![]() ![]() “It’s almost like throwing sand on someone’s face, kicking someone while they’re down,” said Thornhill, who is also Black. “Having epithets hurled at him by court staff of all people? Crazy. ![]() It’s unfathomable.”Īcross the city, condemnation has been broad, including reactions from the prosecutors on the case and the juvenile justice agency currently housing the youth in detention. ![]() Kimberly Joyce, spokesperson for New York City’s Law Department said her agency “will cooperate in any way possible” with the review of the incident and welcomes its “swift” completion. “The people whose futures are adjudicated in Family Court are children,” Joyce said. “No child – especially a child – should ever be referred to with the language alleged here. They should expect no less from every court employee.” She added her office’s prosecutors “strive to treat even our adversaries with fairness, compassion and respect in word and in deed. Thornhill, a court-assigned attorney in Manhattan for over 25 years who has litigated in courtrooms with Prainito for over a decade, said the boy’s mother did not hear the remarks due to bad reception. He also said the teen hadn’t heard the remarks and informed him today, due to the ensuing media coverage. The teen was due to appear in court again soon, Thornhill said. “I had to make sure a complaint was filed, that was my mission, and a complaint has been filed,” he said, adding that the court system’s inspector general’s office had contacted him about the case. ![]()
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