Category Archives: Crime

‘Stoic’ driver identified in Las Vegas Strip horror

From USA Today: The woman accused of deliberately driving onto a packed sidewalk along the famed Las Vegas Strip was “stoic” after the tragedy, telling a parking attendant what she had done and asking him to call 911, authorities said … Continue reading

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Making A Murderer

Over the weekend, I watched all ten episodes of the Netflix true-crime series Making A Murderer. On Saturday night, I couldn’t stop watching until I had finished the series and it was light out. I was furious at what appeared … Continue reading

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Black Crime Claims Life of Apologist for Black Crime

Colin Flaherty writes: David Ruenzel knew, better than most, about the white privilege that killed him. As a writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of this favorite topics was rooting out racism. And how white racism is permanent. … Continue reading

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Guns and race: The different worlds of black and white Americans

Whites use guns to shoot themselves, blacks use them primarily to shoot others. Brookings: “The nation’s consciousness has been raised by the repeated acts of police brutality against blacks. But the problem of public space violence—seen in the extraordinary distress, … Continue reading

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Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray

A reader says: The story gives some information but not three pieces of crucial information: It does give the breakdown between women and men on the jury but it fails to (1) give the breakdown of the Jury by race, … Continue reading

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