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Should The Public Continue To Bail Ramsey Orta Out?
Feb 29, 2016(Comments: 0)Feb. 29, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Two weeks ago, Ramsey Orta, the man who recorded the video of Eric Garner’s death, found himself in a very familiar situation. He was in handcuffs and on his way... -
Fault Lines Links – Chicago PD Accused Of Threatening Witnesses Of Laquan McDonald Shooting
Jan 11, 2016(Comments: 1)Jan. 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to Monday folks, here’s what’s been happening: Recently released documents allege that Chicago PD threatened witness and falsified their accounts in connection with the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer... -
Black Lives Matter More Than Cecil The Lion
Aug 7, 2015(Comments: 3)Aug. 6, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — People really, really care about poor Cecil the lion, it seems. A bit of a Zimbabwe celebrity, last month he was illegally lured away from the safety of the park... -
Eric Garner and the Evidence of Things Not Seen
Jul 31, 2015(Comments: 4)July 31, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — [Ed. Note: This will be our last post by Cristian, who was stolen from us by Huffington Post to serve as their Supreme Court and Legal Affairs staff writer. It... -
Fault Lines Links – Sandra Bland, Ricardo Diaz Zeferino & Eric Garner
Jul 17, 2015(Comments: 0)July 17, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Linkwrap time, people. Get it while it’s hot. Here’s some brutal video of a Chandler, Arizona cop entering woman’s home illegally and arresting her while she’s in a towel. The cop... -
Cuomo’s Solution To Cop Killings is Half Baked
Jul 13, 2015(Comments: 1)July 14, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Last week saw New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appoint Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor to finally bring some semblance of accountability to the state’s police forces. And there... -
Bratton Says No To Minimal, Ineffective Oversight
Jul 2, 2015(Comments: 3)July 2, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — The irony of the police accountability movement is staggering. People are simply asking that cops who murder or send people to jail on falsified charges be held accountable. It is... -
Post-Ferguson: Is It Time To Reexamine The Grand Jury System?
Mar 12, 2015(Comments: 0)Mar. 12, 2015 (Mimesis Labs) — Deborah Archer, professor at New York Law School, talks with Lee Pacchia about how the grand jury system performed in the cases of Eric Garner and Michael Brown and what,... -
A Moment of Simple Justice – Felony Everything
Mar 2, 2015(Comments: 0)Mar. 2, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton argues that resisting arrest should be upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony offense. Scott thinks that a bad idea. Main image via Flickr/Ethan....Read More -
A Moment of Simple Justice – A Prosecutor’s Duty
Jan 14, 2015(Comments: 0)Jan. 12, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Did District Attorneys Robert McCulloch and Daniel Donovan fulfill their ethical duties in the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner?...Read More