Five Years After Police Reform, the Numbers Don’t Lie: How the NYPD Preserved Power at the Top
Methodology and Data Sources Primary Personnel Dataset (NYPD Workforce) This analysis relies on publicly available personnel data maintained by […]
Five Years After Police Reform, the Numbers Don’t Lie: Why New York’s Use-of-Force “Fix” Failed Black Communities
Methodology and Data Sources This analysis relies exclusively on state-mandated, publicly reported data collected and published by New York
When Equality Feels Like Injury: The Legal Fiction Behind “Reverse Discrimination” and the DEI Tropes That Keep It Alive
“Reverse discrimination” is not a term recognized by federal civil-rights law. It does not appear in Title VII of the
Barnes v. Felix and the Constitutional Reckoning for Administrative Policing
Executive Summary This thought-piece addresses a constitutional crisis that is being consistently mischaracterized in public discourse. What is unfolding across
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Administrative Power Without Judicial Constraint: Why ICE’s Interior Enforcement Model Is Colliding With Constitutional Policing in 2026
Executive Summary The current confrontation over federal immigration enforcement is being dangerously misframed. What is unfolding in 2026 is
Selective Outrage Has a Second Name: Retaliation
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The New York City Police Department’s current fixation on so-called “overtime abuse” is not a belated discovery
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Dignity at Exit Is Not Optional: When Courts Finally Call Administrative Retaliation What It Is
In December 2025, I published Administrative Retaliation: How the NYPD Weaponizes Separation and Certification, a thought-piece grounded in years of
Compelled Silence or Compelled Speech?
NYPD Interviews, Criminal Exposure, and the Fifth Amendment Line
When Courts Become the Only Check Left
Crime Narratives, Racialized Enforcement, and the Long Arc of Constitutional Harm in New York City From Daniels, Floyd, Davis, and