Anyone who follows the news knows by now that of the six officers who have been charged in Freddie Gray’s death, it is an even split in terms of race: three are white and three are black. The most severe … Continue reading →
If I were a NY firefighter—woman or man—this would make me very, very angry: The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned. … Continue reading →
I have been trying to find some very specific information on what the medical report on Freddie Gray actually said. But other than that there was a neck fracture, that he had a head injury that may have been caused … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca is a lawyer I highly respect who writes at the blog Legal Insurrection (full disclosure: I write there at times, too). He did yeoman’s service in blogging about the Zimmerman and Ferguson cases, as well as many others, … Continue reading →
The Baltimore prosecutor has made a decision: State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for Baltimore, announced this morning that her office has also found probable cause to pursue criminal charges in connection to the case. Five of the six … Continue reading →
The following was written by David Simon, who so far as I can tell is a not just a liberal but a leftist. He’s lived in Baltimore for a long, long time, used to be a police reporter for The … Continue reading →
The Baltimore police have delivered a report to a prosecutor that contains the following new information: “The police van carrying Gray to the station made a previously undisclosed stop that was captured on a ‘privately owned camera.’” That’s all we … Continue reading →
The WaPo is reporting that a man who was being transported in the other side of the van that also was carrying Freddie Gray has told investigators he heard sounds that indicated Gray may have been trying to hurt himself … Continue reading →
I’ve learned that speculation on how SCOTUS will rule is pretty worthless. And yet we’re all tempted to do it. But this one has me stumped, and I cannot even make a prediction except to say the liberals on the … Continue reading →
Freddie Gray died of a very severe spinal cord injury. But how he sustained that injury is unknown, and that is an all-important question. Like many of the men in recent incidents where police treatment of black men have gotten … Continue reading →
This is good news [emphasis mine]: Paul Nungesser, the Columbia University student accused of raping fellow student Emma Sulkowicz, is now suing the university for doing nothing to stop Sulkowicz’s harassment campaign against him, which he claims “effectively destroyed” his … Continue reading →
This is a very important article in National Review about the Wisconsin “John Doe” investigations. If you’re familiar with history, you’ll recognize what’s going on here, and it’s bad. Very bad. If you’ve read William Sheridan Allen’s The Nazi Seizure … Continue reading →