Daniel Bodah
@bodahesq.bsky.social
Law enforcement accountability and policy. Currently supporting efforts to curtail non-safety-related traffic enforcement to reduce pretextual stops. I also work on civilian oversight of law enforcement, data transparency, and search and seizure practices.
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The GOP’s “big beautiful bill” includes a clause giving Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a terrorism supporter.
The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.
The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.
Republicans Slip Nonprofit Killer Bill Into Budget Plan
The “nonprofit killer bill” is hidden at the very end of Republicans’ massive 389-page budget package.
newrepublic.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The GOP’s “big beautiful bill” includes a clause giving Donald Trump the ability to revoke the tax-exempt status of any group the Treasury Department says is a terrorism supporter.
The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.
The bill is in the reconciliation process, meaning it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass.
I meant to share this last month when it came out - but it remains excellent, urgent, and relevant, so I'm sharing it now.
Yesterday, I published an investigation into a secretive & abusive NYPD unit led by Mayor Eric Adams’ buddies.
Adams has embraced the unit, the Community Response Team, even after NYPD officials raised red flags.
This is what that has wrought.
**All caught on video we obtained.**
THREAD.
Adams has embraced the unit, the Community Response Team, even after NYPD officials raised red flags.
This is what that has wrought.
**All caught on video we obtained.**
THREAD.
April 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I meant to share this last month when it came out - but it remains excellent, urgent, and relevant, so I'm sharing it now.
Potential harms of policing manifest in traffic stops. In some places, more than 1/2 of stops are for minor regulations: expired registration, rosary hanging from mirror. Data shows that these stops don't produce safer roads, result in unequal treatment of drivers, & trap some w/fines & fees.
Each year, police in the U.S. conduct more than 20 million traffic stops. Non-safety-related traffic stops divert resources away from addressing dangerous driving and do little to make us safer.
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Potential harms of policing manifest in traffic stops. In some places, more than 1/2 of stops are for minor regulations: expired registration, rosary hanging from mirror. Data shows that these stops don't produce safer roads, result in unequal treatment of drivers, & trap some w/fines & fees.
We know police interventions--even when called for--cause harm. We have to make sure to use them in targeted ways so the cure doesn't kill the patient, to borrow a medical metaphor.
The unnecessary deaths of Tyre Nichols, Philando Castile, and many others at the hands of police are a bitter reminder that low-level traffic stops are not only ineffective at promoting safety—they can be deadly.
The Social Costs of Policing
Nationwide, policymakers and the public are considering how best to address crime. Deeper insights on policing should guide decisions about its funding and role in the provision of public safety. Trad...
www.vera.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We know police interventions--even when called for--cause harm. We have to make sure to use them in targeted ways so the cure doesn't kill the patient, to borrow a medical metaphor.
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✨WHEEZING✨
January 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
✨WHEEZING✨
Biden EO 14074 on policing (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...) was rescinded but much of the implementation of the order was already completed. See www.justice.gov/olp/justice-....
Executive Order 14074 - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Biden EO 14074 on policing (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...) was rescinded but much of the implementation of the order was already completed. See www.justice.gov/olp/justice-....
Just skimming the names of the revoked orders is instructive. Thank you for making this list and linking the rescinded orders!
This is a thread meant to be useful to nerds. Here is Trump's list of revoked Executive Orders. I am about to make a thread with links to all of them. (Why should anyone else have to repeat this work?)
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just skimming the names of the revoked orders is instructive. Thank you for making this list and linking the rescinded orders!
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The major police groups — FOP, IACP, MCCA, NOBLE — endorsed and applauded Biden for this EO. Civil rights groups and the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others too.
It's a small point given everything going on, but President Biden's police reform executive order was among the many repealed yesterday. @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social @chiraagbains.bsky.social
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The major police groups — FOP, IACP, MCCA, NOBLE — endorsed and applauded Biden for this EO. Civil rights groups and the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others too.
The NYS Ct of Appeals (high ct of NYS) has also upheld felony forgery charges for "swipers" who bend old metro cards and get a free extra swipe then sell those on the cheap. Research a couple of years back could find no white people charges that way.
Jumping a turnstile is "theft of services" under NY law. The Laken Riley Act makes arrest for "any burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting offense" a ground of mandatory detention. So yes—there is a possibility that ICE interprets a ticket for jumping a turnstile as grounds for mandatory detention.
reading Hell Gate's morning newsletter re: all the cops and National Guard on the subway, with more cops to come—and thinking about how easy it is for them to arrest someone for not paying—and how that "theft" could fall under Laken Riley—it's like Adams and Hochul are pre-staging mass deportations
January 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The NYS Ct of Appeals (high ct of NYS) has also upheld felony forgery charges for "swipers" who bend old metro cards and get a free extra swipe then sell those on the cheap. Research a couple of years back could find no white people charges that way.
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reading Hell Gate's morning newsletter re: all the cops and National Guard on the subway, with more cops to come—and thinking about how easy it is for them to arrest someone for not paying—and how that "theft" could fall under Laken Riley—it's like Adams and Hochul are pre-staging mass deportations
Cuts to Parks and 3K, More Cops on the Subway
And more news for your Friday.
hellgatenyc.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
reading Hell Gate's morning newsletter re: all the cops and National Guard on the subway, with more cops to come—and thinking about how easy it is for them to arrest someone for not paying—and how that "theft" could fall under Laken Riley—it's like Adams and Hochul are pre-staging mass deportations
We need to normalize firing members of law enforcement who engage in excessive force, retaliation & cover-ups. No one is entitled to be an agent of the government authorized to use fatal force. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
New York governor orders firing of 14 prison workers after fatal attack on inmate
Kathy Hochul calls for ousting of correction officers and nurse allegedly involved in death of Robert Brooks, 43
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:34 AM
We need to normalize firing members of law enforcement who engage in excessive force, retaliation & cover-ups. No one is entitled to be an agent of the government authorized to use fatal force. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Essential Christmas music
for your present wrapping soundtrack needs:
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Walk with Me, by Jherek Bischoff
6 track album
jherekbischoff.bandcamp.com
December 25, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Essential Christmas music
A lieutenant who works a desk job in NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey's office was last year's highest paid cop. She claimed to have worked "1,627 hours of overtime on top of her regular shift, an average of roughly 74 hours a week." nypost.com/2024/12/18/u...
Exclusive | NYPD’s $400K-a-year top earner, Quathisha Epps, is retiring early as astronomical overtime pay is investigated: sources
The NYPD’s highest-paid employee filed for retirement this week.
nypost.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
A lieutenant who works a desk job in NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey's office was last year's highest paid cop. She claimed to have worked "1,627 hours of overtime on top of her regular shift, an average of roughly 74 hours a week." nypost.com/2024/12/18/u...
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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My new op-ed is now live. In it, I explain how it's *legal to execute an innocent person* in the U.S. How that's a feature, not bug of the system. And what we can do about it now. Hint: Robust public defense. Teen Vogue again leading the way with truth.
www.teenvogue.com/story/robert...
www.teenvogue.com/story/robert...
It’s Legal to Execute an Innocent Person in the United States
The Supreme Court has twice ruled that it is perfectly constitutional to do so.
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
My new op-ed is now live. In it, I explain how it's *legal to execute an innocent person* in the U.S. How that's a feature, not bug of the system. And what we can do about it now. Hint: Robust public defense. Teen Vogue again leading the way with truth.
www.teenvogue.com/story/robert...
www.teenvogue.com/story/robert...
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Maybe we were too hard on JJ Abrams for "Somehow Palpatine returned."
November 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Maybe we were too hard on JJ Abrams for "Somehow Palpatine returned."
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2 #podcast series I’ve been really enjoying are “The 30 Year Project” hosted by @jduffyrice.bsky.social for Vera Institute, & “How Wild” hosted by @marissaortegawelch.bsky.social in partnership w/ KALW & @npr.org
I highly recommend them both!
⚖️ www.vera.org/podcast
🌳 www.howwild.org
#law #eco
I highly recommend them both!
⚖️ www.vera.org/podcast
🌳 www.howwild.org
#law #eco
September 17, 2024 at 2:55 PM
2 #podcast series I’ve been really enjoying are “The 30 Year Project” hosted by @jduffyrice.bsky.social for Vera Institute, & “How Wild” hosted by @marissaortegawelch.bsky.social in partnership w/ KALW & @npr.org
I highly recommend them both!
⚖️ www.vera.org/podcast
🌳 www.howwild.org
#law #eco
I highly recommend them both!
⚖️ www.vera.org/podcast
🌳 www.howwild.org
#law #eco
Halloween just happened
but already frantic diodes
hot takes march over wires
synchronized in their little plastic domes
across Neighborhood
Underfoot, leaves skitter
in the cold wind.
Time changed - now
evening's especially dark
over the bay.
but already frantic diodes
hot takes march over wires
synchronized in their little plastic domes
across Neighborhood
Underfoot, leaves skitter
in the cold wind.
Time changed - now
evening's especially dark
over the bay.
November 7, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Halloween just happened
but already frantic diodes
hot takes march over wires
synchronized in their little plastic domes
across Neighborhood
Underfoot, leaves skitter
in the cold wind.
Time changed - now
evening's especially dark
over the bay.
but already frantic diodes
hot takes march over wires
synchronized in their little plastic domes
across Neighborhood
Underfoot, leaves skitter
in the cold wind.
Time changed - now
evening's especially dark
over the bay.
I think this is encouraging
there have long been people fighting fascism in the United States, there have been debates amongst those people about how to do so for almost as long
October 28, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I think this is encouraging
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Sadly speed cameras aren't neutral/fair, just *less biased* than police. Decades of racially-tied disinvestment (ex redlining) & putting dangerous roads thru poor & Black nabes = risky driving is baked in there & so placement of cameras isn't neutral. Also: not clear speedcams work/stop speeding.
It’s not just that speed cameras are fairer, it’s that every police stop carries some risk of a catastrophic outcome.
Sandra Bland, Philando Castile and Walter Scott would probably be alive today if not for needless police stops.
Sandra Bland, Philando Castile and Walter Scott would probably be alive today if not for needless police stops.
Hard to overstate how much of an improvement speed cameras are compared to police issuing tickets.
Speed cameras are *much* fairer -- and also more reliable.
theconversation.com/police-stop-...
Speed cameras are *much* fairer -- and also more reliable.
theconversation.com/police-stop-...
October 24, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Sadly speed cameras aren't neutral/fair, just *less biased* than police. Decades of racially-tied disinvestment (ex redlining) & putting dangerous roads thru poor & Black nabes = risky driving is baked in there & so placement of cameras isn't neutral. Also: not clear speedcams work/stop speeding.
I visited Eastern State Penitentiary this weekend. It's a nightmarish prison from the early 1800s with viciously tiny cells. Someone had set up a Guantanamo holding cell inside a ESP cell and it fit easily inside there.
October 23, 2024 at 5:57 AM
I visited Eastern State Penitentiary this weekend. It's a nightmarish prison from the early 1800s with viciously tiny cells. Someone had set up a Guantanamo holding cell inside a ESP cell and it fit easily inside there.