Jamaica is a rough place. 2.7 million people and 1,500 homicides. That’s a higher homicide rate than Baltimore… but lower than Baltimore’s Eastern District. It’s also dangerous for police, with 5 official line-of-duty deaths per year (though I suspect many more police die in less official ways). Jamaican police are known to kill a lot…
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Sometimes, as our drug war continues unabated, it’s easy to forget just how much progress has been made in fighting prohibition. Just a few years ago this kind of talk from an active police chief was inconceivable. It’s the kind of talk that encourages honest debate. Which is just what we need because advocates of…
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How come when I see a headline “Woman Loses Home Over $362 Water Bill” I just know it’s talking about Baltimore? Where else could this happen? Sho ’nuff…
I think this is a good idea.
Tragic story with an unusual twist in the Sun Times. Too bad a good man is still dead.
It’s Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! I love free speech. I also like South Park a lot more than I like religious zealots. I also like being able to write this without being arrested (or killed). This is the cartoon that started it all: Since I can’t draw, I’m just going to reprint the drawings of…
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Not about police, but this article by Richard Herman does summarize my position on immigration very well.
There’s an article in the New York Times that isn’t actually supposed to about police. An academic study asked participants how often they experienced eight “workplace conflict scenarios.” These are: * Someone treating them unfairly * Someone blaming or criticizing them for something that wasn’t their fault * Someone failing to do the work that…
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This is so bizarre I first thought it was satire: A robbery victim gets arrested and the robber gets fed wine and cheese! Classy. But it’s not satire. Trots op NLmeans “Proud of the Netherlands” and is a fringe right-wing political party that is playing on racism and fear of crime. Is white people drowning…
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The NYPD Tapes, Part 2, by Graham Rayman in the Village Voice. (And a link to my comments on Part 1) Commentary: “Oh, You Mean Those Quotas” by Radley Balko. “Those Schoolcraft Tapes” by Leonard Levitt. Update with working links to all the posts on Schoolcraft.