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Latoya Joyner

Latoya Joyner is a New York Assemblymember for 77th district in the Bronx.

5/6/2021

Albany Must Give Young New Yorkers A Right to Counsel Before Police Interrogations

Last fall, in a cramped interrogation room, a NYPD detective read a 17-year-old his Miranda rights and asked whether he was willing to answer questions. Sitting next to the boy was his mother.