David Thacher
@dtha15.bsky.social
Professor studying police history, police reform, policy responses to serious mental illness, ethics. Richard Olney & John Dewey stan. Dad to a danseur and a goalie; married to a historic preservationist
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dthacher/index.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dthacher/index.html
It has to be all about the real estate development opportunities right?
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It has to be all about the real estate development opportunities right?
Here's one reference, from Cyrus Karraker, The Seventeenth-Century Sheriff
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Here's one reference, from Cyrus Karraker, The Seventeenth-Century Sheriff
I've been reading a bunch of colonial law enforcement stuff...can't remember if it was in the book about law enforcement in colonial New York or sheriffs in Chesapeake bay colony...but the suggestion was that this was common...
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I've been reading a bunch of colonial law enforcement stuff...can't remember if it was in the book about law enforcement in colonial New York or sheriffs in Chesapeake bay colony...but the suggestion was that this was common...
I will say about the costumes...I was talking to my son about the lead male for Firebird...he must've been like, "omg! I got the lead in Firebird!" and then he showed up to rehearsal, and they handed him these white booties and a white tape measurer for his costume...how do you react to that???? 🤔
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I will say about the costumes...I was talking to my son about the lead male for Firebird...he must've been like, "omg! I got the lead in Firebird!" and then he showed up to rehearsal, and they handed him these white booties and a white tape measurer for his costume...how do you react to that???? 🤔
My wife thought it was the best dance show she's ever seen. Not just Firebird but also the other pieces (one is set to Radiohead's "Reckoner").
I got to meet Robert Garland because my son knew him from the DTH summer intensive this July. We said "hi" after his preshow talk, no biggie. 😎
I got to meet Robert Garland because my son knew him from the DTH summer intensive this July. We said "hi" after his preshow talk, no biggie. 😎
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
My wife thought it was the best dance show she's ever seen. Not just Firebird but also the other pieces (one is set to Radiohead's "Reckoner").
I got to meet Robert Garland because my son knew him from the DTH summer intensive this July. We said "hi" after his preshow talk, no biggie. 😎
I got to meet Robert Garland because my son knew him from the DTH summer intensive this July. We said "hi" after his preshow talk, no biggie. 😎
Jasper McLevy, the actual socialist mayor of Bridgeport CT from 1933 to 1957, was very supportive when Bridgeport's police established their union (per the son of a Bridgeport cop from that era, who I had lunch with today). These officers should stay around for the socialist union paradise!
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jasper McLevy, the actual socialist mayor of Bridgeport CT from 1933 to 1957, was very supportive when Bridgeport's police established their union (per the son of a Bridgeport cop from that era, who I had lunch with today). These officers should stay around for the socialist union paradise!
As you know I don't think police reform inherently takes that form--at its best it *can* be about substantive justice--but that's another convo.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As you know I don't think police reform inherently takes that form--at its best it *can* be about substantive justice--but that's another convo.
Yes this is a version of a widespread organizational pathology that arises far beyond policing (though it is especially dangerous there). "We're doing great, we just need better messaging!"
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yes this is a version of a widespread organizational pathology that arises far beyond policing (though it is especially dangerous there). "We're doing great, we just need better messaging!"
Camp Pendleton is an important place for my family and these people are desecrating it, using it to cosplay their absurd tough guy fantasies bsky.app/profile/dtha...
I'm so fucking angry about what this administration is trying to do to these Marines. Multiple people in my extended family trained at Camp Pendleton. One rose to Lt. Colonel, another was killed in Afghanistan. This is not what they or any other Marine signs up for. It is an assault on their memory.
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Camp Pendleton is an important place for my family and these people are desecrating it, using it to cosplay their absurd tough guy fantasies bsky.app/profile/dtha...
(finally i have *never* seen so few cars on that stretch of I-8. but that is a boss sign, "live weapons over freeway" 😂.)
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
(finally i have *never* seen so few cars on that stretch of I-8. but that is a boss sign, "live weapons over freeway" 😂.)
(also i took swimming lessons when i was 5 at a hotel at that freeway exit in the photo)
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
(also i took swimming lessons when i was 5 at a hotel at that freeway exit in the photo)
What do we know about ICE accountability? Has anyone gotten answers on the process they use to investigate complaints, monitor compliance with investigative standards, &c? I realize the answers will be appalling but having them documented would be useful. They seem worse than a backwater local PD.
October 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What do we know about ICE accountability? Has anyone gotten answers on the process they use to investigate complaints, monitor compliance with investigative standards, &c? I realize the answers will be appalling but having them documented would be useful. They seem worse than a backwater local PD.