Category: corruption

We’re the Only Ones Padding Enough

Iowa senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are calling for accountability and a full review of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) unlawful misclassification of administrative positions as “law enforcement.” Not only was this decades-long practice illegal, but it also burned millions of taxpayer dollars. [More]

“Padding statistics” is kind of a tradition with them.

[Via Jess]

Not in Our Best Interests

Members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committed voted 5-4 to table Senate Bill 122, which advocates say would give prosecutors and judges a stronger tool to keep suspects charged with violent crimes behind bars while they await trial. [More]

What, and cut back on blood-dancing opportunities we can exploit to blame guns…?

Besides, who’s dumb enough to believe it’s about crime control?

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Elsewhere Enough

In this alleged scheme, these officers make a DWI arrest, that person then hires this particular attorney, the officers don’t show up to court, and the case is dismissed. [More]

But wait! There’s more!

Who better to enforce Michelle Lujan Grisham’s citizen disarmament tyranny?

[Via Jess]

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and County Executive Sam Page have introduced the Regional Anti-Violence Collaborative, which is aiming to reduce violent crime, grow the economy, stabilize neighborhoods, and give residents access to more safe and affordable homes. [More]

In other words, they’re going to buy votes with money that’s not theirs, and the only impact on crime will be it will go up because no one charged to fight it has a clue.

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones More or Less Enough

The FBI is reducing hiring standards to the point where it is considering overweight applicants and hiring barely literate agents, a group of current and former FBI agents and analysts allege. [More]

On the one hand, tnat makes them more dangerous.

On the other hand, that makes them less dangerous.

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Working Around Enough

“The US government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical but illegal,” Wyden said in a letter to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines. “To that end, I request that you adopt a policy that, going forward,” intelligence agencies “may only purchase data about Americans that meets the standard for legal data sales established by the FTC.” [More]

“Request”…?

In a world where it didn’t mean arresting themselves, the “official” criminals participating in this conspiracy to deprive citizens of rights under color of authority would be behind bars…

[Via Michael G]