Tag: "Law Enforcement"

LA County Sheriff Threatens to Release Prisoners Early if He Doesn’t Get His Way

| February 24, 2009 | Comments (2)

This is blackmail. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Monday threatened to close the Men’s Central Jail and perhaps a second detention facility when he and other county department heads are forced to cut their budgets. Baca said closing the downtown Los Angeles jail, which would greatly reduce the capacity of the county jail [...]

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President Sends Compean and Ramos Home

| January 19, 2009 | Comments (0)

Beautiful. Thank you, Mr. President. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush, in one of his last official acts in office, commuted the prison sentences of two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were imprisoned for shooting an unarmed Mexican drug smuggler in the buttocks in a case that drew widespread attention. The agents, Ignacio Ramos [...]

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What If Mumbai Happens Here?

| November 27, 2008 | Comments (1)

Dr. Melissa Clouthier asks, “What Would Happen If A Mumbai Attack Happened Here?” . It’s a good question to ask because what’s been happening there can very easily happen here. All any group would need are things that are easily gotten anywhere in the world: guns, plenty of ammunition, and some explosives. And, please. Don’t [...]

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Who is Marc Rich and Why Is He Important?

| November 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

George Lardner recaps the interesting story of Eric Holder and the pardon of the fugitive Marc Rich and concludes, The precedent against pardons for fugitives was set more than 200 years ago by President John Adams. The charge, brought in 1799, was murder on the high seas against a ship’s captain who was clearly trying [...]

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No, Silly Media, The Police Aren’t Worried About a Horde of Angry Republicans on Election Night (UPDATE: More Bonus Democratic Rage)

| October 22, 2008 | Comments (5)

If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard how John McCain and Sarah Palin are whipping their supporters into an Obama-hating frenzy and how their campaign rallies are looking like Birth of a Nation II: The Rebirthening. It’s ugly, ugly hate, we’re told, that the Republicans are feeding to their crowds, who are eating it up [...]

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Welcome Back, Officer Shifty McIncompetent!

| May 21, 2008 | Comments (3)

Oh, just great. If you live in Washington, DC, just know that the next police officer you meet could have their job only because the police department screwed up the paperwork. D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has rehired 17 officers who were fired for misconduct, saying she was forced to bring most of them [...]

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German Talis, Troofer Veracity, and a Lesson on Law Enforcement

| April 25, 2008 | Comments (10)

It seems my post yesterday on the cowardly German “Gary” Talis has garnered quite a bit of attention. Sites on the left and right have been linking it and I’ve been getting comments all morning on the incident. No site has dished the venom, for or against Talis, like the site of the Troofer and [...]

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