"Movie director Quentin Tarantino and actor Viggo Mortensen claimed recently that too many cops are simply uncharged murderers. A recent Huffington Post article by University of California-Berkeley sociology professor Jerome Karabel was headlined, 'Police killings surpass the worst ...
Last month, when we wrote a general case to support Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James B. Comey in their calls for a national police use of force database, we said the most urgent value was in data projects that rise to become more than just body counts.
We also ...
As we close the year out, people are undoubtedly preparing for the cliché and novel year-end round-out articles summing up events in their particular speciality. Policing, use of force, tactics, cyber security, swatting, etc., etc., etc. …
Except that the last two years have shown ...
When “experts” are quoted by CNN disclaiming that the current climate is killing cops, we need to be ready to help our communities understand the truth that the numbers are skewed by both lack of information and reporting bias. Major media outlets, along with police critics, are ...
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
—George Santayana (1863 – 1952) philosopher and novelist
I’ve heard variations of that quote over a period of many years. I find it appropriate today as we find ourselves in a very dangerous position: failing to ...
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