Bob CollinsThere were two interviews in the media on Tuesday which deserved the attention in this space.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Crime and Justice
Unable to reconcile all of this on the question, I’m comfortable dropping the phrase in recognition that it can obscure a more important point: we’ve been really good at killing innocent people in this country for a long, long time.
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The coverage of the aftermath of the mass killing in Orlando is following a well-worn path — we’ve gotten pretty good at developing the template in these sorts of things.
We’ve now reached the ‘don’t name the shooter’ debate. Read more →
Jimmy Greene’s and Nelba Márquez-Greene’s Facebook post shows that they relive their day of horror every day there’s another one for someone else. Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that housing inspectors in a Twin Cities suburb can search rental housing units for code violations even if there’s no suspicion that any exist. Read more →
A sample of some of the nation’s editorials in the wake of Sunday morning’s mass killings in Orlando:
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I’ve been off the grid for a few days and am just back in town, so there’s not a lot of insight I’m able to offer in the wake of the largest mass murder in U.S. history, except that I expect the public discourse over the next few days will follow a well-traveled template. So Read more →
In this state where 1 in every 7 drivers has a DWI conviction, the crime is a big joke to even the people talking a good game about stopping drunk driving. Read more →
Minneapolis woman: Staying silent hasn’t made the emotional scars go away, she writes, ‘and it hasn’t held the men who victimized me responsible for what they did to and stole from me. I’ve realized all too late that our voices are our strongest asset.’ Read more →
Rep. Tony Cornish is getting plenty of attention and, judging by the comments on the Star Tribune website, applause for his letter to the editor in the paper today. Read more →
The crosswalks in or near downtown are virtually lawless as drivers violate the law with impunity. Read more →
Austin Hancock, who opened fire in a school cafeteria of an Ohio junior-senior high school in February, was sentenced yesterday to six years in the Ohio Department of Youth Services. He’s 15. He’ll be released when he’s 21. Read more →
Worcester Polytechnic Institute attorneys argue the victim engaged in risky behavior, including excessive drinking, on the night that a security guard at her university-leased apartment building lured her to the roof and attacked her. Read more →
The Pioneer Press reports that Sgt. Bobby Lambert goes before the City Council tonight after the city’s police chief recommend he be fired for mistakes he made while investigating a drug-overdose death. What mistakes? Nobody will say, of course.
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The court ruled in the case of Somsalao Thonesavanh, who jumped in the car of a Worthington man as he left it warming up in December 2014. Read more →