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Behind the News: Can Mamdani Reform the NYPD? w/ Alex Vitale Jacobin Radio · Episode

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

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

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

Listen here: www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

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Always enjoy these chats w @doughenwood.bsky.social.

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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👇 "Merely requiring that law enforcement personnel are identifiable does little to curtail abuses of power.

'The problem here is that people are stuck in a fantasy of liberal legal formalism that imagines that police are accountable to the public...'" — @alexvitale.bsky.social

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.

London folks: I'll be there this fall. Who wants to screen our film on decriminalizing sex work?
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good, i have been waiting for this

Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here's What He Can Do. No single issue will be more challenging for a Mayor Mamdani than policing. But there are concrete steps he can take to reform the NYPD and curb its culture of impunity.

If he becomes mayor, Zohran Mamdani will have to tackle New York City's biggest beast: the NYPD. @alexvitale.bsky.social has some suggestions for how to do just that.

New article from PSJP coordinator Alex Vitale.

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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

The "Nordic Model" kills.

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

Looking forward to this tonight.

Tisch overrules NYPD judge, clears officer who killed unarmed man during Bronx traffic stop The man’s family says justice has been denied again.

The impunity of policing is a feature, not a bug. The solution is to get police out of our lives in every way we can.
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Steep declines in headcount and crime rates.

I'll be in San Antonio next month to present our documentary on the decriminalization of sex work.

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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NYC cops would flee the job in historic numbers if Zohran Mamdani wins, union leaders predict Cops are retiring in historic numbers and union officials and some cops warn the exodus will only worsen if Mamdani is elected.

NYPD headcount fell almost every year under Bloomberg, and crime declined throughout his administration. If we leave those positions empty, we would have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on community safety initiatives.
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Crime is way down in Baltimore despite lower police headcount, but WITH more neighborhood based safety programs.

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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Zohran Mamdani’s fight for community safety for all NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani spoke over the phone with me about his frustrations with the state of the world.

“When we put more options on the table for communities, we’re going to learn very quickly that there are a whole list of other things that they would like to have to keep their community safe, other than just intensive and invasive policing.” @alexvitale.bsky.social
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The deportation machine relies heavily on the assistance of local police in Dem controlled cities.

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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)