This article appeared recently in The Federalist, based on an interview with a black police officer (his employment was documented by the periodical): In my opinion, the anti-cop narrative began with the Obama administration. He made negative law enforcement comments, … Continue reading →
Here’s the link to last week’s post-verdict discussion of the Chauvin trial. William Jacobson and Andrew Branca of Legal Insurrection were the panelists. Here’s a highlight video: Here’s the complete talk: If you prefer reading, you can find a transcript … Continue reading →
We’ve discussed Critical Race Theory many times on this blog. But it’s easy to forget that it’s still not exactly a household word, even though it’s been dominating so much of the current turmoil, and has found its way into … Continue reading →
…makes it even more clear that the police officer who shot the knife-wielding 16-year-old Bryant was doing what was unfortunately necessary to prevent a potentially fatal stabbing. I predict that this story will be one that fades relatively quickly. Various … Continue reading →
{NOTE: I already wrote about some of the facts of the Bryant case yesterday in this post.] Let’s see: cops are called to the scene of a fight and are told by the callers that knives are involved. When they … Continue reading →
(1) There seems to be a common notion, based on early reports, that Chauvin and Floyd may have known each other from a previous job. That report was retracted/recanted early on, although I’m going to assume that far more people … Continue reading →
Lots of use of the f-word here, but very well worth listening to. Loury is on the left in the blue shirt:
Continue reading →Of course, they shouldn’t be reacting except to say something like, “Now that the jury has spoken, I hope the nation can heal.” And then to change the subject. But that sort of behavior ended long ago, and so we … Continue reading →
Most people want to live, and I’m going to assume that’s also true of police officers – who, after all, are people. So I’m also going to assume that the logical effect of the Chauvin verdict will be officers quitting … Continue reading →
By now you almost certainly know that Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts. But this case was decided long ago – probably even before Chauvin encountered Floyd on that fateful day, culminating in the death of the … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Kate.”] Jonathan Turley is covering this development through his Twitter feed, so I’m going to post some of his tweets on it. The summary version is that Chauvin’s defense lawyer Nelson raised the issue of Waters’ prejudicial … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Please see my previous post on Gutmann if you’re not already familiar with it.] From the paper that often covers US stories in far more depth than our own MSM does (and with far less of a leftist slant), … Continue reading →