A Life Defined

Should we tell them?

“I first became worried about the bullet in my mother’s head two days after she died,” writer Ryan Nourai begins his piece with. “I was afraid the bullet was going to explode.”

“I did not see Scoggins during the hearing,” he recalls about watching parole proceedings for one of the assailants. “I asked my husband to cover that part of the computer screen with a sticky note. I sometime worried my hand would somehow jump to the mouse and move his face into my view… I wondered if he saw my mom’s eyes in my own. I hope he saw them, blazing and forgiving and half of me.”

What can I say but “Esquire” ?

The ones who “actually do want to take your guns.”

Bring sticky notes, fellas…

We’re the Only Ones Planting Enough

Former Alabama police officer agrees to plead guilty to planting drugs before bogus traffic stop [More]

Again with “former.” The only reason is because the stupid, evil bastard got caught. And 40, eh? So he’s been preying on victims for how long?

Tell us again about badge heaviness, George.

[Via Steve T]

Stop Me If You’ve Heard this One Before

Over 200,000 firearms found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico between 2015 and 2022 were linked back to the U.S., recent data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) shows. [More]

Remember last time they were pushing this line?

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones False Arresting Enough

LMPD SWAT team raids vacant home, handcuffs wrong couple days after suspect already arrested [More]

I don’t know what angers me more, the incompetent feral jackboots or the fascist judge.

It really does kind of explain why the whole concept of Oath Keepers needed to be smeared and destroyed.

[Via Michael G]

There Oughta Be a Law

The family hoped officers would either seize the weapon or transfer it elsewhere. The gun ended up with a third party, then eventually ended up back in Harris’ hands. Police could not take possession of the weapon at the time due to Missouri’s lack of a red flag law. [More]

Ya gotta wonder when people are going to wake up and realize it’s not the weapon that needs to be transferred elsewhere…

[Via bondmen]