South Africa: Major Economy With A Major Crime Problem Violent crime getting worse CENTURION (PRETORIA), South Africa – “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”, “God Bless Africa”. This is the beautiful beginning of South Africa’s...
Get Good People Out Of Bad Neighborhoods This will not solve the broader issue of urban poverty. But it will give many a real chnace WASHINGTON – Here is a simple, if radical, new idea for those who want to deal with large pockets of...
Seeking Justice in Baltimore Chief Prosector Marilyn Mosby indicted 6 police officers accused of killing or contributing to the death of Freddie Gray WASHINGTON – Freddie Gray was a 25 year old Baltimore small time drug dealer. He was just another member of...
Perceptions and Misperceptions About Black Crime And White Police Brutality Too many young Blacks are engaged in crime. Hence tough law enforcement targeting them. But this leads Black communities to believe that all policemen are racist WASHINGTON – The killing by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, of a Black young man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, ...
Black Victim Of Police Shooting In Ferguson Was A Suspect In A Robbery The narrative of the innocent bystander shot for no reason by vicious police officer is beginning to crack WASHINGTON – I have observed in a previous piece how in America a single episode of “White on Black”...