When Justin Brannan’s Politics Comes Before His Constituents
A Queens Councilman wrote that the NYC Progressive Caucus supported a no rollback on the bail reform bill.
WAIT. Isn’t Councilman Brannan part of the Progressive Caucus? I went to check – Yes, he still is part of that group.
A 31 year-old Bay Ridge woman was sexually assaulted in the bathroom of the 95th Street Train Station. The woman fought off her attacker as he pulled down her pants in an attempt to rape. This Bay Ridge woman fought like hell for herself. A man banged on the door outside, but ultimately the woman was strong enough to fight off her attacker. Just a month before, her attacker was in jail since December 2018. These are the facts that were printed in many newspapers. See here.
On social media, Justin Brannan never said that the Bay Ridge woman was attacked by someone who was released because of bail reform. The young man was in jail since December 2018 and was released in December 2019. Brannan actually blamed the judge for the situation happening!
Justin Brannan should not be supporting the bill as it stands because a woman in his area was hurt by this law. Politics aside – people are what matters and the Bay Ridge woman should not be collateral damage of NYS Politician’s laws.
If this assault happened to Mrs. Brannan, you wouldn’t be reading this writing right now. Justin Brannan would have called for immediate bail reform. But because the woman who was assaulted isn’t someone Brannan knows, he doesn’t care. In case you are not aware, a NYC law changed sooo fast after Mrs. Brannan’s store was ticketed. See here
You will notice the Progressive Caucus’ statement is dated February 15th – Councilman Brannan was active on both Facebook and Twitter. He didn’t share his support for the Progressive Caucus on social media because he knows Bay Ridge residents won’t accept politics over people. That woman is someone’s sister, friend, neighbor and she’s one of us. What happened should NEVER happen to any woman and Justin Brannan should be voicing that, instead of hiding it.
Hugs,
marlene
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