by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
It has been one year since Freddie Gray died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department. Gray’s death sparked peaceful protests and then calamitous riots that brought international attention and prompted the deployment of National Guard units. While local...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
President Obama’s newly announced police-reform package lives up to one’s worst expectations. He flatly refuses to curtail the federal police militarization program, instead calling for a big hike in federal spending on aid to local departments with the usual...