This is a real feel good story. This is the best thing that has happened since Derek Chauvin got convicted. Last April a 73-year-old woman with dementia and sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to understand and communicate, was...
A person's life can turn on a dime, for better or for worse. One action or one happenstance can forevermore change a life's direction, and doors that you never knew existed can swing open -- or in the tragic...
This will be brief, I promise you. Lawrence O'Donnell just had a magnificent segment on The Last Word, in which he interviewed Jerry Blackwell and Steve Swisher, the two lead attorneys for the prosecution in the George Floyd murder...
What has blown my mind about this Daunte Wright shooting is the commentary about how the officer thought she had a taser in her hand. How is that possible? There is one depicted above that is yellow, but even...
I can't help it, I just have this warm, almost holiday like glow in my chest. For tonight, for the first time in 21 months, Ahmad Arbery can finally rest in peace. And tonight, for the first time in...
Lady Justice is a tough old broad and she reaffirmed today that she's still in the game and her system works. The justice system works. That may seem like a strange lede, but in a day and age where...
I'm sorry, but I honestly believe the title to be true. Modern policing cannot be changed substantially, only modified. Because when you attempt to make systemic change, that logically means that you are going to change the system itself. After decades of...
A lawyer friend of mine told me years ago, "There are two criminal justice systems in America, one for the rich and one for the poor. Never doubt that for a minute." I had another friend, a co-worker who...
This is one of the most disturbing events I have witnessed in a long time. A few days ago, I wrote a piece on the Republican congresspeople who refused to vote on a bill to protect senior citizens from scammers....
The police are in a bad way if they're losing the likes of ultra conservative right-winger Pat Robertson. This is an eye opener. Take careful note, you're not going to see a woke Pat Robertson every day.
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