Orlando

March 6, 2017 (Fault Lines)—Markeith Loyd of Orlando is accused of some pretty serious stuff: Almost two months ago, Loyd was working at a fast-food restaurant and expecting a child with his girlfriend Sade Dixon, whom...

February 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) — It’s sometimes hard to say if talented football players with bright futures commit more crimes than everyone else or if we just hear about it more because they’re celebrities. Either...

August 25, 2016 (Fault Lines) — How many times have you seen police cars speeding past you without lights or sirens? How many times have you witnessed a patrol car activate his lights or siren and...

July 29, 2016 (Fault Lines) — A recent story from Orlando about police officers confusing donut glaze for meth would almost be too ridiculous to believe if it weren’t for the drug war having provided us with...

June 29, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Christy Sheats’s senseless and unthinkable murder of her two daughters, one of whom was apparently to be married days later, will no doubt stoke the fire ignited by the mass shooting...

June 24, 2016 (Fault Lines) – In the wake of the Orlando shooting, people from all over the political spectrum are debating the role of guns in American society. Along with “assault weapons,” one phrase that...

June 20, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In the wake of the Pulse massacre in Orlando, we’ve been inundated by the usual calls to DO SOMETHING in order to prevent the tragedy that has just occurred. One of...

June 17, 2016 (Fault Lines) — On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen entered the Pulse nightclub, which catered to the LGBT crowd in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire. He murdered 49 and wounded at least 53...

June 15, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Another terrible shooting and another ride on the media merry-go-round. Terrible events are opportunities for the media to peddle fear and pundits to suck the air out of the room....

Apr. 29, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Recently, Orlando Police Chief John Mina ordered his officers to use “only the minimal amount of force necessary.” He also told officers who saw other officers using excessive force to...