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Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Most were released with a desk appearance ticket, which requires them to return to court at a later date. He served on the high court from 2005–2018. We've received your submission.A Manhattan judge has denied the release of protesters, whose arraignments are overdue, as the city is experiencing “a crisis within a crisis” The Legal Aid Society filed a petition Tuesday seeking the release of all defendants who had been arrested and were awaiting arraignment longer than 24 hours, since legally arraignments must take place within this time frame barring necessary delays.During a hearing held by video Thursday, Legal Aid’s Marlen Bodden asked a judge to immediately release hundreds of protesters arrested as the city takes to the streets “The NYPD is responsible for holding 400 New Yorkers, mainly protesters, who were arrested for opposing police brutality … That is their right,” Bodden said. A New York Supreme Court judge ruled that protesters can be held by the New York Police Department for more than 24 hours, The New York Times reports. Monday, 03 Aug 2020 21:12 PM
"Civil liberties protect ourselves from governments using 'crises' and 'emergencies' as justification to dismantle our rights," "As of 6 pm tonight, 160 NYers citywide remain in custody 24+ hours after their arrest, which is some progress, but 160 NYers too many," the group said. The petition called for the immediate release of protesters, who were arrested and held for more than 24 hours, which is a violation of the state’s “24-hour arrest-to-arraignment requirement. She said they stopped supplying hand sanitizer in the pens after dispensers were broken and used as weapons.Gilbert also said the amount of people still awaiting to go before a judge was now down to around 200.Of the people who had been held longer than 24 hours, the most common charge against defendants was burglary, according to a spokesman with the Law Department.Bodden fired back after Gilbert’s lengthy explanation of challenges the police were facing, saying it was all still not an excuse for the arraignment delays.“The NYPD has no excuses with its 38,000 police officers and the best technology in the world, with all the money they are being given, they have no excuse to not process them in a timely manner,” Bodden said.Manhattan Acting Supreme Court Justice James Burke Thursday sided with the city and denied the request to release the defendants before they went before a judge.“I do find that there is a crisis within a crisis specifically a civil unrest crisis within the overarching Burke said the arraignment delays are necessary, “because we are in a crisis caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which prevents live arraignments, which in turn causes virtual arraignments, which causes delays.”
