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The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech May. 08, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In 2019, police in Castle Hills, Texas, arrested Sylvia Gonzalez, a 72-year-old first-time city coun... Read More
Bullets of Separation Apr. 21, 2023
Shoot some more cheerleaders! America isn't free yet! Yeah. That isn't funny. It's just that I don't... Read More
'One of the Safest Big Cities' -- According to DA's Office -- Averaged More Than One Murder or Manslaughter per Day in 2022 Mar. 22, 2023
Three years ago, Jason Rivera wrote a letter to the New York City Police Academy, explaining why he ... Read More
Louisville Police Abuses Show Civil Liberties Are Meaningless Without Accountability: Supervisors and Judges Tolerated Outrageous Constitutional Violations, Including Illegal Searches and Brutal Assaults Mar. 15, 2023
The form that Louisville, Kentucky, police officers use when they seek search warrants includes a li... Read More
Police Profanity Isn't Just Impolite; It Poisons the Relationship With the Public Feb. 10, 2023
Police reform is hard. Not that there's any shortage of smart proposals. In the wake of the shameful... Read More
'Tanks' for America's Troubled Cities Feb. 06, 2023
When the murder rate falls, a city usually has reason to celebrate. But that's not true in Chicago: ... Read More
Honor Tyre Nichols with Real Reform Feb. 03, 2023
Driving to dinner on Sunday, I found myself suddenly surrounded by emergency vehicles. Fire trucks, ... Read More
If the Boot Fits Feb. 03, 2023
I remember when cops on duty used to wear those bulgy-looking shoes that were, in fact, ordinary dre... Read More
What Police Reform Should Look Like Feb. 03, 2023
Each high-profile killing by police of an unarmed Black citizen — this week he's Tyre Nichols,... Read More
Police Mental Health Needs To Be Addressed To Help Protect Innocent Black Men Feb. 03, 2023
I finally brought myself to watch a shortened clip of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Tadarriu... Read More
The Burden of the Blue: Police Mental Health in the Wake of Tyre Nichols' Murder Feb. 02, 2023
The atrocities that law enforcement officers witness on a daily basis can have a profound impact on ... Read More
How Local Cops Get Your Bank Records Jan. 26, 2023
This column has recently outlined the specious arguments offered by the feds when they have been cau... Read More
How Much Destruction Are Americans Willing to Take? Jan. 26, 2023
The past week saw riots in Atlanta and Boston. In Atlanta, the rioters were allegedly up in arms abo... Read More
Antifa Means Pro-Riot Jan. 25, 2023
Atlanta Police are not sugar-coating the violent protests that have plagued the city this month. Sat... Read More
More Police in School? Oct. 22, 2022
Last Thursday, some 500 students walked out of one of Los Angeles' best known high schools to protes... Read More
From Pot to Jaywalking, Pay Compensation to Those Hurt by Repealed Laws Oct. 07, 2022
Whether it's a soaring literary classic like "Les Miserables "or generic Hollywood product like "The... Read More
Judicial Rubber-Stamping of Warrants Can Be Deadly: Lethal Drug Raids in Louisville and Houston Were Based on Fishy Police Affidavits That Turned Out to Be Fraudulent Aug. 10, 2022
According to a federal indictment unsealed last week, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT and aspiring... Read More
Use-Of-Force Police Data, Now Mandatory in Missouri, Can Help Reform Efforts Jun. 13, 2022
It's not often these days that the Missouri Legislature matches its law-and-order rhetoric with acti... Read More
The Public Was Uninvited from Memorial Day US Capitol Celebration Jun. 02, 2022
The 2022 PBS National Memorial Day Concert took place outside the United States Capitol, but you pro... Read More
Curbing Traffic Stops to Make Drivers Safer Apr. 20, 2022
When I head out of my driveway, I sometimes worry about one thing or another: Did I bring my shoppin... Read More
