My book "Back from the Brink": https://xitter.cf/t.co/mABbQyS1jf Police focused (+ transit & pigeons). The bouncer blocks quickly, sometimes just for bad vibes.
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*Except for the others. But at least I am still forced to stick to the 280 character limit, for my benefit and yours.
Peter Moskos retweeted
Whenever I call for enforcement on transit, I get replies saying that people should just the offender to stop. Then when people are killed or maimed after doing it, people respond to the news articles saying they should have minded their business.
A Red Line passenger asked him to stop smoking pot on a North Side train.
Prosecutors say he broke the man’s nose.
Weeks later, he allegedly attacked and tried to rob a CTA employee at the Clinton Green Line station.
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It is inhumane for suffering people to live in bus shelters.
It is unfair to seniors and the disabled for seats to be unavailable to them while they wait for buses.
Good time. Great talk. _Fabulous_ graphic! Red are 911 calls that don't come out as w/ weapon or violence, but turn out to be. These "non-violent" calls reformers want to send social workers to.
A marvelous evening celebrating the legacy of George Kelling as a perceptive and insightful policing scholar last night. Thank you to @Rafa_Mangual and the @ManhattanInst for the opportunity to give the annual lecture at the Harvard Club in New York.
Most "violent" calls end up not being violent. But some violent calls are. "Ratcliffe's paradox" being you have to send an armed cop to safely know what calls are safe for alternative unarmed non-police response.
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FYI. (Good.)
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BREAKING: The Mississippi Free Press has obtained bodycam footage from the Senatobia police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
The footage shows he was standing on the side of the car when he fired into it, hitting the child.
Peter Moskos retweeted
Claiming that the problems of NYC pubiic schools are caused by “segregation” is a convenient way to avoid acknowledging the structural and budgetary problems that plague the school system so they can claim that the solution is something that can never fully be satisfied
"After Nikole Hannah-Jones repeatedly asked the chancellor about a systemwide plan, Samuels did not commit to any specific integration policies, nor did he offer a timeline for offering a more detailed plan, repeatedly drawing jeers" from the crowd.
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Peter Moskos retweeted
Violence Reduction Project qualitypolicing.com/qpp-65-s… Peter Moskos is a smart thinker, professor, was a police officer. Read his work, watch & listen to him
Peter Moskos retweeted
Many argue that the drop in socializing is tied to the rising cost of going out-- restaurants, bars, etc. But @jburnmurdoch shows that the decline in socializing has been even steeper in free settings, simply spending time with friends at each other's homes.
Peter Moskos retweeted
NYC Council quietly passes bill that forces owners to give nonprofits first dibs on buying their properties for 90 days trib.al/6gNEct0
Peter Moskos retweeted
The ACLU is a good example of an organization that is being hollowed out by activists who don't understand its real mission.
The goal is not to protect "vulnerable" communities.
The goal is to protect civil liberties.
NEW: The ACLU of Indiana is in turmoil after several of its most influential civil rights attorneys submitted their resignations in protest of the organization's direction under its board and incoming leader, multiple sources told @indystar . indystar.com/story/news/poli…
Peter Moskos retweeted
As I've said before, I like Mamdani a lot, but this Latino security guard's death wasn't just about gun violence -- it was also about the failure of New York to address low-level criminality, disorder, and antisocial behavior in public spaces. Bring back broken-windows policing.
It is totally unacceptable to ask riders to enforce the rules on transit in a country with over 400 million guns. We need more police and private security on our trains and buses.
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Peter Moskos retweeted
Tattoos were illegal in NYC until 1997. If you wanted a legal pain stain, you had to go elsewhere. Otherwise, you had to know someone who knew someone or learn a password or secret knock. 36-year ban followed a 1961 hepatitis B outbreak traced to a Coney Island tattoo parlor.
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1/ I'm critical of mainstream trans activism, especially when it comes to youth gender medicine. But I think it's important to remember that gender dysphoria is real, these are human beings, and that it's possible to criticize a movement without being cruel to individuals.
Peter Moskos retweeted
Horrific that a masked teenager with his whole life ahead of him shot a man over a random "dispute" with an illegal gun.
It would have been a blessing if police had stopped the shooter before this happened: the victim would have survived, and he would have avoided a murder charge.
Could fare enforcement have stopped the shooter from entering the subway? What about a mask ban? We don't necessarily want to return to Bloomberg-era stop-and-frisk, but giving police more opportunities to engage people involved in low-level criminality would probably be a good thing.
