The United States Supreme Court has written the legal standard for police use of force in the Graham and Garner cases. The standards and clear and explicit in all courts in the United States to legal experts and criminal justice practitioners, but can be confusing to the general public. It is time to create a […]
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Another case of political correctness
In yet another blatant example of political correctness, the City of Cleveland, Ohio has fired a 19 year veteran following his bench trial acquittal of misdemeanor Negligent Homicide charges. Office Alan Buford and another officer responded to a break-in at a Cleveland grocery store in 2015. Officer Buford fired a single shot claiming that the […]
A time for a change in tactics
Few will dispute that the right to peacefully protest is constitutionally protected. But walking down the middle of an urban street or standing in the lanes of an Interstate highway is conduct which is not protected. Urban cities across the country have taken a “hands off” approach to demonstrators and the result is chaos. Like […]