Alex S. Vitale
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Media Coverage

Below is a list news stories I've been quoted in.

"NATO March Turns Violent in Chicago." The Wall Street Journal. May 21, 2012.

"Academia Occupied by Occupy." The New York Times. May 1, 2012.

"Fear of the First Amendment." The Brooklyn Rail. February 2012.

"Community Members Struggle With Stop and Frisk." Gotham Gazette. January 2012.

"Protests Put Cities on Alert." Wall Street Journal. January 11, 2012.

"The Growing Militarization of the Police." The Stream-Al Jazeera. December 22, 2011.

"Shifts In Police Tactics To Handle Crowds." Talk of the Nation: NPR. November 29, 2011.

"Containing Outrage: How police Power Tames the Occupy Movement." Boston Review. November 23, 2011

"Robocops vs. the occupiers: Police nationwide are relying on the misguided "Miami Model" to respond to peaceful mass dissent." Salon. November 23, 2011.

"From Cairo to California, Controlling Crowds With Chemicals." New York Times: The Lede. November 21, 2011.

"Why I Feel Bad for the Pepper-Spraying Policeman, Lt. John Pike." The Atlantic. November 19, 2011.

"Police Tactics Questioned in Oakland Protest." New York Times: The Lede. October 27, 2011.

Op-Ed: "Disorderly Conduct? How Protesting Became a Crime in NYC." WNET Metro Focus. October 26, 2011.

"Every Action Produces Overreaction" New York Times. September, 30, 2011.

"Left Behind: In the Wake of 9/11, American policy has run roughshod over civil liberitarians, anti-war activists -- and public opinion itself." Pittsburgh City Paper. September 7, 2011.

Letter to the Editor. New York Daily News. July 16, 2010

Police crowd-control tactics have changed dramatically since Kent State protestsCleveland Plain Dealer, May 3, 2010.

"Giuliani’s Quality of Life Campaign." Leonard Lopate: WNYC. July 24, 2008.

Gardiner, Sean. "Day of Rage: Behind the Scenes of the NYPD Crackdown at the GOP Convention." The Village Voice. March 6, 2007.

Adair, Bill. "T-Shirt Flap an Opening for Critics?" St. Petersburg Times. February 4, 2006.

Block, Jennifer. "Since When is Bicycling a Crime?" Plenty. October/November 2005.

Renaude, Jean-Paul. "Fort Lauderdale promises to tweak list of banned items for public gatherings." Sun-Sentinel. April 6, 2005.

Wirzbicki, Alan. "Protestors Seek More Inaugural Permits." Boston Globe. December 25, 2004.

Seder, Sam. "Minority Report" Air America Radio. December 10, 2004.

Walter, John, Director. Some Assembly Required. Documentary for Court TV and the Sundance Channel on the First Amendment. December 2004.

Levey, Collin. "Uncivil Liberites." New York Post. November 29, 2004.

Eggen, Dan. "Policing Is Aggressive at Bush Events." Washington Post. October 28, 2004.

Featherstone, Liza. “Defying Convention.”  The Nation.  September 20, 2004.

Hours, Catherine. “Last Chance for Bush Protestors.” Agence France Presse. September 2, 2004

Conan, Neal. “Protestors and PoliceTalk of the Nation.  NPR. September 1, 2004

Gardener, Sean and Loretta Chao. “Protestor Assaults Police.” Newsday. September 1, 2004.

Marsico, Ron and William Kleinknecht, “Police Arrest 900 Across Manhattan.”  The Newark Star Ledger. September 1, 2004.

“RNC Protest Turn Violent” NY1 News. August 31, 2004.

Badkhen, Anna. “Manhattan under the gun with cops on corners and 250,000 protesters ready.” San Francisco Chronicle. August 29, 2004.

Getlin, Josh. “A Protest March That Has No End; The GOP convention in New York is just the latest stop on the radical political circuit for Democracy Uprising activists.” Los Angeles Times. August 28, 2004.

Rayman, Graham. “And now the fun begins; Some convention protesters still getting ready, but others start early with banners - and without clothes.” Newsday. August 27, 2004.

DiDapper, Jay. “Is Violence a Possibility at RNC Protests?” WNBC Channel 4. August 27, 2004.

Greene, Susan. “Activists Decry Pre-Convention Security Tactics.”  The Denver Post. August 26, 2004.

Range, Stacey. “Area Activists Head to GOP Convention.” Lansing State Journal. August 26, 2004.

Fitz-Gibbon, Jorge and Bill Hughes. “Police Implement Security Plans as Convention Nears.” The Journal News. August 25, 2004.

Boyd, Rodrick. “Call to Support the Iraqi ‘Resistance’ is Heard at Conference in New York.” New York Sun. August 23, 2004.

Jones, Charisse. “Protestors, Police Get Set in NYC.” USA Today. August 22, 2004.

Moore, Martha. “Protests to Run Gamut at GOP Gathering in NYC.” USA Today. July 13, 2004.

Robin, Joshua. “Pedals to Political Mettle.” Newsday. June 23, 2004.

Graham, Jessie. “Police Preparing for RNC Protests.” WNYC Radio. June 16, 2004

Abumrad, Jad. "Contact." Radio Lab. January, 16, 2004.

Mauldin, William. “Murder Rates Rise Above 2002 Level.”  New York Sun. October 22, 2003.

Mauldin, William. “Got Guns? Beware in Brooklyn.”  New York Sun. May 8, 2003.

Fertig, Beth. “NYCLU releases report on police mishandling of anti-war demonstration.” WNYC Radio. April 30, 2003.