Tag: Police Militarization

As proof that The Daily Caller report was being used to discredit the Black Lives Matter movement, the Washington Post sited a handful of tweets from obscure social media users. (AP Photo)

WaPo says Daily Caller report ‘totally valid,’ criticizes it anyway

Becket Adams · November 20, 2015 1:37 am

"When I see murders, I do not stand by ... I have to call a murder a murder and I have to call the murderers the murderers," Tarantino told the crowd. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

NYC police union: Boycott Quentin Tarantino movies

Joshua Axelrod · October 26, 2015 4:07 pm

Near the Lexington light rail station in St. Paul, Minn., protesters with Black Lives Matters block traffic to and from TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

What we can learn from Black Lives Matter

Rep Hank Johnson · September 28, 2015 4:02 am

The Black Lives Matter movement originated in 2013 following the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign launches national platform

Kelly Cohen · August 21, 2015 8:36 pm

President Obama will sign an imperfect bill funding the government in order to avoid shutting down the federal government. (AP Photo)

Obama: Task force will improve policing with ‘communities of color’

Barbara Boland · August 15, 2015 3:35 pm

Former Sen. Jim Webb speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association annual conference June 30, 2015 in Baltimore. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Jim Webb: ‘Anybody can stand up here and read a speech’

Ariel Cohen · June 30, 2015 5:54 pm

For former McKinney police officer, a possible friend in Fox News

Becket Adams · June 10, 2015 9:00 pm

National Security

Obama’s military gear ban affects only the bayonet

Tara Copp · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

Obama seeks federal funding to stop racial unrest: ‘We’ve all got to step up’

Susan Crabtree · May 18, 2015 10:11 pm

David Manigault chants while marching toward City Hall to demonstrate the police-custody death of Freddie Gray, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo)Â

Baltimore: Nobody cares, and that’s the problem

Victoria Klein · May 3, 2015 9:00 am

Ã¢â¬ÅI am heartened that the unrest seemed to ease last night and that members of the community are trying to come together to clean up their city,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Lynch said. (AP Photo)Â

Lynch praises Baltimore officials for de-escalating violence

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2015 8:29 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich moved swiftly with the plan after a Wednesday meeting with his Ohio Task Force on Community-Police Relations. (AP Photo)

Ohio to set up board to police its police

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2015 8:15 pm