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Even in New York, Reporters Face Prison for Criticizing Israel (jacobin.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Wilkinson only understood what was happening once officers drove them, still in their pajamas, nearly two hours to the NYPD’s Seventh Precinct, where they overheard one officer tell another they were with the hate crimes unit. There, Wilkinson was for the first time able to get their eyes on an actual search warrant — not because police finally showed them one but because someone they were sharing a cell with who had been arrested as part of the same operation had one in their pocket. Wilkinson was finally released from jail by a judge at 1 a.m.

“They ripped my entire apartment and life apart,” says Wilkinson.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does the mayor have any oversight or influence on cases like these?

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Judicial independence demands the answer to that be "no". That being said, the governor can issue pardons for crimes prosecuted in state courts.

Some states (not New York) have a system where a commission oversees and issues pardons instead of the governor.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I'm sure he could lean on the NYPD to fire the lawful evils who were responsible.

For three hours as the search unfolded, police kept Wilkinson cuffed in the back of a police cruiser where they say they were in so much pain they felt like vomiting. Officers refused to explain where they had taken Wilkinson to their wife (who asked to remain nameless), who sat outside in the cold, listening to officers laughing and joking while ransacking their home.

There must be consequences for this misconduct.