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Jack Greig-Midlane
@thejackgm.bsky.social
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Sociology of policing, police reform, public order, politics of expression. Teach criminology @ UWE. Will post cat pictures. Talks underground punk, indie, etc. ⚽️ #CAFC
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oldtrotter.bsky.social
Trump looks to be replicating Putin's approach to the economy rather than Xi's
The president appears to envy Chinese economic interventionism — but in China, the authorities tend to set the parameters and allow companies to compete vigorously. The overt US turn towards favouritism and quid pro quo governance risks undermining US economic foundations by reshaping incentives across markets and regulation. When capital flows primarily to those with access and connections, competition becomes distorted, inequality deepens and policymaking weakens. The most productive or innovative businesses could get sidelined.
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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criminologist.bsky.social
Really interesting to hear plans re changes to school suspension in white paper
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

esp as suspension causes increased risk of later custody
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

we can prevent behaviour leading to suspension
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
School‐Based Interventions for Reducing Disciplinary School Exclusion. An Updated Systematic Review
School exclusion—commonly referred to as suspension—is a disciplinary response employed by school authorities to address student misbehaviour. Typically, it involves temporary removal from regular te....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
Javid here making the case for ‘seductions of crime’ and cultural #criminology

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What was the pleasure in stealing from the slot machines? Javid's face lights up. "Oh, I loved it. I loved it. The pleasure was that you could make money from these machines." He pauses. "Well, actually not make money, take money from these machines." He says they justified their actions by telling themselves the owners were also acting unlawfully. "Bas and I thought that the people who operated these amusement parks shouldn't be letting kids in anyway. You had to be 18. Bas was 11, I was 13. We were obviously nowhere near the legal age."
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
I wish her all the worst in her new endeavours.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
Suella Braverman MP has joined the Reform party, despite briefings from the party last summer to the Daily Mail, GB News and others that it would refuse her if she wanted to join.
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
thejackgm.bsky.social
“People were afraid to come to the hospital. They knew what happens afterwards. …once the situation is considered “under control”, hospitals receive official letters from security institutions demanding patient information – names, details, injuries.”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous
I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
Trump and his minions seem unable to NOT constantly and brazenly lie at any opportunity, like it’s habitual. Completely surreal to live through a US administration that appears to be in the throes of self inflicted madness.

#Newsnight
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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ccpolres.bsky.social
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/expertcommen...
#ccprconf26
Regulatory Frontiers of AI: The end of a gilded age of lawlessness for the technology? | Expert comment
Dr Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh, Senior Lecturer in Law, reflects on this year’s milestones within AI technology and governance.
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
No peaceful nations allowed in a ‘Board for Peace’ is like having ‘no fighting in the war room’.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8d
The thinnest-skinned man in the world withdraws his offer for Canada to join his so-called Board of Peace.

Which shows exactly why the organisation is so pointless.
Trump withdraws Canada's invite to join Board of Peace
Trump did not provide a reason for the decision, which comes after Canada's PM Mark Carney warned of a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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gmhales.bsky.social
Some initial ££ Qs about force mergers:
- How will precept harmonisation work?
- How will transition costs be paid for?
- Will investment be maintained in the meantime?
- Will reform of the funding formula now be abandoned?
- When will the economies of scale deliver savings?
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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ctmccartney.bsky.social
I don't quite understand why more hasn't been made of the AI error, given how quickly police are taking up AI tools.
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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profgeoffpearson.bsky.social
We set out our arguments more clearly here, using a number of case studies of 'intelligence led' football operations, some of which were superb, some of which were a shambles. But very few operations, good or bad, played out how the intelligence suggested they would.
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
Re: police use of LLMs for intelligence led decisions
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 PM
thejackgm.bsky.social
Was meaning to post this extraordinary story last week, that demonstrates the risk of LLM use for police intelligence-based decision-making. I suspect this won’t be the last example of this error.

#policing #criminology

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv ban
Craig Guildford says he gave incorrect evidence to MPs and mistake arose from ‘use of Microsoft Copilot’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE

The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast

The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side

He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot

That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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iainbrennan.bsky.social
We've been evaluating Serious Violence Fund for five years. Newest evaluation, covering 2019-2024 should be out in a few months.
January 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
thejackgm.bsky.social
#criminology take note. Look forward to seeing a decent evaluation of this - looks very promising on the face of it.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
London’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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shashj.bsky.social
"A medic at one Tehran hospital said there were "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital in the capital had gone into crisis mode"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed and injured by the security forces, with more than 70 bodies brought to one hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).

Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23d
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
thejackgm.bsky.social
It’s easy to glibly react to such headlines, but the article itself is terrible, ignoring a host of expert opinion and using a single source comparing Trumpism to Nazism (not fascism) to make its ultimate argument.
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
““The police excluded (having initially included) any assessment of the significant risk to the Jewish community, and claimed to have consulted the local community in advance of the decision, which they had not,” the BoD statement added.”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Jewish community ‘frustrated’ with police over handling of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban
West Midlands police face MPs after barring Israeli football team’s supporters from match against Aston Villa
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
thejackgm.bsky.social
“Laura O’Brien, a partner at the law firm of Hodge Jones & Allen, told Human Rights Watch that the new laws had created confusion among officers and, in the context of placards at pro-Palestinian protests, the approach seemed to be “arrest first and decide later”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn
Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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fulelo.bsky.social
#BBCNews - Two rapists among Met officers not properly vetted
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rapists among Metropolitan Police officers not properly vetted
David Carrick and Cliff Mitchell were among 131 Met staff who were not vetted properly, a report finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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gmhales.bsky.social
The MPS has published a review of historic vetting practices, which identifies that standards were cut in order to achieve a recruitment surge associated with the Police Uplift Programme (linked to ££), and to tackle disproportionality in vetting refusals news.met.police.uk/news/met-con...
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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jamesrball.com
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.

This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM