Tag Archives: Fraternal Order of Police

America’s largest police organization throws support behind Trump, eliminating any doubt as to what they really feel about those of us they’ve sworn to protect and serve

By Mark | September 17, 2016

When a friend told me this morning that the National Fraternal Order of Police, our nations’s largest police organization, with over 325,000 members, had endorsed Donald Trump for President, I thought that it had to be a hoax. “There’s no way,” I thought, “that they could support a candidate who has repeatedly promoted violence at […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics | Also tagged black lives matter, police, police state, Presidential politics | 16 Comments

What I learned from Ferguson: Now’s the time to get the tanks off our streets and the money out of politics

By Mark | August 18, 2014

As the story in Ferguson continues to evolve, one thing has become clear to me… Now is the time to move against the increasingly militarization of America’s local police forces. The public awareness has never been higher, and, for the first time, I feel like momentum is on our side. Before we get into that, […]