TRUTH: Please watch all of this. NY Assembly Speaker @CarlHeastie is a champion. Standing firm against fear. Defending commonsense bail reform. Calling out sensationalism. "This criminal justice reform is something so ingrained in my spirit that we had to right the wrongs."
@CarlHeastie "We support safe communities. We want to work with our law enforcement. At the same time, we want to ensure we have a fair & equitable criminal justice system that tries to remove as much bias as possible. It has not been fair. Particularly for poor people & people of color."
@CarlHeastie Sets record straight on pre-trial release options: “Theres myriad of options when released. We’ve actually given judges *more* opportunities to have interaction between court & the accused person up until trial than before the new law. Check ins. Curfews. Electronic monitoring."
@CarlHeastie "They called him the 'Serial Puncher.' This is somebody who clearly needs mental health services, & the judge had the opportunity to ask for a mental health observation. And clearly that’s what happened because now this person is getting the mental health services they deserve." 
@CarlHeastie Principle: "There has been sensationalism. The convenient thing & political thing to do is blame the law. I think we’ve done a lot of wonderful things in the state. But this criminal justice reform is something that is so ingrained in my spirit that we had to right the wrongs."
@CarlHeastie Please visit JusticeNotFear.org, and join me & others in calling (literally calling) Speaker Heastie's colleagues to encourage them to stand strong, like him, against fear. And to remember that they voted last year for reason. Nothing has changed, but political expediency.
