Criminal Justice funder. Former public defender. A consistent advocate for dismantling the system. Tweets are my own. STL ✈️ CHI ✈️ NYC
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"A policeman's badge may well be a symbol of the community's trust, it should never be considered a license to oppression."
I saw @TVietor08 at my hotel just now and I called him by his full government name [embarrassing] and then I didn’t even fan girl properly by telling him how much I love the pod. I haven’t missed an episode since 2016 🤦🏾♀️
So this is me, follow up fan-girling.
Honor the Legacy of Medgar Evers and Vote on Tuesday, November 3rd
Hopeful for all the Democratic Senate candidates today but @scott_colom means something to me. Thank you for running an incredible race!
youtu.be/ny3jT9yDUuE?si=vr8p… via @YouTube
In a Cash Bail System, Justice Depends on Your Bank Account texasobserver.org/cash-bail-… - via @TexasObserver
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has replaced 4/5 mayoral appointees to the city’s police oversight board, removing the former interim chair, who sided consistently with the board’s police appointees. @boltsmag reported earlier this year on the weaknesses of this body
Curtis Flowers passed away. A MS man tried 7 times for a murder he didn’t commit, by a DA w/ a vendetta. He wrongfully spent 23 years in prison, maintained his innocence & was released in 2019. His case was dismissed w/ prejudice in 2020.
He dies at 56. How cruel is that?
Public Lynchings? In 2026?
JUST IN: Fort Hood shooter’s execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Defense Department says. nbcnews.com/politics/trump-a…
Banning Flock Won't Be Enough Without Police Reform reason.com/2026/09/25/bannin… via @reason
Focused deterrence helping people who are cycling through the system is a valid public safety strategy themarshallproject.org/2026/…
4 Things State and Local Prosecutors Can Do to Combat Federal Corruption "...we are in a different era, where the federal government poses more danger than defense to upholding the law...the federal government has never had a monopoly over the rule of law"justsecurity.org/153459/stat…
I don't love that the police are leading this effort, but "No Wrong Door" is the type of coordination we should see everywhere.
Can Austin break the costly cycle of homelessness, jail and crisis? A new program aims to do that. texastribune.org/2026/08/17/…
I just tweeted @jonfavs about this. Fine, ya’ll don’t like these terms but referring to people as “convicts” and “felons” is crazy when 19M Americans have a felony conviction. Some for things like marijuana poss in the 90s.
I’m begging the pod to think about their language
@jonfavs hi Jon, longtime PSA listener here. I’m begging u to change your language re: incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people. I know “justice impacted” isn’t your thing, but you’ve been calling ppl like my stepdad and cousins, convicts and felons.
Here’s a resource from The Marshall Project that I hope you’ll take the time to read.
themarshallproject.org/2021/…
And another from fwd.us
I know criminal justice isn’t something you get into but 19M Americans have a felony conviction. 79M have a criminal record. But most are home and can vote, and this language alienates them.
Thanks for reading.
fwd.us/criminal-justice/peop…
The unions at Bronx Defenders and NDS Harlem are striking today. That's wild. Pay those people. Maintain their healthcare.
A call for Congress to create a cause of action that would allow people harmed by excessive federal law enforcement actions to more easily sue for damages.
open.substack.com/pub/radley…
Missouri legislators just restored voting rights to 40,000 people on probation or parole in the state, sweeping away felony disenfranchisement rules that had prevented the formerly incarcerated from participating in elections. us.list-manage.com/1BaXlkc9P…
This is scary - A federal judge in Texas gave unusually long sentences of 30 to 100 years for anti-ICE protesters arrested outside an immigration detention facility. Prosecutors said the protesters were affiliated with "antifa." Which does not exist. apnews.com/article/prairiela…
