Category: Crime

Covenant Christian School Shooting

Use this link as an aggregator as facts become known in this breaking story. [More]

Unless you’re a Demanding Mom. Then you don’t need facts.

UPDATE

The shooter, Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, identified as transgender and had no previous criminal record, according to the chief. [More]

Now that’s a real “progressive” windfall– they can say the shooter fit the profile of being a white male…

And with a “commonsense gun safety” mom…?

Nothing a ‘Vigil and Unity Walk’ Won’t Cure…

On Friday, March 24, Richmond detectives confirmed charges were filed for a 14-year-old boy in connection to Mitchell-Nash’s death. The charges include involuntary manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm, discharge of a firearm within an occupied dwelling, grand larceny of a firearm and underage possession of a firearm. The boy is already in custody in another jurisdiction on unrelated charges, according to police. [More]

“A firearm stolen from a vehicle”…?

Maybe the owner had to go into one of those prohibited places the pals of Jorge are so insistent on mandating…

[Via Mack H]

Cleanup on Aisle Four…

Arizona Family Dollar employee charged with murder after firing 10 shots at shoplifter who punched him – Arizona police say the Family Dollar employee acknowledged the shooting was ‘egregious’ [More]

Well, by talking to the police he’s effectively sabotaged his own defense that fists are deadly weapons, and that, combined with sudden and unfamiliar incident stress and fear, triggered his response — just like can happen with professionally trained Only Ones.

Mas Ayoob has some qualified advice for DGU situations to establish a mindset before clamming up and waiting for your lawyer.

[Via Sweet Babboo]

We’re the Only Ones Triggering Enough

Shouts of “he has a gun, he has a gun” are then heard on the video. Also heard is someone shouting that the person with the gun is pointing it at people. The deputy then moves toward a man and orders him to “drop the gun,” while a second deputy appears to struggle with the man’s left hand. The video then shows the unidentified deputy firing several rounds at the nearby man. The wounded man is then seen collapsing by a pickup truck. [More]

I’m not sure what to make of this aside to note that having a gun in your hand and a cop nearby do not generally result in happy endings.

[Via bondmen]

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Former MMA Fighter Stops ‘Devil Mask’ Gunman From Shooting Up Tampa Bay Strip Club… The masked man was promptly arrested on battery and assault charges, as well as purchasing a firearm while under a risk protection order. [More]

Demands to close “TRO Loophole” in 3…2…1…

How come they call places that incentivize men to act like pigs and women to act like whores “gentlemen’s clubs”?

[Via Remarks]

Hitting the Jackpot

The city of Philadelphia has agreed to pay the staggering sum of $9.25 million to about 200 rioters because they were teargassed and struck with rubber bullets. [More]

>$46K each ain’t a bad payday.

So can we expect reparations for the J6 protestors, too?

“Commissioner Outlaw” is what’s known as an aptronym.

[Via Michael G]

We’re the Only Ones Taking Your Breath Away Enough

We’ve read about the suffocating.

Now we can see it. It’s interesting to note the minority.

Here’s the family’s press conference. Per WarOnGuns Correspondent Mack H:

Several highlights: The family is Christian. None of the deputies [had] body cams. That’s a violation of Virginia law. Henrico County has refused to implement the Marcus Alert system. If they had, Ivo might still be alive.

‘Damn Lax U.S. Gun Laws’ Redux

Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US [More]

Here we go again!

If the headline were “Fentanyl used in killing of Americans in U.S. came from Mexico,” do you think readers might have a different idea of where the real problem was and what to do about it?

[Via Jess]