Liberty In Peril

                                                                                              formerly,

                                                                                       The Llano Ledger

Decay In Law Enforcement 15         From 7-7-17 And Continuing  ©2017 All Rights Reserved

8-25-17

The following email was sent to the Sheriff 8-23-17:

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff                                      Copyright 2017 Tim Chorney, Publisher, Liberty In Peril
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

Re: Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Sheriff:

Archive and retain all reports vis a vis damage to the Pace Arrow resulting from egregious abuse of authority perpetrated by Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, on the Berardi property in Kingsland on 8-16-17.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

c. Liberty In Peril


8-25-17

The following is outrageous.  Uncalled for.  NPR reports:

"Police in Kissimmee, Fla., just south of Orlando, reported late Friday that two officers there had been shot.  Officer Matthew Baxter, a 3-year veteran of the department, was killed, and Sgt. Sam Howard, a 10-year veteran, was in "grave critical condition," Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell told reporters early Saturday.  Baxter was married to another officer and had three children. Howard is also married and a father.  Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs had earlier written on Twitter that both had been killed, calling the shooting a "[h]eartbreaking loss of two of Kissimmee's finest officers."

In follow up and sadly, The Washington Post reports:

"All the shootings were “deflating to law enforcement and heartbreaking,” Kissimmee Chief Jeff O’Dell told reporters, shortly after he announced that Officer Matthew Baxter had died of his injuries. Sgt. Sam Howard died Saturday, police announced on Facebook Saturday afternoon."

Insult to injury?

"Later in the same night, two other officers were shot in a separate incident about 165 miles north, in Jacksonville, Fla.

    "Two police officers shot: If you are inclined to do so, say a prayer for our two #JSO officers that have been shot.
    — Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) August 19, 2017

"The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office wrote that one of the officers was in critical condition and one was in stable condition in local hospitals."

Hopefully, both will fully recover.

"Mike Bruno, the director the office's Department of Patrol and Enforcement, told reporters that four or five officers responded to an "attempted suicide call" at a home around 11 p.m. They thought it was an active shooter situation after hearing gunshots from inside.  A suspect "began shooting through the door at the officers," using a "high-powered rifle," then went outside and exchanged gunfire with the officers, Bruno said.  The suspect was shot by police and died at a hospital."

Whole world's gone nuts:

"In a third separate incident, in southwest Pennsylvania, two Pennsylvania state troopers were shot in Fairchance Friday. The suspect in that incident was also killed.  KDKA has more:  State police say both troopers were alert and conscious after the shooting. One trooper was flown to a nearby hospital, and another was transported by ambulance.  Sources tell KDKA that one trooper was shot in the stomach and was in surgery at a hospital in Morgantown around 10:30 p.m. Sources say the other trooper was shot in the hand.  Sources say troopers were serving a warrant when the shooting broke out."


8-25-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Seventy weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Seventy weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Seventy weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees. This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


8-25-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


8-25-17

Think the jackbooted bastards in blue don't get their cookies off abusing the citizenry?  Wake up.  CBS News reports:

"On the evening of June 20, 2015, 20-year-old Charneshia Corley was pulled over by Harris County deputies for allegedly running a stop sign.  According to a lawsuit Corley filed against the county, deputies claimed to smell marijuana coming from her car, but found none in a search of the vehicle. And that's when things escalated.  A dashcam surveillance video, released Monday by Corley's attorney, shows a handcuffed Corley being thrown to the ground by a female officer. Although the video is somewhat obscured, the lawsuit claims that deputies took off Corley's pants, opened her legs, and searched her, shined a flashlight onto her "naked genital area" and "penetrated her vagina," all in a convenience store parking lot."

Did the jackbooted bitches get their cookies off?

"The video shows Corley lying on the ground with her legs open while two female officers alternately stand and kneel over her for approximately 11 minutes. A male officer stands close by, his back mostly to Corley and the other officers. CBS News decided not to publish the full video, due to its graphic nature."

Should have been published regardless.  The public has a right to know precisely how police conduct themselves.

"According to Corley's lawsuit, "officers claimed to have found .02 ounces of marijuana" on Corley. The suit claims she was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and resisting arrest, but those charges were dropped."

A goddamned ruse.  If not, think they would have dropped the charges?

"In June 2016, two of the deputies were indicted on charges of official oppression for allegedly mistreating Corley while on the job. According to Harris County District Attorney's Office Civil Rights Division Chief Natasha Sinclair, if the deputies had been found guilty, they would have faced up to one year behind bars, and/or a $4000 fine, and would likely have lost their jobs. The case was scheduled to go to trial on Monday, August 7, but according to Sinclair, their office "found significant new evidence that we believed we had to present to the grand jury."  So, on the Friday before the trial was to begin, prosecutors dropped the charges and presented the case to a new grand jury. That grand jury declined to indict the officers."

No goddamned justice in a fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  The greatest threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties is no foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element.  It remains all levels and branches of government and their criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"Corley's lawsuit against the county - which was filed in August 2016, soon after the deputies were originally indicted - alleges that the officers broke the law "by conducting an unreasonable and illegal strip search and an unreasonable and illegal manual body cavity search prior to arresting Ms. Corley, without a warrant and without any probable cause," and that Harris County "failed to properly train, supervise and discipline its officers...in regards to searches of persons," leading to Ms. Corley's rights being violated."

The doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.  An unwanted dreaded, second American revolution catastrophically looming on the horizon.  Hear the rumble?

"The Harris County Sheriff's Office did not respond to questions about whether the deputies involved were investigated or disciplined by the department, but confirmed that the two who were initially indicted are still employed at HSCO. The department also issued a statement saying that HCSO policy "prohibits deputies from conducting strip searches without a warrant. In cases in which a warrant is obtained, strip searches must be conducted in a private, sanitary, and appropriate facility."

Why weren't the jackbooted bastards prosecuted for sexual assault?

"Cammack says Corley is suing for $15 million and the civil case is set to go to trial in January 2018. He told Crimesider he plans to ask for an independent prosecutor to look into the DA's handling of the case against the deputies."

Precisely, how revolutions spawn.


8-25-17

Think Trump should pardon Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona?  Believe it proper to pardon a racist nazi former sheriff who abused authority, flouted the law, a judge's order?  No problem with that?  NPR reports:

"Trump told Fox News earlier this week that he was "seriously considering" a pardon for Arpaio. He called the sheriff "a great American patriot" and said he'd done "a lot in the fight against illegal immigration."

Didn't matter to the Trump nazi Arpaio broke the law, abused prisoners, reined the County like a fiefdom, was a law unto himself.  None of that matters to a nazi fuhrer desperate to transform the fascist police-state we already live in to the Fourth Reich.

"The administration announced the president would hold a campaign style rally in Phoenix next Tuesday, and the president posted a link for tickets."

Becoming of a U.S. president to stoke the insanity of racists and neo-nazis?

"It makes me feel good that at least someone is backing me up. And how much better can you get than president of the United States?" Arpaio said."

The Trump nazi is backing a racist, an outlaw, and a fellow bona fide nazi.

"Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat, released a statement Wednesday urging Trump to reconsider holding Tuesday's rally. He said if Trump was coming to Phoenix to pardon Arpaio, "then it will be clear that his true intent is to enflame emotions and further divide our nation."

Exactly, Trump's intention.

"Arpaio, now 85 years old, believes he and the president have both been unfairly smeared as racists. He predicts Trump will end up being regarded as the greatest president in American history, "We need him and I feel sad how they're trying to destroy him. It makes me sick. I'll tell you one thing he's got guts and courage and that's what this country needs."

This is one sick racist nazi son of a bitch.  An exigent threat to all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"The self-styled "America's Toughest Sheriff" has been having a tough time of it lately. After becoming America's former toughest sheriff after losing his latest re-election campaign in November, he was convicted last month of criminal contempt by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton for "willfully violating an order of the court" to end his deputies' crackdown on immigrants.  The sheriff believed he had the legal right to instruct his deputies to detain Hispanic drivers and pedestrians and inquire about their legal status. The federal courts had previously disagreed, and the judge found that Arpaio knew he was violating their order when his deputies continued doing it."

A sheriff has no authority to enforce federal law.  To detain someone, when you have no legal authority to do so, is a direct violation of the United States Constitution.

"Arpaio will be sentenced in October. He faces a possible six-month prison sentence."

Nowhere near long enough.  Only the tip of the iceberg of this nazi's criminal offenses:

"Arpaio made a national reputation for himself out of the way he treated prisoners, housing them in tents in triple digit temperatures, forcing them to eat recovered food, and to wear pink underwear. Chain gangs were his specialties. But it was the creation of an immigration posse that created legal consequences for the sheriff— thousands of citizens who were enlisted to help Maricopa County deputies enforce immigration law. The federal courts slapped the sheriff down and stripped him of his immigration enforcement authority. Arpaio's posse eventually disbanded."

The above is what sparks revolutions.

Insult to injury?

"Arpaio hinted that if he's pardoned he'll consider running for office again. "I've got a lot of options out there. I'm not going away."

You're out of uniform, Joe.  Where is your swastika armband, you nazi son of a bitch?


8-25-17

Continuing problems in the jackbooted world of ICE and BP.  ABC News reports:

"The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents has declined over the past year, despite President Donald Trump’s emphasis on increasing the ranks of the agency to carry out his border security agenda.  There are currently 19,407 agents, which is 335 fewer agents than 10 months ago, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data."

Breaks your heart, doesn't it?

"In January, Trump signed an executive order directing CBP to immediately begin the process of hiring 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents. The order also called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hire 10,000 federal agents and officers."

Insanity.  For what?  For a non-existent, no-so-cleverly manufactured non-problem?  No more than a delusion of a nazi fuhrer in a supposed democratic republic?  Think that bullshit?  Wake up:

"A recent Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found that both agencies are facing "significant challenges" in identifying, recruiting and hiring the number of law enforcement officers mandated in the executive orders.  The report also found that neither CBP nor ICE could provide "complete data to support the operational need or deployment strategies" for the additional 15,000 agents and officers they were directed to hire."

Clearly, none of this has been carefully thought out, or justified.  No more than the whim of a nazi fuhrer masquerading as president of the United States.  Carefully consider the following:

“We know that the president wants us to hire 5,000 agents, so we look forward to seeing how Congress enacts the budget for ’18 and that will tell us what we’re funded to hire, recognizing that we want to meet or exceed those goals to the greatest extent that we can," said Jacksta."

Make sense?

"Another inspector general report, released in August, found that CBP administered polygraph tests to applicants after they had already given information "disqualifying" them from being hired."

Didn't the Trump nazi claim he'd run the country like a business?  Isn't that what you Llano County Republican nazis wanted him to do?  See any evidence of it to date?  Forget?  He made his wealth the old fashioned way.  Stole it.  Fleeced contractors, looted students at the defunct Trump 'University,' misappropriated charitable proceeds from the Trump 'Foundation,' six bankruptcies, four of which he owns up to.  List can go on and on.

"The testing cost CBP about $5.1 million on more than 2,300 polygraphs, between 2013 and 2016, for applicants with “significant pre-test admissions of wrongdoing," including illegal drug use, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and in once case an applicant who, during the pre-test interview, admitted to participating in the gang rape of an intoxicated and unconscious woman."

Jesus Christ.  The nazi bastard has done nothing to reverse any of this goddamned bullshit.  None of it.  This, your definition of good business practice?

"This "slows the process for qualified applicants; wastes polygraph resources on unsuitable applicants; and will make it more difficult for CBP to achieve its hiring goals,” read the report.  CBP agreed with the report's findings and said it was taking steps to "aggressively" fix the testing issues."

Keystone Kops.

Coup de grace?  Get this:

"Today, the department has to go through around 100 people to hire one agent, but two years ago, CBP needed 270 applicants to hire one person, according to the department. Jacksta attributed that to the agencies’ increased “transparency” about the requirements to complete the hiring process.  However, according to the inspector general, Border Patrol would need around 750,000 applicants to meet the president’s goals."

Think these clueless bastards aren't bringing out the crazies, eliciting the hopelessly insane?  Fox News reports:

"A Vermont man’s alleged weapon of choice during an argument about immigration enforcement with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was liquid manure."

You read it right.  LOL.

"Mark Johnson, who says his livelihood in agriculture has been nearly ruined by illegal immigrants working on local farms, is accused of spraying a border patrol vehicle with manure on Aug. 3 at the edge of a farm field about two miles south of the Canadian border.  He is due in court Thursday in North Hero to answer charges of assault and disorderly conduct."

None of it makes sense since farmers are desperate for cheap foreign labor who, unlike American workers, will work for what amounts to slave wages.

"The 53-year-old man, who does custom manure spreading in northern Vermont, told the Lake Champlain Islander, a weekly newspaper, he was unhappy with the lack of serious efforts by the immigration agency when it comes to illegal immigrants allowed to work on local farms."

This guy is out of his mind.

“The Border Patrol, the sheriffs, state police, game wardens can’t go onto the farms,” Johnson said."

Constitution requires a warrant, probable cause.  If an exception is made, who's next?

"He told the Associated Press that he asked the Border Patrol agent why authorities were not doing more -- and he didn’t like the answer."

Clearly, didn't.

"I used to go to all these farms, spread liquid manure and help them with chopping and everything else," he said. "Then the illegals started coming in, more and more and more, and every time I see the border patrol I stop and ask them, 'Can you please do something about it?'"

He's nuts.  Belongs in an institution:

"The Islander reported the border patrol agent said Johnson became very agitated and he figured he would get out of the way so Johnson could resume spreading manure on the field.  The officer said in police documents he thinks Johnson tried to spray the cruiser twice, but missed the first time. The second time, the entire right side of the vehicle was covered with manure."

Nothing quite like the shit hitting the fan, is there?


8-18-17

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... Unlike an achingly clueless Llano County Sheriff's Office.  Much more to come as this gallingly pathetic story develops.


8-18-17

Can be quite dangerous being an officer.  CBS News reports:

"A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 35 years for opening fire at a police officer, striking him four times, in a shooting captured by a camera in the officer's glasses.  Solicitor Duffie Stone announced Wednesday that a jury found 29-year-old Malcolm Orr of Estill guilty of attempted murder and possessing a weapon in a violent crime. Orr received the maximum sentence for each charge.  Stone said Estill Officer Quincy Smith was responding to a call on New Year's Day 2016 about someone trying to snatch groceries from customers. Smith spotted Orr walking from the store while holding his cellphone to his ear and ordered him to stop. Smith threatened to use his Taser if Orr didn't remove his other hand from his pocket.  Orr pulled out a 9 mm handgun and fired eight times."

No question, extremely dangerous job.

"Smith scrambled back to his patrol car and radioed for help as Orr fled.  "Tell my family that I love them," Smith told a dispatcher.  Bullets broke two bones in Smith's arm, severed a vein in his neck, and passed through his upper torso.  "If but not for the grace of God and some very good doctors, this would not only have been a murder case, but a death penalty case," Stone said in a statement."

In a follow up article, CBS News reports:

"The officer retreated to his cruiser to call for backup, as Orr kept shooting.  "I thought I was going to die right then, and I told dispatch to tell my family I love them, because I thought I wasn't going to make it," Smith says.  Orr was arrested by officers who responded to the scene."

The officer, who is black, is recovering and plans to return to work:

"Smith remains on medical leave and hopes to return to work Jan. 1. All the department's 15 officers are now required to wear body cameras."

Great change in policy.  Protects the public as well as officers.


8-18-17

A K-9 can certainly save the day.  CBS News reports:

"A canine with the Adams County Sheriff's Office saved a deputy who was fighting with a suspect, CBS Denver reports.  A sheriff's deputy responded to a trespassing call around 1 a.m. on Saturday. While on the call, a man the deputy was talking to jumped a fence to get away.  The deputy ran after the man -- later identified as 25-year-old Gabriel Steven Garcia -- and became separated from his K-9 officer, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois named Lex.  The two began fighting.  According to the sheriff's office, Lex managed to unlatch a gate with his paw and come to the rescue of his handler. Garcia was subsequently apprehended and charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault in the attack on the deputy."

Remarkable dog, isn't he?


8-18-17

Consider the following.  Fox News reports:

"World War II veteran Marvin Strombo returned a Japanese flag to the family of the fallen soldier he recovered it from more than 70 years ago.  Strombo, 93, who was part of an elite U.S. Marines scout-sniper platoon, told The Associated Press how he came across the flag and why he needed to return it."

Quite a story:

"Strombo discovered the flag in 1944 during a battle in Saipan when he spotted a dead Japanese soldier lying on the ground. Strombo saw a white cloth poking out from the man’s pocket where he discovered the silk flag filled with elegant calligraphy.  He took the flag home with him to Oregon.   More than 70 years later, Strombo is returning the Japanese flag to his fallen enemy's family. He arrived Friday in Tokyo, the first stop in a 10,000-mile journey into the remote mountainside to bring the keepsake back to the man's home village — back to a brother and two sisters who could never say goodbye.  "I realized there were no bullets or shrapnel wounds, so I knew he was killed by the blast of a mortar," Strombo told The Associated Press.  “I think that soldier wanted me to find him for some reason.”

Closure.  For a bereaved family.

"The flags were given to Japanese soldiers for good luck. Relatives, neighbors and friends signed their names on the flags.  Allied troops frequently took them from the bodies of their enemies as souvenirs. They have a deep significance because most Japanese families never learned how their loved ones died and never received remains.  Strombo kept the flag hung in a glass-fronted gun cabinet in his home for years. He wrote letters to learn more about the flag but eventually put it aside. He did not know Japanese and, in an era before the Internet, making any headway was difficult."

Amazing how life often goes full circle.  ... If one, indeed, lives long enough.

"Then, in 2012, the son of his former commanding officer contacted him about a book he was writing on the platoon.  Through him, Strombo reached out to the Obon Society, a nonprofit in Oregon that helps U.S. veterans and their descendants return Japanese flags to the families of fallen soldiers.  A week later, researchers discovered the flag belonged to Yasue Sadao by reading the script on the flag. They traced the corporal to a tea-growing village of about 2,400 people in the mountains roughly 200 miles west of Tokyo.  The calligraphy on the flag were the signatures of 180 friends and neighbors who saw Yasue off to war in Higashi Shirakawa, including 42 of his relatives. Seven of the original signatories are still alive, including Yasue’s 89-year-old brother and two sisters."

Life going full circle:

"The Obon Society has returned about 125 flags and gets about five inquiries a day from aging soldiers who regret their actions and want to return the flags before they die. The group believes there are similar flags still hidden across the U.S. that could give answers to other families.  Strombo will be the first WWII veteran to return a flag in person to a Japanese family through the Obon Society.  Strombo can also help give the family some closure and show where Yasue died.  "I knew he was young because I could see his profile as I bent over him. He was laying on his back, kind of on his left side," Strombo said.  Only two other men in Strombo's platoon of 40 are still alive.  "It got so I kind of wanted to meet the family, you know," he said, his voice growing raspy. "I know it means so much to them."


8-18-17

Consider the following.  Could be disastrous if upheld on appeal.  CBS News reports:

"An Alabama judge ruled Thursday that a law barring teachers from having sexual relationships with students old enough to consent is unconstitutional.  Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson dismissed charges Thursday against 44-year-old Carrie Witt, a former teacher at Decatur High School, and 27-year-old David Solomon, a former contract teacher at Falkville High School. Witt is accused of having sex with two students who are over the age of 16, the state's legal age of consent. Solomon is accused of having sex with one student over the age of 16."

Should it matter whether or not the students are at the legal age of consent?  Think parents would want their kid having sex with a teacher?  Think it an appropriate relationship?

"CBS affiliate WHNT reports that Thompson ruled that prosecutors must prove that the teacher used a "position of authority" to "coerce, groom, or otherwise obtain the illegitimate consent of the alleged victims."  Thompson said that while there may be a gap in power between teacher and student, it "clearly does not exist between every school employee and every student regardless of where that student is enrolled."

Slippery slope.  The ruling will be appealed.


8-18-17

In follow up to earlier editions of this publication and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"The father and the fiancé of an Australian woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call grieved at a public memorial service Friday night, the same time the family had planned to be on a plane to her wedding.  Justine Damond's father, John Ruszczyk, choked back tears as he vowed to find justice for his 40-year-old daughter, whom he described as being "ripped from our arms."  "We should be walking down the street smiling and laughing," he said of his first visit to Minneapolis. "But now every step on the foot path is very painful. I feel crushed by sorrow."

Still no resolution to the inexplicable killing of this woman by a jackbooted bastard in blue.

"Her fiancé, Don Damond, said it "felt like a privilege to love Justine." They were getting married next week in Hawaii, and he pointed out the painful irony that the service - held at a lakefront stage near her home in southwest Minneapolis - coincided with the family's original travel plans."

Yet, the son of a bitch responsible for killing her refuses to be interviewed by investigators, has not been fired, not arrested.  Why not?  This piece of shit is being protected, coddled.

"As Damond's loved ones mourned their loss, the investigation into her death moved forward. A judge approved a search warrant for investigators to examine the smartphones of two Minneapolis police officers in the shooting.  The search warrant application was filed Thursday by an agent with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The agent requested permission to download data from the iPhones issued by the Minneapolis Police Department.  The application states that the information "may more clearly define" the officers' actions before and after she was killed on July 15. Investigators have said Officer Mohamed Noor shot the 40-year-old woman after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home."

If the phones are indeed issued by the department, why is a search warrant necessary?  Why weren't investigators granted immediate access?

"Noor's partner, Officer Matthew Harrity, told investigators a noise startled him just before Damond approached their police SUV. Noor was in the passenger seat and shot Damond through the open driver-side window. Noor has declined to be interviewed by investigators and cannot be compelled to do so."

The killer officer indeed has a right not to incriminate himself by talking to investigators.  Why hasn't he been fired and arrested?  Quickly charged as any other citizen would have been under similar circumstances?  Why the double standard?

"The two officers had not activated their body cameras. Minneapolis police officers are now required to have those cameras on when they respond to calls or make traffic stops."

Why hadn't they been previously required to do so?  None of this shit adds up.  None of it.


8-18-17

Here is yet another example of egregious aggressive stupidity.  This time perpetrated against a legally armed officer.  The Washington Times reports:

"A Texas police chief is speaking out after he was asked to leave a Woodlands doctor’s office because of his firearm.  Conroe Police Department Chief Philip Dupuis told The Courier that he walked into the Texas Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists office in the 3900 block of Pinecroft Drive last week when the receptionist informed him that he needed to leave his handgun in his car."

This is an officer legally entitled to carry his firearm.  Gallingly, inexplicable?  Get this:

"Chief Dupuis, who was not in uniform, said he identified himself as law enforcement and had his badge and police identification card clearly visible before he was asked to take his gun outside.  “It’s just bad,” Chief Dupuis told The Courier. “My badge is clearly displayed. I have my lanyard on with ‘police’ on my ID card hanging around my neck. I had handcuffs. The lobby was full of people, and they asked me to leave because of who I am.”

Unbelievable.

"The doctor’s office had clearly posted signs outside saying firearms are prohibited, and since Chief Dupuis was not on official business, he said they had every right to kick him out for whatever reason."

Unbelievable.  This guy is a cop.

"But that doesn’t mean he agrees with them. He wrote on Facebook that he had “never been so embarrassed” in his 35 years of law enforcement.  Texas ENT Office Manager Ryan Johnson said he has apologized to Chief Dupuis personally.  “Mr. Dupuis identified himself as a police officer,” Mr. Johnson told The Courier. “This situation simply should not have happened.”  “We have personally apologized to Chief Dupuis for any inconvenience or embarrassment he experienced,” Texas ENT said in a Facebook post. “Our company values law enforcement officers and first responders for their selfless service and will serve them and our communities with the utmost respect."

Gets more convoluted:

"Chief Dupuis said the incident has made him think twice about encouraging his children to go into law enforcement.  “After a day like today, I want to come home and try and talk them out of it,” he said. “I shouldn’t have to talk my children out of being in a profession that I have loved for so long and has provided for me and my family a good life. When I see something like this, I don’t want my kids going through this.”

Give me a break, Chief.  You were doing so well until the above quote.  Should have simply laughed it off.  Not taken it so personally.  There's usually an idiot in every place of business.  You had the misfortune of having run into one that day.  Shrug it off.  Tend to the far more important business of reining in the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who remain an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.


8-18-17

What webs we weave.  A Trump aide gets hers.  Fox News reports:

"Omarosa Manigualt walked out of a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans Friday night after it devolved into chaos as attendees turned their back on the Trump administration aide and “Apprentice” star in protest.  Manigualt took part in a panel discussion on police brutality, engaged in angry exchanges with moderator Ed Gordon and then walked off the stage in disgust, according to reports."

Doesn't your heart bleed?

"Attendees tweeted photos showing people standing with their backs turned to Manigualt as she spoke.

    More attendees turn their back to @OMAROSA presence at #NABJ17 pic.twitter.com/3W0FoG0aRc
    — Haniyyah Sharpe (@OnPoint24_7) August 11, 2017

She talked about the murders of her father and brother but things went south when Gordon of Bounce TV asked her about what she was doing to advocate on behalf of blacks and Trump’s recent comments on policing in which he seemed to be encouraging police brutality, according to The Associated Press.  Gordon stepped toward Manigault as he questioned her. She accused Gordon of being “aggressive.”

Tough shit.  Can't stand the heat?  Get the hell out of the kitchen.

“When you have someone in the room, you don’t beat the hell out of them,” she told a packed ballroom. “You inform them of what’s going on in the community so they can be an advocate. You don’t walk away from the table because if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

What the hell is that supposed to mean?  The nazi you work for advises police to ramp up violence against those they encounter.  Then you expect not to be challenged?

"Manigault interrupted Gordon as he tried to ask her how she could sit in “a White House with a man who clearly is sending a signal to this country that” police don’t have to treat suspects gently.  “I did my best to keep this civil as possible,” Gordon said after Manigualt said she didn’t want to hear the question.  “If you want to ask about the loss of my father and my brother and the issues I do, ask about my story,” she said. “I’m not going to stand here and defend every single word and statement. Ask questions about me or my father and brother.”

Bullshit.  Far more at stake as the psychotic nazi you work for transforms the fascist police-state we already live in to the Fourth Reich.  You don't understand that?

"Pressed on Trump’s comments and the topic of policing, Manigault said, “It’s not even part of my portfolio,” The New York Times reported."

You work for the nazi son of a bitch, don't you?

“I’m not going to stand here and defend everything about Donald Trump,” she said, according to the paper, adding that the remark was greeted with loud sighs."

This aide has no guts.  What did she expect entering the venue?  A cake walk?

"Two would-be panelists, reporters from The New York Times and the New Yorker dropped out when Manigault was added to the panel at the last minute, according to a report Friday."

That's also a gutless mistake.  Should have been there to challenge her.  Can't remain gutlessly silent as our formerly great country continues to nazify.

"Manigualt walked off the stage when Gordon said it was a “quagmire” that had “reached the point of diminished returns,” according to The Times.  He ended the event by joking, “I’ll see y’all at the White House Christmas Party in December” the paper reported."

Hat's off for your determined effort to figuratively hold her feet to the fire.  Called resistance.


8-18-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-nine weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-nine weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-nine weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees. This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


8-18-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


8-18-17

Consider the following.  Think it professional behavior?  CBS News reports:

"Six deputies of a sheriff's office in South Carolina have been disciplined for engaging in sexual conduct while on duty dating back to 2003, reports CBS Charlotte, N.C. affiliate WBTV.  Documents provided to the station by the York County Sheriff's Office in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show investigators discovered that one female deputy had sex with five different male deputies at various times while on the job."

Busy little bee, wasn't she?

"York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said in a statement Wednesday that an anonymous complaint in late July triggered the investigation.  Tolson says he fired Sgt. Jennifer Forsythe and Deputy Daniel Hamrick after they admitted to sexual encounters on duty between 2012 and 2017.  Sgt. Wayne Richardson, Sgt. Buddy Brown and Capt. Carson Neely were suspended without pay for two weeks, and Lt. Brian Boling was demoted, all for sexual encounters with Forsythe."

Why weren't they all fired?  What they do on their own time is their business.  When on duty, why should taxpayers foot the bill?

"The results of this investigation are very troubling and cast a dark cloud over the York County Sheriff's Office and its reputation as a professional organization," Tolson said in the statement, as quoted by WBTV. "The actions of these officers have undermined the public's confidence in our organization and required swift and serious action."

Then why didn't you fire all of them?

"I showed leniency to those Deputies whose conduct occurred years, even more than a decade ago, but make no mistake, this conduct will not be tolerated in this agency on my watch," the statement continued."

You already did by not firing all of them.  Doesn't matter whether or not this activity occurred on your watch.


8-18-17

Think FBI agents shouldn't undergo more stringent screening?  Fox News reports:

"A former FBI agent remained emotionless and his daughter burst into tears when a North Carolina judge sentenced both of them to prison on Wednesday for murdering the woman's husband.   Thomas Martens, 67, and Molly Corbett, 33, were found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Corbett's husband, Jason Corbett, who died after being smashed in the head at least 10 times with a baseball bat in 2015, FOX8 reported.  Martens and Corbett, a former model, were sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison, though both defense attorneys have filed appeals. The father-daughter duo both claimed they killed Jason Corbett in self-defense."

Think so?


8-18-17

Resistance grows to abusive policing.  Fox News reports:

"The owner of Cafe Zola in Ann Arbor wasn't about to let ICE search her restaurant.  (Google Street View)  A restaurateur in Michigan recently tried out a new approach on two immigration agents who wanted to search her cafe: She told them to go away.  Hediye Batu, who co-owns Café Zola in Ann Arbor with her husband Alan Zakalik, reportedly turned away two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who came in to inquire about an employee of theirs on Wednesday afternoon, MLive.com reports."

Let them get a warrant.

"According to Zakalik, who was not present at the time, the worker in question was not on duty, but Batu refused to let the agents look around anyway. They reportedly left the premises soon afterward.  "I was not around when they came in but they did speak to my wife, and she refused them entry," he told MLive. "They wanted to go through the kitchen.”  Zakalik added that the men were carrying weapons and looked “pretty equipped” in their ICE gear — a sight that wasn’t lost on his customers.  "These few people who did notice, they didn't like the intimidation factor when people come in with guns," said Zakalik of the patrons he spoke with."

Precisely, the intent of jackbooted storm troopers.  Resist.  Force them to get a warrant.  If they have no warrant, sue the living shit out of them.

"The restaurant’s ICE visit also comes at a time when Ann Arbor restaurateurs are noticing a marked increase in ICE’s activity in the city, MLive reported late last month. On July 28, several of these restaurant owners and workers gathered together with activists and local officials to discuss the impact it’s had, with some officials reportedly arguing that ICE is making their community worse by tearing apart families."

Clearly, the Trump nazi and his fellow Republicans are not the party of the family.

"The owner of Sava’s, another Ann Arbor eatery, shared similar sentiments shortly after her own interaction with ICE in late May, after they ate at her restaurant before charging into the kitchen.  "It scares the whole community. Today's a great indication even if you have your documentation, and you're at the wrong place at the wrong time, you can still be at risk," she said at the time.  A spokesperson for ICE was not immediately available for comment, but the agency confirmed to MLive that no arrests were made at Café Zola on Wednesday.  "Today's enforcement operations are a part of routine, daily targeted operations conducted by ICE in this region and around the country every day, targeting criminal aliens and other immigration violators," the agency stated."

If the jackbooted bastards charge into your kitchen with no warrant, they're trespassing.  Sue the living shit out of the sons of bitches.


8-18-17

A murderous officer soon to be another community's problem.  NBC News reports:

"A white former Tulsa police officer who resigned after being acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man is going to work for the sheriff's office in a neighboring county.  Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton told reporters in Tulsa that Betty Shelby will work for his office. He did not say what her duties will be, but he has scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning."


8-11-17

Not only are criminal police officers protected by the courts and prosecutors, police chiefs are frequently forced to return these criminal pieces of human excrement to duty.  The Washington Post reports:

"Since 2006, the nation’s largest police departments have fired at least 1,881 officers for misconduct that betrayed the public’s trust, from cheating on overtime to unjustified shootings. But The Washington Post has found that departments have been forced to reinstate more than 450 officers after appeals required by union contracts."

Inexcusable.  Horrendous.  Then, law enforcement bitterly whines, complains it doesn't receive public support?

"Most of the officers regained their jobs when police chiefs were overruled by arbitrators, typically lawyers hired to review the process. In many cases, the underlying misconduct was undisputed, but arbitrators often concluded that the firings were unjustified because departments had been too harsh, missed deadlines, lacked sufficient evidence or failed to interview witnesses."

Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit.  Meanwhile, innocent citizens are abused, shaken down, killed by these recalcitrant pieces of trash.

"A San Antonio police officer caught on a dash cam challenging a handcuffed man to fight him for the chance to be released was reinstated in February. In the District, an officer convicted of sexually abusing a young woman in his patrol car was ordered returned to the force in 2015. And in Boston, an officer was returned to work in 2012 despite being accused of lying, drunkenness and driving a suspected gunman from the scene of a nightclub killing."

Yet, when an ordinary citizen engages in such criminal behavior his ass rightfully winds up in jail.  Not so, a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue.

"The chiefs say the appeals process leaves little margin for error. Yet police agencies sometimes sabotage their own attempts to shed troubled officers by making procedural mistakes. The result is that police chiefs have booted hundreds of officers they have deemed unfit to be in their ranks, only to be compelled to take them back and return them to the streets with guns and badges."

Lack of professionalism, stunning.

“It’s demoralizing, but not just to the chief,” said Charles H. Ramsey, former police commissioner in Philadelphia and chief in the District. Philadelphia and the District together have had to rehire 80 fired officers since 2006, three of them twice."

Precisely, how revolutions are spawned.

“It’s demoralizing to the rank and file who really don’t want to have those kinds of people in their ranks,” Ramsey said. “It causes a tremendous amount of anxiety in the public. Our credibility is shot whenever these things happen.”

That's right.  No question.  Everyone loses.  It's up to the rank and file to do something about this ongoing bullshit.  Handle offenders yourselves.  Arrest the sons of bitches when they commit any crime at all including spitting on the street, littering by discarding a cigarette butt, etc..  Threaten to resign en masse if a criminal officer is to be reinstated.  You do have the power to do something about this ongoing cancer among yourselves.

Force change in your unions.  Make sure they don't protect and defend officers who have no business being on the force.  These assholes present an exigent threat not only to the public, but the security of good officers as well.  Since no change can be expected in the courts and prosecution, it is us up to the rank and file to force the issue.


8-11-17

Matters are apparently worsening in Missouri.  CBS News reports:

"Americans used to getting warnings about the potential dangers of traveling overseas, but this summer, the NAACP put out an extraordinary warning about travel here at home -- in Missouri.  The warning advises "extreme caution," saying travelers could be subject to "discrimination and harassment."  "They're legalizing discrimination in the state of Missouri," says attorney Nimrod Chapel Jr., president of the NAACP in Missouri.  He says a bill recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is so dangerous that he has a name for it.  "The Jim Crow bill," he says, "because in the eyes of the NAACP that's what it was breathing life into."

Racist, Nazi America.  A fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

CNN reports:

"Last week, the NAACP issued a travel advisory of its own, warning people of color that their civil rights could be violated in the state of Missouri.  The advisory, issued by the Missouri NAACP State Conference and endorsed by the national organization, is the first of its kind in the civil rights organization's 108-year history. "Individuals traveling in the state are advised to travel with extreme CAUTION," the advisory says. "Race, gender and color based crimes have a long history in Missouri."

Sadly, that's true.

"Rod Chapel Jr., Missouri NAACP State Conference president, said Senate Bill 43 -- a new state law making it more difficult to sue for housing or employment discrimination -- coupled with a long history of civil rights violations and discrimination forced the action.  Senate Bill 43 drastically shifts the burden of proof from defendant to plaintiff in employment and other discrimination cases, Gerald Early, chair of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote last week.  "Before, a plaintiff had to show that race or gender bias was a contributing factor to dismissal," Early said.  "Under 43, the plaintiff must prove that bias was, in effect, the sole reason that explains the treatment he or she received."  The Missouri NAACP State Conference calls it a "Jim Crow Bill."

Clearly, a determined step backwards.  ... In deference to the Trump nazi and his sidekick the Sessions nazi?

"The NAACP advisory -- which the organization's St. Louis County branch opposed -- cited several incidents in Missouri as examples of discrimination and "looming danger" for people of color who venture there.  Among them is the case of Tory Sanford, an African-American man who died in a Missouri jail cell in May after getting lost and running out of gas on a drive to Memphis.  It's unclear why Sanford, 28, was taken into custody. However, he was involved in two altercations with jail personnel in his cell, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley told CNN affiliate WKRN. His death is under investigation."

Race relations continue to deteriorate:

"Negotiations on reforms to the police force and municipal court system began after a 2015 Justice Department investigation found that the Ferguson Police Department discriminated against African-Americans, targeting them disproportionately for traffic stops, use of force and jail sentences.  The NAACP's travel advisory also cited a state attorney general report that found African-American drivers were 75% more likely to be stopped and searched than white drivers."


8-11-17

Think the following tolerable in a supposed democratic republic?  CBS News reports:

"The Nebraska State Patrol has for years forced female recruits to submit to invasive, medically unnecessary pelvic exams performed by a male doctor before they can be hired, according to a new federal lawsuit that has prompted a criminal investigation.  State Trooper Brienne Splittgerber filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the patrol, the state of Nebraska, two former patrol heads and various other people, accusing them of creating a hostile work environment for women."

No more than sexual assault by the physician.  To say nothing of complicity of the Nebraska State Patrol.

"Immediately upon learning of these allegations in June, the Governor instructed his Chief Human Resources Officer to review this matter, which has subsequently resulted in a criminal investigation by the State Patrol," Taylor Gage, a spokesman for Gov. Pete Ricketts, said in a written statement Wednesday."

To date, no one arrested.  No one held accountable.  Fox guarding the chicken coop.

"State Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said no NSP recruits have undergone the pelvic exams since December 2016. Thomas did not comment on who was under investigation."

Why not?  Why no transparency?

"The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, saying women recruits for years have been required to undress from the waist down for a vaginal and rectal examination. The lawsuit says Splittgerber was told the exam was required to check for hernias, but male recruits were generally not required to undress or undergo such invasive exams."

How about that?  Were the 'doctor' and State Patrol getting their cookies off?

"Subjecting the plaintiff and other female trooper candidates to a medically unnecessary and sexually invasive procedure is outrageous conduct which goes beyond all possible bounds of decency and is utterly intolerable in a civilized community," according to the lawsuit, filed by Omaha attorney Tom White."

Called sexual assault.

"Splittgerber submitted to the exam in 2014 before she was hired by the patrol in 2015, saying in her lawsuit that she was required by a Lincoln doctor hired by the patrol to remove her pants and lie on her back, then her stomach, to be examined.  Splittgerber complained to her superiors after being told by her family doctor that there was no legitimate medical purpose for the exam. She was told an investigation was underway, the lawsuit says, but was disturbed that female patrol candidates from subsequent recruitment classes continued to be sent to the same doctor to submit to the exams."

The son of a bitch is a sexual predator.  Why hasn't his ass been arrested?  What is his identity?

"Dr. Karen Carlson, an OB-GYN with Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, said it would be highly unusual to conduct a pelvic exam for a possible hernia. Pressing the abdomen with a hand would be standard for such a check, she said.  "There would be no reason to look in the genital or anal area," Carlson said. "We might have them loosen their pants, but I wouldn't think there would be any need to disrobe."

Called sexual assault.  Why comply when what you're asked to do does not sound right?  Stand up.  Question.  Don't submit.  Wake up.


8-11-17

Another case of egregious injustice.  NBC News reports:

"The state of Alabama took 30 years of Anthony Ray Hinton's life when they sent him to death row for two murders he did not commit.  Now they won’t give him a dime."

Precisely, how revolutions spawn.

"Hinton’s application for redress was unanimously approved by a state senate committee earlier this year and an Alabama lawmaker introduced a bill that would have set aside $1.5 million for what the 61-year-old Hinton calls "30 years of hell."  But the state legislature never got around to debating that bill before wrapping up its session in May, leaving Hinton bitter and practically broke two years after his convictions were tossed.  "I feel like I been raped the first time and now they’re raping me again," said Hinton. "I get tired of talking about race, but I have to call a spade a spade. They’re doing this to me because I’m a black man and they have the power. They’re doing this to me because they can."

Nazi America.  A fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Clay Redden, a spokesman for the Alabama State Legislature, confirmed Hinton’s compensation bill “never made it to the Senate floor.”  “It was approved 11 to nothing” by the state Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration, he said. “But that’s as far as it got. It was a rough session getting things passed.”

No excuse.  Alabama has a well-earned reputation for racism.

"In addition to having a busy agenda, the legislature was wrapped up in the drama surrounding Gov. Robert Bentley, who was dubbed the “Love Gov” after he was accused of trying to cover up an adulterous affair with a former adviser. He resigned in April to avoid impeachment.  “We just ran out of time,” said State Sen. Paul Bussman, the Republican lawmaker who sponsored the bill to compensate Hinton."

Bullshit excuse.  Had it been a white victim of the system, truly believe the bastards wouldn't have found a way to do the right thing?

Here is the unbridled nazism:

"But Alabama lawmakers did manage to pass the Fair Justice Act, which is designed to speed up executions by reducing the number of years death row inmates can appeal their sentences."

A goddamned fascist police-state.  How many more innocent victims will wind up getting executed for a crime they did not commit?

"In an April opinion piece for the Alabama Media Group, Hinton said that if that law had been around while was behind bars “I would have been executed despite my innocence.”

Precisely what white nazis in the Republican Party desperately want.  -- While these outrageous, hypocritical, fascist sons of bitches get down on bended knee each Sunday to thank the Good Lord for their good fortune.  Human excrement.  Pieces of shit.

"Hinton landed in a 5-by-8 foot cell that would be his home for 10,419 days after he was convicted of the 1985 murders of two Birmingham-area fast-food managers, John Davidson and Thomas Wayne Vason. Both men had been gunned down in separate fast-food robberies.  There were no witnesses. No fingerprints were found at the crime scenes.  But Hinton was arrested after a fast food worker picked him out of a photo lineup. And he was convicted after prosecutors convinced a jury that a .388 caliber revolver taken from his mother’s home was the murder weapon."

The prosecutors themselves need to be on death row.  Statutes need to change.  Any prosecutor who determinedly, willfully, falsely charges and convicts an innocent person of capital murder needs to be himself/herself charged.  If found guilty, executed.  Equal justice.  Sovereign immunity has been egregiously bastardized in Nazi America.  This must change.

"Hinton insisted he did not kill anyone and that he was the victim of racist prosecutors and police officers.  "I was convicted solely on the state’s assertion that a gun in my mother’s home was the weapon used to commit these two murders," he would later write.  "Because my appointed lawyer failed to get adequate expert assistance to prove that the prosecutor’s claims about this weapon were false, I was convicted and sentenced to death."

Nazi America.  Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini cheering on their fiery perches.

"It wasn’t until 1999 that the state’s case against Hinton began cracking.  Experts hired by the Equal Justice Initiative, which took up the Hinton case, had the so-called murder weapon and the bullets recovered from the victims tested by a team of forensic experts.  Their conclusion? No match."

Jesus Christ.  Nazi justice.  Out of control jackbooted bastards.  Going back to 1999 when they had the first inclination an innocent man had been railroaded?  Give me a break.

Raw nazism:

"But the state Attorney General’s Office refused repeated requests by Hinton’s lawyers to run their own tests on the revolver and bullets.  So Hinton languished in a cell for 16 more years before the U.S. Supreme Court finally ordered the Alabama AG’s office to do the tests. He was released in April 2015 after Jefferson Court Judge Laura Petro granted the state's motion to dismiss the charges on the grounds there was not enough evidence to conclusively link Hinton to the crimes."

Precisely why statutes need to change to allow for execution of prosecutors, police responsible for deliberate, malicious, false, capital murder prosecutions.

"Hinton, who makes ends meet by occasionally talking to college classes about what he endured, said he has no choice but to go through the grueling process again.  “When I got out I had no income to speak of,” he said. "The state of Alabama gave me no clothes, no food, no place to live. To take thirty years of my life and not give me one dime, that’s not right. That’s not justice. I would like to ask the world, where is my justice?”

There is none in a racist, fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


8-11-17

Another apparent act of domestic terror.  CBS News reports:

"Police are investigating a reported explosion at a Muslim community center Saturday morning in Bloomington, CBS Minnesota reports.  Police say the explosion was reported at about 5:05 a.m. at that Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, outside Minneapolis.  The building sustained fire and smoke damage, but there were no injuries."

Thankfully, especially since there were people there at the time:

"Asad Zaman, the executive director of Muslim American Society of Minnesota, said in a press conference Saturday morning that the blast occurred during early morning prayers. The explosion occurred in the imam's office at the center. A window was broken, and Zaman said he assumes the bomb was thrown into the office.  Zaman said a member of the congregation saw a pickup speeding away from the parking lot."

The faith community needs to rise to the occasion:

"Zaman said a $10,000 reward has been offered for information about the incident. Local faith leaders plan to meet later Saturday."


8-11-17

In follow up to an earlier edition, NPR reports:

"A federal jury in Brooklyn, N.Y., has convicted former pharmaceutical executive and "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli of securities fraud."

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

"He was found guilty Friday on three counts — two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud — out of a total of eight counts. Shkreli is best known for increasing the price of a life-saving drug for people with AIDS by 5,000 percent, from $13.50 to $750 per pill, when he was head of Turing Pharmaceuticals."

Unfathomable greed.

"Shkreli has not been sentenced and faces up to 20 years in prison, as WSHU's Charles Lane tells our Newscast unit. Still, he declared victory when he was acquitted of what he termed the most "important charges."  "After the verdict was read, Shkreli and his lawyer said they were pleased and anticipated a light sentencing with minimal fines and no jail time," Lane reported. "During the trial, Shkreli openly mocked prosecutors and ultimately never took the stand in his defense."

Likely, he'll spend little to no time in prison.  If he does, will be at a 'country club.'  Not a gulag afforded other non-white collar criminals.


8-11-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-eight weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-eight weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-eight weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


8-11-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


8-11-17

In follow up to an earlier edition, a lawsuit has been filed against another criminal jackbooted bastard in blue.  NBC News reports:

"The family of a 15-year-old black Illinois teen seen pinned down by an off-duty police officer in a video that went viral in June filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Village of Lansing and the officer involved on Thursday.  The officer, who has not been named by the police department, “choked, throttled and battered” Jordan Brunson and as a result the teen continues to suffer from “bodily injury, pain, severe mental and emotional distress, fear, anguish, humiliation” according to the lawsuit obtained by NBC News."

The public is entitled to know the identity of their jackbooted oppressors.  Why are these pieces of shit protected, coddled, not held accountable for their crimes, not even identified so the public can protect itself from these goddamned out of control predators?

"The family is requesting disciplinary action be taken against the officer, an audit of the use of force within the Lansing police department and financial compensation. Andrew M. Stroth, a civil rights attorney representing Jordan and his family said they are pressing the city to do the right thing.  “Earlier today, the Brunson family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Village of Lansing and the police officer who used excessive force and threatened to kill 15-year-old Jordan Brunson,” Stroth said in an email. “The family wants to send a message to the Mayor of Lansing and the Police Department. They want to make sure this does not happen to any other child."

Until criminal officers receive long prison sentences in our nation's gulags and/or executed, nothing will change.

"In June, a video posted on social media shows the officer crouching over Jordan, pinning him with one knee and a hand on his neck and upper chest.  Let me go,” the teen is heard telling the officer.  “No, you come on my property I’m going to f***ing kill you,” the officer responds."

Do the same to a cop, guess what?  Get convicted of attempted capital murder.

"When Jordan asks the officer why he had him on the ground, the officer says, “Because your friend is being a f***ing idiot.” As he tries to get up the officer shoves him back on the ground and puts his hands at his neck again. “You’re trespassing in my f***ing yard you understand that?” the officer says."

Think this piece of jackbooted shit fit to be a goddamned cop?  Not psychotic?


8-11-17

In follow up to an earlier edition, CBS/AP reports:

"Minnesota state investigators have obtained the training records of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an Australian woman who had called 911.  The Star Tribune reports that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension issued a search warrant for the training records of Officers Mohamed Noor and Matthew Harrity.  Agent Brent Petersen wrote in his warrant application that the records will supplement the evidence obtained thus far. He received the records Friday.  The BCA says records confirmed that both officers "completed state mandated training in order to maintain an active peace officer license," CBS Minnesota reports."

The unanswered question is why would investigators need a search warrant to get these records?  Why weren't they voluntarily turned over?

"Noor shot 40-year-old Justine Damond last month after she called 911 to report hearing a possible sexual assault behind her home. According to a warrant filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a woman "slapped" the side of the squad car before the shooting. According to investigators, Noor shot across his partner and hit Damond."

The following remains inexplicable:

"The warrant shows that Minneapolis police command staff voluntarily gave investigators body camera videos, the officers' iPhones, the officers' patrol vehicle and audio of 911 calls and police radio traffic."

Why would they stonewall training records?  Makes no sense.  Especially, since they apparently were in order.


8-11-17

In follow up to an earlier edition, more problems for Baltimore.  CNN reports:

"More than 30 cases involving three Baltimore police officers who are the subjects of an evidence-planting investigation have been dismissed or are set to be dismissed, the Baltimore City State's Attorney said Friday.  Body camera footage from an arrest in January that appears to show one of the officers hiding drugs at the scene has called the credibility of the trio into question, Marilyn Mosby, State's Attorney for Baltimore City, said.  She said 34 cases will be dismissed while 77 are still being reviewed. Twelve other cases are moving forward.  "Where these officers are material and necessary witnesses, we are dismissing those (34) cases, which rely exclusively on the credibility of these officers," she said.  The cases involved felony drug or firearms charges, Chief Counsel Antonio Gioia said.  The Baltimore Police Department's Internal Affairs division is investigating possible criminal wrongdoing, while the state's attorney office is evaluating what role the officers' testimonies would play in prosecuting cases.  "We have attempted to identify alternative ways to prove those cases where there is independent, corroborative evidence," Mosby told reporters.  The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment Friday night."

Police have lost all credibility in Baltimore.


8-11-17

Consider the following. The Washington Post reports:

"A video taken during a traffic stop in California is drawing debate over the officer’s decision to keep his gun pointed at the passenger for more than nine minutes.  The stop took place last Wednesday morning along U.S. Route 101, south of San Jose, after an officer noticed a car pass him going 85 mph, according to the Campbell Police Department."

Consider the following exchange:

"A video that apparently was recorded by a woman in the car begins as the male passenger is expressing incredulity that the officer has pulled a gun.  “Wow,” the passenger says in the video, laughing. “We’re looking for the f—ing paperwork, bro. Oh my God.”  “I understand that,” the officer replies. “Don’t move, all right?”  The passenger sounds indignant as his hands remain on his lap. “Why are you still pointing that gun at me, bro?” he asks the officer. “Why are you still pointing the gun at me, though? Record this sh-t. Why are you still pointing the gun at me, bro? My hands are right here.”  “I understand,” the officer says.  “No, you don’t understand,” the passenger protests, as the officer tells him to relax. “No, I’m not going to relax. Get the f—king gun off me.”

The target ought to be glad the jackbooted thug's trigger finger wasn't trembling.

"A woman in the car asks the officer: “Is that really necessary? His hands are both out.”  The officer says that it is necessary as he waits for backup to arrive, eliciting another round of protests from the vehicle’s passengers. For several more minutes, they remain at an impasse, with the passenger muttering periodic complaints as music plays in the background. The entire time, the officer’s gun is trained on the man.  Toward the end, the officer relays something through the radio and the passenger begins protesting again. At one point in the video, the officer mentions that there had been a screwdriver on the floor of the car."

A goddamned screwdriver?   Point a high-powered weapon at someone more than nine minutes for a screwdriver on the floor?  While his hands are clearly visible?

“Why are you trying to make this bigger than it is, bro?” the passenger says. “We complied with everything you asked for.”  The video lasts a little more than nine minutes total, and the officer’s gun is pointed at the male passenger the entire time. Police said in a statement the officer had to wait longer than usual for backup to arrive “and provide assistance in safely resolving the situation.”

Gutless jackbooted bastard.

"Police departments are under increased scrutiny for violent, often fatal interactions with suspects. So far this year, 594 people have been shot and killed by police, according to The Washington Post’s Fatal Force database. Last year, police shot and killed 963 people."

ABC News reports:

"Both the driver and passenger spent several minutes looking for the requested paperwork. The officer informed the occupants to wait in the vehicle as he prepared to walk back to his motorcycle to write a citation," the Campbell Police Department said in a statement. "It was at that time that the passenger began reaching under his seat. It is not clear why the passenger chose to reach under the seat since the officer was not requesting any other paperwork."  Campbell police told ABC News today that the passenger was also looking in the glove compartment. The officer then asked the passenger to stop and wait while his back was turned. The passenger continued reaching down, the police said, despite the officer's requests to stop.  In its statement, the department said the "unexpected movement" caused the officer to feel threatened and pull out his gun."

Inexplicable.  Gutless son of a bitch.  Cowardly predator.

"In the video that was posted July 29 on social media, the officer can be seen pointing his gun at the vehicle's passenger as the driver tapes the incident on a cellphone. Both ask the officer why he's pointing the gun at them.

"We were looking for the f-- paperwork," the passenger says.

"I understand that," the officer says. "Don't move."

The officer later says over his radio that the passenger was "reaching for something under the seat."

"You asked for registration. You asked for paperwork. That's what we were looking for. That's what happened, bro. We were looking for the paperwork you asked for and you pulled a gun on me," the passenger says.

"I see the paper but I also see a screwdriver on the floor," the officer tells the passenger. "Just hang tight for me, OK? We're going to deal with all this in just a second, OK?"

In the video, the passenger's hands are visibly up.

Today, Campbell Police Capt. Gary Berg said: "The nine minutes are unfortunate."

Had it been anyone other than a jackbooted son of a bitch in blue, his sorry criminal ass would have been arrested.

Hopefully, a lawsuit will be filed.  Outrageously, the identity of the jackbooted predator was not released.  This guy presents an exigent threat to the public.  Why isn't the citizenry entitled to his identity?  Why aren't all officers forced to present anyone they stop with a business card?  A fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


8-4-17

As always, when a cop does something heroic and/or of exceptional benefit to the community it leads.  Always.  Second week in a row, the cop happens to head a law enforcement agency.  NBC News reports:

"The sheriff of Washington state's King County tweeted support for transgender service members on Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump stated on Twitter that transgender people will not be able to serve "in any capacity in the U.S. Military."

    "If any transgender former or active duty members of our armed forces want a supportive boss, apply here https://t.co/fut5Vc9DL0
    — John Urquhart (@SheriffJohnU) July 27, 2017

"I respect anyone who steps up to serve our country and community, whether they’re a member of the armed forces or a first responder," Sheriff John Urquhart told NBC News. "I’m proud to have transgender individuals serving within our ranks, and they do an excellent job protecting our community day in and day out."

Hat's off, Sheriff.  Must not be forgotten when civil and constitutional rights of any segment of society are compromised or denied, these very same rights are placed in jeopardy for all of us.  The question to be asked is who's next?

"If they can do the job, they will always have a home here," Sheriff Urquhart said. "Any transgender person forced out of the military is invited to apply!"


8-4-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-seven weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-seven weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-seven weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


8-4-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


8-4-17

In follow up to the last edition, CNN reports:

"A Mississippi man who was killed by police in an apparent address mix-up was shot in the back of the head, a family attorney said."

By police.

"It is so troubling to learn that not only this man died but that this man died running away from people who were trespassing on his premises after he was in bed lawfully," Murray Wells, an attorney representing the family of Ismael Lopez, told reporters."

No surprise, is it?

"Lopez, a 41-year-old car mechanic, was at his Southaven home late Sunday when the deadly police shooting unfolded, Wells said.  Police were looking for a man suspected of assaulting a woman at a gas station in nearby Tate County, according to an incident report. But authorities said the officers responded to the wrong address."

Murdered an innocent man at the wrong address.

"In a Friday news conference, Wells said an independent investigation commissioned by his firm revealed that Lopez died of a single bullet to the back of the head.   "Our conclusion is not a conclusion of the coroner's office but it is very simple to understand what happened when you look at the physical evidence," he said. "It couldn't be any clearer."

Coup de grace?

"A coroner's report has not been released."

Wonder why?

"The Lopez family attorney said police shot through the door of the home, killing Ismael Lopez, who was unarmed. Wells said bullet holes can be seen through the front door.  There were two guns in the house, Wells said, but none were near Lopez's body. The man's wife told Wells he didn't hear the officers' voices."

Gutlessly gunned him down.

"Southaven police have not released their police incident report and they would not comment on the status of the officer or officers involved in the case. On Friday, Southaven Police Department Chief Steve Pirtle declined to respond to Wells' allegations."

Imagine that.


8-4-17

A former Arizona sheriff finally got his.  NPR reports:

"Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff who garnered nationwide attention for his crackdown on illegal immigration, has been convicted of criminal contempt by a federal judge in Arizona. The ruling carries a possible maximum sentence of six months in jail and a monetary fine for the 85-year-old Arpaio.  The misdemeanor criminal conviction handed down Monday by District Judge Susan Bolton found that Arpaio knowingly violated a federal judge's order in 2011. At that time, Arpaio was told he could not detain immigrants simply because they lacked legal status — but for 18 months, his deputies carried on with the practice."

Unbridled Aryan arrogance.  The fact this nazi son of a bitch was only charged with a misdemeanor is a travesty.


8-4-17

More of the same.  CBS News reports:

"Within the Baltimore Police Department, officials have called newly released body camera footage that appears to show officers placing drugs in a car especially disturbing, CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.  Privately, top commanders believe there are legitimate concerns about police misconduct given what is seen and heard on camera during the November traffic stop, Pegues reports. Officers searched the car after witnessing what they said looked like a drug deal.  The video shows the officers searching a car for drugs. As one of the suspects is arrested, he accuses the officers of having harassed him for days."

Nothing quite like a fascist police-state, is there?

"According to the public defender's office, the officers found nothing in the car until turning their body cameras off. When the cameras come back on, an officer is seen squatting by the driver's side of the suspect's car, apparently unaware that he's being recorded.  He then stands up and steps back. About 30 seconds pass, and another officer approaches the car, then squats down and pulls out a bag of drugs.  The case against a woman who was facing drug charges after the incident has been dismissed."

You think?  Why haven't the jackbooted thugs been arrested?  If this sounds familiar, guess what?  It is.  The second time in a row the very same crap has been covered in this publication and elsewhere vis a vis the very same department:

"The incident was the second time in recent weeks that Baltimore officers have been accused of planting evidence. Body camera footage released in July involving different officers allegedly shows drugs being planted in a backyard."


8-4-17

Think the following isn't reminiscent of Adolf Hitler?  The mark of a nazi dictator?  CBS News reports:

"President Trump traveled to Brentwood, New York, on Long Island on Friday to address members of law enforcement about the federal government's crackdown on MS-13.  In Suffolk County, police said they have arrested more than 170 alleged members of the notorious gang, which is believed to be responsible for several high-profile murders in the area."

Indeed, need to be investigated, arrested, prosecuted, etc..  The Trump nazi took it much further, however:

"Mr. Trump told the assembled officers of the Suffolk County Police Department that they shouldn't be "too nice" when arresting members of the gang.   "I said please don't be too nice -- like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head ... I said you can take the hand away, OK?" Mr. Trump said.  Mr. Trump's apparent encouragement of violence toward individuals under arrest alarmed many critics, but drew applause from the crowd."

A fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are already out of control.  Now, we have a nazi president granting them carte blanche.  Wasn't lost, however, on the Department:

"The Suffolk County Police Department distanced itself from the comments later. The department tweeted Friday that they have "strict rules and procedures relating to the handling of prisoners. Violations of those rules are treated extremely seriously." In a second tweet, the department wrote "as a department, we do not and will not tolerate the roughing up of prisoners."  "I think they realize that was in jest," Suffolk County Police Deputy Inspector Milagros Soto told CBS New York. "They know what our rules and procedures are, and we would not accept that."

...If only that were indeed true:

"The police department's history, however, may tell a different story.  On Thursday, the FBI announced that officer Christopher McCoy was charged with forcing a suspect to perform oral sex.  The assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office called the behavior "outrageous." The police department plans to fire McCoy, according to Newsday."

There's more:

"In November 2016, former police chief James Burke was sentenced to 46 months in prison after being found guilty of shackling and punching a man who allegedly stole a duffel bag from Burke's car. Burke flew into a rage against the suspected thief, beating and yelling at him until a detective intervened.  Burke tried to cover up the episode, which eventually attracted the attention of the FBI. During a sentencing hearing, Judge Leonard Wexler said Burke had "corrupted the system" and compared him to a dictator, according to the New York Times.  "It stretched over three years," Wexler said of Burke's attempts to cover up the crime, according to the Times."

Even more:

"The incident with Burke is not the only blemish on Suffolk County police department's record. In 2010, two officers severely beat an unarmed 19-year-old suspect they said was combative, according to Newsday. The man, Kevin Turner, fell into a coma and eventually died."

Think there isn't a systemic problem in law enforcement?  Exacerbating the intolerable, the Trump nazi then incites officers, on top of that, to violence?  Think this fascist, Hitler 'wannabe,' fit to be president?

The Washington Post reports:

"During a speech on Long Island on Friday, President Trump took a break from discussing gang violence and illegal immigration to give the law enforcement officers gathered for his remarks some advice on how to treat suspects.  “When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over?” Trump said, miming the physical motion of an officer shielding a suspect’s head to keep it from bumping against the squad car.  “Like, don’t hit their head, and they just killed somebody — don’t hit their head,” Trump continued. “I said, you can take the hand away, okay?”  These remarks, coming after Trump talked about towns ravaged by gang violence and described “these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon,” met with applause from at least some of the law enforcement officers gathered for his speech at Suffolk County Community College in New York.  A group of uniform officers standing behind Trump applauded, and, when he turned to face them, some smiled and appeared to chuckle."

Then, achingly clueless law enforcement can't understand ferocious criticism directed at it?  Not all police remain as clueless, however:

"Trump’s remarks were criticized by law enforcement officials including the Houston police chief and agencies including the Gainesville, Fla., police department. His comments also drew a rebuke from the International Association of Chiefs of Police. In a statement Friday, the group did not specifically mention Trump by name but appeared to respond to his speech by stressing the importance of treating all people, including suspects, with respect."

... The only way to prevent the unthinkable, -- an unwanted dreaded second American revolution already catastrophically looming.

“Managing use of force is one of the most difficult challenges faced by law enforcement agencies,” the group said. “The ability of law enforcement officers to enforce the law, protect the public, and guard their own safety, the safety of innocent bystanders, and even those suspected or apprehended for criminal activity is very challenging.  “For these reasons, law enforcement agencies develop policies and procedures, as well as conduct extensive training, to ensure that any use of force is carefully applied and objectively reasonable considering the situation confronted by the officers,” the statement continued."

The above should always be the objective, prime directive.  Sadly, law enforcement is falling short all across the country.

Reaction to Trump's comments were immediate:

"These remarks on how to treat suspects were condemned by civil rights and advocacy groups. Vanita Gupta, who ran the Justice Department’s civil rights division during the Obama administration, decried the comments and said they ran counter to efforts from local police agencies to repair relationships with their communities.  “Trump’s remarks today are unconscionable,” Gupta, who is now president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement. “The President of the United States, standing before an audience of law enforcement officials, actively encouraged police violence. His remarks undermine the positive efforts of local law enforcement agencies and communities around the country working to address police misconduct and build community-police trust.”

Trump's remarks again demonstrate egregious unfitness for office.  Place good officers in danger.  To say nothing of innocent and not-so-innocent members of the public who have to deal with these jackbooted predators in blue.

"Janai Nelson, the associate director-counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said Trump’s comments “encouraging police officers to disregard the safety of individuals in their custody rises to a new level of danger.”  “We need law enforcement who do not share the Trump Administration’s outdated and unlawful views to promote protecting the rights and safety of all Americans by condemning those who condone impunity among law enforcement,” Nelson said in a statement."

Indeed, that's true.  Law enforcement is a vital part of the community.  Absolutely need them.  Can't live without them.  At the same time, criminal, abusive, murderous officers are an exigent threat to the rule of law, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties, to say nothing of life itself.

"The American Civil Liberties Union posted on Twitter that Trump was “urging lawlessness” with his speech.

    "Encouraging police to dole out extra pain at will is urging lawlessness that already imperils the lives of people of color at shameful rates

    — ACLU National (@ACLU) July 28, 2017"

Anyone in society who advocates violence or makes threats is legally accountable.  Why isn't the Trump nazi held to the same standard?


8-4-17

Compounding the above, ICE has now begun the process of deputizing Texas police officers to enforce federal statutes.  The de facto fascist police-state we already live in is now to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Fox News reports:

"Nearly 20 Texas police agencies signed an agreement to partner with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, giving them the authority to act as federal immigration agents in some capacities.  (Reuters/Charles Reed)  The acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency signed more than a dozen agreements with local Texas law enforcement entities on Monday, giving them the authority to perform certain functions as federal immigration agents.  Thomas Homan, who took over as the acting director of ICE in January 2017, signed 18 new agreements with Texas law enforcement agencies to allow officers to interrogate individuals who have been arrested on their immigration status. Officers also will be able to place detainers on individuals."

Beginning, determined execution of the slippery slope as intended by the Trump nazi and his henchmen.  -- The frog slowly lulled to sleep in a pot gently simmering on the stove.

“It is common sense partnerships like these that help law enforcement achieve our mutual goals, and I’m encouraged by the increased interest from law enforcement professionals who seek to join this program and protect public safety,” Homan said in a statement."

Has nothing to do with 'public safety,' you fascist jackass.  Greatest threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties is no foreign power.  No terrorist group.  Not even the criminal element.  It is the out of control criminal jackbooted bastards in blue at all levels of government that pose a far, far greater threat.  What 'mutual goals,' Mr. Holman?  Imposition of raw nazism in our formerly great country?  Obliteration of whatever is left of the Bill of Rights, you nazi son of a bitch?  Where is your swastika armband?  You and your goons are out of uniform.

"The 287(g) program – which became law as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996 – enables state and local law enforcement entities to collaborate with and perform functions of federal immigration agents."

Raw nazism.  Pernicious consolidation of Executive power by the Trump nazi, his predecessors, to say nothing of the gutless nazis in Congress who passed this abominable, un-American, outrageously unconstitutional legislation two decades ago.

“The 287(g) program is extremely helpful as it allows local law enforcement agencies to participate as an active partner in identifying criminal aliens in their custody, and placing ICE detainers on these individuals,” Matthew Bourke, a spokesman for ICE, told Fox News. “Removing criminal aliens from our communities produces a higher level of public safety.”

This law is now enforced by the Trump nazi and his henchmen against anyone undocumented, whether or not they have a criminal record or are dangerous to the community.  No discretion.  Families are deliberately broken up by these assholes.  -- The undocumented alien guilty of no more than being undocumented.  Yet, these goddamned hypocrites in the GOP claim to be 'Christians?'  Party of the family?  An egregious crock of shit.

Much more to come as this galling, atrocious, achingly appalling program continues to be implemented and executed by these jackbooted, goose stepping, treasonous, treacherous, traitorous nazis.  All of whom, falsely swore an oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution.


7-28-17

Any time a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads.  Always.  This time the cop is a police chief.  CNN reports:

"He's only 24 years old, but he struggled with addiction for more than a decade. Thomas Spikes now owes his sobriety to none other than the chief of police in this small eastern North Carolina town.  "He saved my life for sure," he said. "I owe a lot to him and the program."

This needs to be considered by law enforcement across the country.

"That program, called the HOPE initiative, is a collaboration between Nashville's town manager, Hank Raper, and Chief Thomas Bashore. As deaths from opioids continue to dramatically rise across America, topping the list for unintentional deaths at a higher rate than car accidents, North Carolina saw more than a 340% increase from 2010 to 2016."

Horrendous problem across the nation, calling for a new approach.

"The HOPE initiative, modeled after the innovative "Angel" program in Gloucester, Massachusetts, which opens the way for addicts to get police assistance and medical help without fear of arrest, is a way of rethinking law enforcement's role in responding to this growing epidemic.  "They walk into the front door, if they have drugs or paraphernalia on them at any time, they can turn it in to us at that time, and have no charges filed. And we facilitate them into recovery," Bashore said."

Imagine that.  Who'd 'a 'thunk' it?

"So far the department has seen paraphernalia, syringes, cookers, pipes and injection "rigs" turned in. "We have actually had individuals who have brought in heroin bags and turned that over because they knew that they were going to get into recovery and they didn't want that around when they got out," Bashore said."

Amazing, isn't it?

"Possession of heroin in North Carolina is a felony charge and having paraphernalia is a misdemeanor. Bashore and Raper met with the county's district attorney to ensure he was on board with not charging people. He was in full support."

Stunning, isn't it?  After nearly a half century of the failed drug war, finally, some common sense.

"Bashore has driven many of the 172 men and women of HOPE to a detox facility himself. He has built personal relationships with several rehabilitation facilities across the state that now alert him when there is space available. And the business card he passes out has his personal cellphone number."

Addiction is a medical issue.  This is precisely the way to solve the problem.

"My cellphone, it rings all the time. Each participant who comes through the program and all their family members have it. So, when they need something, they reach out," Bashore said."

Enlightened policing.  Desperately needed across the country.  A breath of fresh air.

"HOPE has created a positive result between the police and the community. Bashore said he wants people to understand that substance abuse is a disease and the police department's intention is to be "supportive not only for their benefit, but for the community benefit."

It's the only way to end the scourge of drug abuse.

"Since the program began, Bashore said, crime is down 40% in the town, about 45 miles northeast of Raleigh. "We've had a pretty significant drop in our crimes that are associated with substance-abuse disorder. Things like shoplifting and larcenies and breaking into cars."

No surprise, is it?  Certainly, benefits the long-suffering community.

"HOPE is not limited to residents of Nashville. People from all over the state have walked through the police station doors, as well as people from California and Pennsylvania."

Stunning, isn't it?

"The program comes at no cost to the participants. It is funded through small grants, fundraisers and donations.  "The chief paid for the first two months that I was there and the rehab I was at," recalled Spikes. Four months removed from rehab, he is now sober after being involved with drugs and alcohol for more than half his life."

Think of the long-term savings to the community in terms of lost productivity, reduction in ancillary crime, theft, break-ins, burglaries, etc. all in an effort to support an addiction.  To say nothing of the loss of life, break up of families, all the other steep social and societal costs of the drug scourge.

"Spikes was skeptical of police and their offer to help. "You don't talk to cops, you don't associate with them, they're not your friends," he said.  That changed quickly. Spikes said he recognized Bashore was solely there to help him, no questions asked. The chief "never tried to pry into anything in my life in that era," Spikes said, "(He doesn't) care who you hang out with, what kind of drugs you do."

This is the correct approach to solve, at least ameliorate, the drug problem.

"Spikes has cycled through countless rehab facilities, but said his life made a complete turnaround because of the chief and the HOPE initiative. "He saved my life for sure because if it wasn't for the HOPE Initiative, I wouldn't have gotten help."  As he hops back on the tiller in the hot summer sun, he smiles and says, "My life has done a 180. I'm working, I have a vehicle, a house, I have a beautiful girlfriend with a baby on the way."

Punishment doesn't solve the problem of addiction.  This approach seems to.  Treatment and follow up support, in tandem, apparently work.

"And as for Bashore, he lives up to the name of his program. He hopes to continue to battle the opioid epidemic in his town, one addict at a time.  "Of those 172 people that have come through the program, I've actually been to two funerals. Knowing what the alternative could have been for Thomas ... (who) just recently disclosed to me that his girlfriend's pregnant, he's going to be a father," he said. "So, that's an amazing thing. That touches me deeply."

Hat's off, Chief.  You're doing a great job.  A credit to the profession.  Amazing how a little enlightenment can go such a long, long way.


7-28-17

Dallas is taking a step in the right direction.  CNN News reports:

"Detroit Deputy Police Chief Ulysha Renee Hall, a 19-year-veteran of that force and the daughter of a cop, will become the first female police chief in Dallas.  The Dallas police chief position was left vacant after Chief David Brown retired in October, a few months after the darkest chapter in the city's law enforcement history, when five officers were killed in a downtown ambush."

This is a step in the right direction for two reasons.  First, a woman will now lead the department.  Second, Chief Hall is black.  Both facts will certainly bring a change in perspective to the office.

"We are a family in blue," Hall told reporters during a news conference in Detroit.  Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax celebrated the significance of Hall's appointment as the first female police chief in the city's history.  "Chief Hall is a proven leader with a stellar background and a passion for public service," Broadnax said in a statement announcing the appointment.  Hall said she will bring a woman's touch to leading the Dallas Police Department.  "We kind of do it a little different, a little better," said Hall. "We add that special something to law enforcement that truly, truly calms the savage beasts."

Great truth to that.  Forget?  Testosterone makes men men.  Often, nuts in the brain as well.  LOL.  Joke aside, female officers are not driven by testosterone as their male counterparts.  Not only that, most men are brought up not to hit a woman.  Usually, won't fight a female officer.  Will comply.  Not all, but most.  Giving female officers an edge.

"But Hall takes over a police department in Dallas dealing with low morale, struggling to attract new officers to the force and emerging from a police and fire department pension crisis. Hall was one of seven finalists for the position, according to local news reports."

Hopefully, she'll be that breath of fresh air so desperately needed in law enforcement.  Personally suffered the loss of an officer on duty, her father, at a most tender age:

"Law enforcement runs in the family for Hall. She was just 6 months old when her father, Officer Ulysses Brown, was shot and killed in the line of duty in August 1971.  Brown was working in a specialized police force cracking down on prostitution when he was slain. The killer was never brought to justice, according to WXYZ-TV in Detroit.  "My father not being there meant the same thing as every other child in Detroit or around the world growing up without a father," Hall told WXYZ in a 2016 interview. "It has an impact."  Hall's mother was left to raise the family in the emotional years that followed."

The percentage of women in law enforcement is nowhere near what it needs to be:

"The National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, or NAWLEE, says women make up about 13% of all sworn law enforcement officers working in the United States and that number drops at the senior levels of most law enforcement agencies."

This needs to change.  Status quo, unsustainable.

"In 2015, Hall was featured in an interview segment on the Detroit Police Department Facebook page. Hall told young women looking to enter a career in law enforcement to expect to be held to a different standard.  "You can do whatever you put your mind to," Hall said in the video. "You always have to be twice as smart as your counterparts in order to really be taken serious."

This also has to change.  Her male counterparts desperately need to grow up.  Equally important?  Grow a pair.


7-28-17

Here's what not to do if your wife is about to give birth and you're on the way to the hospital.  ABC News reports:

"A Louisiana man who was rushing his wife to the hospital at speeds topping 100 mph (161 kph) missed his child's birth because he was in jail.  KALB-TV reports that Zak Evans was arrested Monday and remained in jail as the couple's daughter was born. His wife, Bridget, received an ambulance ride to a hospital. Evans was given a ticket for speeding, flight from an officer and careless operation."

You think?

"Creola police Chief Heath Landry says an officer clocked the couple going 108 mph (174 kph) in a 55 mph (89 kph) speed zone. He says the officer pulled them over in Pineville."

At least, no one got killed by the speeder.  Better yet, get this:

"The officer who stopped the couple dropped Evans off at the hospital but Evans said he had already missed the birth."

Lucky his ass wasn't still in jail.  LOL.


7-28-17

Think women didn't make significant contributions as pilots during the Second World War?  Decades before allowed to fly in combat?  CBS News reports:

"A 100-year-old woman honored at a New York air show last weekend for her World War II service as a civilian pilot flying military aircraft has died.   According to her obituary posted on the Johnson-Kennedy Funeral Home website, Dawn Seymour died Tuesday at her home in the Finger Lakes region. Seymour was among the female aviators honored during the National Warplane Museum air show in nearby Geneseo.   The Rochester native earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1939. During WWII she served with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, known as WASPs. Seymour and her fellow WASPs flew bombers and other warplanes in the U.S. to free up male pilots for combat service overseas."

Think these women weren't instrumental in training the men to fight?

"I flew gunners on their training missions to learn how to fire the 50-caliber machine guns from a moving platform to a moving target," Seymour told CBS News' David Martin in 2010.  In 2010, the WASPs were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, among the nation's highest civilian honors."

Think the following isn't sage advice?

"We must find some way in solving our difficulties and our challenges besides killing each other," Seymour said. "And that's the message I'd like to leave. And when you notice people being kind to you, thank them, and you be kind to other people.  And I think that's the message I'd like to leave."


7-28-17

Think death from sweltering heat in Texas prisons just punishment?  CNN News reports:

"The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has 15 days to come up with a plan to house some 500 "heat-sensitive" inmates at Wallace Pack Unit in living quarters exceeding no more than 88 degrees. The ruling, issued Wednesday by US District Judge Keith Ellison, also calls for easy access to respite areas for the remaining 1,000 inmates at the unit, which is located about 75 miles northwest of Houston.  The preliminary injunction stems from a lawsuit filed in 2014 seeking cooler temperatures for inmates, citing a spate of deaths in the previous three years."

You Republican fascists here in Nazi Llano County have a problem with this ruling?

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to appeal the ruling, saying the state has taken significant measures to mitigate the effects of the sweltering conditions.  Inmates are allowed to wear shorts and t-shirts in housing areas during summer months, the ruling notes. They can seek relief in air-conditioned areas, including an infirmary, administration offices, visitation areas, the education department and the barbershop."

Wouldn't want to confuse the Paxton nazi with the truth:

"But, after a nine-day hearing in June 2017, Ellison concluded the measures are insufficient to combat the risk of serious injury or death in summer months. In his ruling, the judge quotes Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky's  famous line about Siberian prisons: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."  "Prisoners are human beings with spouses and children who worry about them and miss them," Ellison continues. "Some of them will likely someday be shown to have been innocent of the crimes of which they are accused. But, even those admittedly guilty of the most heinous crimes must not be denied their constitutional rights. We diminish the Constitution for all of us to the extent we deny it to anyone."

Certainly, not how a Republican nazi views reality.  Think Paxton will ever go to trial?  Successfully, continue to stonewall?  Despite having been indicted for white collar crimes?  Think if convicted he'll do time in one of these gulags?


7-28-17

Think police incapable of planting evidence?  Wake up.  NPR reports:

"A Baltimore man was held in jail for months after police found a stash of drugs — but the officer who found the drugs also seems to be the one who hid them in that spot, according to footage from his body camera. The public defender's office says the man is now free and it is questioning the officer's involvement in 53 active cases.  The officer has been suspended and two of his colleagues are on administrative duty, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said, as the agency's internal affairs unit looks at the case."

This case is achingly convoluted:

"The recording is from the afternoon of Jan. 24, when the officer, Richard Pinheiro, was standing in the trash-strewn backyard of a row house along with two other officers. At the start of the footage, Pinheiro is seen holding a soup can with a clear plastic bag stuffed into it. He then places the can among rubbish, before leading the other officers out of the narrow access alley.  On the sidewalk, Pinheiro activates his body-cam — apparently unaware that the device would also preserve his earlier actions. "Police cameras have a feature that saves the 30 seconds of video before activation, but without audio," The Baltimore Sun reports."

Think the following isn't diabolically evil?

"I'm gonna go check here, hold on," the officer tells his colleagues, walking back to the property — and seeming to spark laughter from his fellow officers. After a "search" that lasts about 15 seconds, he picks up the soup can, pulls out the plastic bag and displays it to the camera, showing that it's holding white capsules.  "Yo," he yells. "Hold up."

Consequences of this evil?

"The operation resulted in an arrest and months of jail time for the suspect, who wasn't released until the public defender's office sent the body-cam video to the state attorney's office last week. He was held while unable to post $50,000 bail, the Sun reports."

You Llano County Republican nazis approve?  Applaud this criminal jackbooted son of a bitch? Your kind of 'justice?'

"The public defender's office says that despite the prosecutor's claims of being "appalled" by the incident, "Officer Pinheiro was called to testify in another case the following week without any disclosure of this videotape."

Funny thing, isn't it?

"The office says Pinheiro is named as a witness in some 53 active cases."

No problem with this, TL?  TB?

"Baltimore Police say they're investigating the accusation that the officer planted evidence, after being informed by the state attorney's office.  "This is a serious allegation of police misconduct," Davis said. "There is nothing that deteriorates the trust of any community more than thinking for one second that uniformed police officers, or police officers in general, would plant evidence of crimes on citizens."

Happens all the time.  ... Right, Sheriff?  How the County lines its pockets.  Trust?  What trust?  That's been gone in this country a long, long, long time.


7-28-17

Firefighters go all out to save lives.  Including pets.  CBS/AP reports:

"A California fire department says a little white dog named Jack is recovering after firefighters rescued him from a burning home and brought him back to life.  In a video posted to the Bakersfield Fire Department's website that has been widely shared online, firefighter Matt Smith is shown carrying the nearly lifeless shih tzu from the house on Wednesday.  Using a pet oxygen mask donated to the department by a local Girl Scout troop, Smith and his partners slowly bring Jack back to life.  By the end of the video, Jack is sitting up, alert and looking around, though panting heavily. He was then reunited with his worried owners, a married couple who were unharmed by the fire."

Spectacular job.

"He's my family, he's my guy, he waits for me every night when I come home," said owner Jeff Garnett to CBS affiliate KBAK. " He's going to be fine, we're going to be fine too, I couldn't be more grateful or appreciative for what they've done."

Never gave up, despite things not looking good:

"Jack suffered respiratory tract injuries and burns to his feet, but the dog was doing well on Friday after receiving extensive oxygen therapy, department spokesman John Frando said.  Frando, who shot the video of Jack's rescue, said it looked so dire for the pooch that at one point he stopped recording.  "I thought Jack was going to die," he said. "He was in really bad shape."  Frando said Smith found Jack behind a couch in the home, which was billowing with smoke by the time they arrived. Smith and Jack were reunited Thursday at the veterinary hospital where he was being treated."

Hat's off to the firefighters.  Job well done.  Indeed, saved the day.


7-28-17

In follow up to the last edition, sad, sad news.  The Washington Post reports:

"Charlie Gard's parents have decided to end their legal fight over the treatment of their terminally ill child. The months-long, emotionally charged case sparked a bioethical debate about end-of-life issues and captured the attention of world leaders, including Pope Francis and President Trump.  Attorney Grant Armstrong said the boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, are withdrawing their appeal of court orders that say Charlie's treatment should end, according to the Associated Press.  Yates and Gard cried in court as their attorney said time had run out for their 11-month-old, after a U.S. doctor said it was too late to give the baby an experimental treatment on which the couple had pinned their hopes."

Seatbelts on:

"Outside the hospital where Charlie is being treated, his father gave an emotional statement, saying the family might never know what would have happened had Charlie been allowed to receive the experimental therapy earlier in his short life.  “Had Charlie been given the treatment sooner, he would have had the potential to be a normal, healthy little boy,” Chris Gard said, fighting back tears.  With Charlie’s mother standing by his side, Gard decried the “time wasted” by court battles and said that as a result of the delays and legal barriers, his son would not live to see his first birthday, on Aug 4.  “We will have to live with the what-ifs that will haunt us for the rest of our lives,” the father said."

There should have been no court battle at all over whether the parents could bring their son to the United States for evaluation and possible treatment.  Then again, must not be forgotten the couple and their son were under British jurisdiction.  Clearly, liberty is threatened not only in the United States, but all across the globe.

"After Charlie's parents made their announcement on Monday, the hospital released a statement defending its decisions, while also commending the parents."

Big of them, no?

“The agony, desolation and bravery of their decision command GOSH’s utmost respect and humble all who work there,” the statement said. “While GOSH has striven to work with them throughout, Charlie’s needs have taken priority.”

Doesn't appear to be the case, does it?

"Yates said she hoped her son's life wouldn't be in vain.  “We only wanted to give him a chance of life,” she said.  Gard and Yates said they plan to spend Charlie's final moments by his side in the hospital.  “We will let our son go and be with the angels,” Gard said."

The fact the courts wouldn't allow them to seek evaluation and treatment outside British jurisdiction remains appalling.

NPR reports:

"The parents of terminally ill British baby Charlie Gard have ended their legal fight to transport him to the U.S. for experimental treatment, concluding a months-long saga that has raised nearly $1.75 million and elicited support from Pope Francis and President Trump.  The couple's lawyer, Grant Armstrong, told the London High Court that new medical tests have shown that the experimental treatment would not help at this point, according to The Associated Press. "It's too late for Charlie," Armstrong said. "The damage has been done."

Amazing how liberty is under dire attack.  Government seems to think it owns its citizens womb to tomb.  A world-wide problem.

Coup de grace?  Chagrin of the hospital at pointed criticism directed at it:

"The case has resonated internationally, and the chairman of the hospital said in a statement that members of its community have been "subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance." Mary MacLeod added that "thousands of abusive messages have been sent to doctors and nurses whose life's work is to care for sick children," including death threats.  The AP writes that the judge condemned the abuse, "but stressed that these had nothing to do with the boy's parents." The wire service adds that at the hearing, Judge Nicholas Francis said, "No parent could have done more for their child."

At the same time, the courts did nothing.  Failed the parents and the child.  Denied them the right to seek evaluation and treatment overseas.  Appalling.  So are the death threats coming from the hospital's critics.  These threats should be investigated and prosecuted.  Achingly unacceptable in a supposedly civilized world.


7-28-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-six weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-six weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-six weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


7-28-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


7-28-17

In follow up to an earlier edition here and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old cadet, prosecutors announced Friday.  The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said 31-year-old Robert Cain is expected to be arraigned Friday on charges that include unlawful sexual intercourse.  Cain was arrested in June amid a widening investigation into wrongdoing in the department's cadet program for minors who are aspiring officers.  Prosecutors said Cain befriended the teenage cadet and had sex with her on three occasions at three locations. Cain's attorney declined to comment Friday on the allegations."


7-28-17

Consider the following. The Washington Times reports:

"Earlier this month a group of Florida teens filmed and mocked a disabled man while he was drowning in a retention pond, police said.  Jamel Dunn, 32, drowned in a retention pond off Plaza Parkway in Cocoa, Florida, on July 9 — his body was found July 12, Florida Today reported. There were no calls to 911 from the teens, police said."

Think their parents did a good job raising these kids?

"Video released by the state attorney’s office Thursday showed the man’s head bobbing up and down in the water as five boys between the ages of 14 and 16 recorded the incident with a cell phone on a nearby bank."

Gets worse.  Seatbelts on.

“F—ing junkie, get out the water, you gonna die!” one yelled.  “Ain’t nobody gonna help you, you dumb b—!,” another said. “You should’ve never got in there!”  At one point, the teens are overheard telling each other they’re not afraid of seeing a dead body. They then howled with laughter when Dunn let out a loud scream, presumably just before he went under for the last time.  “He just died!” one kid cackled."

You Llano County Republican nazis consider this 'good' 'Christian' upbringing?  Clincher?

"Police said Dunn went to the pond following an argument with his fiancée about 10-to-15 minutes before his drowning. Police are unsure if his death was a suicide attempt."  “The kids were at the park that day smoking marijuana and apparently saw him walk into the water. He walked in on his own. They were watching him,” Cocoa police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez told a local CBS affiliate. “They just started recording what happened and watched until he died.”

Stellar example of 'Christian' 'charity?'

Police reaction?

"Cocoa Police Chief Mike Cataloupe called the teens’ actions “utterly inhumane and cruel,” but not criminal. State law doesn’t require people to help or call 911 when someone is in distress, CBS reported.  “Short of them pushing him in the water, we don’t have anything that can hold them accountable on a criminal level,” Ms. Martinez said."


7-28-17

In follow up to the last edition here and elsewhere, CNN reports:

"Valerie Castile and Don Damond embraced each other minutes before the "Justice for Justine" rally in suburban Minneapolis.  A mother and a fiancé were bonded by two separate fatal police shootings that ignited outrage beyond Minnesota.  "They're beginning to understand this is not a black or white thing. This is a human being thing," Castile said at Thursday's rally protesting Justine Ruszczyk's death. "This is a humanity type thing."

That's right.  Remains an issue of out of control, criminal, murderous, jackbooted bastards in blue who are not held accountable for their crimes.  All over our formerly great country.

"Castile's son, Philando, was shot by police last July after being pulled over for a busted brake light. In June, the cop who shot him was found not guilty of manslaughter.  Damond's fiancé, Ruszczyk, was shot by police on Saturday after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. The officers tried to call for medical help after she was hit, but it was too late."

The son of a bitch that killed her will not talk to investigators, citing the right not to self-incriminate.  Indeed, has that right.  Police also have the duty to arrest and charge him with the crime.  Let a jury decide.

Exceptionally heartrending?  Get this:

"For Castile, the moment was poignant.  "It was very symbolic for us because she was murdered on my son's birthday," she said. "So it was very symbolic for us and we had to come out and support her..."  Castile and Damond met for the first time Thursday outside his home just steps away from where Ruszczyk was killed.  They are forever linked to the same cause -- the search for answers from police departments reckoning with two high-profile shootings."

Indeed.

"This should not have happened," Minneapolis Chief Janee Harteau said of Ruszczyk's shooting. "On our squad cars you will find the words: 'To protect with courage and serve with compassion." This did not happen."

No, it didn't.  Yet, you haven't arrested and charged the son of a bitch.  Why not?  Especially, since he has refused to talk to investigators.  Had it been anyone other than a jackbooted bastard in blue his ass would have been quickly arrested and hauled to jail.  No equal justice.  Not in a goddamned fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"On Thursday, the same outrage roared through the streets of Minneapolis as hundreds came together to demand "Justice for Justine."  The protesters chanted "prosecute the police, no justice, no peace," in the same tone many had chanted "black lives, they matter here" just a year earlier when Castile was killed."

Protest must remain peaceful.  Otherwise, you grant these achingly gutless jackbooted murderers in blue carte blanche to murder on the job.  With impunity.

"Neighbors in Ruszczyk's predominately white neighborhood addressed their own shattered trust in a fair policing system.  "People of color have been killed by police for far too long," one neighbor said. "It's way past time for me and other white people to wake up."  Castile said regardless of skin color, she knew another person would be killed by the police after Yanez was found not guilty.  "...like I said after the verdict they were going to kill again," she said. "And they have."

Indeed.  So far?  With impunity.

In another article, CNN reports:

"An Australian woman killed last weekend by Minneapolis police "didn't have to die," the city's police chief said Thursday.  "This should not have happened," Chief Janeé Harteau said in her first public comments since Justine Ruszczyk, 40, was killed Saturday, minutes after calling police to report a possible sexual assault near her home. "On our squad cars, you will find the words: 'To protect with courage and serve with compassion.' This did not happen."

No, it didn't.  Not the first time either.

"Harteau couldn't address the fatal shooting in person earlier because she was away backpacking in the mountains and could not return sooner, she said."

Goddamned unbelievable.  Rings achingly hollow.

"The police chief said she spoke to Ruszczyk's fiancé on Thursday morning and told him the shooting shouldn't have happened. She also pledged to strengthen the department's body camera policy, including exploring new technology that could activate officers' body cameras when their squad car lights are turned on.  Neither the squad car's dashcam nor either of the officers' body cameras was on at the time of Ruszczyk's shooting, officials said."

That contradicts earlier reports the dashcam was indeed on but didn't capture the shooting.

"It is my belief that the body cameras should've been activated," Harteau said, based on information she's received from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, dubbed BCA. "My expectation is that our policy is followed."

Clearly, wasn't.  Why not?  Why hasn't the son of a bitch been arrested?  Had it been Joe Blow down the block his ass would certainly have been.  Especially, if the suspect refused to talk to investigators citing Fifth Amendment right to silence.

"Officer Mohamed Noor fired the fatal shot, Noor's partner, Matthew Harrity, has told BCA investigators, the agency said.  Harteau said Noor was fully trained and performed very well in his field training. She said her opinions on the shooting were based on the information released so far by the BCA.  "I believe the actions in question go against who we are as a department, how we train and the expectations we have for our officers," she said.  "These were the actions and judgment of one individual."  She assured Ruszczyk's family, the community and Australians "that I will do everything in my power to make sure due process is followed and justice is served."

Haven't done so, Chief, -- so far.  Further indication of what went down:

"Some of the first clues emerged this week about what may have led to the police shooting of Ruszczyk.  She made two 911 calls Saturday night to report a possible sexual assault near her home, according to transcripts the city released Wednesday.  "I can hear someone out the back and I, I'm not sure if she's having sex or being raped," Ruszczyk said in the first call.  "... And I think she just yelled out 'help,' but it's difficult. The sound has been going on for a while, but I think, I don't think she's enjoying it," Ruszczyk said. The dispatcher told her police would arrive soon.  Eight minutes later, Ruszczyk called 911 again, saying officers had not arrived. At 11:35 p.m., the dispatcher told her police were on the way.  Officers Harrity and Noor arrived on the scene a short time later.  As they drove down the alley in their squad car, Harrity heard a loud sound that startled him, the officer told the BCA, the agency said.  That's when Ruszczyk approached Harrity's driver's-side window, Harrity told investigators. Noor, sitting in the passenger seat, fired his gun and shot Ruszczyk through the driver's-side window, Harrity said."

Seems Noor may have 'choked' in fear, killing the woman.  Harrity is lucky he wasn't hit by the round.  What is striking so far is the fact protest by both supporters of the murderous jackbooted bastards in blue as well as their critics remains remarkably nearly non-existent.  Chilling, isn't it?  The perpetrating officer, non-white.  His victim, white and foreign.  Speaks volumes, doesn't it?  Where are the police unions and Black Lives Matter?  Out to lunch?

Apparently, pressure on the Chief was too much to bear.  CNN reports:

"Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau resigned Friday, less than a week after a city officer shot and killed a woman who had called officers for help.  Harteau, chief since 2013, said the killing of Justine Ruszczyk was among several factors that led her to step down.  "Last Saturday's tragedy, as well as some other recent incidents, have caused me to engage in deep reflection," she said in a statement. "I've decided I am willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes see what more can be done for the MPD to be the very best it can be."

You failed to do your duty, that is, control your jackbooted thugs.

"Mayor Betsy Hodges said she asked Harteau to resign because "I've lost confidence in the chief's ability to lead us further -- and from the many conversations I've had with people around our city, especially this week, it is clear that she has lost the confidence of the people of Minneapolis as well."

Why haven't you resigned, Madam Mayor?  Where have you been since taking office?

"Ruszczyk's death didn't lead to street protests, but protesters drowned out Hodges when she tried to announce the replacement chief Friday night at city hall.  "We don't want you as our mayor of Minneapolis anymore," shouted activist John Clark. "We ask that you take your staff with you. We don't want you to appoint anyone anymore."  "Bye-bye, Betsy," the crowd chanted. Unable to finish her statement, Hodges and the city communications staff walked out of the room.  Hodges returned to the microphone about 20 minutes later, after the protesters left, and announced that Assistant Chief Medaria "Rondo" Arradondo will move into Harteau's job. The mayor said she would not resign."

Aryan arrogance.  Certainly part of the problem.  Failed to rein in the department as Mayor.

The following is the take of NPR:

"Harteau released a statement that said she has reflected on "last Saturday's tragedy, as well as some other incidents" and concluded that she is "willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes" take over the Minneapolis Police Department.  "The recent incidents do not reflect the training and procedures we've developed as a Department," Harteau said. "Despite the MPD's many accomplishments under my leadership over these years and my love for the City, I have to put the communities we serve first."  Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges issued a statement saying, "I've lost confidence in the Chief's ability to lead us further — and from the many conversations I've had with people around our city, especially this week, it is clear that she has lost the confidence of the people of Minneapolis as well."

Not good enough.  Nowhere near.  Status quo remains dangerously unsustainable.  Yet, no hint of change.  No willingness to end the insanity.


7-28-17

Sweltering heat in prisons is not just an issue in Nazi Texas.  CBS News reports:

"St. Louis police in riot gear used pepper spray to disperse protests Friday outside a jail that has drawn intense criticism for not having air-conditioning while the city has faced a heat wave.  About 200 people demonstrated for the closure of the St. Louis Workhouse, a medium-security jail, CBS affiliate KMOV reports. The jail, mainly built in the 1960s, has no air conditioning while temperatures have hit triple digits. In a video posted on Facebook earlier this week, inmates can be heard yelling "help us!" and "we ain't got no A/C!"

Matters not.  Forget?  No human rights in American gulags.

"According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the protesters outside chanted "let them go" while inmates responded "let us out!" At least one person was arrested and several protesters' cars were towed away, KMOV reports."

Unlike in Nazi Texas, a politician was willing to stand up:

"Among the protesters was State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, who is pushing for reform of the jail. She told KMOV she has urged Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to tour the facility "so that he can see the conditions of this facility and how it's being ran."  "Inhumane," she said. "It's deplorable and it should not be accepted under any circumstances."

Not the way things are in Nazi America, a fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"State Representative Joshua Peters told KMOV earlier this week that he visited the jail and "the conditions that we have them in is unconstitutional to some degree." He said in addition to the heat, "individuals were screaming out that they had been bitten by rodents."

So what?  Forget?  Human rights do not exist in our gulags.  By design.  ... Right, TL?  TB?  Get what they deserve, right, boys?


7-28-17

The insanity in law enforcement continues unabated.  NBC News reports:

"Police in Mississippi fatally shot a man after trying to serve an arrest warrant at the wrong address, a lawyer for the victim's family told NBC News.  The officers shot and killed Ismael Lopez, 41, while they were attempting to arrest his neighbor, Samuel Pearman, on a domestic abuse charge Sunday night in Southaven.  DeSoto County prosecutor John Champion told the Clarion-Ledger that at least one officer fired multiple shots after a pit bull ran out of the house and seeing Lopez holding a gun."

Murderous Keystone Kops.

"Murray Wells, the Lopez family’s attorney, told NBC News that the Southaven Police Department had been asked to execute an arrest warrant for Pearman, which had been called in from neighboring Tate County.  Lopez and his wife lived 36 feet from Pearman, and the addresses on both homes were clearly displayed on the residences and mailboxes, according to Wells.  “They go to execute the warrant and go to the absolutely wrong address,” Wells said. “The address is very clearly marked. Even more ironic, the man who is the suspect, has a giant ‘P’ on the side of his house.”

Goddamned pitiful.

"Champion, the prosecutor, told the newspapers, "while this is going on, they also notice at the time that a gun was pointed outside the residence.”  “At this point, the officers began hollering ‘Put the gun down, put the gun down.’”  Champion said Lopez did not drop his weapon and more than one shot was fired toward the door. Wells denied that his client was holding a weapon at the time.  Wells said Lopez’s wife and neighbors all said they did not hear the police calling out commands prior to shooting, and he believes police shot through the door.  “There’s been lots of talk about a series of verbal commands, saying my client had a gun. The evidence doesn’t suggest that,” Wells said. “His wife denies that she heard any instructions from police. One neighbor, whose bedroom is fairly near the front of the house, didn’t hear verbal commands.”

Someone's lying.  Guess who?

"A gun was in Lopez’s house, Wells said, but he didn’t have it when he opened the door, and it was found on the couch with no blood on it, where it had been left. Wells said the gun was owned by Lopez’s son.  Champion added that the “deceased subject absolutely had no warrant for his arrest,” and “was not wanted for anything at all.”

Clearly, don't have to be.  Not in the goddamned fascist police-state we already live in, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"The officer involved has been placed on administrative duty.  The department is also currently being sued by another family."

Couldn't be, could it?

"Troy Goode, 30, died in 2015 after he was “hogtied” by Southaven police and placed face-down on a stretcher after taking LSD.  The asthmatic died two hours later.  “His face was buried in the mattress of the stretcher,” lawyer Tim Edwards told NBC News in 2015. “There was a strap over the back of his head so he couldn’t move his head. His hands and feet were hogtied so he couldn’t move those, either.”

Police are out of control.


7-28-17

Another police dog dies in a hot vehicle.  CBS News reports:

"An Indiana sheriff's deputy has been suspended for 30 days following the death of a police dog that he left for hours inside a hot patrol car.  The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department said Deputy Courtney Fuller is suspended without pay for 30 days. The department said an investigation determined Fuller didn't commit a crime but that he violated employee standards of conduct.  Sheriff Don Lauer said Fuller left Mojo in his patrol car outside his home at 3 p.m. July 6. He was distracted by a situation involving his newborn child and forgot Mojo, finding him dead four hours later."

Think Joe Blow down the block would have been afforded similar treatment?


7-28-17

Another sad case of police brutality.  CBS News reports:

"Two Omaha police officers will face assault charges in the death of a mentally ill man who was shocked with a stun gun a dozen times and repeatedly punched, even after he was on the ground, a Nebraska prosecutor said Wednesday."

Forget?  The American Way.

"Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine made the announcement while revealing police video that captured the altercation officers Scotty Payne and Ryan McClarty had with 29-year-old Zachary Bearheels at an Omaha convenience store last month. Kleine said he wouldn't file more serious charges against the officers because a coroner could not directly link their actions to the Oklahoma man's death."

Convenient, isn't it?

"Police cruiser video shows Payne using a stun gun to shock Bearheels and McClarty punching Bearheels. Some of the blows came after Bearheels was on the ground and not resisting. Kleine said he would charge Payne with second-degree assault, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He said he's charging McClarty with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison."


7-21-17

As always, when a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads.  Always.  ABC News reports:

"Two police officers in southwestern Michigan have helped safely deliver a baby after the mother started giving birth while headed to a hospital.  Authorities say the mother was being driven in a car shortly after midnight Saturday when her water broke. The driver pulled alongside a street.  Kalamazoo Public Safety officers were dispatched to the scene for a medical emergency.  Sgt. Kristie Hofer was one of the first to arrive and could see the head of the baby boy beginning to crown. Hofer and another officer delivered the baby as paramedics arrived."

Hat's off to both officers.  Job well done.


7-21-17

Think species homo sapiens doesn't dazzle when at its best?  Same species that engages in continual warfare can't apply same level of effort and ingenuity to save life under horrendous conditions?  Consider the following.  Most remarkable.  CBS News reports:

"Roberta Ursrey and her family were enjoying the day at M.B. Miller County Pier on the Gulf of Mexico when she noticed her sons were missing, the Panama City News Herald reported.  She went looking for them and soon heard them screaming from the water that they were trapped by the current."

Parents' worst nightmare.

"Others warned her not to go in the water, but Ursrey, her mother and five other family members swam to the boys' aid, but then found themselves also trapped in 15-feet of water."

What family wouldn't do the same?  No matter the risk.

"Jessica Simmons, who had stopped with her husband at the beach for dinner, had just found a discarded boogie board when she saw people pointing at the water. She thought they were pointing at a shark, but when she realized people were drowning, she jumped on the board and began swimming toward Ursrey's family."

Would you?

"These people are not drowning today," Simmons remembers telling herself. "It's not happening. We are going to get them out."  Meanwhile, Simmons' husband and some other men started a human chain to bring everyone back to shore. Some couldn't swim, so stayed in shallow water. Eventually, about 80 people were involved and got to within feet of the family.  Simmons, her husband and some others then towed the family to the chain, which passed them back to shore."

Remarkable ingenuity, determination.  Uncommon valor.  Casualties?

"Ursrey's mother suffered a major heart attack during the ordeal and remains hospitalized. A nephew suffered a broken hand. Otherwise, everyone was safe."

How about that?  Outstanding.  ... Considering the alternative.

"I am so grateful," Ursrey said. "These people were God's angels that were in the right place at the right time. I owe my life and my family's life to them. Without them, we wouldn't be here."  Simmons said she was impressed by everyone working together to rescue the family.  "It's so cool to see how we have our own lives and we're constantly at a fast pace, but when somebody needs help, everybody drops everything and helps," Simmons told the newspaper. "That was really inspiring to see that we still have that.  "With everything going on in the world, we still have humanity," she added."

Indeed.


7-21-17

Believe you own your kids?  Consider them chattel?  Think your word is final regarding what's best for your children?  Believe it's up to you whether or not your kids are vaccinated?  Place other children at risk in school who cannot be vaccinated due to medical issues?  The questions can go on and on.  How far do parental rights extend?  Get to deny your offspring medical care due to your religious beliefs?  Courts have ruled on some of these issues.  Left others unresolved.

Trump and the Pope recently involved themselves in a most interesting case at the center of court action in England.  A sad, sad case.  CBS News reports:

"The parents of a baby with a rare disease returned to a court in London on Thursday, hoping for a fresh analysis of their wish to take the critically-ill child to the United States for medical treatment.  Charlie Gard's parents disagree with Britain's most famous children's hospital on how best to care for the 11-month-old with a rare genetic condition."

Ironically, both the parents and doctors have the best interests of the infant at heart.  ... Or think they do.  When disagreement remains intractable, courts decide.

"Great Ormond Street Hospital argues experimental treatment in America won't help and may worsen Charlie's suffering. He has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic disease that has left him brain damaged and unable to breathe unaided. The hospital says there is no known cure and believes his life support systems should be turned off."

Can't blame the parents for wanting to do all they can to keep their child alive.  At the same time, do they wish to condemn their boy to a life of pain, intense suffering?  Where do you draw the line?  Who gets to ultimately decide?

"British judges are tasked to intervene when families and doctors disagree on the treatment of people unable to speak for themselves. The rights of the child take primacy, with the courts weighing issues such as whether a child is suffering and how much benefit a proposed treatment might produce."

Sound reasonable?  Or not? The legal approach is different in the United States:

"Unlike the USA, English law is focused on the protection of children's rights," said Jonathan Montgomery, professor of Health Care Law at University College London. "The USA is the only country in the world that is not party to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child; it does not recognize that children have rights independent of their parents."

Chattel.  Human chattel.  For all practical purposes, owned by their parents.  Precisely, why parents are generally free to do as they please with rare exception: Can't deny a kid medical care.  Can't recklessly endanger one, etc..  While a parent doesn't 'own' a kid like a pet, some, sadly, think they do.  One of the reasons why child abuse is as ubiquitous as it is.

"Montgomery said that while it was right to consider the views of Charlie's parents, the court will not make a determination on this basis."

Nor should it, if in fact a kid has rights independent of parents.  Here is where it gets interesting, however:

"This case is about Charlie's rights and what the evidence tells us that they require," he said. "That will be the only consideration of the judge at the hearing."

The above would drive most American parents straight up a wall.  ... Not that Charlie's British parents aren't experiencing the same reaction:

"We are continuing to spend every moment, working around the clock to save our dear baby Charlie," they said in a statement before the hearing. "We've been requesting this specialized treatment since November, and never asked the hospital, courts or anyone for anything -- except for the permission to go."

Heartrending, isn't it?  What would you do under similar circumstances?  How would you react?  No easy answers, are there?  ... If the best interests of the kid indeed trump those of the parentsNot always one and the same.

"A succession of judges has backed specialists at Great Ormond Street. Britain's Supreme Court ruled it was in the boy's best interests to be allowed to die with dignity."

When is it time to let go?  That is, place your loved one's interests ahead of your own.  Good question.  No easy answer.  How many of us can't even allow a suffering pet to pass on?

What is terribly disturbing is the fact the British court is denying the parents the right to fly Charlie to the United States for evaluation.  ABC News reports:

"An American doctor who specializes in conditions such as that affecting Charlie Gard will travel to Britain next week to assess the critically ill baby.  High Court Judge Nicholas Francis said Friday he is "open-minded about the evidence" to come after the visit of Dr. Michio Hirano of Columbia University.  The 11-month-old boy suffers from mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic disease that has left him brain-damaged and unable to breathe unaided.  Hirano's research focuses on mitochondrial diseases and genetic myopathies and he has treated others with conditions similar to Charlie's."

Government there, as well as here, apparently believes it owns its citizens cradle to grave:

"Hirano will assess Charlie, meet his current immediate-care team and other specialists, including a doctor from the Vatican children's hospital. Charlie's mother, Connie Yates, fought to attend and was given permission — even though it would not normally be allowed.  "It may be unconventional but this case is full of unconventional aspects," the judge said.  Francis has promised to rule by July 25."

What is the court in Britain so afraid of?  Parents wouldn't return the infant to England to die?  Keep him on a ventilator the rest of his life when there is no hope?

"Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital have fought the parents' bid for treatment because they don't think it will help and may cause him pain. The hospital says Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity.  A succession of courts has backed the hospital, but the case returned to the High Court Thursday after claims of new evidence and the high-profile interventions Hirano, who testified via video-link on Thursday, said it was worth trying treatment that has recently emerged."

This case is horrendously heartrending, exceptionally difficult.  If treatment is ineffective and the child is forced to remain on life support indefinitely, what kind of life is that?  At the same time, can certainly understand the desperation of his parents.  What is also terribly disturbing is the following:

"Hirano's name appeared in public only on Friday, as a court order had previously blocked its mention."

That's goddamned jackbooted nazi.  Begging the question, what's the court's true agenda?


7-21-17

Think an ex-con couldn't be the best employee a business ever had?  No redemption?  No possibility of reform?  A new life?  CBS News reports:

"It had only been seven days since he got released from prison, but Aaron Tucker had already done the impossible — he landed a job interview."

How many get that far, that quickly?

"Last Thursday, the 32-year-old from Bridgeport, Connecticut, woke up at 5 a.m., grabbed a dress shirt he had been given at the halfway house he was living in, and hopped onto a city bus to meet the manager at a nearby Dinosaur Bar-B-Que.  He was starting to drift off to sleep, then awoke and looked up to check the stop. He was startled to see a car hit a tree and flip over. The bus driver quickly hit the brakes and came to a stop.  "Are you going to help?" he shouted to the bus driver. "No, but if you get out I'm going to leave," the driver replied, explaining that he had to stick to his route."

That what you Llano County Republican nazis prize in an employee?

"Tucker didn't let that stop him. He jumped off the bus and sprinted toward the totaled car, which was upside down and spewing smoke. He kneeled down next to the passenger-side window and saw the driver covered in blood.  "The guy had a lot of blood coming from his head," Tucker told CBS News.  He unbuckled the man's seatbelt and dragged him away from the vehicle as it started to catch on fire. Several others also ran over to help, including three employees from a local auto body shop who brought over a fire extinguisher."

... While the bus driver went on his way.

"You're going to be all right," Tucker repeated to the man as they lay on the pavement. "Your family wants to see you. Keep your eyes open." Tucker pulled off his shirt and used it to help stop the man's head from bleeding. Within minutes, firefighters and EMTs arrived.  "I had a grip on his arm to keep him calm as they put an oxygen mask on him," Tucker said. "I just wanted to make sure he was all right, and that's what I did."

The right thing.  ... Unlike the bus driver.

"Tucker skipped his interview in order to stay with the man until an ambulance arrived. The man was taken to Norwalk Hospital and was in stable condition as of Wednesday, the Westport News reported. Police are still investigating the crash.  "I feel like a job can come and go, but a life is one time thing," Tucker said. "The job just wasn't in my mind at that time."

The bus driver didn't think so.  The community saw things differently:

"Community members who read a local news story about Tucker's heroic rescue decided to help the man turn his life around. They set up a GoFundMe page, raising more than $16,000 in only a day.  Kami Evans, a Westport community activist, used several Facebook pages she managed to help organize donation drives, collecting clothes and non-perishable goods for Tucker and his 21-month-old son.  "I think everybody was just so moved. This guy did such a selfless act," Evans told CBS News. "It wasn't about anything but doing the right thing — and he did the right thing."

He did.  Magnificently.

"A business owner reached out to Evans Friday to offer Tucker a tailored suit so he will have confidence at his future job.  The suit will come in handy, as job offers have started rolling in since Tucker's story was shared.  "I've been given a lot of job offers," Tucker said. "Right now, I don't have the money, so I want to get the best job I can to support my son."  Tucker said any money he makes will go toward taking care of his family."

Think he'll make it?  Turn things around?  -- You Llano County GOP nazis bet against it?  ... Too goddamned self-righteous?

"I got locked up three weeks before my son was born," Tucker explained. "When he was born, I got a phone call from the hospital. I heard my son crying in the background, and right then and there I was like, 'I'm changing my life.'"  Tucker got his GED and became a tutor in prison, hoping to be a role model for his son."

His crime?  Not mentioned in the story.  Think it matters?  ... Believe in redemption?


7-21-17

Fifty years ago.  1967.  Euphemistically known as the "Summer of Love."  Time of great turmoil.  Change.  Violence in the cities.  Throughout the country.  Frightened the Nazi Right. Truly rattled the cage of the powers to be.  Unlike anything seen prior to that time in recent history.

A challenge to an unsustainable status quo.  Height of the quagmire in Vietnam.  Police were exceptionally violent.  Out of control.  Openly racist.  Blacks rose up in the cities.  A terrified Nazi Right called it rioting.  Participants had a quite different take, labeled it rebellion.  What it happened to be was low-grade revolution.

Nothing came of it despite all the turmoil.  Baby Boomers gutlessly failed to follow through.  Acquiesced to an unsustainable status quo for the next fifty years.  Leaving us precisely where we are today.  Never closer to an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  Hear the rumble?

With the country profoundly divided, a lunatic nazi in the Oval Office, these are exceptionally dangerous times.  Founders?  Spinning in their graves.  Wouldn't recognize the fascist police-state we now live in.  Soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


7-21-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-five weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-five weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-five weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


7-21-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


7-21-17

Think the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue have the right to publicly shame people who have not been convicted of a crime?  CBS News reports:

"Police departments are increasingly using Facebook to inform the community about what they're doing and who they're arresting. Some add a little humor to the mix. But civil rights advocates say posting mugshots and written, pejorative descriptions of suspects amounts to public shaming of people who have not yet been convicted."

You Republican fascists here in Nazi Llano County approve?  Media gutlessly cooperates.  Certainly publishes jail booking records of people yet to be convicted.  Have no issue with that?  What if they're innocent?  Lose a job over a false arrest?  No problem?  Think the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue don't lie?  ... Right, Sheriff?


7-21-17

Amazing how police abuse the shit out of the mentally ill.  Perversely, get their cookies off.  CNN News reports:

"A police department in Georgia has reopened an internal investigation after a cellphone video surfaced showing a DeKalb County police officer striking a homeless woman with his baton several times during an arrest.   The incident occurred at a gas station station in Decatur on June 4. The officer had gone to the Chevron in response to a complaint about the woman begging for money from customers.  The video posted on YouTube doesn't show what led to the incident."

Who cares?  Doesn't justify a savage beating.

"It starts with a tense scene in which the woman, identified as Katie McCrary in a police report, is on the floor as a male police officer beats her with his baton. The officer had filed a Use of Force report after the incident and had been cleared following an internal affairs investigation."

Aren't they nearly always?

"In light of the new cellphone video, the DeKalb County Police Department said in a statement Monday: "Now that the Department has this new evidence we have reopened the investigation and will determine whether the incident is consistent with policy and the law."

Big of the jackbooted bastards, isn't it?

"The identity of the police officer in the Decatur incident hasn't been released."

Why not?  The public is entitled to know the identity of its jackbooted bastards.

"In his incident report dated June 5, the police officer said, when he arrived at the gas station, McCrary "attempted to push me out of the way and walk out of the door."  McCrary allegedly tried to walk past the officer again and told him she was a federal agent, according to his incident report. More words were exchanged and McCrary "reached out and grabbed my badge," and after being warned not to touch him, she "grabbed my vest and radio," according to his incident report. He said he used his baton on her legs, forearms and "one strike inadvertently struck the side of her head as she was moving around."

Inadvertently?

"The cellphone video starts with McCrary lying on the floor with her arms and legs in the air as she attempts to kick at the officer who is standing. He swats her multiple times with his baton."

She's trying to protect herself from a beating inflicted by a lunatic getting his cookies off assaulting a woman.

"Hey, Katie. Stop resisting!" yells an unknown man in the store. "Stop resisting."

The bastards do have their clueless defenders, don't they?  Sick sycophants.

"The officer strikes her several more times as the woman squirms on the ground."

Think this perverse piece of shit wasn't at full mast getting his jollies?

"At one point, he places the baton on the back of her neck and pins her down with his knee on her back. When she grabs his baton, he says twice, "Let it go, or I'm going to shoot you."

Policing at its best?  Had it been anyone else think they wouldn't have been hauled to jail for terroristic threat?

"No. Please don't shoot her," a bystander says.   Near the end of the video, the officer places her in handcuffs.  McCrary asks repeatedly, "What did I do? What did I do wrong?"

The jail refused to book her.  Subsequently transported to a hospital for evaluation.


7-21-17

Think police use good judgment?  ABC News reports:

"A police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, was charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian with his patrol vehicle while on duty, police said Wednesday.  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Phillip Barker, 24, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, accused of fatally striking 28-year-old James Short last week, the department said.  Short was crossing the street at around 3 a.m. Saturday morning when the on-duty officer allegedly struck him while traveling at a speed of 100 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour zone, according to police.  Short, who had celebrated his birthday eight days prior to the accident, was crossing an intersection against a red light when he was struck, according to the department, which said the officer had his lights and sirens on at the time."

What could the officer possibly been thinking?  What was so urgent?

"He said the charges were filed “very recently” and cited excessive speed as the primary factor.  "It’s not an easy decision to make. But looking through the laws the compelling factor was the speed," Putney said Wednesday. “We always talk about accountability and true to form we’re going to hold ourselves accountable."

Be interesting to see if this goes anywhere especially since the charge is only a misdemeanor.

"Putney called the incident "a mistake of the head, not of the heart” and noted that Barker had the right intentions.  "The officer had the right intentions, but sometimes, with youth, you don't have the experience, you don't have the knowledge, you don't have the time," Putney said."

Bullshit.  No 'mistake.'  A crime.  Think older more experienced officers don't do the same?  ... Hey, Bill?  Think your goons don't routinely speed up and down 1431, 29, elsewhere no lights, no siren?


7-21-17

In follow up to a much earlier edition of this publication, no justice in a fascist police-state.  NBC News reports:

"Federal authorities announced on Tuesday they have ended their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in a Walmart store, concluding there wasn't enough evidence to charge the white officer who killed him."

Rubber stamp of a blatant murder of an innocent man in a fascist police-state.

"The officer shot John Crawford III on Aug. 5, 2014, after police responded to an emergency call about someone waving a rifle in a store in Beavercreek, a Dayton suburb. Police said Crawford, who was 22, didn't obey commands to drop what they learned later was an air rifle he was carrying from a store shelf."

The victim was wearing earbuds when gunned down by the gutless criminal jackbooted son of a bitch. He couldn't hear him.

"A special grand jury declined to indict anyone, and the Department of Justice then said it would probe possible civil rights violations."

Did shit squat.  Rubber stamped a murder.

"U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman and the Department of Justice said Tuesday they found insufficient evidence to pursue charges against Beavercreek police Officer Sean Williams, who fired the fatal shot. They said investigators analyzed store surveillance video using resources at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, interviewed witnesses and used an independent crime scene reconstruction expert in their review.   "The government would be required both to disprove his (Williams') stated reason for the shooting — that he was in fear of death or serious bodily injury — and to affirmatively establish that Officer Williams instead acted with the specific intent to violate Mr. Crawford's rights," they said in a statement, adding that the evidence "simply cannot satisfy those burdens."

F--king bullshit.  Made excuses for and exonerated a cold blooded criminal jackbooted murderous bastard in blue.  A civil lawsuit remains pending.  Police cannot be trusted.  Murder on the job with impunity.  Rubber stamped by statutes and the nazi court system.


7-21-17

Another interesting case of highly questionable police conduct.  Texas Standard reports:

"Activists in Dallas claim Arlington police offered to drop charges against two black teens in exchange for a video of their arrest recorded by the boys’ mother, the Dallas Morning News reports."

Why would they do that?  To what end? To cover their asses, egregious 'policing?'

"Anti-police violence organization Next Generation Action Network posted the video of the arrest to Facebook. Arlington police said one of the teens matched a possible description of a suspect in an alleged car burglary.  In the video, the boys’ mother, Latasha Nelson, can be heard asking for the officers information, and where her 14-year-old son Trayvon will be taken.  “What’s your name sir? Officer. May I get your information too?”  “No you can't. I’m the primary investigator that’s all that matters,” an officer says."

The public has the right to know the identity of police officers.  Why are police refusing to identify themselves?  What are they afraid of?  Why is there a double standard?  The public is required by law to identify to an officer when asked.  Why aren't the jackbooted bastards in blue held to the same standard?

“Can you tell me where you’re taking my son before you leave?”  “You’ve become uncooperative so I’m not going to do that,” the officer says."

How is asking a jackbooted bastard in blue a question being 'uncooperative?'  Did he expect the woman to kiss his jackbooted ass?

"The officer then radios that he is dealing with a mother who is interfering with an investigation. Later, he can be seen arresting Nelson’s other son, 16-year-old Broderick."

If she was in fact interfering in an investigation, why didn't the jackbooted bastard arrest her?

"At a press conference with Nelson, her sons and family attorney Kim Cole, Next Generation Founder Dominique Alexander says the family is still looking for answers.  The mother was then asked to give over her phone, and after that she went trying to find her babies cross Tarrant county lines,”Alexander says. ”After that they were released – eight hours – and its been a continuation of patters during these days going back with the Arlington police department on whether these boys will face these charges or whether they will drop these charges.”  The organization has demanded that charges be dropped against the Nelson teens, and the officer be investigated and fired. Arlington police say they have launched a formal investigation into the incident, and that the involved officer will remain on duty."

Did the jackbooted bastard have a warrant for the phone?  Was he attempting to prevent her from recording the encounter?  More on this as the story develops.


7-21-17

Minneapolis police have again been involved in a highly questionable killing.  NBC News reports:

"An Australian woman described as a spiritual healer was shot dead by police in Minneapolis Saturday after she reportedly called 911 herself — leaving angry friends and family searching for answers in a city that has just been at the center of another high-profile police shooting.  The killing of Justine Ruszczyk, who used the last name Damond, prompted hundreds of mourners to protest at the site of the shooting Sunday, demanding their questions be answered, according to NBC-affiliate KARE."

This killing is particularly questionable because all police video of the encounter had been turned off or unavailable.

"The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it was investigating the incident, although there appeared to be no video footage because the officers’ body cameras were switched off.  The police department said the squad car's camera also failed to capture the incident."

How could that be?  How could that happen?  Especially, after recent exoneration of another one of their murderous officers.  One would assume these jackbooted bastards would do all they could to ensure all was on the up and up.  To avoid further controversy.

"The tragedy unraveled shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday local time (12:30 a.m. Sunday ET), when two police officers responded to call about a disturbance in southwest Minneapolis, officials said.  What happened next remains unclear but the department said at one point an officer fired a weapon killing the woman.  According to the woman’s stepson, Zach Damond, she had called the police after hearing a noise near her home.  “My mom is dead, because a police officer shot her, for reasons I don’t know, and I demand answers” he said in a tearful Facebook Live video. "I guess she thought that something bad was happening and, next thing I know, they take my best friend's life."

"Damond was originally from Sydney, Australia, but lived with her fiancé in Minneapolis, according to the Star Tribune. The couple were due to get married next month, the paper reported.  Friends and neighbors described her as a “loving person” whose “whole mission in life was to help people with any problem,” KARE reported."

These jackbooted bastards cannot be trusted to investigate themselves.

"In a statement on Facebook, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said Sunday, "I am heartsick and deeply disturbed by what occurred last night. My thoughts are now with everyone affected by this tragic incident, especially the deceased woman and her family. The City will continue to provide updated information on this incident, and the BCA’s investigation, as soon as we have it."

You'll have to do better than that, Madam Mayor.  This is indicative of a continuing crisis in law enforcement.

Readers will recall the recent exoneration of another one of Minneapolis' murderous jackbooted bastards in blue as covered in this publication and elsewhere:

"Last July, a suburban Minneapolis police officer fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop, that was live-streamed on Facebook. Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot school cafeteria worker and licenced gun owner Philando Castile, 32, in front of his girlfriend and her young daughter, sparking outcry and protests.  Last month Yanez was found not guilty of manslaughter and other charges for killing Castile.  And Yanez was soon after given $48,500 buy-out package to leave the force, prompting even more outrage."

Much more on this latest killing as information becomes available.

Here is the take of CBS News:

"Investigators with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said that at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, a 911 call was made about a possible assault in the area.  They said a Minneapolis police officer fired his or her weapon, killing a woman.  A man who identified himself as Damond's son said in a Facebook video that she's the one who called 911 after hearing a noise in the alley near their home. "She thought something bad was happening and next thing I know, they take my best friend's life," the man, named Zach, said in the video.  Investigators said the officers involved had body cameras, but they weren't turned on.  "I don't know anything about the law or police work to that extent but to me, it seems really stupid. You have a body camera, aren't you supposed to use them?" asked a visibly upset and confused Birkholz.  Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges voiced similar sentiments at a news conference, saying, "I share the same questions other people have about why we don't have body camera footage of it, and I hope to get answers to that in the days coming."  Investigators said the squad car video was on but didn't capture what happened at the scene. The detectives said they're trying to figure out if any video evidence of what happened exists."

"According to her website, Damond moved to Minneapolis from Sydney, Australia. The former veterinarian became a yoga instructor, personal health and life coach and meditation teacher."

"The two officers involved in the shooting are on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure."

Why haven't they been identified?

Here is the take of Fox News:

"An Australian woman engaged to marry an American next month was shot and killed by a Minneapolis cop Saturday night after calling police to report an incident, leading her family and investigators to question what caused the deadly shooting.  The woman, identified as Justine Damond, 40, was killed in the late-night shooting in the city's Fulton neighborhood, Fox 9 reported. She reportedly had called to report an assault.  “Two Minneapolis police officers responded to a 911 call of a possible assault just north of the 5100 block of Washburn Avenue S. just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday,” the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a news release. “At one point, an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman."  Police were trying to determine whether any video of the incident exists. The body cameras of the officers involved were not activated, according to police."

The following is an update from NPR:

"On Saturday night, Officer Mohamed Noor and another officer responded to a call of a possible assault in south Minneapolis. Neither had a body camera turned on when Noor fired the shots that killed 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Noor's attorney confirmed the officer's identity to MPR News."

Here's more:

"The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating, and it will eventually turn over its findings to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said that while he doesn't have any more information than what's been publicized, he feels the officers should have started recording the interaction.  "At this time, it's our understanding that there is no video or audio evidence, but that's only what we've been told," said Freeman. "The investigation is in its early stages. I hope there is."  Freeman added that video and audio evidence makes his decision easier because it will present "more concrete evidence." Freeman will decide whether Noor and his partner will face criminal charges. It is not clear from the Minneapolis police policy manual what kind of discipline the officers could face for failing to turn on their cameras."

In update, Fox News reports:

"The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman Saturday night has offered his condolences to her family.  The officer, identified by his attorney on Monday as Somali-American Mohamed Noor, said in a statement that he came to the U.S. at a young age and that he believes being a police officer is his calling.  Noor, who joined the force two years ago, was one of the responding officers on Saturday night after 40-year-old Justine Damond called authorities to report what she believed was a sexual assault happening nearby."

Readers are advised this is not the same immigrant officer featured in an earlier edition of this publication back in May.  Different city, different state, different country of origin.  Not the same officer.  Nowhere near the same circumstances.  The officer featured in the earlier edition was just starting his career and off to a good start.

"Damond's shooting death has been ruled a homicide by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office.  Minnesota police Chief Janee Harteau said Damond’s shooting is a “tragic death.” Harteau said that she immediately asked for an outside investigation, Fox 9 reported."

Very little is known at this moment about the circumstances of this fatal shooting.  Judgment must be reserved until far more is known.

Here is the take of another Fox News article:

"Police officer Mohamed Noor is alleged to have shot an unarmed Australian woman in Minnesota.  (MPD)  The Somali-born Minnesota police officer alleged to have shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman on Saturday had been lauded by Minneapolis’ mayor and feted by the local community when he joined the force in 2015.  “I want to take a moment to recognize Officer Mohamed Noor, the newest Somali officer in the Minneapolis Police Department,” Mayor Betsy Hodges wrote in a Facebook post when Noor began serving the city. “Officer Noor has been assigned to the 5th Precinct, where his arrival has been highly celebrated, particularly by the Somali community in and around Karmel Mall.”  In fact, The Washington Post reported that community threw a party for Noor – the first Somali-American officer to serve in the precinct. Minneapolis is home to one of the nation's largest Somali communities."

Something went terribly wrong.

“He came to the United States at a young age and is thankful to have had so many opportunities,” Thomas Plunkett, Noor’s attorney, said Monday. “…For him, being a police officer is a calling.”  Abdikadir Hassan, a local community leader, told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that Noor was a role model.  “He is inspiring to young people in the community,” Hassan said. “He is very supportive and good with the kids. He is such a lovely guy.”  Noor, 31, attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis and earned a degree in business administration, management and economics, The Star Tribune reported.  But despite reportedly viewing the police force as his “calling,” Noor took a winding road to the department’s door. He first had jobs in residential property management and as the general manager of a hotel, according to The Star Tribune."

Apparently, had a darker side:

"In his short time with the Minneapolis Police, Noor has had three complaints filed against him – two that are still open. The other was closed and Noor wasn’t disciplined.  On May 25, a woman accused Noor of assault and battery because he “grabbed her right wrist and upper arm” and inflamed a pre-existing shoulder injury while officers were forcibly removing her from her home and bringing her to a hospital.  Noor, who spoke Somali at home, divorced his wife in December, but documents obtained by The Star Tribune also suggest he was a workaholic.  An evaluator was reportedly sent to observe Noor and his son together for an unspecified reason and concluded Noor had an “even keel and calm demeanor.”

Something went horribly wrong:

"But questions continue to surround Noor’s alleged actions on Saturday night.  Jessica Damond called police to report a possible crime occurring near her house. Officers arrived, and Noor, at some point, and for an as yet unknown reason, allegedly fired his gun, striking Damond in the abdomen and ultimately killing her.  When she was shot, Damond was standing, in her pajamas, talking to an officer on the driver's side of the squad car. Noor, in the passenger's seat, allegedly fired, shooting Damond through the driver's side door, three sources with knowledge of the incident told The Star Tribune.  Noor did not activate his body camera – as required by the department in all use-of-force scenarios – and his patrol car’s dashcam did not capture the pivotal moments, either."

Ms. Damond died of a gunshot to the abdomen according to the medical examiner.  Police can no longer be trusted to investigate themselves.  At any level of government. Even when the truth is determined, justice for victims is consistently denied.  For the most part, these bastards remain protected, coddled, excused.

NBC News reports:

"The Minneapolis police officer in the car with a fellow patrolman who fatally shot an unarmed Australian bride-to-be who had called for help told investigators he was "startled by a loud sound" shortly before his partner opened fire, state investigators said Tuesday.  Justine Ruszczyk, who had already taken her fiance's last name of Damond, was fatally shot by Officer Mohammed Noor as Noor and another officer, Matthew Harrity, responded to her 911 call about a possible assault near her home Saturday night, authorities said.  "Officer Harrity indicated that he was startled by a loud sound near the squad. Immediately afterward Ruszczyk approached the driver's side window of the squad," said the Department of Public Safety, which is investigating the shooting, in a statement."

Still no explanation for why the officer opened fire:

"Harrity indicated that Officer Noor discharged his weapon, striking Ruszczyk through the open driver’s side window."  The nature and significance of the loud sound in the shooting, if any, was not clear from the statement.  Investigators with the Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension interviewed Harrity on Tuesday. Noor has declined to be interviewed at this time, the department said."

Why isn't he talking?  It's his job to account for his actions on duty.  A woman is dead and this guy is refusing to answer why he shot her?  What the hell is going on here?

"Harrity told investigators a white man between the ages of 18 and 25 was bicycling nearby just before the shooting and stopped at the scene to watch as officers gave medical aid to the fatally wounded woman, and investigators would like to interview that person and any other witnesses to the incident, the department of public safety said."

Had it been anyone other than a cop who pulled the trigger and refused to answer questions, would have been immediately arrested and booked.

CBS News reports:

"The BCA said its information was based on an interview with the officer driving the car, Officer Matthew Harrity. Harrity was interviewed Tuesday, but Noor declined to be interviewed. The BCA said his attorney did not indicate when, or if, Noor would talk to investigators, and under the law an interview can't be compelled."

Unbelievable.  A cop shoots and kills, yet can't be compelled to talk to investigators?  Why hasn't his ass been arrested?


7-21-17

In follow up to an earlier edition of this publication and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"A white former Texas police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of a black teenager who was leaving a party, prosecutors said Monday.  Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson announced that a grand jury indicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver in the death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Oliver was fired in May for violating department policies after police department officials reviewed body camera footage of the incident, which showed Oliver shooting his rifle into a moving vehicle that was traveling away from him and another officer."

Appalling.

"Shots from Oliver's rifle pierced the front passenger window, hitting Edwards in the head as he sat in the front seat.  Johnson said Oliver also was indicted on four charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public official related to the other four teens who were in the car."

What could this jackbooted son of a bitch possibly been thinking?  Sadly, that's not all:

"Last month, Oliver was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant in an unrelated incident, where he is accused of displaying a gun during a traffic accident. Oliver was off duty in Dallas when another vehicle rear-ended his and, according to a police report, he pulled his service weapon and kept it pointed at the ground."

Think there's nothing seriously systemically wrong in law enforcement?

"A Dallas officer who responded to that incident didn't file charges, but officials with the district attorney's office said last month that it "showed a pattern of behavior." The district attorney's office asked for Oliver's previous bond to be increased, saying he was considered a danger to the community. Oliver paid bond in the two charges for the off-duty Dallas incident and the increased bond for the murder charge in June."


7-21-17

Once again, a criminal murderous jackbooted bastard in blue eludes justice.  By design.  NPR reports:

"Twice now, the murder and manslaughter case against a former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing has ended in a mistrial over his fatal shooting of black motorist Sam DuBose.  Now, the Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters says that he will not try Tensing a third time, member station WVXU reports.  "I don't like it. We believe we cannot be successful at trial," Deters said, according to The Associated Press.  The prosecutor "says the case has been referred to the U.S. Attorney's office for possible civil rights charges," the member station added."

As usual, shit happens:

"Deters said that DuBose family is unhappy about the decision not to prosecute, according to AP. "I feel badly," he said. "I've got to do what I think is right."

Counselor, you're a goddamned gutless liar.  Precisely, why law enforcement, prosecutors, and the courts cannot be trusted.  Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As the doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.


7-21-17

The Sessions nazi intends to increase legalized theft perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  The Washington Post reports:

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said he'd be issuing a new directive this week aimed at increasing police seizures of cash and property."

No court order.  No criminal conviction required.  Legalized theft perpetrated by law enforcement.

“We hope to issue this week a new directive on asset forfeiture — especially for drug traffickers,” Sessions said in his prepared remarks for a speech to the National District Attorney's Association in Minneapolis. "With care and professionalism, we plan to develop policies to increase forfeitures. No criminal should be allowed to keep the proceeds of their crime. Adoptive forfeitures are appropriate as is sharing with our partners."

Hitler would have been proud of this goddamned thieving nazi.

"Asset forfeiture is a disputed practice that allows law enforcement officials to permanently take money and goods from individuals suspected of crime. There is little disagreement among lawmakers, authorities and criminal justice reformers that “no criminal should be allowed to keep the proceeds of their crime.” But in many cases, neither a criminal conviction nor even a criminal charge is necessary — under forfeiture laws in most states and at the federal level, mere suspicion of wrongdoing is enough to allow police to seize items permanently."

This, the goddamned fascist police-state you Llano County Republican nazis revel in?  Very thought make you cream your pants?  Your kind of country?

"Additionally, many states allow law enforcement officers to keep cash that they seize, creating what critics characterize as a profit motive. The practice is widespread: in 2014, federal law enforcement officers took more property from citizens than burglars did. State and local authorities seized untold millions more."

Think this isn't legalized theft?

"Since 2007, the Drug Enforcement Administration alone has taken more than $3 billion in cash from people not charged with any crime, according to the Justice Department's Inspector General."

No problem with this?  Until you get f--ked over, ripped off by one of these pieces of shit in blue?  No difference between these bastards and the criminal element.  -- Other than a badge, license to steal, worse, murder on the job with impunity.

"The practice is ripe for abuse. In one case in 2016, Oklahoma police seized $53,000 owned by a Christian band, an orphanage and a church after stopping a man on a highway for a broken taillight. A few years earlier, a Michigan drug task force raided the home of a self-described “soccer mom,” suspecting she was not in compliance with the state's medical marijuana law. They proceeded to take “every belonging” from the family, including tools, a bicycle and her daughter's birthday money."

These jackbooted bastards in blue are a scourge.  Common thieves. An exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.  No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element present a greater threat than these out of control nazi storm troopers.

Raw nazism in a fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Wake up.  You're being bamboozled.  Sessions intends to help local law enforcement groups bypass state laws reining in this legalized theft.

Apparently, the nazi remains too deaf to hear the rumble.  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  Doomsday clock striking dangerously close to midnight.  As our formerly great country transforms from a fascist police-state to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

In another article, The Washington Post reports:

"According to the Institute for Justice, 13 states have passed laws requiring prosecutors to obtain a criminal conviction before authorities can permanently seize an individual's property. Under federal law, however, authorities can take cash, vehicles, homes and any other property and keep it for themselves, without ever charging the suspect with a crime.  Under federal guidelines, the state and local agencies making adoptive seizures are entitled to up to 80 percent of the proceeds, while federal agencies would receive at least a 20 percent cut. The median value of those seizures was about $9,000, not exactly indicative of major drug trafficking operations."

Hear the rumble?

"Some of the seizures were as low as a few hundred dollars, including $107 taken by Kanakee, Ill., authorities on March 12, 2014. That money was turned over to the DEA, which is entitled to keep $21.40 of it, with the remaining $85.60 to be returned to Kanakee police.  These numbers comport with numerous other investigations that have found that forfeiture efforts tend to target poor neighborhoods. Between 2012 and 2017, for instance, the median value of assets seized by Cook County police was just over $1,000. A 2015 ACLU analysis of cash forfeitures in Philadelphia turned up a median value of $192.  The small dollar values often at stake undercut forfeiture defenders' claims that the practice is necessary to disrupt major criminal organizations. A 2015 Institute for Justice report found that between 1997 and 2013, 87 percent of the Department of Justice's forfeitures did not require any criminal charge or conviction."

No more than legalized theft by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"But the adoptive forfeiture program came under particularly intense criticism because it allowed state and local police to sidestep state-level forfeiture reforms using a sleight of paperwork. The Justice Department's 2015 policy change effectively eliminated the adoption program -- adoptions dropped from $65 million the prior year to just $15,000 in the following 12 months, according to the Institute for Justice's analysis.  But the changes announced today turn that cash spigot back on. Since the 2015 policy change, many more states have implemented forfeiture reforms making it harder to seize cash and property. That means that more law enforcement agencies now have the incentive to sidestep those reforms via the reinstated adoptive forfeiture process."

Law enforcement cannot be trusted.  No better than common thieves.  A fascist police-state soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


7-14-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-four weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-four weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-four weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases.  Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


7-14-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


7-14-17

In an interesting twist, consider the following from ABC News:

"A lawsuit accuses Black Lives Matter and five of the movement's leaders of inciting violence that led to a gunman's deadly ambush of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge last summer.  DeRay Mckesson and four other Black Lives Matter leaders are named as defendants in the suit filed Friday on behalf of one of the officers wounded in the July 17 attack by a black military veteran, who killed three other officers before he was shot dead."

What makes this suit so incredibly interesting is the fact police routinely do the very same at protest marches.  That is, incite violence.  Fail to control, rein in their criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  Worse?  In fact, order them to advance against protesters whether or not such action is warranted.

Police revel in violence they perpetrate against protesters.  Get a coveted chance to kick ass.  Get their cookies off.  Do so with virtual impunity.  Confident in the knowledge they'll get a free pass.  Media is not immune.  Reporters with credentials have been arrested doing their jobs because cops fear exposure.

"The suit doesn't name the officer, but its description of the plaintiff matches East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Tullier.  The attorneys representing Tullier previously sued Black Lives Matter and Mckesson on behalf of a Baton Rouge police officer who was injured at a protest over a deadly police shooting last July."

Attorneys filing suit against murderous rioting officers might usefully follow the example set by by these Baton Rouge officers and their shysters.   That is, make the very same argument in court against these out of control rioting bastards in blue they're making against Black Lives Matter.

That is, turn the tables on the criminal rioting out of control police who determinedly disgrace their uniforms.  To say nothing of their falsely sworn oaths of office.  Ferociously protest, but remain non-violent.  Otherwise, you grant them carte blanche to murder on the job.  Sue.


7-14-17

Some officers won't be confused with the truth.  No matter what.  Fox News reports:

"Sheriff Richard K. Jones of Butler County, Ohio, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he believes the drug naloxone, a substance used to revive overdose victims that is known by its brand name Narcan, is more trouble than its worth.  "I don't do Narcan," Jones told the Enquirer, noting that his deputies "never carried it... nor will they."

Profound aggressive stupidity calling the Sheriff's fitness for office in question:

"Jones' position raises eyebrows for a number of reasons. In his state alone, health care costs related to the epidemic totaled some $1.1 billion in 2015, with Ohio tallying more prescription opioid overdose deaths that same year than any other state in the nation.  And it's not as if his county has been immune, either. According to the Ohio Department of Health, there were less than two dozen unintentional drug overdose deaths in Butler county in 2003. By 2015, that number had skyrocketed to 195."

Three possibilities.  a) The Sheriff is hopelessly moronic.  b) Doesn't give a flying f--k.  c) Both a and b.

"In June, Middletown city council member Dan Picard proposed a three-strike style policy for repeat-overdose victims. He said his proposal wasn't meant to address the heroin issue, but to help the city budget cope with the high uptick in overdose calls."

Sounds like an Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged nazi:

"My proposal is in regard to the financial survivability of our city," Picard told The Washington Post. "If we're spending $2 million this year and $4 million next year and $6 million after that, we're in trouble. We're going to have to start laying off. We're going to have to raise taxes."

TOUGH SHIT.  You'll do it anyway to line government coffers.  Line the pockets of the thieving bastards who falsely believe they run and own it all.

"In Dayton, Ohio, the drug has been used to reverse overdoses more than 160 times since December 2015.  While there are no laws mandating the use of naloxone by law enforcement, data from the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC), a group committed to getting the drug into the hands of community members and law enforcement, suggests that 1,214 law enforcement agencies nationwide are using it as of December 2016."

Think the Sheriff doesn't have severe mental issues?  Wake up:

"For Jones, these numbers mean little when weighed against the safety of his deputies. Jones said that users can often become violent, or start vomiting once the drug is administered, and that for his officers "to get on the ground and spray it in their nose is simply dangerous.”

False non-sequitur:

"Jones told Fox News that another point he thinks is being missed in the debate over Narcan is that the drug has “helped revive and save some lives but not bring down the usage of heroin.”

Simply incredible a sheriff could be so achingly ignorant, aggressively stupid.  Thousands of lives are saved.  Narcan is designed to save lives, not curb drug craving and usage.


7-14-17

The following?  Galling.  Fox News reports:

"Republicans are pushing for the Senate to pass the 'Thin Blue Line Act,' a measure which would allow federal judges and juries to consider the death penalty for people who kill or target law enforcement officers."

... While giving a free pass to the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who gutlessly murder innocent unarmed civilians on the job with impunity?

"A Florida congressman is urging the Senate to quickly pass legislation to toughen penalties against cop killers, in the wake of this week’s brutal murder of a New York City police officer."

Incomprehensible.  Outrageously hypocritical double standard.  In a goddamned fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

“It’s time to protect those who put their lives on the line for us every day,” GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan said in a statement released Thursday."

They already are, you achingly clueless fascist son of a bitch.

"The congressman is the sponsor of “Thin Blue Line Act,” which would amend existing law to make the killing of a state or local law enforcement officer an “aggravating” factor in death penalty cases."

Why?  What for?  Kill a cop?  Even in self-defense?  Guess what?  Get executed in most states.  No matter the circumstances.  Nazi justice.  What more do you need?  Already get your pound of flesh.  Perversely chagrined you can only successfully execute the condemned once?

“We need to send a strong message that the heinous targeting of police officers or first responders will not be tolerated,” Buchanan added."

How about sending the same message to the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who gutlessly murder on the job?  You're out of uniform, Congressman.  Where is your swastika armband, you fascist son of a bitch?

The Florida congressman is not the only one missing the point.  The Washington Times reports:

"NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill denounced anti-police hate during Tuesday’s funeral of slain Officer Miosotis Familia, a mother of three and 12-year department veteran who was ambushed and killed while sitting in her mobile command unit last week."

Readers are reminded this outrageous murder was covered in the last edition of this publication.  The following is further indication the Commissioner remains clueless:

“Mental illness and medication may have played a part — I don’t know,” Commissioner O’Neill told mourners. “What is certain, however, is that he hated the police. He saw us as the ‘bad guys’ because countless times he heard it in conversation, saw it on television, read it in the newspapers. Combine that toxic blend with his special brand of evil, and you get … this funeral."

The Commissioner refuses to acknowledge what's at root of all this outrageous violence.  Criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are murdering innocent unarmed law-abiding citizens across this country with impunity.  Remain coddled, protected.  Not held accountable for these murders.

“Hate has consequences,” he continued. “When we demonize a whole group of people — whether that group is defined by race, by religion, or by occupation — this is the result. I don’t know how else to say it: This was an act of hate, in this case, against police officers — the very people who stepped forward and made a promise to protect you, day and night.”

What planet does the Commissioner live on?  He's delusional.  Insanely ignores the growing number of innocent unarmed law-abiding citizens murdered by gutless officers who use fear as an excuse to commit these murders.  He opines hate as root cause of police killed on the job.  He's delusional.  Some of these killings of officers are in self-defense.  Others are in retaliation for officer-committed murders.

Blaming hate for the murder of innocent officers is as delusional as murderous officers using fear as excuse for emptying a clip of high-powered rounds into an unarmed law-abiding motorist.  Literally getting away with murder.  As long as the jackbooted gutless bastard claims fear, it is accepted by juries who refuse to convict.  Rubber stamped by the nazi U.S. Supreme Court.

"The commissioner asked why people in such a politically active city like New York aren’t protesting in the streets against this senseless killing."

They're not protesting because of all the murders of innocent unarmed law-abiding citizens perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  With impunity.

“So, where are the demonstrations for this single mom, who cared for her elderly mother and her own three children? There is anger and sorrow, but why is there no outrage? Because Miosotis was wearing a uniform? Because it was her job?” he asked. “I simply DO NOT accept that.”

Readers are reminded the murder of this innocent officer was condemned in no uncertain terms in the last edition of this publication as well as elsewhere.

“Miosotis was targeted, ambushed, and assassinated,” he said. “She wasn’t given a chance to defend herself. That should matter to every single person who can hear my voice, in New York City and beyond.”

Wake up, Commissioner.  The same could be said of every victim of goddamned, gutless, murderous officers.  Your empty claim holds no water.

“Everything our government stands for – freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear – everything starts with public safety,” he said. “Miosotis knew this, and she wanted all of us to play our part."

You're out to lunch, Commissioner.  Police have become predators.  Cannot be trusted.  Precisely, why crime goes unreported.  People fear police.  Do not trust them.  Conveniently, forget?  We now live in a de facto fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


7-14-17

Who says crime doesn't pay?  Certainly, does if you happen to be a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue who murders on the job.  The Associated Press reports:

"The Minnesota police officer who was acquitted in last year's fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile will receive $48,500 as he leaves the suburban department that employed him at the time of the killing, according to a separation agreement announced Monday.  Jeronimo Yanez will be paid the money in a lump sum, minus applicable deductions and withholdings for state and federal taxes. Under the five-page agreement released to The Associated Press through a public records request, the Minneapolis suburb of St. Anthony also will pay Yanez for up to 600 hours of accrued and unused personal leave pay. The agreement, which has Monday's date, doesn't say how much time he has accrued."

Literal blood money.


7-14-17

Think racism doesn't run rampant in law enforcement?  To say nothing of the courts?  Wake up.  CBS News reports:

"For the third time in less than a year a jury deadlocked on Friday and forced a mistrial in the murder case of a white former Oklahoma police officer accused of killing his daughter's black boyfriend, astonishing prosecutors and frustrating the boyfriend's family."

So what else is new?  No justice.  Surprised?  Why?

"Judge Sharon Holmes declared the mistrial after four hours of jury deliberations over the fate of former Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler. He was accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Jeremey Lake in August 2014, not long after Lake started dating Kepler's then-18-year-old daughter, Lisa."

Three years.  Still no justice.  Forget?  The American Way.

"Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said he was shocked that a mistrial was declared after such short jury deliberations."

Fix in by the judge?

"I've never encountered a dynamic like this in 25 years of practice," Kunzweiler said after the mistrial was declared. "In my opinion, there should be some compulsion placed on jurors to reach a verdict."

Not if the judge is in the pocket of law enforcement.

"Kepler and his attorneys cheered loudly in the elevator leaving the courthouse, CBS affiliate KOTV reports."

Bet they did.  Again, escaped justice.  Yet, a man is dead.  Murdered.  That reality does not change.  Hard, cold reality bites.

"It's a six-six mistrial," Kepler's attorney Richard O'Carroll told KOTV "And these jurors specifically told the court and the state and the defense that they needed more evidence."

Couldn't be bigoted, could they?

"O'Carroll said he is prepared to defend Kepler five more times."

Why not?  Cops, nor former cops, seldom get convicted in a goddamned fascist police-state.  Soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Holmes had instructed jurors that they could convict Kepler of first-degree murder or the lesser charge of manslaughter. Manslaughter carries a sentence of four years to life in prison, while the sentence on a first-degree murder conviction is life in prison."

Considerate of Her Majesty, isn't it?


7-14-17

Ongoing problems in Oakland.  In follow up to earlier editions of this publication and elsewhere, The AP reports:

"A federal judge should consider holding Oakland, California, city and police officials in contempt of court for mishandling an internal affairs investigation of several officers alleged to have sexually exploited an underage prostitute, civil rights lawyers said.  U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson has summoned lawyers for the city to his court Monday to discuss a report that found fault with the mayor, city administrator, police chief and other top officials in their handling of the prostitute's claims and two separate police investigations."

Apparently, officials continue to stonewall.

"The judge oversees the police department as the result of a class-action settlement the civil rights lawyers negotiated after they sued the city over a police corruption scandal.  The lawyers, John Burris and Jim Chanin, said in a court filing last week that the police department had made significant progress under Chief Sean Whent until September 2015, when Officer Brendan O'Brien killed himself. O'Brien discussed his relationship with the teen prostitute and implicated other officers in his suicide note."

Apparently, law enforcement fails to appreciate how much damage this ongoing fiasco inflicts on police-community relations as well as abrogation of all trust.


7-14-17

With all the problems in law enforcement, California seems to be taking a step forward.  ABC News reports:

"A longstanding national debate about police transparency and privacy has been reignited in California with legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to release body camera video and recordings of fatal police shootings and other significant incidents."

This needs to happen across the country.  The public desperately needs protection from the out of control criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"The proposal, which comes amid a push across the U.S. for body camera recordings to be released more quickly after fatal police shootings, seeks to establish a statewide policy on when body camera footage and other audio and video recordings should be released."

Should have happened years ago nationwide.

"The state Senate's Public Safety Committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday on Assembly Bill 748, which would amend California's public records statute to limit the discretion that police departments have for withholding body camera videos. The proposed measure would require police departments to release video in cases where law enforcement officers use force or in incidents where it is believed there is a violation of law or public policy."

Time to rein in the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  Not protect their criminal activity.

"More than a dozen law enforcement organizations oppose the measure and many contend it should be up to local police departments to determine when, if ever, body camera footage should be released."

No surprise there.  The fox guarding the chicken coop.  Time to stop protecting, coddling these criminal jackbooted bastards.

"This bill will taint ongoing police investigations and all but kills the impartiality of the investigation process," said Craig Lally, the president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents city police officers."

Investigations are already tainted by the achingly fascist agenda of the jackbooted bastards in blue.  Precisely, why so little faith and trust remain in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.  This bill is indeed a desperately needed breath of fresh air in what has become a de facto fascist police-state.  Soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.


7-7-17

As always, when a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads.  Always.  The following story is quite unlike any other covered in this publication.  Well beyond uncommon valor.  Seatbelts on. CBS News reports:

"Two years ago, Officer Jody Thompson was pulling into the parking lot at the Poteau Police Department in Oklahoma to drop off his partner when he overheard a dispatch about a case of physical child abuse.  Thompson wasn't on duty at the time, but he responded to the call and offered assistance. Before he joined the department 16 years ago, Thompson was an investigator for the district attorney's office, where he handled dozens of abuse cases."

Unbelievably tough duty.  Daily nightmare turned into reality.

"I've investigated child abuse cases before," Thompson told CBS News. "I thought I'd better go ahead and respond."  When Thompson arrived at the scene, he was stunned to see a severely underweight boy -- his wrists bound by belts, with bruises along his back and a huge knot on his head. The 8-year-old boy had been submerged in a trash can full of cold water.  He weighed just 61 pounds at the time."

Gets worse:

"He did not have a spot on his body that didn't have a bruise or abrasion," Thompson said. "It was the worst thing I've ever seen."  After covering the boy, who was named John, with a blanket, Thompson took him to an Oklahoma Children's Advocacy Center so detectives and investigators could take photographs. When they were done, Thompson drove him to the emergency room."

Got to be one hell of a sick son of a bitch to do this to a kid.  Imagine being a cop and having to deal with this on a daily basis.

"I sat with him," Thompson said. "And when he was admitted into the intensive care unit, I sat all night until the next day."

How could someone in the community not know this shit was going on?  How does this happen? Not your problem?

"Thompson refused to let John out of his sight. He knew from the first moment he saw him he wanted to take care of him for the rest of his life.  "When I'd seen him in that house shivering and his hands tied -- just soaking wet and confused -- I knew at that moment the only time I would be satisfied and sure that he was safe is if he was with me," Thompson said."

Finally, someone stepped up, did the right thing.  A cop.

"The next day, Thompson contacted the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) to become a certified foster parent. A couple days later, he brought John home."

No kid deserves abuse.  The community needs to step up.  Report this shit when you see it.  Don't have the guts to do it openly?  Do it anonymously.  Just do it.

"At the time, I had a 15-year-old son and an 8-year-old son. When I brought John home I didn't tell them or my wife," Thompson said. "Everyone knew... they trusted I was doing the right thing before they even knew what happened and heard the story."

A most remarkable cop.  Most remarkable family.

"Thompson welcomed John into his home on April 30, 2015. Two days later, he found out his wife was pregnant with their third biological son."

More remarkable?  Get this:

"Nearly 7 months later, on November 3, 2015, DHS called to inform the Thompsons that John's mother had given birth to a baby girl while in jail. Officials asked the Thompsons if they would be interested in fostering her.  "We literally picked her up in the hospital the next day when she was a day old and brought her straight home," Thompson said. "Never in my life did I dream of having a large family, but God had different plans and so here we are. And I'm loving it all."  Thompson formally adopted John in August after his biological parents, who are both incarcerated and awaiting criminal trials, relinquished their parental rights. However, they refused to relinquish rights for their daughter."

Why?  What could they possibly been thinking?

"After a lengthy jury trial and an appeal, the parents' rights were terminated and the Thompsons were able to adopt their little girl, Paizley, on February 16.  "[John's] the toughest guy I've ever met," said Thompson, explaining that his son had to testify on his own behalf during the trial."

Why have kids if you're not willing to properly raise, support, and lovingly nourish their needs to adulthood?

"John is amazing. He's a straight-A student, on the honor roll, in the gifted and talented program, involved in the local drama club," Thompson said of his now 10-year-old son. "That kid's very resilient. He bounced back from this."

Why wouldn't he?  Finally, got the love and support he desperately needed.

"On Tuesday, Thompson received a certificate of commendation from the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations, and John stood by his side as he graciously accepted it."

Uncommon Valor.  Hat's off to this exceptional officer and his family.  Second to none.


7-7-17

Another case of outrageous abuse to a kid.  This time, by a psychotic unidentified criminal.  CBS News reports:

"A Dallas teenager who survived a horrific acid attack hopes police will catch her assailant, CBS DFW reports.  "It melted my clothes off. I was in so much pain," 17-year-old Alma said from her hospital room where she's been recovering for more than a week.  At 1 a.m. on Father's Day, she came home from work with her mom when they noticed their front porch light was out.  "I see, like, this man just standing in front of me with a ski mask and a red jacket," she said. "I think it was a red hoodie, and he just like, he had a cup and he just threw it at me."

With disastrous consequences:

"Acid immediately began to eat away at her skin. The acid mainly landed on her back but it also burned her chest. Alma's attacker went after her twice, the second time, hurling acid at her face.  "On my chest, on my back, on my eye and on my face a little bit and then my… my ear," she remembered.  Alma's mother and brother were both with her during the attack. Her little brother was also splashed with acid and spent a day in the hospital with minor burns. Alma's mother said she was hysterical during the attack, but was able to remember there was a kiddie pool close by. She dunked Alma in the water, trying her best to wash away the acid."

Gets worse:

"Alma has had several surgeries at Parkland Hospital and skin grafts to help her heal. Soon, she hopes to be well enough to learn to walk again and says she's recovering faster than doctors expected, just in time for her senior year.  "I might not look the same, but not that bad," she said."

Remarkable resilience.

"She doesn't know exactly who attacked her, but she suspects she knows them. The attacker wrote this message on her house: "Alma, [expletive] n-word [expletive] love [expletive]."

Raw insanity.

"Dallas police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective M. Bailey at 214-671-3621 or B. Billings 214- 671-3083 with the Dallas Police Department Assaults Unit."


7-7-17

San Antonio Police Officer Miguel Moreno was recently murdered on duty.  Fox News reports:

"Moreno, a nine-year veteran of the police department, was shot in the head last Thursday after he and another officer questioned two men near a vehicle that had been broken into. The officer died a day later."

Horrific loss for the Moreno family, SAPD, and the City of San Antonio.  Fellow Officer Julio Cavazos was also shot.  Fortunately, is expected to recover.

"The day after one of his police officers died from injuries he sustained in a shootout, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said he was “angry” at all the hostility directed toward cops.  "I'm angry at the police haters, I'm sick of the police haters," McManus said. "We protect them. We defend them. And they give us a big F U. And I'm sick of it."  His comments were made Saturday during a monthly meeting with the community, the San Antonio Express-News reported. They came following the death of Police Officer Miguel Moreno, who was shot while investigating a vehicle break-in."

Can certainly understand the profound depth of grief expressed by the Chief.  The Chief is respectfully reminded, however, extremely pointed criticism of rogue officers should not be equated, nor is it equatable, with hatred for police.  No one should understand this better than the Chief:

It is directed against the criminal behavior of officers who murder innocent unarmed civilians on the job.  Shake down, loot, ticket, innocent civilians to line government coffers as well as their own pockets.  Become judge, jury, and executioner.

With impunity.  -- As covered in edition after edition after edition of this publication, as well as elsewhere.  ... The Chief is also reminded police did not protect unarmed, law-abiding citizens murdered by gutless officers all across our formerly great country.  While the Chief's highly emotional criticism of protest directed against murderous officers is understandable after the murder of one of his officers, it should also serve as a wake up call:

Police procedure and tactics need to change.  It is not acceptable to shoot first, ask questions later.  Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms.  As the doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.  The rumble?  Deafening.  Yet, police remain determinedly, cluelessly deaf.  Why?


7-7-17

An appalling senseless murder of a New York City cop.  CBS News reports:

"A New York police officer who was shot in an "unprovoked attack" while in a marked police command vehicle early Wednesday has died, authorities say.  The New York Police Department tweeted that the officer, a 12-year veteran of the force, was in the vehicle with her partner in the New York City borough of the Bronx. She's been identified as Miosotis Familia, a 48-year-old mother of three, including a set of twins."

The officer is black.  So is her murderer.

"Command vehicles are stationary and resemble trailers, police explained.  Police sources told CBS New York the suspect is seen on camera walking out of a bodega, putting his hoodie on, walking up to the passenger side of the vehicle and firing into it. The officer was sitting in the passenger side of the mobile command unit."

An ambush:

"This was an unprovoked direct attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this city safe," Police Commissioner James O'Neill said, calling it an assassination.  Her partner radioed for help.  "Shots fired! 10-85!" the officer is heard frantically shouting after the gunfire, including the code for an officer down. "My partner's shot! My partner's shot! My partner's shot! Hurry up central!"  Other officers confronted the suspect, who was running, a block away. The suspect drew a revolver and the officers fatally shot him, authorities said, adding that a silver revolver was recovered at the scene."

Command vehicles need to be far more secure to ensure this murder is not repeated.

"Another person, believed to be a bystander, was also hit by a bullet and was listed in stable condition, police said.  The suspect was identified as 34 year-old Alexander Bonds, of New York, and was on parole for a robbery in Syracuse, New York, police said.  Familia had been stationed in a mobile command post, a RV-sized truck used as a communications hub during major events, like the Fourth of July. She had been looking down, writing in her memo book, a police log where officers record their shift activity, when Bonds walked up."

Appalling loss of life.

"Bonds, who also went by John Bonds, had been on parole for a robbery case in Syracuse, New York, but was from the Bronx, police said. He is seen in surveillance footage marching up to the post "with purpose," officials said, but it's not clear what provoked the attack.   Police say Familia had no prior contact with Bonds."

He does, however, have quite a history:

"In a video posted on Facebook in September, he ranted about the treatment of civilians by officers and talks about how hard life was behind bars. The photos of Bonds posted on the page match a police mugshot.  "Don't think every brother, cousin, uncle you got that get killed in jail is because of a blood or crip or Latin King killing them. Nah, police be killing them and saying that an inmate killed them," he said in the video."

Remains a desperate need for radical change.  Systemic change.  Top to bottom.  Bottom to top.  The status quo is unsustainable.  Will result in more of the same.  Regardless, this outrageous murder of an innocent cop was perpetrated by a gutless criminal who had no business being paroled.  Rehabilitation in prison?  What's that?  No more than temporary or long-term warehousing at best.  This also must change.


7-7-17

Some cops know how to lighten up.  The following is absolutely brilliant policing.  NPR reports:

"The celebration looked as if it was coming to a crashing halt.  A group of neighborhood kids had been taking full advantage of a huge slip-and-slide at an annual Fourth of July block party in Asheville, N.C., on Sunday, when city police officers pulled up in their cruiser.  The kids stopped and stared.  Somebody had called with a noise complaint and said the slip-and-slide was blocking the street."

Not true.  False report.  Officers brilliantly turned it to their advantage, however.  Quite a plus for police-community relations.  Get this:

"Officer Carrie Lee quickly decided that it was off to the side and there were no issues. Then she zeroed in on it for another reason.  "I was kind of blown away with the magnitude of the slip-and-slide," Lee told NPR. "I said give me a trash bag. I will go down."  Lee said the party-goers just laughed. "I said I'm serious, give me a trash bag." So someone handed over a heavy duty bag and down Lee went, a child following closely behind, as cell phone videos rolled."

Good day for the kids.  Good day for the community.  Good day for law enforcement.

"I'm a spontaneous person, a kid at heart," Lee said.  She was able to convince her partner, Officer Joe Jones, to also take a spin. Being too tall for a trash bag, Jones got on an inflatable raft.  Party goers' videos of police getting in on some lighthearted fun have been picked up by numerous national news outlets, including CNN, at a time when publicity surrounding police can be much darker."

That's right.  These two officers were absolutely brilliant.  The kids and the community will certainly never forget it.  -- Who knows?  ... Think one of the kids may not grow up to become an officer as a result?

"And while Lee says she thought video of her and her partner going down the slide would get passed around Facebook, "It has gotten a lot bigger than I expected it would."  "I think it's just something fun that people don't see every day, police going down a slip-and-slide" Lee said. "It's a great way for us to show the public that we are just normal people. We like to have fun."


7-7-17

Uncommon Valor. The Washington Times reports:

"President Trump spoke by phone with the last surviving member of the famed “Doolittle Raiders” to thank the 101-year-old veteran for his service as the nation marks Independence Day.  The White House said Mr. Trump “offered his best wishes and support” to retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, a World War II veteran who was recently injured.  “The president congratulated Lt. Col. Cole on his courage, thanked him for his service, and wished him a full recovery in advance of his upcoming 102nd birthday,” the White House said of the Sunday phone call."

Younger readers are advised this was indeed a one-way mission.  Consider for a moment what that means.

"Mr. Cole was co-pilot of the lead B-25 bomber piloted by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle during the surprise raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, which was a response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Their attack inflicted some damage but, more important, stunned the Japanese people and raised morale in the U.S."

Certainly, rattled the cage of the enemy.  Here is why it was uncommon valor:

"The bomber crews launched their aircraft from the USS Hornet knowing that they would not have enough fuel to return to friendly territory. Mr. Cole and the rest of his crew bailed out over China, received help from Chinese soldiers and civilians, as well as an American missionary in China."

Here is what it cost in human terms:

"Of the 80 pilots, navigators, engineers, bombardiers and gunners who took part in the raid, eight were captured by the Japanese who occupied China. One died of starvation in a prison camp and three others were executed."

The enemy certainly knew at that point they were in for one hell of a fight by a most determined foe.


7-7-17

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office?  Sixty-three weeks, now.  A goddamned disgrace.  Why are you still sitting on this information?  What are you hiding, Sheriff?  What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise?  Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons?  Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff?  Their past history?  An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse.  How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information?  Sixty-three weeks.  Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger.  To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff?  Those of your thugs?  The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down.  You don't understand that, Sheriff?  Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one.  Including taxpayers.  Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot.  The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt.  Think not?  Wake up.  Your credibility has tanked.  Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated.  Sixty-three weeks.   Still no identification of the officers involved  ... Can't get your stories straight?  In line?  Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff.  The public no longer buys the bullshit.  No longer trusts you.  On this and many, many other issues.  You have no credibility.  Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so.  There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow.  If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed.  -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County.  If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be yours courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone.  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why.  This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet.  Ignored.  The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us.  They can't be.  They've lied too many times.  Refuse to be accountable to anyone.  We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases. Usually, with impunity.  That has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement.  This also has to change.  No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer.  No one.  No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar.  There was no justice there.  None here.  None anywhere.  Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Court fees charged continue to be horrendous.  -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs?  Aren't you boys not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs?   Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees.  This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit.  This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why?  Yet, surprise, surprise.  Nothing was done.  There has to be transparency.  There is none.  Why would these thieving bastards want any?  ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity?  Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons.  Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so.  That is, where they came from.  Why they left where they were.  What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards.  Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments.  Why?  So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated?  This has to change.  ... Can't have that, can we?  Sheriff?  TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up.  Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own?  The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers.  Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently?  Guess what?  Nothing will happen.  Nothing ever does.  The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities.  Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally.  Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for.  Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit.  Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web.  Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town.  Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded.  An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences.  Forget?  Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff?  TL?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure.  We're just getting started, Sheriff.  You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff?  If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing.  'Personnel matters?'  Bullshit.  Looted taxpayers have the right to know.  They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness.  When will you and the boys end the shakedowns?  Looting of the innocent to line County coffers?  No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch?  You and your thugs remain out of uniform.  Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race?  Did you steal the election?  If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves.  One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.


7-7-17

Have any information, knowledge of, experience with a purportedly non-profit volunteer clean-up group called Looking Forward In Llano County affiliated with the Llano County Attorney's Office?  Email this publication at libertyinperil@openmailbox.org to provide information and/or arrange a meeting to discuss this matter.  If requested, your identity will be protected.  The question is quite simple.  Is this group what it claims to be and on the level?


7-7-17

The following?  Appalling.  CBS News reports:

"Officials with the ACLU said they are suing the city of Baltimore and its police department because victims of alleged police abuse are being silenced, CBS Baltimore reports.  A woman allegedly attacked by three Baltimore police officers said she's been victimized once again because the city took away half of her settlement money when she spoke up."

Unbelievable that victims of police brutality are muzzled as a condition of settlement.  Goddamned un-American.  Egregious violation of free speech no matter what the shyster bastards claim.

"When the city reaches a settlement in a case, certain parties aren't allowed to comment. But Ashley Overbey said she thought she still had the right to defend herself by responding to comments online."

What this requirement does is allow perpetrators to hide their crimes from the public.  Whether its law enforcement, any governmental agency, or their corporate masters.

"Overbey said her ordeal started in 2012, after she called police when her apartment had been burglarized. When officers arrived, she said the encounter turned tragic."

Seatbelts on:

"Instead of them helping me, they brutalized me. They beat me up, it was three male officers who beat, punched, kicked, and attacked me as if I were a male or a threat," Overbey said.  She was subsequently arrested and locked up for a night, but the charges were later dropped, she said."

A goddamned fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Why weren't the criminal jackbooted sons of bitches prosecuted?

"When word got out that she received a settlement, Overbey said people started commenting on a blog and when she responded to defend herself, the city revoked half of her settlement.  "I was totally devastated. I had worked and sacrificed for two years, two years I was homeless, I was unemployed because I was labeled a criminal," she said."

The American Way.  Nazi America.

"Thursday, the ACLU announced it's suing the city and its police department for forcing people who've received settlements to stay quiet.  "This is a coordinated effort to take on gag orders which have silenced numerous victims, maybe more than we know," said Maryland ACLU executive director Susan Goering."

Why are these criminal bastards protected, coddled?  Their victims f--ked over?

"The police department referred questions about the case to the City solicitor. CBS Boston reached out to the office, and was referred to the mayor's office.  A spokesperson for the mayor said a settlement had been reached and "it does not serve the interests of either party for much more to be said."

Bullshit.  Unadulterated bullshit.  Goddamned lie.  Silence allows the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue to escape accountability for their crimes.  Sue the living shit out of the sons of bitches.  Don't agree to a settlement that requires silence.  Expose them to the light of day.

Uncommon Valor:

"But Overbey said she'll keep speaking out against a system she thinks is flawed.  "Unless the people can know what's going on and what these cops, the government and city officials are actually doing to us, no change can come about."  Overbey said she hopes to get the other half of her settlement back, along with additional damages."

Hope and pray she does.  Status quo?  Unsustainable.  Happening all over the country.

"The ACLU also announced a lawsuit against Salisbury, Maryland and its police department in a similar case."

Go for it.  Stick it to the bastards, evil sons of bitches.  Stand tall.


7-7-17

Another racist criminal jackbooted bastard in blue eludes justice.  ... With a little help from his friends.  CBS News reports:

"A police officer has been suspended without pay for posting a racially offensive video online, CBS Boston reports."

Why wasn't he fired?  Think this piece of shit fit to be an officer?

"Officer Joseph DeAngelo, a four-and-a-half year member of the force who patrols the Roxbury area, admitted to crafting the crude video depicting another officer with the tag line: "This summer, black people have met their match."

Think this isn't terroristic threat?  Think anyone other than a jackbooted bastard in blue wouldn't have wound up being arrested?

Gets worse.  Highly convoluted.  Keystone Kops.  Get this:

"Boston police became aware of the video on June 8 and initially suspended the officer seen in the video. They later learned he was unaware that his image was being used and was reinstated with the department.   "DeAngelo came forward and owned up to making the video meant to spoof his buddy and fellow officer," Commissioner William Evans said. "He will undergo significant sensitivity and unconscious bias retraining."

Goddamned bullshit.  This son of a bitch should have been immediately, fired, arrested.  Prosecuted for terroristic threat.  Not fit to be an officer.  Presents an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

The Commissioner's head remains securely lodged up his ass.  How can anyone have faith and trust in law enforcement when this shit goes on all over the country?  Yet, the bastards are not fired, not prosecuted.  Protected, coddled.

Coup de grace?  Get this:

"The department consulted with members of the black community and agreed upon a punishment -- a one-year suspension with six months to serve.  "For two weeks, we sought input from a lot of groups on what the appropriate punishment would be," Evans said. "We don't tolerate this type of behavior."

Don't?  Then why didn't you fire, then prosecute this racist son of a bitch?  Insult to injury?

"Superintendent in Chief William Gross says DeAngelo's embarrassment and remorse was clear.   "Not once did I ever hear from him, 'I'll do anything to save my job,'" Gross said. "But, what we heard from him is, 'I want to show everybody I'm not a racist'."

Time to get out the violins.  Give me a f--king break.  Day is night, night is day, and shit smells perversely sweet in the achingly surreal world of 'law' 'enforcement.'  Bottom line?  No justice.

But have no fear:

"The incident remains under investigation."


7-7-17

In follow up to an earlier edition, The Associated Press reports:

"A judge says statements a Chicago police officer made to a detective shortly after fatally shooting a black teenager can be used by prosecutors at the officer's murder trial.  The judge ruled in the case of Jason Van Dyke, who is charged with first-degree murder in Laquan McDonald's 2014 shooting. Van Dyke and the detective —   who was charged Tuesday with conspiring to obstruct justice to help Van Dyke — both testified Wednesday."


7-7-17

Further proof criminal officers remain protected, coddled.  The AP reports:

"A former Oregon detective has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to investigate reports of child abuse, behavior his lawyer said was caused by burnout.  Ex-Clackamas County sheriff's Detective Jeffrey Allen Green, 59, pleaded guilty on Thursday, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported ( http://bit.ly/2t9qqDE ). Green was accused of not investigating more than 50 cases during his six years as a detective. Green's lawyer, William Bruce Shepley, told the judge his client wasn't doing his job because he "suffered from a terrible case of burnout."

Why isn't his criminal, worthless ass in prison?  Looted taxpayers.  Did squat shit:

"Green was assigned to an array of crimes in Wilsonville, including rape, child sexual assault and theft.  In some cases, Green didn't track down and identify suspects, submit DNA evidence from a rape kit to the state crime lab for analysis or make contact with victims or their families, prosecutors said."

Yet, he skates:

"A judge abided by the terms of a plea deal and sentenced Green to one year of probation, $1,100 in fines and fees and an order to relinquish his police certification so he can never work as an officer again.  Green will not serve time in jail."

Think 'prosecutors' aren't in the pockets of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue no matter what they do?  Wake up:

"Deputy District Attorney Bryan Brock, one of the prosecutors against Green, told the judge that he had worked with Green on several cases and the District Attorney's Office worked with him on a regular basis. Green was a "very experienced" detective and his mishandling of dozens cases wasn't due to a lack of intellect, Brock said."

Give me a f--king break.  Gets worse:

"Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Owen said his office didn't perceive any potential conflicts of interest with handling Green's case. "I do know Detective Green, and I certainly know him to be a capable detective when he chose to be so," Brock said."

Appalling.  Laughable.


7-7-17

One of the reasons why murderous officers are not convicted is bias in favor of them displayed by 'judges' presiding over their trials.  ABC News reports:

"The judge who presided over the case against the police officer who shot Philando Castile has written a letter of support to the jurors who acquitted him, saying there was "a failure to understand what you were asked to do" by the public and media outlets."

Unadulterated horse shit.  The 'judge' clearly demonstrated his true bias in favor of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  The jury failed to convict a murderer who gutlessly shot first, asked questions later.

"The June 16 decision to acquit Saint Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez was met with widespread criticism after dash cam footage showed him shooting 32-year-old Castile seven times in quick succession during a routine traffic stop."

For damned good reason.  They failed to convict a gutless, murderous police officer.  Gave the criminal son of a bitch benefit of doubt he did not deserve.  Murdered in cold blood.  Had it been any other citizen, he would have been convicted.

"A mostly-white jury of five women and seven men ultimately moved to acquit Yanez of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety."

Racism was certainly a factor in the murder.  The victim was black, law-abiding, licensed to carry, and followed the murderous officer's orders.  Yet, got executed.

"Ramsey County District Judge William H. Leary III referenced the dramatic dash cam video, released on June 20 by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, in his letter to jurors, which was obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune."

The video was more than enough evidence to convict.  Yet, the nazi 'judge' did not think so.  Imagine that:

"The criticism of the jury’s decision of which I am aware has focused primarily on a reaction to the squad-cam video and on consideration of issues you as jurors were never asked to address," Leary wrote in the letter, which was dated June 23. "You were simply asked to determine, beyond a reasonable doubt, whether a crime had been committed."

That's true.  A crime had indeed been committed.  No justification for the officer to have pumped seven rounds into an innocent man.  The officer gutlessly choked.  Caved into cowardice.  Then, used that cowardice, unbridled fear to justify murdering an innocent man.

Did so on the basis of Supreme Court decisions not-so-cleverly designed to protect murderous officers.  That is, if an officer feels threatened, he or she is granted carte blanche to murder.  A get out of jail free card afforded no one other than officers who murder.

"You were never asked to decide whether racism continues to exist, whether certain members of our community are disproportionately affected by police tactics, or whether police training is ineffective," Leary added."

Leary's head remains securely lodged up his ass.  'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.' The issues raised by the last quote above by Leary were indeed irrelevant to whether or not this murderous cop executed an innocent man.

No more than a bogus dodge invented by a nazi judge to justify, protect, and excuse a criminal jackbooted gutless bastard in blue who murdered on the job.  Worse?  Far worse?  To absolve the jury of its failure to render justice to the murder victim and his family.

The following is galling:

"I write to reassure you that you faithfully fulfilled the difficult task you were asked to undertake," Leary wrote in his letter, which was submitted to the court on June 28. He also thanked the jury for their service."

The jury rubber stamped a gutless murder perpetrated by a criminal police officer, pleasing a 'jurist' egregiously unfit to sit on the bench.

"Typically, judges speak with jurors immediately after a verdict is reached. Leary's decision to submit the letter after the fact is unusual."

Proof positive the 'judge' is indeed shamelessly biased in favor of law enforcement.  ... Was the letter no more than a pathetic, gutless attempt to assuage your guilt, 'Judge?'  Failure to do your duty?

"A spokesman for the Minnesota Judicial Branch responded to ABC News' request for comment by saying "the letter must speak for itself."  Leary also declined to comment further.  "I appreciate your interest but I don't believe any discussion would be of any additional value," Leary said in a statement."

Proof positive innocent, law-abiding citizens can expect no justice in court.  Precisely why police, prosecutors, and the courts cannot be trusted.  Have an agenda.  To protect their own.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril


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