The LAPD was interrogated a murder suspect. A detective told the suspect that a girl he knew had ratting him out. Said she had picked him up out of lineup and signed her name. They even showed him the lineup with her initials. But it was a trick. A ruse. She had nothing to do…
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I’ll be on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show this coming Tuesday, July 22, at 12 noon (Eastern Time). The show is rebroadcast at 3am the following morning. You can listen live through their website or stream through your iTunes (look under: radio, public, then WNYC AM or FM). I hate to admit it, but Mr. Lopate…
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Knife crimes? If only we could be so lucky! The story is here. For all the panic about rising knife violence in London, let’s keep in mind that London has 7.3 million people and about 160 murders a year. That’s fewer than New York City. Hell, it’s even fewer than Baltimore (population: 650,000)! And it’s…
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I should hope so! The right thing was done. In the end. Too bad it was even an issue to begin with. This cop did everything right. The important thing isn’t if off-duty cops are drinking, it’s if they do the right thing. It’s one thing if Mothers Against Drug Driving imposes it’s Prohibitionist and…
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The New York Timeshas an article about covering up a “Stop Snitchin’” mural. The shame is that we need snitches… I mean witnesses… willing to testify. Too bad it’s dangerous. If we didn’t use snitches so much in locking up drug criminals, I bet snitching wouldn’t have such a bad name.
The Wall Street Journal reviewed Cop in the Hoodtoday. In the small world of books like this, that’s big. And it’s a good review! My only complaint is his assertion in the last paragraph that I lacked the impulse to run toward gunfire. I often did. My heart was big enough to be a good…
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Too many people refuse to believe that there are some truly bad people out there. Some people are just bad. Police know this. Judges don’t. Is it unfair to throw someone in prison for a long time for a technical violation of parole? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on the person. Just because you can’t convict…
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I’m not a fan of basketball. But I am a little interested in Carmelo Anthony. The only reason I know him is that he (unwittingly) appeared in the Stop Fucking SnitchingDVD that got him and the DVD a lot of press. Bad press for him. Any press was good for the home-produced DVD. I felt…
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Police Officer Gabriëlle Cevat was shot and killed on her way to work. Cevat saw a drunk driver, called the police station, and proceeded to stop the driver. She was wearing street clothes and displaying her police identification. Her killer, a 49-year-old Aruban-born resident of Amsterdam with a criminal record, was arrested in the apartment…
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For years everybody has been citing the same good but somewhat dated stats on comparative drug use in the U.S. and other countries (I know because I did so in my book). Well, while I was busy visiting family and friends in Amsterdam last week, a new study was released (in conjunction with the World…
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