DA Charles Hynes: I Don't Regard Bob Herbert's Attack On Me As Bad Press

”I don’t regard Bob Herbert’s attack on me as bad press,” said Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, defiantly, on Brian Lehrer’s WNYC program this morning. Hynes called Bob Herbert’s February 16th New York Times Op-Ed which criticized his office for arresting 31 people in Bushwick, Brooklyn, as being ”naive.” The arrests took place on May 21, 2007. Herbert’s column said:

”The youngest person arrested was 13. All of the kids were handcuffed, cursed at and humiliated, and several spent 30 hours or more in jail.

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