Making Choices: Which Way Do I Go? One of my most viewed posts over the past 12 years is Making … More
Tag: deadly force
What Have We Learned Since Ferguson?
In 2014, Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. Six years later, and after much analysis, … More
Infidelity: The Moral Relapse of American Policing
Infidelity. Unfaithfulness to a moral obligation, trust, or duty; disloyalty. I write this in my mid-80s. I have practiced the … More
It’s Time to Get Serious About Reducing the Number of Citizens Killed By Police
“Unless we significantly reduce this rate (a yearly average of 1,000 citizen deaths by police), we will do little to … More
Watching and Wondering…
“Many people ask today, ‘Aren’t there other ways in which a trained police officer can respond to an emotionally disturbed … More
The End of My Dream?
No matter what happens in November, no matter who becomes our nation’s leader, the reform and improvement of policing in … More
We’re in a mess: what should we do?
I would imagine most community leaders, including police, are trying to sort out just what happened after May 25th, 2020, … More
Reconciliation — A Way Forward
There is Another Way Here we go again. This time it’s Kenosha in my home state. No, police should not … More
Socially Contracting a Dream
While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I was once … More
Here’s What We Need to Do Now!
I have some suggestions as to what police need to do, and do it quickly, if we are take advantage … More
