Or something like that. Yesterday the WaPo featured a wordy piece devoted to Darren Wilson’s dysfunctional family of origin, and the racial and other problems in the police force he used to work for, difficulties that seem to have had … Continue reading →
The Michael Brown case has become a cause célé¨bre, much like the Zimmerman case in the scope of its fame and even worse in the extent of civil unrest it has caused. The Brown case has many other things in … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Geoffrey Britain] Fox News is now reporting that Darren Wilson was severely beaten by Michael Brown during their confrontation: Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week … Continue reading →
…and prepare to die if you fail to obtain it. It is reported that Michael Brown went for Darren Wilson’s gun, and almost got it. We don’t know if that is true, but if it is, it would have been … Continue reading →
Strong words from liberal Alan Dershowitz: “The two statutes under which [Perry] was indicted are reminiscent of the old Soviet Union ”” you know, abuse of authority,” Dershowitz said Monday. “The idea of indicting him because he threatened to veto … Continue reading →
Sometimes I think the answer is “never, unless the victim of the shooting is white.” The idea is that white police should err on the side of their own martyrdom if the victim is black. There is no question that … Continue reading →
According to the preliminary report of an autopsy requested by the Brown family, Michael Brown was shot six times, four in the right arm and two in the head, the last shot killing him. All were fired from the front. … Continue reading →
…is condemning the persecu—I mean the prosecution—of Governor Rick Perry. As a commenter at Althouse wrote: If you’ve lost Jonathan Chait… In case you’ve forgotten who Jonathan Chait is, he’s a self-confessed Bush-hater par excellence: I hate President George W. … Continue reading →
The officer who stopped Michael Brown did not do so because he was a suspect in the convenience story robbery, but became suspicious during the course of the exchange with Brown: [Ferguson Police Chief] Jackson said the officer was aware … Continue reading →
Rick Perry becomes the latest in a long line of Republicans who have been the target of malicious prosecution for political reasons: Scott Walker, Tom DeLay, Ted Stevens. He won’t be the last. It is no accident whatsoever that it … Continue reading →
The Ferguson police have released this video of a convenience store robbery in which Michael Brown was suspected to have been the perpetrator. It occurred shortly before the fatal shooting. Dorian Johnson, the young man who was with Brown when … Continue reading →
I grew up in an area of New York that wasn’t especially high-crime, and my dealings with police tended to be limited to traffic stops. And yet I feared them because they had the power and I did not. And … Continue reading →