likely the opposite. I'll defer judgment till we see if and how the state presents the case to the grand jury (remember Daniel Prude). www.nytimes.com/article/what...
What We Know About Daniel Prude’s Case and Death (Gift Article)
For months, officials in Rochester, N.Y., tried to keep body camera footage of the police encounter that led to his death from becoming public. A grand jury declined to bring an indictment against the...
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Note, also, that despite the AG's harsh words (and even strong statement by the correction officers' union) this footage was released late on a Friday afternoon.
December 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The officers were wearing body-worn cameras but did not have them activated. BWC automatically records footage anyway (without audio). Normally only the first minute prior to activation is saved but in this instance authorities were able to recover footage of the entire incident.
December 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM
They are: Sgts. Michael Mashaw & Glenn Trombly; Offcrs Matthew Galliher, Nicholas Anzalone, Nicholas Kieffer; David Kingsley, Robert Kessler, Michael Fisher, Christopher Walrath, Michael Along, Shea Schoff, David Walters; & nurse, Kyle Dashnaw. Offcr. Anthony Farina resigned.
December 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
One officer implicated in the attack has resigned, the nurse and other 12 officers are on leave without pay and the state has started the process of terminating them. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...
Hochul Orders Firing of 14 Prison Workers After Fatal Attack on Inmate (Gift Article)
Video of the deadly assault on Robert L. Brooks was “horrific,” “disturbing” and “devastating,” a lawyer for his family said after they watched it.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
An element of the H1B and E3 is that the employer has to show they are paying at or higher than the prevailing wage. I don't understand this argument.
December 28, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Australia is a country of 25 million people. The visa quota is never filled (maybe 3,000 are issued every year) but it has a 90% + approval rate.
December 28, 2024 at 3:20 AM
The E3 was a thank you to Australia for participating in the Iraq war (signed into law 2005). It's almost identical to the H1B but better. The H1B is valid for 3 years and renewable once. The E3 is valid for 2 but renewable indefinitely. The H1B also costs employers thousands $$$. The E3 is free.
December 28, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Oh and the prosecutor in the Chanel Lewis case also wore purple. Nothing "odd" about that.
December 23, 2024 at 9:08 PM
And never any critical of police practice of packing courtrooms (in uniform) any time a person is on trial for killing a cop or a cop is on trial for killing someone.

www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/n...
Brooklyn Teenager Gets 19 Years to Life for Fire That Killed Officer (Gift Article)
Marcell Dockery set fire to a mattress in the hallway of a Coney Island apartment building in 2014, killing Dennis Guerra and injuring his partner.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:07 PM
December 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
(And of course a person shouldn't have to plead guilty at arraignment on a low level offense but if it is a jurisdiction where bail will be set and they will be held in jail, I mean this is how the system criminalizes poverty.)
December 23, 2024 at 6:01 PM
But it always is.
December 23, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Otherwise a person always pleads not guilty (as Luigi Mangione did today). That should never be the headline.

The idea you would plead guilty on a murder charge at an arraignment is crazy.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...
Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to N.Y. Charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing (Gift Article)
The Manhattan district attorney’s office charged Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, with first-degree murder. His lawyer argued his case had been politicized...
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:55 PM