Thread by @DrRJKavanagh

Thankful that @RFKHumanRights allowed 105 women and children to get free! nyti.ms/2DCeFNw

But incredibly angry that @NYCMayor & others who knew better engaged in so much scaremongering about this program. While @nytimes is following up with this story, we all know @nypost won't, so the "bailing people out will result in bloodbath" narrative will not be corrected.

And also disappointed that the promulgation of this narrative seemed to result in some winding back of the program from its initial goal of spending $2 million down to just over $1 million. Hoping that this tremendous success will mean more people will be bailed out.

And, more critically, persuade legislators that we need to #endcashbail not just for misdemeanors but for all offenses.

PS. @nytimes, not "inmates" - people who are/were incarcerated.