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Raid of Kansas Newspaper Is a Chilling Example of What America Must Not Become Aug. 16, 2023
If there has been one overarching theme to the tumultuous politics of this era, it is the repeated r... Read More
Biden Should Tell Cadets How Much Their Service Matters Jun. 05, 2023
President Joe Biden has a tremendous responsibility to uphold America's core values and protect its ... Read More
Crime in My Neighborhood Jun. 03, 2023
My neighborhood is full of broken windows. That's a term of art in policing to describe the disorder... Read More
Justice and Safety, Not Fear, Continue To Win at the Ballot Box May. 30, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In May, voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, sent a resounding message: They want solutions to ... Read More
Lifting the Residency Requirement Is the Fastest Way To Fill City Job Vacancies May. 26, 2023
The labor shortage is a big challenge for employers across the country, with signing bonuses and esc... Read More
Bring Back New York's Transit Police May. 19, 2023
Visitors to Bath, England, learn that the town's namesake first-century spa deteriorated following t... Read More
Missouri Lawmakers End Their Session Opting To Limit the Damage They Could Inflict May. 18, 2023
The Missouri legislative session that ended Friday started out as a disaster in the making, with a r... Read More
How To Honor Our Officers During National Police Week May. 17, 2023
I was proud and moved to participate in opening ceremonies, at the National Law Enforcement Officers... Read More
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
