Crime and no punishment in Minneapolis
The Biden era is much like the Trump era — you just hear more cant from the leadership
The Biden era is much like the Trump era — you just hear more cant from the leadership
If you were a juror, would you dare to return a ‘not guilty’ verdict?
The situations in which police killings of black and white Americans take place are virtually the same
Republicans are as guilty as Democrats of allowing the riots to flourish for political gain
The Democrats are letting themselves be painted as the party of disorder
The city ’ s first black police chief wa s effectively hounded out of office by gangs of predominantly white protesters
Cockburn hasn’t seen this many people excited about an umbrella since Mary Poppins hit theaters in 1964
In the eyes of many, this ‘movement’ transcends politics
What’s really happening in America is a crisis of authority, from the White House down to your local police precinct
The Rayshard Brooks case is tragic but, legally, straightforward
We must be firm in our commitment to effect change, but do so without demonizing law enforcement
Who will support cops, when even the Trump administration blames them?
Three-year-olds will not be happy when Chase the police dog is forcibly removed from their lives
There is no central command, so it is impossible to know how many members and sympathizers are currently active
The City Council are defunding the police, to replace them with…who knows?
‘We can, and should, commit to police accountability without shredding the thin wall between civilization and chaos’
We are living through an update of radical chic. Elite white liberals are apologizing for and even applauding the worst riots in a generation, if not two. They are now joined by people who used to pretend at least that they were Republicans — former President George W. Bush and former nominee Mitt Romney have … Read more
Can right and left meet on police reform?
Quite what happens after the police are abolished is less clear
The complete removal of a police force is exactly the kind of thing John Lennon (who was tragically shot dead in 1980) would have been behind