Court Watch NYC mourns this tragedy, as well as the tragedies of the 4 other people who have been killed by the actions of cops, judges, and prosecutors—shielded by the NYC carceral system—in the past month.
Our watchers were in arraignments on Friday to observe a moment of silence for him.
What our watchers then saw on Friday afternoon was a highly unusual series of arraignment hearings that laid bare the grotesque absurdity of this system.
In a courtroom suddenly packed with people bearing witness, the prosecutors didn’t ask for bail in a single case—no matter how “serious” the charge. Instead, they consented to release or supervised release for each person.
This shows clearly that when the system feels exposed, it starts letting everyone go. If these “offenses” are worthy of prosecutors requesting bail for one day and suddenly not the next, then clearly these categories are arbitrary and meaningless.
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He should never have been arrested, let alone held for over 3 days.
Our watchers were in arraignments on Friday to observe a moment of silence for him.