Eye on the Courts: Are Murder Rates Really on the Rise?
We have noted for the last few weeks a growing belief among many that murder rates are…
DOJ Report on Ferguson Faults Police Tactics
A report being released by the US Department of Justice is casting blame on law enforcement officials,…
Analysis: Is there a Ferguson Effect?
Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story showing a rise in homicides in some cities. As…
Analysis: Wave of Police Officers Charged in Killing – Blip or New Trend?
The willingness for prosecutors to charge and prosecute police officers for on-duty murder is one of the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do Whites Really Want to Be Part of the Race Conversation?
I found myself reading Debra DeAngelo’s column this weekend, which is probably something I should not do….
Governor Signs Bills Banning Use of Grand Juries in Police Shootings and Allowing Citizen Recording of Police Officers
Nearly a year to the day after a Ferguson police officer was accused of killing unarmed black…
Monday Morning Comments II: Here We Go Again in Ferguson
It was a day of peaceful protest and remembrance that will unfortunately be remembered as yet as…
Eye on the Courts: Has the Police Issue Been Miscast As Racial Rather than Class-Based?
In the year since Ferguson, the media and the nation has focused largely on a string of…
My View: Nine Years of the Vanguard from Buzayan to Ferguson
A few months ago someone asked me why the Vanguard focused so heavily on Ferguson and police…
A Year After Ferguson, Little Has Changed
By Dennis Parker It has been a year since the tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri galvanized the…
Ohio Prosecutor Says Officer Shooting “Is Without Question Murder”
Chalk one up for body-worn cameras. “This is without question murder,” Ohio prosecutor Joseph T. Deters said…
Sunday Commentary II: Nation Forced to Face Reality on Race Relations
This week a New York Times/CBS News Poll found that nearly 60 percent of Americans, heavy majorities…
Sunday Commentary: Report Finding 95% of Prosecutors Are White Punctuates Inequality in System
Last summer, following the death of Michael Brown, it was reported that while two-thirds of Ferguson residents…
Commentary: Is the Choice Really Between Abusive Policing and No Policing?
An article appearing today in Slate Magazine raises the critical issue we have been asking the last…
Analysis Finds Little Evidence to Support a “Ferguson Effect” on Crime
The Sentencing Project put out a new analysis this morning finding little support for a so-called “Ferguson…
Is There a New Crime Wave? Columnist Says No
Washington Post Columnist Radley Balko disputes claims that “we are in the throes of a new nationwide crime…
Guest Commentary: Model Policy for Police Body Cameras
By Charles Marlow Ferguson. Staten Island. Pasco. North Charleston. Baltimore. An unarmed person of color. Dead at…
Eye on the Courts: Why So Few Police Officers Are Charged with Fatal Shooting
The Washington Post this weekend in an analysis found that, of the thousands of fatal shootings by…
South Carolina Officer Charged With Murder, Massive Change in Ferguson
This time there would be no mistake, no second-guessing: a white officer is seen on video shooting…
Commentary: Ferguson’s City Manager Resigns, But It Really Makes You Wonder
I strangely find myself hearkening back to one of my favorite adolescent movies, Pump Up the Volume….
