Author: Syndicated

It is a fact that the North won the American Civil War, but a review of the subsequent history would confuse any outside observer. The side that loses a war is not entitled to install statues to its heroes on the victor’s land. Yet, in Northern Virginia public shrines can be found of Stonewall Jackson, public highways have been named for Jefferson Davis, and public schools were named after Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. Stewart. Most are not historical monuments built to preserved battlefields, graveyards, or historic homes. They were erected decades after the war in California, Oregon, and...

City and law enforcement leaders in Kenosha unanimously endorsed the use of body cameras in 2017 as a way to increase police accountability and collect evidence at scenes of domestic violence, among other benefits. But since then, they have balked at the price tag, raised policy concerns, and put off implementation. The delays meant that officers who were on the scene of Sunday’s shooting of Jacob Blake while responding to a domestic call were not equipped with technology that could give their perspective on an incident that has roiled the nation. Instead, the public has only seen video captured...

Jacob Blake, the Black man shot multiple times by police in Kenosha, is paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his family’s attorney said on August 25, while calling for the officer who opened fire to be arrested and others involved to lose their jobs. The shooting of Blake on August 23 — apparently in the back while three of his children looked on — was captured on cellphone video and ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities, coming just three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of...