Police

A Perfect Example Of Why So Many People Dislike And Distrust The Police

A Perfect Example Of Why So Many People Dislike And Distrust The Police

While a great majority of police officers are good honest people doing a very difficult job, there are valid reasons why so many people dislike the police. Many Americans find themselves at odds with the police in the wake of the recent militarization of local police forces and the rash of shooting deaths of unarmed […]

Young Black Men Killed By The Police At An Alarming Rate

Young Black Men Killed By The Police At An Alarming Rate

Young black men were killed at an alarming rate by the police last year. It is time to stop accepting the myth that police brutality is a matter of public debate. The number of bullets fired by the police and the number of dead citizens – particularly young black men – no longer permits us […]

California Leads The Battle Against Killer Cops In America This Year

California Leads The Battle Against Killer Cops In America This Year

California set the stage for states and citizens to begin winning the war against killer cops this year. California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed two important pieces of legislation this year in an effort to rein in police officers and to hold killer cops accountable for their actions. Grand juries conducting secret hearings in Ferguson, […]

Tea Party Caught Lying To Discredit Black Lives Matter Movement

Tea Party Caught Lying To Discredit Black Lives Matter Movement

Conservative website run by Tea Party favorite Allen West applauds cops for statistics showing that 30% of fatal cop shootings aren’t justified. Conservative website AllenBWest.com has a curious article entitled: “Statistics for police violence show 70% of shootings are justified.” Maybe it’s just the contrarian in me, but when I first glimpsed the headline I […]

Domestic Violence At The Hands Of Police

Domestic Violence At The Hands Of Police

Controversy rages in America over the seemingly ceaseless killing and assault of unarmed individuals by police officers nationwide. An ongoing investigation by The Guardian shows that, as of today, 861 unarmed people have been killed so far this year by the police and that police agencies are killing people at twice the rate calculated by […]