Alex Vitale
@avitale
Author of The End of Policing. Prof. of Sociology at Brooklyn College & CUNY-GC and Coordinator of @PolicingJ.
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NYS has settled a lawsuit brought by former Andrew Cuomo aide Brittany Commisso for nearly half a million dollars, according to her attorneys. Commisso’s case accused Cuomo of groping her in 2020, making sexualized remarks about her looks and other inappropriate behavior.
Excellent article with practical suggestions. I'd like to see these under consideration in Oregon @PortlandGov @MayorKWilson Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here’s What He Can Do. @avitale
My latest on Mamdani and the NYPD in @thenation w support from @econhardship. thenation.com/article/politi…
My latest on Mamdani and the NYPD in @thenation w support from @econhardship. thenation.com/article/politi…
Thanks to Daniel Moritz-Rabson for including me in this @truthout piece on anti-ICE masking laws. They sound promising, but knowing ICE identities only matters if there are meaningful accountability measures, but there aren't. #AbolishICE truthout.org/authors/daniel…
The pope could board a ship with aid and sail to Gaza. With the UN declaring the final stage of famine that might be irreversible for millions, bold acts of courage by everyone in a position to do something are the only chance.
Tragic news continues to arrive in these days from the Middle East, especially from Gaza. I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, which as you know killed three Christians and…
COOK, Alex.
Many of my working class students at Brooklyn College take trips like this to see family. It's a core part of being an immigrant, something Cuomo wouldn't understand.
Many of my working class students at Brooklyn College take trips like this to see family. It's a core part of being an immigrant, something Cuomo wouldn't understand.
The lawsuit cites details from ProPublica’s reporting on the NYPD’s Community Response Team. One example: Mayor Eric Adams, according to sources, had a livestream of the CRT officers’ body-worn camera footage. propublica.org/article/lawsui…
And the candidate of the police state is...Eric Adams. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/nyr…
Excellent!
Mayors are allowing police #s to decline through attrition while increasing funding for community based interventions and crime is falling. We don't need more police. forbes.com/sites/richardf…
Mayors are allowing police #s to decline through attrition while increasing funding for community based interventions and crime is falling. We don't need more police. forbes.com/sites/richardf…
Important ruling on police violence during 2021 protests in Colombia.
Condenan al Estado por joven que perdió un ojo durante las violentas protestas del estallido social en Cali: un agente del Esmad le disparó - Infobae infobae.com/colombia/2025/…
Leaked video shows 17-year-old Stephen Miller describing Iraqi torture in graphic detail as fellow U.S. soldiers laugh. “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity.” He currently serves as the White House deputy chief.
Trump is losing ground on immigration in every single poll. The majority of Americans look at the masked agents grabbing day laborers and landscapers and shoving them into vans and recoil in horror.
Amazing. New CNN poll has Trump's approval on immigration absolutely tanking. It's down to 42-58. A 19-point net swing against him on this issue in just the last few months. Curious what those who say we're in midst of societal backlash to 1965 immigration law think of this
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics | Truthout truthout.org/articles/sex-w…
Save the date. We will have a screening of the film at the Quad Cinema in NYC on September 9th. Stay tuned for details.