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@ScottHech
Oct 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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12 years of marriage to @DigiAbby today! Was thinking of how many incredible opportunities I've had to work w/ & learn from her. I'll start here. In Eastern Cape, South Africa. Then 5 mos pregnant. Took vacation time to assist her on a doc for local partners on equal education.
Got to work w/ Abby when I was at Brooklyn Defender Services. W/ immigrant clients co-wrote, directed, & produced WeHaveRights.us, a 4 part animated series on how to safely defend yourself in encounters with ICE. 7 languages. Powerful storytelling.
Once ICE started ramping up arrests after COVID first struck, I got to work w/ Abby again, @witnessorg, & Fiona Apple. Short film on documenting abuses by ICE. Again co-written w/ people w/ first hand experience. Who had witnessed loved ones arrested.
Most recently, followed @DigiAbby's & partner @MichaelKleiman's lead in producing this powerful film on Calvin Duncan's ongoing fight to topple a racist KKK law in Oregon that still imprisons hundreds as part of the stillinprison.org campaign.
I can't help it. I'm a proud husband. More on my wife @DigiAbby's work--on issues international & domestic--here: variantstrategies.com. Oh and don't tell her I'm bragging on her. I'm trying to stay married to her. 🤫🤣

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Feb 16
If true, the implications of DHS seeking identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE go far beyond “speech” and “privacy.”

We’re talking about core constitutional structure — how far the government can go to monitor dissent. Thread:
Start with the obvious: the First Amendment.

Criticizing a federal agency is not a fringe activity. It is protected political speech at the very heart of the Constitution.

Targeting critics is not neutral enforcement. It’s viewpoint-based scrutiny.
But this is also a Fourth Amendment issue.

Bulk requests for names, emails, phone numbers, identifying data tied to online accounts begin to look less like targeted investigation and more like digital fishing expeditions.

That raises serious questions about unreasonable search.
Read 15 tweets
Scott Hechinger Profile picture
Jan 9
I’ve seen ICE’s exact justification before: turning a moving car into a supposed deadly weapon after the fact. To justify extreme force.

In 2018, as a public defender in Brooklyn, I defended a man charged with attempted assault on that basis.

More:
The officer said he had to “jump out of the way” and could have been killed. Sound familiar?

Fortunately we found surveillance video.

It showed the officer was never in danger—my client pulled away, and as in Minnesota, the officer was safely to the side of the vehicle.
When prosecutors saw the video, they didn’t just dismiss the case.
They indicted the officer for perjury.

He was ultimately convicted and sentenced. Image
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Nov 26, 2025
This may be the most important post you read today.

As ICE invades American cities & commits brutal acts of violence, below is a shareable film series written *by immigrants for immigrants* on how to safely defend against ICE.

Feeling helpless? Here’s something you can do to help. Read on:
Protect your neighbors from ICE. Share:

🚨If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic & remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. Don’t open the door. Ask to see a warrant. ICE can’t enter w/o one.

All 5 videos. 8 languages. At .

Watch and share: wehaverights.us
Protect your neighbors from ICE. Share:

🚨 Rights don’t just stop at the doorway. If ICE makes their way inside of your home remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS.

All 5 videos. 8 languages. At .

Watch and share: wehaverights.us
Read 7 tweets
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Nov 4, 2025
As a public defender in Brooklyn, I spent years in courtrooms watching lives decided in minutes—with no one watching, listening, or caring. So many voices went unheard.

That’s why Teen Vogue’s politics team mattered so much. And why their loss hurts. 🧵
hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
“More police aren’t the answer to rising violence in Chicago.” — Public Defender

This piece called out fear-based policing and asked what safety rooted in care might look like.
teenvogue.com/story/rising-c…
“More police aren’t the answer to rising violence in Chicago.” — Public Defender

This piece called out fear-based policing and asked what safety rooted in care might look like.
teenvogue.com/story/rising-c…
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Aug 25, 2025
Trump announced today he's ending “cashless bail” in DC & threatening cities across the country. It’s all based on fear—not facts. I was a public defender for a decade. I work with orgs across the country.

Here’s what’s really true about bail, crime, & safety. 🧵
Everywhere that’s reduced pretrial jailing—even modestly—has seen the same outcome: more safety, more freedom, and massive cost savings. That’s not spin.

It’s data, across wildly different jurisdictions. justjournalism.org/page/bail-refo…
We know why pretrial freedom works: when people are free, they keep jobs, care for families, get meds, access housing, go to treatment. Pretrial incarceration doesn’t solve problems—it creates them.

And freedom doesn’t mean danger. It means opportunity. gatheringforfreedom.org
Read 14 tweets
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May 11, 2025
This may be the most important post you read today.

As we see ICE escalating violence against immigrants & citizens alike, below is a shareable film series by immigration lawyers on how to safely defend against ICE.

Feeling helpless? Here’s something you can do. Read on:
The Constitution protects us from ICE.

🚨If ICE is outside your door, don’t panic & remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS. Don’t open the door. Ask to see a warrant. ICE can’t enter w/o one.

All 5 videos. 8 languages. At .

Watch and share: wehaverights.us
The Constitution protects immigrants & citizens from ICE.

🚨 Rights don’t just stop at the doorway. If ICE makes their way inside of your home remember: YOU HAVE RIGHTS.

All 5 videos. 8 languages. At .

Watch and share: wehaverights.us
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