Just a guess, but could this hick Sherlock be up for re-election? A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. […] Stephens says he wants to protect the community from “criminal elements” and not “people who want to …
Criminal Justice
You Have To Break Some Eggs
Assholes: Preliminary information indicates that members of the Detroit Police Special Response Team approached the house and announced themselves as police, Godbee said, citing the officers and at least one independent witness. “As is common in these types of situations, the officers deployed a distractionary device commonly known as a flash bang,” he said in …
NWA Was Right
I can’t get over those assholes that shot that man’s pets over a miniscule amount of pot (and more than likely based on faulty information from an informant with whom they cut a deal). I’ve only had Lily 11 months (today!), but I would be out for blood if someone shot her, cop or otherwise. …
Profiles in Successful Law Enforcement
Idiots: Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how the …
Welcome to Judge Arpaio’s Police State
This is insane: Freelance journalist Nick Martin has an update on Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Stoddard, who last October was caught on video swiping a file in open court from defense attorney defense attorney Joanne Cuccia. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe held a hearing on the matter, and on Tuesday ordered …
In Defense of the Police, He Does Have Two Arms
Cops taze wheelchair-bound double amputee. Not an Onion story. I feel like it is foam finger time again. USA! USA! USA!
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More Exposure, Please
Glad to see this story is getting more exposure: A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in an investigation into a drug smuggling scheme. “This has been a difficult week and a half for us,” …