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A judge doubled this woman’s bail because she said ‘yeah’ instead of ‘yes’
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Alec Karakatsanis
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Alec Karakatsanis
@equalityAlec
founder, @CivRightsCorps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
views here are my own, not civil rights corps
- Thread. What is happening right now at the New York Times is important and dangerous. I've tried to document it thoroughly below.
- Behind every cop ticketing an elderly woman for resting, there is a mayor wanting to punish her for her poverty, a lawyer writing an ordinance to make it happen, a judge distorting the law to allow it, and a local news reporter telling viewers why it needed to happen.Ticket for an elderly woman resting in the shade.
- After the murder of Breonna Taylor, Louisville city council has just voted 24-1 to INCREASE the police budget by $750,000 and to cut $775,000 from local libraries. This is structural violence.
- This is a federal felony committed by the cops. It’s happens every single day, but it’s very important to understand. Pay specific attention to what they do to the man’s father:America is terrifying.
00:00 - THREAD: It is with sadness that I tell you about Preston Chaney, who died in the Houston jail of COVID. He was trapped there for 3.5 months because he couldn't pay $100 after being accused of stealing lawn equipment and frozen meat. His story is important. (1)
- THREAD: As cops try to spin Uvalde as one bad choice by a bad police commander from a brand new small “cowardly” police department, please remember these facts:
- The person shot at point blank range here for asking questions is one of the finest civil and human rights lawyers I’ve ever seen. This is a federal felony crime captured on video.You’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more
- The police shot the girl they were supposedly trying to rescue after she was kidnapped and then police lied about it and hid the video for two years. It's important to understand that the highest levels of the policing bureaucracy knew about this and attempted to cover it up.You’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more
- THREAD. A 70-year-old man has died in the downtown Houston jail because he couldn't pay $500 cash. No media outlet has deemed it important enough to tell the public about his death, but what happened is horrific and his story matters.
- THREAD. Two Harvard professors published an academic article calling for 500,000 more armed cops, who they say will arrest 7.8 million more people per year. The article reveals alarming flaws in elite academia at a time of rising fascism. This is one of my most important posts.
- THREAD. The New York Times just published a diary entry about the moment a liberal realized he was a fascist. It's very very weird.
- This appears to be one of the biggest crimes in modern history. For context, if the FTC's investigation is accurate, this single crime costs people at least 10 times the amount of all property crime combined according to the FBI.NEW: The FTC uncovered a series of texts between big oil CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices. They raked in huge profits, while their scheme cost consumers $200 billion a year in higher prices. That’s about $3000 per family.
00:00 - THREAD. Today the New York Times responded to a mass subway shooting with a relentless string of copaganda. Let’s look closely at how the NYT used a crisis to boost police talking points and lies in some creative ways:
