January 19, 2021. Last year I published a series of blogs about the Confederate Battle Flag and the lies Southern Whites still tell about why The South declared war on The North. There are now two new versions of that flag. Here's a photo of one of them, flown during Trump's Insurrection on January 6th, …
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Good news from the Seattle Times of January 17, 2021. I am delighted to share this photo of Interim Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz. Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz of the Seattle Police Department: a Role Model for chiefs and sheriffs. Source: Seattle Times, January 11, 2021. Chief Diaz showed the kind of professional integrity, …
Don't think you can talk your way out of this, FOP. You may win in a court of law, but you always lose in the court of public opinion. Because you can't set the rules there. And that just kills you, doesn't it? Well, you bought it, and you're going to pay for it, so …
Continue reading How much will NYPD racism cost New York–and will it make any difference?
I strongly encourage you to read this excellent article from The Washington Post. Reproduced in its entirety, it's powerful, excellent writing. Informative, objective, compassionate, deep -- all the best qualities of journalism, and about one of the most difficult and important issues in America. WAPO Reporters Lateshia Beachum and Brittany Shammas are to be commended for …
It's only an indictment, people. And it's Texas. And Javier Ambler, the man killed by sheriff's deputies, was Black. So no worries: the sheriff and the county lawyer will surely be found innocent of all charges. After the November election. The collaboration in the cover-up involved two county government offices working together to protect cops. …
...of public opinion, we have another self-immolating cop. This one done in by her own flame mail. Story reprinted from Fox News, September 25, 2020. The more, the merrier. Louisville officer who criticized Black Lives Matter and Antifa in email relieved of command, to retire 'They were her personal opinions and do not represent the …
Reprinted from The Washington Post of September 18, 2020. This story's headline says it all: nobody wins when cops lose the public trust. The article is complete and verbatim, except that I have emphasized a few points with pullout quotes, none of which are formatted as pullouts in the original. Tumalo Lookout comments follow below …
Rochester Police Chief Le'Ron Singletary announces his retirement days before being fired. Credit: Fox2Now Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired Chief of Police Le’Ron Singletary in the wake of Daniel Prude's death. Daniel Prude. Credit: Prude family photo, via The New York Times Warren fired Singletary and suspended two top city officials following a damning …
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Trust is a fragile thing, easily lost and not easily restored. Cops toss more and more of it away every day. We've had an especially long list of incidents this year, exposing cops who have violated policies and attempted to deceive the public. Here's another example, reported by National Public Radio. These incidents occur throughout …
Credit: OregonLive/The Oregonian Fox News recently published a list of American police chiefs who have retired, been demoted, or been terminated around the country since the murder* of George Floyd by four Minneapolis cops. This list comes from the Fox story. I suspect that it's not complete, and that more resignations and terminations are on …
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