A resolution of sorts has arrived at the Bronx Defenders, with lawyers Kumar Rao and Ryan Napoli both resigning from the firm as a consequence of the controversy over their involvement in the "Hands Up" rap video. News reports say that Executive Director Robin Steinberg has been suspended for 60 days without pay, and that Steinberg and her organization will be under increased … [Read more...] about The Bronx Defenders Get Some “Corrective Action”
A Very Good Point About the “Hands Up” Controversy From Radley Balko
In his article about the Bronx Defenders' involvement with the "Hands Up" rap video, Radley Balko makes explicit something I had in the back of my mind when I wrote my post, but that I couldn't quite articulate: In the Bronx Defenders, we have group that knows how to work the system. It has irreplaceable institutional knowledge of the city’s bureaucracy, its courts and its … [Read more...] about A Very Good Point About the “Hands Up” Controversy From Radley Balko
A Bit Of Excitement Around Here
On a personal bloggy note, this past week I've started seeing signs that Windypundit is once again beginning to draw a bit of attention. The tweet for my post about the attempt to shut down the Bronx Defenders because of a rap video was retweeted by a relatively large number of people, starting with Gideon and Scott, and that post has received about 25 times the traffic one of … [Read more...] about A Bit Of Excitement Around Here
Je Suis Bronx Defenders
The Bronx Defenders, a non-profit law firm in New York, are taking some heat because two of their lawyers, Kumar Rao and Ryan Napoli, acted in a few scenes of a rap video which were filmed in the firm's offices. The song, "Hands Up," is not my kind of music, but if you want to watch it, here it is:http://youtu.be/BV_FizTIxM4Just looking at the freeze frame should give … [Read more...] about Je Suis Bronx Defenders
DUI Lawyers and Faith In Websites
Matt Brown, a criminal defense lawyer in Tempe, Arizona, has noticed that a lot of local lawyers have websites that get the law on concealed weapons wrong. Every single lawyer website I visited had misstated the law. Fortunately, the law has become more permissive, so nobody who believes what they read on the lawyers' websites will think it's legal to do something that will … [Read more...] about DUI Lawyers and Faith In Websites