Month: November 2025

My “lost” (really forgotten) 2017 conversation with Baltimore Police Legend and Jack Maple protégé Tony Barksdale. In 2020 he wrote about how to reduce violence. In July, 2022, Mayor Brandon Scott appointed Barksdale as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. Murders began a sharp decline. Nothing like a plan, a good police commissioner, and a good…
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A discussion of the results of New York’s Bail Reform with René Ropac & Stephen Koppel of the Data Collaboration for Justice. Listen on Spreaker.Watch on YouTube. Too deep of a dive? Here is a 16 minute edited version on youtube and audio on Spreaker. The link to the October 2025 Report on Bail Reform…
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