https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-karl-ashanti-special-federal-arrest

The main component of my job was defending police officers in similar situations who are sometimes guilty of falsely arresting people. And this was one of them,” he says. “That irony hit me immediately.”

  • yang [they/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    After reading the article, I don't think I have any sympathy for the lawyer. He sounds like he had a "fuck you, got mine" attitude.

    After being forced out of bootlicking, he got a new job representing civil-rights cases against the city.

    He was finally realizing his original ambitions of using the law to help others. “It just took a long, long time — a long, circuitous route to get here,” he says.

    A "long, long time" when he could have left much earlier. :matt-jokerfied: