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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1h

Absurdest protest is so much better (ie: more effective in actually helping your cause) than passionate yelling or breaking-shit or blocking-traffic protest.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Portland 🔥

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1h

The L flag flying above Wrigley tonight

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1h

A commute I had until we stopped policing the subway and ejecting loiterers circa 2017

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1h

Only time somebody tried to kill me was not as a cop in Baltimore but last year on the 6th Ave and 59th St subway platform. I'm tired of being told I'm safe. I just want an uneventful commute.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 2h

It depends on how one defines the problem. If the problem is his well being, it's mental health problem. If the problem is my well being, it's a criminal justice problem. Keep him away from me. I don't care how or which approach we take. But the CJ approach will keep me safe.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 2h

You took the subway with me!

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

Why does every conversation here end up with insults? Did I say something rude?

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

I'm impressed you didn't do a spit take in the WHYY interview when the host expressed such wonderment at the idea, which he and said he had never heard of, of a technology that could... detect and locate gunshots!

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a "magic" formula. That's my point. It's repeat offenders who get arrested constantly and a system in New York that explicitly forbids somebody who is "dangerous" from being detained post arrest because they are dangerous. This is low-hanging fruit.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. Humans are unpredictable. We can't prevent all crime. We CAN prevent the thousands of crime committed by these 63 people and others who get arrested monthly and never get the help or detention they need. We could have saved a man's life.
Or we can shrug and say, "it's complicated."

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

So are multiple arrests involving violent behavior in a very short period of time. There really are not that many people who fit this bill even in a city of 8.3 million. By some counts there are exactly 63. They do not desist. www.aol.com/meet-worst-t...

Meet the worst transit terrors in NYC with more than 5,000 busts between them — and most still roaming streets

"This kid gloves approach to bail and lack of prosecution isn't cutting it,'' a frustrated law-enforcement source said.

www.aol.com

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

This guy was totally predictable. It was almost inevitable. And now he's worse off and there a dead man.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

The inability of criminal justice reform in blue cities and states to protect us from _this_ man -- this one person -- is so much of the reason people vote for Trump and his minions. Because the problem here is so obvious. The left could but doesn't fix this. And the fascists say they will.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

Do people not realize this murder is preventable? We need to change our laws (slightly) and elect better/tougher prosecutors.
I don't understand how this happens again and again, and people are like, "well, crime is down." This is predictable and preventable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/n...

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

"Man, 64, Is Fatally Beaten in a Subway Station After Chance Encounter"
The murderer “still had anger issues,” said a rehabilitation counselor.
And a long criminal history.
And 4 arrests since June 21.
He's obviously dangerous and not well, so… we release him till he murders?

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 1d

This is the book I've been waiting for: "Chasing Change in Camden." amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...
Also, I follow John. He follows me. And yet somehow the algorithm didn't let me know about this book until today? I hope @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social knows about about _my_ book.

Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

If you have my phone you can access my classes and email. That seems dangerous. And yet at my home computer I can't access anything without my phone.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah. Maybe. But it's so much less likely that someone gets their hands on my home computer than my phone. And yet I can do shit from my phone and not my home computer.
Really I just want to access my work email without TFA.

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

Serious (or at least sincere) question: In terms of two factor authentication, why is my phone considered more secure than my home computer?

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sgtwrc.bsky.social @sgtwrc.bsky.social · 3d

Washington state had this problem with their LEOFF system (Law Enforcement Officers & Fire Fighters retirement plan). Lots of guys going out on lifetime disability for a minor injury. We totally overhauled the system in 1977 & created LEOFF2. Problem mostly solved.

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

I do not know

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

From 2013

Southern District of New York | Twenty-Third Defendant Pleads Guilty In LIRR Disability Fraud Scheme | United States Department of Justice share.google/Quasx6QxxYAh...

Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 3d

It is scandalous that every big NYPD chief happens to be "disabled" when they retire.

"Tax free 3/4 of his salery life time benefits... because of an ankle injury he received on Randall's Island while on duty last year."

Bullshit. This is corruption.

www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/06/t...

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Peter Moskos @moskos.bsky.social · 5d

I've taken enough moon pictures to know they never really work, but the moon was rising over Central Park and it was really beautiful, you'll just have to trust me.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 5d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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