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Book Review: Controversies In Policing

Posted on June 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Controversies In Policing, edited by Quint C. Thurman and Andrew Giacomazzi This book is the example of someone trying to toss a loaded grenade into a conversation and finding that it bounces back on themselves.  The authors here are under … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zero Tolerance Policing

Posted on June 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

Zero Tolerance Policing, by Maurice Punch The problem with this book is that the author is not fond enough of zero tolerance policing to give it a fair hearing.  In fact, it appears to be that a consistent problem with … Continue reading →

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Don’t Feed The Dialectic

Posted on May 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

On December 4, 2014, a man named Eric Garner was put into a chokehold by an NYPD officer, and his dying gasps saying that he couldn’t breathe were videotaped by a bystander and provoked a great deal of unrest related … Continue reading →

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Harden The Target

Posted on August 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

Whenever there are mass shootings or some other kind of related act of violence in the United States, there is on the side of leftists a hue and cry for tougher gun control laws.  While such appeals tend to fall … Continue reading →

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All The Little Connections

Posted on March 31, 2019 by nathanalbright

It does appear as if the human mind is hard-wired to make connections, but given the way that memories are made and habits are formed through the building of neurons and paths between them, it would make perfect sense that … Continue reading →

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Microaggressions And The Problem Of Proving Oneself Safe

Posted on December 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

As is often the case, those who have a leftist political worldview and label themselves progressives generally get almost everything wrong.  Be that as it may, they often present at least interesting problems to solve that demonstrate the basic symmetry … Continue reading →

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A Thin Blue Line: Part Two

Posted on September 12, 2018 by nathanalbright

Having previously introduced the topic of the legitimacy of police and related professions within the Church of God community, I would like to take this time to discuss the nature of police action and how it appears within the Bible.  While … Continue reading →

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A Thin Blue Line: Part One

Posted on September 6, 2018 by nathanalbright

As I commented on before [1], a friend of mine and his wife recently visited Portland, and I had a discussion with them about various matters.  Much to my surprise, he mentioned that he had recently graduated from the very … Continue reading →

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Objective Reasonableness In Police Activity: A Constitutional Essay

Posted on September 4, 2018 by nathanalbright

This past weekend I was able to spend some time with a longtime friend of mine from Los Angeles who had recently graduated as a sheriff’s deputy for Los Angeles County, and shortly before this I found out that another … Continue reading →

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This Time

Posted on April 14, 2018 by nathanalbright

The sound of the sirens gets louder and louder and nearer and nearer as I sit with my back to the window and my head facing a computer at which I am trying to write. “Are they coming for me … Continue reading →

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