“Please don’t take him away from us,” Pablo Villacicencio’s wife said. A lawyer for the immigrant pizza man facing deportation after his arrest at a Brooklyn military base pleaded with officials Friday to keep him in the United States. Jennifer Williams of the Legal Aid Society filed an emergency motion with U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
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Harvey Weinstein isn’t the only person facing sexual abuse charges in New York City. A Manhattan attorney has been charged with similar crimes. What is the statute of limitations for sexual assault crimes in the state?
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There is an uprising trend to make NY District Attorneys start releasing evidence long before trial to make a criminal justice system more fair.
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As America sees relaxed marijuana laws increasing, there’s still one metropolis which will put you behind bars for a little bit of pot: especially if you’re a person of color.
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When Richard jumped the turnstile at the East 180th St., West Farms station, he was stopped and arrested before his feet hit the floor. Handcuffed and told to give up his ID, Richard wasn’t too worried.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have stepped up arrests of people with no criminal backgrounds according to a report released recently. The figures reflect the current administration’s commitment to throw out a wider net and worry less about who may be captured. Community Projects as Social Activism, by Benjamin Shepard, says ICE reported 65% of […]
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In a way, the scandals swirling around The White House have started to look like a mob film as the ‘catch-and-flip’ technique is being increasingly employed by law enforcement. The latest fish to be caught in the net? Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen.
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Saheed Vassell, a black immigrant from Jamaica, became another victim of police shooting in New York City. What were the circumstances of this case?
READ MORENew York Cops’ Behavior So Prevalent It’s Called Testilying
New Yorkers have known of the phenom — so public, it has a name — ‘testilying.’ Nector Martinez On October 10, 2017, police officer Nector Martinez walked to the stand in a Bronx courthouse. Raising his right hand, he vowed to report the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Those were lies […]
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