Jul 27, 2012

On Wednesday, both federal and local law enforcement officials parterned up to conduct “Operation Log Jam”, the first ever nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs. Here are the numbers: Seized $36 million in cash Seized more than 4.8 million packets of synthetic THC called “cannabinoids” Arrested more than 90 people Raided 29...

Jul 24, 2012

Whenever a gross injustice happens by law enforcement, we see it covered by the national media, but what about the small everyday injustices? The majority of inappropriate incidents that happen with law enforcement are perpetuated against minorities. This very fact brings me to my story: I am in my late 20′s African American male who has never drank or...

Jun 18, 2012

Rodney King, the infamous man whose case came to shed light on racism in America, was found dead on Sunday morning. In 1991, three LAPD officers brutally stomped, kicked, and beat Rodney King after chasing him down the 210 freeway in Los Angeles. But what they didn’t know was that King would come to symbolize racial tensions in America. A video of...

The city commission rejected the resignation of the Sanford police chief, Bill Lee, who many have blamed for the unrest that followed from the Trayvon Martin case. The commission, however, voted 3-2 in opposition to Lee’s resignation, blaming outside factors on Martin’s death and not Lee himself. Many members of the community were outraged at the...

Apr 10, 2012

The private funeral of Whitney Houston cost the residents of Newark, N.J. $187,000 in police overtime — and many taxpayers are furious. Police officers were expected to hold back thousands of people from bombarding their way into the private funeral. But some residents say that the family should be billed for the enormous sum of money, and not...