Topic
Policing
216 published works
The Right Coast
Chicago police turned backs on Lightfoot because they re at the breaking point. alderman says – Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Police officers turned their backs to Mayor Lori Lightfoot because they are at the breaking point and believe leadership across this country, across this city do not have their…
Simple Justice
Gone Cop
Cops are quitting. Cops are retiring. Cops are turning down assignments they perceive to put them at risk of public damnation. While “defund” or “abolish” the police has done little…
The Right Coast
Progressive Policies Won t Stop the Crime Wave | City Journal
The evidence supports traditional approaches, even if Levitz pretends it doesn t. Numerous studies have causally linked policing with significant crime declines, including a study of municipal expenditures on policing…
Simple Justice
Too Much and Too Little: Policing In NYC
It’s rare to read something that reflects a grasp of a complex problem, rarer still to read it in the New York Times. But NY1 political anchor Errol Louis took…
Criminal
“The Mark of Policing: Race and Criminal Records”
The title of this post is the title of this recent piece authored by Eisha Jain published in the Stanford Law Review Online. Here is its abstract:This Essay argues that…
The Right Coast
A Year After George Floyd s Murder, It s Open Season in Minneapolis – WSJ
Nineteen children in Minneapolis have been shot this year, an increase of 171% over the same period in 2020. Their relatives wonder where the protesters are. Why ain t nobody…
The Right Coast
The Truth About the George Floyd Trial – John Podhoretz, Commentary Magazine
Today s podcast looks at the media coverage of the murder trial of police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis with the clear suggestion that the full story of what is…
Human Rights at Home Blog
New Article: Of American Fragility: Public Rituals, Human Rights, and the End of Invisible Man
Etienne C. Toussaint, Of American Fragility: Public Rituals, Human Rights and the End of Invisible Man, 52 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 826 (2021). Abstract below.The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed…
Human Rights at Home Blog
23 UN Human Rights Experts Issue Statement on Policing and Systemic Racism in the US
On Friday February 26, 2021, 23 UN human rights experts issued a very strong statement on policing and systemic racism in the United States. The statement calls out police use…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Symposium on Policing in America
By SpearIt
On March 26, 2021, the Indiana Law Review virtual Symposium, No Justice, No Peace: Finding Justice in American Policing, will explore the ways in which the Black Lives Matter Movement has precipitated…