Ann Thompson is not going to put black people behind bars... only white ones.
Just ask the Proud Boys... locked up for years for simply defending themselves from attackers in New York. They made the dreadful mistake of not being black.
Posted on 01/21/2020 10:16:45 PM PST by grundle
A giggling suspect accused of randomly battering three women in violent Manhattan street attacks was cut loose without bail Friday over the objection of prosecutors.
Homeless defendant Eugene Webb was freed just two days after allegedly punching a woman in the face on West Houston St., knocking out one of her teeth — then hours later shoving a second woman to the ground and kicking her on Park Ave. and E. 42nd St.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office sought $10,000 cash bail or a $30,000 bond, but Criminal Court Judge Ann Thompson ruled that Webb should be released on his own recognizance under the state’s controversial new bail guidelines.
Webb, 26, was arrested at Bellevue Hospital on Thursday after police got a tip he was there. He was charged with assault and aggravated harassment.
The antsy defendant wore dark sweatpants, a purple undershirt and a black jacket to his Friday arraignment where he constantly shifted back and forth, unable to stand still.
Assistant District Attorney John Dunn’s argued that Webb showed a “willful and persistent” pattern of skipping court dates. He noted that the defendant failed to show for a scheduled hearing last October after punching an unsuspecting 35-year-old woman in the mouth on Sept. 3 on E. 14th St.
Webb was arrested for the September attack after cops found him smoking crack on a Greenwich Village stoop.
“The defendant persistently attacked females,” Dunn said Friday. “As to bail, the defendant failed to return to court ... He was willing and able to do so, and he intentionally chose not to."
Judge Thompson argued that one misstep was not enough to merit jail under the modified bail system.
“One failure to appear, despite having a new case and having a record of criminal conduct — I don’t think that makes the defendant meet the standard,” she ruled.
Webb was ordered to return on Feb. 25 for the two Wednesday attacks, and left the hearing with a smile.
A spokesperson for the New York County Defender Services, a group that provides free legal services for low-income city defendants, said to focus on the bail ruling was to miss the point.
“This case says more about our city’s deficient system for dealing with homelessness and serious mental illness, and how they intersect, than it does about bail reform," the spokesperson said.
92 yr old woman murdered last week. Just a matter of time before the next event.
Ann Thompson is not going to put black people behind bars... only white ones.
Just ask the Proud Boys... locked up for years for simply defending themselves from attackers in New York. They made the dreadful mistake of not being black.
Federal Judge Ann E. Thompson.
Affirmative Action is cancer.
Paging Paul Kersey. Are there no men left in NY?
Will the same judge release without bail and without charges the person who is unlawfully carrying a concealed deadly weapon to protect him/herself against such a mauler, and uses it to do just that? Hmmmm?
Almost certainly lib v lib v lib etc....
If women really cared, they’d do something about it. We’ll see, I guess.
I hope Eugene Webb is in Ann Thompson’s future.
Anne E. Thompson is 85 years old, and quite unlikely to be involved in this NY circus clown carcrash.
If the judge truly feels the law requires that the defendant be released without bail in a case like this, how about ordering him not to hit anyone?
The next time he hits a woman, it’s contempt of court. Does that put this crazy, vicious man in jail?
He got arrested (again) the very next day
It’s past time that judges get a pass for allowing these creeps to go free. Make judges accountable.
If he ever assaults anyone else, I hope it’s Criminal Court Judge Ann Thompson.
Judges like Criminal Court Judge Ann Thompson value their safety more than that of innocent citizens.
My mistake, that picture is of the federal judge not the NYC judge.
NY residents: keep voting liberal it is working great !
Black privilege , NY style.
Epstein didn’t kill himself
Why blame the judge? NY state law bars holding misdemeanor defendants in jail until conviction. No bail can be applied.
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