Outside the Beltway

The downside of the “good guy with a gun” trope.

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

Federal police officers continue to be immune from lawsuits.

A recent poll provides interesting insights.

Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

We need to rethink traffic stops.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

A loon wolf terrorist who followed Louis Farrakhan was responsible.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

In hindsight, there were more than a few clues.

The detective who shot her and another who prepared the warrant have been ousted nine months later.

Considering Breonna Taylor’s death, police shootings, and human rights.

This really is the heart of the issue.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

Decades of reform efforts have failed. Is it time for a radical solution?

Balancing social justice and criminal justice in a politically charged environment.

The system makes it next to impossible to punish bad cops.

A stroll down memory lane.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Another police shooting of an innocent African-American. This time in Fort Worth, Texas.

Oops.

The President’s latest ravings are “very bad, very bad.”

A Chicago police officer convicted of second-degree murder has been sentenced to seven years in prison, but could be out in as little as three-and-a-half.

Former Dallas police office Amber Guyger has been charged with murder in connection with the September shooting of Botham Jean in his own apartment.

Amber Guyger has been fired by the Dallas Police Department, now it’s up to the justice system to hold her accountable for her actions.

The shooting of Botham Jean by off-duty Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger earlier this month seems like a clear cut murder. So why is she only charged with manslaughter?

A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.

Stephon Clark died after being shot eight times in the back and side by police in Sacramento. So far, the authorities haven’t acted.

A Nurse in Utah stood up for her patient’s rights, and was harassed by the police for her efforts.

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.

A guilty plea in a particularly shocking case of police brutality.

Police must be seen as neutral protectors of the peace.

An Oklahoma police officer has been charged in the shooting death of an African-American man while North Carolina authorities continue to balk on releasing a video in a shooting case there.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Blue feelings matter.

Another acquittal in Baltimore leads to questions about whether or not prosecutors should continue with the trials against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray matter.