Category: Crime

Everyday People

Hundreds of people were gathered on a West Side street in Syracuse early Sunday morning when gunfire erupted. Thirteen people were shot, stabbed or hit by vehicles fleeing from the area, according to Syracuse police spokesman Lt. Matthew Malinowski. The injured were three males and 10 females, 17 to 25 years old. [More]

Been a minute since I heard this…

[Via bondmen]

A Capitol Idea

WaPo out with helpful “How NOT to get carjacked in D.C.” guide [More]

It will get worse. And the usual suspects will continue to blame systemic racism and guns.

[Via Michael G]

Related UPDATE

Days before violence broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a U.S. Capitol Police captain ordered the confiscation of dozens of riot helmets from officers without the knowledge of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund… [More]

This is starting to read more and more like a conspiracy movie script.

[Via bondmen]

For the Children

Toddler dies in accidental shooting with unsecured gun… This comes just a few months after the new safe storage laws, [More]

Go gun laws!

Funny, how they’re light on all the details that would show this is not your typical American household, but instead focus on the calculated misrepresentation and lie that “According to the CDC guns are the number one cause of death in American children.”

Oh, look: Children!

Not Government-Approved

Alcoa man accused of selling more than 100 guns illegally after undercover investigation – Marsh was accused in the documents of not just selling guns illegally, but selling illegal weapons like machine guns. [More]

He certainly doesn’t sound like he was very smart about it.

So… what do we make of Harvey’s Pistol and Pawn…?

[Via Remarks]

Much Ado About What, Exactly?

Texas congressman proposes DNA testing to determine illegal alien’s family ties to a minor [More]

How many millions is that going to cost us?

After the test, will they all still stay in this country living on the tax cows’ dime anyway, the adults who don’t escape their court dates in prison and the children awaiting the opening of that “pathway to citizenship”?

Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.”* And I have that on good authority.

I don’t suppose immediate return to Mexico with the message “These people are your problem” is in anybody’s cards…?

* I had to use an Internet Archive link– what happened to the Saviors…?

Missing the Obvious

The order included a finding “Rahimi had ‘committed family violence’ and such violence was ‘likely to occur again in the future.’” [More]

Define “likely.”

If he was truly proven dangerous why didn’t the order remand him into custodial care until such time as he can once more be trusted to behave his punk @$$?

[Via Michael G]

An Air of Disbelief

“The Toronto Sun has learned Quebec police are investigating the possibility that the smoke creating poor air quality in southern Ontario and making downtown skylines disappear may have been the result of arson… This narrative has not made as many headlines — and is polar opposite to what the likes of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Environment Minister Steven Guibeault have been saying.” [More]

If you think they’re misdirecting now, wait ’til they find out the perp is one of their fellow environmentalcases or a “refugee”!

[Via Michael G]

Related UPDATE

There are Now 250 “Out-of-Control” Fires in Canada, Here’s Why Some Say It’s All ‘Planned’ [More]

And the outrageous thing is, that wouldn’t surprise anyone who’s been paying attention to how totalitarians operate.

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Getting the Shaft Enough

Police claim Officer Marcellis Blackwell arrested a 37-year-old man that day, placed handcuffs on him, and drove him to a secluded part of the campus. Blackwell then put his hands down the victim’s pants without their consent and while he was still handcuffed. [More]

When “Only Ones” have you by the b@lls…

[Via bondmen]

Meanwhile, Crickets

Intestacy laws establish an order of priority for the inheritance of a diseased person’s assets. If the courts accept their position, it would skirt state law, which generally considers materials such as the manifesto a record of public interest… [More]

All this legal hoop-de-doo continues to obfuscate and delay. I still want to know why a Nashville Council member said “The vast, overwhelming majority of it,’ presented too much of a danger to the public.”

But that would require principled leadership focused more on results than on scoring media points.

And that allows the blood dancers to keep the focus on guns.

[Via bondmen]

And Thank You for Your Service?

“Having a US military background is the single-strongest individual-level predictor of whether a subject . . . is classified as a mass casualty offender,” the study by Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) said. [More]

What it doesn’t say is what commonalities offenders share before enlisting. It also presupposes risks are evenly distributed rather than concentrated into observable subsets.

I can’t help but make the seemingly unrelated analogies that violent crime is not widespread but concentrated, and Trump is so good at firing people because he’s so lousy at hiring them.

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Overpowered Enough

A California man who was caught on video pummeling a sheriff’s deputy and shooting at her with her own gun in 2019 was found not guilty of attempted murder and other charges by a jury, with the victim saying the decision sets a bad precedent for law enforcement. [More]

You know what else sets a bad precedent in situations that can escalate to physical violence?

Not that morbidly obese men are any better.

[Via Dan Gifford]