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

Years after… A Conversation

The following is an email exchange between me and woman I hired a number of years ago (I am posting … More

The Hell of Being a Black Cop

“Attorney General William Barr claims that American policing does not suffer from institutional racism. Any Black officer will tell you that isn’t … More

A Dire Prediction

We are about to struggle with a most important decision regarding our national values and how we are going to … More

Policing in America: Sixty Years of Practice and Observation

Each time there is a policing crisis in our nation I say to myself, “This is a great opportunity for … More

Policing: A Black Cop’s Perspective

[Ed. Note: Major Hughes is from the generation that followed me after I retired in 1993. He began his career … More

The Argument to Abolish Police

From Policy Link: Communities across the country are rising up and demanding that policymakers reallocate budgets by divesting from the … More

Time to Wake Up!

How are society’s rules to be enforced? We can make sure they are backed up by threat of force (domination) … More

Oh, Minneapolis, What’s Become of You?

“Let me put this bluntly. There is no love there. The officers present did not love one another for if … More

Someone Who Needs Deportation: Jim Crow

“The centuries-long struggle to birth a truly inclusive, egalitarian democracy — a nation in which every voice and every life … More