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The DOJ Is Wrong: Cops and Criminals Are Not Morally Equivalent
Recently the acting head of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Principal Deputy Attorney General Vanita Gupta, gave a very long speech for the "Community Policing Summit" hosted by the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey. The speech was a longer and more detailed version of remarks delivered repeatedly by Obama administration officials these days, so it is worth reading with some care.
When Cops Steal From Innocent Civilians: Civil Forfeiture Undermines the Justice System
Not many people make a habit of carrying large amounts of cash around. After all, thieves could steal it. How ironic, then, that a growing threat to your money is the people you'd call if your money was stolen: the police. And all because of a little-known law-enforcement tool known as civil forfeiture. It allows police departments to keep the proceeds from whatever property they seize in the course of conducting an investigation or making an arrest.
Honolulu Destroys Unused Police Guns
Was it the only alternative to them being "on the streets"?
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Not News: Unarmed White Teen Killed by Cop; Two White Cops Killed by Blacks
The media enthusiastically remind us that it's the first anniversary of the death of Ferguson's Michael Brown, a death that spawned the so-called Black Lives Matter movement. In a September speech at the United Nations, President Barack Obama said, "The world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri — where a young man was killed, and a community was divided." Never mind that both a grand jury and the federal Department of Justice exonerated the officer who shot and killed Brown. Never mind that neither the physical evidence nor eyewitness testimony corroborated the assertions that Brown had his hands up or that he said, "Don't shoot."
Can't We All Just Get Along?
The latest story of cops versus minorities comes from McKinney, Texas.