by Mike Kimel Police Killings, Gender and Race Police killings of unarmed Black men have garnered a lot of attention lately. Black men are killed by police in numbers disproportionate…

…and Management of Police Departments is the responsibility of City governments. Police Unions rightfully should negotiate work rules; they should not be making Police management decisions. In Ferguson, MO, Police…

…police to maintain order as it is for them to enforce the laws. As we have seen, time and time again, some police, some police departments, are all too willing…

…to young marginalized minorities.” The Black fear of police is grounded in provable police bias. The Stanford Open Policing Project studied nearly 100 million police stops and found that “officers generally stop…

by Mike Kimel Police Killings, Gender and Race, Part 2 A few weeks ago, I had a post looking at police killings of civilians. Using statistics on police shootings, homicides,…

…disproportionately likely to be killed by police, to be police personnel, to be police personnel that were killed, to be killers of police officers, and to be homicide “offenders” (to…

…a conversation with a police officer is a matter of intimidation. “Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race–ethnicity, and sex” Being…

…by deadly bullets, we ask: Are any of us safe? “Police Have No Duty to Protect the Public” – The American Prospect, Ramenda Cyrus Though often unsaid in police reform…

by Joseph Joyce Crises and Coordination Policy coordination often receives the same type of response as St. Augustine gave chastity: “Lord, grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” A…

…oppose efforts to reform the police out of racial resentment. Furthermore, racial biases could easily lead someone to be overly fearful of police reforms or to fear that reform efforts…