By GioLaw | Published April 4, 2013 | Posted in Blawgs | Tagged Tags: #NYPD, civil rights, NYPD stop and frisk, Police Commissioner Kelly, stop and frisk |
My office is proud to be involved with Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the work they do in assisting people who are not otherwise able to afford legal counsel. First hand, I can tell you that the problems people face here in this city of great extremes in wealth and privilege are Read More
Read MoreArguments against gay marriage are specious protestations of the ignorant and prejudiced. The equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution was intended precisely for the purpose of dealing with issues such as same sex marriage. That provision of the Bill of Rights is fundamental to our democracy and the guiding principle that all individuals receive Read More
Read MoreArizona is one of just a few states that require the trial judge to submit a jury’s questions to the witness for response. In most jurisdictions, including NY, whether the jury will be permitted to ask questions of a witness, including the defendant in a criminal case, is committed to the discretion of the trial judge. When the Read More
Read MoreGilberto Valle – Meals we only Dream of and Meals that we go and Prepare From my perspective, it is interesting that the NYC Police Officer on trial for conspiring to kidnap, torture and eat women, somehow was able to become a police officer. How does NYPD screen recruits? What is generally interesting about this Read More
Read MoreThe Worm is at it again! And this time he took it to a new level. Dennis Rodman’s recent visit to North Korea even got Satan himself to comment: On his radio show from the inner circle of Hell, Rush Limbaugh remarked: “We’ve got the new secretary of state, Dennis Rodman, just back from Read More
Read MorePeople are riveted on the Jodi Arias murder trial. It has all the components of a made for TV drama, lots of sex, lies, and murder. The news anchors have been weighing in on the demeanor of Arias on the stand under cross examination. We can form our own opinions of how she is doing Read More
Read MoreWe recently settled a false arrest case on behalf of a Washington Heights graffiti artist who was targeted by the NYPD for his authorized work. In one of his pieces, he painted the name of the NYPD officer who was harassing him on a shop mural he was hired to paint. The City settled the Read More
Read MoreClick HERE to see the video for one of our current civil rights cases
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