In the last few months, the news has been filled with stories about police officers shooting and killing unarmed fleeing criminals. Is it legal for officers to take such action? Under what circumstances can officers use deadly force on a fleeing suspect? AMU criminal justice professor, Gary Minor, writes about the legal rights of police officers to use lethal force.

By Diane L. Maye
Special Contributor for In Homeland Security

In 1938, the historian and political scientist Crane Brinton aptly described the timeline of revolutionary activity through his metaphor of a “fever.” He described revolution as an abnormality, or societal “fever” that starts with the disaffection from the elite class, or educated population.

By William Tucker
Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security

Iranian media outlets Press TV and Fars News Agency both reported that Iran’s 34th naval flotilla has been dispatched to the waters off Yemen and the Horn of Africa. The stated mission of the flotilla is to protect tankers and cargo ships flying the Iranian flag and will also engage in counter-piracy operations.