Patrick G. Watson He/Him

Craft Criminologist, small batch analyses of legal decisions and reasoning. Big fan of Baseball, often unhappy when not watching baseball.

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

Right, the guy who intricately planned and meticulously executed this murder is definitely going to keep hold of the gun...

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

I mean, this is a long-standing tradition in Ontario politics now. Steve Del Duca also ignored Metrolinx advice and demanded a station in his riding, and the Liberals made him leader of the party.

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

A Ford government plan to build a new GO station beside a marquee development in Mississauga, first announced last year, disregarded advice from the province’s own transit planning agency, Global News has learned.

https://t.co/T93uRJnpvr

#onpoli

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

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[Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies @CrimSL_TO]

Join us Wed Oct 23 at 12:30 pm as Prof Samantha J. Simon, Univ of Arizona presents "Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence" - All welcomeGet the details & register now! https://t.co/2Ls02gk8nt
@pgwphd
@ua_sociology
#PoliceViolence #LawEnforcementTraining

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

I'm old enough to remember Doug Ford promising to move to Chicago if he lost the Toronto mayoral race to John Tory. These losers always spout off like this. It's like a kid in a school yard song they won't invite you to their birthday party.

[PoliticsVideoChannel @politvidchannel]

BREAKING: Trump family plans to Leave America If Trump Loses the Election.

[Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies @CrimSL_TO]

Join us Wed, Sept 18, 12:30 pm as @StaceyHannem Professor of Criminology and Cultural Analysis and Social Theory @Laurier presents "Trial by #Media: #MeToo, Media Logic, and Hierarchies of #Victims" --All welcome ➡️Get the details & register now! https://t.co/RofrtxhZca
@pgwphd

[Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies @CrimSL_TO]

Don't miss our first CrimSL Speaker Series talk on Wed, Sept 18, 12:30 pm! Join us for Prof Stacey Hannem of @Laurier presenting "Trial by #Media: #MeToo, Media Logic, and Hierarchies of #Victims" --➡️Get the details & register now!
https://t.co/bvSZkTGCKr
@pgwphd

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

The collective noun for a group of academics is a Saunter.

[Doctors For Defunding Police @DrsDefundPolice]

How many times do we need to see our police abuse power, and reject any investigation until we say enough?

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

So many police officers in my data do surrender to interview, notes, or both. At the very least, a trier-of-fact should be led to derive inferences about armed state agents who refuse to account for their violence. They need to explain why their violence was "reasonable".

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

I don't comment too much on these, but the shamelessness and impunity displayed by these cops is disgusting. These are the armed agents of the state, who's actions deprived a baby and it's grandparents of their rights to life. They should be compelled.

https://t.co/rEeZxtnwkM

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

We need changes to the police act and criminal code and recognition by the judiciary that the Charter is there to protect citizens from the state, not to protect state actors with legal and professional privilege from being held accountable for infringing people's rights...

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

How the hell do they justify buying AirPods with so many other wireless earbuds available at a fraction of the cost...?

How Toronto police have already spent $1.5 million on World Cup that’s two years away https://t.co/NGUqoEJ6Yr via @torontostar

[Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies @CrimSL_TO]

CrimSL's Prof Patrick Watson comments in "Jeffrey Reodica’s family continues calls for justice decades after fatal #police #shooting" @pgwphd

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

I was 21 years old in the final year of my undergrad and I stood in my campus concourse with my mentor and a group of other students and said all of these things. I'm fact, I think I said "America must not retaliate"...

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

Nobody said on 9/11:

- “America must retaliate proportionally.”

- “Both sides need to show restraint.”

- “Where's the proof of all the dead bodies?”

- “You are oversimplifying. There is context about the conflict you're ignoring .”

- “Let's try to deescalate the situation.”

[Marc Lamont Hill @marclamonthill]

So many university academics who insist upon doing performative, virtue signaling “land acknowledgements” at every public event are eerily silent as real liberation struggles are happening. Guess decolonization really is a metaphor for some folk…

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

This is some excellent work by @HaagJulius, explaining the police subculture and how concerned we should be about police lying.

When the police lie we all pay the price https://t.co/n6xY8fspgY

[Jordan Heath-Rawlings @TheGameSheet]

We have criminologist @pgwphd on @thebigstoryfpn tomorrow to explain the concept of “state created danger” in incidents like this. If you have an emotional response either way to this incredibly politicized tweet, I hope you listen.

[The Big Story Podcast @thebigstoryfpn]

A recent high-profile trial and a deadly Highway 401 crash underscore “a very scary moment" for policing. @pgwphd, assistant prof @uoft, explains the tragedies and how they might incite change: https://t.co/HctYh7W9TF

[Patrick G. Watson He/Him @pgwphd]

The customer is always right, Galen...

Galen Weston pushes back on 'misguided criticism' of Loblaw as boycott begins https://t.co/qnRsrBPwld