Judge Napolitano tears into Dallas Police over controversial new policy (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

NEW YORK, NY –  Fox News Sr. Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano tore into the Dallas Police Chief David Brown over a controversial new decision to change the department’s policies regarding police shootings. The policy would require officers wait 72 hours after a shooting before making an official statement regarding the event.

Officers will be allowed to watch video of the event before they make their statement. The change was ordered after the killing of an unarmed man by Dallas Police, who reported that he had a knife and lunged at them.

Napolitano claims the police union pressured Chief Brown to make the change and that it was brought about because officers want to be able to provide maximum spin on their version of events.

“[This rule] allows them to collaborate, allows them to shade and spin what they’re saying,” Napolitano says and added that there’s “a law for everybody and a special law for people in the government.”




Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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