Gun Violence
A record number of mass shootings in the US has sparked a passionate new call for gun control reform.
The police officer who killed McDonald was already charged with murder. Now he and other officers could lose their jobs.
“What can I do to change? You know, to be a better American?”
A remarkable evolution on this issue.
It’s not just one police shooting. It’s segregation, bad schools, and mass incarceration.
The country places gun responsibilities over gun rights. America should do the same.
The Independent Police Review Authority released videos of the events preceding and following the shooting. But there’s no video of the actual shooting.
Gaines has quickly become the latest face of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“It was in his DNA that love always trumps hate.”
We are the only country in which guns outnumber people — a fact that came true in 2009. Yet, we keep manufacturing more and more guns.
The statement is a big change for Jordan, who’s been especially tight-lipped about politics, seemingly for the sake of not jeopardizing his business interests.
The convention didn’t burst into chaos, despite a lot of fears by law enforcement.
Even black astrophysicists aren’t immune to police harassment.
“I do not know many African-American men who do not have a very similar story to tell no matter the profession, no matter their income, no matter their disposition in life.”
There are very big caveats to this study.
Be wary of any study that acts like it’s invented the concept of data.
An expert on 1968 explains how the year became shorthand for chaos — and why things are much better today.
The protest was almost entirely peaceful. Then, gunfire.
2,000 people were asked whether they thought certain rifles, handguns, and shotguns should be legal, based solely on the appearance of the gun.
Feeling optimistic about bipartisan unity on racial justice? Dan Patrick will fix that for you.
There are two possible explanations.
How race shapes the debate after the Dallas ambush, and the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
He said this is a moment “for thought, for prayer, for justice, for action.”
“When you put any type of numbers on a police officer to perform, we are going to go to the most vulnerable.”
Truly terrible journalism.
The Dallas Police Department has become a model of how police should handle community relations. That makes the shooting seem even more devastating.
The suspect wasn’t affiliated with any groups, according to police.
The tweet still hasn’t been taken down.
“I don’t want black men shot at traffic stops. I don’t want cops shot by snipers. I don’t want kids shot at school. I don’t want any of this.”
“I’m forced to confront, and I think all of us in Minnesota are forced to confront, this kind of racism exists.”
Serving justice means using video footage for accountability. Without that, it’s just voyeurism.
Castile got the same lecture so many black Americans hear from an early age: Remain calm and comply when confronted by police.
“If you are white and you work in a black community and you are racist, you need to be ashamed of yourself”
How police and prosecutors decide whether a cop who kills a civilian was justified — or a murderer.
Here’s how the so-called “Ferguson effect” could work.
A win for gun control advocates and a loss for Donald Trump.