Outside the Beltway

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

While “fundamentals” will have more impact on choosing our next president than what happens on the campaign trail, the race itself is important.

Good for her.

The Cleveland Police Department has agreed to submit to significant monitoring in the wake of a damning Justice Department investigation.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

There is no excuse for last night’s rioting in Baltimore, but that should not deflect attention from the problems with that city’s police.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is insightful and eloquent. He’s wrong in this instance.

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

After two and a half decades, the images of June 4, 1989 resonate with many, unless you happen to live in China.

Only a tiny percentage of those in American prisons ever got a trial.

A case from Nevada provides another example of police abuse, and a possible claim arising under the long-forgotten Third Amendment.

While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

Further, there was another example of police violence at UCD earlier this week.

If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

Americans get apoplectic at stories of police officers shooting people’s pets but seem unphased when they shoot innocent human beings.