I’m a bit surprised…
…that this article doesn’t refer to the man who tried to run down cops with his car as “unarmed.”
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Who should investigate police abuse?
I don’t usually agree with The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, but this is a fairly good article: When local district attorneys investigate local police officers, there is an inherent conflict of interest. In virtually all usual circumstances, police and prosecutors … Continue reading →
Looking back: a portrait of Obama in law school
This article appeared at HuffPo in 2008. It was written by Jackie Fuchs, a woman who went to law school with Obama, and is one of those pieces that are enriched by hindsight. The following excerpt from the portrait of … Continue reading →
The guilty police
Some of the recent furor over some of the incidents in which black people have died at the hands of police is understandable. The death of Eric Garner was a situation in which it is not a stretch to say … Continue reading →
The thin blue line: another white Missouri policeman kills a young black man in self-defense
That’s my headline, and I’m sticking to it until there’s any credible evidence to the contrary. So far, the facts seem to go like this: In Berkeley, Missouri (not too far from Ferguson), a call comes in at 11:15 PM … Continue reading →
Violence against police: the widows speak
Adelaide Laurie is the widow of police officer Rocco Laurie, assassinated in a 1972 ambush along with partner Gregory Foster (I wrote about the incident here). As far as I can tell she has never remarried, although she and her … Continue reading →
Entertain this hypothetical
I though I’d highlight the following comment, which I found at this article: I have no doubt that if, by some miracle, these two slain officers [Ramos and Liu] had been able to escape their fate by killing this monster … Continue reading →
What Holder should do
Paul Cassell lists seven steps Eric Holder should take in the wake of Ferguson, the Garner incident, and the murder of officers Ramos and Liu. I say: dream on, Mr. Cassell. I predict that Holder will not comply with a … Continue reading →
Cop-killer’s suicide was a little more complicated than that
Most of the coverage of the death of Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the murderer of the two NYC policemen, indicates he killed himself on a subway platform. While this is true, his suicide wasn’t spontaneous. Details that have emerged include the following … Continue reading →
Two NYC police ambushed and killed by gunman: looking forward, looking back
When I read the news of the murder of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu by shooter Ismaaiyl Brinsley as they sat in their police car, it had a sickening familiarity. If you’re as old as I am, and … Continue reading →
Federal judge rules Obama’s executive amnesty orders unconstitutional
This is good news, but it’s probably just the beginning of the battle: Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional. According to the opinion by Judge Arthur Schwab, the … Continue reading →
Sydney hostage crisis over…
…with the gunman dead in an early-morning police raid. Unfortunately, two of the hostages are reported to have been killed in the rescue, although there’s a lack of information as yet on how it happened. The gunman was an Islamic … Continue reading →