Tag: Police
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A Perspective on Sandra Bland and the Issue of Resisting Arrest: Perception versus Law
Continue Reading →My friend, Kent Harrop, wrote the following editorial on his blog about the Sandra Bland incident. I encourage you to read it before you read my response. You can find it here, https://greenpreacher.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/a-moral-emergency-the-death-of-sandra-bland The issues raised about the circumstances surrounding…
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Silenced Justice: A Josh Williams Novel Available Now on Amazon!
Continue Reading →Silenced Justice, the highly anticipated sequel to Collision Course, is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle format. Click here to link to my Amazon Author Page and read the early reviews! Thanks to all who pre-ordered the…
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Gun Control: A Time to Rethink the Realities
Continue Reading →I struggle with the idea of gun control. Over time, my ideas have gone from embracing the idea that anyone should be able to own a firearm, as long as they comply with the law, to questioning the need for…
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Hobbling Justice to Satisfy a Bloodlust
Continue Reading →By now the whole world knows something of the situation in Baltimore. A man in custody of the Baltimore Police department dies and the inevitable peaceful protests turn violent. The reaction in the country spans the entire spectrum from “send…
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The (Almost) Foolproof Way to Survive a Police Encounter
Continue Reading →In light of the recent controversy over the use of deadly force by the police, I decided to do some research. Accurate and verifiable statistics are hard to come by, but for the year 2013 according to the FBI, there…
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Our Nation’s Priorities are a Mystery to Me
Continue Reading →A Pennsylvania Trooper was shot and killed the other day, and another Trooper wounded. Ho Hum says the national media and most Americans. The troopers signed up for the job. It goes with the territory. Really? Where’s the nationwide outrage,…
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Miranda Warnings: Why do we name monumental USSC decisions after the perpetrators, rather than the victims?
Continue Reading →On March 13, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested. The arrest was primarily based on circumstantial evidence linking him to the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old woman 10 days earlier. After a prolonged interrogation he confessed. The conviction was reversed…
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A Collision of Faith
Continue Reading →A Collision of Faith A Novel of deception, delusion, despair, duty, and hope. Click here for more http://jebroadmeadow.wordpress.com