julie niesen

@julieniesen.bsky.social

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hurt a cop’s feelings & he paid my legal bills. police accountability advocate, former food writer (Gannett, NPR, Scripps) & tech marketer (Cisco, Zebra). Now: 3L, event pro, consultant & biz owner. formerly winemedineme.

A screenshot of Microsoft Word with its AI asking "What would you like to create today?"
Elmo with a World War Two style background, looking shell shocked and disturbed.
A photo of a cookie with the name “Moroccanoil x maman Vanilla Cloud Cookie”
The band Queens of the Stone Age playing on a stage.
Craigslist ad asking for seat fillers for the Patriot Day parade. Link goes to the ad itself.
The Cincinnati Black United Front (CBUF) has played an instrumental role in advancing historic reforms in policing practices in Cincinnati, Ohio. These reforms have paved the way for other agencies to adopt our model of transparency and accountability. We extend our deepest sympathies to both families who lost loved one’s last week. Our prayers are with them during this incredibly difficult time. Today, our community is once again grappling with the police shooting of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton. The policies, procedures, and strategies outlined in the historic Collaborative Agreement have provided critical guidance through similar tragic events in the past, and we turn to them again now. We are putting forth the following recommendations and expectations to the City of Cincinnati and its administration and the Hamilton County Prosecutor: 1. CBUF expects full and timely compliance with the Collaborative Agreement’s investigative protocols regarding the shooting of Ryan Hinton. 2. CBUF expects a parallel investigation by the Cincinnati Citizens Complaint Authority (CCA), to proceed concurrently with criminal and internal investigations. 3. The city owns a Leica 360 mapping camera and software. CBUF recommends that the CCA conduct a Leica 360 analysis of the scene, including the perspectives of each officer present, the visual line to Mr. Hinton, the timeline of any release of a firearm found on the scene, and a reconstruction of Mr. Hinton’s movements. 4. CBUF recommends that the CCA retain an independent expert to conduct an additional review of all relevant body cameras and other available footage. This analysis should determine whether the officer could reasonably have perceived a deadly threat. A thorough forensic review and interviews with witnesses are essential.
Image from Ohio Women's Bar Association Foundation advertising a CLE entitled "Identifying the Gaps: Obstacles to Advancement" presented by Jake McMillan, a white man who is the Director of Diversity at Dickinson Wright.
Blonde woman outdoors wearing tshirt that says “on Wednesdays, we smash the patriarchy”
A supremely superb cartoon owl standing inexplicably on top of tortilla chips.
Six glasses of white wine lined up for tasting
Email for a webinar from Lexis Nexis in which they will attempt to explain why the rule of law matters as if nothing is happening in the courts that is directly opposite of the rule of law.
Me, a blonde woman in glasses, wearing a fur trimmed coat while it snows.
Woman’s tattooed hand
Luigi but in a Barbie font
Two packages of Isigny Ste. Mere butter.
Boxing gloves holding a Tyson brand nicotine pouch container.
drawing of a whale being carrieed by birds and a net, aka the Fail Whale