by Paul Brakke | Aug 15, 2019 | Media & Press Releases, The citizen-Police Divide
The relationships between citizens and the police have become worse than ever. Almost daily, the news features stories about police shooting citizens involved in criminal or suspicious activity, while citizens are fighting back by shooting the police, sometimes in an ambush.
by Paul Brakke | Apr 9, 2019 | Media & Press Releases, The citizen-Police Divide
Citizen-police relations have become tenser than ever. Every news cycle brings more examples of deteriorating relationships. For example, in the inner cities, protests are growing in response to police killings of civilians, even if an officer is cleared due to acting in self-defense. At the same time, property crimes are increasing and going unsolved in middle and upper income areas in the cities and suburbs.
by Paul Brakke | Dec 12, 2018 | Crime, Resolving Problems in American Society, The citizen-Police Divide
Unfortunately, there has been a spate of recent films and TV series which glorify criminals and put cops, prison officials, and other law enforcement professionals as either background characters, or worse, corrupt and otherwise unsympathetic characters.
by Paul Brakke | Dec 12, 2017 | American Justice Reform, The citizen-Police Divide
The Many Hearings a Cop Faces to Determine Guilt or Innocence Many citizens commonly think that the police are getting off easy after an officer shoots a citizen and is judged to not be at fault. While they attribute this result to a biased criminal justice system...
by Paul Brakke | Dec 8, 2017 | American Justice Reform, The citizen-Police Divide
Since the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by the police in 2014, there has been a growing anger against the police, especially after several more police shootings and other arrest incidents led to deaths. The resulting protests and riots have, in...
by Paul Brakke | Dec 1, 2017 | American Justice Reform, The citizen-Police Divide
Why There Is a Wrong Perception about the Number of Shootings of Citizen By Cops The Real Number is Much Lower Today, there is an apparent uptick in the number of fatal shootings of citizens by cops. However, as discussed in my book Cops Aren’t Such Bad Guys, this...
