Alex S. Vitale
@alexvitale.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center. Coordinator Policing and Social Justice Project. Author The End of Policing.
My conversation with the folks at Life After the Impact and Josh Davis about his new book on police repression of the Civil Rights Movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeA...
Prof. Alex S. Vitale and Prof. Joshua Clark Davis
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dems: ICE is bad, cops are good! cops will protect us from ICE. cops: Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan said of Wilson’s plan that “The concept of pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen.”
People who claim they oppose defunding policing because others don't like it are just covering up their own pro police pro authoritarian viewpoint. When push comes to shove they don't actually care about other people's views.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2w agoThe "defund the police" cost Democrats countless elections claim always sits awkwardly with the fact that peak "defund" activism was 2020, the year that Democrats won their first federal governing trifecta since 2008.
People who claim they oppose defunding policing because others don't like it are just covering up their own pro police pro authoritarian viewpoint. When push comes to shove they don't actually care about other people's views.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2w agoThe "defund the police" cost Democrats countless elections claim always sits awkwardly with the fact that peak "defund" activism was 2020, the year that Democrats won their first federal governing trifecta since 2008.
This is a good moment to remind everyone just how abusive even police admit they are. It’s an open secret. Even the FBI found that 40% of responding cops reported that they committed physical abuse against their spouse in the last 6 months. That’s 10 times more than the general population.
Steve Held@peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 3w agoHis ex-wife said “that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship,” and he asked her to lie for him. Exactly the kind of chud you’d expect to work for ICE.
The police always choose punishment over public safety.
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3w agoMoreover, for the umpteenth time, unless you're dealing with a mass killing in which a driver is actively trying to mow people down -- which was not the case here -- shooting into a moving vehicle *increases* the threat to public safety. Because killing the driver doesn't stop the vehicle.
ICE=cops. Cops lie. They are trained to lie. And the next time @npr.org asks for your money, tell them no. You can't quote ICE, never note that they have lied about every single shooting investigation, and keep pretending you’re a journalist. www.mainepublic.org/maine/2026-0...
Developing: 26-year-old Colombian man killed in ICE shooting was not subject of arrest warrant
The FBI and the Maine Attorney General's Office are investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by federal law enforcement in Biddeford Monday morning. And, according to Maine Sen....
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most murders are committed by someone the victim knows - a partner, neighbor etc. but in cases where there is no relationship between murderer & victim? the killer is a cop about a third of the time. if you are killed by a stranger, there is a 1 in 3 chance that stranger is a cop.
Violence in Blue
‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’
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Children are becoming ill due to high classroom temperatures. Yet the DfE has excluded climate threats or eco anxiety from their updated KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance. At what point will they accept the climate crisis is an education crisis? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke
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One of the problems with the Nordic model is that it encourages police to surveil sex workers. Sex workers dont need state surveillance, they need safety.
If you have not been involved in resisting the unprecedented expansion of ICE—and of all it represents about how our society has lost its way—now is the time to start. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neg...
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Police keeping women and children safe. pix11.com/news/local-n...
Off-duty police officer accused of rape: NYPD
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested on Wednesday evening and charged with rape, according to the NYPD. The suspect, identified as Joshua Acosta, 39, was apprehended…
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California Cops Tracked Protesters Using Orange County Sheriff's Flock System For over 19 months, cops across the Golden State continuously used OCSD’s Flock system to track protesters, almost all linked to anti-ICE demonstrations.
California Cops Tracked Protesters Using Orange County Sheriff's Flock System
For over 19 months, cops across the state continuously used OCSD’s Flock system to track protesters, almost all linked to anti-ICE demonstrations.
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"Perjury is the native tongue of law enforcement"- Gore Vidal www.pennlive.com/crime/2026/0...
Watch: Video contradicts ICE account of why agent opened fire in Harrisburg neighborhood
Two ICE vehicles blocked in a suspect they were trying to arrest Wednesday morning, then agents opened fire.
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Southerners Against Surveillance Systems and Infrastructure and Muslim Justice League is holding a discussion abt fusion centers based on a @makcapitalism.bsky.social ep with MJL's Fatema Ahmed & me. Check out the podcast & see the sign up for the discussion below www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ES...
This looks super interesting.
Brendan McQuade@bmcquade.bsky.social · 2mo agoSoutherners Against Surveillance Systems and Infrastructure and Muslim Justice League is holding a discussion abt fusion centers based on a @makcapitalism.bsky.social ep with MJL's Fatema Ahmed & me. Check out the podcast & see the sign up for the discussion below www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ES...
Excited about being on this panel tonight following the screening of "Cruising." I might stick around for "Blazing Saddles" as well.
NYC Folks: We will be screening our film, @sexworkfilm.bsky.social, Monday night in Queens with @maketheroadny.bsky.social.
I'll be on a panel at BAM on June 11 as part of this film series curated by @thrasherxy.bsky.social
What does real accountability for protest policing in NYC look like? Join us on June 16th from 5:00PM - 7:00PM for a community roundtable. peoplesforum.org/events/prote... #NYC #PoliceAccountability #KnowYourRights #CommunityPower #ProtestTestimonyProject
We are told that we need school police to keep kids safe, but it is the school police that cause the harm through everyday harassment and brutality. #PoliceFreeSchools www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, our investigation shows.
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