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Back and to the Left: The L.A. Times Analyzes a Police Shooting
Imagine working in a profession where your life-or-death decision is analyzed over months, via reports, photographs, and digital 3-D animated reconstructions.
Culture — Not Race — Determines Many Crime Stats
Charting a course through the rocky shoals that sank the USS Derbyshire.
Black-on-Black Violence? Congress, Media Not Interested
To Maxine Waters and the rest of the racial grievance industry, racial profiling is a greater threat to African-Americans than violent crime.
Trayvon Martin: Scant Evidence, Already a Verdict
Expect no clean resolution to the Trayvon Martin shooting.
The MSM Goes Wobbly on the NYPD’s Efforts to Prevent Another 9/11
When it comes to preventing terrorism, the MSM's motto is "Better dead than rude."
LAPD Commission Rubber Stamps Illegal Alien-Friendly Impound Policy
By showing compassion for unlicensed drivers, the LAPD has chosen to deny it to those who will become their victims.
Twisting LAPD Impound Policy to Favor Illegals
Bending over backwards to let unlicensed drivers keep their cars.
The LAPD’s Continued Defense of Illegal Immigrants
Why is it so hard for the chief of police to follow the law?
How the L.A. Arsonist Was Caught
With the exception of some serial-killer investigations, I’ve never in my long career seen as much investigative weight thrown into a case.
LAPD Turns a Blind Eye to Illegal Aliens without Driver’s Licenses
There was a time in California when the law affected the number of illegal aliens coming over the border. Today it is the number that affects the law.
Occupy L.A. Ends with a Whimper, Not a Bang
A first-hand account of the textbook police action that evicted Occupy Los Angeles.
Occupy L.A.: A Cop’s Perspective
Police Chief Charlie Beck is abetting the lawlessness. Related: L.A. Mayor Offering Farmland and Office Space if the Occupiers Will Just Leave Already
Occupy vs. the LAPD
I most fervently hope to avoid the looming confrontation with the Occupiers here in Los Angeles, not least for fear of the reported lice infestation.
L.A. County Sheriff Makes Hash of Prison System
Memo to the boss—any boss: arrange your affairs so that you are left with a plausible explanation for trouble other than your own corruption or incompetence.
Cascade Effect: California’s Prison Release Program
Yes, it’s expensive to keep people in prison, but Californians may one day rediscover that it's even more expensive to let them out.
Veteran Cops Recognize ‘Fast and Furious’ as a Foolhardy Idea
To me, it is inconceivable that this operation ever made it out of the first meeting where it was discussed.
Postscript on Dominique Strauss-Kahn and His Accuser
DSK may not be a criminal, but he's no gentleman, either.
‘Lock People Up? We Haven’t Got the Heart for That’
Whistle past the graveyard all you like, but even if you’re whistling “Rule Britannia,” the graveyard will still be there. (And don't miss Ed Driscoll: "Nobody Mention the Culture War.")
The LAPD Box Score Reads: Two Runs, Two Hits, One Error
The department arrests the wrong man in the Dodger Stadium beating, but no apologies are necessary.
Ex-Cons in San Francisco May Soon Enjoy ‘Protected Class’ Status
A proposed law would bar landlords and business owners from inquiring about the criminal past of any prospective tenant or employee.
Coming to Grips with the Casey Anthony Verdict
When you put a case before a jury, you just never know.
The New McCarthyism, Deep-Dish Chicago Style
“Let’s see if we can make the connection here: slavery, segregation, black codes, Jim Crow, what do they all have in common? Anybody getting scared?"
New L.A. Budget Is Ushering Cops, Firemen Out the Door
Will Los Angeles have an effective police force in five years? In ten or twenty? The answers may depend on some crucial decisions to be made at City Hall this month.
If You’re Worried About Crime, You’re a Racist
The Sacramento Bee would have you believe that if you favor taking a hard line on crime, you are no better than the reprobates from America’s past who argued for slavery.
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