Update: we won the trial!
07.10.2025 13:30 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@timphillipslaw.bsky.social
Minneapolis civil rights lawyer. Member @npapjustice.bsky.social. Also licensed in California. Practicing law since 2008.
Update: we won the trial!
07.10.2025 13:30 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rainy afternoon but there is no such thing as bad weather when one is out knocking for @jchavezmpls.bsky.social and @omarfatehmn.com
06.10.2025 00:56 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0We threw a backyard party with our neighbors yesterday to raise money for the CTUL Action Fund & it was a success!
A lot of people attended (including several of you) & we really appreciate it πβ€οΈ
'Sir, without new tires I'd say you're livin' on the edge'
03.10.2025 13:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Picked one up this morning!
02.10.2025 17:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just wrote a letter to Mumia Abu-Jamal to let him know that Live From Death Row is on this list
02.10.2025 11:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0'We are truly sorry that in reading this message, people who are not residents of California have now experienced discrimination for which 1 (one) dollar does not properly compensate you'
30.09.2025 21:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have cut down
the funds
that were for
the police
and which
they were probably
saving
for hiring
Forgive me
cops were too violent
and broke
certain laws
I love my job. I love what I do. I find deep satisfaction in fighting this fight.
Itβs exhausting. Itβs mentally crushing. At times I daydream about doing something where I craft beauty and joy and bring folks happiness.
For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the cityβfacts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.
28.09.2025 17:44 β π 170 π 53 π¬ 2 π 5"Restaurant that kicked out cop says it boosted business "The co-owner of a Portland vegan restaurant who asked a police officer to leave says the move has been good for business, according to The Oregonian."
remembering this from 2010 for no particular reason
28.09.2025 02:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I planned to vote early, but forgot I'd signed up to receive an absentee ballot in every election! It arrived yesterday and I already voted β€οΈ for Fateh, Davis, & Hampton, Jason Chavez, EHB, Wilson, Olsen & Kedar βοΈ
Here's where you can request an absentee ballot:
mnvotes.sos.mn.gov/abrequest/in...
Thanks to the amazing lawyers at the MacArthur Justice Center for handling the appeal, and to @aclumn.bsky.social, @ij.org, @npapjustice.bsky.social, and @jesspish.bsky.social & Farhang Heydari for filing great amicus briefs!
Here's more about the case:
www.macarthurjustice.org/case/locke-v...
My client in a police misconduct lawsuit won his appeal to the 8th Circuit today!
This was a heartbreaking case where he was tortured via pain compliance while locked down to equipment to protest the construction of Line 3 π
Here's the 8th Circuit opinion:
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/09...
sonic youth
13.09.2025 16:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0no such thing as a free lunch
12.09.2025 11:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0khao hom thai
10.09.2025 23:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I lived in San Francisco from 2006-2012 & saw firsthand how rent control benefited tenants.
Four years ago, Minneapolis voters authorized the City Council to craft a rent control ordinance.
We still don't have rent control. But we have *one* mayoral candidate who supports it: @omarfatehmn.com π―
A screenprint version of this popular image from Justseeds comrade John Fleissner! This print was originally created for students in Los Angeles leading walkouts against ICE raids. https://justseeds.org/product/no-pasaran-3/
A screenprint version of this popular image from Justseeds comrade John Fleissner! This print was originally created for students in Los Angeles leading walkouts against ICE raids. justseeds.org/product/no-p...
29.08.2025 15:21 β π 248 π 85 π¬ 1 π 0Joe and Tim at the Twins game
just a nice photo from yesterday taken by @joewmitchell.bsky.social
22.08.2025 13:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Law review article first page
My law review article on the suppression of campus Palestine protests: βIt is far easier to punish higher education institutionsβ¦and to disappear students from their dorm roomsβ¦when campus protestors have been vilified over the course of more than a year.β scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcont...
20.08.2025 16:15 β π 78 π 39 π¬ 4 π 2It was an awesome performance. Took me back to playing "Hurt" with a close friend on acoustic guitars at a coffeehouse at St. Louis Park High School circa 2001 (so long ago! the Johnny Cash cover hadn't been released yet) π΅β€οΈπΆ
Also, loved to see so many NIN fans eating at J Selby's before the show!
Get ready for people pleading guilty based solely on AI-generated police reports: "six of the seven police departments that responded to Mother Jonesβ public records requests had turned off features that required officers to review AI-generated reports."
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
BREAKING: The Cop City domestic terrorism charge against Jamie Marsicano has been dropped.
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams issued an order Thursday, stating that the 29-month delay in moving the charge forward violated Mariscano's speedy trial and due process rights.
From 2009-2011 in San Francisco, I regularly represented "unhoused people in traffic court to challenge the police citations they received for activities linked to their homeless status."
At the time, I was a new lawyer & used an actual rubber stamp to place my contact information on business cards
happy birthday! this was funny if you've never read it:
archive.ph/YzRvm
they are murdering the people who tell the truth.
11.08.2025 00:26 β π 2950 π 814 π¬ 39 π 6lake superior near lutsen, minnesota
cloud cult performing on august 8, 2025
returned home from the north shore yesterday & got to see cloud cult with friends last night!
09.08.2025 11:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0