US EditionMamdani Appoints Ex-Convict Rapper to Criminal Justice Panel
Mysonne Linen's appointment highlights a shift toward including voices with lived experience in criminal justice reform, sparking debate over public safety and transformative justice.
- Rapper Mysonne Linen, an ex-convict, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's criminal justice transition team.
- Linen co-founded the social justice organization Until Freedom, which advocates against racial injustice.
- The appointment has drawn criticism from groups arguing Linen's past makes him unfit for the role.
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Fox Suddenly Upset At Felons Getting Second Chances
Mayor-elect Mamdani just hired a former felon and social justice advocate who also happens to be Black and not orange, so of course the right wing is losing their minds over it. From Black Enterprise: A Second Chance Looks Good On Mysonne As Rapper-Turned-Activist Is Appointed Mamdani Crime Advisor: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is drawing media attention for his recent decision to appoint rapper-turned-activist Mysonne to his mayoral…
Widow of cabbie mugged by Mamdani's appointee to criminal justice panel speaks up—what she said
Ex-convict-turned-activist Mysonne Linen was among 400 New Yorkers who were appointed to various panels by Zohran Mamdani last month. Linen had been convicted nearly three decades ago for being part of a cab heist crew.
Mamdani's Safety Team Appointment's Past Crimes Spark Outrage
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s controversial safety team appointment is drawing sharp backlash after he selected formerly incarcerated rapper and activist Mysonne Linen to serve on his City Hall transition team for public safety and criminal justice. The choice, announced in a Nov. 26 Instagram post from the social-justice group Until Freedom, placed the 49-year-old on committees that will help shape New York City’s crime-policy direction beginnin…
Mamdani Chooses Felon Rapper Who Served 7 Years in Prison for Key Criminal Justice Position
Far-left New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be getting his advice on the justice system from a former rapper with a felony conviction. Mysonne Linen, 49, served seven years […] The post Mamdani Chooses Felon Rapper Who Served 7 Years in Prison for Key Criminal Justice Position appeared first on The Western Journal.
'Deeply disturbing': Convicted armed robber joins Zohran Mamdani's public safety transition team
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, has provided a number of strong indications that he might be every bit as radical in office as his critics feared in the lead-up to the mayoral election.On Sunday, for instance, the Democratic Socialist conflated "immigrants" with illegal aliens, stressed that New York will always be a "city for all immigrants," and identified ways that people can "stand up to" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforc…
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