Can you die from it? Does it exist? The Taser company, not surprisingly, says yes. Because if and when people die from “excited delirium,” there seems to be a good chance it will happen after being Tasered. Laura Sullivan of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” has a good report on this. Here’s part one…
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Fatal gun battle outside party for wife of Jamie Hector, who played Marlo Stanfield on ‘The Wire’ The story by Kenny Porpora, Alison Gendar, and Samuel Goldsmithin in the New York Daily News.
In the academy we were taught to always double lock our cuffs. Usually I didn’t. But I should have. And so should you.
“Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Abraham Gerges called Littlejohn, 44, an unrepentant ‘predator’ who should never taste freedom again.” The story in the Daily News
The state has an archaic system in which we operate under the misimpression that everyone under 18 can be rehabilitated for repeatedly committing violent crimes. We must find a way to provide rehabilitation, but also accountability and punishment. That’s kind of hardcore coming from, of all places, the office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy.…
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Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes
At any given moment, more than 1.5 million children have a parent, usually their father, in prison. … Among those born in 1990, one in four black children, compared with one in 25 white children, had a father in prison by age 14. Risk is concentrated among black children whose parents are high-school dropouts; half…
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Mr. Marrion “that-goddamn-bitch-set-me-up” Barry has been arrested… yet again. Except for the crack, the not filing his tax returns thing, and the alleged stalking, he sure is a great elected representative for his people. Here’s the storyabout his latest arrest. It’s complicated, of course. Who knows what really happened? Who cares? But does anybody out…
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This account of the party scene in Amsterdam is from a person who enjoys such things. He’s lived in Amsterdam for the past 17 years. The Sensation dance party, Wicked Wonderland, held in the city’s largest football stadium. The dress code was all white. The party goes from 10pm to 6am. Tickets cost about $100…
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Especially thinking of everybody stuck working it. Here’s to you!