“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” - “Let's Break The Silence Together”
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In order to track bad actors in borough district attorney's offices and other law enforcement agencies throughout NYC who refuse to investigate, arrest and prosecute crime perpetrators, we need to document the blowback and victim-blaming that women often hear from both the police and the district attorneys when we use the criminal legal system to attain justice. The Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is refusing to address the misconduct of her staffers and members of NYPD. These are telephone conversations between me and high-level members of the Queens District Attorney's office of Melinda Katz. PO Miguel Delacruz is an active member of NYPD. He committed multiple felonies and misdemeanors against me. PO Delacruz unlawfully surveilled our intimate encounter, threatened me, disseminated multiple video files, concealed the physical evidence. The Queens District Attorney's Office of Melinda Katz is not only refusing to prosecute PO Miguel Delacruz but is refusing to initiate a special proceeding in The Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term, before the Honorable Joseph A. Zayas, Administrative Judge of Queens County, Criminal Term, seeking the appointment of a special district attorney. I’m so thankful to have Maya, Larry, Priscilla, Adam, Rocco, Molly, David, Diego and other reporters working on my story. I am forever grateful for the tremendous support from my family, friends, my attorney, Joe Murray, and his whole team. "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" - " Let's Break The Silence Together " Melinda Katz NY1 Debate, October 23, 2019 and Melinda Katz Twitter, April 8, 2021
“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” - “Let's Break The Silence Together”
5 - 10/14/20 Kadijah Mohammad-Starling - Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
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Valentina Veleva
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Season 1
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Episode 5
Supervising ADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling:
October 14, 2020: SADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling again informed Valentina that it was determined that the video was insufficient evidence to proceed, without providing any details as to why.
Joseph W. Murray
Attorney for Ms. Valentina Veleva