I still can’t get over the Mayor saying “We also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” [Update: Though now I understand, thanks to a comment by Matt and others in a previous post, what I think she was trying to say: From the video, it appears she did indeed…
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Well, that did not go well. When the fires hit the Eastern, I felt it got personal. I can’t believe nobody got killed. Hell, by that standard, it was a peaceful night in the city. In the academy, we got less than one (1) day of riot training. This are my notes from Tuesday, April…
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You sure did, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. I cannot believe that the mayor of Baltimore said this yesterday. Unbelievable. You think that may encourage people to loot and burn? The full context in case you were wondering (I was) is: I’ve made it very clear that I work with police and instructed them to do…
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Now the Eastern is burning. @PeterMoskos https://twitter.com/PeterMoskos.
Interesting article about police body cameras and privacy in the New York Times. [Thanks to JdC]
From Colin Campbell on the twittersphere:
I expected better from C-Span. Do they not have a call screener? From the left, do I really need to say on national TV that police departments are controlled lock, stock and barrel by the Klan? From the right, do I really need to have to answer for a caller who talks about: Caller: RAMPAGING…
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I don’t want to make too much out of this, but there is something just a little funny about a reporter being robbed on camera and then running, in tears, to the police. No, it’s not funny because somebody is robbed. No, it’s not funny that she was traumatized by it. It is just a…
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Both lengthy and honest, from 2011, when Batts was “between jobs.” Post-Oakland. Pre-Baltimore. [thanks to a commenter]
For those interested, I have a schedule long-form interview on C-Span tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:15am eastern, talking about police issues, I suppose.