LawCommentary
Should a High School Student Get Suspended for Saying ‘Bless You’?
That’s what one student at a Tennessee high school is claiming happened to her. Kendra Turner, a senior at Dyer County High School, was given… Read More
LawNews
Florida Police Department to Begin Using Body-Mounted Cameras
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Sarasota police officers will begin wearing body-mounted cameras later this year in an effort to increase police transparency. That’s a topic of… Read More
SecurityNews
Where Did ‘Military-Style’ Police Gear in Ferguson Come From? Hint: It’s Not Necessarily the Pentagon
Much of the weaponry and apparel on display during police action to quell riots and looting in Ferguson, Mo., doesn’t look like surplus equipment supplied… Read More
LawCommentary
From Watts to Ferguson: The Pros and Cons of Police Militarization
“One problem, with all of this military equipment, is not so much that the local authorities have this equipment. It’s perhaps that they have too… Read More
LawCommentary
Mom Arrested for Cursing in a Grocery Store
Cursing while shopping for frozen pizzas could send you to jail in North Augusta, S.C. Danielle Wolf, a young mother, was arrested and charged with… Read More
SocietyNews
An Interactive Timeline of the Fallout in Ferguson
On Saturday, Aug. 9, in a suburb of St. Louis, a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown. The death of the unarmed teenager sparked riots… Read More
LawNews
Local Law Enforcement Defend Use of Armored Military Vehicles
Amid heightened attention about the militarization of police, law enforcement agencies across Mississippi are continuing to stock up on military-grade armored vehicles from federal surplus. Two… Read More
LawNews
How Did Your Police Department End Up With an MRAP?
For years, the federal government has been providing surplus military equipment to local law enforcement through the 1033 Program. Since its inception in 1997, the program… Read More
LawCommentary
Texas District Attorney Gins Up Charges Against Rick Perry
As a character noted in Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” a prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict anything, even a ham… Read More
LawNews
‘Thunderstruck?’: Missouri Governor Helped Ferguson Get Surplus Military Equipment
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who yesterday said he was “thunderstruck” to learn how militarized police in Ferguson had become, signed off as recently as January… Read More
