Known as blue privilege, there is an unwritten law among police officers: when they catch their fellow cop, or even their fellow cop’s family member or friend breaking the law, they are let go without consequence. Situations that have led to the murder of minorities...
Journalist George Joseph talks to Scott about the significant ramp up in federal gun prosecutions during Jeff Sessions' tenure, and continuing even now that he's gone. The idea behind his program was to target the "trigger-pulling" criminals, but in reality it targets...
“No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms” were the words Thomas Jefferson wrote in three drafts of the Virginia Constitution. There’s a reason for that, it’s a powerful phrase, one with a sentiment that should be remembered and respected by our government. ...
The US estimates the economy grew at 3.3% in the third quarter. [Link] Philando Castile's girlfriend settles a lawsuit with two cities for $800,000. [Link] Hawaii orders medical marijuana users to voluntarily surrender their firearms. [Link] The FBI attempted to...
On June 16, a jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez of all charges in the 2016 killing of motorist Philando Castile. That acquittal was, in a sense, also a death sentence — not for Yanez, but for future motorists unfortunate enough to...
On July 6th, 2016 Philando Castile was stopped by a police officer. Allegedly he was stopped for a broken taillight but a recently released dashcam video from Jeronimo Yanez's vehicle puts this notion in dispute. Instead, it seems like Castile was mistaken for a...
It is a genuinely open question whether an American police officer can do almost anything without suffering criminal consequences. Americans have a profoundly stupid and misguided deferential attitude toward law enforcement, one which presumes that police...
To the ears of reasonable people, the expression “de-policing” would refer to the process of abolishing police departments – not the exercise of restraint by police officers in the use of lethal force by police officers. The latter would be described as...
Philando Castile was killed without cause by a police officer who has been indicted -- but not for murder -- because Castile's life is not considered as valuable as that of the officer who killed him. "Blue Lives" matter just a little more than the rest, owing to a...
In July, just a few miles from my home in St. Paul, Minn., Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer, Jeronimo Yanez, during a traffic stop. A horrified nation watched Castile’s death play out live on Facebook, as his girlfriend had the presence of mind to...
Second-degree manslaughter charges have been filed against the police officer who killed Philando Castile. [Link] The USA Freedom Act has increased spying on American citizens. The USA Freedom Act requires telecommunication companies to hold the metadata rather than...
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