The Brooklyn DA's Begin Again program

whynot_31

I began jabbering about the Begin Again program while discussing NYC ID because some of the goals are the same:
http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44404/nyc-begins-a-municipal-id-program/p2

However, I think it is worthy of its own thread.

Here's a flyer:


Here's a video

whynot_31

press:  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/nyregion/in-brooklyn-an-effort-to-erase-warrants-for-low-level-offenses.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

"But unlike amnesty, Mr. Thompson said, his program forces people to take a
measure of responsibility. They have to decide to deal with the issue:
get up on a Saturday, visit a place teeming with the authorities and
wait in line. Only then can they emerge with a clean record.

It is one front in a broader push for changes in the criminal justice
system. From Baltimore to Ferguson, Mo., to Brooklyn, the scrutiny on
law enforcement over the past year has given new light to longstanding
inequities, and new energy to reform efforts."