Meg O'Connor
@megoconnor.bsky.social
Reporter covering cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.org, a worker-led newsroom. Free Palestine. I also love hiking and baking. she/they 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/megoconnor13
@theappeal.org, a worker-led newsroom. Free Palestine. I also love hiking and baking. she/they 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/megoconnor13
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Meg O'Connor
@megoconnor.bsky.social
· Aug 22
New Hope for Phoenix Trio Imprisoned for Murder After Police Killed Their Friend
Phoenix police killed their friend—but prosecutors sent them to prison for it. Now, they have a chance to get out of prison.
theappeal.org
I'm very happy to report some good news for once—Johnny, Sariah, and Jeremiah have a chance at freedom after our reporting. Phoenix police killed their friend, Jacob Harris, but prosecutors sent them to prison for it under Arizona's felony murder law. theappeal.org/new-hope-for...
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Using "recently deputized" ICE agents who don't follow procedure and perform arrests in plainclothes wearing masks and refuse to show badges is a great way to generate a violent situation.
It's only a matter of time before these cowboys encounter "stand your ground" and it'll be 100% their fault.
It's only a matter of time before these cowboys encounter "stand your ground" and it'll be 100% their fault.
ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
dailyprogress.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Using "recently deputized" ICE agents who don't follow procedure and perform arrests in plainclothes wearing masks and refuse to show badges is a great way to generate a violent situation.
It's only a matter of time before these cowboys encounter "stand your ground" and it'll be 100% their fault.
It's only a matter of time before these cowboys encounter "stand your ground" and it'll be 100% their fault.
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Update: A former (as of recently) judge and his wife have been arrested in New Mexico, also on charges that they aided immigrants, though circumstances are very different. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
Former judge, wife arrested in Las Cruces on federal charges
LAS CRUCES — Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested by FBI agents Thursday afternoon on federal charges of tampering with evidence.
www.abqjournal.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Update: A former (as of recently) judge and his wife have been arrested in New Mexico, also on charges that they aided immigrants, though circumstances are very different. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...
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The FBI has *ARRESTED* a sitting judge in Milwaukee, over allegations it obstructed immigration enforcement.
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest'
A Milwaukee County circuit judge has been arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant "evade arrest," according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
abcnews.go.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The FBI has *ARRESTED* a sitting judge in Milwaukee, over allegations it obstructed immigration enforcement.
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
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Clarification: DOJ has terminated all funding for the PREA Resource Center and its activities, including support for all audit functions, effective immediately, as per a letter from the
National PREA Resource Center exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org.
National PREA Resource Center exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org.
April 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Clarification: DOJ has terminated all funding for the PREA Resource Center and its activities, including support for all audit functions, effective immediately, as per a letter from the
National PREA Resource Center exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org.
National PREA Resource Center exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org.
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Scoop: DOJ has terminated all funding for the PREA Resource Center and its activities, including support for all audit functions, effective immediately, according to a letter from the Center, exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center
A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.
theappeal.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Scoop: DOJ has terminated all funding for the PREA Resource Center and its activities, including support for all audit functions, effective immediately, according to a letter from the Center, exclusively obtained by @theappeal.org. theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
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UDPATE: At Mahdawi's hearing this morning, the judge granted a 90-day extension of the TRO while they wait for the government to respond. They'll return to court next week to argue for his release
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
UDPATE: At Mahdawi's hearing this morning, the judge granted a 90-day extension of the TRO while they wait for the government to respond. They'll return to court next week to argue for his release
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the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
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You know what else is up by a huge percentage? Illegal but state-sanctioned assault, battery, kidnappings, forced imprisonment, torture, and violations of due process.
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
April 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You know what else is up by a huge percentage? Illegal but state-sanctioned assault, battery, kidnappings, forced imprisonment, torture, and violations of due process.
Democrats and universities paved the way for Trump's deportations. Now, local prosecutors are threatening students and faculty members with decades in prison for speaking out against genocide.
As the Trump admin fights to deport students who support Palestinians, dozens more face extreme charges in local courts.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
Here’s Where Pro-Palestine Protesters Face the Harshest Charges
Prosecutors have filed or are considering filing 187 charges against 66 pro-Palestine, anti-Israel campus protesters from Gaza encampments.
theappeal.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Democrats and universities paved the way for Trump's deportations. Now, local prosecutors are threatening students and faculty members with decades in prison for speaking out against genocide.
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As the Trump admin fights to deport students who support Palestinians, dozens more face extreme charges in local courts.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
Here’s Where Pro-Palestine Protesters Face the Harshest Charges
Prosecutors have filed or are considering filing 187 charges against 66 pro-Palestine, anti-Israel campus protesters from Gaza encampments.
theappeal.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As the Trump admin fights to deport students who support Palestinians, dozens more face extreme charges in local courts.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
In just five jurisdictions, prosecutors have filed 187 charges against 66 protesters—including alleged hate crimes on cops, mob action, and attempted ethnic intimidation.
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“At the time the list was released, Braveboy said that untrustworthy officers risk ‘the integrity of cases brought to the justice system.’ And yet, the United States Department of Justice is basing the extraordinary rendition of a Maryland resident solely on the credibility of just such an officer.”
I wrote for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social about how the government’s entire case against Abrego Garcia rests on the assertion of a disgraced cop who could not even testify in state court and was suspended 5 days after encounter with Abrego Garcia. baltimorebeat.com/governments-...
Government’s case against Abrego Garcia is based on PG County Cop who was on the SA’s do not call list
The Maryland cop who first linked Kilmar Abrego Garcia to alleged gang activity in 2019 was placed on a “do not call” list published by Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy in 2021 —...
baltimorebeat.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“At the time the list was released, Braveboy said that untrustworthy officers risk ‘the integrity of cases brought to the justice system.’ And yet, the United States Department of Justice is basing the extraordinary rendition of a Maryland resident solely on the credibility of just such an officer.”
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This is the second video of ICE agents shattering a window in the last week rather than have some patience. And in this case, they're allegedly detaining someone who already has asylum through his wife, with no reason given at all!
www.borderreport.com/news/video-s...
www.borderreport.com/news/video-s...
Video shows ICE agents shatter car window during Massachusetts arrest: attorney
Federal immigration agents are accused of shattering a car window in Massachusetts while detaining a Guatemalan man on Monday in a caught-on-camera incident – despite his attorney saying they had t…
www.borderreport.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is the second video of ICE agents shattering a window in the last week rather than have some patience. And in this case, they're allegedly detaining someone who already has asylum through his wife, with no reason given at all!
www.borderreport.com/news/video-s...
www.borderreport.com/news/video-s...
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Someone knows who this man is and where he spends his time. He should be identified. And he should not feel comfortable showing his face in public after this.
This picture may haunt me to the end of my days.
It is an ICE agent taking an axe to the car window of an immigrant in New Bedford, MA. Not far from where I sit now. An immigrant with no criminal record was abducted by this smiling man.
An axe taken to a car window and to our democracy. 1/
#MomSky
It is an ICE agent taking an axe to the car window of an immigrant in New Bedford, MA. Not far from where I sit now. An immigrant with no criminal record was abducted by this smiling man.
An axe taken to a car window and to our democracy. 1/
#MomSky
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Someone knows who this man is and where he spends his time. He should be identified. And he should not feel comfortable showing his face in public after this.
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Stop making those little AI image generator memes of yourself as a Barbie or a Ghibli character you are enriching evil companies and destroying the planet and this is like one of the easiest things you can just not do
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Stop making those little AI image generator memes of yourself as a Barbie or a Ghibli character you are enriching evil companies and destroying the planet and this is like one of the easiest things you can just not do
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excuse me
"To reach legion-level before the apocalypse"
that’s more of a timeline than a euphemism
"To reach legion-level before the apocalypse"
that’s more of a timeline than a euphemism
“During St. Clair's pregnancy, Musk suggested that they bring in other women to have even more of their children faster.”
April 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
excuse me
"To reach legion-level before the apocalypse"
that’s more of a timeline than a euphemism
"To reach legion-level before the apocalypse"
that’s more of a timeline than a euphemism
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An Israeli colleague of detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi pushes back on Sec. Rubio’s antisemitism claim.
Our latest report shows how a Palestinian student committed to peace became an ICE target.
Read @akelalacy.bsky.social full story: interc.pt/3RjDoL6
Our latest report shows how a Palestinian student committed to peace became an ICE target.
Read @akelalacy.bsky.social full story: interc.pt/3RjDoL6
Rubio Says Detained Palestinian Stoked Antisemitism. Mahdawi’s Israeli Colleague Says the Opposite.
Mohsen Mahdawi’s Israeli colleague undermines Marco Rubio’s antisemitism case to detain and deport the Columbia University student.
interc.pt
April 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
An Israeli colleague of detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi pushes back on Sec. Rubio’s antisemitism claim.
Our latest report shows how a Palestinian student committed to peace became an ICE target.
Read @akelalacy.bsky.social full story: interc.pt/3RjDoL6
Our latest report shows how a Palestinian student committed to peace became an ICE target.
Read @akelalacy.bsky.social full story: interc.pt/3RjDoL6
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After being told by the Supreme Court to bring Abrego Garcia home, and that it was illegal to send him and others to a foreign gulag without due process, the Trump administration this weekend sent 10 more people to the Salvadoran gulag without process.
April 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
After being told by the Supreme Court to bring Abrego Garcia home, and that it was illegal to send him and others to a foreign gulag without due process, the Trump administration this weekend sent 10 more people to the Salvadoran gulag without process.
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SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
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The number of people jailed pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s; people with mental-health issues tend to be detained much longer than the rest of the population. Sarah Stillman reports on a crisis of care in county jails across the nation.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The number of people jailed pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s; people with mental-health issues tend to be detained much longer than the rest of the population. Sarah Stillman reports on a crisis of care in county jails across the nation.
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MORE NEWS: Mahdawi's lawyers filed a habeas petition this morning challenging his arrest and detention under the same INA provision used to deport Mahmoud Khalil. More TK
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
MORE NEWS: Mahdawi's lawyers filed a habeas petition this morning challenging his arrest and detention under the same INA provision used to deport Mahmoud Khalil. More TK
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The New Yorker has an investigative piece about people dying of malnutrition and dehydration in jails.
I appreciate the author for not sugarcoating it: "hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I appreciate the author for not sugarcoating it: "hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The New Yorker has an investigative piece about people dying of malnutrition and dehydration in jails.
I appreciate the author for not sugarcoating it: "hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I appreciate the author for not sugarcoating it: "hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Not even the state could find evidence against Ozturk. They disappeared her regardless.
“Neither DHS nor ICE nor Homeland Security investigations produced any evidence showing Ozturk engaged in antisemitic activity or made statements indicating support for a terrorist organization, according to government employees briefed on the State Dept memo.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not even the state could find evidence against Ozturk. They disappeared her regardless.
thanks PPD, finally got my FOIA request back
April 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
thanks PPD, finally got my FOIA request back