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Mass. Supreme Court: Fleeing from police is no basis for suspicion, if runner is black

Mass. Supreme Court: Fleeing from police is no basis for suspicion, if runner is black

Evan Lips

BOSTON — With relations between police and America's black communities dominating headlines and becoming a focal point in this year's presidential election, the state's highest court has weighed in, holding that running from the cops does necessarily justify pursuit when the runner is black.

In a unanimous opinion issued Sept. 20, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that racial profiling by the Boston Police Department "suggests a reason for flight totally unrelated to consciousness of guilt."  The opinion, authored for the Court by Justice Geraldine S. Hines reasons that because black males are disproportionately "targeted" by police, "such an individual, when approached by the police, might just as easily be motivated by the desire to avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled as by the desire to hide criminal activity."

Time for conservatives to make their case to college women
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Time for conservatives to make their case to college women

Carrie Lukas

Candidates all want to gain the support of young voters, which is no easy task.  Savvy and a little cynical, Millennials don't just want to hear campaign platitudes; they want to be inspired and to hear a positive vision of where our country is headed.  

Progressives have largely dominated the conversation about politics and public policies with young people, particularly with young women.  But it doesn't have to be that way:  Conservative policy reforms would be a boon to young people, including young women.  Not only would reducing government red tape and unleashing the market lead to greater prosperity, but it would also lead to a more dynamic, flexible and more just society.  It's time conservatives aggressively make that case.

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