New York Police Benevolent Association President Mike O’Meara may have cracked a code Tuesday during impassioned remarks at a press event in which he defended rank-and-file police officers and declared that the fired Minneapolis cop now charged in the death of George Floyd “killed someone, we didn’t.” Yet, he observed, all police are now painted […]
Rasmussen: Majority Oppose Cutting Local Police Budgets
Amid demands from protesters in the wake of the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis to “defund” police departments, a new Rasmussen survey released Tuesday says 59 percent of American adults “are opposed to cutting their local police budget.” Only 27 percent of the survey respondents want to reduce police budgets, and 14 percent are […]
Making Something Out Of Nothing, A Glaring Positive Evolves From The Public Demontrations
A young man in Buffalo, New York stepped up to the plate for the sake of his neighborhood. Stories like this rarely make the headlines, especially in the wake of the mainstream media surrendering the remaining shreds of objectivity by going full throttle CNN-style to drive ratings through broadcasting ceaseless sensationalism. Everyday people making a […]
Calls to ‘Defund Police’ Could Leave Nation Like Chicago
Angry protesters in Minneapolis and other cities where demonstrations have continued for more than a week are now demanding that municipal governments “defund the police,” but does anyone know what such a drastic move might create? Buried in the text of a Chicago Sun-Times article might be a hint. The newspaper looked at the number […]
The Gladiators Brawl As The Future Of Sports Reaches A Crucial Juncture
Tennis in the park has all but disappeared due to Covid-19 sanctions. The trickle down effect of a public health crises contains more malignant elements than the economic policy illustrated by the metaphor of percolating water. The aptly-named Reagan fiscal philosophy of course is still more viable than the non-American pecuniary system in the world, […]
‘The Year Gun Control Died?’ – Don’t Count On It
Writing at Reason.com Friday, author J.D. Tuccille makes an argument that this is “the year gun control died,” but considering the activism behind “National Gun Violence Awareness Day”—also on Friday when gun prohibition activists are supposed to wear orange—the Reason article might be wishful thinking. The gun prohibition lobby isn’t going anywhere. For example, the […]
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