Top Five Posts Last Week

Top Five Posts (the past week)      1.  A Lesson From Ferguson: It’s Time to End Domination Policing      2. …

The Importance of Civility

The Importance of Civility: Why Don’t We Understand It? The following is from an opinion article in the Nov. 29,…

The Road Ahead

    THE ROAD AHEAD: Ferguson and Beyond I was recently asked in an interview what was the ONE THING…

Why Police Shoot Young Black Men

Chris Mooney posted an article on Mother Jones website titled, “The Science of Why Cops Shoot Young Black Men and…

Life and Death Decisionmaking

[This past week I had a contact from a man who served a number of years ago as a police…

Look Back In Order to Go Forward!

        Revisiting Standards on the Urban Police Function The President has called together a “21st Century Police…

Another Chief Who Gets It!

Here’s another Chief who gets it! The following are excerpts from an on-line article by Steve Early on November 29,…

An Open Letter to President Obama (again)

[I wrote the following letter to President Obama shortly after his election. Six years later, I believe the letter has…

Top Five Last Week

TOP POSTS (the past week) 1.  Update on Ferguson: Too Late 2.  Seven Ferguson Blogs 3.  Another Voice Against Police…

A Lesson From Ferguson: It’s Time to End Domination Policing

A Lesson For America: Dismantle the Domination System [The following essay is my attempt to look at what has caused…