Protesters are making the demand, “defund the police,” as they show their anger at the police custody death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by police officers
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inNation / World
Dr. Dora Anne Mills: Are uprisings and social change new to pandemics? No.
From the Black Plague to the present coronavirus pandemic, social unrest has been part of the reaction to medical crises.
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Posted inNation / World
Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds
Another study estimated that the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European countries and dropped infection rates by an average of 82%. Both reports were published Monday in the journal Nature.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Face coverings: They’re a public health measure not a political statement
What’s the big deal about being required to wear a face mask in public? How has a small swatch of cloth with elastic straps suddenly become a symbol of intolerable hardship, tyrannical government and God knows what other dark forces? In the wake of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 100,000 American lives […]
Posted inPerspective
I’m a cop. I won’t fight a ‘war’ on crime the way I fought the war on terror.
The failed strategy I participated in for years as a CIA officer is not how to police people I consider my neighbors. It’s not how to police at all.
Posted inPerspective
Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as ‘the enemy’
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer has left parts of U.S. cities looking like a battle zone. Night after night, angry protesters have taken to the street. So too have police officers dressed in full riot gear and backed by an […]
Posted inPerspective
Police are waging a war on crime. Is that the problem?
Sometimes, civilian police forces look and act like military units. Some police officers say that’s the problem.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
VIDEO: Protesters march through Lewiston and Auburn
Protestors gather Monday afternoon in Kennedy Park in Lewiston, marched to Auburn and returned.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
VIDEOS: Restaurants reopen for dine-out service
Live interviews from outdoor seating at Mac’s Grill, Gritty’s, Gipper’s Sports Grill and Legends Sports Bar and Grill in Auburn and The Pit BBQ in Lewiston.