Finda Yawah

✊🏾Social Justice Activist & Criminal Defense Attorney! Vision Left! FB: The Public DeFinda Project; Opinions espoused are my own!

[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Remembering the great Hazel Scott who was born on this day in 1920.

Here, she is performing “Taking a Chance on Love” in 1943.

[aaron from queens 🇵🇸 @aaronnarraph]

This January, I served as a grand jury foreman in Queens.

When I spoke up about blatantly illegal behavior by court officers. they removed me from the room & tried to intimidate me into shutting up.

I filed an affidavit to dismiss one of our indictments. @haideechu has more 🧵

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

Seven factors contributing to American racism | Stanford News https://t.co/1MQqDekdk7

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

Yesterday President Joe Biden presented EJI director Bryan Stevenson with the National Humanities Medal, honoring Mr. Stevenson “for his moral call to redeem the soul of our Nation."

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

A sundown or sunset town was a town, city, or neighborhood in the US that excluded non-whites after dark.

The term sundown came from the signs that were posted stating that people of color had to leave the town by sundown.

A THREAD!

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

It’s no wonder the American people are skeptical of a system that holds millions of struggling student loan borrowers in limbo but steps in overnight to ensure that billion-dollar crypto firms won’t lose a dime in deposits.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. Many progressives are not paying enough attention to what is happening with Cop City in Atlanta. The level of state violence against local people organizing to protect an essential forest from becoming a training center for militarized cops is escalating.

[MsDaze @DazeMs]

#FundFairness Fun fact, ⁦@KathyHochul⁩ gave prosecutors $141B in funding and $0 to public defenders. Why? Guilty pleas have dropped dramatically since NY got rid of the #blindfold in criminal proceedings! #BLM #JusticeForAll #payparity for #publicdefenders

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

Who Will Kathy Hochul Choose to Lead the Court of Appeals? #PickCorey ✊🏾 ⁦@CoreyStoughton⁩ https://t.co/26GIi0zcIz

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

If you ever wanted to know how a judge really feels about defendants , here you go! This guy ran the courts in Queens and made sure that he did everything to undermine the legislature and the will of the people! https://t.co/XVw9mtIRFs

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

Queens Dems to choose Supreme Court nominees — Queens Daily Eagle https://t.co/pBFTuCIMr2

[🥀_ Imposter_🖕 @Imposter_Edits]

This little kid knew to stick up for himself. Thankfully, the cards were in his favor and it was caught on video. Wouldnt recommend for darker skin tones or rougher neighborhoods.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Your reminder that DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO PACKED NY’S HIGHEST COURT WITH CONSERVATIVES.

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

Why Funding Is Top Priority For Legal Aid Society's New Head - Law360 “It is unacceptable to me that anyone in The Legal Aid Society could be arrested today and then qualify and be eligible for our services. “ https://t.co/sX3uWC0Lsw

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

This isn’t about taking away anyone’s rights.

It’s about protecting children. It’s about protecting families. It’s about protecting communities.

It’s about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, to go to church without being shot and killed.

[Tina Luongo @TMLuongo]

.@CarlHeastie you must take action. You hold the key in this moment

[Marlen Suyapa Bodden @MarlenBodden]

#BREAKING: Our clients just settled their suit against the Port Authority Police Department for targeting #LGBTQ+ people and falsely accusing them of public lewdness just because they used Port Authority restrooms. @LegalAidNYC (Thread)

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

Judge Faults Medical Care for Detainees in Latest Sign of Rikers Crisis - The New York Times https://t.co/EIwu1pCIwt

[Finda Yawah @PublicDeFinda]

City pledges crackdown on Rikers Island sick leave absences, promises management reforms in bid to avert jails’ federal takeover – New York Daily News https://t.co/6T8VdfFIlE