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John Jay in the Media is an e-publication of the Office of Marketing and Communications that informs the campus community about the impressive coverage that our faculty, staff, students and alumni frequently receive in the media. The newsletter includes links to highlights of John Jay College's media coverage.

A Special Note:

We would like to thank the more than 30 professors who contributed to the 160 articles below, with a special thanks to those who lent their time and expertise for hours a day, for three weeks, to multiple reporters. We are proud to see so many John Jay experts helping to guide the important conversations we are now having as a nation. By providing this wealth of experience and information, it is our hope that the outcomes of these discussions lead to better, stronger, and safer communities.

 

 

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CBS News Online • June 11, 2020

What the future of policing might look like

President Karol Mason gave an extended interview on the CBSN program Red & Blue where she spoke about the future of policing and ways to regain the trust and confidence of law enforcement in the communities they serve.

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CNN • May 29, 2020

Erin Burnett OutFront: Preliminary Autopsy of George Floyd

Professor Emeritus of Forensic Science Lawrence Kobilinsky explained the medical examiner's autopsy of George Floyd.

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Channel News Asia • May 29, 2020

COVID-19: Struggle to find work-life balance for America's single-parent households

Adjunct Professor and divorce lawyer Lisa Fischel-Wolovick commented on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting her clients' child custody arrangements.

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KPCC-FM • June 2, 2020

KPCC-FM (NR LA) AirTalk

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program and Professor Maki Haberfeld emphasized the need for transformational change in policing and explained how it would be done.

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CNN • June 2, 2020

Anderson Cooper 360: 8th Night of Protests Over George Floyd's Death

Professor of Constitutional Law Gloria Browne-Marshall emphasized the discrepancies between the arrest of George Floyd and the arrests of the Boston bomber and the Aurora movie theater shooter.

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WWL-AM • June 2, 2020

WWL 870 - New Orleans

Professor Emeritus of Forensic Science Lawrence Kobilinsky explained the medical examiner's autopsy of George Floyd.

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C-SPAN • June 4, 2020

Protests Across the U.S.

The City of Minneapolis works with John Jay's National Network of Safe Communities to implement the Group Violence and Domestic Violence intervention systems.

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WNBC-TV • June 5, 2020

News 4 New York at 4:30

The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution's forum featuring the mothers of Amadou Diallo, Delrawn Smalls, Philando Castile, and Sean Bell on policy reform and systemic racism was featured on NBC.

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KSL-AM • June 7, 2020

Full Booker: 'We Are Over-Policed As A Society' Radio clip from Meet the Press

Senator Cory Booker credited his work with John Jay's National Network for Safe Communities during his Newark mayoralty for helping the city use evidence-based solutions, like community interventions, to build safer communities.

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PBS NewsHour Online • June 8, 2020

Cory Booker on how the U.S. should reform policing

Senator Cory Booker credited his work with John Jay's National Network for Safe Communities during his Newark mayoralty for helping the city use evidence-based solutions, like community interventions, to build safer communities (at 6:40 mark).

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MSNBC  • June 8, 2020

Rachel Maddow

Professor Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founder and of the Center for Policing Equity, explained what 'defund the police' means.

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WPIX-TV • June 9, 2020

Debate Over NYPD and Budget Reform

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins spoke on the 'defund the police' movement.

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WPIX-TV • June 10, 2020

PIX11 News at 6 with Tamsen Fadal and John Muller

Professor Peter Moskos, an ex-Baltimore City police officer who chairs the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, spoke about police reform.

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WOR-AM • June 10, 2020

Radio clip from WOR-AM (Radio) at 2020-06-10 09:54:47.000

Former NYPD Sergeant and Adjunct Professor Joe Giacalone criticized the calls to defund the police.

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KCRW-FM • June 10, 2020

Radio clip from KCRW-FM (Radio) at 2020-06-10 08:35:16.000

Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution Lucy Lang commented on San Francisco's new policy of paying for the funeral expenses, medical bills, and counseling of victims of police violence.

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C-SPAN • June 11, 2020

Congressional Hearing on Police Reform

Director of the Center for Policing Equity Phillip Atiba Goff testified before the House Judiciary Committee on law enforcement practices and policing accountability.

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WPIX-TV • June 11, 2020

What Could Police Reform Look Like

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy discussed police reform.

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Spectrum News NY1 • June 15, 2020

News All Morning

Lucy Lang, Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay, was on Mornings on 1 on NY1 discussing police reform.

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WHYY-FM • June 15, 2020

Radio clip from WHYY (Radio) at 2020-06-15 03:51:20.000

Professor of Constitutional Law Gloria Browne-Marshall explained how the acquittal of the officers who assaulted Rodney King in 1991 was a seminal moment in history.

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Einpresswire.com • June 11, 2020

COVID-19 Domestic Violence Task Force's Initial Recommendations

President Karol V. Mason is a member of the task force, created by Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa and the New York State Council on Women and Girls, to find innovative solutions to the spike in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Secretary DeRosa issued a report to Governor Cuomo outlining the Task Force's initial recommendations.

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Agencia EFE - New York Bureau • May 12, 2020

El gran reto de reabrir Nueva York

Professor of Latin American Studies Lisandro Pérez explained why population density is key to how quickly the coronavirus spread in New York City.

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New York Daily News Online • May 19, 2020

Why inspectors general matter so much, and what makes Trump's attack on them such a threat

Professors of Public Management Dan Feldman and Robin Kempf wrote an op-ed on President Trump's firing of four federal inspectors generals after they exposed corruption in his administration.

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MSN Money • May 27, 2020

New York Starts Mapping Out the Road Back From Coronavirus Crisis - and It's Long

John Jay alumna Lydia Grayson-Cross was profiled in this Wall Street Journal story about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Digital Privacy News • May 28, 2020

Jussie Smollett Warrants Threaten Digital Privacy Rights, Experts Say

Assistant Professor of Public Policy Adam Scott Wandt, explained the safeguards in place that could protect digital privacy rights during search warrants.

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The Patriot-News Online/PennLive.com • May 31, 2020

People gather in Bethlehem to protest against police brutality after George Floyd death

John Jay student Matty Fall organized a Black Lives Matter protest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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Vox • June 1, 2020

How to reform American police, according to experts

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy explained what needs to be done to build trust between police and black communities.

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NBC News Online • June 1, 2020

Police try to defuse George Floyd tensions by locking arms with angry protesters

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins talked about community-based policing after some police officers stood in solidarity with the protesters.

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San Francisco Chronicle Online • June 1, 2020

George Floyd case another teachable moment on race, but in Bay Area and elsewhere, few lessons learned

Professor Delores Jones-Brown explained why the history of racism in America is behind the poor relationship between police and the black community.

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Boston Globe Online • June 1, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd's death, Trump focuses his ire more on the protesters than the crime

Professor of Constitutional Law Gloria Browne-Marshall explained the underlying failure of both the Obama and Trump administrations in addressing police brutality.

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CNN Online • June 2, 2020

A 19-year-old called out New York Democrats accepting police campaign donations. To his surprise, many have listened

Aaron Fernando, a John Jay rising junior honors student began compiling police union campaign donations to New York Democrats the day before George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. Since sharing his "Who's Taking Cop Money?" Google spreadsheet on Twitter on May 29, eight Democrats vowed to donate their police-funded contributions to bail funds or criminal justice reform organizations.

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The New York Times Online • June 2, 2020

'It Was a Disgrace': De Blasio and Police Chief Faulted Over Looting

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins commented on how the police are handling the looting during the nationwide unrest.

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The News & Observer Online • June 2, 2020

Riot gear and tear gas: How well did Raleigh police handle last weekend's protests?

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins explained police use of tear gas and crowd control management during the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd.  

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Yahoo News • June 2, 2020

In wake of Floyd killing, black lives matter to us too, police around the country are saying

Professor Emerita Delores Jones-Brown explained why police officers are starting to make cracks in the blue wall of silence.

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The Courier-Journal Online • June 2, 2020

Mayor Fischer says Louisville welcomes peaceful protest. Why was one cleared with tear gas?

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld talked about using tear gas during a protest.

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The Washington Post Online • June 2, 2020

District's mayor, police chief struggle to allow protesters to be heard while quelling mayhem

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins contextualized the situation police are facing now as protests against police brutality erupt globally.

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NJ.com • June 2, 2020

In N.J., progress is being made in policing. But 'we still have a long, long way to go.'

Associate Professor and former captain in the Newark Police Department Jon Shane emphasized the need for a standardized use-of-force policy across all police departments in New Jersey.

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KPCC-FM Online • June 2, 2020

How Should Police Be Approaching Protesters And Looters?

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld discussed different approaches to policing amid the protests and riots.

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Yahoo News • June 2, 2020

'My face exploded': Police firing rubber bullets have wounded and permanently disabled protesters and journalists

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld talked about the use of rubber bullets and what needs to be done to bring civil unrest under control.

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Boston Globe Online • June 2, 2020

Police must relearn lessons they've forgotten

Professor of Criminal Justice and former Florida police officer Dennis Kenney co-wrote an op-ed on how police should interact with at-risk communities.

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The New York Times Online • June 2, 2020

The de Blasio Disappointment

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell blamed de Blasio for encouraging anti-police sentiment after Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in 2015.

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Bloomberg News Online • June 2, 2020

On Topic: a Conversation About Reforming the Justice System at Several Levels

Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr. Keith Taylor explained the next steps in building better police-community relations in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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The Washington Post Online • June 3, 2020

Cities increasingly turn to curfews hoping to subdue violence, retake control of the streets

Professor of Criminal Justice and former Florida police officer Dennis Kenney explained why city curfews were implemented during the protests.

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INSIDER • June 3, 2020

Curfews can be effective in preventing looting and violence amid social unrest but opponents say they give police too much power

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld discussed why curfews were imposed during the nationwide protests.

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New York Daily News Online • June 3, 2020

Pandemics, policing and the curse of localism

Associate Professor of History Fritz Umbach co-wrote an op-ed calling for a national intervention on reducing deaths from both pandemics and abusive policing.

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WNYC-AM All of It with Alison Stewart • June 3, 2020

What Does it Mean to De-Escalate?

Adjunct Professor Adwoa Akhu, a trainer for the NYPD Hostage Negotiators and former president of the New York Association of Black Psychologists gave an extended interview on what de-escalation means and how it works.

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Reuters Online • June 3, 2020

Outpouring of rage over George Floyd killing tests limits of U.S. police tactics

Professor Candace McCoy commented on the complicated task police face when interacting with protesters, some of whom are agent provocateurs.

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The Appeal • June 3, 2020

No More 'COPS'

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy commented on the Community Oriented Policing Services program.

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BuzzFeed • June 3, 2020

Protest Arrests Are Surging. Prosecutions For Financial Crimes Are At An All-Time Low.

Associate Professor of Economics Geert Dhondt pointed out how the crimes of the rich, which can be far more harmful than the vandalism and theft during the George Floyd protests, often go unprosecuted.

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Yahoo UK - Yahoo News UK • June 3, 2020

I asked police, veterans and a former CIA agent what they think of Trump's response to the protests. Even they are horrified

Dr. Peter Moskos, an ex-Baltimore City police officer who chairs the department of law, police science, and criminal justice administration, explained the conservative culture which pervades law enforcement and how Trump's rhetoric affects their speech.

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New York Daily News Online • June 3, 2020

An economic and social justice imperative

Associate Professor of Political Science Susan Kang co-wrote an op-ed calling for a tax on wealthy New Yorkers in order to fund public higher education.

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CNN Online • June 3, 2020

Police using rubber bullets that can maim or kill

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins talked about police using rubber bullets on crowds of protesters, during the national unrest over the murder of George Floyd.

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Sports Illustrated Online • June 3, 2020

Giants Issue Statement

The New York Giants issued a statement about the team's plans to continue its partnership with John Jay College to help bring about social change.

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HuffPost • June 3, 2020

The Militarization Of Local Police Has Been Decades In The Making

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld commented on police demilitarization.

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POLITICO Online • June 3, 2020

How will it end?

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell commented on the state of cities in the aftermath of the civil unrest.

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MPR News Online - Minnesota Public Radio Network • June 3, 2020

What do the George Floyd autopsies show?

Associate Professor and forensic anthropologist Angelique Corthals explained the discrepancies between the two autopsy reports of George Floyd.

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The New York Times Online • June 3, 2020

Trump Deploys the Full Might of Federal Law Enforcement to Crush Protests

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell commented on federal agencies assisting local law enforcement to clear away protesters.

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The Medium Online • June 3, 2020

This Jamaican-born Writer Brings the Undocumented Voices to the Limelight

John Jay alumna Donauta Watson-Starcevic was profiled for her poetry and her journey from Jamaica to NYU's MFA program.

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Los Angeles Times Online • June 4, 2020

Trump ignores calls for police reforms

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld explained the need for police reform.

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C-SPAN Online • June 4, 2020

Eugene O'Donnell Discusses Policing in the U.S.

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell talked about policing in the U.S. following George Floyd's killing and the ensuing protests.

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ABC News Online • June 4, 2020

'Strategic' well-orchestrated heists seen amid protest chaos

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell commented on how thieves are capitalizing on the chaos around protests to stage widespread store thefts.

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Yahoo News • June 4, 2020

In wake of Floyd killing, black lives matter to us too, police around the country are saying

Professor Emerita Delores Jones-Brown explained why police officers are starting to break the blue wall of silence.

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MSN News • June 4, 2020

Special Report: How union, Supreme Court shield Minneapolis cops

Professor of Constitutional Law and civil rights attorney Gloria Browne-Marshall explained how 'qualified immunity' shields police from convictions in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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Forbes Online • June 4, 2020

LA Mayor Slashes LAPD Budget As Calls To 'Defund Police' Slowly Pick Up Steam

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy discussed police reform.

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Vox • June 4, 2020

America needs to think more about the costs of policing

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy explained the mistrust between police and black communities. Professor Phillip Atiba Goff's research on racial disparities in American policing practices was also cited.

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New York Daily News Online • June 4, 2020

Racist policing is indisputable, and leaders have done almost nothing about it

Paul Oder, a second-year John Jay criminal justice doctoral student, wrote an op-ed on how racialized policing and the opposition to police reform initiatives has led to riots.

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WPIX-TV Online • June 4, 2020

Why cities are instituting curfews during George Floyd protests

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld discussed the history of curfews and the purpose it serves.

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Washington Times Online • June 4, 2020

City curfews enable police action, peaceful protests

Professor of Criminal Justice Dennis Kenney explained why imposing a curfew can help restore order and enable civil protest.

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TF1 • June 4, 2020

Police methods in question in the United States (in French)

Professor Emeritus Eli Silverman contextualized the unrest over the murder of George Floyd for a French TV station.

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Tampa Bay Times Online • June 5, 2020

Tampa Bay agencies say they urge officers to report, stop police brutality when they see it

Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution Lucy Lang explained how a police department's culture could affect its policy on an police officer's duty to report inappropriate behaviors.

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Bloomberg News Online • June 5, 2020

A Degree Doesn't Buy Privilege for Black Graduates

Recent John Jay alumnus Abdoulaye Makanera was profiled in Bloomberg, detailing how financial aid helped him graduate last month as well as his plans going forward.

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WFPL-FM - Online • June 5, 2020

With Police Union Contract Under Negotiation, Fischer Could Push For Changes

Adjunct Professor and former NYPD Inspector Steve Nasta explained how due process requirements for officers in union contracts complicate efforts to discipline them for misconduct.

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The New York Times • June 5, 2020

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De Blasio Faces Jeers As Police Crack Down

Adjunct Professor and former Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins commented on the tensions between the police and the protesters. Co-

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Los Angeles Times • June 5, 2020

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Trump ignores calls for police reforms

Copyright 2020 Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved.

Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld explained the need for police reform.

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The Chief • June 5, 2020

'Just-Us' In America

Adjunct Assistant Professor Marc Bullaro wrote a letter to the editor condemning the prosecutors in Brunswick and Minneapolis for failing to act until the videos of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd went public.

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Oxygen Online • June 5, 2020

Philadelphia Man Allegedly Sold Homemade Dynamite During Protests, 'Terrorized Neighborhoods'

Assistant Professor of Public Policy Adam Scott Wandt commented on a story where a man allegedly produced and sold explosives and instructed others how to use it to blow open ATMs during the current civil unrest.

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The Chief • June 5, 2020

Can't Live With Police? Try Doing Without Them

Adjunct Lecturer and former NYPD officer Eugene O'Donnell condemned the mayors of progressive cities for the way they are handling the civil rest.

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Gotham Philosophical Society • June 5, 2020

Are Police the Tip of the Iceberg?

Professor Emeritus of Philosopy John Kleinig wrote an opinion piece in response to Brooklyn College's Alex Vitale Guardian op-ed calling for the defunding of police.

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NJ.com • June 6, 2020

Putting cops on trial is difficult. Will the George Floyd case be any different?

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld explained that force by police in certain cases is permissible and how that affects jurors.

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Quartz • June 6, 2020

To stop police brutality, make it financially unsustainable

Professor Emeritus Eli Silverman explained how police departments incentivize aggressive policing in the way it measures data on crimes and police activity.

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The Buffalo News Online • June 6, 2020

Experts differ on police shove that focused the nation on Buffalo

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld said didn't think actions by Buffalo police officers who shoved a 75-year-old warranted being suspended without pay.

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The Wall Street Journal • June 6, 2020

Viral Videos From Protests Fuel Broader Debate Over Policing

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld looked at the actions of the two Buffalo police officers who shoved 75-year-old Martin Gugino onto a City Hall sidewalk.

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The Washington Post Online • June 6, 2020

Barr seeks to subdue D.C. protests by 'flooding the zone' with federal firepower

Professor of Criminal Justice Dennis Kenney commented on Attorney General Barr's use of force to clear Lafayette Square of protesters just before the president's walk to get his photo taken outside a church.

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France 24 • June 6, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd's killing, a growing chorus to cut police funding

Professor of Criminal Justice Dennis Kenney discussed police reform.

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HuffPost • June 6, 2020

American police have been militarized for decades and it's a problem (in French)

Co-Director of the NYPD Police Studies Program Professor Maki Haberfeld commented on police demilitarization.

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HuffPost • June 7, 2020

Rubber Bullets Are Still Bullets

Professor of Criminal Justice and former Florida police officer Dennis Kenney explained police use of nonlethal force during the George Floyd protests.

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PA Times • June 7, 2020

Can the States Declare Financial Bankruptcy?

Adjunct Professor of Public Administration Stephen R. Rolandi wrote an op-ed on states declaring bankruptcy due to the pandemic-related economic crisis.

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WNYC-AM Online • June 8, 2020

The Police Officer's View

Adjunct Assistant Professor Dr. Keith Taylor spoke about claims of over-policing by protesters and how the officers, especially officers of color, see their responsibilities now.

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The Indypendent - Online • June 8, 2020

Queens Student Activist Gets NYC Pols to Return Cop Union Funds

Aaron Fernando, a John Jay rising junior honors student began compiling police union campaign donations to New York Democrats the day before George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.

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The Mercury News Online • June 8, 2020

Duty to intervene: Minneapolis cops who helped arrest George Floyd spoke up but didn't step in

Former NYPD Sergeant and Adjunct Professor Joe Giacalone commented on the behavior of former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng who watched as Officer Derek Chauvin kneeeled on George Floyd's neck for almost 9 minutes.

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