Michael J Tansey, Ph.D. On December 14, 2012, in the small town of Newtown, MA, a disturbed 20 year-old murdered his mother, drove the short distance to his former elementary school, entered clad in tactical gear, armed with an AR-15 rifle, and slaughtered six staff and 20 second-graders before killing…

Part 6. “People Will Die Today” Clinical Perspective: Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. (Sarcastically) And we’re probably not going to cheer too much for some of them. Because you’ll never take back our country…

Part 5. “This Can’t Be Happening” Clinical Perspective: Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office — “Now the Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court’s decision…I accept the finality of this outcome…for the sake of our unity of the people and the strength of our democracy…our disappointment must…

OPart 4. Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office Clinical Perspective: Stormtroopers — “Are you saying you’re not prepared to…commit to that principle…of the peaceful transition of power?” “What I’m saying is that I’ll tell you at the time. (taunting) I’ll keep you in suspense, Okay!” — Trump responding to Chris Wallace, October 19, 2016. — “Will you accept the results of…

Part 3. Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office Clinical Perspective: Bounties and Blackmail “My people came to me…and said they think it’s Russia…Putin just said it’s not Russia…I don’t see any reason why it would be…I will tell you President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.”…

Part 2. Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office Part Two: Rattlesnakes and Rallies “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country right…

Part 1. Trump Will Refuse to Leave Office Clinical Perspective: Trump’s Wet Dream “I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until…

The Tale of Two Tapes: The Police Killings of Eric Garner and Tamir Rice (First published December 9, 2014, examining two of the first videos of police killings, lightly edited and re-released as an historical comparison to last week’s police murder of George Floyd.) Pictures have far more power than…

With the verdict on Friday in which justice finally was served, I am re-issuing this article written in the immediate aftermath of the video of the barbaric murder of 17 year-old Laquan McDonald, shot 16 times by Chicago Police Officer, Jason Van Dyke: Platitudes of the need to come together to heal and rebuild trust have zero impact on the national conspiracy of silence around police misconduct from top to bottom — police chiefs, police unions, prosecutors, other officers at the scene.