Police focused (+ transit & pigeons). The bouncer blocks quickly, sometimes just for bad vibes. Favorite book: "Back from the Brink": https://xitter.cf/t.co/mABbQyS1jf
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I just realized I have the biggest non-verified account on Twitter.*
*Except for the others. But at least I am still forced to stick to the 280 character limit, for my benefit and yours.
Your occasional reminder that the only thing worse than no data is bad data.
Just did my first spot check of MTA app live bus passenger count!
MTA says there are 64(!) people on my bus. There are 14.
*Though FWIW it did close-enough count the 10 people who got off at 7th Ave.
Peter Moskos retweeted
For those who refuse to read the articles about this case. She had a babysitter coming in the mornings to check in, make lunches, get them off to school, and prep dinner for them. All the 14 year old had to do was help them get inside after school. Microwave dinner. Get kids in bed and text mom updates. This was a work trip and they threatened to fire her if she did not go. The father has abuse charges and the police handed him their kids on top of arresting her.
A 50-year-old woman was arrested after getting off a plane after authorities said she left her four children home alone for four days while she traveled to Las Vegas for work: bit.ly/3UlVZeA
Peter Moskos retweeted
Likely a justified shooting. Off duty FBI agent witnessed shooting and put the ass clown down.
Deceased was Venezuelan with a criminal record.
Could have been prevented by deporting and/or jailing him-- prior to his demise.
UPDATE: An FBI agent who fatally shot a man Monday near 18th and Union had been driving home in a bureau-issued vehicle when he saw the man fire at least two shots at several other people, the bureau says.
chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
Peter Moskos retweeted
I FOILed for the number of closed public bathrooms in city parks. The data showed some have been shuttered so long the city couldn’t remember when they were last open. The total? 68. Some have no plans for repairs. The average cost? $5 to $7 million.
thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/…
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Several things come together to create students who are unprepared to gain admission to or succeed in New York City's specialized high schools, among the best performing in the world. The solution for some is to destroy those high schools, the essence of shooting the messenger.
Pressure grows on Mamdani to reform admissions to NYC specialized high schools gothamist.com/news/pressure-…
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One of my favorite podcasts hosts one of my favorite criminal justice thinkers! @skaushik100 @PeterMoskos @bluecitypodcast
I do like me a good podcast appearance. The latest just dropped: Blue City Blues.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Peter Moskos retweeted
One professor punished for speech? An anecdote. A hundred? Cherry-picked. A thousand? Selection bias. Surveys? Bad questions. Better surveys? Methodological concerns!
I've spent 25 years watching defenders of the higher ed status quo turn every new piece of evidence into yet another demand for proof, creating a never-ending cycle of increasingly impossible standards for demonstrating problems that were already obvious 50 years ago!
Peter Moskos retweeted
this is what abolishing prisons looks like
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Pure gutter racism that has become normalized.
Dude who got a $4 million city settlement in 2025 sells confidential information for $500 to an inmate "attempting to intimidate a witness in a domestic attempted murder case."
But not just any dude, he is the chair of the Philly Police Oversight Commission.
Of course he is.
BREAKING: Hassan Bennett, the chair of the Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission and a bail navigator with the public defender’s office, was arrested on bribery-related charges, sources say. audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news…
"Bennett was seen as a good choice for the commission because of his own involvement in the criminal justice system."
I would love to know how this was covered up in the past: "Bennett nearly lost his job a few years ago for a similar incident." audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news…
"Bennett, 43, used his position as a public defender to access the city’s case management system. Bennett allegedly gave Scott the witness’s full name and read him the unredacted arrest report. Evidence shows Scott paid Bennett for the information."
whyy.org/articles/philadelph…
I do like me a good podcast appearance. The latest just dropped: Blue City Blues.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Peter Moskos retweeted
It’s not even just that.
It’s that you should not be given a free pass to commit crimes at reduced criminal responsibility simply because you’ve already entered the country illegally.
I feel like everyone has gone crazy. This is absolutely nuts.
Peter Moskos retweeted
This includes child sex offenses.
Bronx and Queens DAs urge prosecutors to downgrade charges to keep illegal immigrants in US, House GOP report finds trib.al/l8Ai4EP
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Always think it’s hilarious when those “model minorities” realize they hate them too.
"Growing anti-Indian rhetoric within the GOP is pushing some lifelong conservative Indian American voters to reconsider their allegiance to the Republican Party" huffpost.com/entry/gop-india…
Peter Moskos retweeted
Many members of Gen Z genuinely don't want to buy cars and drive, at least compared to older generations. It's a shame that certain transit agencies are unwilling to do what's necessary to make their systems feel safe enough for, say, 20-something women to use alone at midnight.