The Justice Department declared New York City, Portland and Seattle as ‘anarchist jurisdictions that can have federal funding ripped away for failing to clamp down on violence according to its criteria. It listed the three cities as among those ‘that have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable … Read more
Filmmaker Spike Lee revealed his thoughts on the controversial stance of ‘defunding’ the police in a new interview. The 63-year-old filmmaker spoke to Al Roker on Sirius XM‘s Off the Rails show, where he said he thought the term ‘defund’ is ‘tricky.’ The filmmaker, whose new film Da 5 Bloods debuts on Netflix this coming … Read more
In the past two weeks, we’ve seen the very worst of police work in America, and some of the very best. The worst manifested itself in horrendous graphic detail with the slow, contemptuous murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin in 8 minutes and 46 seconds of horrific brutality. But in its aftermath, there have … Read more