Tag: Ferguson

BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith ambushed by Hugh Hewitt on ‘myth’ of the cop chants

Becket Adams · December 31, 2014 11:30 pm

Demonstrators gather along West Florissant Avenue to protest the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 15, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9. Protestors raise their hands and chant 'Hands up, don't shoot' as a rally cry to draw attention to reports that stated Brown's hands were raised when he was shot. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty images)

‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ activists — and historical ignorance

Larry Elder · December 31, 2014 8:26 pm

Grand juries that examine hard facts live in a different world from mobs who listen to rhetoric. (iStock Photo)

Are facts obsolete?

Thomas Sowell · December 30, 2014 5:45 pm

Police officers salute as the hearse of New York city police officer Rafael Ramos drives along his funeral procession route in the Glendale section of Queens, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Is there only a thin blue line separating US cities from mayhem?

Timothy P. Carney · December 29, 2014 8:57 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has spent recent days trying to showcase his commitment to the NYPD. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Cops’ Bronx cheer for De Blasio

Brian Hughes · December 29, 2014 5:19 pm

NPR Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep interviewing President Obama. NPR photo

Washington Secrets

Obama says race relations helped by Ferguson, Garner cases

Paul Bedard · December 29, 2014 1:33 pm

Obama: America ‘Less Racially Divided’ Now Than When I Took Office

Daniel Halper · December 29, 2014 12:26 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, listens to President Barack Obama, right.

Democrats can’t be dad

Mona Charen · December 27, 2014 10:00 am

The casket of New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos arrives to his wake at Christ Tabernacle Church in the Glendale section of Queens, where he was member, Friday in New York. (AP/John Minchillo)

780,000 good men and women in blue

Scott Rasmussen · December 27, 2014 10:00 am

A demonstrator chants during a rally in downtown Manhattan in New York. In the past three weeks, grand juries have decided not to indict officers in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York and the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The decisions have unleashed demonstrations and questions about police conduct and whether local prosecutors are the best choice for investigating police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

What Twitter talked about most in 2014

Kelly Cohen · December 26, 2014 7:57 pm

The president has clearly telegraphed in which areas he thinks he and Republicans might be able to compromise. Â (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says U.S. ‘less racially divided’

Brian Hughes · December 26, 2014 4:48 pm

From left, Pastor Michael Durso, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City first lady Chirlane McCray visit a makeshift memorial Tuesday near the site where New York Police Department officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot and killed in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Who’s responsible?

Thomas Sowell · December 24, 2014 6:29 pm