NatLawson
NatLawson t1_jeeygtu wrote
Reply to Five teen daredevils busted climbing NYC Williamsburg Bridge tower to make online videos by LouisSeize
Actually - 5000.00 fines, each.
Weekend Jail time if not paid.
Then halfway house, if weekend Jail doesn't work.
We can't have police risking lives.
NatLawson t1_je1hh4b wrote
Grifters get their start somewhere.
Government service seems like a good place to start.
Next the race track. Then the casino.
NatLawson t1_jdxq5ua wrote
Reply to New Yorkers overwhelmingly support bail changes ahead of state budget deadline: Poll by Grass8989
Please. Bail is not to control suspects before sentencing. This governor's prescription to crime is to go back to a repressible guilty until proven innocent state.
Buffalo notwithstanding our colonial divisions are rude reminders of what not to do. Holding the accused until time served is not a criminal justice system. Bail reform brought us out of the septic system that is our denial of what we must do.
Our institutions promote safety and adherence to the law. Our schools and colleges educate reform practical ambition into success.
Our prisons only promote injustice and violence and are the lost causes of civilized rule. To put, in the hands of judges the exercise of prejudgements is to finish equality.
Bail only frightens and culls the entire population. We started the long walk towards an enabled democracy. Why stop now?
Mayor Adams and Kathy Hocul are uniquely disqualified to rein the potential of free and enabled electorate. Both are subject to rabbit holes and pitfalls.
Don't drink the Kool aid. It's spoiled.
NatLawson t1_jdwkeie wrote
Therapy is really, really important. It will save you millions of dollars and leave you with your reputation intact.
If you are having frequent disagreements and cannot disengage for any reason, please find a therapist and unload. Please!
Woody Allen needed therapy. Charlie Sheen needs therapy. Robert Downey Jr needed therapy.
We all need therapy.
I hope Jonathan Majors can find peace along with the woman to whom he directed his anger. It's not okay.
Nor am I willing to dismiss this actor. He should have the privacy to find peace.
This is not the Will Smith slap. Dismissing the incident won't serve Mr. Majors
I do hope, growth and learning is on the agenda.
I am shocked by the accusation by not quite willing to dismiss a growing career.
Please see a therapist. Please publicly apologize to this woman.
NatLawson t1_jdsebm3 wrote
Reply to comment by cleverpunnyname in DA Alvin Bragg’s staffer hangs up on ‘bulls–t’ congressional phone call by Gaytaino
Agreed. Not the point.
Explain the elements of obstruction of justice.
If the caller continues they can't later say their intent was not to obstruct.
Further, if the caller denied an intent to obstruct then continues to ask questions, the caller can't use the fifth amendment protection against self incrimination since a prosecutor will be able to refer to the call.
Republicans are short sighted. Interference with elections, interference with government proceedings, interference with grand jury proceedings are all forbidden by law.
Doubling down on forbidden actions will lead to a collapse of leadership and put whoever steps up will be an apologist.
NatLawson t1_jds0aqv wrote
Record the phone calls.
A case can be made for obstruction of justice and meddling with an ongoing investigation.
Ask the starter if he or she is aware the conversation is being recorded? Ask who directed the phone call?
Ask if the caller is aware they may be interfering with a formal investigation and that the caller may be subject to law enforcement?
Ask if the subject is an attorney or if an attorney is available to advise the caller to obey the law and lawful intent to perform investigations in a lawful manner?
Ask if the caller understands the constitutional requirement that Grand Jury proceedings are secret. Attempting to pierce the veil of security surrounding the grand Jury proceeding may be an obstruction of justice in itself.
Inform the caller, continuing the call could result in a referral to the department of justice agency.
Then leave the line open.
NatLawson t1_jdr2bz4 wrote
Reply to 16 stories beneath midtown Manhattan, NYC by PonyEnglish
I am Vinz, Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer...Volguus Zildrohoar, Lord of the Seboullia. Are you the Gatekeeper?
NatLawson t1_jdneiyb wrote
Reply to 16 stories beneath midtown Manhattan, NYC by PonyEnglish
Needs paint.
NatLawson t1_jdmj42c wrote
Reply to comment by phillythrowaway718 in NYC: Success Academy Buys New Properties While Planning to Charge Rent to NYC Public Schools by barweis
Self determination.
NatLawson t1_jdmfyoi wrote
George Santos is a criminal struggling to get the best prosecution agreement possible. He has escaped justice many times. He is emboldened and desperate.
Jail and poverty is in his future.
NatLawson t1_jdjitoh wrote
Reply to NYC: Success Academy Buys New Properties While Planning to Charge Rent to NYC Public Schools by barweis
Not only profiteering, charter schools drive the illusion that teaching craft is responsible for an individual student's success.
Really, these cherry picked students are contorted into believing in exclusion of other children as key to their own salvation.
They are taught and trained into existential crises. "The drama of the gifted child." Alice Miller.
These children are hostages to the theory of white supremacy. Only adherents are granted the tax resources paid by their parents.
Charter schools are inherently unequal.
NatLawson t1_jckda1x wrote
Reply to Police increases presence near Manhattan schools in wake of 3 recent shootings by NetQuarterLatte
If "you" are a persistent felon. "You" should get bail. My point is, bail reform protects "you.". Please stop describing the law in terms of anyone else.
"You" have the right to the presumption of innocence. "You" have the right to due process. Bail is not punishment.
That said, if "you" demonstrate a persistence in criminal activity, "you" should be held until trial.
I agree completely with bail reform.
NatLawson t1_jck65nu wrote
Reply to Police increases presence near Manhattan schools in wake of 3 recent shootings by NetQuarterLatte
Innocent until proven guilty, which means - "you" can't be deprived of "your" liberty just because "you" are dating a policeman's ex-girlfriend.
Bail is not punishment.
It is the rightful exchange of equity for process time. If a person, "you" cannot afford bail, it is not "your" problem that the government needs time to prove "you" guilty.
If "you" are not an imminent threat to "your" community, the court "must" forgo bail. If you don't have a record of criminal activity, if you show up each time for hearings, if you pay your fines, "you" should not be forced to post bail.
NatLawson t1_jbqaw3f wrote
Reply to comment by ziadog in George Santos masterminded 2017 ATM fraud, former roommate tells feds by newzee1
So far he's playing with fire to an extent only Donald Trump has surpassed. I can only conclude his prison ministry will be well attended. But, the guards... and he's lived as a trans ... this will sell well in Hollywood. Say hello to Tammy fay and Jim Baker...
NatLawson t1_jbohhzz wrote
When will we learn to love George Santos? Just like Trump, he is a grifter. Of course he is an ATM skimmer. That makes total sense.
Right now, today he is negotiating the rights to his life story, the proceeds of which will go directly into Bitcoin, then to Russia along with every secret sensitive document he can lay his hands on.
Think about it? Where did George Santos money come from? You might think he sold his soul to the devil? No such thing as the devil. Russian spy?
Give the majority to Republicans? Ah ha! Hollywood script? Ah ha!
Top that with the FBI counterintelligence chief arrested for taking bribes?
In 1945, George Santos would disappear. That may still happen.
NatLawson t1_jbktcos wrote
Reply to comment by NatLawson in NYC ‘Bling Bishop’ Lamor Whitehead hit with new fraud charge by iv2892
Please do not take this as defending cruelty.
This clear scoundrel should be roundly condemned. He steals from those who can least afford his insufferable nonsense. I want to point out, he is clothed in the wolf's clothing of infamy. Slavery and injustice is prolific in the history of the United States. His church members are the generations of victims of charlatans and misanthropes whose illness is prolific.
He is the same as Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Jim and Tammy Fae Baker, Kenneth Copeland and Peter Popoff. These ministers don't serve a deity. They serve themselves. They are monsters. They eat the lives of poor people without guilt or remorse.
It is horrible to watch. It is the legacy of slavery and intolerance.
We are better than this.
NatLawson t1_jbjymf6 wrote
He's learned from the US slavery constitution that denied human beings the right to live free.
NatLawson t1_jax1rlu wrote
Yeah, slavery. Denial is a disease.
NatLawson t1_jax17rk wrote
NatLawson t1_jado1fu wrote
Of course, intentional. Racism is real. African American taxpayers and voters ought not to be disrespected and dismissed for their contribution to our country. Anyone who promotes racism should be roundly condemned.
NatLawson t1_ja7c9cj wrote
Reply to About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx
Honestly racism is built in. Read the constitution.
NatLawson t1_j9wbti8 wrote
Reply to comment by stork38 in About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx
We have a lot of truth to get to. We are American taxpayers. Nothing more, nothing less. Simpletons should not determine the future of our tax dollars. Simpletons should not foster violence and destruction. Is that what you want? Hope, not fear is guidance for the future. Be glad the world agrees.
NatLawson t1_j9vzj86 wrote
Reply to comment by oreosfly in About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx
See ... now you are going to get stopped... You are woke.
NatLawson t1_j9vtfbn wrote
Reply to comment by Tatar_Kulchik in About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx
Yup, mindless self deception. Thats what racism is.
NatLawson t1_jegc6rs wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Five teen daredevils busted climbing NYC Williamsburg Bridge tower to make online videos by LouisSeize
Don't climb bridges.
Thrill seekers please go sky diving. There's nothing fun or funny about law breaking.
It's not thrilling, it's stupid.
You could lose you life and or cause someone else to lose their life helping save you.