by jpitney | Dec 2, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Crime, Police
At Dividied We Fall, Michael Javen Fortner writes: “This concerted nationwide attack on police is nothing less than the gravest assault on the rule of law in modern times,” U.S. Senator Tom Cotton blared a few months ago. In a partisan broadside, he added, “The simple...
by jpitney | Oct 17, 2021 | Crime, Police
The Future of Policing Claremont McKenna College, Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Wed, October 20, 2021 The debate on policing has generated heated discussions and strong reactions nationwide. Questions like: Are cops detrimental to the welfare of racial minorities?...
by jpitney | Oct 3, 2021 | Crime, Journalism, Journalists
WJZ-TV in Baltimore offers a timeline of the Capital Gazette shooting: June 28, 2018: A gunman enters the Capital Gazette offices with a “long gun,” shoots through a glass door and fires at multiple employees. Five staffers at the The Capital are killed in the attack:...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2021 | Crime, Journalism
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation Leadership Statement On The Sentence In The Capital Gazette Trial: Today’s sentence in the trial of the Capital Gazette shooter is a testament to our nation’s commitment to protect journalists and serves as a reminder that...
by jpitney | Sep 21, 2021 | Crime
City Journal interviews Claremont McKenna College professor Michael Fortner. An excerpt: Your work suggests that elites, on both left and right, have fundamentally misread black views on crime and policing, and our political debates reflect that misreading. In your...
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2021 | Crime, Public Opinion
Joseph M. Bessette and J. Andrew Sinclair at RealClearPolicy look at detailed public opinion data about the death penalty. To provide a rough summary of our findings: We can divide the electorate into three groups of different sizes. About a fifth of American voters...
