It's no new observation to say that Fox News is like a cartoon or that Tucker Carlson is a clown. Last night's show thoroughly buttressed those positions. Carlson was interviewing Ed Gavin, a former deputy sheriff in New York,...
This is one of the most uplifting things that I have seen since I can't remember when. I wrote the other day that it didn't really matter how much police academies examine their incoming students, once they get in,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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. https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/status/1382727213448056836 “You can feel...
Believe me brothers and sisters, I have been thinking long and hard about this for days since the brutal slaughter of Tyre Nichols by a rogue band of street thugs with badges. In the following days, the civil rights...
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...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead