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PSJP Coordinator Alex Vitale recently joined “Behind the News” to discuss Zohran Mamdani and the NYPD.

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fresh audio product:

• Alex Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the NYPD, and policing generally
• Dwayne Monroe on the AI mania

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Dr. Manisha Shah, an economist, explains that the sex industry is an industry much like any other. A clip from our upcoming documentary: “Sex Work: It’s Just a Job”

Please reach out if you are interested in hosting a screening.

Save the date. We will have a screening of the film at the Quad Cinema in NYC on September 9th. Stay tuned for details.

By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators The masked, plainclothes ICE agents terrorizing immigrant communities are indistinguishable from racist vigilantes.

PSJP Coordinator Alex Vitale is quoted multiple times in this recent article from @truthout.org

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By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators | Truthout

Sex Work Film TRAILER 1080 This is "Sex Work Film TRAILER 1080" by Tami Kashia Gold on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

New trailer! Repost to help us spread the word about the documentary.

Please reach out if you’re interested in hosting a screening!

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Happy to share that the next screening will be in San Antonio on August 23rd at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center.

If you are interested in hosting a screening, let us know at: itsjustajobmovie@gmail.com.

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Think about this:

Article by @ariaripaulpaul.bsky.social

The Times has capitulated to neoliberal austerity, which accepts that cities have no choice but to cut services and turn the real estate market over to billionaires, and then use policing to manage the chaos that ensues.” (4/4)

They understand that the solution to this decades old problem is not endlessly using police to cycle people through jails and hospitals, but instead to develop actual supportive housing and other essential social services…(3/4)

homeless mentally ill people on the subway and other public spaces.” But, he argues:

Ironically, Mamdani and to some extent [Comptroller Brad] Lander are the candidates who have actual plans to address the kind of disorder that pearl-clutching Times readers are worried about… (2/4)

Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani Zohran Mamdani's victory exposes the out-of-touchness of establishment media outlets that twisted like pretzels to scare voters away.

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“Alex Vitale, professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project, suggested that—”given that crime rates are at or near historic low”—the Times‘ “disorder” is likely “the presence of… (1/4)

This past weekend Prof. Vitale spoke on “Building an Abolitionist Approach into Grassroots
Organizing” at the Seeds of Change conference in Manhassset, Long Island. @alexvitale.bsky.social

Prof. Vitale will be speaking at “Seeds of Change: Redefining Policing and Public Safety” tomorrow, Saturday, June 21. @alexvitale.bsky.social

The roots of this seeming contradiction can be found in the decision of these mayors to rely on local police to criminalize anything they deem disorderly, with devastating consequences for our poorest communities and the right to protest.”

Read the full article at the link above.

That is, even in sanctuary cities that claim to support their immigrant residents and restrict collaboration between ICE and local police, the police are essential to ICE’s success…

“While many mayors of major U.S. cities claim to oppose ICE actions — and have even implemented formal “sanctuary city” policies — local police often act as a “force multiplier” for ICE, even when they aren’t directly involved in detaining migrants themselves…

Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda.

A new article from Prof. Alex Vitale and Prof. William Lopez in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

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I'll be speaking at this event on Saturday on Long Island.

Policing Tactics Used at Anti-ICE Protests; California Takes Trump Admin to Court over Troop Deployment | KPFA 0:08 — Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College 0:33 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advoca...

This past Friday, Prof. Vitale appeared on KPFA Radio’s “Up Front” to discuss the role of local police in assisting ICE.

Listen at the link below.

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Monitor Finds Lots of Unconstitutional, Racially-Biased Policing from the NYPD’s Shadowy ‘Community Response Team’ Created in 2022 to carry out Mayor Eric Adams's vision of aggressive, proactive policing, the unit is making way too many unlawful searches, a new report finds.

“Created in 2022 to carry out Mayor Eric Adams's vision of aggressive, proactive policing, the unit is making way too many unlawful searches, a new report finds.”
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Our newest report offers a breakdown of NYC mayoral candidates’ positions on policing. Made in collaboration with the Police Reform Organizing Project.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1I4QO...

Community-Based Violence Reduction Efforts Could Be Casualties of GOP Budget The GOP budget’s cuts to Medicaid threaten to decimate 59 trauma recovery centers in 15 states.

G.O.P. cuts to Medicaid threaten community-based violence reduction efforts across U.S.

Article by Al-Tariq Best & Alex Vitale.

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5 Years Since George Floyd w/ Mary Moriarty, Melina Abdullah, Chauntyll Allen & Alex Vitale KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks · Episode

🎙️ 5 Years Since George Floyd

Looking back at five years of community and abolitionist organizing since the police killing of George Floyd

Hosted by @realcatbrooks.bsky.social, with guests @alexvitale.bsky.social, Chauntyll Allen (BLM-Twin Cities) and Melina Abdullah (@blmgrassroots.bsky.social) 🎧

Defund by Sandy Hudson: 9780593700815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A fiercely-argued, deeply-informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall “Hudson moves us...

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“Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All”

By Sandy Hudson

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“Provides a powerful analysis that reveals the harsh truth that policing produces neither safety nor justice.” Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social

Safe at home – who profits when you’re afraid of your neighbours? - ABC listen Your personal safety is big business, so much so that it’s given rise to “security capitalism”, a phenomenon where attempts to buy personal safety shape the world around us. As security becomes just a...

The Australian Broadcast services recently aired an excerpt of Prof. Vitale’s “Big Ideas” interview with Setha Low and Mark Maguire about their book: Trapped: Does the Security Industry Make us Less Safe?

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Where do black men live? (Film) — The Black Response Where do black men live? (Film)

Our partners Black Response Cambridge have a new film out called Where Do Black Men Live. It tells the story of how Black men struggle to find stable housing in Cambridge, MA. Learn more about the film at the link below.

June 2025 Newsletter Policing and Social Justice Project

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