Alvarez is no Ham Sandwich
A grand jury didn’t indict Angel Alvarez. This is surprising, given how they say a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. Here’s what I wrote about his shooting back in August.
A grand jury didn’t indict Angel Alvarez. This is surprising, given how they say a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. Here’s what I wrote about his shooting back in August.
This year, nationwide, 15 officers have been killed by gunfire (out of 30 total line-of-duty deaths). This puts us on pace to expect 105 officers to be shot and killed in 2011. Compare this with 59 firearms deaths in 2010, 47 in 2009, 40 in 2008, and 66 in 2007. Is this a trend? It’s…
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There’s a wake for Poughkeepsie Officer John Falcone today. The 18-year-veteran was killed last Friday. Lee Welch, 27, and his wife, Jessica Welch, 28, both of Catskill, have three children together and a history of domestic violence, Knapp said. They were in Poughkeepsie to exchange a vehicle when the shooting occurred. Falcone was a block-and-a-half…
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Video of the police shooting in a Detroit police station.
The good people at policeone.com have posted a, in-depth video about last year’s Lakewood Four coffee-shop ambush. The video tells the story from the perspective of the responding officers. BLUtube is powered by PoliceOne.com [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve pre-scheduled a few posts.]
Officer Torbit’s funeral was yesterday. It must have been painful. Meanwhile on Tuesday night, another officer, a homicide detective, was shot. What a friggin’ job. I’ll be back in the U.S. in a week. Everything seems very distant from here in Bangkok.
Plain clothed friendly fire police shooting. [please don’t post stupid or disrespectful comments, or respond to those who do.]
A one-year veteran was seriously shot on N. Calvert Street early Sunday morning. He’s expected to survive. I hope he does. From the Sun: A man opened fire on him near the downtown nightlife hub, touching off a running gunbattle as tactical officers pursued the suspect up North Calvert Street. The suspect fled on foot,…
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It’s not easy to separate emotion from constitutional issues. Ronell Wilson killed two NYPD detectives in 2003 and was found guilty and sentence to death by a federal jury. Good. Now, in 2010, an appeals court struck down the sentence (but not the conviction… the bastard did it). It’s easy for cops and conservatives to…
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Tragic story with an unusual twist in the Sun Times. Too bad a good man is still dead.