by John Floyd | Oct 1, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Uncategorized
“It is tragic to see a life cut short at 29, with so many milestones unmet, so many words unsaid, and so much potential unfulfilled,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, at a press conference on...
by John Floyd | Mar 19, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct
On January 11, 2019, a 19-year-old African American teenager named Jacob Harris was gunned down by law enforcement officers with the Phoenix Police Department (PhxPD). Two officers, in particular, repeatedly fired their pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle at the...
by John Floyd | Feb 1, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct
The brutal beating and killing of Tyre Nichols on January 7, 2023, by the Scorpion Unit of the Memphis Police Department (“MPD”) reveals the disconnect between law enforcement’s concept of law and order with society’s need to be protected and served. The very name...
by John Floyd | May 23, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct
The Texas Legislature convened on January 12, 2021. In a January 19, 2021 post , we pointed out that Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) had authored House Bill 88, known as the George Floyd Act. The Texas GFA Act would severely curtail the doctrine of qualified...
by John Floyd | Feb 18, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality
Imagine your nine-year-old daughter handcuffed in the back seat of a police car. Now imagine she was having a mental crisis and was pepper-sprayed by officers called to the scene for assistance, while confined in the back seat of the police cruiser, hands cuffed...
by John Floyd | Oct 3, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality
There has not been a moment since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789 that systemic racism has not influenced either the quality or quantity of justice in America. In April 2019, The Sentencing Project submitted a reportto the United Nations that revealed the...
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