Posted February 16, 2015 9:18 PM ET; Last updated April 13, 2015 8:38 PM ET
The "Hands Up" music video advocates killing cops, among other despicable acts.
Photo: YouTube
So the lesson is look at what you are endorsing before endorsing it? Is that really necessary for omniscient, morally superior beings? Perhaps the rule should be that ordinary people need to do that, but not superior beings. I mean, like, you know, um, the US Congress did not have to read the awesome health care bill before passing it into settled law. You know what I'm saying?
[From article]
Delivering the Law School Criminal Justice Institute’s inaugural “Trailblazer Lecture” in Wasserstein Hall Friday, Steinberg described her experience during the public scrutiny over the video. According to a New York City investigation, Steinberg did not check the content of the video before allowing two of her employees to appear in it.
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While Steinberg said during the lecture Friday that the video at the heart of the controversy was largely misconstrued and its message distorted, she said that if her organization had been given the proper chance, it would have attempted to edit the video.
“Precisely because its message is so vulnerable to misinterpretation, we would have insisted on editing out those portions of the video that threatened even imagined violence against the police,” she said.
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“It has only been in the terrifying and wild country of being a target myself that I have understood the depths of client need,” she said. “The paralyzing stress of daily fear and the abject loneliness that comes from being unheard and intentionally misunderstood by those with power above you too interested in using it. It is from this outcast state, my outcast state, that I fully intend to blaze a trail forward.”
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/12/steinberg-addresses-video-controversy/
Steinberg Addresses Video Controversy at Law School
By ANDREW M. DUEHREN ,
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[From article]
The Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Law and International Development Society also said they were “hopeful that a ny further inquiries in New York will vindicate Ms. Steinberg, in which case we will look forward to considering her for an honor in a future exhibit.”
However, the investigation into the Bronx Defenders has been completed and no further determinations are expected.
Steinberg is currently serving a 60-day suspension imposed after a probe by the city Department of Investigation found she “made misleading statements to city officials” about the Bronx Defenders’ involvement in a video for the rap song “Hands Up.”
[. . .]
Two lawyers from the Bronx Defenders also appeared in a scene that was shot in their taxpayer-funded office. Those lawyers — Ryan Napoli and Kumar Rao — were forced to resign.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/harvard-cancels-tribute-to-lawyer-who-lied-about-anti-cop-video/
Harvard cancels tribute to lawyer who lied about anti-cop video
By Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
New York Post
February 16, 2015 | 4:26pm
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[From article]
So the lesson is look at what you are endorsing before endorsing it? Is that really necessary for omniscient, morally superior beings? Perhaps the rule should be that ordinary people need to do that, but not superior beings. I mean, like, you know, um, the US Congress did not have to read the awesome health care bill before passing it into settled law. You know what I'm saying?
[From article]
Delivering the Law School Criminal Justice Institute’s inaugural “Trailblazer Lecture” in Wasserstein Hall Friday, Steinberg described her experience during the public scrutiny over the video. According to a New York City investigation, Steinberg did not check the content of the video before allowing two of her employees to appear in it.
[. . .]
While Steinberg said during the lecture Friday that the video at the heart of the controversy was largely misconstrued and its message distorted, she said that if her organization had been given the proper chance, it would have attempted to edit the video.
“Precisely because its message is so vulnerable to misinterpretation, we would have insisted on editing out those portions of the video that threatened even imagined violence against the police,” she said.
[. . .]
“It has only been in the terrifying and wild country of being a target myself that I have understood the depths of client need,” she said. “The paralyzing stress of daily fear and the abject loneliness that comes from being unheard and intentionally misunderstood by those with power above you too interested in using it. It is from this outcast state, my outcast state, that I fully intend to blaze a trail forward.”
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/12/steinberg-addresses-video-controversy/
Steinberg Addresses Video Controversy at Law School
By ANDREW M. DUEHREN ,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
April 12, 2015
April 12, 2015
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[From article]
The Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Law and International Development Society also said they were “hopeful that a ny further inquiries in New York will vindicate Ms. Steinberg, in which case we will look forward to considering her for an honor in a future exhibit.”
However, the investigation into the Bronx Defenders has been completed and no further determinations are expected.
Steinberg is currently serving a 60-day suspension imposed after a probe by the city Department of Investigation found she “made misleading statements to city officials” about the Bronx Defenders’ involvement in a video for the rap song “Hands Up.”
[. . .]
Two lawyers from the Bronx Defenders also appeared in a scene that was shot in their taxpayer-funded office. Those lawyers — Ryan Napoli and Kumar Rao — were forced to resign.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/harvard-cancels-tribute-to-lawyer-who-lied-about-anti-cop-video/
Harvard cancels tribute to lawyer who lied about anti-cop video
By Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
New York Post
February 16, 2015 | 4:26pm
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[From article]
The International Women’s Day exhibit at Harvard Law School will no longer honor Robin Steinberg, the executive director of the Bronx Defenders, a non-profit provider of public defense services in New York City. The annual Law School exhibit, which honors women in the legal profession, revoked its invitation to Steinberg following backlash for her link to the controversial YouTube video “Hands Up.”
Steinberg has come under criticism, as the video’s lyrics and images appear to endorse killing white police officers in retaliation for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, unarmed black men who were killed by white police officers this summer. Two lawyers from the Bronx Defenders were featured in the video, and a New York City Investigation revealed that Steinberg did not check the contents of the video before allowing her employees to take part.
Steinberg has come under criticism, as the video’s lyrics and images appear to endorse killing white police officers in retaliation for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, unarmed black men who were killed by white police officers this summer. Two lawyers from the Bronx Defenders were featured in the video, and a New York City Investigation revealed that Steinberg did not check the contents of the video before allowing her employees to take part.
HLS Student Groups Retract Honor from New York Public Defender
By ANDREW M. DUEHREN
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
February 16, 2015UPDATED: February 16, 2015, at 10:50 p.m.
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[From article]
Students at Harvard Law School plan to honor the Bronx public defender who was caught lying about her organization’s role in an outrageous anti-cop rap video, The Post has learned.
Robin Steinberg is among 50 female lawyers and policymakers who will be lauded next month as an “inspiration” to aspiring attorneys at the elite grad school.
Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, is serving a 60-day suspension after city investigators determined she tried to cover up her taxpayer-funded group’s role in producing a rap video that showed a uniformed cop with guns pointed at his head.
Two underlings were forced to resign over the “Hands Up” video, first reported by The Post.
Despite her questionable ethics, Steinberg’s picture will hang in a place of honor at Harvard Law’s Wasserstein Hall for two weeks as part of the institution’s International Women’s Day celebration.
She will also be recognized in a March 10 keynote address organized by two student-run groups — the Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Harvard Law and International Development Society.
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Robin Steinberg
February 16, 2015UPDATED: February 16, 2015, at 10:50 p.m.
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[From article]
Students at Harvard Law School plan to honor the Bronx public defender who was caught lying about her organization’s role in an outrageous anti-cop rap video, The Post has learned.
Robin Steinberg is among 50 female lawyers and policymakers who will be lauded next month as an “inspiration” to aspiring attorneys at the elite grad school.
Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, is serving a 60-day suspension after city investigators determined she tried to cover up her taxpayer-funded group’s role in producing a rap video that showed a uniformed cop with guns pointed at his head.
Two underlings were forced to resign over the “Hands Up” video, first reported by The Post.
Despite her questionable ethics, Steinberg’s picture will hang in a place of honor at Harvard Law’s Wasserstein Hall for two weeks as part of the institution’s International Women’s Day celebration.
She will also be recognized in a March 10 keynote address organized by two student-run groups — the Harvard Women’s Law Association and the Harvard Law and International Development Society.
[. . .]
Robin Steinberg
Photo: Youtube
The Harvard Law website says Steinberg and other honorees were chosen “based on compelling narratives” about how they “strive for impact and excellence in the legal field” and serve as “an inspiration to students, faculty and staff.”
[. . .]
The video shows rappers “Uncle Murda” and “Maino” holding pistols to the head of a white actor playing an NYPD cop and features the lyric, “For Mike Brown and Sean Bell, a cop got to get killed.”
The two Bronx Defenders lawyers who appeared in the video — Ryan Napoli and Kumar Rao — quit after the video came to light.
The Department of Investigation found in a probe that Steinberg “made misleading statements to city officials about the organization’s involvement.”
Steinberg, who went to NYU Law School, was suspended for 60 days and warned that she would be under increased scrutiny for six months when she returns.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/harvard-law-to-honor-public-defender-amid-rap-video-scandal/
Harvard Law to honor lawyer who lied about anti-cop video
By Tara Palmeri, Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
February 16, 2015 | 5:03am
The Harvard Law website says Steinberg and other honorees were chosen “based on compelling narratives” about how they “strive for impact and excellence in the legal field” and serve as “an inspiration to students, faculty and staff.”
[. . .]
The video shows rappers “Uncle Murda” and “Maino” holding pistols to the head of a white actor playing an NYPD cop and features the lyric, “For Mike Brown and Sean Bell, a cop got to get killed.”
The two Bronx Defenders lawyers who appeared in the video — Ryan Napoli and Kumar Rao — quit after the video came to light.
The Department of Investigation found in a probe that Steinberg “made misleading statements to city officials about the organization’s involvement.”
Steinberg, who went to NYU Law School, was suspended for 60 days and warned that she would be under increased scrutiny for six months when she returns.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/harvard-law-to-honor-public-defender-amid-rap-video-scandal/
Harvard Law to honor lawyer who lied about anti-cop video
By Tara Palmeri, Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
February 16, 2015 | 5:03am
New York Post
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