The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Cincinnati, Ohio, known as one of the more liberal Appellate Courts, has reversed a Federal District Court ruling denying qualified immunity to deputies involved in a fatal shooting in Tennessee. The case, Cunningham v. Shelby County, Tennessee (6th Cir. 2021) 994 F.3d 761 revolves around a woman […]

The Department of Justice announced that they have charged the four police officers who were involved with the death of George Floyd. They took this action even though Derek Chauvin had already been convicted in state court and the other three officers are awaiting trial. The officers are charged with violating Floyd’s civil rights under […]

The Attorney General announced that the Civil Rights Division will open an investigation into the policies and practice of the Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department. That announcement was followed by a press conference in Louisville where the newly appointed Police Chief and political leaders who announced their total support of the investigation. The result is […]

The real question is whether the protestors outside of the Hennepin County Court House in Minneapolis are seeking justice in the death of George Floyd or whether they actually just want vengeance. The Murder trial of the police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of Mr. Floyd started this week with the selection […]

Officer Brian Sicknick became one of only five civilians to lay in state in the Capitol rotunda in what was a fitting salute to a true hero. His remains were moved to a waiting hearse with two lines of Capitol Police officers and hundreds more standing at attention in formation on a cold Washington morning. […]

It was never about “defund the police.” It was never about “Trump is not my President.” It was never about “Black Lives Matter.” It is not about conservative or liberal or republican or democrat. It is all about the intolerance of people who disagree are the enemy and they must be destroyed. Violence should not […]

Use of Force: Officer Involved Shooting – Goffin v. Ashcraft

The City Council of Louisville, Kentucky just passed an ordinance prohibiting “NO KNOCK” warrants within the City of Louisville. The death of Breonna Taylor is a tragedy. Louisville narcotics officers served a NO KNOCK warrant on a drug dealer, but served it at the wrong house. Taylor’s boyfriend opened fire when the officers made entry […]

George Floyd did not deserve to die in the manner that he did and his death was the result of a criminal act by a Minneapolis Police Officer. That said, his death was not worthy of all five major networks covering every minute of the services in his behalf. There has never been national coverage […]

At the close of the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN, where I was signing my police novels, a woman walked up and told me that police officers need to be screened better. I asked her what she meant and she responded that the psychological screening was woefully lacking. I informed her that the […]

This is a young man with college scholarships and the offer of a professional baseball contract straight out of high school.  Instead, he becomes a police cadet for the city of Cincinnati, then a police officer, and rises to the rank of police chief.  

WCPO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio recently aired a “hatchet” piece about police use of force created by their I-TEAM. The piece focused on a vehicle pursuit in Newport, Kentucky, a small city directly across from Cincinnati. Using body camera video obtained from the Police Department, the story claimed that the force used on […]

A jury in Mesa, Arizona found former police officer Phillip Brailsford Not Guilty of Second Degree Murder in the shooting death of Daniel Shaver in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn. The incident was captured on body cam, but was not released by the Judge in the case until after the verdict was rendered. […]

Law enforcement has always been known as a brotherhood, but a recent example shows the truth of that statement. A Chattanooga, TN. police officer was struck and killed one month after his graduation from the Police Academy. Nicholas Galinger was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and needed to be transported there for his funeral and burial. […]

The advantage to writing fiction is the opportunity to change or modify the beginning, middle or outcome of reality. The downside of turning reality into fiction is that the viewer or reader may actually believe the fiction to be reality. Writers, directors and producers from the left and the right coast have decided to inject […]

A Texas jury has convicted a police officer of a Murder charge in the death of a fifteen year old. The officer invoked “Defense of another” as his justification for the use of lethal force, but the jury heard from the officer who he claimed to be defending testified that he was never in fear […]

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A jury in Mesa, Arizona found former police officer Phillip Brailsford Not Guilty of Second Degree Murder in the shooting death of Daniel Shaver in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn. The incident was captured on body cam, but was not released by the Judge in the case until after the verdict was rendered. […]