Mayor Williams Holds Another Town Meeting

Mayor Williams Holds Another Town Meeting

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This one is tomorrow, Tuesday May 19th at P.S. duPont. Please come out to ask the Mayor about the status of implementing the Wilmington Public Safety Strategies Commission recommendations (some of these recommendations are largely in line with President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing report. Or just ask him about the political agendas that are somehow more proactive about the safety of Wilmingtonians than his own plan is. Handcuffs are optional for this event, but if you got 'em, wear 'em!
White on White Shootout Underscores the Culure of Violence in the White Community

White on White Shootout Underscores the Culure of Violence in the White Community

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Nine people have died after a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Waco on Sunday, when gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a Twin Peaks restaurant in the central Texas city.
Where is the White leadership on this? Why aren't moderate Whites speaking out and condemning this? What is it about the white community that allows this culture of violence to flourish?
Camden Gets the Kudos for Community Policing that Wilmington Could Have Had

Camden Gets the Kudos for Community Policing that Wilmington Could Have Had

So you've heard me talk about the successes that Camden has had in bending the curve of their crime and violence issues -- and today, President Obama travels to Camden to recommend the Camden Community Policing approach as a national model. This accompanies the release of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing report today:
The report endorsed Thomson's view that "community policing cannot be a program, unit, strategy or tactic. It must be the core principle that lies at the foundation of a police department's culture. "The only way to significantly reduce fear, crime and disorder, and then sustain these gains is to leverage the greatest force multiplier: the people of the community," Thomson testified.
Monday Open Thread [5.17.15]

Monday Open Thread [5.17.15]

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I am personally loving that we have been discussing whether the Iraq War was right again, and I am loving how every single Republican, even Jeb Bush after some indecision, have declared that the last Republican President's greatest legacy was nothing but a horrible mistake that should have never happened. Paul Krugman hails the opening of a much-needed and long-postponed debate about the Iraq disaster, made inevitable by Bush 3.0. E. J. Dionne, Jr. notes in his latest Washington Post column that "other hawks would rather see the was-the-Iraq-War-right question magically disappear because they know it's a no-win for them."
"Most Americans now think the war was ill-advised. Why remind them that most of the same people who are super hawks now brought them an adventure they deeply regret? Thus did the Wall Street Journal editorial page on Friday come out firmly and unequivocally in favor of -- evasion. "The right answer to the question is that it's not a useful or instructive one to answer, because statesmanship, like life, is not conducted in hindsight." On the GOP side it may be that Jeb's blundering is very bad news for Lindsey Graham and other Iraq war supporterts and equivocators, but good news for Rand Paul.