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Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, working primarily on the Policing and Public Safety Initiative, and a contributing editor of City Journal. He has addressed public safety policy before the House of Representatives, at universities including Cornell and Carnegie Mellon, and in the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, New York Post, National Review, and elsewhere. He was previously a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon, where he covered…

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Los Angeles, New York, and the Ordinary Work of Governing

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By Charles Lehman Verified, Adam Lehodey Verified, Bloomberg Television
| Manhattan Institute
Good morning: The purpose of city government is to competently deliver a set of basic services and amenities, such as housing and transit, and manage the downsides of dense urban living. As John Ketcham wrote for the Winter 2026 issue of City Journal, “managing density inevitably relies on coercive power—whether to break up disruptive behavior, arrest suspected criminals, or require inpatient treatment for the severely mentally ill—and such power properly rests with government.
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In Defense of Flock

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By Charles Lehman Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Listen1.0x 0:0010:54 Crime in San Francisco, Jarico Anderson announced last year, “is over with.” Anderson, who raps under the stage name Dreamllife Rizzy, would know—he’s a convicted felon. Lately, though, he says that cameras have been making criminal life inconvenient.
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In Defense of Flock

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By Charles Lehman Verified
| Flipboard
World News 5 hours ago How Trump Is Giving American Imperial Decline a New Meaning Inkstick Media - Words: Tom Engelhardt • 5h As the US endures national and international decline, only China appears poised to emerge as a global superpower.
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