Jessica Pishko

she/her
Author of The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy
Repped by @rhaliterary
jesspish AT gmail

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

My book is out now!
https://t.co/GXiCzcSbHl

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@kissphoria trump hates cowboy hats, famously, so really this should inspire outrage

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@billybinion @reason @mattvanswol unfortunately i know who he is. he started as a hurricane helene misinformation account.

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@ijbailey good point and we know why

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

For @newrepublic I wrote about how Markwayne Mullin has used conspiracies about "child trafficking" + financial incentives to recruit local law enforcement to engage in "UAC verification."
https://t.co/XzlV9f0yf8

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@keribla @MsBKB @OfficialFBOP idk if it's like spam software, a genuine error or something else

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@keribla @MsBKB @OfficialFBOP i did something similar, but, because it was a sheriff's office, it was not resolved lol

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@keribla @MsBKB @OfficialFBOP this has happened to be before when an agency decided it didn't want my public records requests any more...

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@stevanzetti noem's chief of staff, nothing to see

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

Imagine experiencing the tragedy of your child dying and then having opportunistic prosecutors use junk science to accuse you of murder and get you sent to jail. These prosecutors are despicable.

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

Man, who knew that proposing a sinister new form of mass surveillance in an environment of near-zero accountability for law-enforcement was gonna be such a tough sell?

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

For @Slate I wrote about a Trump Superstore that is closing for reasons.
https://t.co/6EzhodSeRv

[Slate @Slate]

Even the Trump Superstore is giving up on Trump. https://t.co/qEafz69InT

[Brad Haywood @BradleyRHaywood]

That Flock so readily reduced their model retention period from their previous “gold standard” of 30 days to 7 days should tell you all you need to know about how much the retention period actually matters. This “reform” will not reduce abuses of the technology even marginally.

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

This should be an example for people about how the behavior and policies of local police -- the ones who are supposed to keep you safe -- enabled ICE and CBP to become what they are.

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

1) This product has been sold to rural sheriffs for years, who claim to use it for "inmate compliance" in jails. Setting aside if they even work, just know people who couldn't pay bail have been subject to this for years.

[Julia E. Ainsley @JuliaEAinsley]

The official said it will be safer for the public than pepper spray and more effective than tasers but could point to no other law enforcement agency using these gloves making arrests in the field

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

DNA databases coincided with harsher sentences, not lighter.

[Brad Haywood @BradleyRHaywood]

Kind of wild that he cites DNA databases as a development that reduced extreme sentences considering how much more common extreme sentences have been since the advent of DNA databases.

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@lefty_md the call isn't for "kill more white people"

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

It's just vibes, y'all.

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

Even Charles admits there is no actual evidence to suggest Flock has improved crime-solving rates.

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

Flock Cameras are good. The online backlash is insanely dumb. It's possible to minimize the privacy risks while getting the very real safety gains that come from license plate readers and other cameras.

My latest in @TheAtlantic breaks it all down:
https://t.co/PaXCpwP0bf

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

The studies Charles cites themselves say ALPRs don't reduce crime!!
https://t.co/6de1Yp75Jh

[Jessica Pishko @JessPish]

@CharlesFLehman There is actually no study that shows it "reduced crime." The Atlantic City study does not show ALPR's reduced crime; nor does it show police solved more crimes.