The Shame of Abuse – How Public Scorn Helps Sustain Silence
The public still asks the wrong questions about abuse. Why did she stay? Why did she go back? Why did she keep texting? Why...
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The Scope-of-Employment Fiction: How Municipal Defense Doctrine Became a Shield for Private Abuse
When public power is used for private ends, taxpayer-funded defense stops protecting public service and starts subsidizing the misuse of office. Executive Summary...
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The Scope-of-Employment Fiction: How Public Institutions Stretch a Limiting Doctrine Into a Shield for Private Abuse
Executive Summary The concept of “scope of employment” is supposed to serve as the central limiting principle in municipal defense statutes. It distinguishes between...
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If Not Here, Then Where? How New York City’s Maddrey Decision Exposes the Need for a Transparent and Principled Defense Standard
Executive Summary New York City’s reported refusal to continue funding the legal defense of former Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey did not end...
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Counterintuitive, Not Incredible: What Brooke Nevils’s Account Reveals About Coercion, Credibility, and Behavior Too Often Misread as Consent
Public discussion of sexual abuse still suffers from a credibility problem, but not the one many people think. The deeper problem is that the...
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Defense Is Not Immunity: Why New York City’s Refusal to Defend Jeffrey B. Maddrey Should Trigger Broader Review of NYPD Sexual-Misconduct Representation
Executive Summary New York City’s refusal to continue funding the legal defense of former Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey should not be read...
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Permission to Exercise a Right: Why New York City’s Police Commissioner Endorsement Requirement for Carry License Holders Must Be Legally Challenged
How a municipal endorsement requirement allows the NYPD to convert lawful carry authority—held by licensed citizens and retired police officers alike—into a discretionary privilege...
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Bronx Filing Challenges NYPD Discipline as a System of Sealed-Record Abuse, Gender Bias, and Institutional Opacity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bronx, New York — March 9, 2026 — A newly filed lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State...
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Legal Commentary: The Complaint Against Inspector Jeremy Scheublin Is About More Than One Officer — It Is About What the NYPD Tolerates
The newly filed verified complaint in N.T. v. City of New York and Jeremy Scheublin does not present itself as a case about a...
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