“In America, individuals, not groups, act; and individuals, not groups, should be held accountable.” Most of you would probably agree with that statement. I do, too. But I would be quick to add that culture and background matter. A lot. Background isn’t destiny, but it’s a damn good predictor of your future. You can tell…
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You want the good news or the bad news? Good news! “Mexico arrests drug trafficker Edgar ‘Barbie’ Valdez.” Pop the corks! But I wasn’t even going to post on that cause who the f*ck cares? It’s not like it will change anything or win the war on drugs. From the NYT: Mr. Valdez, who was…
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As predicted, the killing of unarmed Trevon Cole in Las Vegas, based on bad tactics, a bad warrant, bad flashlight batteries (?!), a bad track record, misinformation, mis-identification was found to be justified. Despite contradictory statements by nearly everyone else who testified, Yant stood by his story that he fired the fatal shot only after…
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New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg usually makes sense. I particularly like it when he berates citizenry over common sense issues. “People,” he whines, “You gotta stop [fill in the blank].” Makes me all sheepish and look at my toes and mumble, “Sorry, Mister Mayor.” And I didn’t even do what he’s complaining about! Of course…
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She must have “hated Mexicans,” too. Two men were sitting on their stoop when, Peter Hermann writes: When a young girl armed with a silver handgun approached and announced a robbery. “Because of the age of the suspect the victims began to laugh at which time the suspect fired one shot grazing the victim Wilmer…
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This is the officer (not “man” or “dude”) who got pissed at a young white skateboarder. Peter Hermann reports: Last month, a three-member police panel called a trial board held a hearing and found Rivieri, a 19-year veteran, guilty of failing to issue the youth a citizen contact receipt and failing to file a report,…
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The terrorists, Christian Michael Enright, said, “Assalamu alaikum — consider this a checkpoint!” and slashed Muslim American Ahmed Sharif across the neck, and then on the face from his nose to his upper lip. Sharif said: “I feel very sad. … I have been here more than 25 years. I have been driving a taxi…
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Incredible car crash caught on police dash-cam. But I’m really posting this because it’s the same car I had in Baltimore. Like the Bandit. But my car was white. And I was more Smokey than the Bandit. It was the last of Detroit’s metal cars. And I never crashed it.
The BBC has an interesting piece about the bus siege by a rogue cop in which eight tourists were killed. The good news I think we would do better here. In related news, have you heard that the Chicago Cubs are going to move to the Philippines? They’re changing their name are will now be…
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