Notes from the Resistance
The data included personally identifying information about hundreds of officers and thousands of suspects, such as geographic coordinates of suspects’ homes and the time and location of raids, demographic and contact information, and occasionally even suspects’ Social Security numbers. [More]
Kinda like what the state did with gun owner data?
Mayor fires 5 La Vergne police officers, suspends 3 after sexual misconduct investigation [More]
I think I saw this movie at a bachelor party…
[Via Steve T]
Stony Brook prof Anna Hayward blames stabbed cops for ‘murder’ of their attacker [More]
Scroll down to see that smug grin and take comfort in one thing: She can’t possibly really be a happy person.
They say this contact link is for “media inquiries only.” I always have had a thing about “Authorized Journalists,” and in keeping with “progressive” tenets, I’d say it’s all up to how a person identifies…
[Via Michael G]
Continued concerns after misrouted St. Louis County 911 call [More]
It’s the ones that get through I’m worried about.
[Via bondmen]
Alleged Islamic extremist who attacked NYPD cops with machete was on FBI watchlist: sources [More]
Merrick Garland got the “white male” part right AND the perp obeyed the signs!
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars. [More]
These people take “Don’t talk to the police” to a whole new level.
[Via Michael G]
In this case, with people dying, there’s no question police were desperately needed elsewhere. But it’s in these times of disaster when people left to protect themselves are most justified in doing just that against predators. [More]
When seconds count, you’re on your own.
Nice work if you can get it. The problem is, without a badge, you can’t, and therein lies the crux of police as “Only Ones.” [More]
Special exemptions make it easy to forget your place in the food chain.
San Mateo Co. Sheriff criticized for potentially favoring donors when issuing gun permits [More]
Who does this character think he is? Laurie Smith?
[Via Jess]
233 firearms collected in Summit County gun buyback event [More]
So if “233 firearms were collected at the event and $34,325 in gift cards were given out,” even given the maximum payout of $100 per working gun (which assumes no non-working guns paid out at $25 each were collected), that opens the question of whose pockets the other (at least) $11,025 in gift cards ended up in…
The “authorized journalist” who wrote this up probably didn’t want to press the issue because math is racist.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
Tangentially-related UPDATE
I wanted to check out the Summit County Sheriff’s social media to see if they were bragging about this so I could ask them about their addition, and the cover of their magazine was the top post:
Every supermarket I go to around here warns against putting children in the car basket, and indeed, the Consumer Product Safety Commission warns in an alert:
Every year, thousands of children are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for falls from shopping carts. Falls from shopping carts are among the leading causes of head injuries to young children and most often occur when children stand up in the child seat or the cart basket.
So it figures the same “Only Ones” encouraging people who may not know the first thing about guns (or how to clear them) to handle and transport them are happily displaying how oblivious they are to basic child safety in general on the cover of their quarterly bulletin.
Then again, consider where the buck stops and the party that she represents.
FBI got earlier tip about Colorado Springs gay bar shooter [More]
Yeah, but do you have any idea how much work is involved in responding under current law while still observing due process considerations?
[Via Jess]
A Chicago cop vacationing in Florida was arrested early yesterday after being caught urinating into an ice machine at a beachside bar, according to police who charged the visiting lawman with battery and disorderly conduct. [More]
You have to wonder what orders a sociopath like this piece of crap wouldn’t obey. Don’t look for his union to allow him to be fired, meaning he’ll still be empowered to exercise his “judgment” over you and me –at gunpoint and with full “qualified immunity.”
[Via Steve T]
Yesterday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) notified us that it intends to destroy the firearms associated with the botched Operation Fast and Furious. [More]
I thought there was no statute of limitations on being accessories to murder.
This is the first time I can recall having a serious disagreement with Jim Jordan.
[Via Henry Bowman]
Police arrested the co-owner of Engage Armament in Rockville for shooting at a Montgomery County police officer who was working in an undercover vehicle. [More]
Well, we know what a felony conviction will do to his life’s work. Still, talk about somebody who should know better.
As for the van, I guess partnering with the community doesn’t include letting someone on high alert know what you’re up to.
Dumb on all counts, but only one, and not the Only Ones, will pay for it.
[Via Steve T]
Even though as some advocates point out it will in fact be the police that seize people’s firearms should an order ever get executed, I am a firm believer the police are our friend from a big picture view. [More]
My experience says otherwise.
I guess I’d be more receptive to that contention if there were some kind of movement among them to not obey unlawful orders… oh, wait…
It’s unions über alles with the overwhelming majority, and they’ve told us what that means.
[Via Andy M]
During the exchange, O’Connor told the deputy she was Tampa’s police chief, showed identification and said “I’m hoping you will let us go tonight.” The deputy eventually let them leave the scene. [More]
Just like he would have you or me, right?
Letting that toady go without a reprimand is just as offensive.
Hey, with Mary out, who’s gonna emcee the “gun violence forums“?
[Via Remarks]
However, in a screenshot from the “Find My” app actually indicated that the phone “pinged” somewhere in the vicinity of Johnson’s home and did not give a precise location. Despite this, Staab allegedly swore that the screenshot from the app “signified the phone being inside of [Johnson’s] house.” [More]
Hey, he took a staab at it.
I’d be taking a look at everything he’s previously sworn about to get a search warrant.
[Via Michael G]
