He allegedly stole $213 worth of goods from Home Depot — an accusation that, under the 2019 Bail Reform law, should have resulted in a ticket. He should never have been arrested, let alone held for over 3 days. - ThreadSky

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courtwatchnyc.bsky.social • 13 days ago

He allegedly stole $213 worth of goods from Home Depot — an accusation that, under the 2019 Bail Reform law, should have resulted in a ticket.

He should never have been arrested, let alone held for over 3 days.

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courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

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.

courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

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.

courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

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.

courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

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.

courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

The events on Friday crudely underscored the unnecessary cruelty of detention for crimes of poverty.

courtwatchnyc.bsky.social•13 days ago

Throughout Friday afternoon, our watchers also saw multiple people arraigned who had been held for 40+ hours, including people who had been fasting for Ramadan, someone who had been denied a phone call to ask for someone to feed his dog, and someone who missed a scheduled surgery.

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