Posts Tagged ‘Diane Dimond’s weekly crime and justice column’
Love DOES Trump Hate Crimes
Today’s headlines seem full of horrible crimes. Teenagers committing gruesome and senseless murders; a young California mother kidnapped off the street as she jogged, then branded by her captors and tortured for weeks; a young father in Georgia convicted of deliberately leaving his toddler son in a hot car to die. Sometimes I just can’t…
Read MoreThe Cost of Burying Forgotten Souls
The average cost of a funeral these days is between $7,000 and $10,000. Imagine then, what it costs each state to bury inmates who die in prison, those whose bodies are unclaimed by family members. Just like the population in general, the average age of prisoners is getting older. Coupled with the past trend of…
Read MoreSchool Bus Safety Laws Long Overdue
If children are our most precious resource, then why aren’t we doing more to protect them as they travel to and from school? For decades, there have been concerns about the lack of seat belts in school buses. Yet today, only six states have laws requiring them.
Read MoreNote to Anti-Trump Protesters: Stop Whining
Stop it. I’m tired of turning on the news or picking up a newspaper and seeing your pouty faces, screaming for what you think you are due. I’m sick of reading your ill-informed signs adorned with swastikas and promising to beat back fascism. Makes one wonder if you’ve ever studied the real evils of history.…
Read MoreCops and Kids – Perfect Together
Elegantly simple ideas are often the best. And here’s a great example, brought to you by the folks at the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. Following a spate of police shootings of unarmed civilians and several chilling assassinations of on-duty officers, no one can deny there is major tension in cities across the nation. So,…
Read MoreWanted: A Better Understanding of When and Why Police Use Force
It has been more than two years since Ferguson, Missouri erupted into riots following the deadly police shooting of an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown. It was exactly two years ago this month that Tamir Rice, a 12-year old playing with a toy gun, was shot dead by a cop in Cleveland, Ohio. There have…
Read MoreHey Candidates – Fix The Tax Code, Help the Country
It should not have taken a leak of part of Donald Trump’s 20-year-old tax returns to highlight what’s wrong with America’s tax system. For decades US citizens have felt the acute unfairness. Who hasn’t looked at their tax refund and wished there was a way to escape the burden?
Read MoreThe Straight Scoop on Stop-and-Frisk
The police tactic known as stop-and-frisk became a hot button topic at the first presidential debate so let’s take a closer look. Is it unconstitutional? Imagine you live in a neighborhood that is under the constant threat of violence. Gunshots are heard day and night.…
Read MoreLone Wolf Terror – How Can We Protect Ourselves?
Here we go again. We’ve endured more terror attacks on American soil perpetrated by radicalized young Muslim men. Their faith is not mentioned here to condemn the entire Muslim religion but it is a common denominator that should not be left unspoken for fear of finger wagging from the stewards of political correctness.
Read MoreCohabiting? To Protect Yourself Get Married!
You’ve probably heard that if a couple lives together for – fill in the blank – number of years they are, in effect, legally married in the eyes of the state. Some people think a common-law marriage magically begins after seven years together, others believe it’s 10 years. I’m here to tell you that’s baloney.
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