Many years ago I was on a jury assigned to a DUI case. The defendant was an immigrant house painter with very limited English and a good distrust of the police. He was driving home from work in his van filled with open paint cans and other chemicals used by painters. He was pulled over Read More…
Injustice
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE – Outcry for Black Mother Ajike Owens After Ocala, Florida, shooting
STAND YOUR GROUND NO GO THROUGH OUTCRIES FOR BLACK MOTHER, AJIKE OWENS SHOOTING IN OCALA MARION COUNTY FLORIDA SHOOTING
Marion County Florida Sheriff Billy Woods Appeared To Partially Blame Ajike Owens For Her Own Violent Death
Marion County Florida Sheriff Billy Woods Appeared To Partially Blame Ajike Owens For Her Own Violent Death
Florida White Woman Who Fatally Shot Black Neighbor
An Alleged “Stand Your Ground” – White Woman Who Fatally Shot Black Neighbor By Curt Anderson, Freida Frisaro and Amanda Rabines | arabines@orlandosentinel.com | Associated Press A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion Read More…
Do police keep schools safe? Fuel the school-to-prison pipeline?
School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same question: Should police officers be in schools? In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis schools cut their contract with the local police department. Then Portland did. Then Denver. A majority of the Oakland school board members say they will, too, while Chicago’s school Read More…
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police
How The Black Panthers Got Their Start – Policing The Police Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to Read More…








