Police Turn To Foot Patrols As Gas Prices Rise
People around here are seeing a lot more of Officer Robert Stewart. Following strict new orders, he frequently leaves his squad car, hopping out to v...
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Welcome to my neighborhood: Indianapolis cop gets shot
Bil Browning | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living
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I've been blogging repeatedly about the overwhelming crime problem plaguing my neighborhood. When our car was stolen or when the windows were smashed...
Beating the Jaywalking Rap
Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
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While gunshots ring out and drug deals are executed just blocks away, DC's police officers spend entire days nabbing pedestrians who cross streets a little too soon or a little too late.
Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)
Russ Wellen | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living
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There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.
Confronting Your Inner Vigilante
Russ Wellen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living
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If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.
Fixing Iraq: Cops for COIN
Adam Elkus | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
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The time has come for the development of standing constabulary forces that can draw talented and intelligent individuals for overseas policing.
NRA, Guns On Campus: 0-for-15 in 2008
Paul Helmke | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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The gun lobby made "guns-on-campus" bills a big priority across America this year, and what do they have to show for it? A goose egg.
NYC Recycling Guns Seized After Crimes
New York Times | Al Baker | Posted 06.03.2008 | Green
In New York City, where taking illegal handguns off the streets is high on the mayor's agenda, thousands of firearms make it into the hands of law enf...
Memorial Day: Remembering All Who Protect And Serve
Paul Helmke | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
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If you have yet to visit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I encourage you make it part of your plans on your next trip to Washington, D.C.
Another Tragic Anniversary
Paul Helmke | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
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The one-year anniversary of a killing in South Bend, Indiana, by someone who never should have been allowed to purchase a firearm, illustrates many of the weaknesses in our gun laws.
Attorneys Hold 'Know Your Rights' Training for Democratic Convention
Colorado Confidential | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home
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In response to news that Denver police have been stocking up on security equipment, local attorneys are training protesters in anticipation of clashes at the Democratic National Convention to be held there in August.
Police State Tactics: Tasering Pregnant Women and the Elderly
John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living
Tasers have become a prevalent force tool, often used against individuals who pose no serious danger to themselves, the officers or others.
Colorized Guns: Painting Our Police Into A Corner
Paul Helmke | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
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No one benefits -- except maybe some "Mainway"-like businesses -- when we make our police officers work even harder to distinguish real guns from toy guns.
American Idol Top 10: The Results
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.26.2008 | Entertainment
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Now we're at the Top 10 -- the ten singers who know they'll be going on tour and now are quietly thinking to themselves, "Hey, I could WIN this!" According to the judges, we had four great performances. According to me, two.
Watch: 140 Arrested In San Francisco Iraq War Protest
The Uptake | Posted 03.20.2008 | Home
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Pakistan Update and Analysis: Will the Attacks Prevent Elections?
Xenia Dormandy | Posted 01.11.2008 | Home
Tensions in Pakistan have been high for months. Not just in terms of the political battles through the presidential and parliamentary election proces...
Should The Public Be Able To Get The Types Of Guns We Use In Iraq?
Paul Helmke | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
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There is no legitimate reason the public should have access to military-style assault weapons.
Col. Massengill's Common Sense
Paul Helmke | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
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Another prominent member of the nation's law enforcement community has spoken out for common-sense gun laws. Col. Gerald Massengill, now retired as a ...
A Victory For Law Enforcement in California
Paul Helmke | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics
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In California now, police will be able to use shell casings that a gun fired, marked with the make, model and serial number of the weapon to trace the gun back to its first purchaser.
Did We Forget to Pay the Bill of Rights?
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics
It's not surprising that cops and their superiors don't understand the difference between law enforcement and tyranny.
Today's Homework: More Talk, Less Taser
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics
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In the shadow of Virginia Tech, it is likely much more difficult on a college campus to make the difficult distinction between threatening actions and angry, but safe expression.
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