2015/05/04 – Police brutality? The ACLU of Mississippi has an app for that. Today, the ACLU rolled out the iOS version of its Mobile Justice Mississippi app. The Android version went live last fall in Mississippi and several other states, including …..
2015/05/03 – The new U.S. attorney general said “body-worn cameras” would enhance transparency and promote police accountability. Just a week on the job, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday unveiled a $20 million pilot program to expand the use of …..
And a police badge shouldn’t hide the truth. 2015/5/1-On Friday morning, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the results of Freddie Gray’s autopsy. The report is clear. His fatal neck injury—a nearly severed spine—was the result of being handcuffed but not …..
The rioting in Baltimore wasn’t hooliganism. It was a protest against the depredations of the ghetto economy. 05/01/15-Most people can sympathize with the anger on display this week in the streets of Baltimore. It’s relatively easy to feel compassion for …..
2015/05/02 – Before we get carried away with a sense of justice delivered, let us remind ourselves of some high-profile cases in which criminal prosecutions did not deliver findings of guilt. The relief in Baltimore was palpable after six police officers …..