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two police officers stand in front of a NYC subway entrance with #JORDANNEELY spray-painted on the ground

My client stood at the turnstile without so much as a dollar in his pocket that day. He could miss his parole meeting and risk getting thrown back in jail — or he could jump the turnstile and risk arrest for breaking the law. An impossible choice. He jumped, and a few hours later, he was in a jail cell.

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Maya Ponsetto case on the news

If you’ve been anywhere near social media this week, you’ve most likely seen the altercation that took place in New York City where a young Latina-identifying woman attacked a Black teenager over a cell phone that the woman suspected the teen stole from her. Without any evidence or provocation from the teen, Miya Ponsetto yelled and physically assaulted him. It later turned out that Ponsetto left her cell phone in an Uber, and had her phone turned in to her that same day.

The problem with Miya Ponsetto, aside from her obvious entitlement to accuse people of committing crimes they didn’t commit without any evidence, is that she tried to justify her actions as not being racist (sure, SoHo Karen) because she identifies as Puerto Rican. In an interview with Gayle King, Ponsetto claims that as “like, a woman of color” she can’t be racist.

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