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 13, 2019 | Media & Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...
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 | Mar 2, 2019 | Media & Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citizen-police relations are becoming worse and worse, reflected in news of killings of citizens by police, ambushes of police by citizens, protests if an officer is justifiably cleared of killing a criminal with a gun in self-defense, and claims...
by Paul Brakke | Jan 20, 2019 | Media & Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Was Chicago white police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of killing black teenager Laquan McDonald, when he believed the teen was threatening him with a knife? If he was guilty, was the sentence of six years and nine months enough? And did three...
by Paul Brakke | Jan 8, 2019 | Media & Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Both the media and citizens have been overly quick to find the police at fault about some cases where citizens have been killed by the police. Alternatively, the media and many citizens have been quick to blame illegal immigrants as a group when...
