by rondelord | Feb 12, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s attorney general proposed Friday that it be illegal for police to use deadly force unless a suspect committed a violent felony or poses a serious threat to others, as part of recommendations responding to the fatal shooting of a...
by rondelord | Feb 3, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
RICHMOND, Calif. — In December, the openly gay, white police chief of this tough, minority-dominated Northern California city held up a sign reading “#blacklivesmatter” during a protest over the deaths of two unarmed black suspects at the hands of Missouri...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Some people calling for changes in policing probably do have a handle on the answers to those questions, but I contend that many do not Protesters across the country have been shouting for “police reform.” But do they really know what truly reforming American law...
by rondelord | Dec 1, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The events that unfolded in Ferguson (Mo.) clearly demonstrate that things can spin completely out of control in the blink of an eye when social media management is handled poorly. Wrap your mind around this: social media played a much larger role in what happened...