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Gun Control Michigan Politics Public Safety

Nat M. Zorach May 25, 2023May 24, 2023 0 Comments ar-15, blue lives matter, bootlicking, constitutional county, cops, dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains, fascism, firearm deaths, firearm policy, firearm regulation, firearm safety, firearms, FOP, fraternal order of police, gun, gun control, gun policy reform, gun safety, handgun, howell, joe spaulding, KKK, law enforcement, living in the sprawl, livingston county, macomb county, magazine capacity limits, michigan, militarism, ottawa county, Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, police, police reform, policing, red flag laws, rifle, semiauto, semiautomatic weapons, Sprawl

When Did The Police Become So, Uh, Anti-Law?

The latest insanity out of America’s Largest Strip Mall (a.k.a. Michigan) is the bold declaration of some police agencies in

Nat M. Zorach June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 0 Comments charge energy conference, conferences, defund the police, firearms, greg abbott, gun control, gun safety, houston, ken paxton, ken paxton investigation, lone star, lone star state, mass shootings, police, police abolition, police budgets, police reform, police spending, public safety, texas, texas state police, uvalde, uvalde police, uvalde police response, uvalde school shooting, uvalde texas

Idle Thoughts And Prayers: Why I’m Not Attending The CHARGE Energy Branding Conference in Texas

Nat has, for better or worse, cancelled his trip to an energy conference in the Lone Star State.

Policy Public Safety

Nat M. Zorach April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 0 Comments 1312, abolish the police, acab, angie schmitt, austerity, black lives matter, BSEED, budgets, building department, building inspections, building inspector, building officials, community engagement, community meetings, cycling, cycling safety, dave bell, defund the police, democracy, Detroit, detroit police chief james craig, detroit police department, detroit will breathe, fuck the police, james craig, jessica parker, legal aid, municipal budgets, municipal government, nonmotorized transportation, pedestrian fatalities, pedestrian safety, police, police abolition, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police departments, police reform, policing in the united states, prison abolition, prison reform, public funding, reform the police, safe mobility, safe streets, social justice, social safety net, social welfare, social work, social worker, social workers, traffic safety, traffic violence

Police Reform: Imagining New Roles For A Safer, More Functional Society

We expect police to respond to, well, everything. And they’re not suited for it. Rethinking policing in the United States will require us to figure out alternatives for who is responding to what issue.

Public Health Public Safety Transit infrastructure

Nat M. Zorach April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 0 Comments adam toledo, black lives matter, BLM, brian calley, brooklyn center, chicago, city government, department of transportation, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit will breathe, diane cross, gun violence in chicago, james craig, jeff cranson, lane miles, level-of-service, LoS, mdot, michigan department of transportation, municipal government, officer-involved shooting, police abolition, police abolition movement, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police reform, police shooting, police shootings, public health, public police, traffic violence, violence, what about chicago, what about gun violence in chicago

Lethal Projectiles: Car Culture, Gun Violence, and Police Shootings

Matthew Lewis points out that departments of transportation and police departments are two of the least democratic institutions in American society right now– and are two of the biggest threats to public health.

Law Politics Public Safety

Nat M. Zorach February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 0 Comments 538, 911, 911 calls, amelia thomson-deveaux, black lives matter, corktown, damini sharma, Detroit, detroit will breathe, detroit will breathe lawsuit, fivethirtyeight, hulk hogan gawker lawsuit, hulk hogan lawsuit, laura bronner, lawsuit, lawsuits, litigation, nate silver, new york city, nonviolent crimes, police abolition, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police lawsuits, police reform, police violence, police violence lawsuits, settlement, settlements, springfield mass, violent crimes

Taxpayers Spend Hundreds of Millions Per Year On Police Brutality Settlements. That Money Could Be Better Spent.

A new article from FiveThirtyEight looks at the staggering sums of money taxpayers are liable for in police brutality lawsuit settlement in 31 American cities. The data are unsurprisingly incomplete, and unsurprisingly appalling.

Movements & Organizing Public Safety

Nat M. Zorach August 23, 2020October 23, 2020 0 Comments black lives matter, BLM, Detroit, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit will breathe, hudson's site, james craig, mike duggan, national lawyers guild, police, police abolition, police brutality, police reform, shinola, violence

Nice To See You Again: DPD Back in Full Force

Detroit protests have been largely quiet since June. This changed last night when protesters downtown, challenging the new federal law enforcement intervention in Detroit being championed by Mike Duggan, Police Chief James Craig, and US Attorney General William Barr, were met with batons, pepper spray, and tear gas.

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