It’s called “the blue wall of silence,” that seemingly impenetrable code of honor among cops who cover for fellow officers suspected of breaking the law. For decades, this code has been scrutinized but rarely as much as right now in the wake of the videotaped death of a black suspect, George Floyd, while in the […]
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Boston-Area Police Union Discovers Money Is Missing
Police unions represent people who arrest thieves, not employ them. In Somerville, Mass., they’ve got both types. Last week, a source close to the local police department in Somerville, adjacent to Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, revealed that the Somerville Police Employees Association (SPEA), an independent union of nearly 100 patrol officers, is missing between $50,000 and […]
New NFL Policy on ‘Kneel-Down’ Protests Is Capitulation to Radicals
On the surface, it looks like a compromise. Underneath, it is a capitulation. Yesterday the National Football League and its 32 team owners announced the establishment of a new policy on the issue of player ‘kneel-downs’ during the playing of the national anthem to express solidarity with Black Lives Matter and other radical groups who […]
Why Obama Is Wrong About Henry Louis Gates
One of the more irritating aspects of what passes for civil-rights activism in this country is the constant clamoring for a “national conversation on race.” In practice, what this amounts to is blacks accusing and whites apologizing. About a dozen years ago, President Bill Clinton explicitly called for this sort of “dialogue.” Now President Barack […]