As Minneapolis politicians call for a top to bottom makeover of the Minneapolis police force, cops flee the force in record numbers, many claiming symptoms of PTSD. Even The New York Times acknowledges that crime surges in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the dearth of active law enforcement.
Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West announces he’s running for President, and Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweets “You have my full support.” While most consider this a joke, or marketing ploy, if he sticks to it he can hurt Trump and Biden, but from whom does he take the most support?
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in the face of surging COVID-19 cases, mandates masks in public in a state that led the re-opening move after the lockdown. Bill Whittle thinks it’s exactly the wrong response.
“Resisting is desperation,” says Mike Muse in a column at Medium.com attempting to explain “Why Black People Resist Arrest”. With police brutality, racial injustice, and mob violence in the news daily, it’s time to take a look at some of the underlying motivations.
A veto-proof super-majority of Minneapolis city council members say they support a move to defund the police — in the wake of the death of George Floyd — and to find a new way to do public safety with racial justice? Could this radical idea actually help reinvent an age-old approach to law enforcement that, […]
The stakes in the debate could not be greater, and the divide between views of race and justice seem stark. What’s missing from the public conversation over police brutality, racial justice, law and order? Bill Whittle and Scott Ott explore how can we channel despair and anger into something that pulls America together before we’re […]