An unprecedented 95 percent of Americans favor criminal justice reforms that include police reforms. The National Opinion Research Center (“NORC”) at the University of Chicago found in its report released on June 23, 2020, that Americans support having specific standards…
Month: June 2020
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
For over a decade, we have written about the “epidemic” of police misconduct and the devastating impact of systemic racism inside the criminal justice system. It was just another voice in the proverbial wilderness. Today, however, things are different. In…
2020
Category: Murder | Police | Police Brutality
The death of George Floyd has garnered intense emotional reactions across the country. In its wake, protestors made their way to the street demanding to have the officers involved in his death criminally charged.
Eventually, charges were brought against…
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law | Police Misconduct | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Top officials of the Trump administration, including U.S. Attorney General William Barr, claim there is no “systemic racism” in law enforcement in this country. Yet the conservative Republican group, the Lincoln Project, recently called Trump the “second president” of the…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Interfere with federal drug crime investigations and you may become the subject of an investigation yourself.
At least, that’s what happened to one paralegal specialist working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio recently.
After allegedly tipping…
2020
Category: Criminal Law
Detectives and other law enforcement personnel have a broad range of evidence gathering methods used when investigating a crime.
The problem is that not all of these methods are reliable. You’ve probably heard of evidence being thrown out that…
2020
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
On June 1, 2020, peaceful protesters assembled across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park to protest the killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers. The protesters had assembled peacefully in the park as they had…
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
The murder of George Floyd by police in Minnesota has brought demands for racial justice to a pitched boil after generations of racial profiling, police violence, and failed promises for reform in the criminal justice system. Mr. Floyd’s murder is…
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
In July 2017, President Donald J. Trump, as the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer” as he likes to call himself, implored police across the country not to be “too nice” when making an arrest. The President was speaking to a…