America is on trial. Or at least, that is the conviction of many observers as Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, faces judge and jury in the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man. America on trial: It’s a headline in Time, the Toronto Star and ...
After the speeches, the hashtags, the marches, the dramatic demands for transforming America’s criminal justice system, comes the relatively mundane but indispensable means of determining guilt or innocence and, if guilt, punishment: The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek ...
We have to give credit where credit is due. Early this week, Westover City Council approved a new officer body-worn camera software that changes the way footage is stored. Westover Police have been at the center of controversy for nearly a year now. First a lawsuit filed in July 2020 on ...
Let’s try an experiment. For 30 years, let’s require that young people are taught nothing about the moon. Let’s scrub Earth’s satellite from books and online articles. Let’s rebuff kids’ questions and discourage them from asking. Then, let’s assess the result. Does it ...
by Rosa Brooks “Everyone you meet here would be happy to kill you,” Officer Murphy told me. “That’s what you have to remember.” It was my first night as a patrol officer, and Murphy was showing me the ropes. “Everyone? You think even the little old ladies here want to ...
You’ve got to wonder what went through the minds of Los Angeles police officers who recently circulated a disgusting “joke” about the killing of George Floyd. At this point in history — following Floyd’s suffocation in police custody last May, the summer of tense and sometimes ...