After a disturbing dash cam video surfaced of a white police officer fatally shooting a black teen 16 times, the Justice Department is planning to launch an investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging the Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department over a number of cases in which cops killed or injured unarmed citizens.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch joined the debate over the so-called “Ferguson effect,” saying there’s no data to show that crime is on the rise because of criticism over police tactics.
The head of the DEA said Wednesday that he agrees with other law enforcement officials that police are less aggressive because of the racially-charged incidents captured on videotape.
It is possible, of course, that Comey is on to something and will be proved right over time.
Border Patrol agents are joining the growing boycott of director Quentin Tarantino.
Michael Mason is a retired Executive Assistant Director of the FBI. His column is in response to a newsletter in which ticklethewire.com Editor Allan Lengel commented on FBI Director James Comey’s theory suggesting society’s intense scrutiny of police is preventing officers from being aggressive about doing their job, which in turn, is causing a spike…
What is so troubling about this line of reasoning is that it suggests officers have no idea about what has brought us to this point.
