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No. For starters, crime is not soaring. It’s at historic lows. In fact, the incidence of everything from murder to rape and petty theft was five times higher in the 1980s and early 1990s than it is today. Perception vs. reality But thanks to social media, so many crimes get viral coverage, almost every crime… Read more.
Those of us of a certain age remember well the 41 shots cops fired at unarmed Amadou Diallo on the stoop of his building in 1999. They mistook him for a serial rapist; but then tried to cover up their mistake by accusing him variously as a suspected mugger and a drug dealer. None of… Read more.
Boy, talk about racial profiling. Because only racism explains white cops breaking up a typical fight at a suburban mall by comforting the white teen while cuffing the Black one… The viral video clearly shows the (bigger) white kid was the aggressor. Moreover, it shows him on top pummeling the Black kid when two white… Read more.
Episode 29: There’s Police Brutality but also Resisting Arrest Listen.
I pleaded in my original commentary on Tuesday for those mourning the killing of George Floyd to spare the “feckless, traffic-jamming protests,” which white cops killing unarmed black men invariably trigger. But I harbored no illusions. This is why I was not surprised when I felt obliged to write a follow up just hours later… Read more.
