'If you’re Alvin Bragg, you’re thinking about this case in relationship to what it means to have a successful prosecution,' said former de Blasio counsel Maya Wiley.
Maya Wiley, a civil rights attorney who is currently president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, echoed Bragg’s remarks earlier this week, saying he needs to limit his public comments while evidence is gathered.
Wiley has navigated similar challenges as counsel to de Blasio and chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an NYPD watchdog agency, in 2016 and 2017. “If you’re Alvin Bragg, you’re thinking about this case in relationship to what it means to have a successful prosecution,” she said.racist dog whistlesBragg, a life-long Harlemite, has tried to bring a nuanced perspective to conversations about public safety, noting that both police and fellow residents have pointed guns at him.
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