Murders Up 35% in Chicago
My man McCarthy not off to a good start.
My man McCarthy not off to a good start.
Failure to Obey, old school. The Commissioners direct, that in future the Inspectors on Duty shall not take into custody any person brought in by a Police Constable on the vague charge of “obstructingthe Constable in the execution of his duty.” If such a charge is to be made, it must be accompanied by a…
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Interesting caseout in Pasadena: Oscar Carrillo was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter after he told a 911 dispatcher that 19-year-old Kendrec McDade, whom police fatally shot, was armed.
From Facebook, I learn that the Eastern’s favorite (read: only) hotel is official off-limits to Air Force personnel. [Actually, as I write that, I realize there isanother hotel on the western tip of the Eastern… and it’s OK, last I heard.] Still from Facebook: Sector 3 Eastern District at the top of the list. The…
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In Indiana, you can now “stand your ground” against police. It would be ironic if this marked the end of police busting down people’s doors to find some drugs. Then the NRA might actually be defending liberty. But I suspect it’s just going to escalate matters. Yes, at least in Indiana, you can kill a…
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Gail Collin on gun control: Personally, I’m worn down from arguing. Florida, follow your own star. Arizona, arm your kindergarteners. Just stop trying to impose your values on places where the thinking is dramatically different. Really, just leave us alone. If you don’t like our rules, don’t come here. Is that too much to ask?…
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Video of Zimmerman entered the police station has been released. I don’t see any blood. I don’t see any grass stains. I don’t see anybody who looks faintly like they were on the loosing end of a fight. The clothes look neat and unripped and he’s walking well. I don’t see how it coincides with…
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Not in Florida. But in Chicago. He is 80 years old. Yeah, the gun was illegal… but still…
There’s a great picture of Baltimore’ harbor from 1903 over at Shorpy.
From the New York Times: Irving Louis Horowitz, an eminent sociologist and prolific author who started a leading journal in his field but who came to fear that his discipline risked being captured by left-wing ideologues, died on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J. He was 82. … Though many considered him a neoconservative, he professed no…
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