The George Floyd Killing: A Police Officer’s View
To secure convictions, prosecutors must prove that Chauvin was the proximate cause of Floyd’s death and that the others assisted him in the act.
Weighing the Risks Officers Faced in the Sacramento Police Shooting
Some analysis rests partly on facts unknown and unknowable to the officers who responded to a report of what was, yes, a minor offense.
A Policeman’s Perspective on the Broward County Sheriff’s Department
Before I can render any judgment on Scot Peterson’s actions or those of his colleagues, I need to know more about what information they had received.
The Anti-Police Culture
MacDonald examines the attack on the police being waged in a campaign to lower incarceration rates and decriminalize destructive behavior.
When Will the Anti-Police Violence Cease?
Earlier this week, after the last of the funerals for the Baton Rouge police officers murdered on July 18, a colleague and I were removing the mourning bands from our ...
A Response to Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley is wrong about President Obama’s Baton Rouge memorial service visit for three police officers killed in the line of duty.
Obama’s Selfish Response to the Baton Rouge Police Murders
It must be that he just can’t help himself. It must be that he assumes that anything he chooses to say is precisely what is called for. It must be ...
The President’s Dallas Speech Was Nothing but Cheap Politics
The president started off well, but one couldn’t escape the creeping fear that after the strong opening he would revert to his customary smug, lecturing tone.
The Attacks in Dallas Won’t Be the Last
On Friday, in speaking of the previous night’s atrocity, President Obama said, “I believe that I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these ...