by John Floyd | Sep 10, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Federal Criminal Law, Police Misconduct
Islam is one of the three Abrahamic religions, just like Christianity and Judaism. None of these religions espouse violence to secure a religious or political objective. But we know that within all religions are fanatical elements that embrace violence and hate to...
by John Floyd | Sep 2, 2023 | Federal Criminal Law, Police Misconduct, terrorism
They became known as the “Newburgh Four”: James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laquerre Payen. The FBI arrested the four men on May 20, 2009, on terrorism-related offenses involving a plot to attack the Air National Guard in Newburgh, New York, by...
by John Floyd | Jun 3, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, terrorism
The new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, released in anticipation of the first decade anniversary of the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon terrorist bombing by two deranged brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will undoubtedly...
by John Floyd | Jun 3, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Law, Police Misconduct
Bad prosecutors are not a new phenomenon. They have existed since the Founders envisioned an adversarial judicial process when forming the United States of America. For more than 230 years, bad prosecutors have displayed a propensity to lie, embellish, suppress...
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 | Mar 18, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Misconduct
THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT: A ROGUE, OUT-OF-CONTROL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY The circumstances of the tragic March 13, 2020, shooting death of Breonna Taylor by the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) signaled that the department was a...
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