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Controversial Video Bites Bronx Defenders’ Head

By MARK TOOR
Posted 2/23/15

Bronx Defenders executive director Robin Steinberg last week was denied an award by Harvard University Law School because of negative publicity about her role in approving the filming of a rap video at the organization’s offices that encourages the murder of police officers.

Ms. Steinberg is serving a 60-day unpaid suspension from Bronx Defenders following a Department of Investigation report released Jan. 29 that concluded she did not exercise proper diligence in investigating the rappers and the lyrics, made misleading statements about what her organization knew and failed to discipline two of her organization’s attorneys who encouraged and appeared in the video. The two attorneys resigned under pressure.

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