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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

What for what? I made a broad statement that empirically, number of police officers is not negatively correlated with crime rate, and that it’s ludicrous to assert the issue in the two cities with most police in the country is simply a lack of police officers. They objectively suck at solving crime.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

This really informed my thinking about it why we’re so fucked up: reason.com/volokh/2018/...

Karl Menninger's The Crime of Punishment

To read Menninger today is itself punishment.

reason.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Chicago PD has 50 full-time staffers, earning their keep, putting out fodder to ensure the myth maintains the dominating force behind American policing.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Sep 8

So they’re admitting more cops don’t keep us safer, right?

Washington DC and Chicago are number one and two, respectively, for police officers per capita.

Chicago has 4.7 officers per 1,000 people — double the US average. But what they need is… more cops?
www.wweek.com/news/2022/09...

Portland Ranks 48th Among 50 Big Cities for Cops per Capita

www.wweek.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 25

Drug Checking Los Angeles makes a guest appearance in this great piece in the NYT today about the misguided war on harm reduction, where the casualties will be your kids and neighbors. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/h...

Cities Move Away From Strategies That Make Drug Use Safer

www.nytimes.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 19

TRUMP IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS

“According to the White House… 59 firearms have been seized since the start of the operation Aug. 7…” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

As more National Guard units deploy to D.C., local officials question the need

Along with the 800 D.C. National Guard members already mobilized in the city, the deployments announced would bring the number of Guard members to about 1,835.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s called “regular presentation” or “mandatory presentation” but it’s just signing into a clip board at the place and leaving.

Otherwise, from everything I’ve seen in Portugal, anyone claiming mandatory forced treatment exists is arguing in bad faith or has never been there.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Under the auspices of the that due to fleeting motivation, perhaps one of their check ins will be while they’re otherwise inspired to quit/or to get a job.

They focus on the person’s whole behavior, not the substance use in a vacuum.

Eu falo português se você tem mais perguntas.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 14

And the location of that check in depends on the persons needs but is most often either a job centre, a methadone program, or a treatment center.

All they HAVE to do is sign a paper saying they arrived.

That’s the most coercive thing that happens in Portugal.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 14

- the only thing that is ever forced on people is “check-ins,” where they can be made to check-in weekly at whatever the commission finds best suited to them

Such as: someone in very chaotic use has refused every offer of treatment, which they’re allowed to do.

So once a week they have to check in

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi there! I speak Portuguese. I wrote this piece a few years ago, and have since returned to Portugal to study their system twice.

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/lea...

Vital City | Portland, Portugal and the Lessons of Decriminalization

The promise and pitfalls of calling off the cops

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Everyone wants to talk about the cost of doing business in America.

But no one is mentioning that anything “Made in the USA” didn’t just pay to make the item, but also for the *healthcare costs* of workers’ entire families.

We will never be able to compete.

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Politico @politico.com · Aug 8

BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.

Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major court hack

There is growing concern that cartels and foreign actors could use the stolen data to identify informants and foil criminal probes.

www.politico.com

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Melody Glenn, MD MFA @melodyglenn.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you, everyone who came out to hear the brilliant @maxjordan.bsky.social, @morgangodvin.bsky.social @chelsealshover.bsky.social, and me chat about #LiberateMethadone. It shouldn't be easier to get the poison than the cure. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781015...

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Oh cool a different one than the one I actually paused to fact check before confirming yup, that really did happen

Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Is anyone tracking the percentage of cars on the road with Trump bumper stickers?

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Trump’s DOJ is an unabashed bringer of vengeance, and no one pretends otherwise:

“‘After what they did to me, and whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people,’ Mr. Trump said on Tuesday of his desired Obama prosecution.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

www.nytimes.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Oh, of course! But until it becomes illegal, which is so highly unlikely, they literally cannot be prosecuted for that conduct. The number of things that seem like crimes — that would be crimes if committed by anyone else — is wild. They can steal your money (asset forfeiture), impersonate cops, etc

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 21

The point here is this tactic is legal, so, don’t hold your breath

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sanpoil-spokan.bsky.social @sanpoil-spokan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Impersonating an officer, ain't that a crime?!

Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 20

We knew cops could lie. But did you know ICE agents can lie and say they’re city cops, there to investigate the crime you reported?

How naive of me to be shocked at the depravity, but damn. This is low. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Couple allege ICE arrested them after pretending to be cops in ruse

Parisa Firouzabadi and Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad say the agents claimed to have questions about a hit-and-run incident in order to get them out of their Baton Rouge apartment.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Speaking with author @melodyglenn.bsky.social and joined by fellow panelist @maxjordan.bsky.social!

Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 20

“Mother of Methadone” book talk this Thursday in Culver City. I’m a panelist and finishing the book and loving it, it’s going to be a great talk.

Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more!

7/24 at 7pm www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...

Flyer for a book talk on the opioid crisis, “Mother of Methadone” by Dr. Melody Glenn, joined by panelists Morgan Godvin and Dr. Max Jordan Nguemeni.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 20

I can tell you’re not American by the way you spell defense, but problems of that nature are bound to happen. typically people shoot at police when police breach their door without announcing themselves, not when cops knock + announce. You wouldn’t be insulated from prosecution for shooting them.

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 20

We knew cops could lie. But did you know ICE agents can lie and say they’re city cops, there to investigate the crime you reported?

How naive of me to be shocked at the depravity, but damn. This is low. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Couple allege ICE arrested them after pretending to be cops in ruse

Parisa Firouzabadi and Pouria Pourhosseinhendabad say the agents claimed to have questions about a hit-and-run incident in order to get them out of their Baton Rouge apartment.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Morgan Godvin @morgangodvin.bsky.social · Jul 18

Come here me, a methadone patient, rant as a panelist this Thursday in Culver City! www.eventbrite.com/e/opioid-cri...