Anyone who pays attention to cases involving police shootings, especially those that result in a fatality, has noticed that the narrative we first hear coming from the press soon changes. It is no different in the case of Atatiana Jefferson, who was gunned down...
Justice
The Police State’s Deadly Toll on America’s Children
by John Whitehead | Oct 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice
“Mommy, am I gonna die?”— 4-year-old Ava Ellis after being inadvertently shot in the leg by a police officer who was aiming for the girl’s boxer-terrier dog, Patches “‘Am I going to get shot again.’”—2-year-old survivor of a police shooting that left his three...
The Ft. Worth Killer Cop Will Probably Get Away With It
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Peter Quinones
Those who take police accountability seriously had reason to celebrate this month when Amber Guyger, the police officer who walked into 26-year-old Botham Jean’s apartment, mistook it for her own, and fired a fatal shot into him, was found guilty of murder and...
A Redcoat Murders a Colonist in Her Home
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 14, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Peter Quinones
If the people heeded the words of certain founders, had an unquenchable thirst for liberty and were not lost in their comfort and seeming security, the headlines in regard to the shooting by a local tax-feeding-jackboot of a 28-year-old woman through the window of her...
The Amber Guyger Trial Showcases a Special Class of Citizen
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones
Unless you’ve experienced a phone call informing you that a dear relative has been shot and killed (this author has unfortunately received such a call) you have no idea what Botham Jean’s mother and brother have gone through. When it is communicated to you that it was...
Welfare Checks Turn Deadly
by John Whitehead | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement.”—Steve Silberman, The New York Times...
Oakland Activists Pushing Efforts to Block Federal Militarization of Local Police
by Michael Maharrey | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
OAKLAND, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2019) – Activists in Oakland have ramped up efforts to take a first step toward limiting the impact of federal programs that militarize local police. American Friends Service Committee (AFCS) will host a community town hall on policing and...
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019
by Scott Horton | Sep 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of the brand-new book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019! It's the heroic Dr. Paul at his very best on war, peace, economics and individual liberty. We know you're going to...