Here’s a question for you: “Do introverts commit acts of violence? The only way to try to answer this question is to acknowledge that at least one premise of the statement is probably faulty. It is unlikely that there are individuals who are introverts 100% of the time. It’s more likely that we are all live on the Introvert / Extrovert continuum and depending on the situation we are in; we slide to different points on the scale.
Tag: Police
Bad police behavior in STL draws protest letters from ACLU, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In St. Louis, bad behavior by police responding to protests about…previous bad police behavior—has sparked another form of protest: the publicly published protest letter.
DEA says “no” to Trump’s remarks on rough treatment of suspects
The acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] is not pleased with Donald Trump’s remarks to law enforcement officers, telling them not to
The Ferguson dilemma: When keeping up appearances is not enough
A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that described the way that the small St. Louis County municipality of Pagedale was condemning inhabited,
I’ve lost my handgun virginity
Last week, I fired a handgun for the first time in my life. And for those of you hoping to learn that my experience
Citizen Police Academy: How I got to be a pretend police officer for one night
I’m not a cop, but I played one yesterday. On the final night of the 9-week Citizen Police Academy that I’ve been attending, 30
“Guns ‘n’ Hoses” needs a name change
At the risk of being labeled a wet blanket, I’d like to lodge a complaint against Gun ‘n’ Hoses. The event is an evening
Police do better when they earn their respect
Hundreds, thousands of African-American youth are gunned own each year, mostly by other African-Americans. For many, their stories become the landscape of the world in which we live.
We need police who are also social workers
What would have happened on that hot August afternoon had a social worker come upon Michael Brown on Canfield Avenue? What if a
Ferguson: McCulloch used grand jury to exonerate Darren Wilson
When a person is arrested for probable cause, a prosecutor convenes a grand jury in order to bring an indictment. But, St. Louis County