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As a Black Man, I’m Outraged at the Grand Jury in Eric Garner’s Case; as a Lawyer, I’m Disgusted
By now you know. A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury decided not to indict New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner. As a black man, I’m outraged by this result. And as a lawyer who defends cases on the criminal side and prosecutes cases on the civil side, I’m…
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3 High-Profile Cases of Black Men Killed by Police, Still No Arrests—Why?
We’ve heard from the St. Louis County grand jury. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of days, you know the result: Jurors returned a “no true bill” decision or, put simply, no indictment of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing Michael Brown. So many of…
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If Those Allegations Are Lies, Cosby Should Sue His Accusers, but Here’s Why That Won’t Happen
Bill Cosby is the subject of more sexual assault allegations than any one celebrity in recent memory. At last count, we know about 15 alleged victims—that’s a whole lot of women with similar accounts about being attacked by Cosby. Most of the claims appear to involve alcohol, possibly drugs and some accusers not remembering everything,…
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Leak? It Probably Means That Darren Wilson Won’t Be Charged In Michael Brown’s Death
When I read in last Friday’s New York Times that some of the testimony in the investigation of Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson was leaked, I cringed and then uttered a few expletives because I knew something bad was coming soon. In my years of being a trial lawyer and legal analyst, I’ve seen…
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There’s No Way a Seat Belt Stop Should End With Cops Using a Taser on a Man
By now you’ve seen the video of police in Hammond, Ind., smashing a car window and using a Taser on Jamal Jones in the car while children were in the backseat, screaming with fear. It was frightening. And there are probably some people out there who looked at that video and thought Jones must have been…
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