On K-9s biting and other dog news (0:40). (9:00) Cops in Oklahoma City come across a suicidal man and kill him. (16:00) Good data on use of force from Minneapolis. (21:30) Undercover cops in the Detroit fight each other. (23:20) Bridgeport PD can’t use the word police. (27:00) Update on Suiter investigation, or lack thereof.…
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The UCR publishes less data. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43955539
Peter Moskos discusses the November 15, 2017, killing of Baltimore City Police Detective Sean Suiter with Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13433434 The dispatched audio of the immediate aftermath of the shooting. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-suiter-dispatch-audio-20171122-story.html WBAL’s timeline is wrong regarding time of shooting of Det. Suiter. It did not take 30 minutes to get him to…
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Nick and Peter discuss the acquittal of former St Louis police officer Stockley. The verdict led to violent protests. Peter thinks the preponderance of the evidence — and then some — suggests the officer was guilty as charged (though that isn’t the legal standard for conviction in a criminal case). Peter can’t get over the…
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We begin the podcast with a reference to – but not a discussion of – the trial in which St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson acquitted Officer Jason Stockley of premeditated murder this week in St. Louis. Peter and Nick have completed a separate podcast on that incident which will drop this week. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383204…
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Nurse Wubbels and Detective Payne; David Clarke; Joe Arpaio; “We only shoot black people;” Sheriff Ed Gonzalez & the Houston response. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383205 After confrontation with nurse at Utah hospital, detective said on camera he’d “bring them all the transients.” This story also includes the sequence of events, beginning with the accident of 43-year-old William…
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Grammar 101: For students who should know, but don’t. © 2015 by Professor Peter Moskos Here’s a PDF version. If you want this in a nice little printed booklet you can read on the subway, buy it on Amazon (just $6.95). Order of Contents Introduction: Is Grammar 101 right for you? Rule #1: Write in…
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