Breaking Rank

2012 Events

December 21 – St. Augustine  Telephone interview with Tim Constantine, Direct Radio

December 20 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Jon Repp, KOMO Radio

December 19 – NYC  Telephone interview with Alan Colmes, The Alan Colmes Show, Fox News 

December 18 – Denver Telephone interview with Eli Stokols, Denver’s Fox31

December 18 – NYC  HuffPost Live Television (remote) interview with Alicia Menendez, Huffington Post

December 14 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

December 13 – San Francisco  Telephone interview with Public Radio, Your Call on KALW

December 10 – Chicago  In-studio interview with Al Jazeera Inside Story Americas

December 10 – Seattle  Telephone interview with John Curley, Ursula Reutin, Tom Tagney, KIRO Radio

December 8 – Friday Harbor, WA  Auctioneer for annual fundraiser, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of the San Juan Islands

December 8 – Washington, D.C.  Telephone interview with Reem Akkad, Aljazeera English

December 6 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Nina Shaprio, Seattle Weekly

December 6 – Seattle Email interview with Eli Sanders, Time Magazine

November 29 – NYC  Telephone interview with Steve Wishnia, Skunk Magazine

November 29 – NYC  Telephone interview with Fred Deknatel, Rolling Stone

November 29 – Seattle  Telephone interview with John Curley, Ursula Reutin, Tom Tagney, KIRO Radio

November 28 – Eagan, MN  Telephone interview with Jason Lewis, The Jason Lewis Show

November 26 – NYC  Telephone interview with Fabrice Rousselot, New York Bureau Chief, Liberation

November 23 – Doha, Qatar  Telephone interview with Jack Zahora, Al Jazeera

November 22 – Orcas Island, WA  Interview with Thane Burnett, Toronto Sun, Sun Media

November 20 – Washington, D.C.  Media teleconference on presentation of LEAP letter to Attorney General Holder, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

November 19 – Yakima, WA  Telephone interview with Andrew Kirk, Townsquare Media

November 19 – Washington, D.C.  Teleconference withLEAP Colleagues

November 19 – Washington, D.C.  Telephone interview with Carrie Johnson, NPR News

November 12 – Washington, D.C.  Telephone interview with Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program

November 9 – Nashville  Telephone interview with Radley Balko, Huffington Post

November 8 – Ottawa, Canada  Telephone interview with Alison Foster, Embassy News

November 8 – San Francisco  Telephone interview with Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Magazine

November 8 – Bellingham, WA  Telephone interview with Joe Teehan, “The Joe Show,” KGMI Radi

November 8 – Los Angeles  Telephone interview with Warren Olney, “To the Point,” PRI Radio

November 7 – Denver  Telephone interview with Jack Healy, New York Times

November 7 – Cambridge, MA  Telephone interview with Stephen Webster, Raw Story

November 7 – Victoria, BC  Telephone interview with James Gardner, K-FAX Radio

November 7 – Vancouver, B.C.  Telephone interview with Bill Good, The Bill Good Show, CKNW News Talk

November 3 – Seattle  Presentation to Northwest Students for Liberty Annual Conference, University of Washington

November 3 – Seattle   Interview with Chris Anderson, KING TV

November 2 – Seattle  Interview with Jonathan Martin, Seattle Times

November 1 – Seattle  Keynote speaker, Teens in Public Service annual fundraiser, TIPS

November 1 – Seattle  Telephone interview with John Carlson, KVI Radio

October 29 – NYC  Telephone interview with John Richardson, Esquire Magazine

October 19 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Steve Scher, KUOW

October 18 – Florida  Telephone interview with Greg Newburn, Citizens Against Police Militarization

October 17 – Los Angeles  Telephone interview with Bill Welch, USA Today

October 11 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Jonathan Martin, Seattle Times 

October 2 – Washington, D.C.  Telephone interview with Sweta Vohra, Al Jazeera 

October 1, 2 – Seattle  Recording narration for documentary, Legal as Beer, E.J. Vaughn, Producer

September 25 – Sebastopol, CA  Telephone interview with Phil Smith, Drug War Chronicle

September 24 – Victoria, B.C.  Telephone interview with C-FAX 1070

September 19 – Seattle  Presentation on Marijuana Legalization, The Rainier Club

August 28 – London  Telephone interview with Monocle 24, Midori Hous

August 14 – Anacortes, WA  Debate on Initiative-502, Fidalgo Democrats, Public Library

August 3 – Orcas Island, WA  Interview with Shankar Narayan, ACLU

July 18 – NYC  Telephone interview with Timothy Dickinson, Rolling Stone

July 2 – Oregon  Telephone interview with Casper Leitch, Time 4 Hemp, American Freedom Radio

June 27 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Karl Baker, Seattle Times

June 26 – Berkeley  Telephone interview with Brian Edwards, KPFA Radio

June 20 – Loma Linda, CA  Telephone interview with Kathleen Wells, KCAA Radio

June 19 – Los Angeles  Telephone interview with Leslie Marshall, Talk US

June 19 – New York  Telephone interview with Lorenzo Franceschi Biccieral, WIRED Magazine

June 19 – Alameda County  Telephone interview with Judith Scherr, Inter Press Service

June 18 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Bill Radke, Linda Thomas, Tom Tangney, KIRO Radio

June 6 – San Juan Island, WA  Presentation to class at Skagit Valley College

June 3 – Orcas Island, WA  Present introduction to “The Butterfly Effect,” Orcas Center Black Box

May 31 – St. Augustine  Telephone interview with Tim Constantine, Direct Radio

May 31 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Ken Schram, KOMO Radio

May 30 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Herb Weisbaum and Jane Shannon, KOMO Radio

May 23 – NYC  Telephone interview with Caleb Hannan, Village Voice

May 21 – Chicago  Telephone interview with Steve Edwards, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio

May 13 – NYC  Email interview with Natasha Lennard, Salon.com

May  12 – Seattle  Instudio interview with Phil Rogers, NBC, Chicago

May 7 – Chicago  Telephone interview with Julie Unruh, WGN, Chicago

May 3 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Bill Radke, KIRO FM

May 2 – Seattle  Telephone interview with C.R. Douglas, KCPQ Fox News

May 2 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Herb Weisbaum, KOMO News Radio

April 26 – NYC  Telephone interview with Connor Guy, The Nation

April 24 – Bainbridge Island, WA  Presentation on “Building Community-Police Trust,” Islanders for Collaborative Policing

April 22 – Orcas Island, WA  Follow up interview with Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker

April 17 – NYC Telephone interview with Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker

April 16 – NYC  Telephone interview with Steve Langford FM News 101.9, ABC News

April 4 – Bristol, VA  Telephone interview with James Shea, Bristol Herald Courier

March 30 – Tonasket, WA  Presentation/panel on Washington Initiative-502, Tonasket Community Center

March 30 – Okanogan, WA  Presentation/panel on Washington Initiative-502, Okanogan County Bar Association

March 29 – Spokane, WA  Presentation on “Policing for Safety with Professionalism and Civil Rights,” Bing Crosby Theater, League of Women Voters and The Inlander News

March 29 – Spokane, WA  Conversation with law students, Gonzaga University

March 29 – Spokane, WA  Meeting with Chair of  City of Spokane Use of Force Committee, Gonzaga University

March 29 – Spokane, WA  Interview with Dawn Jewell, KYRS Community Radio

March 28 – Yakima, WA  Presentation on Washington State Initiative-502, “Public Safety Implications of Marijuana Prohibition,” Capitol Theatre

March 28 – Bellingham, WA  Panel discussion on “Whatever Happened to the Neighborhood Beat Cop?”, Bellingham City Club

March 27 – Bellingham, WA  Presentation on Drug Policy, Western Washington University

March 26 – Spokane, WA  Telephone interview with Gavin Dahl, KYRS, Thin Air Community Radio

March 25 – Friday Harbor, WA  Presentation to San Juan Island Political Action Network

March 23 Seattle  Telephone interview with Keegan Hamilton, Seattle Weekly

March 22 – Seattle  Keynote address on “Safe and Just Policing:  Toward a Police Culture Beyond the War on Drugs,” American Civil Liberties Union Annual Membership Meeting

March 22 – Spokane  Telephone interview with Shawn Vestal, Spokesman-Review, Spokane

March 22 – Seattle  Interview with C.R. Douglas, Q13 Fox News

March 22 – Seattle  Luncheon conversation with members, American Civil Liberties Union 

March 22 – Seattle  Meeting with representatives of communities of color, American Civil Liberties Union

March 21 – Seattle Telephone interview with Ken Schram, KOMO Radio

March 21 – Seattle  Interview with Real Change News reporter, Real Change News

March 21 – Seattle  In-studio interview with The Morning Show, KING-TV

March 19 – Spokane Telephone interview with Chris Stein, The Pacific Northwest Inlander

February 24 – Honolulu  Telephone interview with Sara Lin, Honolulu Civil Beat

February 21 – Los Angeles  Telephone interview with Warren Olney, “To the Point,” Public Radio International and KCRW, Los Angeles

February 17 – Everett, WA  In-studio interview with Ed Brenner, “Sound Living,” KSER Radio (KPFA-FM, Berkeley)

February 16 – Chicago  Telephone interview with WGN-TV

January 30 – NYC  Email interview with Natasha Lennard, Salon.com

January 27 – Michigan  Telephone interview with Norm Jones, News Talk 580

January 20 – South Jordan, Utah  Telephone interview with Mark Maxon Show, KTTA Radio

January 19 – Fayetteville, N.C.  Telephone interview on “The Wake Up Show,” WIDU Radio

January 17 – Vancouver, B.C.  Presentation on “Increased Militarization of American Policing,” British Columbia Civil Liberties Association  (Postponed till June 2012)

January 16 – Seattle – Telephone interview with Ian Finkenbinder, Occupy Seattle Media Team

January 14 – Chicago  Telephone interview with Chuck Mertz, KNUR-FM

January 10 – Columbus, MO  Telephone interview with “Sex, Drugs, and Civil Liberties,” KOPN Radio

January 9 – Chicago  Telephone interview with Jack Nicas, Wall Street Journal

January 6 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Bill Radke and Linda Thomas, KIRO FM  Radio

January 6 – Seattle  Telephone interview with Mark Christopher and Elisa Jaffe, KVI Radio

January 5 – Chicago  Telephone interview with Megan Crepeau, editorial page coordinator, Chicago Tribune