Josh Parker
@joshmparker.bsky.social
Deputy Director of Policy @ the Policing Project
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It is continually astonishing to me the lengths the US government goes to in order to protect Israel from criticism. This journalist would have been left alone if he’d criticized the United States, but criticism of Israel is treated as lèse-majesté.
Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator and critic of Israel, was detained by ICE while he was in the U.S. on a speaking tour. The Department of Homeland Security said his visa had been revoked.
ICE Detains British Media Commentator Sami Hamdi
Sami Hamdi, who often speaks against Israel, was in the United States on a speaking tour. The Department of Homeland Security said his visa had been revoked.
nyti.ms
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It is continually astonishing to me the lengths the US government goes to in order to protect Israel from criticism. This journalist would have been left alone if he’d criticized the United States, but criticism of Israel is treated as lèse-majesté.
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This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
Thorough & disturbing reporting from @sammysussman.bsky.social that highlights New York's desperate need for decertification reform, so that a NY state agency could strip police officers of their license for serious misconduct even when their employing agency imposes little to no discipline
My first article as part of The Times' Local Investigations Fellowship:
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thorough & disturbing reporting from @sammysussman.bsky.social that highlights New York's desperate need for decertification reform, so that a NY state agency could strip police officers of their license for serious misconduct even when their employing agency imposes little to no discipline
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Sincerely wondering: what remedies does Justice Kavanaugh believe are and should be available in federal court these days for excessive force violations by federal immigration officials?
September 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Sincerely wondering: what remedies does Justice Kavanaugh believe are and should be available in federal court these days for excessive force violations by federal immigration officials?
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Clark can (and surely will) appeal the D.C. Bar’s determination to the D.C. Court of Appeals (not to be confused with the D.C. Circuit).
But Ryan is 100% correct—this is a big deal.
But Ryan is 100% correct—this is a big deal.
Big picture: This has significant implications for US government attorneys who risk their bar licenses by engaging in clearly illegal and unethical conduct.
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
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Read this line:
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read this line:
July 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Clark can (and surely will) appeal the D.C. Bar’s determination to the D.C. Court of Appeals (not to be confused with the D.C. Circuit).
But Ryan is 100% correct—this is a big deal.
But Ryan is 100% correct—this is a big deal.
A vital precedent just set by the D.C. bar that it and other state bars should follow, including with respect to current DOJ lawyers making knowing misrepresentations to court, ordering inferior colleagues to defy court orders, etc.
Big picture: This has significant implications for US government attorneys who risk their bar licenses by engaging in clearly illegal and unethical conduct.
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read this line:
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read this line:
July 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A vital precedent just set by the D.C. bar that it and other state bars should follow, including with respect to current DOJ lawyers making knowing misrepresentations to court, ordering inferior colleagues to defy court orders, etc.
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NEW visual investigation:
ICE agents are smashing car windows & grabbing the people inside
There's footage of sobbing kids, pregnant women, & bloodied faces
We found ~50 cases but no civilians w/ sig criminal records
Insiders told us this used to be rare
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
ICE agents are smashing car windows & grabbing the people inside
There's footage of sobbing kids, pregnant women, & bloodied faces
We found ~50 cases but no civilians w/ sig criminal records
Insiders told us this used to be rare
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
NEW visual investigation:
ICE agents are smashing car windows & grabbing the people inside
There's footage of sobbing kids, pregnant women, & bloodied faces
We found ~50 cases but no civilians w/ sig criminal records
Insiders told us this used to be rare
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
ICE agents are smashing car windows & grabbing the people inside
There's footage of sobbing kids, pregnant women, & bloodied faces
We found ~50 cases but no civilians w/ sig criminal records
Insiders told us this used to be rare
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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a *third* whistleblower
This statement by judiciary committee chair is mind blowing:
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has said that even if Reuveni’s account is mostly true, it does not disqualify Bove.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has said that even if Reuveni’s account is mostly true, it does not disqualify Bove.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate
A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
a *third* whistleblower
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🚨Now that the men imprisoned by the Trump admin in El Salvador are free, their stories are coming out; and they are horrific.
One man describes how Salvadoran officials at the prison beat them regularly, stole money from them, and denied them medical care — even painkillers.
One man describes how Salvadoran officials at the prison beat them regularly, stole money from them, and denied them medical care — even painkillers.
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨Now that the men imprisoned by the Trump admin in El Salvador are free, their stories are coming out; and they are horrific.
One man describes how Salvadoran officials at the prison beat them regularly, stole money from them, and denied them medical care — even painkillers.
One man describes how Salvadoran officials at the prison beat them regularly, stole money from them, and denied them medical care — even painkillers.
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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Citizens being assaulted, arrested, and sent to jails. Military-style sweeps of Hispanic neighborhoods. This is what Congress just gave President Trump $150 billion to do to Americans in every state. www.aclusocal.org/sites/defaul...
www.aclusocal.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Citizens being assaulted, arrested, and sent to jails. Military-style sweeps of Hispanic neighborhoods. This is what Congress just gave President Trump $150 billion to do to Americans in every state. www.aclusocal.org/sites/defaul...
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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“Descending on a person in public, laying hands on them, and taking them to a distant prison is a naked expression of state power. For it to be tolerated in a democracy, it cannot be done by shadowy, masked agents,” Brandon del Pozo argues:
Show Us Your Face
The federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Descending on a person in public, laying hands on them, and taking them to a distant prison is a naked expression of state power. For it to be tolerated in a democracy, it cannot be done by shadowy, masked agents,” Brandon del Pozo argues:
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With the rule of law under near constant assault, lawyers can play a key role in its defense. We’re proud to co-sponsor a webinar series to equip lawyers with the tools & resources to get involved locally and nationally. Register: www.checksandbalancesnow.org/webinars
June 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
With the rule of law under near constant assault, lawyers can play a key role in its defense. We’re proud to co-sponsor a webinar series to equip lawyers with the tools & resources to get involved locally and nationally. Register: www.checksandbalancesnow.org/webinars
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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
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We went full black mirror. Tracking anyone, anywhere, at any time using their face is simply incompatible with democracy. Terrified to think how cops will weaponize this against protesters, religious groups, and anyone else law enforcement wants to target. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We went full black mirror. Tracking anyone, anywhere, at any time using their face is simply incompatible with democracy. Terrified to think how cops will weaponize this against protesters, religious groups, and anyone else law enforcement wants to target. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Important, detailed reporting from @samstecklow.bsky.social on the harmful consequences that flow from RI being the only state in the country that doesn't vest a state licensing agency with statutory authority to revoke or suspend a police officer's license after they engage in serious misconduct
NEW: Rhode Island is the last state in the nation without a police decertification law.
That means that not only is it impossible to strip a cop of their ability to be hired, but there's also an information black hole about police employment data.
@invisible.institute+@ripbs-tpr.bsky.social
That means that not only is it impossible to strip a cop of their ability to be hired, but there's also an information black hole about police employment data.
@invisible.institute+@ripbs-tpr.bsky.social
Rhode Island resists efforts at policing reform embraced by every other state - TPR: The Public's Radio
In October, a Newport County jury found that former Jamestown Police Det. Derek Carlino was negligent in his involvement in the death by suicide of a teenager. But it won’t end Carlino’s career in pol...
thepublicsradio.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Important, detailed reporting from @samstecklow.bsky.social on the harmful consequences that flow from RI being the only state in the country that doesn't vest a state licensing agency with statutory authority to revoke or suspend a police officer's license after they engage in serious misconduct
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As Trump invokes gang membership to justify deportations, a new lawsuit paints a damning picture of the NYPD's secret gang database, which is 99% Black and Latino, and which you can get added to, it seems, for posting "Happy birthday, gang" to social media: hellgatenyc.com/nypd-gang-da...
Posting 'Happy Birthday Gang' to Social Media Can Get You Added to the NYPD Gang Database
And other disturbing details from a new civil rights lawsuit.
hellgatenyc.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As Trump invokes gang membership to justify deportations, a new lawsuit paints a damning picture of the NYPD's secret gang database, which is 99% Black and Latino, and which you can get added to, it seems, for posting "Happy birthday, gang" to social media: hellgatenyc.com/nypd-gang-da...
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🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
1/2 Legislation introduced in New York would prohibit officers from conducting traffic stops for low-level traffic infractions that bear little relation to traffic safety: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
“Deputies are stopping Hispanic drivers for minor, unprovable traffic violations like veering left of center, then handing them over to Border Patrol agents who are sometimes already at the scene, the @syracuse.com investigation shows.”
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/04...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/04...
Inside Trump’s Upstate NY migrant hunt: Border Patrol’s meaner tactics snare workers and families
“It’s scary,” said a woman whose relatives have disappeared. “You can be followed just for being Hispanic.”
www.syracuse.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/2 Legislation introduced in New York would prohibit officers from conducting traffic stops for low-level traffic infractions that bear little relation to traffic safety: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
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Seeing a lot of anger over people in ICE detention having to eg file habeas claims on their own.
There are existing efforts to support these folks: not just full legal rep, but partial assistance (easier to scale).
Here’s one volunteer network (full disclosure: my org) immigrationjustice.us
There are existing efforts to support these folks: not just full legal rep, but partial assistance (easier to scale).
Here’s one volunteer network (full disclosure: my org) immigrationjustice.us
Home - Immigration Justice Campaign
We believe in a society that sees migration as a tool for liberation and prizes the dignity and humanity of all people.
immigrationjustice.us
April 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seeing a lot of anger over people in ICE detention having to eg file habeas claims on their own.
There are existing efforts to support these folks: not just full legal rep, but partial assistance (easier to scale).
Here’s one volunteer network (full disclosure: my org) immigrationjustice.us
There are existing efforts to support these folks: not just full legal rep, but partial assistance (easier to scale).
Here’s one volunteer network (full disclosure: my org) immigrationjustice.us
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By the way, see a lot of folks confused by how ICE can call themselves “police” and basically lie to targets. I wrote (almost seven years ago now, how time flies!!) about how this is also completely legal and in fact is a specifically-sanctioned tactic the agency has
The ICE Ruse: How Agents Impersonate Local Law Enforcement and Lie to Make Arrests - Documented
This article was co-published with The Daily Beast.Leer en EspañolIt was early in the morning when Miguel found his Brooklyn apartment surrounded by people clad in vests emblazoned: “POLICE.” Immigra...
documentedny.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
By the way, see a lot of folks confused by how ICE can call themselves “police” and basically lie to targets. I wrote (almost seven years ago now, how time flies!!) about how this is also completely legal and in fact is a specifically-sanctioned tactic the agency has
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Once again I ask:
Do you get it yet, law firms?
These orders aren’t isolated threats to Covington or Perkins or Jenner.
They’re existential threats to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
Do you get it yet, law firms?
These orders aren’t isolated threats to Covington or Perkins or Jenner.
They’re existential threats to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
NEW: Trump has signed an executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block…
Details of the order TK
Details of the order TK
March 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Once again I ask:
Do you get it yet, law firms?
These orders aren’t isolated threats to Covington or Perkins or Jenner.
They’re existential threats to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.
Do you get it yet, law firms?
These orders aren’t isolated threats to Covington or Perkins or Jenner.
They’re existential threats to the independence of the legal profession.
You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.
Say something. Do something.