Ninth Stage

New Orleans must be some kind of cesspool that Katrina did not cause but rather revealed. NO cops stealing from stores is an image we remember. That was impersonal burglary. We also remember NO cops and their proxies stealing the tools of protection from the survivors of Katriana. Badged robbers are [...]

Stop using swat teams on civilians. That’s a reasonable request. One that will go unheeded of course.
There’s an old saying, if you don’t use it you lose it. That is the primary reason that SWAT teams being used for routine search warrants will not go away.
Another reason is that being on a [...]

must be spinning in his grave over this Mini-14 20 round magazine promotion.
Actually, I think that wiser heads in the company are trying to wipe off the stain the big man’s words left on the name Ruger, and 20 round magazines seemed like a nice place to wipe.
Via The Shooting Wire.

A five year old child was refused boarding as a “national security risk” because his name is similar to one on the feared “no-fly list.”
A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, “When his mother went to [...]

Disarm the police to save The Childrenâ„¢.
Criminals are going after cops — for their guns.
In the past year, gang members, thieves and drug dealers in Palm Beach County have broken into at least six police cars and stolen handguns and shotguns, officials say.
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Despite the risk, criminals are hitting police cruisers in South Florida and across [...]

TSA drone breaks this guy’s laptop and the supervising TSA goon says move on or you’ll be arrested.
I start heading over to my laptop and belongings, and the TSA security guard was pushing my stuff to the end of the line. I approached the end of the line to collect my stuff as the TSA [...]

Michael Shepherd was arrested 10 months ago during a showcase raid on his home. Seizing 900 weapons and 4,000 rounds of ammunition, the police claimed that their 18 month investigation revealed Shepherd as a figure in a world wide illegal gun trafficking cartel. He was acquitted last month and tells his story [...]

Not just picking on Gallatin cops.
Memphis police Officer Jeremy Kyle got more than he bargained for when he kicked in his ex-girlfriend’s door and barged into her bedroom, he got shot dead. The ex-girlfriend, also a Memphis police Officer, Teresita Watson was shot in the stomach and after treatment, released from the hospital. [...]

The Justice Department effectively said “hey man, nice shot” to that negligent cop, Deval Bullock, who accidentally pulled the trigger and killed Dr. Salvatore Culosi. This was the last opportunity for justice for Sal and is a sickening example of the government protecting it’s own. That tin shield works real good don’t it? [...]

A man records audio during his DWI stop and is charged with felony wiretapping.
The television show COPS is ok though, the police know they’re being taped.  A trooper recording a stop, audio and video, with his in car camera is OK though, the trooper knows he’s being taped.  A peon citizen recording a stop is [...]

The officer, who police did not identify, was not hurt.
I want to know why not?

The killers of Kathryn Johnston got off easy today by pleading guilty to manslaughter. Kathryn Johnston was the victim of a home invasion by police officers last November, when she defended her home and life she was shot dead in a hail of 39 police issue bullets.
Old woman killer Officer J.R. Smith pleaded guilty [...]

I’m not sure why I dislike Pajamas Media so much. Sure, I find the name too precious and the shenanigans around it’s origins were tawdry, but that doesn’t explain the depth of my distaste. Fortunately, using Adblock, I never see any of Pajama’s ads and I’m only reminded of their existence from links [...]

16 Blocks is a pretty good movie about how cops should be unarmed while the populace is.

I mentioned the Kennisaw GA cop who filed a stalking complaint against some citizens who complained about his speeding here.  Turns out he’s Zumboed and withdrawn the complaint.  Not a true Zumbo of course, it’s unlikely officer Perrone’s job was in danger,

A speeder caught by radar and on film multiple times is fighting back. He’s filed a “stalking” complaint against his tormentors. The habitual speeder is Kenessaw GA police officer Richard Perrone but the couple documenting his infractions are not.
“Oh, I’ve caught him going 42, 37, going up the hill, down the hill, all [...]

I was wrong, taser girl makes eight.
Two other Gallatin PD officers resigned in January. Officer Dustin Rush resigned on the 19th after watching porn and “Girls Gone Wild’ at work.  Police Sgt. Jeff Petty resigned on the 9th after two officers he supervised showed their nads to each other. What a department.
Story here.

The Gallatin Police Department has lately been on a roll, on a roll as in heads rolling.   With this rate of attrition the Red Light Cameras Tisdale had installed around town start to make some kind of sense.
The sixth police officer resignation since late October occurred Wednesday.
Negrin, 35, faced three departmental violations for [...]

A Gallatin city police officer resigned October 27 after an internal investigation over an alleged sexual relationship with a 17 year old girl. It’s statutory rape for a man to have consensual sexual relations with a minor four years or more younger than he, when the minor is between the ages of 13 [...]

Justice For Sal, a blog about Salvatore Culosi by his family. Sal Culosi was tragically shot dead by a not too well trained cop while being arrested for sports gambling with his buddies.
I’ve previously mentioned the blog here.
Reminded via a comment caught in my spam filter two days ago.