A good police perspectivefrom Lt Danie Furseth. I think his points are good… but I seriously doubt this is some contemporary perspective that wouldn’t have been valid 10, 20, 50, or 150 years ago. And, since I can’t say it better myself, I will quote my friend and colleague John DeCarlo: I have tried to…
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A good article AP article by Holbrook Mohr, David Lieb, and Phillip Lucas about something every cop knows: witnesses make up a lot of shit. Some witnesses said Michael Brown had been shot in the back. Another said he was face-down on the ground when Officer Darren Wilson “finished him off.” Still others acknowledged changing…
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Let me start by saying we’ll never know for certain what happened when Officer Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown. [Update: but we not do have a much better idea based on a DOJ report.] No. Seriously. Think about it. You don’t know what happened. I don’t know what happened. So whatever you think, whatever…
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Imagine, say, you get a call for an armed person waving a gun in a park. Here’s what you don’t do: drive right up to that person on muddy slippery ground to put your partner in an unprotected and defenseless position a few feet from the suspect. I feel sad for the officer involved. He…
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This happened back in March, so it’s not news. But still, the number of similarities between this case and the killing of Michael Brown are interesting, especially if you are one of those who think that “unarmed” suspects cannot ever really threaten police officers to the point where lethal force might be necessary. Here’s gist:…
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I stumbled across this column by Harry Siegel yesterday in the Daily News while getting my shoes shined. It’s bar far the best thing I’ve read in a while about the current state of crime and New York City. Read the whole thing. But here are some highlights: Pay no mind to the shrill voices…
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The Feds are really out to get the man who tells the truth about lie detector tests, that they’re bullshit. They’ve been out to get him for a while, as I’ve previously written. Here’s the thing, Willam’s may or may not be guilty as charged. Honestly, he probably is. From the Journal: Prosecutors alleged that…
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I’m quoted in Vice Magazine’s article, “New York City’s Biggest Marijuana Problem Is the Police.” Of fuckety fuck. Do I really swear that much? And here’s another unrelated story about the corrosive effects of overtime.
I’m not that into police memorabilia… but your San Fran cop friend (and fellow Princeton grad) gives you a SFPD patch and the coolest ever cop-designed police t-shirt, what’s not to like? Long live Park Station Company F!
Actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray on the subject of police, from Rolling Stone: I remember Danny Aykroyd saying a long time ago, “I embrace the police,” and I thought that was the funniest thing ever. It was so nuts, because he’s such a crazy person. But when you’re a teenager, the police are only…
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