Black Matt Murdock
@thehandsomezach
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He/him 🇺🇸 Imagine if Nick Miller was Black and became a public defender. *secretly* Daredevil
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I’m sick and I’m watching Sex and the City for the first time. Let’s see what the hype is about.
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The highest compliment a client can ever give you is name drop you in their single.
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You remember that Tallahassee DUI case with the evidence tampering?
Jury found him guilty
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I’m gonna graduate law school, pass the Bar, and become a public defender this year. Speaking it all into existence.
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Cancel culture is people with criminal records unable to get jobs, housing, or an education. But people losing access to Social Media or endorsements is a much sexier fight to have on Twitter.
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This guy tries like 4 murders a year.
Bullshit. This man has seen it all. This man will file the most scathing motion you’ve ever read & follow up with a “sent from my iPhone” email. This man sees the judges daily & won’t be fooled by your BigLaw ~fear me~ attitude. I’d trust this man with my life.
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Bastard out of Carolina is everything To Kill a Mockingbird wishes it was.
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Being a young lawyer (2 years in) watching Brian Steel is inspiring. He’s the type of lawyer I want to be “when I grow up”
Brian Steel is a goddamn lawyer's lawyer. Wants to make sure the record is preserved for appeal AS he is being carried away in handcuffs on a separate reversible error
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I really wish the media would stop sensationalizing appeals.
They are morally neutral. And
1. Common
2. A Right.
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I believe in an America where I can make fun of dumb losers for being dumb losers.
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@TimCushing
The fact that "don't break the law" Twitter is also "don't tread on me" Twitter leaves me dazed and confused every single day.
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Every single criminal defense lawyer has thought this statement at one point or another.
Steel is made of well . . . steel.
Steel: "this Honorable Court" excuse me let me rephrase that "this Court"
Today was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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My grandmother never finished grade school. My great-grandmother never went.
I'm in law school.
I am my ancestors wildest dreams.
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As a 1L, I went over to a friend’s place for Friendsgiving. She had a son who was really shy. Like 4 or 5. Anyway the kid would look at me, then run away. Finally, he whispers something to his mom and points at me. My friend says “He thinks your Black Panther.”
Made my day.
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Holy Shit I think I discovered Confederate Truther Twitter.
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Aren’t prosecutors supposed to “protect their verdicts”. Why have an ex parte discussion with the judge and a witness without defense counsel there?
Oh silly me. They thought they’d get away with it.
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Yeah I passed the Bar. I officially become a public defender tomorrow. Pay raise yadda yadda
What's important is that I can now put "lawyer" in my tinder bio. Priorities people.
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Thanksgiving 1L year I slept on a deflated air mattress because I couldn’t afford a bed. Now, I’m a semester away from graduating law school. AND I have a bed.
God is Good.
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Zealously
How do lawyers defend people who are obviously guilty of brutal, awful crimes?
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I love it when the criminal defense bar comes together.
Ashleigh Merchant entered the courtroom to defend Brian Steele
She mentions about 20-25 other lawyers came along with her and are outside waiting
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You dream about these moments as defense counsel.
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Ya boy got into his law school’s criminal defense clinic.
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Shout out to the PD lol.
We’ve all been there; it’s a right of passage.
A Michigan district judge was shocked after a man with a suspended driver’s license joined his court Zoom call *while driving a car*
"Mr Harris, are you driving?"
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I got my Bar number today!
(I’ve never memorized a set of digits faster)
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One of the biggest myths about the juvenile justice system is that it’s meant to be rehabilitative.
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Everyone is for criminal justice reform until you ask them to grapple with the morality of anything more than a suburban teenager with a dime bag.
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@ all
#IStandWithVic
I know frustrated at what you believe to be a miscarriage of justice after the hearing today.
A good man would not gloat his own victory. Would not salt deep wounds. Would feel an ounce of sympathy for those who gave their money to a doomed cause.
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Bar prep sucks but I drank water and I ate a vegetable today. Plus I haven't had booze in weeks. Basically I'm running on 5G.
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Body worn cameras give me a whole helluva lot respect for OG Defense lawyers. You still see police officers behave *very* badly knowing they’re recorded. I can only imagine what practicing was like when they weren’t recorded.
Progressives accidentally agreed with police on a much needed reform that completely vindicated their political enemy: the police. It turns out having detailed footage of police encounters just shows how often police are dealing with the worst members of society and the vast vast
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@RottenInDenmark
What’s bothered me about the genre is that as a Black male between the age of 18 and 35 I’m more likely to be a victim of crime yet never the focus or framed that way by the genre.
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#IStandWithVic
y'all really gave y'all money to
@NickRekieta
and
@TyBeard10
for this???
Some good folks like
@questauthority
feels angry on your behalf.
I. Do. Not.
You deserved it.
Each and every single one of you.
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Yes, the NYT should have educated the public about the county's history of race based chattel slavery without mentioning the race, chattel, or slavery parts.
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@RoxanneSilver
@msolurin
She supposed to put her boobs in her purse and take them out after work???
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A spot of good news.
Attempted murder charges dropped against boyfriend of shooting victim Breonna Taylor
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If my significant other had an issue with me sending a Valentine’s Day gift to my recently dead brother’s wife I’d just . . . leave her. Immediately.
My partner's brother passed away late last year and the wife phoned yesterday asking me to thank my partner for buying her a valentine present. I pretended to have known about it and she went on to tell me what it was and guess what ladies it’s the same present he bought
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You allowed your hatred of all things "PC" or "SJW" to lead you into the arms of a false prophet and a snake oil salesman.
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Well we do charge children as adults and send them to prison at 15. So maybe the voting age should be 15?
How odd it is that our voting age is 18. The vast majority have never paid rent,paid a mortgage, supported a family, paid property taxes, bought a car, bought insurance,paid for health care,held a full time job,paid utility bills, paid income tax..maybe voting age should be 30🤣
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Here’s a thread about the importance of not talking to cops.
1/x
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To be sure, I don't give a fuck about you either. But at least I'm honest about it. You and I know exactly what defines our "relationship" . I'm not trying to scam you out of your hard earned dollars based on crack-addled legal theories.
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I feel like ever since I started law school there’s a never ending struggle between my “normal” brain and my “lawyer” brain. Does this ever end? Or does one consume the other like a twin in the womb?
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“Deregulation wait no not like that!!!”
The left-wing Mayor and City Council in Charlotte just passed a plan to eliminate single-family zoning in our neighborhoods. The liberals are not kidding...they want to destroy your quality of life, all using the fake narrative of social justice!
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In important news, I got a PD job offer for after the Feb Bar and I'm taking it.
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So masks aren't mandated for my in person Bar exam. I'm gonna get Covid. Fuck
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Everything
#lawtwitter
said would happen, did happen. Even sooner than many expected.
You have wasted your time, your money, and your dignity.
Stanning for the likes of
@vicmignogna
@NickRekieta
and
@TyBeard10
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So first things first.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I too am descended from slave owners. I wonder how on Earth that’s possible.
ah, um, hmm, maybe these folks want to think twice before running with “you can’t say you are a descendant of slaves if one of your ancestors was a slaveowner”
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Say it with me now
“ICE is a rogue gov’t agency that must be abolished”
Mory Keita was a key witness in a case alleging abuse of immigrant detainees at Ohio's Butler County Jail.
A judge said last week Keita shouldn't be deported until after he testifies. ICE already had him on a plane to Guinea
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At every PD office there’s a person who’s an unofficial “expert” for a certain charge.
Unrelated me and my best friend in the office are called the “ the stalker boys”
😂
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Here’s my follow up thread:
Don’t talk to other people either.
Here’s a thread about the importance of not talking to cops.
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If only you knew someone who could work on that.
"It is still illegal federally" -- Jen Psaki explains why past marijuana use resulted in a number of White House staffers losing their jobs
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None of whom (and I cannot stress this enough) give a single solitary fuck about you.
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Just got a verdict in my 3rd jury trial since February.
One word.
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2 words.
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I’m gonna start a podcast. Titled:
“1001 ways Zach is gonna tell you ‘don’t talk to police’”.
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I'm an asshole. Petty. Charming but an asshole all the same.
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Mercy is unevenly distributed in this country. But the problem isn't the mercy; it's the uneven distribution.
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JR Smith, Drake, and Jared Dudley covers most of the “Black Uncle” spectrum.
LeBron, Drake, JR Smith and Jared Dudley all showed up to Sierra Canyon to watch Bronny 👀
(via
@kristenmlago
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Yet, there was still an escape hatch. In comes
#lawtwitter
fillled with skilled professionals with experience in this subset of law: like
@greg_doucette
@HaygoodLaw
even he must not be @'ed the great Kenny W.
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There's no political party for the rights of criminal defendants.
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When you catch them cheating and it’s “who told you that” not “I didn’t do it”.
Whoa. Brian Steele is now confronting Judge Glanville about an ex parte conversation between the judge, the DA, and a witness. Steele says this violates the Georgia Constitution. Judge Glanville wants to know how he found out. Steele refuses to say. 👀👀
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What, and I mean this sincerely, the fuck is wrong with you?
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A lot of people are dunking this headline: but; there's nothing more cop-like than "I'm here to help and now i've shot people"
Kyle Rittenhouse, who has idolized law enforcement since he was young, arrived in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020, with at least one mission: to play the role of police officer and medic. The night would end with him fatally shooting two men and wounding another.
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This is from . . . May.
@Quillette
@RichardHanania
The essay is worth reading. Many isolated young men are attracted to online anonymous fascism, racism, and misogyny. When exposed, some express regret- but it's reasonable to wonder how regretful they would be if they had remained undetected. 10/x
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Maybe . . . Not to be summarily executed by the government for being a lawful gun owner in his own home 🤷🏿♂️
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1. She wasn’t slick. (Trust I’ve heard slick. I could tell stories for days about judges going in on clients).
2. The end result is that’s she’ll probably be harsher on everyone going forward.
I’m sure Judge Mary Kay Holthus is gonna watch that slick a$$ mouth when deciding on folks freedom moving forward…
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Vaccine hesitancy from folks that snort coke every weekend is wild.
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Yet, your path was stuck in stone. You refused to see what was right in front of you.
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
Your senpai was all knowing how could he possibly be wrong? Facts can't care about feelings right?
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He got kicked off his dad’s healthcare plan at 33.
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Through law school, I realized there is no skill more valuable than the ability to read a room.
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I take the Bar on Tuesday and I am oddly . . . zen.
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Beat his felonies guilty on a lesser included misdemeanor. He doesn’t do years in prison.
Good fucking day at the office.
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Boy, have I got some news for you on how our criminal legal system works.
My brain can't compute this pic. Just truly cannot believe they cuffed him and hauled him off and threw him in a jumpsuit and took a mugshot. Insane that not one person stepped in during the process and said maybe we don't need to do all of this
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The YSL trial is an illustration of why long trials suck.
High stress. Everyone is grumpy. More room for error.
You can do a murder trial in a week.
This public performance piece won’t be done till 2026-ish at this pace.
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I was sworn into the FL Bar today. Thank you to everyone on here for rooting and supporting me. As a professional word user, I still can’t put my sense of gratitude into words for all the help I’ve received over the last year. ❤️
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“You know how many drug dealers disguise their drugs as candy”
I’ve never met a drug dealer disguise their drugs as candy.
*whispers* and I’ve met a lot.
Dealers aren’t giving out drugs for free. That’s not how selling drugs works.
1. With the drug crisis as bad as it is, it’s insane to allow kids to take and eat candy from complete strangers. You know how many drug dealers disguise their drugs as candy? Plus, all the candy goes in the same basket so you have no way of knowing which candy came from where.
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Criminal defense practitioners everywhere:
Habba attacking the judge: But I was told to sit down today. I was yelled at and I've had a judge who is unhinged slamming a table. I don’t tolerate that in my life, I’m not going to tolerate it here
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To quote my mom: “It’s obvious you’ve thought about this a lot. I don’t think you’ve thought about it very hard.”
retribution is good actually. a society in which it’s clear that abusing, raping, stalking, etc is likely to get you an ass beating is good actually. the problem with prisons is not that they’re punitive but that they control and structure retribution in oppressive ways.
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Once, when I was teenager my mom goes:
“Zach, tell me what do you say if police want to talk to you”
Lil Zach: Pork is bad for my cholesterol.
She didn’t think it was funny.
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We don’t.
We cannot live in a world where Twitter’s terms of service are more important than the terms in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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A Tallahassee Police Department officer can be seen on body cam pouring out a sealed bottle of liquor and tossing it in Calvin Riley's passenger seat, before arresting him for a DUI.
Riley’s jury trial begins on April 5th
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Is she supposed to put her ass in her purse or something?
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I’m reminded of what my first mentor in the office taught me as a PD:
“We don’t build the planes Zach, we just fly them”.
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In personal news, I’ve completed my first week at my school’s Juvenile Defense Clinic.
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"Criminal defense lawyer previously represented person convicted of crimes"
The Crumbleys’ lawyer also represented Larry Nassar. That tells you everything you need to know about them.
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Three things are true.
1. No one is as good a liar as they think they are.
2. No is as good a communicator as they think they are.
3. Cops really really like arresting people.
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Is there a German word for when you haven’t eaten all day because you were waiting on your crock pot dinner then it comes to eating time and you find out you absolutely fucked it up?
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Glanville must have, must have said some wildly inappropriate shit in that meeting.
Attorney Ashleigh Merchant, president of the
@MYGACDL
, said she will represent Steel in trying to obtain his release from custody.
"We’re not OK with this,” she said. “We’re not going to let this happen to our brother, who was simply doing his job.”
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Shutting the Fuck Up is not exclusive to cops.
Shut up.
Shut up now.
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Court today:
Judge to my client: Any questions about your plea?
Client: *gestures in my direction* Can you give him a raise?
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