Monday, November 30, 2015 Slapdown in Steamboat Springs: The Blue Tribe Targets Two Whistleblowers  Under the reign former Chief Joel Rae, the Steamboat Springs, Colorado Police Department viewed the local citizenry as revenue-producing livestock, and officers were encouraged to “strike first and strike hard” whenever their targets displayed anything other than utter docility.  Not surprisingly, […]

Monday, December 14, 2015 When “Rescuers” Become a Death Squad: The Killing of Michael Funk Biker, veteran, grandfather, plaintiff– police victim: Michael Funk, RIP. The only casualty of an hours-long SWAT raid and hostage situation in Neenah, Wisconsin on December 5 was Michael Funk, a disabled Vietnam veteran who was a party to a $50 […]

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Rwanda and the Evils of Politicized Christianity   “What does it tell us about the UN that not a single official thought fit to resign over the first indisputable genocide since the UN Charter was signed?” asked human rights activist Alex de Waal following the 100-day orgy of mass murder in […]

Thursday, December 31, 2015 The Real “Ferguson Effect”: Increased Police Lethality, Expanded Prosecutorial Deference Yes, only shamefully “ungrateful” Mundanes object when police kill the innocent without accountability.   Joshua Jenkins killed thirty-three-year-old Jennifer Chauvin by slamming his vehicle into her sedan at an intersection near AuSable, New York. According to police investigators, Jenkins failed to […]

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Without “Qualified Immunity,” Would Cops Be So Quick to Kill? (See a small but significant correction below.) The story had a familiar beginning, but took an unexpected detour en route to an unanticipated conclusion.  Dante Price, a young black man, was trying to visit his girlfriend and infant son at the […]

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Shielding the Executioner: Shaun Cowley, Paul Cassell, and the Murder of Danielle Willard During a lengthy career that includes stints as a federal prosecutor and judge, Paul Cassell has devoutly upheld the vision of 18th Century arch-authoritarian Joseph de Maistre, who taught that “all greatness, all power, all social order depends […]

Sunday, November 2, 2014 Killer on the Loose: Did Cops “Botch” a Case to Punish an Independent DA? “Comply or Die is Not the Law”: Relatives of police victims speak at Oct. 4 rally in Salt Lake.  After 72-year-old Robert Warren was shot in the face at the front door of his home in West […]

Saturday, December 27, 2014 Law-and-Order Leninism Last Easter, the Right was celebrating the Bunkerville rebellion, and the Left was calling for severe measures – drone strikes, if necessary – to beat down armed resistance to law enforcement. By Christmas, the roles were neatly reversed, with the Left protesting against the ever-growing tide of law enforcement […]