There’s another video of excessive NYPD use of force. This has nothing to do about bicyclists. But it is the NYPD. And brutality. And it probably won’t turn out well for the officer. At least neither of the cases directly involve race. The bike case was white on white. This is black on black (and…
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Ray Kelley, the commissioner, just came on the radio and said he “couldn’t fathom” why the officer, Pogan, did that. That means the officer is officially being fed to the dogs… hung out to dry… you might even say thrown under a bus. And since the officer is still on probation… well, it’s time to…
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I tried to take the high road. I did! But my friend just sent me this and I can’t resist. Thanks, buddy! Here’s what my friend wrote: Not that you needed me to but I took it upon myself to defend you by sending Ed a nasty gram. Ed, I listened to the show today…
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Why beat around the bush? Here’s what I think about Ed Norris as commissioner. Like I already wrote: I think he was a good commissioner. Not as good a commissioner as hethinks he is, but then who is? I think he was better than the guy that came before and the guy that after him.…
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When I’m criticized for my book (usually it’s me that is criticized and not my book), I hear the same two things again and again: 1) who does this college boy think he is? and 2) what gives you the right to be an “expert” since you were only a cop for 20 months? First…
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So I was the Ed Norris Show. It was brutal. Brutal anddirty because they only attacked me after I was off the air. I got thick skin; I just wish I could have defended myself. He was too polite to me on the air and too harsh afterwards. I think the problem is that 1)…
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This is encouraging news reported in New York Times: The number of chronically homeless people living in the nation’s streets and shelters has dropped by about 30 percent — to 123,833 from 175,914 — between 2005 and 2007. […] The officials attribute much of the decline to the “housing first” strategy that has been promoted…
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Luckily somebody was filming. Uh, officers, you should always police like people are filming. Especially when you know they are. As a former cop and current bicyclist, I don’t get is why the NYPD is so hellbent against Critical Mass. Other cities manage just fine. Police escort. A little traffic disruption. A lot of bicyclists…
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I’ll be on the Ed Norris show (via phone) tomorrow (Tuesday) 5pm. Listen in.
Since they say that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, I’ve got some audio tracks so you can hear the Baltimore Club sound and the work of K-Swift, who died a few days ago. First and foremost, Baltimore Club Music is a beat. If it ain’t got this beat, it’s not club music…
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