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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has sent shock-waves through political and legal circles after he decided to halt the reported, criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump. Alvin Bragg for DA/Fair Use

U.S. Attorney’s Office refuses to comment about the possibility of seizing the Manhattan DA files on the troubled Trump criminal investigation

The U.S. Attorney’s Office refused to say whether it would seizing the stalled Trump investigation files in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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A line of NYPD officers in riot helmets stood guard between metal barricades and a heavy truck to block the on and off ramps to the Brooklyn Bridge near Cadman Plaza on June 4, 2020. Cadman Plaza was the scene of a violent confrontation by the NYPD and citizens participating in a popular uprising against systemic racism and police brutality the night before, according to press reports. Source : Progress New York

Mayor Bill de Blasio ends curfew early after threats of litigation, as U.S. Attorneys remain mum about coördination with NYPD

Mayor Bill de Blasio ended a controversial curfew meant to curtail demonstrations of public outcries against racism and police brutality as Federal prosecutors with jurisdiction over violations of Constitutional and Federal civil rights and civil liberties have kept mum.

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New York public defender Tiffany Cabán offered hope for political reform. Had she been elected as Queens District Attorney, her win would have represented success for an electoral strategy toward Government reform. Her loss, however, deals a blow to long-needed prosecutorial and judicial reform. Cabán for Queens/Fair Use

In New York, movements for reform meet barriers of entrenched machine politics, and élites survive — for now

Machine politics determined each of the outcome of the Queens District Attorney’s race, the staff of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and rulings by Court systems, giving New York élites power to withstand demands for reform by social and economic justice movements.

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