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📝 The Public Safety Beat with Josiah Bates

Nuanced analysis and reporting on violence, policing, and the systems that govern public safety in America. Occasionally, notes on journalism, writing, and good movies and TV.

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Sep 25, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    When the Reporting Doesn’t Back Up the Hypothesis (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Death, Taxes, and Bad Faith Public Safety Arguments (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Three Memories of 9/11 (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    When Are They Gonna Solve Biggie’s Murder? (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    Funny How the Press Office Calls You Back (opens the original)

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