
Police


Joe Biden Still Hasn’t Gotten Around to Limiting Police Militarization
Just weeks into his presidency, several news agencies reported that Joe Biden was planning on reinstating Obama-era limits on a federal police militarization program. It never happened. Months later, local police continue to receive military surplus equipment under...
The Supreme Court Case that Protects Cops Using Dangerous Chokeholds
Even supporters of the police were shocked by the video of Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck as the restrained man struggled to breathe. Chauvin used one form of chokehold, and Floyd wasn’t the first person to be victimized by...
Pres. Biden Wants to Boost Funding for National Police State
Remember when Democrats were going to defund the police? Not so much. In fact, the first proposed Biden budget more than doubles funding for a federal program that doles out money to state and local police departments to hire law enforcement officers. The Office of...
Former Prosecutor Whines About “Constitutional Carry” Interfering With His War on Drugs
Police lobbyists fiercely resist virtually every effort to roll back gun control. Why is that? As with most things relating to policing in modern America, it comes back to the “war on drugs.” For instance, the Missouri Sheriffs’ Association aggressively...