Responsibility of the Victims

In my town of Minneapolis, we’ve gone through a tragic situation where two white police, responding to an assault call on 911, shot and killed aresponsibility of the victims black man.  After weeks of investigation by an outside agency, the local prosecutor has declined to charge the cops with a crime.  See the story in the Star Tribune article:  http://www.startribune.com/freeman-gives-emphatic-defense-of-decision-questions-why-officers-didn-t-have-tasers/374121321/  Let’s …

Ferguson, Missouri—Some Ideas

Now that some of the tragic events that happened in Ferguson, Missouri have passed, can we learn anything from this?  I worked as a prosecutor some years ago.  In that job I had lots of contact with police as we worked on cases.  Here are some ideas from my experience.Ferguson, Missouri

1.  The level of violence on both sides—the …