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Meg O'Connor
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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 🏳️‍🌈 linktr.ee/megoconnor13
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Signs of a healthy criminal justice system: –Incarcerating 14 yr olds –Trying juveniles as adults –“Felony murder laws” (charge people w/ murder even when they didn’t kill anyone) –Plea deals under threat of life in prison –Police mishandling evidence –Prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence

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I'm very happy to report some good news for once—Johnny, Sariah, and Jeremiah have a chance at freedom after our reporting. Phoenix police killed their friend, Jacob Harris, but prosecutors sent them to prison for it under Arizona's felony murder law. theappeal.org/new-hope-for...

New Hope for Phoenix Trio Imprisoned for Murder After Police Killed Their Friend
New Hope for Phoenix Trio Imprisoned for Murder After Police Killed Their Friend

Phoenix police killed their friend—but prosecutors sent them to prison for it. Now, they have a chance to get out of prison.

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made lemon bars 🍋

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Community members are demanding change from the city of Phoenix and Phoenix police following a scathing DOJ report—and the release of three young people imprisoned for a murder committed by a police officer. t.co/ne6aXmBxt6

DOJ Demands Phoenix Police Change. Victims Say More Is Needed.
DOJ Demands Phoenix Police Change. Victims Say More Is Needed.

Community members demand change—and the release of 3 youths imprisoned for a murder committed by a Phoenix police officer after DOJ report.

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Made some banana bread

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made my friend a cinnamon bun cake for her bday

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Since Dobbs: —AL wants to prosecute people who give mutual aid for abortions —LA made abortion pills a controlled substance —13 TX municipalities banned transporting people on their roads to get abortions —6 states tried to make a new crime called 'abortion trafficking' theappeal.org/how-republic...

Abortion ‘Trafficking’ Laws, Travel Bans, Medication Crackdowns: How the GOP is Criminalizing Abortion Post-Dobbs
Abortion ‘Trafficking’ Laws, Travel Bans, Medication Crackdowns: How the GOP is Criminalizing Abortion Post-Dobbs

Lawmakers targeted mutual aid, enacted travel bans, and created a new crime of "abortion trafficking" to criminalize abortion post-Dobbs.

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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...

Phoenix Police Wantonly Use Violence and Violate Civil Rights, DOJ Finds
Phoenix Police Wantonly Use Violence and Violate Civil Rights, DOJ Finds

The U.S. Department of Justice announced results of its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department.

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Kwaneta Harris writes about Mother's Day in prison: Prison has robbed my three children of 17 years of Mother’s Day. But this year, Mother’s Day gifts started arriving two months early. I’ve lived in solitary confinement for the last eight years... theappeal.org/kwaneta-harr...

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Meg O'Connor
@megoconnor.bsky.social
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 🏳️‍🌈 linktr.ee/megoconnor13
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