The Bible teaches us that one of the roles of a righteous government is to be a "terror" to wrongdoers. Lawlessness is the consequence of ignoring the lesson of Romans 13 👇 pic.twitter.com/NVGSqHRnB5 — Josh Howerton (@howertonjosh) October 17, 2025
Tag: Crime and Policing
Controlling Crime And Illegal Immigration Helps Kids
The initiative is Memphis yielded some surprising results:
The Charlotte Light Rail Murder and Involuntary Commitments Of The Mentally Ill
The John Locke Foundation has a couple of articles that discuss the legislative response to the murder on Charlotte’s light rail. Among other things, the General Assembly decided that there must be “mental health evaluations for an expanded range of arrestees”. The state of North Carolina already had an involuntary […]
More Anti-Police Reporting At The News and Record
This morning, the News and Record featured a story about a couple of black UNCG students who were stopped and detained by police. They resisted arrest; and it apparently became a huge social media firestorm. The NAACP stepped in and criticized the UNCG police because they had failed to “de-escalate”. […]
The Miranda Decision
This is a great illustration of the price we pay when judges essentially write law by adding to constitutional requirements:
Southern Baptist Leaders’ Response To George Floyd
J.D. Greear, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention– and many other familiar figures within the convention– signed an open letter calling for reforms to deal with “racial inequity” in our criminal justice system (HT: Megan Basham). This took place five years ago in response to the George Floyd incident. […]
“A Nation Of Bastards”
Sometimes, bluntness is needed. He is precisely correct in diagnosing what our police and criminal justice system are facing: Police can't replace fathers. Society breaks down when government tries to reverse the roles. Have we reversed the God-given order of church, family, and state? Watch the latest episode of Kings […]
Robbie vs. Marikay
The News and Record reports this morning that Robbie Perkins and Marikay Abuzuaiter are both running to be Greensboro mayor. Perkins is a progressive Republican who historically has been aligned with the east Greensboro political establishment and with development interests. When conservative Republicans were elected to the city council in […]
Greensboro: 4 Homicides In Seven Days
Yet another Greensboro murder took place yesterday morning. We are on a roll.
Greensboro’s 3rd 2025 Homicide
It occurred this morning. That means we have had three homicides over five days since the New Year. At least it is no longer one daily. That is an improvement.