by Tim Donner | Jun 17, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics, Race, Social Issues
If you just flew in from Siberia or landed your spaceship on earth over the last couple of weeks, you could be excused for believing that the problem between cops and communities of color — long thorny but now as explosive as a powder keg — is the sole...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jun 16, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics, Social Issues
The Supreme Court on Monday squandered a chance to clean up a mess it helped make. In addition to refusing to work on gun cases needing their attention, justices declined to do anything about the contentious qualified immunity situation. The principle of qualified...
by Pennel Bird | Jun 15, 2020 | Articles, Law, Politics, Race, The Left
The radical new demand from the left to “defund the police” could become a moot point, given the increasing difficulty police departments are having in recruiting and retaining officers. Just within the past few days, at least seven police officers in...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jun 14, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Liberty Nation TV, Race, Social Issues, Videocasts
The political climate surrounding George Floyd’s killing – on this week’s Uprising, with guest Tim...
by Graham J Noble | Jun 14, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Race
Atlanta, Georgia, is bracing for unrest following the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks on the evening of June 12. Police responded to a call about a man asleep at the wheel of his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru. Brooks resisted officers who attempted to arrest him...