Sex Work Policy Briefing Friday, February 20th, 10-11:30 AM Eastern Hosted by: The Policing and Social Justice Project Featuring: Red Canary Song Decrim NY The Ali Forney Center NYC Councilmember Tiffany Caban Zoom Meeting brooklyn-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/8493058501...

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

Out supporting @dignityinschools.bsky.social call for police free schools.

You're not going to believe this, but closed borders are racist. They always have been. They always will be. You can indulge in smoke-filled dorm room discussions of hypothetically non-racist immigration restrictions, but in the real world closed borders are racist af.

We overbooked the #podcast for the next 2 weeks. Looks like extra creamy podcast goodness coming your way. @alexvitale.bsky.social & Special K will be on the next 2 shows! #sexworkiswork

The Tribune has obtained evidence from the case of a Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol that offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at one of the highest-profile investigations of Operation Midway Blitz. UPDATED STORY here with video and texts between agents www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...

Excited to be in conversation with David Stovall tonight about his book Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago at the NY Public Library. www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Excited to be in conversation with David Stovall tonight about his book Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago at the NY Public Library. www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.

Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵: -The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.” Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.

Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.

Where am I?

@juliango.bsky.social provides some much needed historical context and analysis of ICE and CBP. www.huffpost.com/entry/imperi...

BORTAC is the SWAT for Border Patrol. Among other things, they failed to save students in Uvalde.

Thinking about this quote from @alexvitale.bsky.social (again) as Dems have begun to walk back the simplest demands to rein in ICE. As I noted in July, the anti-mask accountability bills proposed didn't have any teeth. After live-streamed extrajudicial killings, we're functionally in the same place.

BORTAC is the SWAT for Border Patrol. Among other things, they failed to save students in Uvalde.

Who should I connect w in Pittsburgh?

Who should I connect w in Pittsburgh?

I am frustrated by the body cams nonsense but I think the way to engage people is to ask them if they want federal authorities to invade localities and round up anyone who looks like maybe they might be an immigrant. If the answer is no, better solutions are obvious.

Excited to be showing our film (@sexworkfilm.bsky.social) in Pittsburgh this week. Friday, 7 PM Kelly Stayhorn Theater.

This is a five-alarm fire not just for Texas A&M but for higher education and the country more generally. And it’s old news to say it, but this resides in a different universe of consequentiality than any of the perceived transgressions that triggered the Harper’s letter.

Excited to be showing our film (@sexworkfilm.bsky.social) in Pittsburgh this week. Friday, 7 PM Kelly Stayhorn Theater.

This is awesome.

This is awesome.

NYPD Botched Domestic Violence Responses Before a Murder, Newly Released Records Show www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/22/n...

Alteratives to SRG: “The mayor’s office has a variety of community engagement offices that have often built up relationships with organizations that might engage in protest activity, from labor unions to community groups,” said Alex Vitale www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Bay Area folks: I'll be on KPFA this morning at 7:30 AM

Tom Homan is associated with right-wing "constitutional" sheriffs, militia members, and election deniers. He's long been profiting from these associations. He's promoted white supremacist and "white replacement" narratives. www.codastory.com/disinformati...

Bay Area folks: I'll be on KPFA this morning at 7:30 AM

Alteratives to SRG: “The mayor’s office has a variety of community engagement offices that have often built up relationships with organizations that might engage in protest activity, from labor unions to community groups,” said Alex Vitale www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Alex Vitale, sociólogo: "La naturaleza de la policía en EEUU es tener impunidad porque es una herramienta de las élites" www.eldiario.es/128_c5741e?u...

Support mutual aid in Maine as they resist ICE. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

www.eldiario.es/internaciona... @alexvitale.bsky.social @jbiosca.bsky.social @capitanswing.bsky.social @eldiario.es

Jugosa y oportuna entrevista a @alexvitale.bsky.social, autor de El final del control policial.

“I think it’s a big mistake to look at this as a problem of training… We are seeing the mobilization of a federal police force to carry out a campaign of terror for political purposes.” Project coordinator @alexvitale.bsky.social on @aljazeera.com discussing recent ICE actions.

It's impossible to express how it feels to repeatedly live through the exact same cycles over and over and over again. The reformers just consistently fucking everyone over.

My comments on ICE for Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...

My comments on ICE for Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...

NYC Folks: I'll be doing this event with David Stovall about his new book "Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago" Feb 9th at the NY Public Library: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

MAGA: ICE just needs training! Dem: Cops just need training! MAGA: We're only going after the criminals! (Proceeds to spend 85% of budget doing quota policing against non-violent people🤡) Dem: We're only going after violent criminals! (Proceeds to spend 85% of budget quota arresting Black folk🤡)

Great convo yesterday w folks in Fresno. Big uptick in requests like this.

The best headline I've seen about MN murder was "Gunmen still at large."

Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Check out this great and timely interview with @petermancina.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Making plans to be in Athens, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Belgium in late June and early July. Would love to meet up with some folks, screen @sexworkfilm.bsky.social, and talk about public safety issues. Who should I connect with?

Making plans to be in Athens, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Belgium in late June and early July. Would love to meet up with some folks, screen @sexworkfilm.bsky.social, and talk about public safety issues. Who should I connect with?

For @truthout.org I wrote an analysis of the mass deportation boom during 2025. Amid all the spectacle, the passage of the funding bill in July was an ominous milestone in the history of U.S. immigration policy and the Trump administration's aspiring fascism. truthout.org/articles/tru...

I'll be in Pittsburgh on Feb 6th to show our film @sexworkfilm.bsky.social: