Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College
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A collaboration of faculty, students, and community based organizations that uses research and advocacy to produce safer and more just communities. Project Coordinator: Alex S. Vitale. https://substack.com/@alexvitale
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.
NYC Folks: We will be screening our film, @sexworkfilm.bsky.social, Monday night in Queens with @maketheroadny.bsky.social.
Register for our virtual policy briefing on School Safety and POL/ICE Free Schools, May 26th 3PM Eastern. Sponsored by @psjpbc.bsky.social and @dignityinschools.bsky.social linktr.ee/SER.psjp
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PSJP Coordinator Alex Vitale recently joined NY1 to discuss Mamdani’s new Office of Community Safety. @alexvitale.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social
Examining Mamdani's Office of Community Safety
Former de Blasio administration official Renita Francois will head the office.
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ICYMI: My appearance on NY1 to discuss Mamdani's new Office of Community Safety. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Examining Mamdani's Office of Community Safety
Former de Blasio administration official Renita Francois will head the office.
ny1.com
Great screening last night of @sexworkfilm.bsky.social w @bostonswac.bsky.social and The Black Response.
I'm excited to be in Boston/Cambridge tomorrow for this screening of @sexworkfilm.bsky.social.
Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective (BSWAC)@bostonswac.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin us tomorrow night from 5:30-9:30 for a screening of the new documentary film, S-x Work: It’s Just a Job, at the Central Square Theater with special guest speaker @alexvitale.bsky.social In collaboration with The Black Response, Transition House, & Impact Boston.
Video recording of our briefing yesterday on the use of Sentinel Event Reviews to address police shootings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXRX...
Sentinel Event Review Policy Briefing
YouTube video by Alex Vitale
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Attend our briefing tomorrow on how to respond more effectively to police shootings. Registration and background resources: linktr.ee/SER.psjp
Check out our briefing tomorrow on how to respond more effectively to police shootings. Registration and background resources: linktr.ee/SER.psjp
Concerned about how to respond to police shootings? What's the alternative to "jail killer cops" and "end qualified immunity"? Come find out about the possibilities of Sentinel Event Reviews to address deadly police policies and practices. 3/10 noon. Register: linktr.ee/SER.psjp
Our previous briefing was on sex work policy issues: youtu.be/xQM95Iw-OPk
Sex Work NYC Policy Briefing
YouTube video by Alex Vitale
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Tuesday, March 10th, Noon Eastern. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP to Virtual Policy Briefing on Sentinel Event Reviews for Police Shootings
Hosted by The Policing and Social Justice Project March 10, noon-1:30 PM Eastern Featuring: John Hollway, Senior Advisor, The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration and Justice, University of...
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Our (@psjpbc.bsky.social) next policy briefing is on the use of Sentinel Event Reviews as a tool for changing deadly police policies and practices. March 10th on Zoom. RSVP in comments.
Collective theaters. Community organizing. Radical film outside corporate control. In this clip, Tami Gold reminds us that radical cinema circulates because organizers insist it does. Watch the full interview with Third World Newsreel on Laura Flanders & Friends: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBgE...
Why aren't miscarriages of justice treated like medical errors? In a powerful piece in @currentaffairs.bsky.social, Eric Reinhart & @alexvitale.bsky.social call on NYC to conduct sentinel event reviews to evaluate incidents of police-involved violence. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/27znnth8
My latest in @currentaffairs.bsky.social w Eric Reinhart. www.currentaffairs.org/news/what-ho...
What Hospitals Do After Tragedy—And Police Should Too
After police violence in response to mental health crises, New York City should adopt the same system-level reviews that save lives in medicine.
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Here is the video recording of our briefing on sex work issues in NYC. youtu.be/xQM95Iw-OPk
Sex Work NYC Policy Briefing
YouTube video by Alex Vitale
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When crime #s go down every local police official tries to take credit. But, these are broad national and international trends that have little or nothing to do w local police decision making.
John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6mo agoThese 3-yr drops are stunning. Absolutely stunning. New Orleans: -55% Baltimore: -60% Philly: -60% Chicago: -40% Buffalo: -55% Pittsburgh: -50% Albuquerque: -40% Newark: -40% San Antonio: -55% Portland: -45% The media coverage of these staggering drops, tho, is staggering in its relative silence.
Sex Work Policy Briefing Join us Friday, Feb. 20th, 10-11:30 AM EST With: Red Canary Song Decrim NY The Ali Forney Center NYC Councilmember Tiffany Caban @psjpbc.bsky.social @decrimny.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @alexvitale.bsky.social brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/84930585010
We are hosting our first ever virtual Sex Work Policy Briefing This Friday, Feb. 20th, 10-11:30 AM EST With: Red Canary Song Decrim NY The Ali Forney Center NYC Councilmember Tiffany Caban @decrimny.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/84930585010
