Radley Balko
@radleybalko
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Investigative journalist. Journalism fellow: Quattrone Center. Books: Rise of the Warrior Cop, Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Honorary Duckmaster.
Nashville, TN
Joined August 2008
My first big report for the new Substack is now live. It's a two-year investigation into the horrific wrongful conviction of an intellectually disabled man in Arkansas. No paywall, so I hope you'll check it out. https://t.co/VsFDPMOwtI
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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“If you were trying to replicate that path to autocracy, I don’t know what you would be doing differently than what Trump is doing now.” -@radleybalko
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This is a very important article to read. You should share it with five people you know today and discuss together what it means. It’s by @radleybalko
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Insane story from @radleybalko about agents showing up at a lawyer's home to intimidate him about representing immigrants. They appear to have cut his wifi to turn off his ring cam recording. As Radley notes, it fits with a pattern of immigration attorney intimidation.
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The best writer in America on criminal justice issues is @radleybalko But today he turns his attention to Senator Bill Kennedy's amazingly cowardly vote for RFK Jr, and the consequences of said vote. It is a damning piece & I urge you all to read it https://t.co/x1cUSVByxm
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This, from @radleybalko.bsky.social, is wonderful. "Clapping for Stalin" link↓
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A recent shock poll showed 47% of Americans support "militarized mass deportations" - even as there's been next to zero debate about the stakes of troops rolling into U.S. cities, overcrowded camps, and the ruination of the American economy My new column🎁 https://t.co/LRIPRSIS3d
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If any of you 200K are looking for a place to spend your journalism-supporting budget, I know of a pretty swell, hard-hitting newsletter. https://t.co/MTWY63p2u0
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Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.
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Junk science is about to put a person to death. Robert Roberson is set to be executed by the state of Texas, but the "shaken baby syndrome" that got him convicted of murder is based on dubious science. https://t.co/0sNkUcztV4
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Robert Roberson is set to be executed by the state of Texas, but the "shaken baby syndrome" that got him convicted of murder is based on dubious science.
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An incredibly thorough article by Radley Balko. Trump's deportation army, by @radleybalko
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This post by @radleybalko comes to mind immediately.
“mass deportation” is his only real policy and has there been one single report detailing exactly what that would look like step by step?
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Policing tactics under scrutiny🔎 Four years after George Floyd protests, police reform has stalled, while surveillance by law enforcement has expanded. Join our panel with @radleybalko, @FoxCahn, @JayCStanley, and Cato’s Patrick Eddington as we examine changes in policing,
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What changes, if any, have we seen in policing practices at the federal, state, and local levels since the George Floyd murder protests in the summer of 2020, particularly as they pertain to monito...
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New from me: Less than 5 percent of DA's offices have a unit tasked with seeking out wrongful convictions. I spoke with Marissa Bluestine of the Quattrone Center about what these units do well, what they could do better, and the obstacles they face. (Link follows)
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Despite (or because of) their success, CIUs now get pushback from Republican attorneys general, police departments who don't like to see their incompetence/corruption exposed, and city officials who fear the lawsuits wrought by exonerations. Link: https://t.co/4f2KCJYTz4
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New from me: Less than 5 percent of DA's offices have a unit tasked with seeking out wrongful convictions. I spoke with Marissa Bluestine of the Quattrone Center about what these units do well, what they could do better, and the obstacles they face. (Link follows)
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. . . building his confidence and coaxing out the magnificent beast within him. I first met Wally five years into his life, and only got to see the marvelous result -- this loyal, determined, gentle, awkward, wonderfully empathetic fellow. Truly one of the Seven Great Dogs of his
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We say goodbye to this handsome gentleman today. My wife @LilianaSegura adopted Wally 15 years ago. I don't know that any dog and human could be more perfectly suited for one another. Wally was nearly feral when Liliana got him. She spent the next several years . . .
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The New Abnormal Podcast w/ Danielle (@DeeTwoCents) Moodie & @AndyLevy "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Needs to ‘Grow a Pair’ and Stand Up to Trump" @RadleyBalko, David (@djrothkopf) Rothkopf
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