Tag: excessive force

With another cop walking free after killing a person, our country is searching for answers. Perhaps that answer isn't all that complicated.

This time we go to the “law professor”, Ann Althouse: Are the men in the T-shirts also from Moveon.org? Who were they? There were no arrests and though there was a crowd, no one bothered to have detained these men. Did they just melt back into the night? It’s very convenient that these bad actors […]

Eight years ago Cincinnati was shutdown by major race riots, a reaction to the fatal shooting of Timothy Thomas by Cincinnati Police. Since then race issues have been very touchy here. Now we are facing an incident in which a Cincinnati police officer tasered a young black female, who turns out to be a city […]

Another story has emerged of police using excessive force, this time in Florida: Former teacher Paul King says he used to be one of those people who said lock ’em up throw away the key. However King has changed his mind since being arrested on public intoxication last July. A video shows deputies pushed him […]

I just submitted the following to be asked at tomorrow night’s Democratic debate: We have an epidemic of school shootings plaguing our nation. Nine years ago, the Columbine shooting was all this nation could talk about. Now school shootings seem to have become such a common place that they are just a blurb on the […]

This is another look at how our country has headed in the wrong direction since 9/11: Federal prosecutors are targeting a rising number of law enforcement officers for alleged brutality, Justice Department statistics show. The heightened prosecutions come as the nation’s largest police union fears that agencies are dropping standards to fill thousands of vacancies […]

This is horrible. You can read more here and here. They tased him a second time because he wouldn’t stand up. Excuse me – after being shocked like that, you can’t stand up. All of these officers should be charged with assault.

From NewsDay Two War Protesters Injured During March By Associated Press August 21, 2005, 12:02 AM EDT PITTSBURGH — Two women protesting the war in Iraq were taken to a hospital Saturday after police broke up an unauthorized march involving about five dozen people on a busy one-way street near an Army recruiting station. David […]