Alec Karakatsanis
founder, @CivRightsCorps civil rights lawyer author of usual cruelty (2019) and copaganda (forthcoming 2024)
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THREAD. I didn't fully know what to expect when I started digging into over a decade of records, statements, financial data, and other information about police body cameras. I susp...
THREAD. Last night, the White House quietly sent out a press release notifying reporters that Biden would be seeking $37 billion for, among other things, 100,000 new cops. This i...
THREAD. Something must be said about todayβs irresponsible New York Times article about antisemitism. I canβt believe it was published.
THREAD. The book IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black is one of the best and most important books I've ever read. Everyone should read it, especially anyone working in tech, journ...
THREAD. Two Harvard professors published an academic article calling for 500,000 more armed cops, who they say will arrest 7.8 million more people per year. The article reveals ala...