Tag: Ferguson

Beltway Confidential

Amid racial tensions in NYC, a bungled message

Becket Adams · December 15, 2014 11:34 pm

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, center, and his teammates warm up before an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Eric Holder voices support for athletes wearing ‘I Can’t Breathe’ T-shirts

Kelly Cohen · December 15, 2014 9:03 pm

Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue toward Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All rally. More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Civil rights organizations are holding a march to the Capitol on Saturday with the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men who died in incidents with white police officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Al Sharpton, families of killed black men lead ‘Justice for All’ march in Washington

Brian Hughes · December 13, 2014 8:00 pm

Larry Davis, known as "Loco Larry" on the streets of the Bronx, had racked up a mile-long rap sheet by age 20. Davis, center, flashes a smile as his lawyer, William Kunstler, right, sits beside him during Davis' trail in New York at the Bronx County courthouse, on Nov. 18, 1988. Davis is charges with attempted murder during a shootout with nine police officers in 1986. (AP Photo/pool)

The cop-killing cult of Larry Davis

Michelle Malkin · December 12, 2014 3:45 pm

Atlanta Police in riot gear form a line on Williams Streets as protesters make their way down it in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, after a night of protests over a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a case that has inflamed racial tensions in the U.S. (AP Photo/John Amis)

United we distrust

Scott Rasmussen · December 12, 2014 3:25 pm

Christmas shopping may be an especially welcome respite from the ugly events going on across the country. (iStock Photo)

Christmas Books

Thomas Sowell · December 9, 2014 7:01 pm

Alyson Reimer holds up a sign as she protests in response to police killings in Missouri and New York as Berkeley Police officers block a street in front of the police station in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Is law optional?

Thomas Sowell · December 9, 2014 6:50 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department on Dec. 3, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

National Security

Obama’s racial profiling reforms seen as lacking

Brian Hughes · December 9, 2014 10:00 am

"Part of what I think is so heartbreaking and frustrating for a lot of folks when they watch this is the recognition that simply by virtue of color, you've got less margin for error," Obama said in an interview with BET. (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty images)

Obama: Black men have ‘less margin for error’

Brian Hughes · December 9, 2014 12:07 am

National Security

Justice Department tightens rules on racial profiling

Brian Hughes · December 8, 2014 5:33 pm

The reason baseball games end peaceably is that baseball rules (law) are applied equally to all players. (iStock)

What’s rule of law?

Walter Williams · December 8, 2014 4:55 pm

VIDEO: Poll shows urban blacks have least confidence in police

Lisa Ruhl · December 8, 2014 4:07 pm