Every profession has bad employees. Police departments around the nation are no exception. Yet, we cannot have peace in the streets of America without justice, and we cannot have justice without a healthy respect for police officers and the rule of law by all Americans.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 20, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Criminal cases involving high-profile...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on January 13, 2024 An Editorial Opinion I have been privileged to meet many great...

Sidney T. Williams is the bravest law enforcement officer I have ever met. He protected my family in the 1970s like nobody else could.

On December 2, 1975, an unarmed Bernard Whitehurst was summarily executed by Montgomery, Alabama police officer Donnie Foster behind an abandoned house for no justifiable reason. This article is the story of Whitehurst's murder and the police department's unsuccessful effort to cover it up. This story is known as "Alabama's Watergate."