Posted on 07/02/2020 8:49:38 AM PDT by RightGeek
On June 5, 2020, we reported that Appeals Court Orders Molotov Cocktail Lawyers Back to Jail:
Two Brooklyn-based lawyers facing federal charges for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails into a NYPD cruiser during the riots are back in federal custody after an appeals court reversed the bail decision.That initial and temporary appeals court decision now has been reversed, with a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, ordering the defendants released on bail and home confinement pending trial.
... ridiculous justification from the majority ...
Judge Jon Newman wrote in Dissent:
On the night of May 29 in Brooklyn, Appellee Urooj Rahman got out of a car driven by Appellee Colinford Mattis, lit an explosive device known as a Molotov cocktail, and tossed it through the broken window of an unoccupied police car, setting the console on fire. Parked where people were nearby, she attempted to distribute bombs to a bystander and others for their use. She then left the scene in Mattis’s car, which contained one completed bomb and components for making more bombs. Their thinking was expressed by Rahman on a videotape, about an hour before the crime: “The only way they hear us is through violence.” The majority’s decision to affirm the release of these Appellees from pretrial detention subjects the community to an unacceptable risk of danger. I respectfully dissent.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
There’s no reason people who were arrested for throwing burning bottles full of gasoline in public should be considered a potential threat to others. Why would anyone even think that?
there is only way to deal with the lawyer trash. Being free makes them accessible and vulnerable. Jail is safe
How about the Feds arrest them?
Lawyers always cover for other lawyers.
Lived through one sorry example of that in my own life.
Feds should have charged them as terrorists, and sent them to GITMO.
These two... “Lawyers”?
LOL, about as professional as today’s University Student.
Scum sucking bottom fish are face palming at this...
Why don’t sharks eat lawyers?
Professional courtesy.
Isn’t that the truth. Been through that ordeal myself. Everyone in the court room is on the same team, except for me... Fortunately, I “won”.... still cost me 120k in legal bills and 2 1/2 yrs of my life.
They, like George Floyd, will of course remain at home...
Sharks don’t eat schiff.
People ask me why are you cynical? Stuff like this.
What gives these “elites” the right to fling gasoline on
other humans, simply because they don’t like them?
They would have been happy to inflict burns and death on
others.
Why do we lay down to these trashbags?
Get them to violate their bail. Plenty of conservative radio hosts. Just have one like Ziegler get the woman to talk shit about the Court and our President.
They’re Morphing their way to a Taxpayer funded Vacation at Atlantis in the Bahamas.
If any of us did the same at a Protest supporting the Second Amendment, we would never be heard from again. They would lock us up and throw away the Key.
Remember that the purpose of bail is to ensure that the accused show up for the trial. I was kind of surprised that they were originally held without bail, since these are two known professionals and unlikely to flee the country to avoid prosecution.
” unlikely to flee the country to avoid prosecution.”
I disagree. I think they’re very likely to flee the country. They will be hid out by the same types of terrorists who hid out the Weathermen and Black Panthers who jumped bail in the 60s and 70s. I seriously doubt these two will face trial willingly, as they’re facing 20 to 40 years in jail. And it will be very easy for them to escape given their terrorist connections. Also, many in the “establishment” will look the other way if they escape because they don’t want them punished. They will be hailed as martyrs who had to flee the US and it’s unjust legal system.
The court said it was deciding whether “the conditions of release are adequate to ensure the defendants will not flee and do not constitute a continuing threat to the community.“ So the threat to public safety is a consideration as well, not just whether they will flee. I believe this was a change to federal law made back in the 80’s
Hey, don’t minimize home confinement. How would YOU like it if YOU were sentenced to home confinement. You couldn’t go to the movies. You couldn’t go to the beach. You couldn’t go . . . . Oh, never mind.
The United States appeals from a June 1, 2020 order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Margo K. Brodie [ClownBammy "judge"]), affirming Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold’s release of Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman on bail pending trial.
The district court for the Eastern District of New York has two Dubya judges, six ClownBammy "judges" and three Trump judges.
All of these judges were approved by the likes of Schucks Chewmore, Cankles and Gillibrand.
The magistrate judge Gold was approved by these judges.
Peter W. Hall [Dubya judge] and Gerard E. Lynch [ClownBammy "judge"] rubberstamped this, while John O. Newman [PeanutBoy judge] dissented.
Newman:
The majority’s decision to affirm the release of these Appellees from pretrial detention subjects the community to an unacceptable risk of danger. I respectfully dissent.
Their thinking was expressed by Rahman on a videotape, about an hour before the crime: “The only way they hear us is through violence.”
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Here's the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [as of January 2, 2020]:
Judges: 13 Circuit Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chief Judge: Robert A. Katzmann Next Chief Judge: Debra Ann Livingston? 2020? ================== Age Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by 67 Chief Judge Robert Katzmann # New York, NY 1953 1999–present &2013–present Clinton 79 Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes # New Haven, CT 1940 1994–present — — Clinton 82 Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler Syracuse, NY 1938 1998–present — — Clinton 71 Circuit Judge Peter W. Hall # Rutland, VT 1948 2004–present — — G.W. Bush 61 Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston # New York, NY 1959 2007–present — — G.W. Bush 66 Circuit Judge Denny Chin New York, NY 1954 2010–present — — Obama 54 Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier # New York, NY 1965 2010–present — — Obama 69 Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney New Haven, CT 1951 2011–present — — Obama 56 Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan * New York, NY 1964 2018–present — — Trump 54 Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco * Central Islip 1966 2019–present — — Trump 44 Circuit Judge Michael H. Park * New York, NY 1976 2019–present — — Trump 51 Circuit Judge William J. Nardini New Haven, CT 1969 2019–present — — Trump 41 Circuit Judge Steven Menashi * New York, NY 1979 2019–present — — Trump ========================= 88 Senior Circuit Jon O. Newman Hartford, CT 1932 1979–1997 1997–present Carter &1993–1997 83 Senior Circuit Amalya Lyle Kearse New York, NY 1937 1979–2002 2002–present Carter 85 Senior Circuit Ralph K. Winter Jr. # New Haven, CT 1935 1981–2000 2000–present Reagan &1997–2000 79 Senior Circuit John M. Walker Jr. # New Haven, CT 1940 1989–2006 2006–present G.H.W. Bush &2000–2006 76 Senior Circuit Dennis Jacobs * New York, NY 1944 1992–2019 2019–present G.H.W. Bush &2006–2013 83 Senior Circuit Pierre N. Leval # New York, NY 1936 1993–2002 2002–present Clinton 87 Senior Circuit Guido Calabresi # New Haven, CT 1932 1994–2009 2009–present Clinton 83 Senior Circuit Chester J. Straub inactive 1937 1998–2008 2008–present Clinton 80 Senior Circuit Robert D. Sack New York, NY 1939 1998–2009 2009–present Clinton 76 Senior Circuit Barrington Parker Jr. New York, NY 1944 2001–2009 2009–present G.W. Bush 69 Senior Circuit Reena Raggi # Brooklyn, NY 1951 2002–2018 2018–present G.W. Bush 71 Senior Circuit Richard C. Wesley # Geneseo, NY 1949 2003–2016 2016–present G.W. Bush 68 Senior Circuit Gerard E. Lynch New York, NY 1951 2009–2016 2016–present Obama
& denotes Chief Judge of the Court
* denotes Federalist Society member
# denotes Federalist Society associate
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