Around the Internet (Nov. 2026)
A little while ago I gave a lecture for , about different approaches for writing police history. It’s now online.
RBG Street Scholar somehow managed to summarize the full 400 pages of Our Enemies in Blue in less than 25 minutes. It’s pretty impressive. (UPDATE: I’ve been told that this was produced by AI, which is annoying. Somehow the fact that it’s a very good synopsis makes things even worse.)
And there’s a nice mention of Enemies in Alec Karakatsanis‘s latest newsletter: “For an accessible comprehensive history of U.S. police, start with the book Our Enemies in Blue by Kristian Williams.” Thanks!
The Cops Are All Right (Oct. 2026)
Calm down. I’m making a pun.
The youtuber “It Had to be Said” has made good use of my first book, Our Enemies in Blue, to argue that “Police are right wing, not ‘neutral’.”
Book Event (Oct. 2026)
I will be reading from Policing the Progressive City, and answering questions:
Friday, October 9th, at 7pm
