Law Enforcement

Commentary on the Movie, “The Post” [Excerpt]

[The following is an excerpt from the blog and publishing site of Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq., author of “The Real Watergate Scandal”, kindly used with permission of the author.]

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Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective

And somewhere, weeping in the still of the night, came bleating The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”

The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells..................   read more

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Political Beast: Police Procedures [or: “Gee, does this sound boring?”]

[ACLU-Mississippi/Blake Feldman (right-bgd.)]
When Political Beast decided to go back to the subject of police-community relations, we were a bit hesitant, since we’ve covered this pretty thoroughly in..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Order 5

On 27 January, 2016, came the “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry to the United States” or, colloquially,..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Orders 3 & 4

San Francisco, California [proud sanctuary city with a future in lost Federal funds{?)]
From 25 January, 2017 is the third Executive Order of President Trump which is largely aimed at State and local (i.e., “Sanctuary Cities”)..................   read more

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ModState’s 1st Podcast of 2017 Part One: Nogales County (AZ) Sheriff Tony Estrada Returns

Muchas gracias, Sheriff Estrada

One of the most striking figures ever to’ve interacted with us here at ModState, Nogales County (Arizona) Sheriff Tony Estrada graciously..................   read more

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Executive Completion: The Civil Rights Crises of Standing Rock

In South Dakota, at Standing Rock, both public and private law enforcement agencies have been accused of brutalizing..................   read more

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Political Beast: “Shoot” versus “Shot”

A Young Lady Dramatically Remains Silent in a Stoic Display of Support of "Black Lives Matter"
A Young Lady Dramatically Remains Silent in a Stoic Display of Support of “Black Luves Matter”

I’ve spent the last several weeks investigating the issue of police violence, specifically when it results in death. I’ve sat through..................   read more

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State of Mind: American (Part 2)

zoolandermugatudance

This is a continuation of my previous article on being American that touched on some things that attack..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Debate Judge’s Ballot

Just shy of a decade has elapsed since I last judged a round at a sanctioned debate tournament. Having competed in both parliamentary and policy debate..................   read more

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