Matthew Guariglia
@mguariglia.bsky.social
Historian of race, policing, surveillance, and technology. Senior Policy Analyst at EFF. Sometimes teach at Emory. Book on race and the origins of modern policing out now! My views are not my employers.
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Hello new followers! I wrote a book--Police and the Empire City--which explores how the New York City police department's encounters with race, immigration, and empire shaped how modern police use technology, recruit, do violence, and operate generally.
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I had the pleasure of reading "Police and the Empire City. Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York" for The Metropole blog @urbanhistorya.bsky.social while being in the US. I've learned a lot! For my review I've also added some thoughts, especially on the intersection of race and class.
"In sum, Guariglia’s book is an important contribution to the history of policing, setting a standard about how to highlight the crucial role of race and ethnicity for future research." @sarahfren.bsky.social on @mguariglia.bsky.social's Police and the Empire City
Policing NYC: A Review of “Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York”
Guariglia, Matthew. Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing. Duke University Press, 2023. Editor’s note: In the interest of full disclosure, Matthew Guariglia form…
themetropole.blog
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had the pleasure of reading "Police and the Empire City. Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York" for The Metropole blog @urbanhistorya.bsky.social while being in the US. I've learned a lot! For my review I've also added some thoughts, especially on the intersection of race and class.
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"In sum, Guariglia’s book is an important contribution to the history of policing, setting a standard about how to highlight the crucial role of race and ethnicity for future research." @sarahfren.bsky.social on @mguariglia.bsky.social's Police and the Empire City
Policing NYC: A Review of “Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York”
Guariglia, Matthew. Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing. Duke University Press, 2023. Editor’s note: In the interest of full disclosure, Matthew Guariglia form…
themetropole.blog
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"In sum, Guariglia’s book is an important contribution to the history of policing, setting a standard about how to highlight the crucial role of race and ethnicity for future research." @sarahfren.bsky.social on @mguariglia.bsky.social's Police and the Empire City
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As this quote from the 1975 Church Committee Report shows, a Watch List is just that--people to be put under surveillance. These lists are rarely restricted to just one agency and that the whole intelligence apparatus tends to follow when someone is labeled a threat to "national security."
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
As this quote from the 1975 Church Committee Report shows, a Watch List is just that--people to be put under surveillance. These lists are rarely restricted to just one agency and that the whole intelligence apparatus tends to follow when someone is labeled a threat to "national security."
As this quote from the 1975 Church Committee Report shows, a Watch List is just that--people to be put under surveillance. These lists are rarely restricted to just one agency and that the whole intelligence apparatus tends to follow when someone is labeled a threat to "national security."
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
As this quote from the 1975 Church Committee Report shows, a Watch List is just that--people to be put under surveillance. These lists are rarely restricted to just one agency and that the whole intelligence apparatus tends to follow when someone is labeled a threat to "national security."
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I am kind of consumed with the problem of both parties moving towards embracing a police state — Democrats, under the guise of “reducing crime” and shifting to the center (see Josh Shapiro)
We’re seeing a dark vision of the future taking place in cities like Los Angeles and states like New Jersey
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am kind of consumed with the problem of both parties moving towards embracing a police state — Democrats, under the guise of “reducing crime” and shifting to the center (see Josh Shapiro)
Since drawn wanted posters & even photographic mugshots--police use of biometric info has been a civil liberties nightmare. Misidentification, erosion of the presumption of innocence, and the inability (or unwillingness) of white police to tell people of other races apart. AI only makes it worse.
Police around the country are using AI-powered tools to sort through evidence and perform administrative tasks.
But this police department appears to be one of the first to substitute hand-drawn suspect sketches with AI-generated images.
But this police department appears to be one of the first to substitute hand-drawn suspect sketches with AI-generated images.
Have you seen this (AI-generated) man? Police swap suspect sketches for AI.
Police in a Phoenix suburb appear to be the first department in the nation to use AI for suspect sketches, a practice that raises concerns among some experts.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Since drawn wanted posters & even photographic mugshots--police use of biometric info has been a civil liberties nightmare. Misidentification, erosion of the presumption of innocence, and the inability (or unwillingness) of white police to tell people of other races apart. AI only makes it worse.
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Okay, I've been informed that this is only going to be streaming on Facebook Live from Senator Blumenthal's Facebook page.
So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern. www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal
So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern. www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Okay, I've been informed that this is only going to be streaming on Facebook Live from Senator Blumenthal's Facebook page.
So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern. www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal
So there will be a link on here at some point around 3:00 Eastern. www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal
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ICE and Border Patrol agents shamelessly photograph people by pointing their phones in any direction, and no one can refuse it. This data stays with ICE for 15 YEARS regardless of your citizenship status. The goal is to keep on collecting, collecting, collecting....
ICE’s chilling surveillance tool hits home here | Editorial
A little-known surveillance tool used by ICE will take your photograph and add it to the agency’s databases for 15 years. Refusal is not an option.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICE and Border Patrol agents shamelessly photograph people by pointing their phones in any direction, and no one can refuse it. This data stays with ICE for 15 YEARS regardless of your citizenship status. The goal is to keep on collecting, collecting, collecting....
FOIA requests, incoming.
Border patrol agents are clearly recording raids with Meta glasses www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
FOIA requests, incoming.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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this is your gentle reminder to preorder Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. Preorders mean everything for a book’s success
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Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple: 9780593229453 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The dramatic story of the Jewish Bund—a revolutionary movement from a vanished world—and their radical vision of solidarity in an age of division. “Molly Crabapple beckons readers through...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
this is your gentle reminder to preorder Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. Preorders mean everything for a book’s success
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...
The Empire--> Immigration detention--> Domestic policing continuum is at it again.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Empire--> Immigration detention--> Domestic policing continuum is at it again.
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As we face up to SCOTUS arguments over birthright citizenship, understanding this constitutional guarantee has never been more important. @brennancenter.org & @oah.org have you covered with this video feat. @katemasur.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social & Erika Lee: www.youtube.com/live/6QCIt0l...
The Guarantee of Birthright Citizenship
YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice
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December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
As we face up to SCOTUS arguments over birthright citizenship, understanding this constitutional guarantee has never been more important. @brennancenter.org & @oah.org have you covered with this video feat. @katemasur.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social & Erika Lee: www.youtube.com/live/6QCIt0l...
One of my very first tenure track job interviews was for one of these departments. I have a lot of mixed and unresolved feelings about not being on the tenure track, and seeing stories like this make them even more mixed.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of my very first tenure track job interviews was for one of these departments. I have a lot of mixed and unresolved feelings about not being on the tenure track, and seeing stories like this make them even more mixed.
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
If only there was a way to convince the DOD that “tanglewood” and “The Public theater” are “software companies that maximize the lethality of the military and law enforcement” so we can lock in some federal funding for the arts.
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If only there was a way to convince the DOD that “tanglewood” and “The Public theater” are “software companies that maximize the lethality of the military and law enforcement” so we can lock in some federal funding for the arts.
This is still one of my favorite artifacts that emerged from the darkest days of COVID lockdown. Alot of these lines I find myself muttering outloud.
Massive Lasagne- Wembley Stadium
YouTube video by Billy Mclean
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December 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is still one of my favorite artifacts that emerged from the darkest days of COVID lockdown. Alot of these lines I find myself muttering outloud.
Nothing says fighting mass incarceration and standing up for the working class like having the LAPD use Palantir for racist predictve policing....and getting massive corporations to fund it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nothing says fighting mass incarceration and standing up for the working class like having the LAPD use Palantir for racist predictve policing....and getting massive corporations to fund it.
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Social Security numbers. Driver's licenses. Party affiliation. The wolves are back in the hen house and feeling reinvigorated.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Social Security numbers. Driver's licenses. Party affiliation. The wolves are back in the hen house and feeling reinvigorated.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
@ariberman.bsky.social + @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social report on the Justice Department's unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private info.
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Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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NEW: The office of State Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that it will not pursue criminal charges against two NYPD officers who last year shot and killed a 19-year-old who was experiencing a mental health crisis in his Queens home.
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No Criminal Charges For NYPD Officers Who Killed Win Rozario
The office of State Attorney General Letitia James says it will not prosecute the officers who shot the Queens teen as he experienced a mental health episode.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW: The office of State Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that it will not pursue criminal charges against two NYPD officers who last year shot and killed a 19-year-old who was experiencing a mental health crisis in his Queens home.
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It was a full fishing expedition. No wonder it took them this many years to comb through and cross reference the data.
The Criminal Complaint against the suspected January 6 pipe bomber refers to:
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
- tower dumps
- bulk review of Home Depot purchases
- ALPRs www.justice.gov/usao-dc/medi...
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It was a full fishing expedition. No wonder it took them this many years to comb through and cross reference the data.
I have seen emails from companies selling AI to police providing supervisors with a list of officers not using the provided software and asking them why not.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I have seen emails from companies selling AI to police providing supervisors with a list of officers not using the provided software and asking them why not.