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Meg O'Connor@megoconnor.bsky.social |
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Reporter covering cops and prosecutors for
@theappeal.bsky.social, a worker-led newsroom. I also run our newsletter. Ex-Phoenix New Times, Miami New Times. In VICE. she/they đłď¸âđ linktr.ee/megoconnor13
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Meg O'Connor
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Since Dobbs:
âAL wants to prosecute people who give mutual aid for abortions
âLA made abortion pills a controlled substance
â13 TX municipalities banned transporting people on their roads to get abortions
â6 states tried to make a new crime called 'abortion trafficking'
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Meg O'Connor
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BREAKING: DOJ finds Phoenix police wantonly violate people's civil rights, unreasonably escalate situations, delay medical aid to wounded people, arrest people of color at far higher rates than white people, retaliate against protesters, and hurt kids. theappeal.org/phoenix-poli...
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Meg O'Connor
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Kwaneta Harris writes about Mother's Day in prison: Prison has robbed my three children of 17 years of Motherâs Day. But this year, Motherâs Day gifts started arriving two months early. Iâve lived in solitary confinement for the last eight years... theappeal.org/kwaneta-harr...
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Meg O'Connor
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Lanae Tipton recounts giving birth while incarceratedâand the pain of being separated from her child after 72 hours.
"After my cesarean section, I was too weak to properly move on my own, but the sheriffâs officers still insisted I wear leg shackles."
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Meg O'Connor
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Today we're lucky to publish three powerful pieces by women incarcerated in Texas.
Marissa Potts writes about losing her child to her ex-husband's abuse.
"While I was attempting to get us out, he hit my 3-year-old daughter Elenaâan attack that eventually killed her. theappeal.org/mothers-day-...
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Sacha (she/her) đ
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No definitive answers from the prosecuting attorneys for IU or Notre Dame students.
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clevermanka
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Check to see if your city's public attorneys are elected or appointed and remember this come election time. A lot of people don't pay attention to local elections, but they're so, so important. Your city commissioners matter, your school boards matter, and so do your city attorneys.
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Meg O'Connor
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thank you!
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stacy-marie ishmael
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Props to whoever commissioned or pitched this. Getting people with pivotal decision making powers on the record about what they plan to do is a basic and yet underemployed thing.
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Jeff Xilon
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This is some pretty great journalism right here. Fascinating to see who explains things, who gives boilerplate, who refuses to respond, etc.
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Meg O'Connor
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There have been 2,500 arrests at campuses nationwide now.
113 prosecutors across the country are responsible for charging protesters. We asked every one if they plan to prosecute or dismiss charges against protesters. Here are their answers:
theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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Meg O'Connor
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Itâs all in the story!
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Meg O'Connor
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Thank you!
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The Appeal
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Many protesters are facing serious charges, including battery on a law enforcement officer, committing âhate crimesâ against law enforcement, and resisting an officer with forceâthe latter of which could land a person in prison for one to three years. theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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Mark Madsen
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âmany forms of property crime can be seen as a natural byproduct of rapacious capitalism, much like pollutionâ
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bree (total content)
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good customer service is the best theft deterrent so, naturally, every retailer under the sun is continually reducing payroll hours
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Summer Vibes (Stress)
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This is honestly a connection I never made before myself, but now seems blisteringly obvious
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
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Joshua J. Friedman
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JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...
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Meg O'Connor
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Latest overview of campus protests:
⢠2,200+ arrests
⢠Arrests are in the jurisdiction of 110 prosecutors nationwide
⢠34 prosecutors told us how they'll handle criminal charges
⢠24 prosecutors are running for reelection or higher office
theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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Matt Novak
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"The individual instructed the group to encircle the student journalists, she said, before they sprayed the four with mace or pepper spray, flashed lights in their faces and chanted Hamiltonâs name."
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Meg O'Connor
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Police have now arrested 1,700+ protesters at campuses across the country.
Prosecutors can drop these chargesâor seek harsh criminal penalties that could ruin students' lives.
We asked 80+ prosecutors what they plan to doâsee their answers here:
theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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michael
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1,300! All so universities can maintain investments in an apartheid state.
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Amanda Wallwin (Taylorâs Version)
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NYPDâs Straregic Response Group was designed to be a counterterrorism unit that was repurposed for protest policing. Most notably, SRG was responsible for the human rights violations that took place during the George Floyd protests. This is whoâs attacking students at Columbia right now.
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Nicholas Slayton
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Absolutely read this. Incredible work and diligence by @theappeal.bsky.social
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Meg O'Connor
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Thank you!!
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Meg O'Connor
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Approaching 1400 arrests now.
Updated with arrest, charge, and prosecutor info at:
-Uni of New Mexico in Albuquerque
-Uni of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
-Uni of Connecticut in Storrs
-Virginia Commonwealth Uni in Richmond
-Uni of Utah in Salt Lake City theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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geoffrey
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i had genuinely forgotten that cops actually got some states to turn "it's a hate crime to be mean to me" into law
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@dilettante.bsky.social
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"hate crime on law enforcement"
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Meg O'Connor
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thank you!
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Meg O'Connor
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Our tracker includes searchable map of encampments along with the number of arrests, prosecuting agency, prosecutor statement, and next prosecutor election year. You can also hover over or click the dots for details. Also includes a written recap of arrests/charges/prosecutors + statements
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Meg O'Connor
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Huge update to our campus arrests + prosecutions trackerânow at 1,300+ arrests.
Charges include trespassing, assault on police, mob action, "hate crime on law enforcement," + more.
We got responses from 22 prosecutors on how they'll handle the charges. theappeal.org/prosecutors-...
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The Appeal
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After serving nearly 20 years on a drug charge, Samuel Anthony, who moved to the U.S. from Sierra Leone as a child, got out of prison and began rebuilding his life.
One day, he checked into the ICE office and never returned. @megoconnor.bsky.social reports.
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Meg O'Connor
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As a teen, Samuel Anthony committed a drug crime.
He served his time in prison and rebuilt his life.
Then the government deported him to a country he has not been to since he was 6 years oldâall because of a 23-year-old drug conviction. theappeal.org/samuel-antho...
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W. Ethan Duckworth
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This map is very useful, thank you!
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moss and tardigrades
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Really good research on which prosecutors/jurisdictions are punishing students for exercising their first amendment rights
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Meg O'Connor
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thank you, I always appreciate your feedback! :)
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Meg O'Connor
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FWIW anticipating not everyone would/could use the map, we wrote down all the encampments with arrests, prosecutors who have responded, prosecutors with elections, and prosecutors in jurisdictions where there are arrests in the story, so at least we got the most important info searchable that way!
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Meg O'Connor
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ohhh interesting thank you! I notice it's a little finicky now for me on desktop (on chrome on a Mac laptop) though it eventually works if I keep trying. Not ideal obv. This is my first time using Flourish to make maps so lots of troubleshooting! Are you using Chrome on a Mac too?
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Meg O'Connor
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fwiw this is how it comes up on my iPhone on safari, Firefox and chrome!
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Meg O'Connor
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thank you that would be great! the map we made today doesn't work on Safari on iPhones but that's unfortunately a Flourish issueâwe've reported the bug to them and hopefully they can fix ASAP! My email is meg.oconnor@theappeal.org, thank you for letting us know!
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Fabulous Abomination
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See this?
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Eileen Clancy
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I love @theappeal.bsky.social It's a nonprofit, worker-run newsroom. Sign up for their newsletter and/or throw them some financial support: theappeal.org/newsletter-s...
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Murph
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Here is your chance to hold prosecutors accountable for how they treat pro Palestine đľđ¸ protesters.
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Meg O'Connor
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⢠670+ arrests at protests against genocide nationwide so far
⢠Demonstrations at 50+ campuses across 25+ states
⢠We asked prosecutors in every jurisdiction with protests whether they will prosecute.
⢠Their answersâand election yearâare documented and mapped here: theappeal.org/we-asked-pro...
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Bryce Covert
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When Shelby Hoffman was denied the ability to work in healthcare because she owes $127,000, âI literally felt like my entire past just punched me in the face,â she said.
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Death row prisoners rarely get last meals, writes Lyle C. May, who is on death row in North Carolina. But on the night of an execution, the prison staff break room is full of cookies and cake. theappeal.org/last-meals-l...
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Meg O'Connor
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Florida is charging formerly incarcerated people $50 a day even if theyâre no longer in prison. The âpay to stayâ fee is based on the length of the original sentence, so even when they're released they must keep paying for a prison bed theyâre not using. www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-n...
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