fight or flight… and nowhere in between
“Oh Baltimore… Man, it’s hard just to live” – Nina Simone Every year that I lived in Baltimore, someone I knew got killed – yes, all seven years. Wrapped in my idealism, I concluded… Continue reading
Category Archive: Poverty
Steward me baby!
“…Being a good steward over my finances is responsible, fulfilling and calming…”
6 months later: Melancholy for the “Unscathed” Haitians
Greetings to whoever reads this. I’m typing this on my cellular phone, while on the train, heading to work, disappointed that I didn’t bring anything to read for the train ride. I just… Continue reading
the 48 second Arraignment Interview
“Are you a legal aid, or a lawyer?” To which I respond… “I’m a lawyer with the Legal Aid society.” My client glares at me behind a cornucopia of perforated plexiglass and metal… Continue reading
You Love Cops… Admit it
This past Monday, L’Heureux invited me to a book discussion led by one of his students (follow Dr. L’Heureux Lewis on Twitter). It was held at HueMan Bookstore on Frederick Douglass Blvd, not… Continue reading
Frustrated Practice
My mind is flooded with frustrations about my practice. While starting a post on the talented artists of Horizon Academy at Rikers Island, I suddenly started thinking about the parents who don’t bail… Continue reading
Leave the Black & Latino Boys in Jail
Friday November 20, 2009 I worked night arraignments & of course represented several teenage boys (all black & latino) for varying petty offenses. One particular case involved three 16 yr old boys at… Continue reading
Fund IOLA, or else… no food, no shelter, no jobs, no healthcare
No food, no shelter, no jobs, no healthcare. This is what the people of NYC have been struggling with for what seems like forever. From a lack of supermarkets in our poor and… Continue reading