I’m out traveling and speaking during my Spring Break. Right now I’m in Chicago, seeing as many Cubs games as I can. (Greek) Easter Sunday, I will be a roasting a lamb with my cousins. Then back to NYC. Updates will be few and far between till then. [And if you’ve ever wondered why the…
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More lights and sirens in L.A. But in this case it’s a good thing. And former Chief Bernie Parks shows once again why the rank and file hate him. The story by Joel Rubin in the L.A. Times.
A man robs a Dunkin’ Donuts at (BB) gunpoint in Hinsdale, ILL. About 24 hours later he returned, confessed, apologized and put the money on the counter, including loose change he’d gotten from the cash register, authorities said. When he realized the clerk did not speak English, he wrote a note that said he was…
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How can our immigration policy be so idiotic and restrictive? I’m not talking about open borders with the third world, but the smartand richpeople who innovate, start businesses, and are needed by our economy. Why do we keep them out? “’We are watching the decline and fall of the United States as an economic power…
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Jessie Rankins killed a five-year-old. Rankins was 10. The story by Gary Marx in the L.A. Times. As he walked out of prison a free man last month, Jessie Rankins barely greeted his wife, exchanging only a few words without kissing or hugging her. It was their fourth wedding anniversary, and he hadn’t seen her…
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I just happen to be in Pittsburgh. And I just happened to bike by mile after mile of police cars from around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the nation. I asked an officer where the service was and decided to pay my respects to officers Paul J. Sciullo II [pronounced Shullo], Eric Kelly, and Stephen…
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Feds Say Utz Potato Chip Stand at Baltimore’s Lexington Market Was Used to Sell Guns. And it looks like The Greek is behind it, according to the story by Van Smith and Chris Landers in the Baltimore City Paper. I wonder if this means the wedding is off?Or at least of the shotgun variety.
There’s a Q & A with former baseball player Darryl Strawberry in the New York Times today. He could’ve been a contender. Actually, for more than a few years he was, playing half a glorious career before crashing and burning on cocaine. Q: You have your own history of illegal drug use, complete with cocaine…
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Drug War Chronicle reviewed Cop in the Hood a while back and somehow I missed it. Here it is: I would imagine that most Drug War Chronicle readers… have little knowledge of or empathy for the men in blue. … Moskos really shines at getting his comrades to speak openly and honestly about their attitudes,…
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Why were the Oakland police shootings front-page nationwide news and the Pittsburgh police shootings not? I don’t think it’s just the difference between 3 versus 4 officers killed. Somehow an angry violent black killer makes for better headlines than an angry violent white killer. Am I supposed to believe that white killers just flip out…
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