ALEX S. VITALE, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY BROOKLYN COLLEGE
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"Charlottesville police face critics as a tense city tries to regroup from deadly weekend." LA Times. August 13, 2017.

"Should The Police Control Their Own Body Camera Footage?" NPR. May 25, 2017.

"Activists urge inspector general to probe NYPD’s gang policing tactics."  The Daily News. May 16, 2017.

​"Advocates Fear Anti-Gang Bill Uses MS-13 'Boogeyman' To Criminalize Minority Youth." The Observer. May 16, 2017.

​'If We Don't Change the Mission of Police, Reforms Will Not Work' ​CounterSpin. April 20, 2017. ​

"Has 'Gang Policing' Replaced Stop-and-Frisk?" CityLab. February 28, 2017.

"Teens Remain Squarely in Crosshairs of NYC Law Enforcement, Panelists Say." Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. February 13, 2017.

​Paris wants to stop public urination with public urinals. Can NYC learn from that experiment? AM New York. February 8, 2016. 

"Part of Rezoning Plan, City Opens New Career Center in East New York." Gotham Gazette. December 12, 2016

​"Why crime in Chicago soars while New York is safer than ever." New York Post. November 14, 2016. 

"Disputing Bratton’s record: Mass stop-and-frisk is over but “broken windows” endures in NYC." Salon. August 4, 2016.

"Reality TV camera's presence at heart of excessive force claim." Montgomery Advertiser. August 1, 2016.

"The Psychology of Why Americans Are Afraid of Historically Low Crime Levels" New York Magazine. July 20, 2016. 

"Why Is New York So Much Safer Than Chicago?" New York Magazine. July 18, 2016. 

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Alex Vitale on Overpolicing, Cristina Jiménez on Immigration Ruling" Counterspin. July 16, 2016. (Audio)

"Is the Dallas Police Department a Model for Reform? Depends on Which Part of Dallas You're From." City Lab. ​July 14, 2016. 

​"Can virtual reality training for US police help stop officer-involved shootings?" The Guardian. July 11, 2016. 

​"NYPD Watchdog Shatters Bratton's 'Broken Windows' — Now What?" Village Voice. June 28, 2016.

"Report Finds No Link Between Quality-of-Life Crimes, Felonies." AP. June 23, 2016.

"How Union Contracts Shield Police from DOJ Reforms." In These Times. June 21, 2016. 


​"Criminalizing poverty: Homeless in Harlem complain of NYPD harassment." Salon. June 19, 2016.
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"‘Broken windows’ policing doesn’t target minorities, it saves them." New York Post.  June 19, 2016.

​"
Liberal Brooklyn Prosecutor Faces Unlikely Foes: Liberal Activists." New York Times. May 16, 2016.

"That Big Triumphant Gang Bust? It Looks Different From the Neighborhood." NY City Lens. May 12, 2016. 

"Ceasefire in the City? How Police Can (and Cannot) Deter Gunfire." Jackson Free Press. May 4, 2016.

"If Police Stairwell Shooting Was Accidental, Circumstances Around It Were Not​." New York Times. ​April 21, 2016

"What Everyone Should Know About Filming (And Sharing) Injustice on Social Media." .Mic. February 25, 2016. 

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What does Peter Liang's Conviction mean for the NYPD and Police Accountability?" The Village Voice. February 16, 2016.

"Leaked police files contain guarantees disciplinary records will be kept secret." The Guardian. February, 7, 2016.

"How New York City is slowly rethinking broken windows policing." Fusion. February 3, 2016.

"Hackers post private files of America's biggest police union." The Guardian.January, 28, 2016.

"NYC's Broken Windows Reform Is Too Weak, Critics Say." Gothamist. January 26, 2016.

"
Gangbusters: How the Upsurge in Anti-Gang Tactics Will Hurt Communities of Color." Truthout. January 19, 2016.

"Election year anti-crime posturing could derail even limited sentencing reform." The Intercept.  January 11, 2016.

"Report Finds Juvenile Program Failed to Reduce Robberies; Police still Expanding it." Lawyer Herald. January 10, 2016. 

"Predictions! Experts Look Ahead to New York Politics in 2016." Gotham Gazette. December 29, 2015. 

"Has the NYPD Become a Paramilitary Force?" Truthout. November 5, 2015. 

"The Movement to End Mass Incarceration Just Got Its Biggest Endorsement Yet." ,Mic.​ October 21, 2015. 
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"National Problem': NYPD's Use of Force Training has been Terrible for Years." RT. October 8, 2014. (Video)

"Inmate Bill of Rights Among New Wave of Rikers Reforms." Gotham Gazette. September 21, 2015. 

"San Diego Police Are Using Body Cameras But Their Impact on Police Force May Not Be As Expected." Independent Journal. September 18, 2015. 

"Here's What's Happening in San Diego One Year Since Police Started to Wear Body Cameras." .Mic. September 16, 2015. 

"McCray Set to Unveil ‘Mental Health Roadmap,' Signature De Blasio Plan." Gotham Gazette. September 9, 2015.

"Walking the Beat With Copwatch, the People Who Police the Police" Vice News. September 8, 2015. 

"Police in Texas Hospital Shoot Patient in the Chest" Truthout. September 3, 2015.

"St Louis Police Try Strange Old Tactic." Slate. August 21, 2015. 

"Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York." The Intercept. August 18, 2015. 

"Police Training Is Seriously Lacking in Actual Science." Wired. August, 17, 2015. 

"Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police." Truthout. August 13, 2015. 

"Comptroller Stringer Reaches $5.9 Million Settlement with Garner Family Estate." Ledger Gazette. July 17, 2015. 

“Garner: One Year Later.” WABC Radio. July 16. 2015. 

"Police Diversity or Community Control?" Huffington Post. July 13, 2015. 

"Solving the Problem of Too Little Crime." Commentary. July 1, 2015.

"The NYPD Commissioner Accidentally Revealed a Big Problem With the Criminal Justice System." .Mic.. June 10, 2015. 

"Looking at America's uptick in crime." Inside Story. Al Jazeera America. June 10, 2015. 

"NYPD chief who blamed stop-and-frisk for lack of black cops used to advocate for it." Fusion. June 10, 2015

"Life as a black cop: caught between love for the NYPD and the people they serve." The Guardian. June 9, 2015. 

"ACLU calls on N.J. attorney general to investigate Summer Jam police response." NJ.com. June 8, 2015. 

"The Morning Show" WBAI. May 25, 2015. (Audio, 1:10 on stream)

"Military-style weapons aren’t responsible for police misconduct." Al Jazeera.  May 20, 2015. 

"The New Racial Makeup of U.S. Police Departments." Newsweek. May 14, 2015. 

"War on Words." Independent Sources, CUNY TV. May 13, 2014. (Video).

"Ceasefire: The NYPD Zeroes in on Violent Crime." City and State. May 1, 2015. 

"Yes, David Dinkins was a criminal justice pioneer: Hillary Clinton was right to praise the former mayor as "a leader we can look to" as we reform policing in America." The Daily News. April 30, 2015. 

"Is more diversity in law enforcement the only answer?" Reading Eagle. April 26, 2015. 

"Elusive diversity in Reading law enforcement" Reading Eagle. April 26, 2015. 

"Who Wants to Be a Police Officer?" City Lab April 21, 2015. 

Arise Report. Arise TV America. April 12, 2015. 

"As Both Crime and Enforcement Decline, No Legitimate Policy Justification for More Cops" Gotham Gazette. March 31, 2015.


"Views You Can Use: Ferguson Reeling" US News and World Report. March 12, 2015. 

"Protestors put McCulloch on trial at SLU Law forum" The St. Louis American. February 26, 2015.

"Black Lives Matter - An Antinomian Hour Special Series." KZYX Radio. February 25, 2015. (Audio)

"NYPD Police Anti-Terror Plan: Bill de Blasio Supports Commissioner's Plan to Train 350 Officers in High-Tech Weaponry." Latin Post. February 1, 2015. 

"NYPD Commissioner Invokes #BlackLivesMatter Protests to Justify New 'Anti-Terrorism' Unit." ENews Park Forest. January 30, 2015.

"NYC mayor backs plan to arm 350 cops with high-tech anti-terror weapons." Fusion. January 30, 2015. 

"At Especially Poignant Time, NYC Commemorates Dr. King." Gotham Gazette. January 16, 2015. 

"The Reason Some New Yorkers Actually Like The NYPD Slowdown" Huffington Post. January 8, 2015.

"Smash the Lynch Mob." Jacobin. December 29, 2014.


"Prosecuting a police officer requires 'sober reflection'" Victoria Advocate. December 27, 2014.

"Building Bridges" WBAI Radio. December 22, 2014. (Audio)

"Up Front." KPFA Radio December 22, 2014. (Audio)

"Consider This." Al Jazeera America. December 22, 2014.  (Video)


"The Police and the Policed" Independent Sources, CUNY TV. December 17, 2014. (Video).

"Haskins in the Morning." WBAI Radio. December 17, 2014. (Audio)

The Jim Bohannon Show. December 16, 2014. (Audio)


"Consider This." Al Jazeera America. December 15, 2014.  (Video)

"Thousands march in Washington and NY." Financial Times.  December 13, 2014.

"NYC Cops Are Blithely Firing A Potentially Deafening Sound Cannon At Peaceful Protesters." Gothamist. December 13, 2014.

"Protest, seminar held at Adelphi on police brutality." Channel 12 Long Island. December 8, 2014. (Video)

"Ferguson and Policing." Behind the News. December 4, 2014. (audio)

Up Front. KPFA Radio. December 4, 2014. (audio)

"Over 80 Arrested As Protesters of Eric Garner Decision Take to the Streets." Bedford + Bowery, New York Magazine. December 4, 2014. 

"DA's and Cops." BK LIve. December 2, 2014. (video)

"Ferguson Post Verdict Riots." RT. November 25, 2014. (Video)

"
As New York City Considers Criminal Justice Reforms, Police Unions Stand in the Way." In These Times. November 25, 2014. 

"NYPD Blues." BKLYNR, November 21, 2014.

"Police tactics leave minorities black and blue." CNN. November 17, 2014. 

"8 ways shows like “Law & Order: SVU” mess with your head." Salon. November 15, 2014. 

"Stop-And-Frisk Is Declining, But Advocates Say The NYPD's Real Problem Hasn't Changed." Huffington Post. November 12, 2014.

"The Real Scandal at 1 Police Plaza" Huffington Post. November 5, 2014.
"Police Are the Problem." The Nation. October 31, 2014.

"Will New Subway Car Cameras Do More Harm Than Good?" The Indypendent. October 28, 2014.

"Smooth Criminals: How Subway Dancing Became A New York City Art Form -- And A Crime" Huffington Post. October 28, 2014. 

"NYPD Helps Give 'Flood Wall Street' a Major First Amendment Victory" Reason.com. September 25, 2014. 

"New York Plan Misses The Whole Point Of Drug Policy Reform." Huffington Post. September 23, 2014. 

"Boisterous Flood Wall Street protest: NYPD makes arrests but shows restraint." Christian Science Monitor. September 23, 2014. 

"NYPD Commissioner Defends 'Broken Windows' At Breakfast Costing $1,250 A Table." Huffington Post. September 10, 2014. 

"At Hearing On NYPD Force, The '5,000-Pound Elephant In The Room' Is 'Broken Windows'" Huffington Post. September 9, 2014. 

"Broken Windows: Is it a Broken Policy." Richard French Live. August 29, 2014. (video).

"What’s so hard about police video?" Capital New York. August 26, 2014. 

"N.Y.C. crime is low: But at what cost?" Christian Science Monitor. August 24, 2014.

"Race Relations And Police Use Of Force." KUNM Call in Show. August 21, 2014. (audio).

"Nueva York, con riesgo de volverse FergusonLa muerte de un hombre negro al ser detenido ha reabierto el debate sobre la brutalidad policial." El Pais. August 20, 2014. 

"NYC shootings up more than 10%, but experts say there isn't a simple answer." AM New York. August 18, 2014. 

"Police departments weigh in on use of military-type gear and guns." Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2014.

"Broken Windows and the Militarization of Policing." Behind the News. August 14, 2014. (audio). 

"Author of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Defends His Theory." New York Times. August 10, 2014. 

"City maintains not-quite-yet position on NYPD cameras" Capital New York. August 6, 2014. 

"La police de New York dans l'embarras" La Presse. August 4, 2014. 

"Eric Garner's death in NYPD chokehold case ruled a homicide" Los Angeles Times. August 2, 2014. 

"How 'Broken Windows' Could Stand In The Way Of Real Change For The NYPD" Huffington Post. August 1, 2014. 

"Bratton’s bad-faith critics pile on" Daily News. July 28, 2014.

"Police custody death tests 'Broken Windows' tactic" Associated Press. July 23, 2014. 

"What's The Policy Behind Police Use Of Force?" HuffPost Live. July 23, 2014. (video)

"How can we avoid another Eric Garner Tragedy?" The Blinker. July 23, 2014. 

"More suspensions after chokehold death, complaints grow about NYPD tactics." Christian Science Monitor. July 22, 2014. 

"Expert Panel Discusses Eric Garner's Confrontation with Police," Inside City Hall, NY1. July 22, 2014. (video)

"Protesters call for Bill Bratton's resignation over Staten Island death" Daily News. July 21, 2014. 

"The Call" NY1. July 21, 2014. (video).

"Protesters rally at City Hall over police custody death of Eric Garner" News 12. July 21, 2014. (video).

"Bratton critics call for ‘reexamination’ of Broken Windows" Capital New York. July 21, 2014. 

"4 Emergency Workers Now Suspended In Wake Of Eric Garner’s Death In Police Custody." WCBS2. July 21, 2014. (video).

"Outside City Hall, Activists Demand Bratton's Firing & a Break with Broken Windows" The Indypendent. July 21, 2014.

"More Speed Cameras in New York City and Nassau County Revive Argument of Safety vs. Revenue." Wall Street Journal. May 26, 2014.

"Disminuye violencia en adolescentes" El Diario.April 22, 2014.

"Los 10 retos de la comunidad al NYPD" El Diario. March 31, 2014.

After Decision, Mayoral Candidates Offer Many Opinions but Few Concrete Plans. New York Times. August 12, 2013.

"Oakland cops stretched too thin, chief says." San Francisco Chronicle. July 16, 2013.

"Government Domestic Spying Unsettling News for Campuses" Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. June 23, 2013.

"'Brooklyn DA' Documentary Drama Is Behind Camera." Associated Press. June 15, 2013.

"NYC Councilman: 'Stop and Frisk Has Been An Abject Failure'" Gothamist. May 9, 2013.

"Video briefing: A debate about 'community policing'" Capital New York. May 9, 2013.

"The Militarization of Policing" Behind the News with Doug Henwood, KPFA Radio. April 25, 2013.

"Coalition on Homelessness: beyond protest" San Francisco Chronicle. December 14, 2012.

"Watchin' the Detectives - And the Rest of the Officers, Too" The Brooklyn Rail. December 2012.

"When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America’s Police State on Steroids at the Conventions." Occupy USA Today. September 11, 2012. 

"NATO March Turns Violent in Chicago." The Wall Street Journal. May 21, 2012.

"Academia Occupied by Occupy." The New York Times. May 1, 2012. 

"Fear of the First Amendment." The Brooklyn Rail. February 2012.

"Community Members Struggle With Stop and Frisk." Gotham Gazette. January 2012.

"Protests Put Cities on Alert." Wall Street Journal. January 11, 2012.

"The Growing Militarization of the Police." The Stream-Al Jazeera. December 22, 2011. 

"Next Step Shelter Program Uses Punitive Measures." The Brooklyn Ink. December 17, 2011.

"Shifts In Police Tactics To Handle Crowds." Talk of the Nation: NPR. November 29, 2011.

"Containing Outrage: How police Power Tames the Occupy Movement." Boston Review. November 23, 2011

"Robocops vs. the occupiers: Police nationwide are relying on the misguided "Miami Model" to respond to peaceful mass dissent." Salon. November 23, 2011.

"From Cairo to California, Controlling Crowds With Chemicals." New York Times: The Lede. November 21, 2011.

"Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike." The Atlantic. November 19, 2011.

"Police Tactics Questioned in Oakland Protest." New York Times: The Lede. October 27, 2011. 

Op-Ed: "Disorderly Conduct? How Protesting Became a Crime in NYC." WNET Metro Focus. October 26, 2011. 

"Every Action Produces Overreaction" New York Times. September, 30, 2011.

"Left Behind: In the Wake of 9/11, American policy has run roughshod over civil liberitarians, anti-war activists -- and public opinion itself."  Pittsburgh City Paper. September 7, 2011.

Letter to the Editor. New York Daily News. July 16, 2010

“Police crowd-control tactics have changed dramatically since Kent State protests” Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 3, 2010.

"Giuliani’s Quality of Life Campaign." Leonard Lopate: WNYC. July 24, 2008.

Gardiner, Sean. "Day of Rage: Behind the Scenes of the NYPD Crackdown at the GOP Convention." The Village Voice. March 6, 2007.

Adair, Bill. "T-Shirt Flap an Opening for Critics?" St. Petersburg Times. February 4, 2006.

Block, Jennifer. "Since When is Bicycling a Crime?" Plenty.  October/November 2005.

Renaude, Jean-Paul. "Fort Lauderdale promises to tweak list of banned items for public gatherings." Sun-Sentinel. April 6, 2005.

Wirzbicki, Alan. "Protestors Seek More Inaugural Permits." Boston Globe. December 25, 2004.

Seder, Sam. "Minority Report" Air America Radio. December 10, 2004. 

Walter, John, Director. Some Assembly Required. Documentary for Court TV and the Sundance Channel on the First Amendment. December 2004. 

Levey, Collin. "Uncivil Liberites." New York Post. November 29, 2004. 

Eggen, Dan. "Policing Is Aggressive at Bush Events." Washington Post. October 28, 2004. 

Featherstone, Liza. “Defying Convention.”  The Nation.  September 20, 2004. 

Hours, Catherine. “Last Chance for Bush Protestors.” Agence France Presse. September 2, 2004

Conan, Neal. “Protestors and Police” Talk of the Nation.  NPR. September 1, 2004

Gardener, Sean and Loretta Chao. “Protestor Assaults Police.” Newsday. September 1, 2004.

Marsico, Ron and William Kleinknecht, “Police Arrest 900 Across Manhattan.”  The Newark Star Ledger. September 1, 2004. 

“RNC Protest Turn Violent” NY1 News. August 31, 2004. 

Badkhen, Anna. “Manhattan under the gun with cops on corners and 250,000 protesters ready.” San Francisco Chronicle. August 29, 2004.

Getlin, Josh. “A Protest March That Has No End; The GOP convention in New York is just the latest stop on the radical political circuit for Democracy Uprising activists.” Los Angeles Times. August 28, 2004.

Rayman, Graham. “And now the fun begins; Some convention protesters still getting ready, but others start early with banners - and without clothes.” Newsday. August 27, 2004. 

DiDapper, Jay. “Is Violence a Possibility at RNC Protests?” WNBC Channel 4. August 27, 2004. 

Greene, Susan. “Activists Decry Pre-Convention Security Tactics.”   The Denver Post. August 26, 2004.

Range, Stacey. “Area Activists Head to GOP Convention.” Lansing State Journal. August 26, 2004.

Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge and Bill Hughes. “Police Implement Security Plans as Convention Nears.” The Journal News. August 25, 2004.

Boyd, Rodrick. “Call to Support the Iraqi ‘Resistance’ is Heard at Conference in New York.” New York Sun. August 23, 2004.

Jones, Charisse. “Protestors, Police Get Set in NYC.” USA Today. August 22, 2004. 

Moore, Martha. “Protests to Run Gamut at GOP Gathering in NYC.” USA Today. July 13, 2004. 

Robin, Joshua. “Pedals to Political Mettle.” Newsday. June 23, 2004. 

Graham, Jessie. “Police Preparing for RNC Protests.” WNYC Radio. June 16, 2004

Abumrad, Jad. "Contact." Radio Lab. January, 16, 2004.

Mauldin, William. “Murder Rates Rise Above 2002 Level.”  New York Sun. October 22, 2003.

Mauldin, William. “Got Guns? Beware in Brooklyn.”  New York Sun.  May 8, 2003.

Fertig, Beth. “NYCLU releases report on police mishandling of anti-war demonstration.” WNYC Radio. April 30, 2003. 

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Al Jazeera's The Stream December 22, 2011

New York's Crime Decline in the Age of Stop and Frisk. Museum of the City of New York. May 8, 2013.

Protesters and Police at the Republican National Convention
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