Category: Justice

The Fight To Decide Whose Life Matters

David Todd McCarty- September 18, 2020

Rethinking the role of police in our community is a perfectly valid, relevant and responsible reaction to what is clearly an issue that needs to ... Read More

Legalize It

David Todd McCarty- September 17, 2020

There simply is no longer a sufficient public safety rationale to continue to criminalize marijuana, and there probably never was. By David Todd McCarty | ... Read More

A Rational Response To Perpetual Atrocity Is Rage

David Todd McCarty- September 9, 2020

When you are being massacred in the streets by the authorities with impunity, you don’t stop to ask for a permit to express your outrage, ... Read More

Community Concerns Fall On Deaf Ears

standardeditor- August 26, 2020

A Letter To The Editor By Crystal Hutchinson and Melisha Anderson | Wednesday, August 26, 2020 “Hell, if you go in and rob a bank ... Read More

The Chilling Effect

David Todd McCarty- August 1, 2020

The Supreme Court has ruled that authorities need not directly prohibit specific speech in order to have a chilling effect on the freedom of expression ... Read More

Cape May County Sheriff Can’t Ignore State Attorney General Directive Court Rules

standardeditor- July 30, 2020

Cape May County Sheriff’s Department is forbidden from sharing immigration status with, or holding non-violent offenders for, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Judge rules. Thursday, ... Read More

“Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights

ProPublica- July 29, 2020

A dozen protesters facing federal charges are barred from going to “public gatherings” as a condition of release from jail — a tactic one expert ... Read More

Why We Fight (Part One): The Uphill Battle

David Todd McCarty- July 22, 2020

Despite months of protests and centuries of struggle for equal rights, many White Americans maintain an obstinate resistance to accepting the Black Lives Matter movement ... Read More

America’s Battle Fatigue

David Todd McCarty- June 17, 2020

American doesn’t actually win wars anymore—not on foreign soil against enemy combatants, nor in the service of domestic social issues—we simply drift away out of ... Read More

America Burns As Protestors Attempt To Curb Rioting Police

David Todd McCarty- June 5, 2020

With each new video, police departments across the nation continue to prove that they can no longer be trusted to protect the American people. By ... Read More