"Cook, who has been on the ground, said he's worried that the rights of those arrested are not being protected. "When they pluck people off the street for simply exercising their First Amendment rights, that's a constitutional violation," Cook said. Cook said he also believes the rights of citizens monitoring or protesting federal officers are also being violated, pointing to examples of people detained seemingly without cause other than shouting at federal agents."
"Cook is not an immigration attorney. His area of expertise is in criminal defense law and mostly in state courts, not federal. "In criminal defense, you have one prime directive," Cook said. "Your mission is to get people out of custody and ... in doing so, make sure the government fully follows the Constitution." Cook works for Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry & Lacy, an Oakland-based law firm with a history of taking on high-profile cases of police or government misconduct."
Cook, a criminal defense attorney, expresses concern that rights of arrested individuals are not being protected when detained for exercising First Amendment rights. He believes citizens monitoring or protesting federal officers have been detained, sometimes seemingly for shouting. Cook's expertise is in criminal defense in state courts rather than immigration law. He works at an Oakland firm experienced in high-profile police and government misconduct cases and began offering pro bono assistance in the Twin Cities. A major obstacle is rapid transfer of detainees to Texas facilities, which prevents timely legal access and preparation for deportation.
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