Tim Rountree

Proud father, uncle, brother, friend, advocate, and fighter; Howard U/Am.U Law, In-Charge Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Crim. Practice, Queens Co. NYC.

[Tim Rountree @tbrountree]

@atensnut Yeah, drunk with positive attitude and vision to motivate and empower a generation of black and brown people to fight against racism, injustice and white supremacy. We stay woke to see your jokes. Please....

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. https://t.co/jKW0RyeBXC

[Tim Rountree @tbrountree]

@TheRevAl Rev. Saw you on @MSNBC and you want the slogan for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign to be prosecutors vs. Felons. No, lots of good people are convicted felons. She needs, righteous vs wrong or good for others vs self indulgence and inflection of pain.

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

“The comptroller’s office does the basic work to assess how credible the claim is, but it’s not included in the litigation numbers the city releases each year," said Jennvine Wong w/ LAS. "That all means misconduct could be swept under the rug.”
https://t.co/hvO7QVUzeY

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

Ever wondered how New Yorkers secure public defenders?

Read about this and so much more in @THECITYNY's guide on how The Legal Aid Society and our fellow defender orgs help low-income New Yorkers every day: https://t.co/1XjqDS9mtg

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

NEW DATA: The NYPD has cost taxpayers over half a billion dollars in misconduct payouts since 2018.

Rather than investing in public services, taxpayers are continually forced to cover the costs of violent policing.

Read the full payout report: https://t.co/UED5mK16si

[Tim Rountree @tbrountree]

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[Tim Rountree @tbrountree]

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[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

The City’s budget deadline is just days away.

We need @NYCMayor, @NYCSpeakerAdams and @NYCCouncil to ensure increased funding for both public defense and civil legal services.

RT this thread and tag the Mayor, Speaker Adams, and the Council. We must #FundFairness NOW. 🧵

[Taniel @Taniel]

Two major DA elections next week in New York City.

One in Queens, where Melinda Katz the incumbent is facing a challenge from her right endorsed by police allies. https://t.co/7jBhe10Wod

[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby

Since barely beating a leftist candidate to become Queens DA, Katz has stuck to a conventional approach to the office. Still, she has drawn a challenge from former cop George Grasso https://t.co/Vp4xx1ki7v

[Matt Katz @mattkatz00]

@NYCMayor @CorrectionNYC 8 years after Federal Monitor Steve Martin was appointed to reduce violence & use of force at Rikers Island jails, he writes this:

"There is significant cause for concern about the imminent risk of harm to people in custody."

There were 5 shocking incidents in last 2 weeks:
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[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

New Data on Poverty and Criminal Records in New York State.

More than 2 million New Yorkers have a criminal record, costing them some $12.6 billion in reduced earnings annually. https://t.co/imFEO9hJaw

[haidee.bsky.social @haideechu]

court officers allegedly told @aaronnarraph’s grand jury to “not discuss” cases before voting on indictments. but a court-issued handbook said otherwise.

as i was reporting this i wondered how often this has happened. and the responses so far seem to suggest: more than once 🧵

[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 🧵

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

The tragic death of Jordan Neely illuminates the existence of two different legal systems: one for white people, and the other, a far more racist, classist, and punitive system, for Black and Latinx New Yorkers.

Read our full statement here: https://t.co/6h7ZoVWj3m

[Tim Rountree @tbrountree]

Let's go Knicks!

[Twyla Carter @twylajcarter]

⁦@LegalAidNYC⁩ & partners that represent over 90% of kids in family court in NY have suffered essentially flat budgets for close to twenty years, says ⁦@dawneamitchell⁩ chair of the city bar association’s Council on Children. #FundFairness https://t.co/G7SewFhsMX

[The Legal Aid Society @LegalAidNYC]

Law students, defense and civil rights attorneys, and investigators:

Join us for the second annual "Decrypting a Defense Conference: Revenge of the Data" taking place April 27.

Visit https://t.co/4UMzQHesMW to register today.

See you there!

[Twyla Carter @twylajcarter]

New Yorkers should be outraged! ⁦@GovKathyHochul⁩ pushing rollbacks to bail reform under guise of public safety but NYPD clearly abusing power with blank check. Meanwhile ⁦@LegalAidNYC⁩ & allies fighting for $ to do mandated work #FundFairness https://t.co/pGQmy0NRDy