Liberty In Peril

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Decay In Law Enforcement 17         From 10-20-17 And Continuing  ©2017 All Rights Reserved

12-1-17

Reportedly, Llano Police Officer Grant Harden is under investigation by the Texas Rangers and District Attorney's Office.  Not yet clear precisely what for.

We also have a Llano County deputy who has not been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to a Kingsland property owner.  To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property.  The County Attorney has done absolutely nothing to remedy this fiasco other than stonewall.

The Sheriff's head remains figuratively up his ass.  Won't do his job.  County Attorney?  Figuratively, out to lunch.  -- Hey, Becky?  When the hell are you going to rein in the Sheriff's SS jackbooted bastards in black, girl?  When?  As officer of the court, it's your goddamned responsibility.  -- Forget?  ... Unless of course, you're bought and paid for.  Like other officials in this hell hole County.

Think the public's not aware there's an egregious failure of justice here?  Has been for years.  All bought and paid for.  Think all believe your phony, disingenuous bullshit?  Think, ultimately, the shit won't hit the fan?  That every goddamned criminal who runs and owns this hell hole County won't ultimately be exposed to the light of day?  You're not doing your job, Counselor.  Voters have the right to know.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


12-1-17

In stark contrast to Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

Think there shouldn't be a special place in Hell reserved for prosecutors and police who falsely charge and convict the innocent?  CBS News reports:

"A 70-year-old California man convicted nearly four decades ago of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son walked out of prison Wednesday after DNA tests showed he was wrongfully convicted."

An innocent man.  Four decades in prison for a crime he did not commit.

"Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned Craig Richard Coley and ordered his immediate release from a state prison in Lancaster."

Not good enough, Governor.  Nowhere near.

"Coley has maintained his innocence since he was arrested on the same day 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht and her 4-year-old son, Donald Wicht, were found dead in her Simi Valley apartment on Nov. 11, 1978.  Brown wrote in his pardon that Coley has been a model inmate for 38 years, avoided gangs and violence, and dedicated himself to religion.  "The grace with which Mr. Coley has endured this lengthy and unjust incarceration is extraordinary," Brown wrote."

Think he had a choice, Governor?  To do otherwise, would have resulted in loss of all semblance of sanity.

"Coley's request for clemency was supported by Simi Valley Police Chief David Livingstone and Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten, who said they cannot stand by the evidence used to convict Coley."

Why does sovereign immunity protect unspeakably evil police and prosecutors from nearly all criminal and civil culpability in such cases?

"As district attorney, I must tell you I look forward to the day when I can shake Mr. Coley's hand, apologize to him for the injustice he suffered," Totten said at a news conference Monday, a video of which was posted online by the Ventura County Star."

That, and a buck or two buys a cup of coffee, Counselor.

"I am also hopeful that one day soon we will bring to justice the violent man responsible for this most horrific crime," Totten said."

Precisely, the problem.  The perpetrator escaped justice.  Free to kill again.  After four decades, highly unlikely this piece of human excrement will be arrested, tried, and convicted.  May not even still be alive.

A truly horrendous crime:

"Rhonda Wicht was strangled, apparently with a macrame rope, and her son was suffocated."

The jackbooted bastards in blue took the easy route:

"Investigators quickly zeroed in on Coley, who had broken up with Wicht shortly before she was killed."

Jesus Christ.  Think anything has substantively changed?  Especially, in backward counties such as ours?  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Coley's first trial in 1979 resulted in a hung jury, with jurors unable to resolve an impasse that left them 10-2 in favor of guilt, according to a news release issued by the police chief and district attorney."

... When at first you don't succeed in f--king the innocent, try, try again.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"He was tried again in 1980, found guilty and sentenced to life without parole."

An atrocity.  Too often, par for the course, right, Sheriff?

"Livingstone and Totten said they began reviewing the case last year after a retired detective raised concerns about Coley's guilt. The trial court had ordered evidence destroyed after Coley exhausted his appeals, but investigators retrieved records from Coley's relatives and located biological samples at a private lab."

How the hell is evidence ever allowed to be destroyed when the accused is still alive?

"Using advanced techniques not available at the time of his trial, technicians did not find Coley's DNA on one key piece of evidence used in the conviction, but they did find DNA from other people, whom authorities have not publicly identified."

Is it because law enforcement doesn't know who it belongs to?  ... Or, because they've indeed positively identified them and are actively searching to make an arrest?

"This case is tragic," Livingstone and Totten wrote in their news release. "An innocent woman and small child were murdered. Craig Coley has spent 39 years in custody for a crime he likely did not commit."

Jesus Christ.  How about investigating police and prosecutors ultimately responsible for this atrocious, egregious miscarriage of justice?  Exactly, what's desperately needed here in Nazi Llano County.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


12-1-17

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?  Eighty-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?  Eighty-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.  Eighty-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.


12-1-17

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?


12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following reeks.  NBC News reports:

"A Baltimore detective was fatally shot with his own gun just one day before he was set to testify before a federal grand jury in a case involving other officers, the city’s police commissioner said Wednesday.  “Detective Suiter was going to offer federal grand jury testimony about an incident that occurred several years ago that included officers who are now federally indicted back in March,” Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said of Sean Suiter.  “He was scheduled to offer grand jury testimony the day after he was murdered,” he added."

No more than coincidence?

"But Davis stressed that as the search for Suiter’s killer continues, there was currently no evidence that the slaying was linked to his upcoming testimony or any conspiracy."

Believe it?

 “While I understand the wild possibilities that go through people’s minds when we all want answers, I just am determined to keep following the evidence,” he said. “There’s nothing we won’t consider, there’s no path we won’t go down if the evidence takes us down that path."

Think so?

"But Davis said the evidence appeared to show that the murder followed a “spontaneous encounter” after Suiter approached a man behaving suspiciously in a vacant lot in between some houses on Nov. 15. He died the following day.  Davis said evidence showed that Suiter’s decision to approach the man was “spontaneous and unplanned” and it was not as if the officer had been lured to any particular location."

Stretches credulity.  Could it be the department is covering its ass?  Certainly, hope not.  Truth has a way of inconveniently coming out, -- even years after the fact.

"The commissioner added that the evidence refutes that Suiter’s partner “was anything but just that — his partner.”  That officer took cover across the street upon hearing the sound of gunfire and then immediately called 911, he said."

While this may indeed be all on the up and up, still reeks.  Why was the slain officer even on duty the day before giving such important, critical testimony?

"There was evidence of a physical struggle between Suiter, 43, and his killer and the detective was shot in the head and killed by his own gun, Davis said."

None of this looks good, sounds credible.

"Suiter was an 18-year-veteran of the force and father of five.  He was due to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a group of Baltimore officers who worked together on a firearms crime task force and have been charged with stealing money, property and narcotics from people over two years, according to The Associated Press.   The members of the Gun Trace Task Force, a small unit tasked with removing illegal guns from Baltimore streets, were described in an indictment as abusing their position to detain people under false pretenses, threaten them and steal from them, according to the AP.  They are also stand accused of faking police reports, lying to investigators and defrauding the department.  Davis emphasized that he had been told both the acting attorney general and the FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore field office that Suiter was a witness, and “not the target of any ongoing criminal investigation.”  “There is no information that has been communicated to me that Detective Suiter was anything other than a stellar detective, great friend, loving husband and dedicated father,” he said."

This officer appears to have been an honest cop, doing an honest job.  At a time of exceptional problems within Baltimore law enforcement, could it be he was murdered by one of his own to silence him?  Can the department indeed be trusted to conduct an impartial investigation of his murder?  No more than conjecture at this point, but the questions still must be raised.

ABC News reports:

"Evidence found on Suiter's clothing, in addition to body camera video, indicates that there was a struggle between the officer and his killer, authorities said.  On the night of the shooting, there was a radio transmission by Suiter that lasted only a few seconds before he was killed, indicating he was in distress, Davis said. Also, Suiter's partner was confirmed to be nearby at the time of the shooting and can be seen on private surveillance video calling for help.  Davis said that, despite the timing of the shooting one night before Suiter was set to testify, the evidence does not indicate any conspiracy. Police believe the officers approached a suspicious individual, a struggle ensued and Suiter was shot.

"The Baltimore Police Department still does not have a clear description of the suspect, other than he was an African-American man wearing a black coat with a white stripe.  "We will continue to follow the evidence in this very important case," Davis said. "I owe it to the Suiter family and the BPD to pursue every investigative lead and to examine every piece of evidence to determine exactly what happened."  A reward for information leading to an arrest has grown to $215,000."

The Washington Times reports:

"A Baltimore detective killed by a gunman last week was slain a day before he was set to testify in a corruption probe into activities of indicted officers, the city’s police commissioner confirmed Wednesday.  Commissioner Kevin Davis announced the news to reporters a week after the detective was shot in the head in a West Baltimore vacant lot. Rumors have been running rampant about the unsolved slaying of Detective Sean Suiter.  The police commissioner’s latest revelation will do little to quell speculation. Davis emphasized that Suiter was not the target of any criminal investigation, but he was scheduled to testify before a grand jury “the day after he was murdered.”

The timing of the murder is certainly a problem.  ... A big problem, -- stretching credulity.

"The Baltimore police and the FBI do not have any evidence to suggest that Suiter’s slaying is “part of any conspiracy,” according to Davis. But he added “there’s nothing we won’t consider” and said he understands why there is speculation.  “It certainly makes for great theater,” Davis said."

Blatant flippancy on the part of the police commissioner certainly raises questions.  Especially, in light of the following:

"The federal grand jury is investigating a group of Baltimore officers who worked together on a firearms crime task force and have been charged with stealing money, property and narcotics from people over two years. An indictment has described the members of the Gun Trace Task Force, a small unit dedicated to getting illegal guns off Baltimore’s streets, as using their position to allegedly threaten the innocent, detain people on false pretenses and steal their money. They are also accused of faking police reports, lying to investigators and defrauding their department."

Davis did not explain precisely why he believes the following:

"Davis emphasized that the evidence collected in Suiter’s unsolved killing points to a “spontaneous encounter” the homicide detective had with a suspicious man he observed while working in a high-crime neighborhood with his partner. Evidence indicates a violent struggle, Davis said, including a roughly three-second-long radio transmission in which what seem to be gunshots are heard and Suiter appears to be in distress.  Investigators have recovered the detective’s gun from the gritty lot where he was shot and have determined that the 18-year veteran of the department was shot with his own weapon. Ballistic tests show that recovered shell casings were matched to the recovered firearm.  An autopsy conducted four days after the attack showed that the gunshot was fired in “close contact” to Suiter’s head, Davis said."

No matter what, something's not quite right here.  The fox cannot be expected to reliably guard the hen house.  Time for an independent federal agency whose only task would be to investigate and prosecute criminal law enforcement.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Not only do the criminally violent jackbooted bastards in blue get their cookies off beating the shit out of  their targets, so do their dogs they send in to mutilate.  NPR reports:

"Donald W. Cook is a Los Angeles attorney with decades of experience bringing lawsuits over police dog bites — and mostly losing. He blames what he calls "The Rin Tin Tin Effect" — juries think of police dogs as noble, and have trouble visualizing how violent they can be during an arrest.  "[Police] use terms like 'apprehend' and 'restrain,' to try to portray it as a very antiseptic event," Cook says. "But you look at the video and the dog is chewing away on his leg and mutilating him."

This has been a problem quite some time across our formerly great country.  With the advent of smart phones, body cameras, dash cams, ubiquitous cameras in public, true extent of this atrocity is finally becoming well known.

"Cook says the proliferation of smart phones and body cameras is capturing a reality that used to be lost on juries. "If it's a good video, it makes a case much easier to prevail on," he says.  The latest high-definition body cameras worn by police provide especially clear views. Cook collects these videos on his computer, and what strikes him is the degree of bloody violence the dogs can inflict."

Isn't that precisely the intention, Sheriff?

"You can do through a dog attack what you cannot do yourself," he says. "You can't do it with the baton, because the baton is always going to be swung by a cop. The Taser is always going to have its trigger pulled by a cop, but with the dog, it's the dog that did it, not the cop."

Precisely, why when these incidents occur and the person attacked is unarmed and innocent, the K-9 handler needs to be held criminally accountable for the actions of the dog.

'Police dog-handlers reject this characterization. They say dogs are a valuable method for subduing dangerous suspects while protecting officers from harm. They point out that a dog can be called back after it's been unleashed — unlike the deployment of a Taser or the firing of a gun."

Problem remains the dogs are often unleashed on the innocent.  Are not called off until their victim has been mauled.  Sometimes the dogs fail to respond to commands.

"And there are use-of-force rules. Most departments require police to shout out clear warnings before a dog is released."

Often, these rules are not followed.  Officers get their cookies off abusing power.  Can avoid criminal culpability by laying the behavior on the dog.

"But the threshold for releasing dogs appears to be lower in many of the recent videos. Sometimes, police send the dog in response to threats that seem more hypothetical than real.  In one case captured on body cameras in 2015, San Diego police officers used a dog on a naked man who was high on LSD and wandering around a neighborhood in broad daylight. He refused a command to turn around, and within seconds they released the dog. The biting lasted 52 seconds. It caused lasting injuries — as well as an eventual settlement from the city.  In the incident report, officers cited the threat posed by the man's balled fists, and the presence of stones on the ground, which he might have picked up to use as weapons."

Jesus Christ.  Pathetic.  The achingly gutless jackbooted piece of shit in blue who unleashed the dog should have been immediately arrested, jailed, and prosecuted.

"The quickness of police to release K9s was also a factor on June 24, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. On that night, cops responding to a report of an armed black man happened across Frank Baker, sitting in his car near his apartment building. Baker, who's African-American, seemed to fit the general description, though he was unarmed. They ordered him out, and he says he complied.  "I put my hands up and I took about seven or eight steps, and as soon as I turned around, the police let the dog out on me," Baker recalls. "It happened so fast ... not even ten seconds and I'm on the ground."  A police dash camera captured the scene. As Baker writhes and screams, police kick him and shout, "Don't move!"

Jesus Christ.  A goddamned Third World banana republic.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Are the jackbooted bastards that aggressively stupid?  Really believe when an attack dog mauls the victim he's simply going to lay still?  Give me a f--king break.  Here's the abject insanity embraced by these achingly clueless criminally violent jackbooted assholes in blue:

"One of the arguments for K9s is that they're a "pain compliance" tool: the bite is supposed to convince a suspect to hold still.  Baker finds that theory astonishing. He says as the dog tore into his leg, following police commands was the last thing on his mind.  "I didn't hear what they were saying," he says. "My mind just went blank."  In fact, in many videos, the release of a dog appears to escalate the violence of an arrest."

You think?  The victim under vicious attack will fight like hell, could wind up killing the dog if officers don't quickly end the attack or are not in the immediate vicinity.

"You just look at the dog as the source of pain and you do everything you can to address that pain," says Seth Stoughton. He's a former police officer, now an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina who studies police use of force. "Those shouted commands — you'll deal with that later, when the pain stops."

More to the point, the unmistakable perception of the victim is achingly simple: the dog is doing his best to kill the victim.  He'll fight like hell to defend himself.  The jackbooted bastards in blue that clueless?  ... Or, are they simply perversely getting their cookies off?

Insult to injury:

"And yet suspects who kick and try to shake the dog off are often accused of resisting arrest."

Further indication we live in a goddamned fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?  What if the victim of the attack manages to slam the dog's head into the ground killing the raging bastard?  Considered capital murder of the K9 jackbooted son of a bitch?

Achingly clueless, moreover, the Aryan arrogant police-mentality:

"K9 handlers say dog bites tend to be quick — 10 to 15 seconds is a figure that gets cited frequently."

Google K9 dogbites.  Take a look at the photos.  Wake up:

"In many of these videos, though, the biting lasts much longer. In a recent incident captured on a smart phone, you can hear the outrage of bystanders at how long it's taking San Diego police to get their dog to stop biting a suspect's arm.  Privately, handlers often talk about having trouble getting a dog to "out," or open its jaws. It's a concern that comes up on discussion boards, and in this K9 training video.  Sometimes the dogs bite the police. In 2016, California's workers compensation system recorded 190 law enforcement officers reporting on-the-job injuries involving police dogs."

Doesn't your heart bleed?  Imagine that.  There is some justice, albeit seldom.  Joke aside, carefully consider the following.  Certainly, an argument for outlawing police use of attack dogs:

"Occasionally, an attacking dog simply stops responding to commands. That happened this past April in Georgia, when a K9 attacked its handler, Houston County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Slate Simon. The dog bit down to the leg bone and would not release, forcing the officer to shoot and kill the dog.  "He was just doing his job," Simon told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Simon attributed the incident to "mistaken identity."

Jesus Christ.  Give me a break.  This officer is insanely out to lunch.  Dangerously, in denial of reality.  An exigent threat to himself, more importantly, to the public he allegedly serves.

"It's possible there was a deeper problem. Simon's K9 was a Belgian Malinois, which in recent years has become the most popular breed for police and military work. It looks something like a small German Shepherd, but is more nimble and less prone to certain health problems.  But some Belgian Malinois may come with a dangerous genetic flaw.  Researchers at the University of California Davis have identified a gene in some dogs of that breed that's "associated with owner reports of seizure, 'glazing over' behaviors, episodic biting behaviors, and general loss of clarity."

Time to sue the living shit out of the handler, the department, and the government agency ultimately responsible when this shit happens.

"Many K9 handlers are scrupulous about issuing warnings; Jim Gibson is a sheriff's deputy with lengthy K9 experience, both as a handler and a trainer. He believes in making repeated, clear warnings, and he takes releasing a dog as seriously as firing a weapon.  "You get down, look right between his ears like you would a gun sight," he says, to make sure the dog is looking at the right person. Because that's the person it will bite.  It's a level of restraint that's missing from some of the more shocking videos of K9 apprehensions. In the absence of good national statistics, those videos may end up determining the public perception of police K9s. It's a worrying thought for many handlers."

Sue the living shit out of the bastards.  Do what you can to bankrupt all involved.  ... Right, Sheriff?

CBS/AP reports:

"The Rockland County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a police K-9 killed a family's dog in an unprovoked attack in New York."

The following is inexplicable.  The Detective failed to get the dog medical care after the attack.

"Police say the attack happened in New City around 7 a.m. Tuesday. Tom Forde tells CBS New York a nanny was walking his family's Cavapoo Ginger when the police dog attacked it.  Authorities say Detective Dwayne Defino was able to get the German shepherd off of the smaller dog. Defino took Fordes' dog back to their home.  Forde says the detective should've taken the dog to the hospital instead of waiting at his home for more than an hour while it still showed signs of life. The nanny didn't have a car available and Forde works an hour away, the station reports."

Here's the kicker:

"According to the sheriff's office, the police K-9 is an arson dog and isn't trained to attack. Police continue to investigate."

Fox guarding the chicken coop.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Not only are police chiefs and sheriffs responsible for reinstatement of criminal officers, right, Sheriff?  Sometimes a shyster lawyer is necessary to do the trick. The Washington Post reports:

"In 2013, homicide detectives in Miami were finally closing in on suspects in the robbery and killing of a manager at a cellphone store six years earlier. A break in the case had led them to a colleague: police officer Adrian Rodriguez."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  -- Llano County Deputies are incapable of doing anything criminal, right, Sheriff?

"Rodriguez had been employed at the cellphone store before joining the Miami Police Department and was working there the night the manager was ambushed and shot to death. Investigators had come to suspect that the crime was an inside job, possibly involving Rodriguez, his brother and his father."

Amazing, isn't it?  The fact there are indeed a few honest officers left, right, Sheriff?  Don't, however, last in this hell hole County, do they, Bill?

"When Rodriguez refused to cooperate with detectives, the police chief fired him."

Exactly, precisely, what he should have done, right, Sheriff?

A corrupt, abusive, criminal officer knows what to do, however, -- when his back is indeed up against the wall, right, Bill?

"Rodriguez then did what many other South Florida police officers have done to get their jobs back — he turned to Fort Lauderdale labor attorney Gene Gibbons."

Come as a surprise?

"Gibbons, who represents officers in job appeals on behalf of police unions across Florida, has over the past eight years won reinstatement for more than 22 fired officers, often returning them to work over the objections of police chiefs who say they are unfit for duty.  A former cop, Gibbons has prevailed by finding the weak point in a department’s case, no matter how severe the alleged misconduct. He frequently capitalizes on the mistakes of police officials, attacking sloppy investigations and hammering departments over missed deadlines."

Has to be a special place reserved in Hell for such pieces of shit.  Justice?  What's that?  Bought and paid for.  Think not?  Wake up:

"In May, Gibbons won again — persuading an arbitrator to order Rodriguez’s return to the Miami police force.  “He’s not fit to be a cop,” said Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes of Rodriguez. “How could we face the victim’s family if we didn’t fire him?”  Llanes claims Gibbons’s success is undermining his effort to hold his officers accountable. Gibbons’s efforts have forced Miami to reinstate six of the 12 officers the chief has fired since 2014."

Gets worse:

"The work of labor lawyers like Gibbons helps explain why hundreds of officers nationwide have won back jobs through a quasi-judicial process known as arbitration. In August, The Post reported that since 2006 police chiefs at 37 of the nation’s largest police departments have been forced to rehire more than 450 officers, or nearly a quarter of the officers they have fired for misconduct. Often the officers conceded some aspect of the underlying misconduct, but arbitrators, swayed by union attorneys, overruled the firings."

Certainly, one of the reasons an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms.  Hear the rumble?

"The city is appealing the decision to a state circuit court and has not returned Rodriguez to patrol.  Rodriguez, through Gibbons, declined to comment. The Post could not reach his brother Brian Rodriguez for comment.  If the department loses, Llanes said, “I would relieve him of duty again and send him home, so the taxpayers could be looking at paying his salary for 20 years.”  The killing remains unsolved."

Think you can indefinitely cover up for the inept, criminal officers who work for you, Sheriff?  Egregiously, f--king over innocent citizens in this hell hole County, Bill.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Here is precisely why the murder of innocent civilians by the achingly gutless criminal jackbooted bastards in blue won't end any time soon.  In follow up to a case covered here and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"The Minnesota city that employed a police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop has reached a financial settlement with Philando Castile's girlfriend and her daughter, who were in the car with him when he was killed.  The St. Anthony City Council voted Tuesday night to pay Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter $675,000. Reynolds will receive another $125,000 from the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust and the city of Roseville, where Reynolds was detained by police."

A piss hole in the snow.  Until these bastards are brought to their knees financially, this shit will not end.  Until taxpayers ultimately wind up taking it hard in the ass financially, there will be no incentive for them to put an end to this bullshit.  Forget?  This is supposed to be government by and for the people.  Not the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue, right, Sheriff?

The jackbooted bastard responsible for this outrageous murder of an innocent civilian eluded justice:

"Castile was driving in Falcon Heights when a St. Anthony police officer pulled him over and shot him after he told the officer he was armed."

He also told this achingly gutless piece of shit he had a permit to carry.  Didn't stop this piece of human excrement in blue from murdering Castile in front of the woman and her daughter.

"Reynolds streamed the aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook."

As well she should have.  Exposed these criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement for whom and what they are.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter and other charges."

No justice in Nazi America.  A goddamned de facto fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?  A raucous, boot clicking, goose stepping, traitorous, treacherous, treasonous Sieg Heil!?

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The murderous jackbooted bastards in blue have yet to be reined in.  CBS/AP reports:

"Protesters on Monday called for criminal charges against a Connecticut police officer who killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy and for the release of surveillance and other video that shows the May shooting."

Why have police stonewalled release of video the last six months?  To cover their jackbooted asses?

"Demonstrators sought to bring attention to the fatal shooting of Jayson Negron by Bridgeport rookie officer James Boulay after a traffic stop in Bridgeport. A 21-year-old passenger, Julian Fyffe, also was wounded.  Activists chanted "no justice, no peace" and other slogans outside the state Supreme Court in Hartford before blocking a street between the court and the state Capitol. Some carried signs that read, "Charge Boulay with murder." The protest also included 20 minutes of silence to mark what demonstrators said was the time it took for police to call for emergency medical help as Negron and Fyffe lay in the street."

Clearly, police remain out of control, a continuing exigent threat to unarmed civilians supposedly innocent until proven guilty:

"Officer Boulay acted as judge, jury and executioner for what should have been a routine traffic stop," said Kerry Ellington, an organizer with New Haven-based People Against Police Brutality."

Par for the course in a de facto fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Think the jackbooted bastards in blue are competent?  Have good information at the time of a stop?  NBC News reports:

"Last Labor Day weekend, Tommi Ziegler watched in horror as her pregnant daughter stood sobbing against a car, swollen belly straining against her white tank top, hands bound behind her back with handcuffs.  A routine traffic stop had devolved into a crisis.  "I was shaking," Ziegler said.  Police had pulled their car over for running a stoplight, shortly after leaving the parking lot of a shopping center, where the family had spent the day. After checking her identification, officers told Ziegler's 22-year-old daughter, Chelsey Marshall, that she was under arrest for an outstanding warrant tied to unpaid traffic tickets."

Bogus.  Unadulterated bullshit.

"The arrest shouldn't have happened. Days before, Marshall had received community service after settling the tickets — one for driving without a license, the other for not having insurance.  But Marshall, then late in a high-risk pregnancy, was taken to jail anyway. Her bail was set at $661.  Pending a miracle, Marshall would have to spend the long holiday weekend behind bars.  "My heart just sank," Ziegler said. "I was like, 'Oh, there's no way I can come up with this right now.'"

Had she not resolved the issue before the stop, would have gotten precisely what she deserved. She had resolved it.  Still got f--ked by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"On any given night, more than 450,000 Americans are locked up in jails, charged but not convicted of crimes. Though the nation's cash bail system is intended to guarantee that defendants will show up for their court dates, critics say it works less as an incentive and more as a punishment inflicted disproportionately on communities of color and low-income defendants."

Come as a surprise?  Why?  Forget?  We live in a goddamned de facto fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Police are predators.  Deliberately line government coffers by falsely ticketing, arresting the innocent.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Last week, criminal justice reformers backed by $30 million in donations from the wealthy and influential announced the launch of The Bail Project — a bold effort to disrupt the bail system by using charitable dollars to bail people like Marshall out of jail. Over the next five years the nonprofit's bail 'disrupters' plan to use a revolving fund to post bail for over 160,000 low-income, pretrial defendants."

How about that?  About time.  Anything to slow the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue, black, etc., down, right, Sheriff?

"Robin Steinberg, The Bail Project's founder and a veteran public defender, said that the way bail is commonly applied in courts both large and small has created a two-tiered, cash-register system of justice. Those who can afford to pay get out of jail, while the poor languish behind bars."

Forget?  The American Way.  ... Right, Sheriff?  F--k the little guy, gal.  To line the pockets of the criminal bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole County, right, Bill?

"You haven't been convicted of a crime, you are supposed to be presumed innocent," Steinberg said."

No longer.  Not in Nazi America.  ... Right, Sheriff?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

"And the only way to get out of a jail cell when bail is set is to buy your way out. That disadvantages poor people and it disadvantages people of color."

Clearly, the intention of a goddamned de facto fascist police-state.

"If you're rich, you buy your freedom and you buy the presumption of innocence," she added. "If you are not rich you can't buy your freedom and you don't get the presumption of innocence."

The American Way.  ... Right, Sheriff?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

"Starting in January, The Bail Project will open offices in Tulsa and St. Louis, Missouri, and eventually expand to 40 other sites. In addition to paying bail, Project employees will work with clients over time to support them through their cases, increasing the likelihood they will return for their court dates by reminding them of their court schedule or connecting them to needed services, such as transportation or childcare. When the case is over, the bail money is returned to the fund."

Desperately needed here in Nazi Texas.  Especially, here in Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?  Alternative?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Think the following an example of stellar law enforcement?  Judgment second to none?  CBS News reports:

"The president of the Maine Sheriff's Association has been ousted after a sexually explicit photograph of the sheriff in his office while in uniform surfaced."

... In all his 'glory?'  LOL.  ... At attention, so to speak?  LOL.

"CBS affiliate WGME reports Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant confirmed the explicit photo was him Tuesday after the station obtained the photo and questioned him. Gallant says he sent the photo to a woman he didn't want to identify."

Bet he didn't.  LOL.

"Gallant denied the station's request for an on-camera interview but released a statement saying he should not remain in a leadership position with the association.  "I bring discredit to myself, to my uniform, my badge and the Maine Sheriff's Association," Gallant said in the statement. "The appropriate thing for me to do is not remain in a leadership position with the Association and to step down."

Apparently, not stepping down from county office.  Then again, his transgression is nothing compared to the shit that goes on here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Truly frightening how our lunatic national socialist president, fascist Texas governor, nazi U.S. senator determinedly talk out the ass, distort reality, outright lie for the sake of political expediency.  These fascist bastards have no honor.  Wouldn't know truth if it figuratively bit them hard on the ass.

The only thing known for sure at the moment is one Border Patrol officer is dead, another severely injured.  The circumstances remain unknown.  Didn't stop the above three nazis from lying out the ass regarding the incident.  Forget? Truth remains a moving target in Nazi America.

CNN reports:

"Details remain scant in what the FBI describes as a "tragic incident" that left one Border Patrol agent dead and another in serious condition.  The FBI said both men were found injured late Saturday in a culvert area -- a tunnel structure used for water drainage -- in southwest Texas.  Rogelio Martinez, 36, died from his injuries at a hospital Sunday morning. His partner, who hasn't been identified, remains hospitalized in serious condition.  The two Border Patrol agents suffered traumatic head injuries and other wounds such as broken bones, according to the FBI, which is leading the investigation. The results of Martinez's autopsy are pending."

The surviving officer has no memory of what happened.

"Although there hasn't been an explanation of what happened, Texas politicians -- including Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz -- have described the incident as an "attack." Chris Cabrera, a spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, described the incident as an "ambush." And President Donald Trump said the injured agent had been "brutally beaten" as he called again for the construction of a wall between the US and Mexico."

Take the time to read the last paragraph a second time.  What the above officials claimed is simply not true.  No more than blatant fabrication.  No evidence at the moment the claims of these goddamned nazis are true.  Think not?  Wake up:

"But in Culberson County, where the two officers were injured, the local sheriff painted a different picture, suggesting to the Dallas Morning News that investigators are considering the possibility that the agents fell into the culvert in a nighttime accident.  "The evidence is not obvious as to what happened out there," Sheriff Oscar Carrillo told the paper.  Martinez and his partner had been on patrol near Interstate 10 in the Big Bend Sector, which runs along the US-Mexico border, when they responded to activity, US Customs and Border Protection said. CBP officials would not say what type of activity.  After they responded, Martinez's partner reported that they were both injured and needed help, according to CBP. They were found about 12 miles east of the town of Van Horn at 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the FBI.  A Customs and Border Protection spokesman said Martinez had not been shot."

Clearly, truth means nothing to the Trump nazi.  Manufactures his own.  To suit his political agenda:

"Law enforcement has not explained the exact cause of the injuries, and the FBI is investigating the case.  Even so, President Donald Trump cited the incident as a reason why the US needs to build a wall along the border with Mexico.  "As you heard, we lost a Border Patrol officer just yesterday and another one was brutally beaten and badly, badly hurt," Trump said Monday. "It looks like he'll make it, but very badly hurt."  On Sunday, Trumped had tweeted, "We will seek out and bring to justice those responsible. We will, and must, build the Wall."

"Border Patrol Officer killed at Southern Border, another badly hurt. We will seek out and bring to justice those responsible. We will, and must, build the Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2017"

The president is talking out his ass.  A congenital liar.  No one yet knows what happened to these two officers.  Worse?  A union spokesman is also talking out the ass with no facts to back up his claims:

"Cabrera, the union spokesman, said that Martinez was the first to arrive at the site of the reported activity. His partner arrived minutes later to find Martinez unconscious -- apparently after being struck multiple times, possibly with a rock, according to Cabrera. Responding agents found both officers incapacitated.  "It was a brutal attack," said Cabrera, speculating. "This was something well thought out and planned. They executed their plan."  Cabrera said the surviving Border Patrol agent is having trouble remembering the incident."

Jesus Christ.  These guys are supposed to be officers, investigators, sworn to tell the truth, not talk out the ass, blatantly lie.

"On Monday, Abbott's office announced a reward of up to $20,000 through Texas Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Martinez and wounded his partner.  He tweeted: "I'm offering a reward to help solve this murder of a Border Patrol Agent in Texas. Help us catch this killer."

There is no evidence at this time this officer was murdered.  None at all.  The Governor is talking out his nazi ass.

"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said the attack was "a stark reminder of the ongoing threat that an unsecure border poses to the safety of our communities and those charged with defending them."

The Senator is also talking out his ass.  There is no evidence at this point this was an attack.  Like our nazi governor, nazi president, the Senator clearly has an agenda.

ABC News reports:

"The FBI is investigating the injuries that left one Border Patrol agent dead and another severely injured as a "potential assault," officials said.  The agents had been discovered at the bottom of a ravine in Texas after they had responded to a sensor triggered in the area, law enforcement sources told ABC News.  On Monday, authorities were open to the possibility that the two agents had inadvertently slipped into the ravine because of a lack of concrete evidence, the sources said.  During a press conference on Tuesday, the FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Emerson Buie, Jr. said it was investigating the case as a "potential assault on federal officers" and appealed to the public to call in with any tips.  President Donald Trump said Monday that the agents had been "brutally attacked." When asked if Trump was correct in the description, Buie said that he had not briefed the president on the case.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also referred to the injuries the agents sustained as an "attack."

Politicians clearly have no honor.  Remain incapable of telling the truth.  Are achingly adept at distortion of reality.  Bending truth to suit political expediency.  Both parties do this.  Since we now have a congenital liar in the Oval Office, Republicans now bear the brunt.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

When a congressman is involved in a sex scandal hard to know who the hell is ultimately at fault.  Especially, since the achingly hypocritical nazi son of a bitch knew better. The Washington Post reports:

"Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to the Capitol Police because she could expose his behavior, according to a recording reviewed by The Washington Post."

Pathetic.  Achingly, gutless.  Think this sniveling coward fit for office?

"The woman spoke to The Post after the lewd photo was published Tuesday by an anonymous Twitter account. She shared a secretly recorded phone conversation she had with Barton in 2015 in which he warned her against using the explicit materials “in a way that would negatively affect my career.”

Got caught with your hand in the cookie jar, Congressman?  Tough shit.  Had it been a Democrat, Independent, anyone other than a Republican religious nazi, you would have long since called for his resignation.  Hypocrisy?  Reeks.

"The woman described encounters and contact spanning a five-year period that began online after she posted a message on Barton’s Facebook page in 2011, leading to the sexually explicit exchanges and ultimately a pair of physical sexual encounters in Washington and Texas. Over time, she said, she became aware of and corresponded with multiple other women who engaged in relationships with Barton, who represents a suburban Dallas district and is one of the most senior Republicans in the House."

Who'd 'a 'thunk' it?  Sure you want to go down this road, Joe, especially since multiple women are involved?

"The woman, who is not married, spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her privacy."

Why?  Should have let it rip, especially, if you, not the Congressman, is the aggrieved party.  Let the shit hit the fan.

"In the 2015 phone call, Barton confronted the woman over her communications with the other women, including her decision to share explicit materials he had sent. In that context, he mentioned the Capitol Police, a comment the woman interpreted as an attempt to intimidate her."

The Congressman clearly thinks with the head of his dick, not the brain supposedly in his head.  If he was separated from his wife, no coercion involved, who cares?  Certainly, not his constituents.  Forget?  They voted for the Trump nazi, didn't they?  Quite a few women stepped forward during the Trump campaign.  His idiot supporters still voted for the nazi.

“I want your word that this ends,” he said, according to the recording, adding: “I will be completely straight with you. I am ready if I have to, I don’t want to, but I should take all this crap to the Capitol Hill Police and have them launch an investigation. And if I do that, that hurts me potentially big time.”

How, Congressman?  How?  You're a hypocritical, goddamned sniveling coward, sir.  Unfit for office.

“Why would you even say that to me?” the woman responded. “The Capitol Hill police? And what would you tell them, sir?”  Said Barton: “I would tell them that I had a three-year undercover relationship with you over the Internet that was heavily sexual and that I had met you twice while married and had sex with you on two different occasions and that I exchanged inappropriate photographs and videos with you that I wouldn’t like to be seen made public, that you still apparently had all of those and were in position to use them in a way that would negatively affect my career. That’s the truth.”

The truth, sir, is you're an idiot, gutless coward.  Too stupid to know she was recording the conversation?  Didn't suspect?  That stupid?  How are you fit to make command decisions as congressman?

Coup de grace?  Get this:

"In a statement late Wednesday, Barton said a transcript of the recording provided by The Post may be “evidence” of a “potential crime against me.”

Pitiful.  This guy is hopelessly stupid.  For that reason alone, unfit for office.

"He said that he received word Wednesday that the Capitol Police are opening an inquiry. While there is no federal law prohibiting the disclosure of intimate photos of adults without consent, the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday reported that the Twitter photo of Barton could violate a 2015 Texas law banning so-called “revenge porn,” which is the portrayal of another person’s intimate body parts and distributing the images without consent."

May not be so easy to prove even if true.  Not clear who posted it.  If, in fact, she shared it with other women, who may have wound up posting it without her permission.  This is a new law.  Be interesting to see if this matter is indeed prosecuted, how it is adjudicated.

“This woman admitted that we had a consensual relationship,” Barton said. “When I ended that relationship, she threatened to publicly share my private photographs and intimate correspondence in retaliation. As the transcript reflects, I offered to take the matter to the Capitol Hill Police to open an investigation. Today, the Capitol Police reached out to me and offered to launch an investigation and I have accepted. Because of the pending investigation, we will have no further comment.”

Barton clearly has no clue how poorly this disclosure makes him appear.  If he's not returned to office, it won't be due to the consensual sex or the nude photo.  It's how he gutlessly handled the fiasco.

"The woman said she never had any intention to use the materials to retaliate against Barton."

A prosecutor would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt she did.

"Earlier Wednesday, Barton acknowledged “sexual relationships with other mature adult women” that he said took place while he was “separated from my second wife, before the divorce.”  “Each was consensual,” he said in a statement. “Those relationships have ended. I am sorry I did not use better judgment during those days. I am sorry that I let my constituents down.”

With a number of women involved by your own admission, sure you wish to go down this road, Congressman?  Think they won't join forces, share damaging information between legal counsel, give you quite a run for your money, -- so to speak?  No matter what, you lose.

Own up to the indiscretions.  Tell anyone who has a problem with it go f--k themselves.  Bill Clinton certainly got away with all the bullshit, all the dalliances.  Even his wife put up with it.  To secure the presidency for herself, an achievement she never attained.  Still living with the son of a bitch.  Deserve one another.  LOL.

"A member of the Freedom Caucus, Barton regularly receives top scores from socially conservative groups such as the Family Research Council that analyze members’ stances on positions such as abortion and gay rights.  But he is not known as an outspoken culture warrior. In 1998, amid the scandal over President Bill Clinton’s affair with a White House intern, Barton was quoted in the Los Angeles Times saying, “I personally don’t care a fig about what he does in his bedroom with his wife or any other sexual partners he may have, but I do care if he lies under oath.”

Precisely, why Barton's abject fear of this woman seems so out of place.  Incomprehensible.

"Barton was still married to his second wife when his relationship with the woman began. His wife filed for divorce in April 2014, according to court records; the divorce was made final in February 2015. A spokeswoman for Barton did not respond to a question about when his separation began."

Not surprising, is it?

"Besides the recording of the phone call, the woman shared text and social media messages she exchanged with Barton, as well as a 53-second cellphone video Barton recorded of himself while masturbating. The conspiracy theory website Infowars obtained a copy of the video and published it Wednesday night, though the video appeared to have been removed from the site later."

Fascinating, isn't it?

"The lewd Twitter photo that Barton acknowledged on Wednesday appears to have been captured from that video. The woman said she did not post the image herself. She shared phone numbers for Barton that match his personal and government-issued cellphones. Barton was not abusive or coercive in his interactions, the woman said, but said she felt he was “manipulative and dishonest and misleading” in his dealings with her and other women."

Precisely, why this may indeed be a difficult case to prosecute as revenge porn.

“It’s not normal for a member of Congress who runs on a GOP platform of family values and conservatism to be scouring the Internet looking for a new sexual liaison,” she said, explaining her motive for coming forward."

Comes as no surprise, does it?  Religious nazis always seem to say one thing, do another.

Their relationship, however seems to have been quite involved, achingly convoluted:

"The woman said Barton first reached out to her in 2011 after she posted a comment about politics on his Facebook page. As the two struck up a friendship, they would exchange messages for hours, including when he was on the House floor or in committee meetings, she said.  Soon, Barton began flirting, making suggestive comments and sending explicit messages, she said. She described feeling uncomfortable with his advances at first.  “He says to me, ‘Do you want me to send you a picture of myself?’ I said, ‘Oh no, no. Please do not do that.’ It kind of started there,” she said."

The Congressman's head was clearly securely lodged up his ass.  What did he expect?

"In the spring of 2012, the woman flew to Washington, where he gave her a tour of the Capitol building, she said. The two slept together during that visit, and he reimbursed her in cash for her flight, she said."

Fascinating, isn't it?

"In 2014, she visited him in Texas, where the two slept together for the second and final time, she said. He again paid for her travel, she said. “I was in it for the politics connection,” the woman said of their relationship.“I was kind of unwittingly drawn into it with him because of just the amazement of having a connection to a congressman,” she said."

A 'roadie.'  Pitiful.

The quotes are courtesy of two exceptionally gifted, insightful writers, Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck.

CBS News reports:

"Rep. Joe Barton said he has accepted a Capitol Police offer to launch an investigation, after a nude image of him emerged online Wednesday."

Doesn't your heart bleed for this son of a bitch?  Barton, like most Republicans, believes he can dictate to a woman what she can and cannot do with her uterus.  Like his cohorts, thinks a woman should avoid an unwanted pregnancy and an abortion by keeping her panties up, legs crossed.

Now, when he gets caught with his pants down, so to speak, feigns outrage.  Tough shit.  Why would a political figure under current circumstances in our country be so stupid as to send anyone a nude of himself?  Expect the photo never to get publicly exposed, or the shit to hit the fan as a result of his goddamned stupidity?

"The Texas Republican apologized to his constituents Wednesday, after the image from 2013 began to circulate. Barton said he engaged in consensual sexual relationships when he was separated from his second wife before their 2015 divorce."

What the f--k could this clueless jackass possibly been thinking?  ... With the head of his dick, rather than the brain in his head?  Give me a break.  To shamelessly quote an exceptionally insightful movie character years ago, "Stupid is as stupid does."

"But some have pointed out Barton could be a victim of "revenge porn," a prosecutable offense. "Revenge porn" — when sexually explicit photos are posted without a person's consent online — was outlawed in Texas in 2015. The Washington Post on Wednesday published a transcript of a conversation in which Barton appears to tell a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, images and video that he will make a report to Capitol Police if she exposed his actions."

Jesus Christ.  Even if you take him at his word, this guy is achingly stupid.  First, for sending the nude.  Second, if what he is saying is true, should have told the woman to go to hell, publish the goddamned picture.  In today's climate, in the age of the Trump nazi, anything goes.  Would have paid no price for the indiscretion.  Just like Trump.

The following is pathetic, gutless:

"The Dallas Morning News has identified a potential crime against me and the transcript referenced in the Washington Post may be evidence," Barton said in a statement provided to CBS News. "This woman admitted that we had a consensual relationship. When I ended that relationship, she threatened to publicly share my private photographs and intimate correspondence in retaliation. As the transcript reflects, I offered to take the matter to the Capitol Hill Police to open an investigation. Today, the Capitol Police reached out to me and offered to launch an investigation and I have accepted. Because of the pending investigation, we will have no further comment."

Jesus Christ.  That, the best you could come up with, Joe?

"Barton swiftly apologized for the circulation of the image Wednesday, saying he is sorry for not using "better judgment."

Give me a break. 'For your penance, my son, say five Our Fathers, ten Hail Marys, keep it in your pants, sin no more.'

"While separated from my second wife, prior to the divorce, I had sexual relationships with other mature adult women," Barton said in a statement to CBS News. "Each was consensual. Those relationships have ended. I am sorry I did not use better judgment during those days. I am sorry that I let my constituents down."

This guy's a moron.  Sniveling idiot.  Embarrassment, -- not for getting laid, but groveling, pandering to his constituents.  -- Idiots just like him.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is horrendous.  Represents an enormous failure of the system.  Worse?  Failure of parents to look out for the best interests of their children.  Failure of society to understand physicians are no more than technicians, certainly not gods.

NPR reports:

"Dr. Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University sports doctor and USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of molesting or assaulting more than 100 girls and women, has pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and faces decades in prison.  This state criminal case involved seven of his accusers. There are other criminal charges pending, and many more girls and women have sued Nassar in civil cases."

Too little.  Too late.  Damage already done.  Lives ruined.  For what?  Predilections of a sick puppy?

"He entered his plea Wednesday in a packed courtroom in Michigan, with several of his accusers in the audience. Some of them wept, The Associated Press reports.  As part of this plea, Nassar will be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison. Under the terms of his plea deal, the judge could go higher and set a minimum sentence of 40 years."

Think this justice?  Think this restores the lives of his victims?

"Nassar previously pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing child pornography, and he awaits sentencing on those charges. As part of that plea deal, prosecutors dropped federal charges related to allegations of sexual abuse.  But the state case continued, leading to the guilty plea on Wednesday. His sentencing is set for Jan. 12."

Ferociously pointedly, where were the parents?  Think the parents themselves don't have a problem?  Get this:

"The Associated Press has more on the case:

"The girls have testified that Nassar molested them with his hands, sometimes when a parent was present in the room, while they sought help for gymnastics injuries.

" 'He convinced these girls that this was some type of legitimate treatment,' Assistant Attorney General Angela Poviliatis told a judge last summer. 'Why would they question him? Why would they question this gymnastics god?'

"Separately, Nassar is charged with similar crimes in Eaton County, the location of an elite gymnastics club."

Jesus Christ.  Parents? Time to wake up.  You didn't look out for your girls.  Failed to protect them from a predator.  Bought the ruse.  Your kids now pay the price for your aggressive stupidity.

In a follow up from NBC News:

"Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, 54, has pleaded guilty in a Michigan court to three more charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct with children under the age of 16 — one of whom was younger than 13. His patients included some of the most accomplished athletes at the highest levels of the sport.  Clutching his hands, Nassar, who is accused of molesting more than 130 former patients, looked sullen in an orange jail jumpsuit on Wednesday in Eaton County Circuit Court as he entered his eighth, ninth and 10th guilty pleas as part of an agreement with the Michigan attorney general."

This is one sick son of a bitch.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Think the following isn't direct betrayal of the public it falsely swore to protect?  ABC News reports:

"The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin's crosshairs, The Associated Press has found."

Egregious, treacherous, traitorous dereliction of duty.

"Nearly 80 interviews with Americans targeted by Fancy Bear, a Russian government-aligned cyberespionage group, turned up only two cases in which the FBI had provided a heads-up. Even senior policymakers discovered they were targets only when the AP told them, a situation some described as bizarre and dispiriting."

Feel sorry for them?  Got what they deserved, didn't they?  After all, they were supposed to be in charge.  Apparently, were fast asleep at the wheel.

"It's utterly confounding," said Philip Reiner, a former senior director at the National Security Council, who was notified by the AP that he was targeted in 2015. "You've got to tell your people. You've got to protect your people."

That's right.  National security issue.

"The FBI declined to discuss its investigation into Fancy Bear's spying campaign, but did provide a statement that said in part: "The FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of potential threat information."

Goddamned liars:

"Three people familiar with the matter — including a current and a former government official — said the FBI has known for more than a year the details of Fancy Bear's attempts to break into Gmail inboxes. A senior FBI official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the hacking operation because of its sensitivity, declined to comment on when it received the target list, but said the bureau was overwhelmed by the sheer number of attempted hacks."

Bogus excuse, abject bullshit.  Worse?  Get this:

"It's a matter of triaging to the best of our ability the volume of the targets who are out there," he said."

Pitiful.  Goddamned pitiful.  What does it take to send emails to the accounts that were hacked notifying them of the intrusion?

Get this:

"The AP did its own triage, dedicating two months and a small team of reporters to go through a hit list of Fancy Bear targets provided by the cybersecurity firm Secureworks.  Previous AP investigations based on the list have shown how Fancy Bear worked in close alignment with the Kremlin's interests to steal tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic Party.  The hacking campaign disrupted the 2016 U.S. election and cast a shadow over the presidency of Donald Trump, whom U.S. intelligence agencies say the hackers were trying to help.  The Russian government has denied interfering in the American election.  The Secureworks list comprises 19,000 lines of targeting data.  Going through it, the AP identified more than 500 U.S.-based people or groups and reached out to more than 190 of them, interviewing nearly 80 about their experiences."

Imagine that.  Did what the FBI couldn't or wouldn't.  Equally disturbing?

"Many were long-retired, but about one-quarter were still in government or held security clearances at the time they were targeted. Only two told the AP they learned of the hacking attempts on their personal Gmail accounts from the FBI. A few more were contacted by the FBI after their emails were published in the torrent of leaks that coursed through last year's electoral contest. But to this day, some leak victims have not heard from the bureau at all."

Jesus Christ.  Our bought and paid for government no longer serves the public, -- only the very top echelon of power and its corporate masters.

"Charles Sowell, who previously worked as a senior administrator in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and was targeted by Fancy Bear two years ago, said there was no reason the FBI couldn't do the same work the AP did.  "It's absolutely not OK for them to use an excuse that there's too much data," Sowell said. "Would that hold water if there were a serial killer investigation, and people were calling in tips left and right, and they were holding up their hands and saying, 'It's too much'? That's ridiculous."

Gets worse, far worse.  Get this:

"The AP found few traces of the bureau's inquiry as it launched its own investigation two months ago."

Clearly, these bastards are liars.  Don't tell the truth.  Distort reality.  Make excuses.

Yet, our nazi government continues to reserve the right to digitally intrude on its own citizens with no warrant, no court order.  Carefully, consider the following. The Washington Times reports:

"Two years ago, in the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelation of sweeping electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency, Congress enacted the USA Freedom Act, to put an end to the NSA’s nationwide bulk collection of telephone “metadata” — who we call, when we call and for how long — on everyday Americans. At the time, some warned that the law would weaken efforts to stop terrorism, but there is no evidence it has done so.  The USA Freedom Act was an important milestone in protecting the privacy Americans have a right to expect. But it got only part of the job done. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, authorizes the NSA to collect not just “metadata,” but the actual contents of telephone, email and other electronic communications, again without a warrant or probable cause. The provision is designed to target foreign nationals outside the United States, but has been used by the NSA to intercept and collect electronic communications of Americans and thus clearly implicates Americans’ privacy."

This is precisely what makes out of control government so incredibly dangerous.

"Section 702 sunsets in December unless affirmatively extended, so Congress has to address whether — and how — the law should survive. We come from different ends of the political spectrum. One of us is a past president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and former chairman of the American Conservative Union. The other is the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). But we agree that any extension of Section 702 must include important protections to preserve privacy.  Sens. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, and Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, have introduced a bill to do just that: the USA Rights Act. It deserves support from anyone who cares about maintaining the privacy that Americans have historically enjoyed, while leaving intact the government’s ability to combat foreign threats. It also stands in marked contrast to a bill proposed by Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, which would expand rather than reform Section 702."

The above quotes are courtesy of two gifted, exceptional writers, David Keene and David Cole, who clearly understand the danger of unbridled government.  Be interesting to see if this bill passes.  Regardless, the matter will be followed up.

In a closely related issue, Fox News reports:

"Fighting crime in the digital age will be the focus of an important Supreme Court case to be argued Wednesday, testing the privacy rights of individuals against the high-tech tools used by law enforcement.  At issue is whether the government needs a warrant to access a person's cell phone location history. It will be the latest foray by the justices into cyber advances, which often move much faster than current law.  The stakes are enormous, since any precedent could be applied more broadly, including to Internet, bank, credit card, and telephone records.  "What the Supreme Court is going to have to wrestle with is, how far is it going to extend these historic Fourth Amendment protections for individual privacy in the digital age, where we're conveying all sorts of information?" said Thomas Dupree, a leading appellate attorney who worked in the Bush Justice Department. "Law enforcement has, if it wants to get it, information not just about your communications, but about your physical whereabouts."

With no probable cause, no warrant, it's none of the goddamned government's business.  No more than egregious abuse of power in a fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Civil rights and privacy advocates argue current rules open the doors to government abuse of a citizen's everyday activities in public and private spaces."

No question.  A de facto fascist police-state.

"But the Justice Department, supported by a number of states, say if consumers knowingly give their data to third parties-- including cellphone providers-- their privacy rights are diminished. That would permit police to request the transmission data without a warrant."

Disingenuous, patently false bullshit.  A circular, phony argument.  Forget?  You have no choice but to give this information to providers, -- or go without service.  Jackbooted bastards in law enforcement are taking advantage of what has often become a life saving necessity in an emergency, a cell phone, to extend their egregious abuse of authority to forced forfeiture of Fourth Amendment rights, guaranties in exchange for cell phone service.

The jackbooted bastards in law enforcement are clearly, egregiously out of control.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.  As all civil and constitutional rights are eviscerated.  Falsely, in the name of security. In reality, to consolidate power.  Extend the de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

As Franklin wisely opined well over two hundred years ago, anyone willing to trade liberty for security deserves and winds up with neither.  A raucous, boot clicking, goose stepping, treasonous, treacherous, traitorous Sieg Heil!, Sheriff?  You and the boys remain out of uniform.  Where is your swastika armband, you nazi son of a bitch?

Yet, our 'leaders' remain achingly clueless.  Carefully, consider the following quote from the latest newsletter from Sen. Cruz:

"At Thanksgiving, we pause and thank God for the gift of freedom. This gift, first sought by the Pilgrims in their courageous journey to the New World, has been woven into the very fabric of our nation. We are grateful for the sacrifices of generations of Americans who have defended the liberty we all enjoy."

Jesus Christ.  The Senator remains hopelessly delusional.  What 'freedom,' Senator? Where?  The 'freedom' to do what you're told?  What you perverse nazi bastards dictate?  What about the freedom of Native Americans who lost theirs?  Had their land shamelessly stolen by our undocumented forebears?  What about every goddamned treaty that was broken by our nazi government.  Haven't a clue, Senator?

Since the end of the Second World War, with the exception of the first few months in Afghanistan after 9/11, every goddamned war since has been fought to line the pockets of your corporate masters, Senator.  War profiteers who lined their pockets off the blood of our best and brightest.  Even Afghanistan could have been avoided had the jackasses in the State Department run full background checks on the 9/11 hijackers.  Failed to do so.

Worse?  Ignored warnings from the flight schools these bastards wished only to learn how to fly straight and level, not take off and land.  Despite all this, not one head rolled at State.  Not one.  Instead you goddamned gutless bastards in Congress and the Oval Office eviscerated all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.  Think not?  Wake up:

USA 'Patriot' Act, 'Real' ID Act, Homeland 'Security' Act, etc..  List can go on and on.  You're all gutless charlatans, Senator.  Phony as a three-dollar bill.  All bought and paid for.  With extremely rare exception.  Certainly, disgraced yourselves.  Abrogated your oaths of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution, particularly, the Bill of Rights.  So before you haughtily lecture us on liberty, Senator, look in the mirror.

In a closely related issue, CBS/AP reports:

"New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas are among scores of police departments across the country quietly using a highly secretive technology developed for the military that can track the whereabouts of suspects by using the signals constantly emitted by their cellphones."

Without a warrant.  No court order.

"Civil liberties and privacy groups are increasingly raising objections to the suitcase-sized devices known as StingRays or cell site simulators that can sweep up cellphone data from an entire neighborhood by mimicking cell towers. Police can determine the location of a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message. Some versions of the technology can even intercept texts and calls, or pull information stored on the phones.  Part of the problem, privacy experts say, is the devices can also collect data from anyone within a small radius of the person being tracked. And law enforcement goes to great lengths to conceal usage, in some cases, offering plea deals rather than divulging details on the StingRay."

The jackbooted bastards are deliberately abrogating the Fourth Amendment requirement of probable cause and a search warrant.  Nazi storm troopers.

"We have a Fourth Amendment to the Constitution," said Jennifer Lynch, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, referring to the protection against unreasonable search and seizure. "Our Founding Fathers decided when they wrote the Bill of Rights there had to be limits placed on government."

The Fourth Amendment is abundantly clear.  The jackbooted bastards in blue, abusive prosecutors, and nazi judges have bastardized the requirement for probable cause and a warrant.

"Lawmakers in several states have introduced proposals ranging from warrant requirements to an outright ban on the technology; about a dozen states already have laws requiring warrants. Federal law enforcement said last year that it would be routinely required to get a search warrant before using the technology - a first effort to create a uniform legal standard for federal authorities.  And case law is slowly building. Two months ago, a Washington, D.C., appeals court overturned a conviction on a sex assault after judges ruled a violation of the Fourth Amendment because of evidence improperly collected from the simulator without a proper warrant."

A de facto fascist police-state where nearly anything goes.

"In the New York murder case argued by the Legal Aid Society, a judge in Brooklyn last month ruled that the NYPD must have an eavesdropping warrant signed by a judge to use the device, a much higher bar than the "reasonable suspicion" standard that had previously been required.  "By its very nature, then, the use of a cell site simulator intrudes upon an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, acting as an instrument of eavesdropping and requires a separate warrant supported by probable cause," wrote state Supreme Court Judge Martin Murphy.  New York City police officials disagreed with Murphy's ruling and disputed that a StingRay was even used in the case, even though there had been a court order to do so. Police officials also said they have since started requiring a higher standard of probable cause when applying for the devices."

Worse?  Far worse?  Achingly, inexplicable?

"Before the ruling, New York officers had not typically been required to get a warrant, which requires probable cause, in order to use StingRay devices, instead they have only needed a pen register order, demonstrating that the information they might get may be relevant to their case.  Legal Aid Society's Greco said he hoped the ruling will push the nation's largest department into meeting the higher standard, and help judges better understand the intricacies of more cutting-edge surveillance."

Time to rein in law enforcement.  Sue the living shit out of the bastards every time they fail to secure a warrant based on probable cause.  Out of control police present an exigent threat to all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"We can't even tell how frequently they're being used," said attorney Jerome Greco, of the Legal Aid Society, which recently succeeded in blocking evidence collected with the device in a New York City murder case. "It makes it very difficult."  At least 72 state and local law enforcement departments in 24 states plus 13 federal agencies use the devices, but further details are hard to come by because the departments that use them must take the unusual step of signing nondisclosure agreements overseen by the FBI."

Fox guarding the chicken coop.  Nazi justice.  Direct determined abrogation of the Fourth Amendment to protect the corrupt, abusive, murderous asses of the jackbooted bastards in blue.

"An FBI spokeswoman said the agreements, which often involve the Harris Corporation, a defense contractor that makes the devices, are intended to prevent the release of sensitive law enforcement information to the general public."

To cover the criminal, gutless, jackbooted asses of the criminals who sport a badge, wear a uniform, carry a gun, and are effectively granted a license to murder on the job, -- with impunity.  ... Right, Sheriff?

In follow up to pending oral arguments before the Supreme Court mentioned above regarding unfettered police access to digital information without a warrant, The Washington Post reports:

"A majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to agree Wednesday that the abundance of private information available about Americans in the digital age might require new restraints on government’s ability to access it.  In the case before the court, that might mean law enforcement must prove more to a judge about suspected criminal wrongdoing in order to collect cell tower records that can provide what Justice Elena Kagan called “24-7” tracking of a person."

Certainly, encouraging the Court seems to understand this is a growing issue across the entire digital information spectrum:

"But the justices indicated that was only one issue implicated by an explosion of digital information that is transforming Americans’ expectation of privacy.  “This is an open box,” said Justice Stephen G. Breyer. “We know not where we go.”  Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the most insistent on protections. “Most Americans, I think, still want to avoid Big Brother,” she said, while acknowledging the public’s increasing reliance on the modern technology that makes surveillance easier."

Sadly, Sotomayor doesn't seem to understand the line has already been crossed.  Orwell's 1984 effectively has become reality.  Quite some time.  Police need to be reined in.  Alternative?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to an earlier edition here and elsewhere, The Washington Times reports:

"President Trump has reached out to the country’s deportation officers and asked for a meeting after their union president, Chris Crane, wrote a letter expressing disappointment in the slow pace of change at Homeland Security."

What do these criminal jackbooted bastards seek?  Permission to wear swastika armbands?  Full Nazi regalia?

"In the Nov. 13 letter, first reported by The Washington Times, Mr. Crane, president of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council, said what was happening at the government’s chief interior immigration enforcement agency was “an embarrassment.”

What's an embarrassment is their jackbooted tactics the Trump nazi endorses.

"Mr. Crane told the president of officers ordered to remove bullet proof vests for fear of angering illegal immigrants, and of dysfunction within agency leadership."

Is that the problem, or is it a smokescreen for the fact these jackbooted bastards in full department battle regalia look like German Nazi SS storm troopers?  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The ICE Council endorsed Mr. Trump during the presidential campaign and had anticipated having an open line of communication but Mr. Crane said that hasn't happened, blaming the president’s aides for shutting stifling the relationship.  “Attempts to communicate concerns to you and requests for meetings with you are simply ignored,” Mr. Crane wrote, saying the union felt “betrayed.”

Clearly, these nazi SS American jackbooted storm troopers expect special treatment from their fuhrer, the Trump nazi, -- in return for endorsement of their lunatic narcissist.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"After the letter the president reached out and asked for a call, Mr. Crane says on jicreport.com, a new website the ICE Council set up to tell its story."

Nothing quite like pandering to your jackbooted base, right, Mr. 'President?

“I’m not going to discuss the content of our call publicly without the president’s consent,” Mr. Crane said on the site. “But as always the president treated me with the utmost respect, was polite and sincere, and asked a lot of questions to which I gave him straight answers. In the end, President Trump suggested a meeting which I of course accepted.”

Take your nose out of his ass, Mr. Crane.  Butt hole stinks, fool.

“As I’ve told our officers and employees from the beginning, I trust this president and I know he’s going to keep his word and help us drain this swamp,” Mr. Crane continued. “He hasn’t forgotten us. He’s just busy running the country. The fact that he would take time out of his hectic schedule to call me should be proof of that.”

Give me a f--king break.  This guy's a goddamned ingratiating jackass, head so far up his ass his eyeballs are turning inside out.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is determinedly, repeatedly betraying his oath of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution.   James Braxton Peterson of NBC reports:

"The Russia investigation may be undercutting Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ credibility, but it has not undermined his efforts to take the U.S. Justice Department back in time.  The time Sessions wants to go back to features an unforgiving system of mass incarceration that disproportionately targets people of color in a legal structure too often stacked against them."

Precisely, the intention of a racist de facto fascist police-state, right, Sheriff?  How you and the boys get your cookies off, right, Bill?  Except here, all races are targeted.

"To do this, the attorney general has issued a slew of policy rollbacks - unfortunate for a Justice Department that was only incrementally making progress toward equal justice under President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.  In this sense, Sessions’ Justice Department might be the most effective unit of the Trump administration. If Trumpism’s goal is, at least in, part to destroy the progress achieved under the Obama administration, Sessions’ scorecard so far outstrips his GOP colleagues in the Cabinet and former colleagues in the Senate."

Precisely why Trump installed this racist nazi as attorney general.  To expand the de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Ignore corrupt, abusive, murderous officers who shake down, steal, abuse, and murder on the job.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"In March, for example, the nation’s top law enforcement officer visited St. Louis, next-door to Ferguson, ground zero for the Black Lives Matter movement. Sessions was in St. Louis talking about crime initiatives but also seeming to criticize one of the most useful tools for documenting police brutality: civilian cell phone videos. The choice of venue could not have been a coincidence. By focusing on “targeted police killings,” he deflected attention from the challenges now confronting law enforcement."

That's right.  Precisely what's happening.  Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit.  Ignore the murders perpetrated by officers on duty, -- which far out number officers killed in the line of duty.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Forget, Bill?  We have five highly questionable killings by officers in this hell hole County over the last decade or so.

"In fact, Sessions has had little to say on how the Justice Department might address matters of police brutality, much less on the matter of Black Lives Mattering. Instead, he has mostly showcased President Donald Trump’s belief that strong policing and incarceration are key to maintaining law and civil order."

Should this nazi philosophy continue, Sessions and the president will have far more to worry about than the current non-existent law and order issue both falsely embrace as truth.  There is a far more critical problem pending.  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. Hear the rumble?  Sadly, Republicans remain remarkably deaf.

"Our mass incarceration problem is compounded by overly aggressive policing. In some cities or regions, federal review of local law enforcement has been able to serve as a check when policing goes wrong. But Sessions has registered his distaste for federal oversight of local law enforcement. This may signal an end to consent decrees - a critical process developed in wake of the 1994 uprising following the Rodney King trial. Consent decrees allow the federal government to enter into court-enforceable agreements with local police forces, based on DOJ reports documenting civil rights abuses."

To be expected as a de facto fascist police-state transforms to Trump's Fourth Reich.

"It is as if Sessions’ Justice Department is operating on a set of alternative facts. Because the statistics are well known: Whites and blacks use and sell drugs at roughly the same rates, and African Americans make up roughly 13 percent of the U.S. population. Yet law enforcement records are remarkably different for each demographic. According to Human Rights Watch: "Black adults are more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white adults to be arrested for drug possession. In 2014, Black adults accounted for just 14 percent of those who used drugs in the previous year but close to a third of those arrested for drug possession." In many states, a felony conviction also means losing the right to vote."

Worse than 'alternative facts,' blatant racism in a de facto fascist police-state transforming to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Indeed, many conservatives have now joined liberals in advocating lesser charges for minor drug offenses. Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced bipartisan legislation for criminal justice reform in 2014. Meanwhile scholars like Michelle Alexander, in her remarkable “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” and filmmakers like Ava DuVernay, in “13th,” are among many thought leaders and scholars arguing for change in the public square.  But Trump changed the discussion. With his Inaugural Address, he depicted a bleak America and embraced the conservative fantasy of “law and order.”  It was another example of Trump’s s affinity for President Richard M. Nixon. During the campaign, Trump labeled supporters “the silent majority,” the term Nixon applied to voters who supported his Vietnam War policies and law-and-order agenda."

Indeed, U.S history.  History we continue to pay an incredibly steep price for to this very day.

"The historical fact is that Nixon’s “law and order” policies were part of his “Southern Strategy” to win over white Southern Democratic voters. Today, law and order is used to suggest, incorrectly, that crime rates are high (they are low relative to the 1990s). The rhetoric is also a dog whistle of divisiveness to Trump’s constituency. The consequences of aggressive policing have serious negative outcomes in poor communities of color."

Not only there, but across the country, all races, social strata, including the middle class.

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12-1-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

These are exceptionally dangerous times for our formerly great country.  Especially, as our nation transforms from the de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Presently, we effectively suffer one-party rule.  All three branches of government.  -- Democrats have been out to lunch since November 22, 1963.

Have certainly offered no effective resistance to the GOP as Republicans began their concerted, determined attack on all civil and constitutional rights and liberties with inauguration of Richard Nixon January 20, 1969.  All progress made during the Warren Court was about to be reversed.

All civil and constitutional rights and liberties were immediately in jeopardy as the Nixon nazi proceeded to load the Supreme Court with bona fide Republican national socialists, law and order nazis.  The long suffering middle class and those on the bottom had no clue what was coming.

The only reason Nixon was elected was increasingly virulent, public opposition to the Vietnam War.   -- 'Johnson's War.'  The Nixon nazi took advantage of the opportunity presented.  Lied to the public to get elected.  Falsely claimed to have a 'secret plan' to end the war.  Turned out Nixon had shit squat.  All a ruse.

Tens of thousands of additional troops died during the approximately six years he remained in office before forced to resign due to the Watergate fiasco.  Ford's pardon of this criminal, although constitutional, was no more than obstruction of justice.  Payback for appointing him successor.

To its credit and despite loaded with Republican national socialists legislating their perverse ideological and religious views from the bench, the Supreme Court forced release of the Oval Office tapes incriminating the son of a bitch.  Forcing Nixon's resignation.  Otherwise, Republicans would have joined Democrats to impeach the criminal.  Had they not done so, would not have been returned to office, -- prime directive of all politicians.

Regardless, the Supreme Court continued to be loaded with Republicans more than willing to legislate their outrageously perverse religious and ideological views from the bench.  De facto imposition of a fascist police-state.  Consequently, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties were eviscerated as the failed 'war on drugs' continued unabated.

This process of so selecting and seating justices to the highest court continues present day.  Certainly, have seen it recently when the Gorsuch nazi was seated on the Supreme Court.  This achingly fascist charlatan, like his predecessors, was too goddamned gutless to honestly, candidly answer questions posed him.

Knew full well had he done so, his confirmation would have been in jeopardy.  Consequently, the confirmation ruse begun in 1969 during the Nixon regime continued.  Unabated.  Unquestioned.  The public was saddled with yet another Republican nazi lying f--ker on the Supreme Court.  A ruse.  Blatant shameless charlatan.  Snake oil salesman.

Consider the following.  ABC News reports:

"More than 2,000 conservatives in tuxedos and gowns recently filled Union Station's main hall for a steak dinner and the chance to cheer the man who saved the Supreme Court from liberal control."

First, these people are not conservatives.  The late Sen. Barry Goldwater was a conservative.  So was the late William Buckley.  Not so, the fascists now populating the Republican Party.  For new readers:  Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

Second, the Nazi Right has bastardized the word 'liberal.'  Distorted its meaning.  Have done so because they haven't a clue what freedom means.  Liberty is certainly not the freedom to do what you're told, what they tell you to do, dictate.  Forget?  Micro management of nearly everything in life is the antithesis of liberty.  Both parties have gotten extremely good at this, that is, dictating what Americans can and cannot do in every facet of life.

"Justice Neil Gorsuch didn't disappoint them, just as he hasn't in his first seven months on the Supreme Court."

Certainly, did not.  Forget?  This guy is a shameless, intransigent blow hard, enamored, like the narcissistic Trump nazi, of himself.  Aryan arrogant:

"Tonight I can report that a person can be both a publicly committed originalist and textualist and be confirmed to the Supreme Court," Gorsuch said to sustained applause from members of the Federalist Society, using terms by which conservatives often seek to distinguish themselves from more liberal judges."

No more than a disingenuous crock.  What does this guy think the other four nazis on the court beside himself truly are?  The terms "originalist" and "textualist" were certainly used by the nazi he replaced on the Court, -- the late not-so-great Antonin Scalia.  The haughtiness of Gorsuch certainly rivals that of Scalia.

The following is particularly pernicious, achingly alarming:

"During arguments, Gorsuch has asked repeatedly about the original understanding of parts of the Constitution and laws, and he has raised questions about some long-standing court precedents, including the civil rights landmark ruling on "one person, one vote."

-- Certainly, the mark of a fascist in the mold of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini.  A racist desperate to turn back the clock.  Forget?  A fascist has no vision.  Remains intentionally myopic.  Perceives issues in terms of black and white.  No shades of gray.  No brilliant hues of color.  Nazis like Gorsuch, Scalia embrace 'originalism' to block progress, desperately-needed change.  To maintain the status quo which benefits the top of the food chain, particularly themselves.

The Founders were quite aware this would indeed be a problem as our young nation matured.  Precisely, why they set up a vibrant federal government comprised of three co-equal branches, all a check and balance one against the other.

Equally important, provided a mechanism, albeit difficult, to amend the Constitution if necessary.  Nazis like Gorsuch and Scalia ignore this fact, blinders on.  Decades ago such determined intransigence was called reactionary.

"Daniel Epps, a Washington University law professor in St. Louis and onetime law clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy, said he finds Gorsuch's style sometimes grating, less so the substance of his questions at arguments.  During a high-profile argument about politics in redistricting in October, Gorsuch began a question by suggesting that "maybe we can just for a second talk about the arcane matter, the Constitution."

Patronizing, condescending Aryan arrogance of a nazi too aggressively stupid to understand he remains achingly wet behind the ears.  Too pompous to know he hasn't a clue, has a lot to learn:

"To Epps, the tone was all wrong, especially for the new guy on the nine-member court. "I'd love to see a bit more recognition that the court deals with really hard questions that many people, including his colleagues, have struggled with for a long time. If someone thinks he has all the answers, maybe he's missing something important," Epps said."

Hallmark of the Nazi Right.  Simply lack the ability to thoroughly think issues through, -- or simply don't care who gets f--ked as a result of their Aryan arrogance, aggressive stupidity.  Trump is certainly proof positive.

Here's the bottom line vis a vis this nazi Supreme Court Justice blinded by his national socialist zeal, what makes him so dangerous, an exigent threat to all civil and constitutional rights and liberties, exemplified by his willingness to legislate his perverse religious and ideological views from the bench:

"Originalism has regained its place at the table of constitutional interpretation, and textualism in the reading of statutes has triumphed. And neither one is going anywhere on my watch," Gorsuch said."

A raucous, boot clicking, goose stepping, treasonous, treacherous, traitorous Sieg Heil!, Mr. 'Justice.'  Adolf and Benito would have been proud, likely high-fiving from their fiery perches.  Where's your swastika armband, you achingly clueless, fascist son of a bitch?

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12-1-17

The following represents an egregious failure of the system of justice.  The problem in this case is not law enforcement per se, but the court system and the law itself.  CBS News reports:

"A Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been sentenced to two months in jail for torturing and killing three cats in January when he lived in Moorhead, Minnesota."

Think this sick individual is incapable of doing the same to his own species?  Think two months of incarceration will deter this behavior again from him or others like him?

"Jalan Greer, 24, this week entered an Alford plea, meaning he didn't admit guilt but acknowledged that a jury would likely convict him. The court treats it like a guilty plea.  Greer will be on two years of supervised probation following his jail time, during which he can't possess animals."

Jesus Christ.  Truly believe there is little chance this behavior will be repeated?  Bad enough done to a cat, what will authorities say should it happen to a kid? "Sorry?"  This man presents an exigent threat to animals.  A history of abject cruelty.  Think it not possible he'll 'graduate' to inflicting such warped behavior on his own species?

"Before the sentencing, Greer said an extended jail sentence would send his whole life "crashing down," WDAY-TV reports."

Certainly did for the cats.

"Greer was also ordered to pay more than $1,000 in fees, and will be permitted to leave jail to attend classes, WDAY-TV reports."

No more than another example of egregious failure of the system to protect the citizenry, or other sentient life.  No mention of therapy.  Think history won't repeat itself?


11-24-17

Happy Thanksgiving to all.  Due to the holiday, this edition has been posted earlier than usual.  Enjoy the weekend, -- whatever you do, don't drink and drive.

Before getting on with the usual fare, thought readers might enjoy the following from NPR.  ... Seems to fit right in with the Thanksgiving holiday:

"After his wife died, Dan Peterson didn't know what to do with himself. He spent a lot of time in his garden remembering his wife's favorite flower, white roses.  "I've never been able to get a white rose to grow — all mine are red," Peterson says.  Before she died, Dan and his wife would do everything together. Now, the world just felt darker.  "I'm sitting here starring out the back window of my house, just waiting it out to see how long I was going to live," he says."

While young couples may not yet be able to relate to this story, elderly in the area and throughout the country certainly do.

"One day on a dreaded grocery run, Dan felt particularly depressed.  "I hadn't shaved for a couple days and I hadn't had a haircut probably for three months and didn't give a you-know-what about anything except 'Well, what do I do tomorrow? Watch squirrels?' " he says.  Tara Wood was at the grocery store that day with her four-year-old daughter. Tara says Dan "didn't look like the friendliest man" — but that didn't stop Norah."

Certainly, didn't.  Amazing how sensitive, perceptive cognitive an unjaded kid can be. Seatbelts on:

"And all of the sudden I come to the end of the hall, er aisle, and here's this little girl, and she's sort of bouncing up and down and pointing at me," Dan says. "And she said, 'Hi old person. Today's my birthday.'"

Think that didn't grab his attention?  Timing couldn't have been better:

"Norah seemed to know Dan needed some extra cheer."

Imagine that.  An innocent, inexperienced kid way, way, way ahead of most of her elders in terms of perception.  Forget?  Most of us lose this ability as time passes.  Due to hardships in life, tragedies, loss, etc..  Callousness grows.  A kid enjoys fresh perspective.  Innocence of childhood.  Especially, if raised in a non-abusive home where he or she is deeply loved, treasured by parents.

"I thought he needed a friend because he was sad," Norah says.  And Dan did."

... Out of the mouths of babes.

"When you have a little girl bouncing up and down and being so happy to be alive, you sort of change," Dan says.  Tara says Dan responded to Norah with, "Well hi little lady, how old are you today?"  Little Norah told her mom she wanted a picture, so the 81-year-old and 4-year-old posed for a photo. Norah then asked him for a hug.  "I don't know — it was magical and profound, and it's this cosmic sweetness that happened, you know, right in front of the dairy section of the grocery store," Tara says."

Certainly, led to profound change in outlook for the widower.

"Tara posted the photo on Facebook and a woman wrote in the comments that she knew Dan, and that it was the first time she'd seen him smile since his wife died. So Tara called and planned a visit.  "Norah just ran right up to him like she's known him all of her life and she was climbing all over him like a monkey," Tara says.  "And of course every time I turned around, she'd come back over and hug me again," Dan says.  "I just promised I loved him," Norah says.  When it was time to leave, Norah and her mom passed the rose bush by Dan's door, "and it just blossomed a great big red rose," Dan says.  Norah leaned over to smell it."

Amazing how life turns full circle:

"It was precious to me," Dan says. "The only thing I had to give back, so I got it and gave it to her."  With his pocket knife, he slowly carved each thorn from the stem and handed it to Norah.  "That sort of sealed our friendship I think," Dan says.  From then on Tara decided Dan was family, and they visit him about every week."

How about that?

"She just blows in like a whirling dervish, plunders through his cabinets, and he slaps his knee and laughs and laughs and laughs," Tara says.  They giggle, tell each other secrets and spend time in his yard.   "I go in his garden where he grows vegetables," Norah says.  Now, Dan will never be alone again.  "Norah got me out of the loop, gave me something to live for," Dan says. "It's like the sun came out, you know?"

Think both age extremes can't immensely learn one from the other?


11-24-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

Not all officers are incompetent boobs like Blackburn's SS jackbooted bastards in black.  The following is a remarkable example of the very best in policing.  Fox News reports:

"Two State Highway Patrol troopers in Ohio saved a young boy from choking at a restaurant in Ohio Friday night.  Ben Miller and Dan DeLuca were on break at a Chick-Fil-A in Boardman when they noticed the 11-year-old in distress, WKBN reports.  Deluca noticed the boy clutching his neck and chest as he ran to his mom. When they asked if he was OK, the boy first said yes then said no, according to WFMJ."

Well-trained officers doing their job magnificently:

"I'm looking at him right in the eyes, and I could see his demeanor change and his body language change," DeLuca told WKBN.  That’s when Miller performed the Heimlich maneuver without hesitation, according to DeLuca, and dislodged whatever the boy was choking on."

Saved the kid's life.  Something the boy will never forget.  Neither will these officers.

"Store manager Rachel Lipinsky said it all happened so fast and few customers were even aware of the situation, but she’s grateful the troopers were there.  “Thank goodness they were right there because they got right up and helped him out,” Lipinsky told WKBN."

Most interesting of all?

"The troopers never got the boy’s name before heading back to work."

All in a day's work.  Best of the best.  Hat's off.

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11-24-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The following is a heartwarming story of life coming full circle.  Abject tragedy can certainly result in great good.  -- Under the right circumstances, however.  ... Especially, when an exceptional person is inspired.

ABC2News.com reports:

"Bria Hightower is a police recruit.  This fall she wrapped up her field training in the Eastern District.  "I want to be a homicide detective,” Hightower said, “I want to be the change for Baltimore City. I want to make a difference. I can relate to a lot of victims out here. I feel like if you been through the situation, you can relate more than someone who hasn’t."

Indeed, quite true.

"Bria's situation came when she was just 15, when her father became a number 199 of 234 in 2008.  "It still hurts because you know how…sometimes I wish I can call them up and be like, dad, what should I do in this situation or how should I handle this and...I can't, I can’t."  And it will be a lifetime struggle to ever realize she never can again.  It was nine years ago, almost to the day, that Bria's dad was stabbed to death; murder is not a pain that fades."

No kid should ever have to suffer such loss.

Seatbelts on:

"Detective Lewis remembers that night too, the 45 year old father of two was attacked from the back he remembers, it was just his second murder case.

"William Hightower, the victim, was coming home from work. He still had the grocery bag in his hand when he came up on the porch," Lewis remembers.  Bria said she knew who did it almost immediately and watched closely at the way Detective Lewis went about solving her father's case, hanging on his every word, taking notes in her journal.  "He was so compassionate and throughout the whole case he stayed in contact with us. There was not a day that he didn’t call to give us some type of information," Hightower said."

Unbeknownst to him at the time, turned out to be her mentor.

"Including the day Lewis called to say he arrested the man she just knew did it from day one, her father's girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.  Hightower thought then, as she does now, solving murder is what she needed to do.  "I am just glad that I am able to you know, be a motivation for some people like how Detective Lewis was a motivation for me."

Amazing how great good can sometimes come in response to great evil.

"And so at the end of October, Bria Hightower the police trainee became Officer Hightower, she one of 33 new cops in her class to help replenish the ranks of the Baltimore Police Department.  Her badge pinned by the man who closed the case on her father and unwittingly opened a near decade long drive to do for others what he did for her.  "Hi Detective Lewis!” Hightower shouted across the graduation reception.  “Your dad would be so incredibly proud,” Lewis said as he hugged the young officer, “so proud of you."

Comes at a time when Baltimore desperately needs great change in policing.

"Completing her journey from sorrow to strength, from victim to policewoman. "It feels so amazing,” Officer Hightower said, “I was waiting for this day for so long and it's finally here and I just feel so joyful."  Now able to use her new found joy to help a city that this year, is in a whole lot of pain."

Indeed, law enforcement in Baltimore desperately needs positive change.  Hopefully, this new officer and her fellow recruits will provide that change.  Otherwise, hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

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11-24-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

Some desperately needed change in Massachusetts.  CBS News reports:

"The top two officials of the Massachusetts State Police are leaving the force amid claims that a trooper was told to change a report after the arrest of a judge's daughter, CBS station WBZ-TV reports.  In a letter addressed to state police colleagues last week, Col. Richard McKeon said he will retire effective this coming Friday after 35 years.  Deputy Superintendent Francis Hughes retired on Tuesday after a 31-year-long career.  "Traditionally, when a Colonel/Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police leaves his or her position, the Deputy Superintendent resigns as well to allow a new Colonel to select a second-in-command of his or her own choosing," state police spokesperson Dave Procopio said."

Doesn't your heart bleed?

"The announcements come after two troopers sued McKeon and the state police last week. One of the troopers said he was ordered to alter a police report so the daughter of Dudley District Judge Bibaud could avoid embarrassment.  Alli Bibaud, the judge's daughter, was arrested on drug charges.  McKeon admitted to ordering that changes be made to the report, but the state police said it was an acceptable practice for supervisors to edit reports.  Lenny Kesten, an attorney representing Troopers Ryan Sceviour and Ali Rei, said they had their jobs threatened and were ordered to participate in a "criminal conspiracy."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  Some things never change, do they, Sheriff?

"The case started Oct. 16 after Alli Bibaud, 30, crashed her car on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Worcester.  Sceviour said Bibaud admitted to using heroin and there were several syringes found in the car. He said Bibaud told him, "My father is an (expletive) judge, he's going to kill me!"  The trooper also claimed Bibaud offered him sex in return for leniency."

Imagine that.  An honest cop.  Amazing, isn't it?  Honest cops don't last here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"Rei arrived and asked where the suspect got her heroin. Alli Bibaud allegedly told the troopers she performed sex acts on men in return for the drugs."

Nothing quite like the truth, is there?

"The troopers entered all that information in their reports but days later were allegedly ordered by superiors to exclude the information about sex and the judge. They said they were told that was a direct order from McKeon."

Same thing happens here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?  ... All your recent reports accurate, Bill?

"Sceviour reluctantly agreed but only if he could mark "revised" on his report. He said, "If this was some random person and not a judge's kid, none of this would be happening."

An honest cop.  Unlike here, right, Bill?

"Rei was allegedly ordered to shred her administrative journal, but she refused."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?

"Kesten said he has no evidence that Judge Bibaud was involved in the case."

Hopefully, not.  If so, think the shit won't ultimately hit the fan?  Same won't happen here?

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11-24-17

Amazing how those with heart and character can perform magnificently under the worst possible conditions. Seatbelts on.  CBS News reports:

"NFL star Marquise Goodwin and his wife are opening up about the tragic death of their baby boy, and his difficult decision to take the field just hours later. The San Francisco 49ers wide receiver scored an 83-yard touchdown Sunday. He blew a kiss to the sky as he crossed into the end zone, and dropped to his knees."

... Imagine being able to maintain the intense concentration required to successfully execute a task that's extremely difficult under the best of conditions, -- doing so immediately after such an enormous personal loss.

"It wasn't until after the game that Goodwin and his wife, Morgan, revealed on social media their son had died, due to pregnancy complications.  After the death of their son, it was Morgan who encouraged her husband Marquise to play Sunday. Marquise credits his wife, his faith and his son for helping carry him into the end zone, reports CBS News correspondent Dana Jacobson."

A moment of triumph after shattering loss.

"Imagine having something that you want more than anything in the world and you get it and it's just stripped away from you," Marquise said.  Marquise and his wife don't have to imagine. Their baby boy was delivered stillborn Sunday morning after Morgan went into premature labor at 19 weeks.  "I would give my life up if I could have a boy. That's the one thing I wanted more than anything in the world and now I don't have that opportunity right now," Marquise said.

"Despite his grief, hours later, Marquise was playing in the 49ers game against the Giants – at Morgan's insistence.  "It was actually Morgan's idea that I go play in the game. For me, my intentions were to be with her the whole time," Marquise said."

Just as remarkable?  The bottom line in pro football is just that, -- the bottom line.  Under most conditions?  Prime mover.  The 49ers have to be given great credit for putting him in the game, calling that play.

"We had our baby boy, we spent time with him. I'm explaining to him I want you to play in this game because I want your son to see you play," Morgan said.  Marquise didn't just play, he caught the pass for an 83-yard touchdown. It would lead San Francisco to its first win of the season.  "As I'm running, I just blow a kiss to God and to my baby and I dropped down on my knees and I give God his glory. Cause I'm thankful, I still am thankful for the opportunity just to be alive for my life," Marquise said. "Even after all I've been through."  "I was in the hospital, on the bed watching and I bust out crying and I immediately said, that was for you baby," Morgan said.  Only two 49ers teammates knew the pain Marquise was playing with. It wasn't until their social media posts after the game that the world was let in."

Here's the clincher:

"The two college sweethearts met at the University of Texas at Austin where they were both track stars.  "I knew when I met Morgan that she was the perfect girl because she was in college, she was an athlete and we had the same morals and beliefs and I knew that she would be a great mom," Marquise said.  They'll celebrate their second wedding anniversary in February. They credit their bond and their faith for carrying them through this difficult time.  "With faith you can do anything and with love you can do even more. Love conquers all," Marquise said."


11-24-17

The following is a situation no one would want to ever find themselves in.  Have to give the firefighters who rescued her great credit.  Fox News reports:

"Firefighters rescued a woman who got stuck in a septic tank for three hours.  (Atlantic City Fire Department)  A New Jersey woman who fell into a septic tank was stuck 11-feet underground for three hours before firefighters managed to free her.  The 57-year-old woman, who was not identified, fell into the sewage tank in Mullica Township, N.J. and screamed for help for 30 minutes until her son found her, FOX29 reported."

Not reported how this happened or the circumstances.  Just that she had been injured in the fall.  Had to have been extremely difficult to extract her since it took several hours:

    "Updated with video: ACFD R1 E2 B1 and Training 1 traveled nearly 30 miles away today, to Mullica Township to rescue a woman who was stuck in a 11 foot well for almost 3 hours. She was safely lifted and packaged for further evaluation. Great job by all. pic.twitter.com/BxTplyA9tM
    — Atlantic City Fire Dept Firefighters IAFF L198 (@AtlanticCityFD) November 16, 2017

"The Atlantic City Fire Department and Mullica Township Police were called to the scene where it took nearly three hours to rescue the woman.

"She was hospitalized at Atlanticare Regional Medical Center after injuring her back in the fall."

While the circumstances remain unknown, not the first time someone has fallen into a tank.  Precisely, why safety remains front and center.  Tanks must always be covered when not being serviced.


11-24-17

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?  Eighty-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?  Eighty-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.  Eighty-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.


11-24-17

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?


11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

What took so long?  The American Civil Liberties Union reports:

"The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia today filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, Metropolitan Police Department officers, and D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham for making unconstitutional arrests, using excessive force, denying arrested people food, water, and access to toilets, and invasive bodily searches of protesters exercising their First Amendment rights on Inauguration Day."

All for exercising their constitutional right to peacefully protest.  ... While the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue did all they could to abrogate that right.  Rioted themselves in uniform.  What a goddamned disgrace.  These bastards are traitors.

"The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a legal observer, a photojournalist, and two others arrested that day."

Fascinating, isn't it?  Think we don't already live in a de facto fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich?

"While the overwhelming majority of Inauguration Day protesters demonstrated peacefully, a small number caused property damage. In response to the vandalism, MPD officers employed a controversial crowd-control tactic known as “kettling,” where officers corralled more than 200 protesters—including many who had broken no laws—by trapping and detaining them for several hours before formally arresting them. Officers also deployed nonlethal crowd-control devices—including pepper spray, tear gas, flash-bang grenades, concussion grenades, and smoke flares—upon protesters and others both on the street and inside the kettle, without warning or threat of harm to officers or other members of the public."

A lawsuit is nowhere near good enough.  These jackbooted bastards need to have been arrested, criminally charged, and tried.  Not possible when there is no special court or prosecutors dedicated specifically to investigating, prosecuting criminal officers.  Since local prosecutors remain in bed with law enforcement, there is absolutely no chance of justice any longer.  Certainly, not.  ... Not in Nazi America, right, Sheriff?

"The complaint filed by the ACLU of DC also outlines incidents in which MPD officers handcuffed detained individuals so tightly as to cause injury and subjected some individuals to unlawful manual rectal probing."

These criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black not only engaged in physical assault, but sexual assault as well.  Clearly, to get their cookies off.  F--ked up jackbooted bastards.

“The MPD’s extreme tactics against members of the public, including journalists, demonstrators, and observers, were unjustifiable and unconstitutional,” said Scott Michelman, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of DC. “People from all over the country come to the nation’s capital to exercise their constitutional right to protest. MPD’s wanton and vindictive conduct on January 20 chills free speech, which is a vital part of our democracy.”

Clearly, no longer.  Certainly, not in a goddamned fascist police-state.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Police rioted.  Yet, were not held legally accountable for their criminal activity.

"The ACLU of DC’s lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, seeks monetary compensation for the four individuals in an amount to be determined by a jury."

Until criminal officers, their departments, and governmental entities ultimately responsible are brought to their knees financially, this shit will not end.  ... Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  Clearly, there is no justice in a de facto fascist police-state, soon to become the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Among the plaintiffs in today’s case are New York resident Shay Horse, who was covering the protests as a photojournalist, and Baltimore resident Elizabeth Lagesse, an activist who traveled to D.C. to peacefully protest President Trump’s inauguration. An MPD officer witnessed Horse taking photos to document the protest, then pepper-sprayed him. Lagesse did not participate in any acts of vandalism whatsoever. Both Horse and Lagesse were kettled and subjected to pepper spray, tear gas, and painful handcuffing, and they were denied food, water, and bathroom access for several hours."

Our formerly great country is now little more than a banana republic.  Circumstances will certainly worsen as this becomes the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The ACLU of DC also represents D.C. resident Judah Ariel, a legal observer whose neon-green hat clearly marked him as an observer and who was monitoring the conditions of the people trapped in the kettle when he was pepper-sprayed by MPD officers without warning or justification."

Criminal assault by SS jackbooted bastards in black.

"The ACLU of DC is also seeking damages on behalf of Horse and fellow detainee Milo Gonzalez, who were subjected to invasive manual rectal probe searches while in police custody."

Sexual assault by the criminal jackbooted bastards in black.  Clearly, perpetrated to get their cookies off, while desperately attempting to intimidate their victims.  Intimidation clearly didn't work.  Hopefully, taxpayers who are ultimately responsible for out of control criminal officers will wind up getting hellaciously looted.  For a boatload of money as a result of this lawsuit.

“I've been documenting protests for years and I've never seen police act like this in America in such an open, blatant way in broad daylight,” Horse said. “So many of us suffered tremendously just for exercising our First Amendment rights to cover the demonstrations or participate in them. With this lawsuit, I want to stand up for all the protesters who were abused and bullied and assaulted and molested.”

Stand tall.  Uncommon valor.  Continue to peacefully challenge these nazi jackbooted bastards.

"In addition to the constitutional claims under the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments, the lawsuit charges MPD violated D.C.’s First Amendment Assemblies Act. That act specifies that tactics that “substantially encircle” protesters are unlawful unless police have probable cause to believe protesters “have committed unlawful acts” and “police have ability to identify those individuals.” The lawsuit also raises claims for assault and battery and false arrest, among others."

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

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Yet, despite the above injustice, those who lawfully protested the Trump nazi's inauguration are now on trial themselves.

NPR reports:

"It's been nearly 11 months since President Trump's inauguration, when major protests took place in the streets of Washington, D.C. Storefronts and vehicles were damaged, and police used pepper spray and other tactics to subdue the protesters.  D.C.'s Metropolitan Police made scores of arrests. Eventually, 234 people were arrested and charged with felony rioting. As it stands, 187 people face felony charges of rioting, and seven face misdemeanor riot charges, according to Justice Department spokesman William Miller. Twenty cases have been dropped, and defendants in another 20 cases have pleaded guilty — all but one to misdemeanors."

Goddamned fascist police-state.  ... Right, Sheriff?  -- Where the goddamned criminal jackbooted bastards in black get to riot themselves with impunity.  ... Right, Bill?

"Today, jury selection starts in the first batch of cases to go to trial. Miller says the six defendants in the first group are:

    Jennifer Armento, 38, of Philadelphia
    Michelle Macchio, 26, of Asheville, N.C.
    Oliver Harris, 28, of Philadelphia
    Brittne Lawson, 27, of Aspinwall, Pa.
    Christina Simmons, 20, of Cockeysville, Md.
    Alexei Wood, 27, of San Antonio, Texas"

On trumped up charges.  While the criminal jackbooted bastards in black skate, right, Sheriff?

"The defendants, who are represented by different attorneys, could face decades in prison if convicted."

While the criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black skate.

"Each is charged with six felonies: one count of inciting or urging to riot and five counts of destruction of property. They also face two misdemeanor charges, of engaging in a riot and conspiracy to riot.  Armento and Harris also are charged with one misdemeanor count of assaulting, resisting or interfering with a police officer."

Hear the rumble?

"The criminal cases are being prosecuted by the Justice Department. In the District of Columbia, the U.S. Attorney's Office functions as both the local and federal prosecutor. Judge Lynn Leibovitz will preside over the cases in D.C. Superior Court."

In a kangaroo court system.

"One of the defendants, Alexei Wood, is a freelance photojournalist and videographer. His attorney told The New York Times that he faces up to 61 years in prison if convicted."

For journalistically covering the protest.  Protected by the First Amendment Freedom of the Press.

Yet, there was criminal activity by protesters who indeed needed to be arrested by police:

"Wood livestreamed the protests on Facebook, and his video captures a chaotic scene. A voice that seems to be Wood's occasionally says "Wooo!" amid his narration of events: protesters bashing the windows of a limousine, figures in black charging at a line of police, who have penned in the protesters. As police release what appears to be pepper spray, Wood pulls on a gas mask."

Think this isn't determined prosecution of a reporter for doing his job?  Get this:

"As his trial has drawn near, Wood has shared regular updates to social media.  "Honestly, rough day y'all," he wrote Tuesday on Instagram. "Trial starts tomorrow! We, the Nov 15th trial block, will not be getting our charges reduced like Dec 11th trial block did. 'Prosecutoral digression.' Yup, so random people put into a trial block just got most of their weight lifted."  The "judge found my statements, uttered on my live stream, ARE admissible as statements to conspiracy," Wood added. "This feels terrible."

Fix is apparently in.  By a nazi judge in the pocket of out of control law enforcement.

Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As our formerly great country transforms from the de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  A raucous, boot clicking, goose stepping, treasonous, treacherous, traitorous Sieg Heil!, Sheriff?  You and the boys are out of uniform, Bill.  No swastika armbands.

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Yet, another egregious example of police malfeasance, and/or incompetence.   CBS News reports:

"A Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol vehicle heading to an emergency call crashed with another car and then ran onto a sidewalk, killing two small boys and critically injuring their mother, authorities said Friday."

This was not just an unfortunate accident that occurred as a result of happenstance.  Far worse.

"The force of the collision caused the patrol vehicle to hit two little boys and their mother on a sidewalk, CBS Los Angeles reports. The second car struck a third vehicle, causing injuries to two adult pedestrians in a crosswalk.  The mom was critically injured, and her two sons, ages 7 and 9, suffered fatal injuries, said LAPD spokesman Officer Tony Kuey. One boy died at the scene and the other died at a hospital, he said."

Here's the problem:

"The sheriff's department confirmed to CBS Los Angeles that the deputy driving the car was a trainee.  The call was a Code 3, which means lights and sirens should have been on. Video shows that lights were on but it's unclear if sirens were.  A witness says nobody had enough warning to get out of the way because the lights went on just before crash and she claims that sirens were not on."

The Sheriff's criminal jackbooted bastards in black often speed in Llano County, no lights or siren on.  ... Right, Bill?

"A witness, Julie Valle, said the SUV was speeding and didn't activate its lights until it reached the intersection, just before it collided with another car, ran off the road and hit the woman and her two boys.  "They turned the lights on at that moment, a split-second, not enough time for anybody to get out of the way because they were going so fast," she said at a news conference Friday.  Valle said she rushed toward the crash and saw an injured woman.  "She was trying to get up," Valle said. "I told her, 'Don't move, you were just involved in a car accident.'"  Valle also said she saw the boys.  "All I see is little legs," she said. "Then I see a boy, and that's when I start to get the full picture."

Here's what the family has to live with the rest of their lives:

"Luis Hernandez told the Los Angeles Times that the victims were his brothers, 7-year-old Jose Luis and 9-year-old Marcos.  "I got the call and I didn't believe it," Hernandez said tearfully Friday at a makeshift memorial of flowers, stuffed animals and candles at the intersection. "I just didn't believe it." The Times said a brief video clip from a liquor store security camera showed the patrol vehicle, its emergency lights on, driving on the sidewalk. A trash can and a person are seen bouncing off the front of the SUV."

Readers, if you see a police vehicle speeding with no lights or siren on, or otherwise ignoring traffic laws the rest of us are expected to obey, and can safely video record the incident, email me.  I will post it on this website.

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is another example of egregious abuse.  CNN reports:

"The drug convictions of 15 men in Chicago have been thrown out after they claimed they were framed years earlier by a police sergeant, who went to prison for a related crime, and his team of officers.  The dismissal of charges against the men, who together had 18 convictions, is believed to the first-ever mass exoneration in Cook County, the nation's second most populous county.  "In these cases, we concluded, unfortunately, the police were not being truthful, and we couldn't have confidence in the integrity of their reports and their testimony, and so, in good conscience, we could not see these convictions stand," Mark Rotert of the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit said in a news conference."

This is a cancer that remains systemic throughout all law enforcement across the country, including here in Nazi Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?  It's how the County lines its pockets, right, Bill?

"Seven other officers have been placed on desk duty pending an internal review of more incidents, the Chicago Police Department told CNN. Those officers all worked under Watts, CNN affiliate WBBM reported.  Rotert, of the state's attorney's office, said his team is now reviewing additional cases connected to drug convictions spanning several years."

Same needs to happen here.

"The men whose charges were tossed alleged that Watts and his team of officers planted drugs on them during arrests between 2003 and 2008, then falsified police reports, leading to their convictions, according to the Exoneration Project, a free legal clinic at the University of Chicago Law School that presented the cases to county prosecutors.  A Cook County judge on Thursday approved prosecutors' decision to drop the charges. All the men had served their sentences for the crimes in question, according to the Exoneration Project: 14 are free, and one remains incarcerated on unrelated charges."

This shit goes on all over the country including here.  Continues because district attorneys are in bed with law enforcement.  Won't prosecute the criminal jackbooted bastards in black.  In Texas, won't ask for an investigation by the Texas Rangers which could lead to prosecutions conducted by the Attorney General's office.  The fix is nearly always in.  Golden Goose always protected.

"One of the men, Leonard Gipson, said he was framed by Watts on drug charges and went to jail twice because of the officer.  "If you're not gonna pay Watts, you were going to jail," Gipson recalled. "I went to jail and did 2 years and 24 months for Watts. I came home, and he put another case on me."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  Think similar shit doesn't go on here?

"Gipson's attorney, Joshua Tepfer of the Exoneration Project, said officers took money from and charged dozens of people for crimes they did not commit.  "They were skimming off people, and anyone who would get in their way, they would frame them," he told CNN. "And anyone who tried to report them, they would frame them."

Sound familiar, Sheriff?  Couldn't happen here, you say, Bill?

"It wasn't until the summer of 2015, though, that Tepfer, the law clinic attorney, learned of the case of Ben Baker and started investigating.  "What I learned is what Ben Baker said happened to him -- that he was framed by this officer who was named Sgt. Ronald Watts, and what I learned right away was that Ronald Watts had been convicted federally of exactly what Ben said had happened to him: being shaken down and framing someone for putting drugs on someone."

Law enforcement has certainly turned crime into quite a lucrative career for officers.  Art and science, right, Sheriff?

"I started to look into it, and what we slowly realized this was ongoing, systemic, day-to-day corruption by not just Sgt. Watts and not just by his federally convicted co-defendant, Officer Kallatt Mohammed, but by a whole crew of officers that went on with impunity for over a decade on the south side Chicago housing projects."

Sounds like Llano County, doesn't it, Sheriff?

"Baker was freed last year after nearly 10 years in prison when the state's attorney dropped drug charges that Baker claimed were concocted by Watts and his crew, CNN affiliate WLS reported.  "It was torture," Baker told CNN of his jail time. "You're thinking in your head: How did this happen? How did I go from laying next to my wife and going out with my kids every day to being in this cell every day?"

Land of the free?  Home of the brave?  Wake up.  A ruse.

"Baker last year filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago and 17 officers for framing him and covering it up for the decade he sat in prison. The suit also alleges that a "code of silence" within the Chicago Police Department allowed Watts to run an extortion ring with impunity."

Code of silence is nationwide, including here.  ... Right, Sheriff?

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is appalling.  Demonstrates sheer gutlessness of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  ABC News reports:

"The family of an 86-year-old South Carolina man has settled with the city of Kingstree just a month after the man was tased by police following a car chase.  Police dash cam video of the incident shows Albert Chatfield immediately emerging from his car at an intersection and backpedaling from two police officers, who repeatedly shout for him to "stop." As he continues to back up through the street, one officer pulls out his Taser and, after the other officer is heard shouting "tase him," fires it. Chatfield is knocked to the ground instantly."

Jesus Christ.  This guy is nearly 90-years-old.  Has mental issues.  Training so poor this the best these goddamned officers could do?  -- Or, was the point to get their cookies off abusing power?  ... Good question, right, Sheriff?  Think it could be both, Bill?

"The city agreed to pay $900,000 to Chatfield's family over the incident, one of the fastest settlements in a Taser case in the state ever, according to the family's lawyer. Chatfield remains in the hospital after suffering bleeding on his brain due to the fall, according to ABC affiliate WCIV."

Bet the city is high-fiving.  Got off on the cheap.  Clearly, took advantage of the family knowing resultant medical expenses were enormous, that the guy wouldn't likely live much longer any way.  Goddamned pitiful.

"Police had claimed Chatfield assumed a "fighting stance" as he backpedaled from police."

Give me a break.  This, the best the jackbooted bastards could come up with?  A guy approaching 90 in a "fighting stance" a threat to officers?  Pathetic.

The jackbooted bastards in blue were lying out the ass:

"The video shows the man raising his hands, but he is slowly backing away from the officers throughout. The police report also described the scene as a busy street, saying they were trying to protect Chatfield and others' safety, though the video shows just one car in the intersection."

Jesus Christ.  Gutless liars.  ... Just like your jackbooted bastards in black, right, Sheriff?

"Our lives have been permanently changed," Chatfield's daughter Jodie said at a news conference Friday to announce the settlement. "We've been in ICU for an entire month."

The settlement won't likely even begin to pay medical expenses depending on how long this guy remains alive.

"The family's lawyer, Justin Bamberg, blamed the police chase on a mental issue. Police had been called after Chatfield was aggressively tailgating other vehicles.  Bamberg said the money would be used to pay for Chatfield's medical expenses."

There is desperate need for change in the law enforcement community.  Alternative?  Unthinkable. Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is yet another example of out of control law enforcement getting off on the cheap.  Unless and until this changes, the criminal jackbooted murderers in blue will continue murdering innocent unarmed civilians with impunity.  ... Especially, since there is no willingness to set up a truly independent government agency and court system solely designed to investigate and prosecute criminal officers.

ABC News reports:

"The city of Des Moines is expected to pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed man killed by police in 2015.  The Des Moines Register reports that the City Council is scheduled to approve the settlement agreement on Monday.  Last month, the city acknowledged that a former police officer falsely told investigators she warned Ryan Bolinger as he approached her patrol car before she fatally shot him."

The officer lied:

"Video and audio recordings of Vanessa Miller's patrol car show she didn't warn the 28-year-old West Des Moines man before she shot. Miller has said the look on Bolinger's face indicated he intended to harm her.  A Des Moines Police Department review committee cleared Miller of any policy violations. She resigned from the department in July 2016."

Until criminal officers are prosecuted, convicted, and either imprisoned for life or executed, nothing will change.  Lawsuits do little to nothing to discourage murderous behavior by officers since these settlements are nowhere near high enough to bankrupt the government entities involved.

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to an egregious case covered here and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"A white former police officer in Oklahoma was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for the fatal off-duty shooting of his daughter's black boyfriend, after four trials spanning nearly a year including three that resulted in hung juries.  Former Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler was convicted last month of first-degree manslaughter in the 2014 slaying of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake.  Tulsa County District Court Judge Sharon Holmes also issued him a $10,000 fine."

In a death penalty state, kill a cop even in self-defense, guess what?  Get executed.  Why doesn't the same apply to a cop who murders?  Why no equal 'justice?'

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11-24-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to an egregious case covered here and elsewhere, ABC News reports:

"A federal judge sentenced a former Chicago police officer who was convicted of civil rights violations after he opened fire on a car full of teenagers to five years in prison on Monday, telling the officer that when he pulled the trigger 16 times he was acting more like a violent criminal than someone sworn to uphold the law.  "At that particular moment he was acting not as a police officer... He was bringing chaos and violence," U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman said of Marco Proano."

Sound familiar, Sheriff?

"The sentence comes three months after a jury convicted 42-year-old Proano of two felony counts of using excessive force in violation of the two people in the car who were injured when the officer shot him in December 2013.

"On Monday, Herbert again argued that Proano was doing what he was trained to do and what he "witnessed other police officers do and what he was encouraged to do by his superiors." Herbert suggested that Proano was a victim of the anti-police climate toward the Chicago police force since a dashcam video was released in late 2015 showing the fatal shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald.  But the judge rejected that argument.  Proano, who since his conviction has been fired from his job at the police department, was ordered to turn himself in to authorities on Jan. 23 to begin his prison term. Herbert said he plans to appeal the conviction."

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11-17-17

In stark contrast to Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

In follow up to a case covered in this publication and elsewhere, CBS News reports:

"Georgia's governor on Monday suspended a sheriff who faces charges including sexual battery after a drug search at a high school earlier this year.  In an executive order, Gov. Nathan Deal suspended Worth County Sheriff Jeff Hobby pending the final outcome of his case or the expiration of his term of office, whichever comes first.  A grand jury last month indicted Hobby and two deputies in connection with a search at Worth County High School in Sylvester, about 170 miles south of Atlanta. Hobby faces two counts of false imprisonment, one count of sexual battery and a charge of violating his oath of office."

This case is certainly an example of policing at its worst.  Appalling abuse of power.  While the criminal jackbooted bastards in black do as they please here in Nazi Llano County, apparently with Blackburn's blessing, this shit goes on all over our formerly great country.  Represents an egregious failure within the law enforcement community.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Hobby violated his oath of office by ordering his deputies to search students at the high school "without probable cause or any other legal basis and without due process" in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Georgia Constitution, the indictment says."

Think the same doesn't happen to innocent citizens targeted by Llano County deputies during traffic stops?  Officers who profile to line County coffers, get their cookies off abusing authority?  ... Right, Bill?

"Deal had appointed a review commission on Oct. 31 to determine whether the indictment adversely affected Hobby's "administration of the office of Sheriff of Worth County." In a report dated Nov. 9, the commission said they found that to be the case and unanimously recommended that Hobby be suspended, Deal's order says."

Imagine that.  At least, there's some justice elsewhere in the country.  ... Unlike here, right, Sheriff?  -- Boys do as they please with your blessing, right, Bill?

"The review commission was made up of state Attorney General Chris Carr, Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston and Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese.  In June, the Southern Center for Human Rights filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of nine students against Hobby and a number of deputies. The lawsuit said the searches that were conducted were invasive and violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of students."

Like there, Constitution means squat shit here to the Llano County criminal jackbooted bastards in black, right, Sheriff?

"According to the lawsuit, Hobby arrived at the school with a "target list" of 13 students that he suspected of having drugs. Only three of the listed students were at school that day, and Hobby had them brought to administrative offices and searched. The lawsuit says Hobby then put the entire school on lockdown; students were confined to classrooms, hallways and the gym. Their cellphones were confiscated so they couldn't call their parents."

Nazi America.  A goddamned de facto fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Approximately 900 students were searched, but no illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia were found. Sheriff's deputies conducted intrusive body searches, touching students' private parts and lifting their clothing in view of others, the lawsuit says."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  Never happen in the United States, would it?

Coup de grace?

"Lawyers representing the sheriff and deputies in the civil case argue their clients are entitled to official immunity and have asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit."

Like here, right, Sheriff?  Readers are reminded a federal jury in Austin ruled a rape had indeed occurred in the Llano County Jail approximately twenty years ago.  Awarded no cash damages due to sovereign immunity.  The former sheriff, Nathan Garrett, and his goons paid no price for egregious negligence leading to the rape.  That case was covered here in this publication and elsewhere.  This material, including depositions posted in this publication, remain on this website and can be accessed by clicking the icons on the homepage.

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11-17-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The following is exceptionally heartwarming.  A welcome change and certain indication not all law enforcement engages in criminally abusive behavior as prevalent here in Nazi Llano County.  ABC News reports:

"Two North Carolina police officers are being hailed for helping a mother in need who was caught shoplifting food for her child.  The Hillsborough Police Department said Senior Corporal Keith Bradshaw and Officer First Class Candace Spragins responded to a report of a woman stealing groceries from Food Lion on Saturday.  The responding officers located the woman at her home, and she returned the $36 worth of food she had stolen for herself and her child, police said.  "This was not a crime out of greed but one seen as necessary by a mother trying to feed a child," the Hillsborough Police Department wrote in a Facebook post. "Although the officers had to criminally charge her with the theft, they took it upon themselves to go back to the store and buy $140 in groceries, bringing the groceries to the hungry family."

Hat's off to these exceptionally fine officers who not only did their duty, but went well beyond.  ... For those hungry in Llano County, there is no need to steal food.  A number of local churches sponsor food banks.  Do the right thing.  Ask for help.

"Bradshaw and Spragins delivered the items to her home and were later hailed by the community when their story was shared on Facebook.  "Sometimes police work is not cut and dry. We are people first and cops second," the post read."

... Hey, Sheriff?  You and your criminal jackbooted bastards in black need to wake up.  Follow the example of other honorable, non-abusive officers elsewhere in the country.  Not too late to reclaim some semblance of honor, long-lost principles you and the boys lost somewhere along the way, Bill.  Where'd you personally lose yourself, Sheriff?

"The Hillsborough Police Department has asked people who want to help the family to donate food or funds to local food banks and social services "to ensure that maximum gain be achieved from this random act of kindness."

Indeed.  Llano County deputies need to set a similar example, right, Sheriff?  ... Too late for the bastards?  -- Well beyond redemption?  Too far gone?

"We had an overwhelming outpouring of offers to help her and we are referring all offers to local food banks, shelters, and social services for foster children," Hillsborough Police Patrol Commander Lieutenant Davis Trimmer told ABC News. "[She] has gotten help and will be directed to programs that are local that can assist her in the future."

Same needs to happen here, right, Bill?  Across the board.

"The woman has been charged with misdemeanor larceny, Trimmer said, and a court date has not yet been set."

Be interesting to see how this case is ultimately adjudicated.

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11-17-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The following is exceptionally heartwarming.  A welcome change and certain indication not all law enforcement engages in criminally abusive behavior as prevalent here in Nazi Llano County.  Seatbelts on.  CBS News reports:

"It was his eighth birthday, and no one picked him up from school."

How about that?  Being a kid today is nowhere near what it used to be back in the day.  ... Forget?  -- Way, way, way back in the Stone Age.

"The boy sat in a school office, waiting for one of his family members to show up, when Officer Darryl Robinson arrived. The school called the Green Bay Police Department in Wisconsin after failing to reach an emergency contact."

Achingly sad, isn't it?

"When Robinson walked in the door, he immediately recognized the boy — he's had some history with the family. The boy's parent is incarcerated, Captain Keith Knoebel explained to CBS News, though he wouldn't elaborate.  "It seemed like he was in good spirits. He was playing around," Robinson said at a press conference on Wednesday. "He was excited. It was his birthday."

Jesus Christ.  No kid should ever be in such a situation.  Nowadays, too frequent an occurrence, unwanted reality.

"Robinson volunteered to give the 8-year-old a ride in his patrol car.  "He was very excited to ride in one," Robinson said. "I brought him to McDonald's, got him a sandwich. He loved playing with the toy in his Happy Meal."

Consider what this day could have turned out to be for this kid had this cop not stepped up.  ... Hey, Bill?  Think your criminal jackbooted bastards in black couldn't learn a lesson from this officer?

"For about 45 minutes, Robinson spent time with the boy — talking, playing and showing him around the city — until he was able to get in touch with his grandfather and reunite him with his siblings.  Robinson was just doing his job; he never expected the story to go viral."

Sadly, such professional conduct displayed by Officer Robinson is indeed an increasingly rare quality displayed by law enforcement currently.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Especially, here in Nazi Llano County, where Blackburn's criminal jackbooted bastards in black terrorize the community, right, Bill?  Get their cookies off abusing power.

"The police department posted about Robinson's kind act on Facebook, and the post quickly racked up thousands of likes and shares."

The public hungers for desperately needed change in corrupt, abusive, murderous law enforcement.

"I think it's great, great for the community, great for our department to have a good relationship with the people in our city," Knoebel said. "It's a great thing."

The way it should be.  Needs to be.  Has to be.  Otherwise, hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming as our formerly great country continues to deteriorate.

"Hundreds of people praised the officer online, thanking him for taking care of the child in need.  "What a fine officer. No one is more committed to the community than Officer Darryl Robinson," one Facebook user wrote. "That little boy will remember that for the rest of his life."  "I think i just felt my heart break," another wrote. "Thanks to the officer for making that boys birthday a little better."

Equally important, this could inspire the kid to someday become an officer himself.  An enlightened officer.  Not a criminal jackbooted bastard in black as we have here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

Here's what's so achingly poignant, absolutely crucial to good policing:

"Birthday or not, Robinson said he would have acted in the same manner."

If only that were the case, ubiquitously, all across our formerly great country, right, Sheriff?  Certainly, not here in Nazi Llano County.

"Officers do this every day — not just police, but different public service jobs as well. All of us do this. It's not rare," Robinson said. "I think it doesn't get recognized enough."

... If only that were true across the country, in every community.  It's not.

"This won't be the last time Robinson expects to see the boy, and he hopes it will be under better circumstances.  "I do plan on making contact with him in the future and checking on him to see how he's doing," he said. "If he wants to come tour the police station or see more things that we have to offer here — and play with the lights and stuff, we'll be happy to do that."

Mentoring for a kid who desperately needs it.  Enlightened self-interest for law enforcement whom otherwise at some point might have had to deal with this kid had he become a criminal as a result of a troubled upbringing.

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11-17-17

Think this kid in the following story won't turn out exceptionally?  WQAD.com reports:

"A Moline business  owner is trying to track down the writer of an anonymous letter who sent an apology and money to fix a construction truck he thought he had damaged.  "Mister, I want to say I'm sorry. My friends and I were running across the street where your truck was parked, and my friend pushed me into your truck and I scratched your truck with my skateboard," the letter said."

Stunning, isn't it?

"The letter was typed and sent to Zelnio Construction without a return address.  Enclosed in the envelope, $40, to help cover the insurance deductible.  "I am sending you my grass cutting money for the insurance. My dad said his had a hundred dollar payment for things like this," the letter read."

Kicker?  Get this:

"Owner John Zelnio says his truck is not damaged, and wants to return the hard-earned cash to the well intentioned skateboarder.  "It is awesome. It made me feel good people are trying to do the right thing," Zelnio said.  The letter writer says he or she will "send some more next week when I finish some more yards."

Amazing how often things have a way of turning full circle:

"Zelnio, who ironically is the President of the Quad Cities CrimeStoppers Board, is hoping to find the person soon.  "It's kind of a reverse CrimeStoppers. We're always looking for tips to solve crimes. In this case, we're looking for a tip so we can do the right thing."

This kid needs to grow up and become President some day.  Certainly, has character.  Will likely succeed in whatever career he or she chooses.


11-17-17

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?  Eighty-two 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?  Eighty-two 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.  Eighty-two 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.


11-17-17

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?


11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

At a time law enforcement remains subject to intense scrutiny, hard to believe the following still goes on.  NBC News reports:

"Family members of a 14-year-old boy fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy on a northern Wisconsin reservation questioned on Thursday why the teen, who they describe as loving and kind, was gunned down.  Holly Gauthier said authorities have provided few details about the death of her son, 14-year-old Jason Pero, an 8th grader who died on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation Wednesday."

What the hell is county law enforcement doing on a reservation?  Why isn't the reservation solely patrolled by its own officers?

"Dispatchers received a call about a male subject walking down the street armed with a knife about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, said the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, which provides law enforcement services on the reservation along with the tribal police department. A responding deputy fired shots, striking the male. He was treated at the scene but died at a hospital."

So, he opens fire, shoots to kill?  Fails to use non-lethal force?  -- If in fact the deputy is telling the truth.

"Neither the Wisconsin Department of Justice, which is investigating the shooting, or the sheriff's office have identified Pero."

Why not?  What the hell does that mean?  ... Covering their sorry, murderous asses?

"Gauthier tells Duluth station WDIO-TV she believes her son was murdered."

If true, think it won't be covered up by the jackbooted bastards?

"(There is) no reason you can justify shooting a 14-year-old boy," Gauthier said. Her son was home sick from school Wednesday and staying at his grandparents' house, she added. Gauthier said she doesn't know why Jason was outside."

No matter the circumstances, an officer couldn't have handled this kid without killing him?  Stun gun?  Baton?  Why aren't officers taught how to disarm someone with a knife as are unarmed United States Marines?  Questions could go on and on.  Failure of law enforcement to be forthcoming with information is outrageous, a problem, big problem, all across our formerly great country.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The state Justice Department said a knife was recovered at the scene of the shooting. Family members questioned whether Pero had a knife."

Could the deputy have lied?  Planted it?  ... Right, Sheriff?  Certainly, not out of the realm of possibility, is it, Bill?  Wouldn't happen here so you say?

"Pero's grandfather, Alan Pero, described Jason as someone who "never had one mean bone in his body." Gauthier said her son was "a big teddy bear" and "everybody loved him."

The officer certainly didn't.  Snuffed out the life of a 14-year-old kid.  ... Imagine having to live with that the rest of your life.

"Bad River Band Chairman Robert Blanchard said he has not heard directly from sheriff's officials about why Pero was shot and he questioned why the deputy had to take the teen's life."

What's the issue?  Why the delay?  Department trying to get its lies straight?  Story in line?  Takes a little time to manufacture the truth, doesn't it, Sheriff?

"This is a tragedy that should not have happened. There's other ways to do things than to pull out a gun and shoot him," Blanchard said."

Not in a de facto fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Anything goes, doesn't it, Bill?  Sounds like this son of a bitch is being held about as accountable as your criminal jackbooted bastards in black, right, Sheriff?  Llano County way, isn't it, sir?

"Sheriff's officials said the deputy was not injured and referred further questions on the shooting to the Department of Justice."

How about the office itself accounting for its actions?  As it is here in Nazi Llano County, not to be.  Do as they please there as here, right, Sheriff?  With impunity.  Llano County way, isn't it, Bill?  Operant principle?  Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit.  When all else fails?  Lie like hell.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Or, falsely claim it's a 'personnel matter.'  No accountability. None at all.

"The agency said its Division of Criminal Investigation continues to collect evidence and will turn over its reports to the Ashland County District Attorney's Office, hopefully within 30 days."

As here in Llano County, means squat shit.  ... Right, Sheriff?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?  No accountabilityNone at all.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Another case of egregious police malfeasance.  CBS News reports:

"A Kansas prosecutor has asked for help in investigating a retired white police detective accused of preying on black women for sex over decades and pursuing the wrongful murder conviction of the son of one of the women."

Amazing how this shit goes on decades, no one notices, no one questions, no one does anything.  Like here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree, the first black elected district attorney in Kansas, noted in an interview Wednesday that Kansas City Police Chief Terry Zeigler recently said there should be an investigation of former detective Roger Golubski, who numerous residents say wielded his power to terrorize the Kansas City, Kansas black community for years."

Why does it take a black prosecutor to finally do something about the egregiously intolerable?

"When the chief of police says something like that, then I have to look at this retired detective who was with the police department for 30 years," Dupree said."

What took prosecutors and the department so long to finally make this right?

"The prosecutor, elected last year, recently requested assistance from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to look into Golubski's conduct and "discussions are currently occurring on how best to proceed," bureau spokeswoman Melissa Underwood said in an email."

About time.  Long overdue.  The precise kind of scrutiny the Llano County Sheriff's Office desperately needs, right, Sheriff?  Highly unlikely in the Nazi State of Texas run and owned by GOP national socialists.  ... Right, Bill?

"Dupree shocked those attending a court hearing on Oct. 13 when he said there had been "manifest injustice" in the conviction of Lamonte McIntyre for the 1994 murders of two men, when he was a teenager. A judge let McIntyre go free after 23 years in prison."

Outrageous it took a quarter of a century to do so.

"No physical evidence linked McIntyre to the crime, and he did not know the victims. The case rested on contradictory and coerced testimony that police and the prosecutor at the time allegedly knew to be false."

Same old shit.  Par for the course in a goddamned fascist police-state, right, Sheriff?

Get's worse.  Get this:

"McIntyre's mother, Rose, said in an affidavit that years before her son was convicted Golubski coerced her into a sexual act in his office and then harassed her for weeks, often calling her two or three times a day, before she moved and changed her phone number. She believes Golubski retaliated against her son because she spurned his later advances."

Got to be a special place in Hell reserved for a son of a bitch like this.

"Affidavits also accuse the prosecutor in the case, Terra Morehead, of intimidating witnesses who told her McIntyre was not the killer, and then not informing the defense about those statements. And the presiding judge, Wyandotte County District Judge J. Dexter Burdette, had a romantic relationship with Morehead before the trial that neither disclosed at the time."

Jesus Christ.  Imagine that.  Any and all principals involved in this need to be criminally investigated and prosecuted.  ... Think it will happen after a quarter century?  Statutes of limitation other than for murder a factor?

"Golubski, Morehead and Burdette have never been disciplined over those issues. All three either declined or did not respond to requests for comment. Golubski retired from law enforcement last year. Morehead is now a federal prosecutor. Burdette is still on the bench."

Jesus Christ.  Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. Hear the rumble?

"In the wake of the McIntyre case, Dupree has been working to establish early next year a "conviction integrity unit" within the district attorney's office. He said such units are designed to right any wrongs when there may be "a bad apple that sneaks in" a prosecutorial office."

Precisely, what's desperately needed here in Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?  "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

"This in fact is something I wanted to do, but the McIntyre case sped up when it was going to be done," Dupree said. "And, honestly, it showed the community that it was something that was needed."

You think?

"Black community leaders in Kansas City, Kansas, have said people do not trust the police in the wake of the McIntyre case."

The lack of trust here in Llano County extends across the entire racial spectrum.

"Last year 29 conviction integrity units were scattered in prosecutorial offices across the nation, more than double the number in 2013, according to The National Registry of Exonerations. Such units account for 70 of the 166 exonerations recorded last year."

There's a desperate need for one right here in Nazi Llano County.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is the epitome of aggressive stupidity.  Fox News reports:

"A case of the good guys going after the good guys."

Think so?  Carefully, consider the following:

"There is now a Detroit Police Department internal investigation into two different precincts getting into their own turf war as they converge on an east side neighborhood.  Neighbors who live on Andover on Detroit's east side will be the first to tell you this area is known for constant drug activity."

Ring-led by law enforcement all over the country, including here.  Forget?  There is too much money to be had.  ... Right, Bill?

"(It is) definitely drug problem for years, it has been a drug problem," said one resident. "I don't think anyone can stop it."  On Thursday Detroit police certainly tried, but maybe too hard.  Sources say it started when two special ops officers from the 12th Precinct were operating a "push off" on Andover near Seven Mile. That is when two undercover officers pretend to be dope dealers, waiting for eager customers to approach, arresting potential buyers and seizing their vehicles."

Say what?  Legalized theft.  Asset forfeiture?   For what?  The offenders are trying to buy drugs, not profit from their sale.  Worse, no more than legalized entrapment.  As the nazis in the system continue to benefit from the United States Constitution having been deliberately bastardized since ratification.

"But this time instead of customers - special ops officers from the 11th Precinct showed up. Not realizing they were fellow officers, they ordered the other undercover officers to the ground."

Doesn't your heart bleed?  A little of their own justice bestowed on their fellow criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"FOX 2 is told the rest of the special ops team from the 12th Precinct showed up, and officers began raiding the drug house in the 19300 block of Andover. But instead of fighting crime, officers from both precincts began fighting with each other."

Jesus Christ. Once in awhile there is justice among thievesCan we stand it?  LOL.

"Sources say guns were drawn and punches were thrown while the homeowner stood and watched. The department's top cops were notified along with Internal Affairs. One officer was taken to the hospital."

Must have been quite a show as the jackbooted idiots went after one another.  LOL.

"Each officer involved is now under investigation - as the department tried to determine what went wrong."

Give me a break.  Likely, won't go anywhere.  Swept under the carpet like here in Nazi Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Same old shit, Bill?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Amazing how police usually skate when someone in custody dies.  No matter how negligent.  Fascinating, isn't it?

"A disciplinary panel has found a Baltimore police van driver not guilty on all administrative charges related to his transportation of Freddie Gray, the black man whose death in custody sparked riots in the city."

Imagine that.  A man dies as a result of egregious negligence and nothing gets done.  Nothing at all.

"The three-member board said Tuesday that Officer Caesar Goodson did not violate any department policies the day Gray was fatally injured in police custody."

Imagine that.  Convenient, isn't it?  A rubber stamp.

"Goodson smiled, appearing relieved, after the not-guilty verdicts on all 21 counts were read. His lawyers hugged each other and patted themselves on the back with loud thumps."

Galling.  Hitler's brand of justice.  Kangaroo justice in a goddamned de facto fascist police-state, soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming as the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue raucously cheer galling injustice.  Jesus Christ.  We've lost ourselves.

"Attorney Sean Malone said outside the hearing room at the University of Baltimore that the verdict is vindication for a hard-working and soft-spoken officer."

The hell it is.  Quite the opposite.  No more than rubber stamped kangaroo justice in a fascist police-state.  Trump's Fourth Reich.  ... Where day is night, night is day, and shit smells perversely sweet.  All ass backwards from what once was, should be.

"He also said that Goodson plans to keep working on the Baltimore police force."

Jesus Christ.  Think history won't repeat itself?  ... As it does here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

An horrendous failure of justice:

"Department lawyer Neil Duke had argued that Goodson should have been fired for failing to follow policy by not buckling Gray into a seatbelt, failing to get him medical attention and lying about the chain of events following Gray's arrest in April 2015.  Gray died a week later of a spinal cord injury he suffered during the van ride, prompting civil unrest among people expressing outrage at the treatment of African-Americans by police in Baltimore's inner city. None of the six officers charged criminally for their roles in Gray's arrest were convicted. In reforms made as a result of Gray's death, state lawmakers opened police disciplinary hearings to the public, hoping to improve transparency when departments seek to hold officers accountable."

A Band Aid on an arterial wound.  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

"Duke said Goodson, a van driver with 14 years of experience, had a duty to pay closer attention to his passenger's condition as Gray banged around in the back of the van, his arms handcuffed and his legs in shackles. He said Goodson failed his responsibility and integrity during the trip to the police station, and was so indifferent to his duty that he didn't make any effort to interact with Gray to check on his physical condition."

Not to be in a goddamned fascist police-state where anything goes, right, Sheriff?  The criminal jackbooted bastards killed him.  Did so with impunity.

"It's not a heavy duty to be placed on a police officer to exercise that level of compassion," Duke said."

Certainly is in a fascist police-state, right, Bill?  There is no justice.  Precisely, why there is no peace as our formerly great country continues to rip apart at the seams.

"Of the six officers, Goodson faced the most serious charge in criminal court: murder. But he, Lt. Brian Rice and Officer Edward Nero were acquitted at trial last year, and then prosecutors dropped charges against Sgt. Alicia White and officers Garrett Miller and William Porter. Nero and Miller accepted disciplinary action, according to the police union attorney who represents them. Neither their attorney nor the department would say what that discipline was. Rice and White still face disciplinary action before an administrative board."

No justice.  A man is needlessly dead.  No one held criminally accountable.  Nazi America.  ... Right, Sheriff?

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11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is pathetic.  CBS News reports:

"An FBI counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after he had his weapon stolen at a hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, CBS News confirmed Thursday.  The New York Times said the theft occurred after the agent was out drinking and met a woman at a bar. The FBI is not disputing the story."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  -- Aren't these guys supposed to be the best of the best?  Consummate professionals?

"The agent, Robert Manson, is not suspended while the internal investigation proceeds. He was at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte for a conference this summer when the theft was reported to the local police. Manson supervises terrorism cases in the Midwest and Carolinas.  A report by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police indicated that Manson had been incapacitated by alcohol and stated that the following items were stolen: a Rolex valued at $6,000, $60 cash and the FBI-issued Glock 27 valued at $500."

Not suspended?  Why the hell wasn't he fired?  Coup de grace?  Get this:

"The theft was reported on July 10, the report said."

Took four months for this to be brought to the attention of the public?  Why was it covered up?  How can a G-man afford a $6,000 Rolex?

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11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Galling insult to injury?  Not enough the criminal jackbooted bastards in ICE are abusing authority, breaking up families, acting like goddamned Nazi storm troopers ala Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, now they're pissing and moaning at the Trump nazi.  Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  LOL.

The Washington Times reports:

"The country’s immigration enforcement officers launched a website Tuesday demanding President Trump do more to clean up their agency, saying he’s left the Obama team in place and it’s stymieing his goal of enforcing the laws on the books."

Is that right?  Think so?  Constant reporting throughout media, including this publication, scream otherwise.

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisors in Philadelphia banned officers from wearing bullet proof vests during an operation in the dangerous “badlands” section in the city’s north, for fear of offending the immigrant community, the new website, jicreport.com, charges."

The above site url is up and running at time of writing.  Be interesting to see if the wild accusations made there have any substance.

"Meanwhile officers in one Utah city are required to give city officials seven days’ heads-up before arresting anyone — and by the time they go in, the migrants they’re targeting seem to have gotten a heads-up and taken off, the website says."

Hard to believe at first glance that could possibly be true.  We'll see.  -- May be just a group of malcontents upset Trump has not yet allowed them to line suspected illegal immigrants up against a wall and shoot them.

"Compiled by the National ICE Council, which represents ICE officers, the website is part whistleblower and part primal scream for Mr. Trump to pay attention to a group of people who were among his staunchest backers during last year’s campaign."

Tough, isn't it?  Doesn't your heart bleed?

“ICE Officers grudgingly admit that the only President they ever endorsed hasn’t kept his word, and many officers now feel betrayed,” the officers say on the new website."

Are they pissed the Trump nazi has yet to authorize swastika armbands?

Not clear yet if some of the postings on the new site might lead to some reining in of the corruption at the management level, however:

"One early posting reports on as many as 500 ICE supervisors who the council says are using official vehicles for their own personal travel, each “gouging American taxpayers for approximately $5,000 annually in free fuel alone,” and on allegations of sexual harassment."

Will take some time to see whether or not this new site offers any hope of change within this highly abusive law enforcement agency, -- or is nothing more than achingly bogus bullshit.

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11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Nazism and kangaroo justice continue to reign supreme in Texas.  CBS News reports:

"A Mexican citizen on death row in Texas was executed Wednesday night for the slaying of his 16-year-old cousin who was abducted from her family's apartment and fatally beaten.  Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, was given a lethal injection after several federal court appeals failed to halt his punishment for the February 1997 killing of Mayra Laguna."

Didn't sit well in Mexico for damned good reason:

"Shortly after the execution, Mexican President Enrique Nieto tweeted, "I express my firm condemnation of the execution of the Mexican Rubén Cárdenas Ramírez in Texas, which violates the decision of the International Court of Justice. My deepest condolences to the mourners."  Cardenas' attorney, Maurie Levin, contended eyewitness testimony against Cardenas was shaky, that little physical evidence tied him to the killing and that a confession he gave was obtained after 22 hours of isolation and intense police questioning."

Doesn't matter in a goddamned fascist police-state where anything goes, right, Sheriff?  It's the 'pound of flesh,' right, Governor?  Guilt or innocence?  Matters not.  Just that the State can gets its goddamned cookies off killing someone, right, Mr. Paxton?

"She also said that authorities acted improperly when not telling the Mexican-born Cardenas that he could get legal help from the Mexican consulate."

Doesn't matter to the Republican nazis running this state.  Just execute the bastard, right, Governor?

"Being born in Mexico, which does not have capital punishment, made Cardenas eligible for legal help from the Mexican consulate when he was arrested, according to provisions of the Vienna Convention of Consular Relations, which is a 1963 international agreement. The courts have allowed executions to move forward in several previous Texas death row cases in which the agreement was said to have been violated."

Yet, no one was prosecuted for this deliberate oversight by the nazis who haughtily believe they run and own this kangaroo hell hole.

"For the Mexican government, capital punishment constitutes one of the most essential violations of human rights," Jacob Prado Gonzalez, the Mexican government's general director for consular protection, said."

No question, the Mexicans are light-years ahead of the achingly ignorant Republican nazis who run and own our pathetically backward state.  ... Right, Governor?  Yet, we don't execute the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who murder on the job.  Imagine that.  No equal justice.

"In a handwritten statement released afterward, Cardenas thanked his family, attorneys and the Mexican consulate for their help.  "Now! I will not and cannot apologize for someone else's crime, but, I will be Back for Justice," he wrote. "You can count on that!"

If this man was innocent, all officials who participated in and rubber stamped this execution are themselves morally guilty of murder.

This case was in contention right up to the execution:

"His punishment was delayed for about four hours as last-ditch appeals for the former security guard focused primarily on efforts to have trial evidence undergo new DNA testing. In a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court hours before his execution, lawyers argued Texas was violating Cardenas' due process rights and a state statute that covers forensic testing. They asked the justices to halt the execution for a court review."

Matters not in a goddamned de facto fascist police-state, right, Governor?  ... Hypocritically say a prayer for this guy before and after he was murdered by the State, Governor?

"They also asked the justices for more time to appeal a lower court's rejection of a federal civil rights lawsuit in which they claimed his due process and civil rights were being violated because Texas officials wouldn't release evidence so it can undergo new DNA testing. Attorneys for the state said the lawsuit was improper and that state courts already refused the DNA request because Cardenas could not show that more advanced tests would exonerate him."

Convenient Catch-22, isn't it?  How would you know until you ran the tests?  Bullshit reasoning shamelessly engaged in by these achingly convoluted assholes.  ... Right, Governor?

"DNA results in evidence at Cardenas' trial were not false, state attorneys said."

How do they know?  ... Because they say so?  The public is supposed to believe bought and paid for shysters owned by the State?  To do the will of their masters.

"The high court, without comment, rejected both appeals."

This court, as all courts in our formerly great country, has been loaded with nazis determined to dispense kangaroo justice.  In this case, and many others, there are unanswered questions, doubts raised by the continuing egregious, traitorous failure of the courts to ensure justice is served.

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11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to a case reported here and elsewhere, NPR reports:

"The government is dropping its case against the woman who laughed out loud during Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing in January."

... Can't have that, can we?  -- No laughter out loud no matter how hard the Sessions nazi and his GOP shills try to cover his lies with straight faces?

"Desiree Fairooz is an activist with the anti-war organization Code Pink. She said her laugh was involuntary, spurred by Sen. Richard Shelby's statement that Sessions' "extensive record of treating all Americans equally under the law is clear and well-documented."  "I let out an involuntary laugh, or more of a chortle of disdain," Fairooz told WAMU. "We were not warned not to laugh." Fairooz, a retired children's librarian, was with five other activists — all dressed in pink Lady Liberty costumes — during the attorney general's confirmation hearing."

Readers are reminded:

"She was charged with two misdemeanors: disrupting Congress and unlawful demonstration on Capitol grounds. Each charge carries up to six months in prison and a potential fine.  In July, a judge threw out her conviction and called for a new trial. In September, Fairooz rejected a plea deal. The new trial had been set to begin next week."

Should have been allowed to proceed.  Given her a chance at exoneration.

"Code Pink said it celebrated the decision to drop the charges, calling the arrest of Fairooz "absurd."  "The prosecution of Desiree, including one jury trial, was a waste of time and tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars," the organization said in a statement. "It was part the larger effort currently being made to crack down on activists. From the January 20th inauguration protests, the Department of Justice is prosecuting 200 people on multiple felony charges. We hope they will scale back this massive overreach and that the success we just saw in Desiree's case will encourage more people to protest in the halls of congress and on the streets."

This nazi government wants no protest.  Does all it can to abrogate the right to peacefully protest.  Police themselves riot, are out of control at these protests.  Get their cookies off abusing power.  Arresting innocent people peacefully protesting.  To say nothing of reporters covering these protests, exposing these jackbooted pieces of shit for whom and what they are.

"In a statement to CNN, Fairooz's attorney said his client is "relieved and happy" about the outcome.  "Yesterday the government dismissed the case for reasons I can only speculate about. And which I may never fully know (though I have various theories)," said Samuel Bogash. "Though as her lawyer I would have preferred a 'not guilty' at the first trial, I'm happy for Ms. Fairooz."

This is no victory, Counselor.  The unjust arrest remains on her record.

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11-17-17

Amazing how statistics and bogus 'studies' can be effectively used to distort reality, evade truth, lend ersatz credence to abject bullshit.  NPR reports:

"Any American who pays attention to law enforcement has heard of the strategies: "Broken Windows," "Stop and Frisk," "Zero Tolerance." These are all variations on what's broadly known as "proactive policing": efforts to seek out and prevent the causes of crime before it happens, as opposed to a more reactive policy of just sending police when called."

The point of diminishing returns is always quickly reached.  Backlash?  Ferocious.  Faith, trust in law enforcement?  Quickly relegated to the toilet.  Certainly, as harassment becomes intolerable, police viewed as the enemy.  No more than a deliberate concerted attack on liberty, determined abrogation of all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.  Price of all this?

Horrendous.  Both in terms of officers killed in the line of duty, to say nothing of all those unarmed and innocent murdered by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  Precisely, why all faith and trust in law enforcement continues to precipitously drop, -- as officers continue to murder with virtual impunity, not held legally accountable for their crimes.  Protected, coddled.

"During the 1990s and 2000s, these approaches were widely credited for bringing down crime rates. But in the years since Ferguson, charges of racial profiling caused proactive policing to fall out of favor."

This, myopically, only partially explains the phenomenon.  Racial profiling is an offshoot of the problem, not the problem itself.  The problem is criminal abuse of power, shakedowns, harassment, murder of innocent unarmed civilians by out of control officers who get their cookies off abusing power.

"Some critics say the methods don't even work as well as advertised, and they point to the fact that the murder rate stayed low in New York even after police curtailed the "stop and frisk" tactic (more on that below)."

That's more bullshit by the author of this NPR article who clearly is biased in favor of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  More than willing to cut these pieces of human excrement slack they clearly do not deserve, have not for decades.   Here's the bullshit:

"And yet in other cities, the rollback of these methods has coincided with disturbing spikes in violent crime. Last week I reported from murder-plagued Baltimore, where the Freddie Gray riots and a Justice Department investigation pushed the department to end tactics that critics labeled "zero tolerance." Former police officials are furious, saying the abandonment of those methods has cost lives."

First?  The spike is indeed coincidental, not necessarily cause and effect.  ... Although law enforcement and their clueless shills prefer to claim otherwise.  Reinforces their bullshit.  Provides lame 'excuse' for the indefensible, that is, continued abuse of power and criminal activity perpetrated by officers.  Equally pointedly?  Provides cover needed to continue perpetrating this outrageously bogus myth.  Readers are reminded correlation statistically is not indicative of cause and effect.  This fact gets taught in every statistics class.

Second?  What has certainly cost lives is egregious police abuse of power, murder of innocent unarmed civilians by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  Non-police-perpertrated murders in these communities are caused by factors well out of control of law enforcement.  Factors such as poverty, lack of education, training, employment opportunities, homelessness, etc..  Until we effectively address these issues, these senseless  murders will continue unabated.

"The argument over proactive policing can be politicized, but now the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is trying to make it more scientific. It's just released a comprehensive survey of the research that's been done on the crime-fighting effectiveness of various policing strategies."

That deliberately, concertedly, determinedly ignores long-term effects of what amounts to no more than bogus justification of harassment.  These effects include loss of faith, trust in law enforcement, unwillingness to cooperate with these bastards even when cooperation is indeed warranted, justified as in the case of victims of crime who will not come forward and report crime.  Think that's not an issue?

"There's more research to draw on than people suspect. The authors say we're actually in a "golden age" of methodical scientific studies of policing, and the report lays out which tactics are backed by the strongest evidence."

Called 'massaging data' to support, defend the indefensible.

Here comes the bullshit:

"Hot Spot" policing — targeted patrols of specific trouble spots — is backed by strong evidence. This may be of interest in Baltimore, which ended the old practice of "clearing corners," under pressure from the Justice Department."

Jesus Christ.  Outrageously unconstitutional since police have no probable cause a crime has been committed.  Such tactics are counter productive in the long run since resentment and hatred toward police exponentially increases.

"Stop and Frisk" is more ambiguous. There's strong evidence that it works when practiced in violent-crime hot spots, but the evidence is weaker for its effectiveness when practiced throughout an entire jurisdiction."

Outrageously unconstitutional since police have no probable cause to conduct a search, no indication a crime has been committed.  No exigent circumstances justifying a search.  Direct violation of the Fourth Amendment.  Readers are reminded these tactics are reminiscent of Hitler's Third Reich.  Indeed, the most effective, efficient form of government to date. But at what cost?

"Broken Windows," the notion that addressing small problems can avert more serious crimes, has strong evidence when the tactic focuses on improving a neighborhood, such as cleaning up vacant lots. But when the tactic means wide-spread arrests of people for certain "quality of life" infractions, the evidence is weaker."

Again, more sniveling bullshit.  Justification of the unjustifiable.  Egregiously counterproductive.  Results in resentment, distrust of the abusive jackbooted bastards.  Failure to report crime due to this systemic distrust.  Results in more crime long-term.

"The survey includes assessments of other tactics under the "proactive policing" rubric, including up-and-comers such as software-driven "predictive policing" (verdict: too soon to tell.)"

Another crock of shit by the NPR shill clearly in the pocket of law enforcement.  Truly frightening since it enables officers to preemptively harass the innocent with no probable cause a crime has indeed been committed.  What's next?  Should technology improve to the point where a machine can scan someone's brain, thought processes, etc., determines someone has thought a murderous thought, then what?  Arrest them for thinking the thought?  Where do you draw the line?  How far do you take this?

Here comes the disclaimer:

"An important caveat on all of this: the authors say these tactics should be employed only when constitutional. That leads to a question that crosses from criminology over into law: Does "proactive policing" equate unconstitutional policing?"

Precisely, the point made by this concertedly pointed criticism of this 'study.'  Exactly, what it is.  A deliberate, concerted determined abrogation of all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.  Justification of the unjustifiable.  An abrogation of rights executed preemptively.

"The report hedges its bets in a paragraph that reflects the political sensitivity of the larger debate: 'Several scholars have argued that it is unlikely that any programmatic use of stops, frisks, and arrests could be effective in preventing crime and still survive proper constitutional scrutiny (Bellin, 2014; Meares, 2015). If so, then no department should adopt these strategies. That said, courts have not forced many departments to give up SQF [stop, question and frisk], broken windows, or zero tolerance policing.'

That's happened because judges have consistently, concertedly bastardized the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, since inception.  To consolidate Executive Power, create what amounts to a fascist police-state.  Precisely, what the Founders so feared.  That is, that we would not be able to keep the democratic republic they had set up at such great personal cost.

Clearly, we have not.  Quite the opposite.  Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms.  Hear the rumble?  As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.  Truly unconscionable the courts have failed to rein in the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  Remain in bed with them.  No more than a rubber stamp of criminal behavior and abrogation of rights perpetrated by the law enforcement community.

"'And other scholars assume that a legal version of these strategies is possible, if departments aggressively use the legal authority to conduct stops or arrests (by encouraging officers to make all possible legal stops and arrests) and still train and supervise officers to avoid unconstitutional conduct (Harmon, 2012b).'

More egregious bullshit.  Talking out both sides the ass.  Bogus justification of the unjustifiable.  To what end?  For what purpose?  Coup de grace?  Get this:

"Either way, legal scholars conclude that deterrence based strategies that employ aggressive stops, frisks, and arrests raise the prospect of increased constitutional violations, and the litigation surrounding these programs supports that conclusion."

Then the author of this bogus disingenuous article, Martin Kaste, must be respectfully asked one ferociously pointed question.  Why did you write it, sir?  Even more inexplicably senseless?

"What long-term effect do these tactics have on a community and its relationship with the police? On that score, the report says more study is needed."

Jesus Christ.  What do you think?  No clue?


11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The Trump nazi continues to militarize the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.  NBC News reports:

"The U.S. forces that supported Iraqi troops during the operation to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State this year used it.  And it could be in a police department near you.  It is a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, known as a MRAP, and they each weigh 18 tons and are designed to withstand bombs, bullets, mines and grenades. They've been used in Iraq, in Afghanistan and in America, in cities such as Miami Beach, Florida, and Fairbanks, Alaska."

Why do the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue need this kind of military equipment?  You criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement expecting a revolution, Sheriff?

"These vehicles and thousands of other pieces of military surplus equipment have been shipped free to law enforcement agencies across the country after President Donald Trump, in an executive order in August, removed Obama-era reforms that had banned local police from receiving some equipment and placed tight restrictions on others."

Planning on using them against unarmed, law-abiding citizens who won't goose step along, Mr. 'President?'  Governor?

"Obama acted after the confrontation between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 following the shooting of an unarmed black man. The striking images on social media of military equipment being used by police for crowd control drew national attention to the military equipment surplus program."

As well it should have.  A portend of far worse to come under the Trump nazi and his henchmen.

"After Obama tightened the program in 2015, for instance, police departments seeking MRAPs from the Defense Department had to submit a detailed justification for why they were needed and how officers would be trained to use them.  "We’ve seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force," Obama said at the time. "Some equipment made for the battlefield is not appropriate for local police departments."

-- Only if you're expecting a revolution, or wishing to transform the goddamned de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Mr. 'President?'

"Now, after Trump has loosened the program's requirements, the volume of surplus equipment flowing to police agencies is roughly the same as it was under Obama. But what's changed is the need for justification, mandated federal supervision and training — and that's got critics warning about trouble ahead.  "There is no accountability in place," said Ed Chung, a former Justice Department official who led the group that advised Obama on the issue."

Not necessary in the Fourth Reich, right, Mr. 'President?'

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announcing the rollback of Obama's order, said the program "went too far."  "We will not put superficial concerns above public safety," Sessions said. "This isn't about appearances, it's about getting the job done and getting everyone to safety."

Goddamned bullshit.  An outright, bold-faced lie by the Sessions nazi.  The exigent threat to this country is from no foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element.  It remains the out of control, criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who not only present an exigent threat to life, liberty, but all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.  ... Right, Sheriff?  To say nothing of all levels and branches of egregiously out of control government.

"Obama banned the shipment to police of grenade launchers, weaponized vehicles, bayonets, rifles, ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, and certain armored vehicles that resemble tanks. Under Trump, those items are no longer prohibited."

Why not?  Unless of course the Trump nazi and his henchmen intend to ultimately have the criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement use them against the citizenry they've falsely sworn to protect and defend.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Governor?  Mr. 'President?'

Our formerly great country remains in unparalleled turmoil unlike ever seen before.  Certainly, not in recent history.  Not even dating back to the Sixties.  Militarization of egregiously out of control law enforcement presents an exigent threat also unlike ever seen before.  Exponentially increasing, not decreasing, the possibility of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution already catastrophically looming.

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11-17-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Continue to endure interminable delays at the airport?  Put up with outrageous invasion of privacy to book a flight, from airport screeners during check-in?  Get felt up by overzealous goons looking for weapons?  Guess what?  It's failing to prevent mock weapons from getting past screeners.  Get this.  CBS News reports:

"An undercover operation has revealed that Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports fail for the most part.  Homeland Security investigators found that, more than 70 percent of the time, undercover officers were able to get through TSA checkpoints with mock knives, guns and explosives, the House Homeland Security Committee was told Wednesday. Just two years ago, testing found a 95 percent failure rate, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave.  "We found that briefing disturbing," said Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee."

Amazing, isn't it?

"The DHS Office of Inspector General made eight classified recommendations based on the undercover operation. In a statement, the TSA said it took the "OIG findings very seriously and are implementing measures that will improve screening effectiveness at checkpoints."

What?  How?  By increasing determined, intentional loss of privacy, intrusiveness, additional delay?  Why the hell would anyone willingly wish to fly currently?

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11-17-17

Think sexual assault of minors isn't a problem on the reservation?  NPR reports:

"One morning earlier this year, Northern Arapaho member Rose was sitting at the table with her 14-year-old daughter, Latoya.  "I told her to move her hair because she had her hair like this," said Rose, showing how Latoya pulled her hair over to hide her neck and cheek. "Because I noticed something ... she had marks, hickeys, just completely covering her, even almost on her face."  That's when Latoya told her mother that she had been forcibly kissed by a woman from another reservation who was six years older. (NPR is using only their middle names because they fear retaliation.)"

Sad, isn't it?  Intolerable, as well.

"At that moment, I saw me in her," Rose said. She took a deep breath and this time there were tears in her voice. "And there was just nothing I could do for her except let her know, it's not your fault; it's OK; I'll protect you."  Rose wanted more than anything to protect her daughter because when she herself was 6, she too was molested by an older girl. Studies show that 1 in 3 Native American women is sexually assaulted in her life. But Rose wanted to stop that cycle of abuse."

This remains quite a problem:

"According to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 36 percent of Native Americans living in majority-Native areas say they avoid calling the police because of a fear of discrimination. And nearly half say they or a family member feels he or she has been treated unfairly by the courts. But thanks to a recent law, a small number of tribes are creating their own court systems in hopes they will process cases faster and restore trust."

Unbelievable, this shit goes on.  Has gone on.  Still goes on.

"That morning, Rose called the tribal police. But they immediately referred her to the FBI since her tribe isn't qualified to handle felonies."

Why not?

"After an investigation, though, federal prosecutor Kerry Jacobson declined to pursue Latoya's case. As with most assaults, the case rested solely on the victim's testimony.  "The only allegations involve the subject touching the minor's lips, neck and upper chest and the knee and those areas do not fall within the definition of sexual contact," Jacobson said, explaining why she declined the case."

Incredible, isn't it?  The kid is assaulted, nothing done?

"Jacobson said she recognized that testifying against a perpetrator can be traumatic and that's why she leaves cases like this open as long as possible, in case a victim wants to tell more later.  She also said the majority of her cases are historical childhood assaults, for which it is much harder to get convictions.  "When a victim gets to a place where he or she feels safe enough and emotionally stable enough to divulge what happened, we have no scientific evidence left," said Jacobson. "Those are very challenging."

Unbelievable.  This is an Indian reservation.  Why aren't they handling their own law enforcement?

"Jacobson said she did not interview the alleged perpetrator or any witnesses. In fact, a recent Government Accountability Office report shows that federal courts declined to prosecute 67 percent of reservation sexual assault cases."

Inexplicable, isn't it?

"Meanwhile, after Latoya's case was dropped, the tribal police took over. Unlike the feds, they moved forward, issuing a warrant for the subject's arrest. The problem is, the tribal court can issue only misdemeanors, which means less than a year in jail if convicted.  Leslie Shakespeare, councilman for the Eastern Shoshone, the other tribe on Wind River, wants to use recently passed federal legislation called the Tribal Law and Order Act to do more. That law grants tribes the power to give stiffer sentences and do it faster."

Why not?  It's a reservation.  Aren't they supposed to enjoy some semblance of autonomy?  -- Despite the fact the goddamned federal government has broken every treaty?  Stolen their land when its undocumented forebears arrived here centuries ago.  While reservation lawyers, courts, and prisons are incredibly expensive, don't the federal taxpayers at the very least owe them this much?


11-10-17

Horrendous atrocity at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a small town southeast of San Antonio.  NPR reports:

"In a news conference Sunday night, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety described the scene: Around 11:20 a.m., a man dressed in black tactical gear approached the church and began firing an assault rifle. He then entered the church and continued firing.  Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed that at least 26 people were killed. A Texas Department of Public Safety official said the ages of the victims ranged from 5 to 72 years old. The AP reports that the pastor's 14-year-old daughter is among the dead. In a news conference, Freeman Martin, a regional director of the Texas Department of Safety, said 23 of those killed were found in the church, two were found outside the church and one died after being taken to a hospital."

Readers are reminded all this is preliminary information subject to change as the investigation continues.

"The Department of Public Safety confirmed to NPR that at least 20 others were wounded. A DPS official said in the news conference that the gunman was confronted by an armed civilian outside the church.  The shooter has been identified as Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, according to a law enforcement official. Kelley previously served in the U.S. Air Force in New Mexico from 2010 until he received a bad conduct discharge in 2014, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told NPR in an email. He was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and child and sentenced to 12 months of confinement. Kelley died shortly after the attack. It's unclear whether it was self-inflicted or whether he was shot by a resident."

Reports on whether or not the shooter committed suicide remain contradictory at the time of writing.

"After the attack, the shooter reportedly exchanged gunfire with a nearby resident before getting in his vehicle and driving away. Martin said he could not confirm whether the neighbor hit the suspect, but said it was safe to say that his actions, which caused the shooter to drop his weapon, saved lives.  KSAT spoke with Johnnie Langendorff, who said the man who exchanged fire with the suspect "came to my vehicle in distress with his weapon" and quickly explained what had happened. "The other gentleman came and said 'we need to pursue him. He just shot up the church.' "

"Langendorff said he and the other man pursued the shooter at high speed before he appeared to lose control and go off the road. "The other gentleman jumped out and had his rifle on him and he didn't move after that," Langendorff told the TV station."

Again, this is all preliminary information, subject to change.

"While the details of this horrific act are still under investigation, Cecilia and I want to send our sincerest thoughts and prayers to all those who have been affected by this evil act," Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement. "I want to thank law enforcement for their response and ask that all Texans pray for the Sutherland Springs community during this time of mourning and loss."

In another article NPR reports:

"Kelley was a resident of New Braunfels, a suburb of San Antonio, according to public records and he had attended New Braunfels High School, a classmate confirmed to NPR member station KUT reporter Mose Buchele.  He had been enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was based in New Mexico from 2010, where he reportedly served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base until receiving a bad conduct discharge in 2014, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek tells NPR in an email.  She says he was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and child, sentenced to confinement for one year and reduced in rank to E-1.  The Express News says that Kelley unsuccessfully appealed his conviction in a military court in 2014."

Again, readers are reminded the above is preliminary, subject to change as the investigation continues.

CBS News reports:

"When police arrived, the shooter was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor in an interview Monday morning. Officials said Monday Kelley called his father before killing himself and told him he had been shot didn't think he was going to make it."

"Officials Monday wouldn't describe a motive but said there had been a "domestic situation" between the shooter and his mother-in-law before the massacre in which the suspect had sent the woman threatening texts.  They wouldn't detail the texts but said the shooting wasn't related to race or religion. Officials have previously said Kelley had no apparent links to terrorist groups.  Kelley has a residence in New Braunfels, Texas, which is about a 35 mile drive from where the attack took place in Sutherland Springs. CBS affiliate KENS reports he graduated in 2009 from New Braunfels High School. Public records cited by the San Antonio News Express show Kelley, then 20, married in 2011 and was divorced the next year."

"In 2014, Kelley, then 23, married again, the paper reports. The sheriff confirmed that Kelley's former in-laws and ex-wife attended the First Baptist Church from time to time, although they were not present during the attack.  A law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Kelley did some work as a bible teacher, but it's not known what church he worked at or whether he worked at the Sutherland Springs church."

"Kelley is a former U.S. Air Force member who served from 2010 to 2014. Records confirm Kelley previously served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico until his discharge in 2014, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said in a statement. He was responsible for moving passengers, cargo and personal property in military transportation.

"Kelley was court-martialed in 2012 for two counts of assault on his then-wife and assault on their child, Stefanek said. He received a bad conduct discharge, and reduction in rank and confinement for 12 months.

"The Air Force tells CBS News Kelley's case was a general court martial, the most serious level of military trial proceedings. It is reserved for more serious criminal allegations, those substantially similar to felonies in civilian jurisdictions.

Readers are again reminded the above is preliminary information, could in fact change as the investigation continues.  Mental problems may be at the root of the massacre:

"Former classmates at New Braunfels High School described Kelley to KENS as disturbed, judgmental, unfriendly, and unstable. They said his most recent social media posts were dark and indicated he was going through relationship problems and possibly a break-up."

CBS News reports:

"Devin Patrick Kelley, the 26-year-old suspect in the attack on a Texas Baptist Church in which 26 people were killed and 20 wounded, is believed to have killed himself following a high-speed chase, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News on Monday.  "There was some gunfire exchanged, I believe, on the roadway also, and then (the shooter's vehicle) wrecked out," Tackitt  told correspondent Jeff Glor. "At this time we believe that he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after he wrecked out."

The Washington Times reports:

"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pushed back Monday on the notion that the mass shooting in his state should prompt harsher gun restrictions.  “We have evil that occurs in this world, whether it be a terrorist who uses a truck to mow down bikers in New York City, whether it be a terrorist who uses bombs or knives to stab people, or other terrorists who use vehicles, whether it be in Nice, France, or any other place in the entire world, who mow down people,” Mr. Abbott, a Republican, said on CBS News.  Mr. Abbott visited Sutherland Springs, Texas, after a mass shooting at a church Sunday left 26 people dead and about another 20 wounded. He said the members of the community told him they wanted to “work together for love to overcome evil, and to do that by working with God.”  When asked about how to keep guns out of hands of possibly dangerous people, Mr. Abbott said, “You work with God.”

The gunman had severe mental issues dating back quite some time from preliminary reports.  Certainly, need to do a far better job addressing these problems at the time and in follow up.

NBC News reports:

"Two ex-girlfriends told NBC News that Kelley stalked them after breakups.  "Years after dating me he would try to bribe me to hang out with him," Landry, who met Kelley in church as a teenager, told NBC News in a Facebook message. "He ended up assaulting me. He would stalk me by repeatedly calling me — even prank calling me, saying really weird stuff.  "That was another thing about him — he was very sick in the head...He would tell me very sick strange things," she said, without providing details."

Again, all the above is preliminary, subject to change as the investigation develops.

NPR reports:

"Devin Patrick Kelley had an assault-style rifle and two handguns — all purchased by him, according to federal officials — when he drove to a small Texas church on Sunday, opened fire and killed at least 26 people.  He also had a known record of domestic violence. In 2012, while he was in the U.S. Air Force, he was court-martialed for assaulting his then-wife and their child. Under federal law, his conviction disqualified him from legally possessing a firearm."

Fascinating, isn't it?

"Retired Col. Don Christensen, who was the chief prosecutor for the Air Force at the time of Kelley's general court-martial, tells NPR the case was serious.  "He fractured his baby stepson's skull," Christensen says.  Kelley accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to a charge of assault on his wife and to a charge of "intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm" on the child, Christensen says. His crimes were punishable by up to 5 years confinement (the military equivalent of a prison term). As part of the deal, Kelley received an 18-month cap on his confinement, and was ultimately sentenced to 12 months."

This sound like justice considering the magnitude of his earlier crimes?  More importantly, how did it protect the public from future offenses?

"Kelley's punitive discharge — a bad conduct discharge — did not prohibit him from owning a gun, as a dishonorable discharge would have.  But under federal law, anyone convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" is prohibited from possessing a firearm. The same is true for anyone convicted of "a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence," under a provision that allows no exception for the military or law enforcement.  Kelley's conviction qualified under both categories, Christensen says."

Interesting, isn't it?  Certainly, doesn't stop the criminal element from illegally purchasing firearms on the street, moreover.  Forget?  A criminal is not concerned with abiding by the law.  Only the law-abiding concern themselves with obeying it.

"An official at the Pentagon tells NPR's Tom Bowman that a mistake resulted in neither the arrest nor the conviction being listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the database that would have flagged him as ineligible to purchase a firearm."

Think this won't spark a political firestorm?

"This was mishandled by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, where Kelley was serving when he was arrested," Tom reports. "An investigation is now underway, and the Air Force is taking it very seriously, said the source."  Kelley purchased four guns over a four-year period, according to federal officials; all those purchases were made after his court-martial conviction."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  If true, think some heads won't roll?

"There are some "gaping holes" in the current background check system, as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reported last year, which can allow people who should fail background checks to buy guns anyway."

Does it really matter when the criminal element can purchase guns nearly anywhere on the street, -- and does?  Clearly, a far, far better job needs to be done adjudicating the cases of violent offenders from arrest through conviction, and thereafter.

The Washington Post reports:

"In what has become a familiar ritual, Americans woke up to painful stories about the lives lost in another tragedy. Among the dead in Texas were eight relatives spanning three generations in a single family. While authorities had initially said the victims ranged in age from 5 to 72, they said Monday that those people were the wounded, and that the death toll encompassed even younger and older people.  “Inside the church, the deceased actually ranged from 18 months to 77 years of age,” Martin said. The family that lost eight relatives said one of them was a 1-year-old girl killed in the attack."

The Washington Post reports:

"The gunman who opened fire in a church outside San Antonio, killing at least 26 people, escaped from a mental health facility in 2012 after he was caught sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and “attempting to carry out death threats” made against military superiors, according to a police report."

Clearly, the shooter had serious mental issues that were not adequately addressed at the time.

"The report said officers with the El Paso, police were dispatched to a bus terminal after Devin P. Kelley‘s escape from a behavioral facility about seven miles away in New Mexico. Officers wrote they were told Kelley, who intended to take a bus out of the state, “was a danger to himself and others” at the time and noted that he “was also facing military criminal charges.”

Far more needs to be done to address such mental health issues both at the time and in follow up.  Had they, might have prevented this latest tragedy.

"This incident occurred the same year that Kelley was court-martialed. He was charged with abusing his wife and her son between April 2011 and April 2012 and then sentenced in November 2012, according to Air Force documents."

The scene in the church was hellacious:

"Officials say Kelley was inside the church for a lengthy period of time, moving around freely as he gunned down people gathered for Sunday morning services. One woman who was wounded during the carnage described Kelley firing at churchgoers who tried to leave, shooting round after round at those cowering or wounded on the church’s floor."

While the fear had to have been paralyzing, they should have rushed the son of a bitch.  No way he could have shot them all before they got him.

Imagine this goddamned hell on earth:

"David Brown, whose mother, Farida, was shot in her legs, said she described Kelley firing four shots into the torso of a woman on her left.  “With every shot, she was crying,” Brown said of the woman. “She was just staring at my mom while she tried to comfort her.” As he fired rounds into the woman, Farida Brown held her hand, telling her she was heading to heaven."

This massacre might have been prevented had Kelley been properly adjudicated and followed up after his earlier crimes:

"Court-martial documents made public Monday evening state that Kelley kicked, choked and struck his wife in 2011 and 2012. He also struck her young child “on the head and body with a force likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm,” according to the documents."

Should this guy ever been freed after what he did to his first wife and step child?  Clearly, the best interests of the public were not well served.  Certainly, cost the Sutherland Springs community dearly.

Much more to come.


11-10-17

If the above isn't sufficient evidence our formerly great country has lost itself, consider the following.  It's achingly irrational.  NPR reports:

"Sen. Rand Paul calls it an "unfortunate event." Police are calling it assault — and many people are trying to figure out why Paul's neighbor, a fellow medical doctor, might allegedly have attacked him with enough force to fracture five ribs. Paul was reportedly tackled while he was mowing the grass at his home in Bowling Green, Ky."

Incredible, isn't it?  Why would anyone do this to another human being?  Especially, a fellow doctor?

"Police who were called to Paul's home shortly after 3 p.m. local time on Friday say they arrested Paul's neighbor, 59-year-old Rene Boucher, and charged him with fourth-degree assault.  In a public notice on Saturday, Kentucky State Police cited Paul's "minor injury." That echoed word from Paul's office, which initially said the Republican senator was fine after being blindsided by an attacker. But by Sunday, it emerged that Paul's injuries are more serious than first thought."

No question.  Five fractured ribs.  What could the perpetrator possibly been thinking?

"In an update, Paul's senior adviser Doug Stafford sent a statement to the Bowling Green Daily News that Paul, 54, "has five rib fractures including three displaced fractures." He added, "This type of injury is caused by high velocity severe force. It is not clear exactly how soon he will return to work, as the pain is considerable as is the difficulty in getting around, including flying."

You think?

"Citing Stafford, The Associated Press reports that displaced fractures such as the ones the senator suffered "can lead to life-threatening injuries."

Indeed.

"Paul reportedly told police that Boucher tackled him from behind. But beyond that, details about how the assault occurred, and what might have motivated it, have been scarce. On Sunday, Paul said that he and his wife, Kelley, "appreciate the overwhelming support after Friday's unfortunate event. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers."

None of this adds up, or makes sense.  None of it.

"Paul and Boucher live in a neighborhood in Warren County east of Bowling Green's center, in an area where large houses sit on green lots. According to online records from the county jail, Boucher was released on a $7,500 bond on Saturday after spending nearly 24 hours in the facility. He faces a court date on Thursday.  "Warren County Attorney Amy Milliken said further charges could be brought, based on the extent of Paul's injuries," the Daily News reports."

We've lost ourselves.  Sad, isn't it?

CBS News reports:

"Police say the man accused of attacking Sen. Rand Paul could be charged with a felony because of the senator's condition. The Kentucky lawmaker's neighbor, Rene Boucher, is currently charged with fourth-degree assault.  The 59-year-old is accused of tackling the senator from behind while he was outside his home on Friday. The fight between two neighbors, both doctors, set off a round of newsroom speculation about what the motive could possibly be, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds. What we've learned so far is that the tussle may have been about landscaping."

That's nuts.  Boucher could have killed a man over something as trivial as landscaping?

"Neighbors reportedly said the two men have a long-running dispute over yard waste."

Give me a break.

"Boucher admitted to going onto Paul's property and tackling him while Paul was reportedly mowing his lawn.  Matt Baker, Boucher's attorney, said his client is remorseful and the attack was not politically motivated.  "Politics has nothing to do with this. Zero," Baker said."

In an update, NPR reports:

"The new details shed light on an attack on Paul in which he was reportedly tackled from behind while he was mowing the yard at his home in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday afternoon. After police were called, officers arrested Paul's neighbor, retired anesthesiologist Rene Boucher, setting off widespread speculation over what might have motivated the incident.  Boucher, a Democrat, has lived next door to Paul, a Republican, for 17 years, Boucher's attorney, Matt Baker, said in a statement to member station WKU Public Radio."

More speculation about an outrageously irrational attack:

"In an interview with local news WBKO Channel 13, Baker said, "It was absolutely not planned out beforehand."  He added, "It's just a disagreement — a long-standing disagreement between two neighbors."  The dispute may have its roots in the senator's yard. Citing neighbors and local Republicans, The New York Times says that Paul "has long stood out in the well-to-do gated neighborhood," handling his yard according to his own ideas — the Times mentions pumpkins and compost — rather than following neighborhood rules."

Can't have that, can we?

"The Times also says that Paul's associates say he was set upon as he was getting off his riding mower. At the time, he was wearing ear protectors that kept him from hearing any sign of the impending attack, they say."

Hard to believe that mistake will be repeated.

More inexplicable?  Get this:

"In addition to being neighbors, Baker said that Paul, who had a career as an ophthalmologist before going into politics full time, had worked with Boucher when both of them were practicing medicine."

A man could have died over 'pumpkins and compost?'  That's insane.

Prior to posting, CBS News reports:

"Senator Rand Paul's neighbor Rene Boucher has pleaded not guilty after being charged for attacking the Senator at his Kentucky home.  Paul is currently recovering after he was allegedly tackled from behind by Boucher for what Boucher's attorney told CBS News in a statement "was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial."  But Paul appears to be disputing claims made by his next-door neighbor's lawyer that a "trivial" dispute over landscaping issues were at the root of a recent dust-up that left the senator with six broken ribs.

"Paul tweeted an update on his health status on Wednesday that his condition was worse than previously known.

    "I appreciate all of the support from everyone. A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new X-ray shows a pleural effusion
    — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 8, 2017

"Paul said a final report revealed six broken ribs and a pleural effusion — excess fluid around the lungs — which is worse than the five broken ribs reported Monday from the attack. Initially, Boucher was charged with fourth-degree assault, indicating only a minor injury."

Hopefully, the Senator will fully recover.  More to come as this story develops.


11-10-17

In stark contrast to Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

Once in awhile, long held myths get put to rest.  Texas Standard reports:

"Two months after the storm, there may be cause to rethink what many of us thought we knew about Harvey. Most folks assume that during times of disaster you do see major spikes in crime, but that’s actually not what happened in Houston."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?  Things often aren't what they seem to be.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Robert Downen, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, has found some surprising numbers that counter a common narrative.  After digging through Houston Police Department data, Downen found that crime actually went down on August 27, the worst day of flooding. “Police wrote only 50 reports for major violent and non-violent crimes,” he says. “Which is down from the average 300 written the same day in 2016.”

Fascinating, isn't it?  While we have our share of problems here in Llano County, the Sheriff and his goons exacerbate them.  Worse?  Routinely, falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers.  Target the young.  Do so because they can.  The young, sadly, don't have the knowledge, experience, resources to effectively fight back.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"There’s a lot of talk about looting after storms, but it turns out, lower crime rates might actually be the norm.  “The point should be, we shouldn’t just assume that these things are inextricably linked, he says. “There’s this idea that crime is always going to follow storms, and that is frankly – according to most research – not really true. In fact, what most researchers actually say is that there’s this certain sense of goodwill and altruism in communities that actually helps deter violence and other crimes in the wake of these things.”

Readers are caustically reminded it was New Orleans law enforcement egregiously out of control after Hurricane Katrina.  ... As are the criminal jackbooted bastards in black here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-10-17

After all the above, -- and certainly what's about to come in the rest of this edition, how about a little comic relief?  Fox News reports:

"A group of high schoolers called the "Rahway Bushmen" have been pranking people in Rahway River Park in Rahway N.J.  It may be time for some teenage New Jersey pranksters to make like a tree and leaf.   Three teens known as the "Rahway Bushmen" have been pranking people in Rahway River Park, NJ.com reports.  Two of the high school students dress up as bushes while a third acts as lookout, according to the report. They stand in the park and say "hi" to unsuspecting visitors."

Think they didn't scare the living shit out of a few?  LOL.

"We were trying to be harmless," one of the teens told the website. "It's more or less an idea to try to make people smile."  The pranksters reportedly refused to identify themselves."

Certainly, a big no-no in a fascist police-state.

"It's great until the first person falls and sues the county," Union County Public Information Officer Sebastian D'Elia told NJ.com. "We never advise anyone to do anything of this nature."

Imagine not.  The shit could hit the fan.

"The teens will be arrested if they're caught in the act, he said."

Jesus Christ.  ... Can't just take 'em home to mom and dad?  As used to happen decades ago?  Certainly, took care of the problem immediately most of the time.  Today, everything's been criminalized.


11-10-17

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?  Eighty-one 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?  Eighty-one 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.  Eighty-one 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.


11-10-17

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?


11-10-17

Highly reminiscent of Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is horrendous. The Washington Post reports:

"Two police officers accused of raping a teenager while she was in custody resigned on Monday, the New York Police Department said."

'Protect and Serve,' right, Sheriff?  This shit would never happen in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill?

"The two former NYPD detectives — Eddie Martins, 37, and Richard Hall, 33 — are facing dozens of criminal charges and a possible $50 million lawsuit after the teenager accused them of raping her while she was handcuffed inside a police van. The indictment followed a weeks-long investigation of the two former officers who, prosecutors said, pulled over a car driven by the 18-year-old, arrested her for drug possession, then took turns raping her in the back seat."

Law enforcement lacks heart, soul, principle.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The resignation came three days before the officers were scheduled for a departmental trial, a separate proceeding from a criminal trial. During that process, officers are tried on charges of misconduct. A trial commissioner decides if they’re guilty and makes recommendations to the police commissioner."

In Llano County, gets swept under the rug, right, Sheriff?  Convenient, isn't it, sir?

"In a sharply worded statement, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill said he would’ve immediately fired Martins and Hall if they’re found guilty at the departmental trial."

Unlike here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?  ... Where anything goes.

“And I would have done so on behalf of every NYPD cop, because we owe the communities we serve — as well as the honest, hardworking men and women of this department — nothing less,” O’Neill said."

That's right.  Unlike here in Nazi Llano County.

"He also said: “When a member of the NYPD is indicted on serious charges like these, it tarnishes all of the admirable things accomplished by other, good officers every day in neighborhoods across New York City. It also stains the legacies of those who paid the ultimate price in service to New Yorkers.”

Here, good officers don't last.  Forced to move on.  ... Right, Bill?   Worse?  Assholes, routinely protected, coddled, pampered.

"Martins and Hall, who were members of the NYPD’s Brooklyn South narcotics unit, have been charged with rape, sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, official misconduct and coercion. In total, they are facing 50 charges each.  DNA recovered from the victim after a rape-kit test matched samples taken from Martins and Hall officials said. Surveillance footage also showed the teen getting out of the police van about 40 minutes after she was pulled over, prosecutors said."

New York's 'finest.'  At least in New York, these bastards are held accountable.  Unlike here, right, Sheriff?

"Acting district attorney Eric Gonzalez called the crimes a “flagrant betrayal of public trust” and vowed to hold the detectives accountable."

Here, prosecutors protect the abusive, corrupt, criminal pieces of shit.

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11-10-17

Highly reminiscent of Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to the last edition and the Nucera fiasco in New Jersey, NBC News reports:

"Frank Nucera Jr.'s "racial animus" was captured on tape by an officer who'd been secretly recording him over the course of several months while on the job in Bordentown Township, a predominantly white community of less than 12,000 people near Trenton, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in federal court. During that time, Nucera made derogatory remarks about other black suspects, and black people in general, according to transcripts of recordings submitted by an FBI agent."

As reported in the last edition of this publication, the above is only the tip of the iceberg.

"Nucera, who served as police chief and township administrator for Bordentown - which is 76 percent white, and 9 percent black — retired in February, after the federal investigation began. He made $151,418 at the time, and is now receiving $8,832 a month in retirement benefits, according to state pension records."

Rewarded for his bigotry, criminal behavior while on duty.  ... Just like right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"Bordentown's local elected leaders released a statement saying they were "deeply disturbed and saddened" by the case. They promised to cooperate with authorities and asserted that the allegations "do not represent us as a community."

They do here in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill?  Otherwise, this ongoing violent abusive shit wouldn't continue unabated, right, Sheriff?

"Mayor Steve Benowitz added a statement of his own, saying that the charges "are limited to one person and are not indicative" of the police force or township "as a whole."

Certainly, not true here, right, Bill?  Good officers don't last in this hell hole, right, Sheriff?  Here the problem is top-down, bottom-up.

"The crux of the federal case focuses on the night of Sept. 1, 2016, when two Bordentown officers were called to a hotel on a complaint that a teen-aged couple - a boy, 18, and a girl, 16, both black - hadn't paid for their room. During questioning, the boy tussled with the officers, who pepper sprayed him and called for backup. Several other officers arrived, including Nucera and the unidentified officer who'd been secretly recording him, according to the complaint."

Clearly, as there in Bordentown just like here in Nazi Llano County, this outrageously abusive violent shit had been going on quite some time.  Unlike here, however, Bordentown did something about its ongoing problem.  Here, shit squat happens.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Just the way you like it, right, Bill?

Here's where this piece of law enforcement excrement went well over the top:

"As officers arrested the boy and led him from the hotel to a patrol car, he stopped walking. Nucera then allegedly grabbed the suspect's head and slammed it into a metal doorjamb. When the boy complained, Nucera hit him in the head with his arm, according to the complaint."

Jesus Christ.  The chief should have been immediately arrested by his fellow officers.  They, like him, clearly have no honor.  No principles.  -- Other than gutlessly goose step in unison with the goddamned nazi fuhrer leading them.  Too goddamned gutless to immediately do anything about this shit.  As here in Llano County, the problem originates top-down.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The whistleblowing officer recorded what happened later at the police station, as the boy asked to be taken to a hospital - a request he later retracted - and later, when Nucera went an apparent tirade. Speaking about the couple and the girl's aunt, who'd shown up at the scene of the arrest, Nucera frequently used racial slurs and profanity."

Low class, criminal, jackbooted law enforcement trash.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"He was arrested Wednesday on charges of committing a hate crime and violating the 18-year-old suspect's civil rights by using excessive force. The charges carry a maximum of 10 years in prison."

Why hadn't he already been arrested for assault and battery at the time of the incident a year earlier?  Why do these pieces of abusive, criminal law enforcement shit nearly always skate?

"Nucera was released on unsecured $500,000 bond and ordered to give up all of his guns and avoid contact with any potential victims or witnesses in the case - except his son, who is an officer on the force."

-- Believe the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree?

"The nobility of police officers is rooted in their selfless commitment to protect our communities and their pledge to honor our constitutional values," William Fitzpatrick, the acting U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, said in a statement."

What planet do you live on, Counselor?  That's not the way it is.  Certainly, not during the last fifty years as our formerly great country deteriorated, lost itself somewhere along the way.

"As chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department, the defendant dishonored the profession by doing neither."

So what else is new, right, Sheriff?

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11-10-17

After all the above, -- and certainly what's about to come in the rest of this edition, how about a little comic relief?  Fox News reports:

"A group of high schoolers called the "Rahway Bushmen" have been pranking people in Rahway River Park in Rahway N.J.  It may be time for some teenage New Jersey pranksters to make like a tree and leaf.   Three teens known as the "Rahway Bushmen" have been pranking people in Rahway River Park, NJ.com reports.  Two of the high school students dress up as bushes while a third acts as lookout, according to the report. They stand in the park and say "hi" to unsuspecting visitors."

Think they didn't scare the living shit out of a few?  LOL.

"We were trying to be harmless," one of the teens told the website. "It's more or less an idea to try to make people smile."  The pranksters reportedly refused to identify themselves."

Certainly, a big no-no in a fascist police-state.

"It's great until the first person falls and sues the county," Union County Public Information Officer Sebastian D'Elia told NJ.com. "We never advise anyone to do anything of this nature."

Imagine not.  The shit could hit the fan.

"The teens will be arrested if they're caught in the act, he said."

Jesus Christ.  ... Can't just take 'em home to mom and dad?  As used to happen decades ago?  Certainly, took care of the problem immediately most of the time.  Today, everything's been criminalized.


11-10-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

No resolution at time of writing.  Texas Standard reports:

"The American Civil Liberties Union wants to get a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy released from federal custody in San Antonio. U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained Rosa Maria Hernandez in a Corpus Christi hospital after she underwent gallbladder surgery last week. Hernandez, who has lived in Laredo since she was a baby, is undocumented.  Edgar Saldivar, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Texas, says her ongoing detention is preventing her from making doctor’s appointments."

Appalling.

“She was supposed to see her doctor this past Saturday, but because she [is] in detention she was unable to,” Saldivar says. “She also has an upcoming follow-up visit with her surgeon for this Friday, and without her being released she won’t be able to make that, so this is definitely an emergency situation and we’re asking the court for help to make this happen.”

Amazing this shit continues to go on.  Further indication the de facto fascist police-state we already live in is quickly in transition to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Saldivar explains that Hernandez’s case is extreme, it’s also not unique. He says the ACLU of Texas has gotten many reports of similar incidents where undocumented people needing medical care have encountered border patrol. Saldivar says this has even kept some people from seeking medical help, “because they’re scared of being potential[ly] subjected to a deportation proceeding if they are undocumented.”

Certainly, indicative of a desperate need to step up filing lawsuits against these jackbooted bastards.

The Border Patrol finally capitulated to intense public pressure.  NBC News reports:

"U.S. authorities released a 10-year-old immigrant girl with cerebral palsy who had been detained by border agents after surgery because she is in the U.S. without legal permission.  "The American Civil Liberties Union and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said that Rosa Maria Hernandez was returned to her family Friday. Her parents brought her into the U.S. from Mexico in 2007, when she was a toddler, and they live in the Texas border city of Laredo.

    "Finally, Rosa Maria is back with her family where she belongs. @DHSgov should take steps to ensure a case like hers never happens again. pic.twitter.com/VWqWvfg73G
    — Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) November 3, 2017"

Amazing what enormous public pressure can accomplish, isn't it?

"She never should have been in this situation in the first place," ACLU lawyer Michael Tan said Friday. "There is no reason Border Patrol had to target a child."

Did this because they're jackbooted bastards who get their cookies off engaging in abuse of power.  Been out of control since the Trump nazi unleashed them.

"While Rosa Maria has been reunited with her family, she still faces the threat of deportation. Tan said Friday that Border Patrol agents had issued Rosa Maria a notice to appear in immigration court, but that the case had yet to move forward.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, declined to comment. HHS declined to comment on Rosa Maria's case, but said the agency's focus was "on the safety and best interest of each child."

Goddamned bullshit.  Bold faced lie.

"Leticia Gonzalez, an attorney for Rosa Maria's family, said the 10-year-old had the mental capacity of a child closer to 4 or 5 years old due to her cerebral palsy. Priscila Martinez, an activist at the Workers Defense Action Fund, said the child had started to show signs of socially withdrawing while in detention and refusing to eat her favorite kind of bread."

These outrageous jackbooted bastards succumbed to enormous pressure brought to bear by the public and ACLU.

"Federal immigration authorities have faced strong criticism from advocates and some Texas Democratic congressmen over their handling of the case.  Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, said Friday that he had tried to see Rosa Maria earlier in the day and had spoken to federal officials about her case. He said Border Patrol agents could have chosen to let Rosa Maria pass through the checkpoint without following or detaining her."

That's right.  Every goddamned criminal jackbooted bastard in blue in our formerly great country enjoys discretion.

"Staking out the hospital room of a young, sick girl and keeping her away from her family is not a humane treatment for her," Castro said."

That's right.

"But U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a previous statement after she was detained that "there is no discretion with regard to the law whether or not the agents should enforce the law."

Simply untrue.  Unadulterated bullshit.  Every officer has discretion.  In a case such as this, should have been exercised.  If this were murder, rape, burglary, etc., a truly serious crime, would have been a far different matter.  Readers are reminded these bastards certainly backed off during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.  Announced ahead of time they would.

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11-10-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Not only do the criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black in Llano County get their cookies off roughing up civilians, so do the gutless pieces of shit in the FBI.  The Washington Times reports:

"Just how rough special counsel Robert Mueller is playing with Paul Manafort goes back before this week’s indictment — to the FBI’s no-knock raid in July.  It has been reported that the agents checked Mr. Manafort and wife Kathleen for guns as they broke into the Alexandria condo pre-dawn by picking the lock.  A source familiar with the case told The Washington Times the search was even more intrusive: An agent patted down Mrs. Manafort before she was allowed to get out of bed.  “Agents felt up Mrs. Manafort lying in bed to see if she had guns,” the source said of the intimidation.  In all, 12 FBI agents entered the home, guns drawn, and stayed for hours."

While it does provide some small measure of satisfaction to see the top 1% of the food chain experience the same kind of abuse the rest of the population suffers when subjected to the law enforcement community, there is a most salient, critical principle at stake here.

No more than egregious abuse of authority.  Failure to treat the accused innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.  Matters not whether it's at the top or bottom of society.  Why no knock?  These goons were not on a drug raid.  What did they fear?

Husband and wife would flush flash drives down the commode?  Guns drawn?  Expecting a firefight from a famous public figure and his wife?  Manafort is accused of non-violent white-collar crimes.  The intention of these goons was clearly to intimidate:

"The aggressive search of a prone sleepy woman is, the source said, a hallmark of Mr. Mueller’s top prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann. A former mob prosecutor in New York, he specializes in turning witnesses against bigger prey and is not afraid to make things rough for spouses, too."

This is precisely why so many have no faith or trust in law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary.  These pieces of human excrement lie with impunity.  Lie to them, however, your ass goes to jail.  A double standard that results in no respect, trust, or faith in these pieces of shit and the agencies that employ them.

Get this:

“Weissmann will want to maximize the trauma to his family,” said Sidney Powell, a Dallas appeals attorney critical of his tactics."

This is the kind of shit that leads to the unthinkable.  Hear the rumble?  An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming on the horizon.  ... As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

"A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment."

Bet he did.  Not surprising, is it?  How do you defend the indefensible?

"Mrs. Manafort is an attorney who participates in her husband’s varied million-dollar real estate acquisitions."

Interestingly, she wasn't indicted.  Yet, roughed up and treated like a dangerous criminal.  In Nazi America.  A de facto fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  Anyone accused, guilty or not, should be treated as innocent until proven guilty.  No longer the case in Nazi America.  Not for decades at the very least.

-- That's not to say Manafort and others shouldn't be prosecuted.  Just do it in good faith, non-abusively, lawfully, constitutionally, with probable cause.  Intimidation by law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges to secure a conviction is no more than a legalized shakedown.

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11-3-17

In stark contrast to Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

NPR reports:

"Authorities say the man responsible for Tuesday's deadly truck attack in Manhattan planned the attack for weeks, and left behind a note in his rental truck declaring his support for the Islamic State.  John Miller, deputy commissioner of the NYPD, said the letter was written in Arabic and said that ISIS will "endure forever." He said investigators are still working to reconstruct the suspect's actions over the last few weeks as he prepared for the attack.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the incident as a "classic case of a radicalization of a domestic jihadist who associated with ISIS," telling CBS on Wednesday that "the best evidence we have is that he was a 'lone wolf.' "

"In the attack, a truck struck pedestrians and bicyclists on a riverfront bike path, then crashed into a school bus. Eleven people were wounded in the attack, including students on the bus. Eight people died.  After crashing his truck, the driver emerged holding "imitation firearms," including a paint gun, and was shot by a police officer. Knives were also found in the vehicle, Miller says."

ABC News reports:

"A 28-year-old New York City police officer has been identified as the man who shot and injured the suspect in Tuesday's deadly truck attack in New York City, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism.  Officer Ryan Nash, a five-year NYPD veteran assigned to the 1st Precinct, was one of the first officers to respond to the scene in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, and he fired the shot that struck the suspect.

"Nash has two awards for Excellent Police Duty and one for Meritorious Police Duty from the NYPD. He lives on Long Island with his girlfriend.  Officials have praised the officer's quick response, saying he stopped the carnage moments after it began."

What is remarkable is the fact this officer used minimal force.  Did not empty the clip into the terrorist.

"Officer Nash, five years on the job, 28 years old, he was a hero," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference this morning. "The NYPD is not just the leadership -- it's the men and women who are out there every day, who are on the first line, and I think officer Nash really showed how important they are and how talented and how brave."

Indeed.  -- Unlike here in Nazi Llano County where your jackbooted bastards in black remain virtually out of control, right, Sheriff?

"After the collision, the truck driver exited the vehicle brandishing what appeared to be two handguns, police said. Nash confronted the suspect and shot him in the abdomen. The suspect was wounded and transported to a hospital, police said.  A paintball gun and a pellet gun were recovered at the scene, police said."

What is so crucial about this is the fact the perpetrator will live to be held legally accountable for his crime.  Equally important?  Law enforcement will be able to fully question this man, -- who's already bragging about the crime from his hospital bed.  -- The more information gleaned, the better chance of preventing this from happening again.

CBS News reports:

"The truck rammed several people on the path from behind and ultimately crashed into a school bus at Chambers Street.  A man came out of the truck after striking the school bus wielding what appeared to be two weapons. The weapons turned out to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun, NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill said in a Tuesday afternoon press conference.  Witnesses told the NYPD the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov — an Uzbek national from Tampa, Florida — shouted "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic when he jumped out of the truck.

"Sources told CBS New York that's when Officer Nash shot Saipov one time in the abdomen. The suspect was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue where he's currently undergoing questioning. Saipov was in critical condition but expected to survive."

NBC News reports:

"Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said he had spoken to Nash since the attack, praised the officer for his bravery and humility.  "He is a good young man. He was very humble about what he did, but what he did was extraordinary," the mayor said Wednesday. "And it gave people such faith and such appreciation in our police force."

-- Unlike here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

The Washington Post reports:

"Officials identified the suspected attacker as Sayfullo Saipov, a legal permanent resident of the United States who arrived in the country from Uzbekistan in 2010 through a diversity visa program. They said Saipov was influenced by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and its violent tactics after he came to the United States.  Saipov left notes pledging his allegiance to the group, also known as ISIS, authorities said, though they have not identified any direct connections between Saipov and the organization."

Once again, the Trump nazi behaved like a jackass in response to the attack.

"The attack may inflame the political debate over immigration and security. President Trump tweeted several times about the vehicle attack on Tuesday and Wednesday, writing at one point that he had urged the Department of Homeland Security to “step up” its vetting program for foreign nationals, though he did not elaborate on what that meant."

Hasn't a clue.  Talking out his ass.  No amount of vetting would have prevented such an attack since it appears the perpetrator was radicalized after his arrival in this country.  The only long-term solution to continuing terrorism is a change in attitude and policy vis a vis foreign relations, that is, our long-held policy of putting our noses where they don't belong.

Have a long history of doing so.  Certainly, dating back to the dawn of modern terrorism back in 1948 as the United States, Europe, and the UN granted Holocaust survivors carte blanche to invade Palestine, kill Palestinians, steal their land, etc., using modern terroristic tactics they invented and implemented.  Followed up by the debacles in Korea, Vietnam, Gulf 1, Gulf 2, and Afghanistan.

Ferociously pointedly, Afghanistan could have been avoided had the State Department done full background checks on the 9/11 hijackers.  Heeded warnings from the flight schools the terrorists wished to learn only how to fly straight and level, not take off and land.  Not one head rolled in government.  Instead both political parties gutlessly eviscerated all civil and constitutional rights and liberties vis a vis the USA 'Patriot' Act, 'Real' ID Act, Homeland 'Security' Act, etc..

Insult to injury?  Get this:

"Trump on Wednesday also shifted his focus to Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), tweeting that Saipov had entered the country through a diversity visa lottery program he blamed on the senator. Trump also pledged to get rid of that program.  On Wednesday afternoon, after Trump repeatedly criticized that visa program, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Saipov came to the United States with a diversity immigrant visa.  Trump has argued for stricter screening of immigrants, which he says is needed to prevent terrorism, while opponents of his policies have repeatedly gone to court to block his efforts."

With damned good reason.  Will do nothing to prevent such terrorism since with the exception of the 9/11 attacks, it's been homegrown.  Here's the kicker.  Ironically:

"Uzbekistan was not among the countries named in any version of the president’s travel ban, which largely targeted a number of majority-Muslim countries and would not have kept out anyone behind deadly terror attacks in the United States."

This country can't turn into an isolationist fortress, then hope for the best.  Won't work.  Not in our best interest.  Not sustainable.  The only way the terrorism issue can be ameliorated is through change in strategy, policy.  Won't happen with a delusional, narcissistic nazi occupying the Oval Office.

"Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Wednesday that neither man had received a phone call from Trump. Both elected officials said they were not bothered because two senior Trump administration officials had called them, but both men also expressed umbrage at what they described as attempts to politicize the attack.  “The president’s tweets I think were not helpful,” Cuomo said at the briefing Wednesday. “I don’t think they were factual. I think they tended to point fingers and politicize the situation.”

To be expected from a nazi fuhrer, narrow minded dictator, seeking over simplistic solutions to enormously difficult problems.

The Washington Times reports:

"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he backs extreme vetting of foreigners visiting the U.S. — as long is it doesn’t target people based on religion or nationality.  “We support vetting of individuals. We support very thorough vetting — not of groups of people just because they belong to a group. I think this is a very crucial distinction,” the Democrat mayor said at a press conference addressing the deadly terror attack in the city.  “There should be very, very careful vetting of anyone where there is an indication of concern, but not because of their religion or not because of their country of origin,” he said."

Clearly, not the nazi way, as our formerly great country transforms from the de facto fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Trump can't get his facts straight.  NPR reports:

"Reports in conservative media outlets say the accused terrorist, Sayfullo Saipov, entered the U.S. with such a visa, after winning a yearly lottery, in which up to 50,000 foreigners are awarded green cards.  President Trump singled out the program this morning, and one of its congressional sponsors, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

    The terrorist came into our country through what is called the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program," a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based.
    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2017

    We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter). @foxandfriends
    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2017

    "Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europes problems" said Col.Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends
    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2017"

Here are the facts:

"Schumer, then a member of the House, was a sponsor of the original program, part of an immigration bill that was approved on a bipartisan basis in 1990.  It was signed into law by Republican President George H.W. Bush.  In 2013, as a U.S. senator, Schumer actually proposed ending diversity visas as part of efforts by the so-called "Gang of 8," aimed at a broader immigration overhaul.  Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., another member of the gang recalled that and jumped to Schumer's defense on Twitter:

    "Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there https://t.co/QQFJzPyRzC
    — Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 1, 2017

    "In fact, had the Senate Gang of 8 bill passed the House, it would have ended the Visa Lottery Program AND increased merit based visas. https://t.co/o3qJHHAv1C
    — Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 1, 2017

"The Gang of 8 measure died in the House because of GOP-led opposition."

The president can't, won't be confused with the facts.

"Schumer responded to Trump's criticism with a pointed statement of his own, accusing the president of dividing the country and of wanting to cut anti-terrorism funding:  "I have always believed and continue to believe that immigration is good for America. President Trump, instead of politicizing and dividing America, which he always seems to do at times of national tragedy, should be focusing on the real solution — anti-terrorism funding — which he proposed cutting in his most recent budget.  "I'm calling on the President to immediately rescind his proposed cuts to this vital anti-terrorism funding."

The Washington Post reports:

"President Trump said Wednesday that he is considering sending the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the United States must be "much tougher" with its treatment of terror suspects."

Say what?  We're already summarily executing them as we did bin Laden, instead of returning the bastard to New York for trial.  Have tortured them overseas as well as at Gitmo.  Denied them prisoner of war status to conveniently abrogate the Geneva Conventions.  Yet, terror continues.

Wonder why?  Wake up.  Our tactics and policies don't work. Won't solve the problem.  Can't.  Yet, we remain too clueless and blind to see the obvious.  A desperate need for change.  Until that happens, expect the fiasco to continue unabated.

Worse, Trump remains clueless, too aggressively stupid, narcissistic to see the light:

"Trump said that terrorists are "constantly seeking to strike our nation," and that keeping the country safe will require the "unflinching devotion to our law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence professionals."  “Terrorists are constantly seeking to strike our nation and it will require the unflinching devotion to our law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence professionals to keep America safe.”

Not working, jackass. Wake up.

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11-3-17

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?  Eighty 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?  Eighty 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.  Eighty 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.


11-3-17

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?


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is appalling.  ABC News reports:

"A Florida sheriff's deputy resigned after he was accused of stealing a dying man's medication when he allegedly entered his home, which was hit by power outage during Hurricane Irma, illegally."

Couldn't be, could it?  Officers wouldn't enter anyone's premises illegally, would they, Bill?  Certainly, not in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Deputy Jason Cooke officially left the department on Wednesday, according to a statement."

Imagine that.  Ever happen here in Nazi Llano County, Sheriff?  ... Say what? You'll never tell?

"Cooke had been captured on surveillance cameras inside a home in Boynton Beach after the system sent an alert to the homeowner's children."

Officers remain unaware surveillance cameras are nearly ubiquitous?  Are so inexpensive nearly anyone can afford to install them?  ... Something the boys need to remember, right, Sheriff?  Then again, in Nazi Llano County, anything goes.  ... Right, "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?  Sheriff?  ... Almost forgot.  Our pieces of shit remain protected, coddled, 'defended,' lied for no matter what.  -- Llano County Way, right, Bill?

The following is precisely why when ordered to evacuate by authorities one should heed the directive:

"On Sept. 12, around 9:22 a.m. -- two days after Irma made landfall -- officers with the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office were called to the home of 85-year-old Moe Rosoff, who opted to weather Hurricane Irma alone in his home.  His son Jay Rosoff requested a check on his father; he was worried after the storm subsided and cameras failed to pick up any movement in the home. Responding officers found Moe Rosoff on the floor of a master bathroom. His family said he'd fallen and hit his head during a power outage in the storm.  He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died."

Sadly, a needless, premature death of a loved one.

The following is appalling:

"According to the police report, the surveillance system sent an alert around 10:55 a.m. to Jay Rosoff and his brother Steven Rosoff that movement had been detected in the house.  "They viewed the footage and saw a deputy enter the residence through the garage," the police report said.  The Rosoffs reported the incident to police. According to the report, the video showed an officer, who authorities eventually identified as Deputy Cooke, allegedly going through cabinets, emptying containers and placing items in his pockets. Police said Cooke had not been told to report to the Rosoff home."

Jesus Christ.  Got to be a special place in Hell reserved for pieces of shit like this.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"When officers spoke with Cooke and showed him the video, the police report said, he allegedly told them that he'd used the "garage code that was in the dispatch log" to enter the home.  He allegedly told police that he'd picked up medication from the counter in the kitchen, which he identified as Tramadol, "a schedule four controlled substance and used as a pain reliever."  When police searched Cooke's patrol vehicle, they said they uncovered 60 pills that included narcotic painkillers and antipsychotic medicine."

Such criminal behavior by an officer is highly indicative of an egregious systemic cancer within law enforcement.  Goes on all over our formerly great country.  Most of the time, never sees the light of day.  Hardly ever gets prosecuted.  Such offenders usually are allowed to quietly resign, then move on to other departments.  Become someone else's problem.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Not so, this time.  At least, not in Palm Beach:

"Before his resignation, Cooke had been suspended with pay. He was arrested Thursday and released on $28,000 bond Friday. He faces several charges including burglary while armed during a state of emergency and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. He has not yet been formally arraigned."

The only reason justice will likely prevail in this case is the fact there was a video.  -- If, a jury can be seated that will convict the thieving son of a bitch.  Then again, in the current political environment, police usually are granted carte blanche.  ... Right, Bill?

Isn't that the Nazi Llano County Way, Sheriff?  Even when a deputy egregiously f--ks up, Bill?  Egregiously, abuses authority.  Then gets protected, coddled.  To cover the County's ass, those who falsely believe they run and own this goddamned hell hole.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The Rosoff family released a statement before Cooke resigned that said, in part, that they were "outraged and disgusted" when they saw the surveillance video.  "Had we not had this video, this cop would still be out there posing a threat of danger to the community he swore to protect and committing more crimes. It is our hope that the justice system treats this cop like any other criminal out there and that he doesn't receive further preferential treatment because he is a police officer," the family said."

The very same kind of shit goes on right here in Nazi Llano County, readers.  Doesn't even see the light of day.

Here's the kicker.  What remains so goddamned intolerable throughout all of law enforcement.  Consider the following:

"Stuart Kaplan, Cooke's lawyer, told ABC News that the officer was remorseful and had shown "tremendous contrition."

Think so?  ... Or, that he just got caught?

Here comes the excuse:

"Kaplan said Cooke was addicted to pain medication and was in the middle of treatment when he was arrested.  He said that Cooke had been receiving treatment for "some period of time" and was working to get himself healthy."

Think so?  Did the department know?  His supervisors?  If not, why not? If so, why was this son of a bitch on duty?  Not on leave?  Or, fired?

"It's a very sad situation," Kaplan said. "This is not a person who's out there selling drugs. This is a person having difficulty with an addiction problem ... This is a young man who has had a lot of strife in his life ... It's very, very unfortunate."

Jesus Christ.  This guy was an officer.  On duty.  How do you know whether or not he was selling drugs?  Whether or not he was ripping off the stashes of those he caught with drugs while on or off duty?  If he's had "a lot of strife in his life," why the hell was he considered fit for the job?  So poorly vetted.  This shit goes on all over the country.  Lack of proper vetting, outrageously appalling.  ... Right, Bill?  Including in the Llano County Sheriff's Office.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Another egregious example of police malfeasance.  Texas Standard reports:

"At least 130 sex crimes in its Special Victims Unit went uninvestigated or miss-investigated by the San Antonio Police Department according to an internal audit by the department. Chief McManus and City Manager Sheryl Sculley say some [of] the cases date back to 2013.  At a Thursday press conference, Police Chief William McManus offered his apologies.  “My humble apologies go out to the victims whose crimes were not properly investigated … We own that and we will fix it,” he said."

How?

"The discovery was made in an internal audit. “We noticed a change in the number of cases filed that were being filed with the DA and we did went and we did an audit,” McManus added.  An estimated 139 cases are affected; City Manager Sculley says she is appalled and outraged.  “It is absolutely imperative that victims who come forward to report sex crimes, domestic violence or human trafficking have the utmost confidence that their case will be investigated immediately and thoroughly and with the highest level of sensitivity and professionalism,” she said."

How can this possibly be made right?  That is, justice afforded the victims?  All of the victims?

"Some of the cases date back nearly four years and other may have fallen out of the statute of limitations. McManus says the individual cases were due to negligence. All the cases can be traced back to a single detective. The chief declined to name the detective or say what actions would be taken."

Why not?  No transparency?  ... Like here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

“I do not want to get into the particulars about any administrative actions that may happen to anyone involved in this. We don’t want to talk about that and for good reason.”

What's that, Chief?  You're bullshitting the public.  Just like Blackburn in Nazi Llano County.

"McManus would only say the detective was reassigned. Sculley says the attorney’s office will conduct an independent review of the special victims unit and intends to make certain the full extinct [extent?] of the problems, and that they have been rectified."

How do you do that in all these cases, especially in those where the statute of limitations has run out?  Where's the justice, Chief?  Where?  Doesn't matter just like right here in Nazi Llano County?

"Interim Director of San Antonio’s Rape Crisis Center Deana Franks says she was called down to SAPD headquarters by Chief William McManus at 11 a.m. Thursday morning after reports started leaking out about more than 130 SVU cases that weren’t investigated properly by SAPD.  “Almost like a kick in the stomach. It’s like survivors are going down there and trusting and reporting what happened to them and nothing is happening with their case intentionally,” she said."

The same kind of problems go on all over the country.  Not only sexual assault, however.  Across the board.  Most of the time, this shit never sees the light of day.  Called covering your ass, right, Sheriff?

"Franks says they have already gotten calls from survivors they are working with. One called to say their case had been reassigned."

Encouraging, but not good enough.  What about all the cases where the statute of limitations has expired?

The following is appalling:

"There were more than 1100 rapes last year, and already nearly 600 this year according to SAPD crime stats. A recent University of Texas report found that 91 percent of victims of sexual assault in Texas didn’t report the crime."

Imagine that.  Come as a surprise?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The Washington Post reports:

"The former chief of a small township in New Jersey has been arrested on federal hate crime and civil rights charges for what federal authorities described as a pattern of racist comments and behavior — including slamming an African American teen’s head into a metal door jamb and saying that black people are “like ISIS.”

Remarkably similar to violent tactics employed by your criminal jackbooted bastards in black, right, Sheriff?

"Frank Nucera Jr., 60, who had been chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department, was arrested Monday, and the charges against him were unsealed Tuesday. The allegations are notable for the blatant racism they describe in a law enforcement leader.  According to a criminal complaint in the case, filed in federal district court in New Jersey, Nucera frequently referred to African Americans by racial slurs and espoused violence toward them. In November 2015, for example, when he was talking to a subordinate officer about an African American man he believed to have slashed the tires of a police vehicle, Nucera said, “I wish that n----- would come back from Trenton and give me a reason to put my hands on him, I’m tired of ’em. These n-----s are like ISIS, they have no value. They should line them all up and mow ’em down. I’d like to be on the firing squad, I could do it,” according to the complaint.  Nucera also used police dogs to intimidate African Americans, bringing canines to high school basketball games when his department was providing security and positioning them near the entrance to the gym, federal authorities alleged."

While this racist criminal jackbooted bastard hopefully gets whatever he deserves in court, at least he was blatantly honest about his views and tactics.  Unlike here in Nazi Llano County where all this shit remains swept under the carpet.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

NPR reports:

"The nurse who was roughly arrested at a Salt Lake City hospital has settled with the city and the university that owns the hospital for $500,000."

A piss hole in the snow for a false arrest that was horrendous:

"At the beginning of the video, she is seen calmly reading the officer the hospital's policy not to allow blood to be drawn without a warrant or the patient's consent, unless the patient is under arrest. "This is something you guys agreed to with this hospital," she explains.  Then the officer lunges at Wubbels, forces her outside and handcuffs her as she screams that she has done nothing wrong.  The footage drew widespread outrage when it was released by the nurse and her attorney. It became part of a broader conversation about police use of force.  "We all deserve to know the truth and the truth comes when you see the actual raw footage and that's what happened in my case," Wubbels told reporters on Tuesday. "No matter how truthful I was in telling my story, it was nothing compared to what people saw and the visceral reaction people experienced when watching the footage of the experience that I went through."

The settlement is nowhere near enough.  Does not bring the department and taxpayers to their knees.  Until that happens, this shit will continue unabated.  ... Right, Sheriff?

There's been no justice:

"Last month, the Salt Lake Police Department fired the arresting officer, Detective Jeff Payne, and demoted his watch commander, Lt. James Tracey, to the rank of officer. The Tribune reports that both men have appealed the punishment, and that a criminal investigation into Wubbels' arrest is ongoing."

No arrest.  No trial.  No justice.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Precisely, what goes on here in Nazi Llano County.  ... Right, Bill?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to a case repeatedly covered in this publication and elsewhere, NBC News reports:

"The first-degree manslaughter case brought against a white former Oklahoma police officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man will be removed from her record after she asked to have it expunged, a judge ruled Wednesday.  But that doesn't mean no one will ever be able to read the case again."

Is that so? This officer successfully eluded justice.  Will likely become another jurisdiction's problem if she is hired elsewhere.  Truly think another department won't hire her?

"District Judge William LaFortune also ordered all documents involving former Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby's case sealed and kept with the court. The case will only be accessible through a court order and can be destroyed after 10 years, according to state law."

The fix was clearly in.  Right from the start.

"Excluding government and law enforcement, which would have access to the record because Shelby would likely disclose it on job applications, agencies won't be able to find the case in a background search, said Shelby's defense attorney, Shannon McMurray.  "This crime does not exist for employment application purposes," McMurray said Wednesday."

Don't think she won't become someone else's problem?  History won't repeat itself?

"Shelby was reinstated to the force two days after her acquittal. She returned to work in an administrative capacity but resigned in July, saying she felt isolated from other officers.  She was later sworn in as a reserve sheriff's deputy in nearby Rogers County."

No justice.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

The following is inexcusable.  Highly reminiscent of the SS jackbooted bastards in Hitler's Third Reich.  NPR reports:

"Immigrant advocates are protesting the Border Patrol's apprehension this week of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who is in the country illegally after she was operated on at a Texas hospital.  Federal immigration officers intercepted the child as she and a cousin, who is a U.S. citizen, were in an ambulance being transferred between two hospitals so that she could receive emergency gall bladder surgery.

    "10 year old Maria Rosa is at a hospital & @CustomsBorder is right outside her room waiting to deport her Sign&Share https://t.co/IYVjAkF37w pic.twitter.com/bIkRJzYwSa
    — DreamActivist (@DreamAct) October 25, 2017"

This country has no heart.  No soul.  No longer.  Not in what amounts to a de facto fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Rosamaria Hernandez was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico when she was 3 months old, according to her family and immigrant advocates involved in her case. She was traveling in an ambulance to Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi when federal immigration officers stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint."

SS nazi storm troopers.

"The Border Patrol agents followed the ambulance to the hospital. When the hospital discharged the child, Border Patrol agents took the 10-year-old into custody instead of allowing her cousin to take her back to her parents, who are also in the country illegally, in Laredo."

Jesus Christ.  We've lost ourselves.  Trump's sick sycophants continue to defend this shit.  Have drunk the Kool Aide.  Bought the bullshit.  Yet, falsely call themselves Christians.

"The young Mexican national has now been transported to a government-contracted juvenile shelter in San Antonio, 150 miles from Laredo, and put into deportation proceedings."

She's ten-years-old.  Recovering from surgery.  No heart.  No soul.  Jackbooted nazis.

"The Border Patrol defends its agents, saying they escorted Rosamaria to the children's hospital to ensure she received appropriate medical care and then processed her according to U.S. immigration laws."

Just doing their job?  Haven't we heard this shit before?  Didn't the Nazi's claim the same at the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War?  While these jackbooted bastards aren't routinely murdering on the job, just a matter of time.  ... Right, Mr. 'President?"

"In an open letter addressed to the Department of Homeland Security's acting secretary, Elaine Duke, the advocacy group DreamActivist says Rosamaria was told "she has two options; sign voluntary departure or spend up to 3 weeks in detention."

This is a ten-year-old kid.  Recovering from surgery.  Suffering from cerebral palsy.  No heart.  No soul.  Not in a fascist police-state soon to be the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Families should not have to decide between getting life saving help, or being deported," the group said in the letter."

Forget?  This is Trump's Fourth Reich.  You're expected to goose step in unison.  The nazi way.  ... Right, Mr. 'President?'

"Democrats in Congress recently demanded the homeland security secretary rein in immigration agents making an increasing number of arrests at or near hospitals, churches and schools. Immigrant advocates are calling it the latest outrage under President Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement."

Democrats remain complicit.  Continue to powerlessly sit on their hands.  Have repeatedly failed to walk out of Congress in protest.  Gutless cowards.

"Alex Galvez, a lawyer representing Rosamaria, tells Newsweek that "this wouldn't have happened during the Obama administration."  "This current administration wants to send a clear message to all undocumented immigrants — that if you want to go to [a] hospital, you better think twice about it because you might be deported," he told the magazine."

A fascist police-state transformed into the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

NPR reports:

"Lawyers for an undocumented 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy have filed a federal lawsuit demanding the government release her from a children's shelter.  The Department of Health and Human Services has refused.  Border Patrol agents—in a highly criticized action—took the child into custody after she received an operation at a hospital.  The lawsuit, filed in San Antonio federal court on Tuesday, claims that Rosa Maria Hernandez has a constitutional right to be in her parents' care.  The child, who has mental and physical disabilities, has lived in Laredo, Texas, with her mother and father — who are also unauthorized — for the past 10 years.  "Rosa Maria is being taken care of by strangers," says Michael Tan, an ACLU lawyer who is representing Hernandez. "Imagine sending your child to the hospital for surgery, only to have law enforcement sweep in and take them away from you."

Clearly, we've lost ourselves.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Insult to injury?  NPR reports:

"Amid the Trump administration's efforts to arrest people living in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security is looking at locations for five new detention centers around the country that could hold thousands of detainees."

Appalling.  No more than concentration camps.  While certainly not German Nazi death camps, think that's out of the realm of possibility as our formerly great country continues to nazify?  This is precisely how great evil starts:

"According to a request for information posted to a federal contracting web site on Oct. 12, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is considering sites near four cities where it has offices: Chicago, Detroit, Salt Lake City and St. Paul, Minn. Last month, the agency put out a similar request to identify a possible detention site in South Texas.  In a statement to NPR, ICE said the postings are part of its regular "market research" and that it was soliciting feedback on possible vendors, locations and facilities. The agency said it had no restriction on who could respond to its request, "private company or otherwise."

... Like a frog lulled to sleep in a pot of water slowly heated on a stove.

"ICE reports the average daily population in its detention facilities was a little more than 38,000 for the 2017 fiscal year. The president's 2018 budget plan requests an increase of $1.2 billion in funding for detention beds, to support an average population of over 48,000 adults."

... The nightmare will grow.  -- As it did innocuously at the start of Hitler's Third Reich.

"The ACLU announced Thursday that it was joining with legal services and immigrants' rights organizations in asking ICE not to open the new detention facilities.  "ICE's intention to expand detention in areas surrounding four of the nation's largest cities is deeply disturbing," said Loral Parole, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the ACLU. "This move represents further action by the Trump administration to target long term residents, including Dreamers, asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries, and other immigrant communities. The ICE detention system is already notorious for inhumane and abusive conditions as well as lack of transparency and accountability."

You think?  Yet, Trump's sick sycophants still continue to mindlessly support the nazi.

"Arrests by ICE have spiked since the beginning of the Trump presidency.  ICE reported that it arrested 41,000 people in just the first 100 days after the president signed his executive order on border security and immigration enforcement.  But despite a 43 percent increase in immigration arrests since Trump's inauguration, ICE actually deported fewer people in the 2017 fiscal year than in the previous year. According to The Washington Post, that's because the group of people easiest to deport, those caught sneaking over the border illegally, dropped dramatically after Trump took office."

Not good enough for the Trump nazi and his henchmen.  It's now open season on all undocumented immigrants.  The nazi way.  These pieces of shit are ferociously reminded this land was stolen from Native Americans by undocumented European immigrants hundreds of years ago.  Every goddamned treaty has been broken by this government.  Every one of them.

To repeat:

"Arrests by ICE have spiked since the beginning of the Trump presidency. ICE reported that it arrested 41,000 people in just the first 100 days after the president signed his executive order on border security and immigration enforcement.  But despite a 43 percent increase in immigration arrests since Trump's inauguration, ICE actually deported fewer people in the 2017 fiscal year than in the previous year. According to The Washington Post, that's because the group of people easiest to deport, those caught sneaking over the border illegally, dropped dramatically after Trump took office."

Yet, Trump still wants a wall.  To line the pockets of the corporate management suite, courtesy of looted taxpayers.  ... A wall, any wall, no matter how fortified can be breached with sufficient effort, -- going over, under, or through.

"The ICE web site lists dozens of detention facilities around the country, but many of them are county jails. In contrast, ICE's posting for a South Texas site seeks a facility large enough for 1,000 adult detainees. ICE is interested in facilities where it could detain 400 to 1,200 people in Chicago, and 200 to 600 detainees in each of Detroit, St. Paul and Salt Lake City."

A massive roundup apparently planned by these SS jackbooted bastards.

"The U.S. has an immigration court backlog of more than 600,000 cases — or more than 2,000 pending cases for every immigration judge. That means those who are arrested for being in the country illegally could sit in ICE's detention centers for years before they are deported."

Nazi justice in American gulags.

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11-3-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Amazing how day is night, night is day, and shit smells perversely sweet to the nazi element in our formerly great country.  CBS News reports:

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions said it's imperative to "vigorously defend our inalienable rights" as a part of the the United States' heritage of protecting and enforcing the country's constitutional laws, and he criticized courts that have recently struck down President Trump's executive orders as an "overreach" of the separation of powers."

Called checks and balances, you nazi son of a bitch.  Intended by the Founders to protect us from fascists like you, Jeff, and your nazi fuhrer, the Trump nazi.

"There's nothing like the sophistication and integrity and stability of our legal system. It's something beyond anything anywhere in the world," remarked Sessions at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum on Constitutional principles and the rule of law on Thursday."

You and your fuhrer bastardize the law and Constitution, not uphold it, you lying piece of crap.

"He referred to the president's executive orders on DACA and the new travel ban and argued it is not for the "courts to decide what's compassionate or not."

It's up to the judges you criticize to do their job, that is, uphold the law and Constitution.  Which they've certainly done regarding your fuhrer's executive orders.

"Judges' comments on policy like this is offensive, and it's disrespectful of the legislative and executive branches," said Sessions, urging the preservation of the separation of powers in the federal government. But also inherent in the separation of powers are the checks and balances that enable branches to curb each other's power, and which Sessions did not mention."

That's right.  Never occurred to the nazi AG and his fuhrer.  No goddamned dictator could ever understand this.

"Sessions held up Hawaii U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson's ruling blocking the most recent iteration of the travel ban, as an example of judges who don't respect the separation of powers, arguing that they "erode the rule of law, create bad precedent and undermine the public respect necessary for courts to be able to function."

A crock of shit.  Any lack of respect the public has for the court system is directly due to the growing number of national socialists, nazis being appointed to the bench.  Nazi's like you, Jeff, who raucously shit on the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.

NPR reports:

"President Trump's would-be ban on transgender service members in the military has been blocked from going into effect for the foreseeable future.  A U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C., decided on Monday that trans members of the military have a strong case that the president's ban would violate their Fifth Amendment rights. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted a preliminary injunction to keep the policy from going into effect while the court case moves forward.  As a result of her injunction, the military policy on transgender service members will "revert to the status quo," Kollar-Kotelly writes — that is, the policy that was in place before Trump's announcement. That policy allowed trans members currently in the military to serve openly and for openly trans people to be admitted to serve in the future."

Unlike you, Jeff, this judge is honoring her oath of office.

Your hypocrisy is stunning, Mr. Sessions.  You refuse to rein in the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who abuse, shake down, and murder innocent unarmed civilians on the job.  Yet, you sit on funds for training.  Why?  Because you haven't gotten your way?  NPR reports:

"Every single state gets one of these grants and this year not a single state has gotten it and we have repeatedly asked the Department of Justice what's going on," Lawlor said. "They consistently can't or won't answer the question so we don't know. We assume it's because they have concerns about sanctuary cities around the country."

If all won't goose step in unison, no one gets any training funds?  No one?

"Earlier this year Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would withhold federal crime-fighting dollars from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions in an effort to crack down on illegal immigration. But that's been challenged in the courts. Most recently a federal judge in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction that stopped the DOJ from withholding funds to sanctuary cities."

The judge did the right thing.  Attempted to rein in the Sessions nazi, and his fuhrer.

"At this point though, the DOJ hasn't just missed the disbursement date. States have not even been notified of the grant award, which usually happens around April or May, according to Lawlor.  "There's going to be more steps that have to take place before the money's actually received, and typically it's about six months from the date of the award until the date you get the check," Lawlor said. "And it's important to keep in mind, this is going on in every state in the country. The reddest of red states, you know, Mississippi, Alabama, they're having the same problem."

Imagine that.  Couldn't be, could it?

"As of the end of October, the grant process is five to six months behind schedule, and counting. On Oct. 24, Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal along with other lawmakers from the Connecticut delegation, sent a letter to Sessions demanding an explanation for the delay and asking for a response within 10 days."

Think the following isn't a problem?

NPR reports:

"The deputy attorney general strode onto the stage last week in a seventh-floor conference room at the Justice Department to announce criminal charges against two Chinese men who used the Internet to sell deadly synthetic drugs.

"DOJ veterans took note for a different reason: the fact that Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Trump, had ventured down Pennsylvania Avenue and past Justice Department security to hear the announcement in person."

Think that's not a problem?

"It's unusual for a White House adviser to appear at a news conference about an enforcement matter. And for Trump administration critics in Congress and out, it's yet another example of how the administration is refusing to respect the independence of the Justice Department.  "Although we've had attorneys general who view their job as serving the president and as an extension of the White House, I do not believe that's the job of the attorney general," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a hearing last week, one day after the fentanyl event. "The attorney general's master is the people and the law."

No longer.  Not when a fascist occupies the Oval Office.

"Matthew Miller, who led the Justice Department's public affairs office during the tenure of President Barack Obama's long-serving attorney general, Eric Holder, said he could not recall a time when an Obama White House official traveled to the Justice Department to hear an enforcement announcement that was being livestreamed online.  "It sends a message that these law enforcement activities are coordinated, directed by the White House," Miller said. "It's an appearance thing."

Worse than that?  Offers proof the Sessions nazi is beholden to his fuhrer, not the law and Constitution.  Exceptionally dangerous to a democratic republic.

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how a Vietnam combat medic heroically placed the men he served ahead of his own personal safety earning him the Congressional Medal of Honor.  Seatbelts on.

ABC News reports:

"Retired Army Captain Gary Michael "Mike" Rose, 71, will receive the Medal of Honor Monday for his heroism as a combat medic during a harrowing secret mission into Laos in 1970.  He is credited with saving the lives of 60 wounded personnel during four days of intense combat, including those injured when the helicopter that evacuated his team was brought down by enemy fire.  “My job was to focus on the individuals that were hurt,” said Rose at a Pentagon news briefing on Friday. “You don't concern yourself about getting hurt or killed.”

"Rose said neither he nor his fellow Green Berets knew much about their mission beforehand, but in a sign of the intense battle ahead they had been told to pack double the amount of ammunition they would normally bring along.  “We were carrying heavy loads of ammunition: extra machine gun, extra grenades -- God, everything else,” said Rose. “So I knew something was up, “I mean, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.”  Rose also brought along more medical supplies than usual, which was a good thing because by the time he treated the last of the injured he said “I was down to shirtsleeves and bandannas.”

Uncommon Valor:

"For the next four days Rose continually treated the mounting number of casualties as his unit pushed deeper into the Laotian jungle surrounded by growing numbers of North Vietnamese troops that numbered into the hundreds.  Though he was also severely wounded in the fighting, Rose continued providing medical care to the others in his team."

“We weren't supposed to come out,” said retired Lt. Colonel Eugene McCarley, who led the mission in Laos and accompanied Rose at Friday’s briefing. But on September 14, Marine CH-53 helicopters were sent to evacuate out all of the remaining troops, not just the wounded as had been originally planned.  “The ground fire from the anti-aircraft was just horrendous at that time,” said Rose. “The Marines were taking a pounding there.”  Rose remained behind with the last group of Americans and Montagnards still on the ground to ensure the wounded were evacuated on the first two evacuation helicopters."

"Rose was one of the last people to board a third helicopter as North Vietnamese troops rushed into the landing area. Aboard the helicopter he provided life-saving care to one of the helicopter’s gunners who had been shot through the neck by enemy fire amid a hail of enemy bullets.  Moments later, the helicopter crash-landed after its engines were taken out by enemy fire.  At the crash site, Rose helped pull survivors from the burning helicopter and provided medical aid until another helicopter arrived to rescue them."

This exceptionally heroic Green Beret was to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor at the time for his valor, but sadly, not to be:

"Soon after the mission, Rose was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but in 1971 received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second-highest award for valor. It is possible that his award may have been downgraded as part of an effort to keep secret the U.S. mission in Laos."

Readers are advised this mission in 1970 was at a time of intense ongoing protest as the Nixon nazi and his cronies desperately tried to end the war.  Their mantra? "Peace With Honor."

Fox News reports:

"Officially, retired Army Capt. Gary “Mike” Rose was never in Laos at the height of the Vietnam War.  Rose, now 69, served as a medic in the Military Assistance Command Studies and Observations Group, an elite division of the Special Forces. It was so secret that, for more than four decades, he never spoke about it to anyone – not even the people he served with.  Those that served with him, however, never forgot the bravery he showed during a four-day mission, called “Operation Tailwind,” in the landlocked country in September 1970.  Rose, then a sergeant, ran through a hail of gunfire to treat more than 50 soldiers who were fighting the North Vietnamese Army – using one hand to hoist wounded men onto his back while he fired on the enemy with his other hand.  In spite of his own injuries, he didn’t sleep for days to make sure all 16 American soldiers deployed with him made it home.  They did.  Forty-seven years later, his heroism was commemorated on Monday when he received the Medal of Honor during a special ceremony with President Trump at the White House."

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

ABC News reports:

"The 15-year-old boy was struck by a car while skateboarding, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.  Police said Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Strange was the first on the scene and his body camera caught the rescue effort on video.  The footage shows Strange rushing to the trunk of his patrol car, grabbing a car jack and lifting the vehicle off of the boy.  "He was totally out of it. As a matter of fact, his right arm was caught up behind his back, [it] was basically behind his back touching his left shoulder," Strange told CBS affiliate WKRC.  "[We] started jacking that car up to get the pressure off of him. Once we realized that the initial pressure was off of him, we still couldn’t pull him out," Strange told WKRC."

Imagine being in that situation, having to think clearly, act quickly, effectively, under enormous pressure to get it right.

"As Strange worked to free the victim from underneath the car, Hebron Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene to help pull him to safety, according to police.  Medical officials assessed the boy's injuries as life-threatening and transported him via medical helicopter to University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, police said. No charges have been filed against the driver, who police said is cooperating with their investigation."

Hat's off to this fine officer and others involved.  ... Hey, Bill?  Puts your achingly gutless jackbooted bastards in black to shame, doesn't it, Sheriff?

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officers honorably, heroically not only conduct themselves elsewhere in the country, but thoughtfully, carefully consider, prepare others close to them for the prospect of their death on the job.  Seatbelts on.

NBC News reports:

"A Las Vegas police officer and U.S. Army veteran who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history provided instructions ahead of time for those at his memorial not to mourn, a pastor told the crowd at his funeral on Friday.  "If you're reading this, then I've been called home," said the computer file that Charleston Hartfield began about a year ago. Senior Central Christian Church Pastor Mike Bodine said it was found by Hartfield's wife, Veronica, following his death Oct. 1.  Along with heartfelt messages to his family and instructions not to wear black and to play Johnny Cash and Nina Simone songs, Bodine told the more than 2,000 people at Hartsfield's service that he wanted them to enjoy themselves and remember him for who he was.  "The truth only," Hartfield's message added. "None of that stuff about how great I was."  Everyone broke that rule over the next hour."

Bet they did.  With justification.

"Hundreds of police officers and military service members filled the Henderson, Nevada, church where bagpipes played and pallbearers bore Hartfield's flag-draped casket into the auditorium. Speakers stepped to a podium flanked by a two pair of western boots. One, a worn brown pair, was stitched with the American flag.  Earlier, a blocks-long police motorcade caused traffic and tourists to stop for a moment on the Las Vegas Strip, where the procession passed the scene of the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival country music concert near the Mandalay Bay resort.  Some saluted and at least one man wept as a phalanx of more than 50 police motorcycles with lights flashing led a police pickup truck bearing the flag-draped casket on a sunny and breezy day that had palm trees waving in the wind.  Doser, who viewed the spectacle from inside the procession, said he'll never forget passing a woman standing alone with a rose in one hand and her other hand over her heart."

... No greater love.

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The following is achingly demonstrative of precisely how difficult it remains to hold criminal officers legally accountable for their crimes as our formerly great country continues to nazify.  ABC News reports:

"An Oklahoma prosecutor said Thursday that he isn't surprised or disappointed that a jury convicted a white former police officer of manslaughter instead of murder in his fourth trial for killing his daughter's black boyfriend.  Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said he's just relieved there was a conviction after former Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler's three previous murder trials ended with hung juries.  "I'm just grateful that the jury gave us some finality with this verdict," Kunzweiler said."

Readers will recall this case has been repeatedly covered in this publication and elsewhere.

"The jury convicted Kepler of first-degree manslaughter in the 2014 off-duty fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jeremey Lake, who had just started dating Kepler's then-18-year-old daughter, Lisa Kepler. The charge carries a minimum sentence of four years in prison but sets no maximum term, leaving it up to the judge. The jury recommended that Kepler get 15 years behind bars when he's sentenced Nov. 20."

This criminal, murderous, jackbooted son of a bitch should have been subject to execution just as anyone who murders an officer in a capital punishment state.  Equal 'justice.'

"Jurors in the first three trials deadlocked 11-1, 10-2 and 6-6, leading the judge to declare mistrials and illustrating the challenge prosecutors have in convicting a police officer, Kunzweiler said Thursday.  "In the first trial, we learned from that and realized it's a very difficult case," he said. "The struggle with these jurors is ... can you put a police officer in prison?"

Why not?  Moreover?  Ferociously pointedly, why is it officers who murder on the job are not subject to execution as is anyone who kills an officer in a state that imposes capital punishment?  Why no equal 'justice?'

"The first jury convicted Kepler of recklessly using his firearm, but it and the second jury couldn't agree on the first-degree murder charge and didn't have the option of a lesser charge such as manslaughter. The third jury did have the manslaughter option but found itself evenly deadlocked Kunzweiler said that based on interviews of some of the jurors after the previous trials, he believes some jurors allowed preconceived ideas to influence their verdicts.  "It was very obvious in some of the hung juries we had, some individuals were not doing their sworn job," to reach a decision based on the evidence presented during the trial, he said, without elaborating on the nature of those preconceived ideas."

Fascinating, isn't it?  Especially, coming from a prosecutor.  Prosecutors are nearly always in bed with law enforcement no matter the circumstances.  This one certainly wasn't.  Have to admire his integrity, determination.  ... Not all of you bastards lack principles, right, "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?

"There was a racial undercurrent to the trials. Kepler killed Lake days before the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, fanned the debate over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement.  A single black juror was seated for each of the four trials, and civil rights activists accused Kepler's lawyers of purposely trying to exclude potential black candidates. They denied the accusation."

Of course, they would.  Lie like hell.  Think most attorneys don't?  LOL.

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to the judiciary in Llano County, Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The following is another example of a courageous judge willing to stand tall despite enormous pressure.  NPR reports:

"U.S. District Judge Susan Ritchie Bolton says that President Trump's pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio does not "revise the historical facts" of his case — and that she will not vacate her ruling that found Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt."

Hat's off, Judge.

"On Thursday, Bolton quoted Black's Law Dictionary to say that a pardon "releases the wrongdoer from punishment and restores the offender's civil rights without qualification." But she then added a further interpretation in her own words: "It does not erase a judgment of conviction, or its underlying legal and factual findings."

Nor should it.  The facts are the facts.  ... Or should be.  History cannot be credibly rewritten when it's not the truth.

"Citing legal precedents, Bolton said that while a pardon removes the threat of punishment, it does not "blot out guilt." Instead, she wrote in her decision, accepting a pardon implies a confession of guilt. Bolton also suggested that the timing of President Trump's pardon — when Arpaio had not appealed her verdict — played a role in her decision to preserve it."

Then again, a nazi like the former sheriff can't, won't be confused with the truth.

"In her decision, Bolton notes that unlike in legal precedents where a new trial or appeal was ongoing, Arpaio's didn't have an appeal pending. The judge writes, "the only matter mooted by the pardon was Defendant's sentencing and entry of judgment, the hearing for which was duly vacated." She added, "With nothing left to vacate, dismissal with prejudice was all that remained to be ordered. Having already done so, the Court declines to order any further relief."

Sounds like a sound decision, doesn't it?  ... Unless, of course, you're on the receiving end.  LOL.

"The situation could place Arpaio in a type of Catch-22, in which he's been saved from punishment by Trump's pardon but is unable to clear his name fully in the legal record."

So what?  Had he wanted to 'clear' his name, why hadn't he already filed an appeal prior to the Trump nazi's pardon?  Could have also refused the pardon, then appealed.

"With that side of the story [Catch-22 referenced above], here's member station KJZZ in Phoenix:

    "Arpaio attorney Jack Wilenchik said because of the pardon, the former sheriff will never have the chance to appeal the ruling, leaving him open to future lawsuits.  'What if an illegal alien who claims they were wrongfully detained were to sue civilly, then the fact that he was convicted of willfully defying the court order could be used against him,' said Wilenchik.  Wilenchik said he was not surprised that the judge had refused to undo her own order. He said he has appealed the judge's order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals."

Although easy to get lost in the legal weeds, be interesting to see where this goes, -- if anywhere.  Then again, might.  One never knows, -- especially in light of the current political climate, as well as nazis ensconced ubiquitously throughout the judiciary.

The Washington Times reports:

"Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio appealed a judge’s ruling late Thursday that his contempt-of-court conviction must remain on his record despite President Trump’s pardon.  His lawyers have argued that Judge Susan R. Bolton goofed when she convicted him in the first place, and again when she refused to expunge the conviction after the pardon. They say the conviction wasn’t final because they’d asked for a new trial before a jury, and had avenues of appeal left to them.  They didn’t get to pursue those avenues because of Mr. Trump’s pardon."

Nonsense.  Arpaio could have rejected the pardon.  The criminal son of a bitch apparently wants his cake, -- and eat it too.

"Judge Bolton on Thursday [earlier that day] rejected those arguments, saying that Mr. Arpaio, who served nearly a quarter-century as sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona, had a choice of either rejecting the pardon or else accepting it — which means admitting guilt.  “The Court found Defendant guilty of criminal contempt. The President issued the pardon. Defendant accepted. The pardon undoubtedly spared Defendant from any punishment that might otherwise have been imposed. It did not, however, ‘revise the historical facts’ of this case,” Judge Bolton wrote."

Too easy to get lost in the legal weeds, isn't it?  -- Truth, always a moving target.  Attorneys?  Always seem to 'talk with forked tongue.'  LOL.

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to the judiciary in Llano County, Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

The Washington Post reports:

"Three men were charged with attempted homicide after they argued with a group of people protesting a white nationalist’s speech and fired a shot at them, police said Friday.  Shortly after Richard Spencer’s speech Thursday at the University of Florida — which generated so much controversy that the governor declared a state of emergency days before the event — a silver Jeep pulled up to a group of six to eight protesters near a bus stop and started to argue with them, according to the Gainesville Police Department.  The three white nationalists threatened the group, making Nazi salutes and shouting chants about Hitler, police said. One of the people hit the Jeep with a baton, and it pulled over. Tyler Tenbrink, 28, of Richmond, Texas, jumped out with a gun. A second passenger got out, and Colton Fears, 28, and William Fears, 30, of Pasadena, Texas, encouraged Tenbrink to shoot, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s arrest report, yelling, “I’m going to f—— kill you,” and “Kill them,” and “Shoot them.”  Tenbrink fired a single shot that missed the people, police said, and hit a nearby building.  The three then fled in the Jeep, but one of the people who had been targeted got the license plate number and reported it to police. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy who had worked at the Spencer event searched for and found the Jeep. The men were arrested about 20 miles north of Gainesville."

Hat's off to law enforcement for quickly and effectively doing its job.

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10-27-17

In stark contrast to the judiciary in Llano County, Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how other officials honorably, heroically conduct themselves elsewhere in the country.

CBS News reports:

"By its very nature, police work can put officers in the middle of highly-charged situations that sometimes run the risk of escalating into violence. Now, one police department is looking to better train its officers to keep such confrontations from getting out of control."

Sounds like something you and your egregiously out of control jackbooted boys could certainly use, right, Sheriff?

"The Milwaukee Police Department's effort to address bias is a consequence of many highly-charged confrontations that have landed officers in court, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds."

Unlike here in Nazi Llano County, elsewhere throughout the country criminal officers are, indeed, increasingly finding themselves in court.  Here, everything gets swept under the carpet.  ... Right, "Sonny Boy?"  Madam County Attorney?  Sheriff?

"Be careful not to get sucked into what they're calling about," explained police trainer Rondon Powell to a room full of recruits."

In Nazi Llano County, direct opposite occurs.  ... Right, Sheriff?  By design.  It's how you and the boys get your cookies off, right, Bill?

"If a person calls and says there is a black person sitting in a car outside my house, are you going to be sucked into that person's bias?" Powell asked."

Happens all the time here, doesn't it, Bill?  Not only to blacks, however.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Black people can live in communities where predominantly white people live, so are you going to stop every person who is opposite of what that community looks like?" one woman responded."

Here, par for the course, right, Sheriff?  Called abuse of power.  Profiling.

"Another man said, "Be aware of your biases but also be aware that part of the employment here is to investigate things that are out of the norm."

Indeed.  A big difference, however, between profiling and simply doing your job.

"I think in the last five years what we've seen is a great deal more attention being paid to what's called de-escalation skills," said Milwaukee police chief Edward Flynn. "It won't always work, but we do want to give them those skills so that they have time to employ it."

Not so, here in Nazi Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Staci Steen has been teaching recruits there for five years.  "Ideally we want as police officers to gain your cooperation through words," Steen said."

Can't have enlightened policing, can we, Sheriff?  Not the jackbooted Llano County way, right, Bill?

"There's no other occupation in government -- none, including the military -- that puts so much responsibility on the shoulders of the lowest-ranking member of the organization," Flynn said."

Exactly right.  Precisely, why recruits need to have a college degree in criminal justice.  A masters degree in one of the social sciences for advancement.  Be paid a starting salary of $100,000.  We'd need far fewer officers.  The officers would be highly qualified, better trained.  A far greater asset to the community, rather than part of the criminal element.  As they are here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

Bottom line?  Get this:

"No matter how many scenario-based training you do, no matter how many skill sets you do, sooner or later they are applying this in a dynamic, stressful, ambiguous set of circumstances. And that's the true test," Flynn said.   And that's when character takes over."

Indeed.  Truer words were never spoken.  Yet, here in Nazi Llano County, the Sheriff's jackbooted bastards in black nearly to a man, -- have no character.  ... Right, Sheriff?  ... Don't lie, Bill.

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10-27-17

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-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?  Seventy-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.  Seventy-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.


10-27-17

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?


10-27-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Another egregious example of vicious police misconduct.  CNN reports:

"A police officer in a Cleveland suburb seen on video repeatedly punching a black motorist during a traffic stop in August has been fired.  City of Euclid Mayor Kirsten Holzheimer Gail announced Officer Michael Amiott's termination, citing police department rules violations and "additional complaints."  "After a review, I found Amiott to have violated additional departmental rules, including Conduct Unbecoming and Courtesy, calling into serious question his suitability as a Euclid police officer," Gail said in a statement."

What took so long?

"Euclid Police Chief Scott Meyer first issued Amiott, who is white, the longest possible suspension of 15 days after the dash cam footage came to light. Gail extended that suspension another 30 days before ultimately terminating Amiott on October 13.  The mayor and police department declined to comment further."

Why wasn't he immediately fired, then arrested?  ... Hey, Bill?  Sounds precisely like the kind of shit that goes on here in Nazi Llano County, doesn't it, Sheriff?

"The Fraternal Order of Police Ohio Labor Council will appeal Amiott's termination in hopes of getting his job back."

Jesus Christ.  Have no clue this shit obliterates all faith and trust in policing?  Needlessly, places good officers at great risk?

"The Cleveland Branch NAACP said in a statement to CNN it applauds Gail's actions in terminating Amiott's employment, calling it "a step in the right direction."

Took way too long.  Still no arrest of the jackbooted bastard.

"The beating of Richard Hubbard III by Officer Michael Amiott that was captured on video was just one of many incidents that has drawn negative attention to the worst aspects of policing in Euclid," Cleveland Branch NAACP President James Hardiman said in the statement."

You think?  Worse?  The firing is virtually meaningless when the jackbooted bastard is not ultimately held criminally liable, winds up moving on to another department, becomes someone else's problem.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"The video surfaced as community tensions with the Euclid Police Department ran high because of another excessive force controversy. A grand jury decided not to bring charges against another Euclid police officer in late August in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed 23-year-old in March of this year.  The Ohio Attorney General, serving as special prosecutor in the case, ruled that the officer would not be charged after investigating the incident, CNN confirmed."

There is no justice.  Yet, another reason why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms as the doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight.

Amiott has a highly questionable, troubled history with law enforcement:

"This wasn't the first disciplinary action in Amiott's police career.  In August 2016, Amiott "lost his temper" at the scene of an arrest and used his gun as an "impact weapon" to subdue a suspect, according to his Euclid police personnel file.  Before joining the Euclid Police Department, Amiott was forced to resign from a neighboring police department after making a false statement in a police report, according to a Mentor Police Department internal investigation report.  Amiott was still within a preliminary probationary period with Mentor Police as a new officer when he resigned in April 2014. He joined Euclid later that year."

The glaring lack of professionalism is stunning.  Lack of proper vetting, worse.  Failure to hold these criminal bastards in blue legally accountable, inexcusable.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-27-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Amazing how police will use any excuse, any excuse at all, to avoid being held accountable for outrageously abusive, violent, murderous, jackbooted criminal behavior.  NPR reports:

"Having police officers wear little cameras seems to have no discernible impact on citizen complaints or officers' use of force, at least in the nation's capital."

Come as a surprise? Why?  Police do as they please, usually with impunity.  Why is it body and dash cams can be turned on and off by police as they see fit?  Think they don't shut them off when they know they are about to beat the living shit out of someone?  Line their pockets by stealing cash from one of their victims?  Give me a break.

"We found essentially that we could not detect any statistically significant effect of the body-worn cameras," says Anita Ravishankar, a researcher with the Metropolitan Police Department and a group in the city government called the Lab @ DC."

Disingenuous bullshit.  Turn the cameras off and then speculate as to why criminally abusive behavior perpetrated by police doesn't drop?  These lying bastards truly believe the public is hopelessly stupid:

"I think we're surprised by the result. I think a lot of people were suggesting that the body-worn cameras would change behavior," says Chief of Police Peter Newsham. "There was no indication that the cameras changed behavior at all."  Perhaps, he says, that is because his officers "were doing the right thing in the first place."

Jesus Christ.  Appalling.  Self-serving bullshit.  These jackbooted bastards have no regard, no respect for the intelligence of the victims they deliberately f-- k over.  ... Or, the public they allegedly serve.  Lie like hell with impunity.  Seldom held accountable.

Get this:

"In the wake of high-profile shootings, many police departments have been rapidly adopting body-worn cameras, despite a dearth of solid research on how the technology can change policing.  "We need science, rather than our speculations about it, to try to answer and understand what impacts the cameras are having," says David Yokum, director of the Lab @ DC."

They egregiously miss the point of having body and dash cams in the first place.  Not clear if this is intentional, or just a matter of aggressive stupidity:

"The results of this study call into question whether police departments should purchase body-worn cameras at all, says Harlan Yu, who works for an organization called Upturn that studies how technology affects civil rights and social justice issues.  "This is the most important empirical study on the impact of police body-worn cameras to date," Yu says. "If cameras don't decrease use of force, don't decrease the number of misconduct complaints and don't change officer behavior, then what are we adopting cameras for?"

Jesus Christ.  Wake up.  The point of having cameras is to assure a record of each encounter is preserved.  Not only for the protection of the public, but officers themselves who may be falsely accused.

"He notes that a lot of recent footage showing police violence has come from bystander video, not officer body cameras."

Most likely due to the fact police control when the cameras are, and aren't, turned on.

"And while cameras have had neutral effects in Washington, D.C., Yu says the devices might have harmful effects in places with policies that, say, allow officers to review footage before writing their initial reports of violent incidents."

Jesus Christ.  Wake up.  Officers should have no control of whether or not these cameras are on or off.  Nor should they have access to this data before writing reports.  Matters not the cost of archival, equipment itself, or difficulty in handling troves of data.  What is most important, crucial, achingly critical is the fact a video record exists of all police-civilian encounters.  Again, not only to protect the public, but innocent officers as well.  ... Why even conduct the study when the city has no intention of getting rid of the cameras no matter what?  Falsely, disingenuously give criminal officers an excuse?  An out?  Free pass?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-27-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

Think our prisons aren't gulags?  CBS/AP reports:

"An Kansas prison inmate died in April after a brain fungus gave him a form of meningitis that left him weak and so disoriented that he drank his own urine while prison health care staff ignored his pleas for help, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of his mother and daughter.  Marques Davis complained for months about symptoms at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, his attorney, Leland Dempsey, said in the lawsuit filed this week in federal court, The Kansas City Star reported.  It names as defendants Corizon, a private prison health care company contracted to provide health care at the state's prisons, as well as 14 Corizon employees, three doctors and 11 nurses.  The lawsuit alleges that Corizon didn't help Davis until April 12, when he was taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center after he suffered a heart attack. He was declared brain dead and taken off life support the next day. An autopsy found the cause of death was advanced granulomatous meningoencephalitis, a form of meningitis that Dempsey said was caused by the Candida Albicans fungus."

Think this guy didn't have severe medical problems?

"An infirmary report from the week before Davis' death faults him for refusing food and failing to get out of bed to use the toilet. Instead, he urinated in his water pitcher, which he then drank out of "time and again."

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-27-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

ABC News reports:

"Authorities said Tuesday a former Cleveland police officer who allegedly cut off his GPS tracker and went on the run one week before he was set to go on trial for rape and kidnapping has killed himself after a standoff with police."

Think this son of a bitch was properly vetted before employment?  Think there aren't vetting problems right here in Nazi Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Tommie Griffin, 52, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office for the bond violation, according to Pete Elliott of the U.S. Marshals Service."

Translation?  The gutless piece of shit ran.

"Griffin was tracked to a house in Cleveland, where Cleveland Police SWAT was called in, Elliott said Tuesday. Police tried to call him out of the house, but received no response from him. When police entered, they found Griffin dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, police said.  Elliott said Griffin had an accomplice in his escape. The accomplice took Griffin to a motel for Saturday and Sunday night and then to the home -- described as that of a friend of Griffin's -- where SWAT surrounded him. Elliott said on Tuesday the accomplice would be charged, but provided no further details."

Why not?  The public has a right to know.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Griffin was arrested for rape, assault and kidnapping after allegedly attacking his girlfriend in January, The Associated Press said.  He allegedly pistol-whipped her and fired two shots next to her, the AP said."

Par for the course, right, Sheriff?

"Griffin resigned from the department, Cleveland police told ABC News."

Why wasn't he fired?  Why are rogue officers protected and coddled by law and the courts?  ... Most convenient though, right, Sheriff?  Makes it far easier for the worst to be hired, remain on the force, right, Bill?  How else could you and your jackbooted bastards so easily impose your will and those of your handlers who falsely believe they run and own this goddamned, godforsaken, hell hole County?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-20-17

In stark contrast to Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider how the Sheriff in Las Vegas is doing all he can to get it right, correct the record, not bamboozle the public.

CBS News reports:

"Nearly two weeks after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history, authorities are still sorting out the timeline of events before a high-stakes video poker player who killed 58 people from his high-rise hotel room in Las Vegas.  Las Vegas police released new information about the case Friday after a week that has seen the shooting timeline change almost daily.  In a chronology of events provided Monday, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Paddock started spraying 200 rounds from his suite into the hallway of the Mandalay Bay at 9:59 p.m. Oct. 1, wounding an unarmed security guard in the leg.  Six minutes later, the gunman unleashed a barrage of bullets on the festival crowd, according to that police timeline. Then he killed himself with a gunshot to the head.  Friday, however, Lombardo said that he now believes the security guard received his wounds close to the time the shooter started firing. Lombardo said Friday that the initial time he gave of 9:59 was when the security guard attempted to breach a door nearby the shooter's."

Unlike Blackburn and his SS jackbooted bastards in black, Lombardo is doing all he can to set the record straight, updating it as necessary.  Not covering his ass like the Llano County Sheriff and his out of control minions.

"Lombardo said he cautioned from the beginning that information surrounding such a large investigation is always subject to change.  "I still stand by the [9:59] time…It wasn't inaccurate when I provided it to you," Lombardo said. "The circumstances associated with it is inaccurate."  This comes after Mandalay Bay officials on Thursday disputed the timeline and whether six minutes actually passed between the first gunfire in the hallway and the start of the concert rampage. They said Paddock may have wounded the security guard within 40 seconds of firing into the crowd."

At least, there is no specter of cover-up in Las Vegas as is commonly the case in Nazi Llano County run by Blackburn and his SS jackbooted bastards in black.

"In a statement Thursday, MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay, said the 9:59 p.m. reported time of the hallway shooting came from a report that was manually created after the massacre.  "We are now confident that the time stated in this report is not accurate," the statement said.  Lombardo said he "agreed" with the MGM statement.  Jesus Campos, the wounded guard, used his radio to call for help, the statement said. A maintenance worker, Stephen Schuck, has said he also called for help on his radio, asking a dispatcher to call the police because someone was shooting a rifle on the 32nd floor.  It's not clear what Mandalay Bay maintenance and security workers did with those messages by the guard and maintenance worker."

One thing clear is the fact Lombardo is doing all he can to get to the truth of what happened, how it went down.  Unlike here, in Llano County, where Blackburn and his minions do all they can to obfuscate, bamboozle, stonewall, and cover up the truth.  ... Right, Bill?

"The initial timeline laid out by Lombardo last week was that Paddock wounded Campos after he had opened fire on the crowd. Campos was called a hero whose presence outside Paddock's suite stopped the concert carnage.  Lombardo on Friday released other new information regarding the investigation. Paddock shot at the fuel tanks at McCarran International Airport during the rampage, and Lombardo said Friday investigators now believe he did so "with intent."  The airport is reviewing safety measures and has contacted experts in fuel storage but that there's a low probability aviation fuel could be ignited by gunfire, Lombardo said."

What's so important about the ongoing investigation in Las Vegas is the fact law enforcement is doing all it can to get to the truth and expose it to the public.  Not sweeping it under the carpet, stonewalling, obfuscating as what routinely goes on here in Llano County.  ... Right, Sheriff?

"Lombardo was emotional as he spoke Friday, recalling the efforts of law enforcement to help those who had been wounded. One of his officers suffered four gunshot wounds, yet still helped others at the scene. The officer was wounded in the bicep, chest and back when the shooter targeted responding police vehicles, Lombardo said.  The officer is already eager to return to work.  "He asked if he could go back to work today," Lombardo said."

Unlike here in Llano County, Las Vegas law enforcement displays courage, uncommon valor.  In Llano County, the Sheriff's goons are, for the most part with rare exception, achingly gutless.  Respond in mass to calls, four or five of our not-so-finest, to beat the living shit out of someone, let the victim know who runs and owns this goddamned, godforsaken nazi County.  ... Right, Sheriff?  Readers are advised to click on the Todd Jones icon at the top of this page or on the homepage for a clear example of such abuse of power.

NPR reports:

"Here's the full statement from MGM Resorts:

"Although we prefer not to comment on the details of the investigation, we are issuing this statement to correct some of the misinformation that has been reported. The 9:59 p.m. PDT time was derived from a Mandalay Bay report manually created after the fact without the benefit of information we now have. We are now confident that the time stated in this report is not accurate. We know that shots were being fired at the festival lot at the same time as, or within 40 seconds after, the time Jesus Campos first reported that shots were fired over the radio. Metro officers were together with armed Mandalay Bay security officers in the building when Campos first reported that shots were fired over the radio. These Metro officers and armed Mandalay Bay security officers immediately responded to the 32nd floor. We will continue to work with law enforcement as we have from the first moments of this tragedy as they work toward developing an accurate timeline."

Appears, Las Vegas is trying to get to the bottom of all this, that is, what went down and how.  In Nazi Llano County, we're locked in a time warp fifty years ago.  ... Right, Sheriff?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-20-17

Think dogs are only man's best friend?  Don't go well beyond the call of duty?  Won't routinely engage in uncommon valor?  Seatbelts on.  ABC News reports:

"Propane tanks, twisting metal, and the hot swirling winds" that the nation has come to know as the "Diablo Winds" tore through his Sonoma County [California] forest property and the family had to flee for their lives, he said.  The father was faced with a split-second decision: Take his family and two dogs to safety or forsake one dog and their eight "bottle-fed goats."  Hendel had to leave behind Odin, a Great Pyrenees, and the goats as he and his family along with Odin's sister Tessa jumped into the car and sped off.  He and his family were certain Odin and the goats were gone, he said.  "Hours later when we had found relative safety we cried for Odin and our goats," Hendel wrote on the family's YouCaring crowdfunding page. "I was sure I had sentenced them to a horrific and agonizing death."  The blazes that destroyed the Hendel home are among the deadliest in the state's history, having charred more than 214,000 acres, forced about 100,000 residents to evacuate and damaged or destroyed at least 5,700 homes and businesses, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection."

Uncommon Valor:

"Incredibly, days later when it was safe for the Hendels to return to the barbequed home, they managed to find "a burned, battered, and weakened Odin surrounded by his eight goats," Hendel wrote, underneath a large closeup photograph of the exhausted dog's snout and white coat stained smoke gray.  And not only that, but Odin somehow protected the lives of several deer "who had come to him for protection and safety," he wrote on the YouCaring page.  The moment when Odin was reunited with his sister Tessa apparently restored the valorous canine's pluck.  "He appears to be getting stronger, and his sister’s presence will surely help to lift his spirits and take some of the burden off his giant shoulders," Hendel said."


10-20-17

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-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?  Seventy-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.  Seventy-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.


10-20-17

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?


10-20-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

CBS News reports:

"A man arrested in Florida after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth has received a $37,500 settlement."

Not enough.  Nowhere near.

"Daniel Rushing told the Orlando Sentinel that he received a check last week from the city of Orlando.  Rushing was arrested in December 2015 when Cpl. Shelby Riggs-Hopkins spotted flakes of glaze on his car's floorboard and thought they were pieces of crystal methamphetamine. Rushing told officers it was likely sugar from Krispy Kreme doughnuts he'd eaten, but roadside drug tests were positive for the illegal substance."

Jesus Christ.  Not so.  A false arrest:

"A state crime lab test cleared Rushing several weeks later, and he filed a lawsuit.  Orlando police ended up training more than 730 officers how to properly use the field-test kits."

Goddamned pitiful.

"Riggs-Hopkins was given a written reprimand for making an improper arrest."

Why wasn't he fired?  Has the false arrest of the victim been expunged?  Why should it follow him the rest of his life?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-20-17

Highly reminiscent of Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following.  It's appalling.  Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for.  No longer.

In follow up to a case covered repeatedly in this publication and elsewhere, CNN reports:

"Chicago aviation officials fired two officers and suspended two others involved in the forcible removal of a United Airlines passenger from a packed flight.  Cellphone footage showed security officers on April 9 dragging Dr. David Dao by his arms and legs down the aisle and off the Louisville, Kentucky-bound flight before it took off at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.  Dao was left bloodied and bruised in the incident that created a firestorm for the airline.  Three Chicago Department of Aviation security officers and a sergeant "mishandled a nonthreatening situation that resulted in a physically violent forcible removal of a passenger" aboard the flight, a City of Chicago Office of Inspector General investigation found, officials said Tuesday.  Employees made "misleading statements and deliberately removed material facts from their reports," the investigation found.  The aviation department, acting on the inspector general's findings and recommendations, fired the officer "who improperly escalated the incident," the inspector general's office said. The sergeant "involved in the deliberate removal of facts from an employee report" also was terminated, officials said.  Two officers were suspended, officials said. None of the four was named."

Why not?  The public has a right to know.  Ferociously pointedly, why weren't these criminal jackbooted bastards prosecuted?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk?  Get what you truly deserve.


10-20-17

The Sessions nazi grows impatient.  So does his fuhrer, the Trump nazi.  The Washington Times reports:

"The Justice Department has issued a final warning to five of the 10 jurisdictions it accused of having “sanctuary” policies that defy federal immigration laws, saying they have until Oct. 27 to submit additional evidence proving compliance or risk losing grant money.  Letters conveying the Justice Department’s preliminary assessment of the jurisdictions’ local laws and policies were sent Wednesday. Cook County, Illinois; Chicago; New Orleans; New York City; and Philadelphia were all warned that the Justice Department believes these cities have laws or policies that run afoul of federal immigration law."

This will quickly be challenged in court.

"Jurisdictions that adopt so-called ‘sanctuary policies’ also adopt the view that the protection of criminal aliens is more important than the protection of law-abiding citizens and of the rule of law,” Mr. Sessions said."

Deliberate perverse distortion of reality by the Sessions nazi.  Adolf and Benito?  High-fiving from their fiery perches.  Outrageously unconstitutional federal statutes and/or executive orders endanger law-abiding citizens as well  as the undocumented by effectively forcing the undocumented not to report violent crime perpetrated against them.  To say nothing of not reporting crime the undocumented witness perpetrated against American citizens.

"The jurisdictions accused of violating federal immigration statutes had previously defended their local policies, saying they were compliant and should not lose grant funding.  Philadelphia officials struck a defiant note, writing in a letter to the Justice Department that a local policy banning city officials from inquiring about residents’ immigration status does not violate federal law because if the city doesn’t have the information, its officials can’t be required to share it.  “The federal statute does not require cities to inquire about or collect immigration status information, but only prohibits cities from restricting the sharing of that information if they have it,” wrote City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante."

Sue the living shit out of the Trump nazi and his henchmen.

NBC News reports:

"Critics say the move could hurt efforts by cities to persuade immigrants to cooperate with state and local law enforcement."

This is a threat not only to the undocumented, but the entire citizenry.  Stands in the way of law enforcement doing its job to combat crime:

"Mayors of major U.S. cities, including Chicago and New York, have vowed to protect their respective immigrant populations from federal enforcement, saying immigrants are crucial in working with local law enforcement to solve crimes.  “We are reviewing DOJ’s response, and are prepared to fight to protect critical public safety funding," Seth Stein, a mayoral spokesman for New York, told NBC News."

Again, sue the living shit out of Trump and his henchmen.

"Chicago sued the Justice Department in August, accusing it of forcing the city to police undocumented immigrants in a way that would violate peoples' rights, damage public trust and make the city less safe.  At the heart of the dispute are detainer requests, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asking local law enforcement to hold suspected criminals believed to be in the country illegally for up to 48 hours after they are scheduled to be released."

Outrageously, unconstitutional.  No more than false imprisonment.

"Sessions ratcheted up the administration's tough talk on illegal immigration at a news conference Thursday morning in Falls Church, Virginia, where he discussed how the government is working to overhaul the immigration system and asylum application process.  "This is a compassionate country and lawfully admits more immigrants than any country in the world," Sessions said, "but we must recognize that our generous system is being terribly abused."

The Sessions nazi is either hopelessly delusional or a congenital liar.  Our formerly great country is no longer compassionate.  Has not been for decades.  Worse, became a de facto fascist police-state after the 9/11 catastrophe.  USA 'Patriot' Act, Homeland 'Security' Act, 'Real' ID Act.  List can certainly go on and on.

Now, Trump and his henchmen are determined to transform this goddamned fascist police-state to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.  We've been sold out by both major political parties on behalf of their corporate masters who've lined their pockets.

Subsequent to writing the above and in a related matter, Trump and his henchmen got their asses figuratively kicked hard in court.  Two different courts.  NPR reports:

"A federal judge in Maryland has blocked parts of President Trump's most recent attempt to impose broad limits on who can enter the U.S., granting a motion for a preliminary injunction that was filed by plaintiffs led by the International Refugee Assistance Project.  The plaintiffs "have established that they are likely to succeed on the merits," District Judge Theodore Chuang wrote in the Tuesday order in dealing another setback to the Trump administration's attempt to ban travel to the U.S. by citizens of certain countries.  In his ruling, Chuang wrote that President's own Tweets helped convince him that the latest policy is a "inextricable re-animation of the twice-enjoined Muslim ban" that Trump called for on the campaign trail, and is therefore likely to be found unconstitutional."

You think?

"Chuang said the plaintiffs "are likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief, and that the balance of the equities and the public interest favor an injunction."  The judge's order was filed one day before Trump's ban was set to take effect. It follows a similar order Tuesday from a federal judge in Hawaii in a related case."

"In both Maryland and Hawaii, the judges limited their latest rulings to travelers from the six Muslim-majority countries on the list. North Korea and Venezuela are not affected by these rulings; the restrictions on travel from those countries can go into effect."

Both rulings will be appealed by the Sessions nazi.


10-20-17

In follow up to earlier editions of this publication here and elsewhere, NPR reports:

"Free-agent NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has filed a grievance against the NFL and team owners alleging that they colluded to keep him out of the league following his pregame protests during the National Anthem.  Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who took a knee during the playing of the national anthem before games last season to protest police treatment of blacks, alleges that the NFL and team owners violated anti-collusion provisions in the league's collective bargaining agreement with its players.  "If the NFL (as well as all professional sports teams) is to remain a meritocracy, then principled and peaceful protest — which the owners themselves made great theater imitating weeks ago — should not be punished and athletes should not be denied employment based on partisan political provocation by the Executive Branch of our government," Kaepernick's attorney, Mark Geragos said in a statement, according to ESPN.  "Such a precedent threatens all patriotic Americans and harkens back to our darkest days as a nation. Protecting all athletes from such collusive conduct is what compelled Mr. Kaepernick to file his grievance," Geragos said."

Good for him.  About time.  Most importantly?  Good for the First Amendment.

While Trump ripped into the NFL vis a vis player exercise of the right to protest during the National Anthem, the Trump nazi, himself, demonstrated callous regard for the Stars and Stripes.  The Washington Post reports:

"After he had repeatedly railed against professional athletes over perceived slights to the American flag and military, President Trump joked on Wednesday about a bugle call that is part of the armed forces’ time-honored tradition of showing respect for the Stars and Stripes.  The bugle call occurred during Trump’s interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, conducted in an airplane hangar used by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in Harrisburg and before the president’s address on tax revision.  “What a nice sound that is. Are they playing that for you or for me?” Trump said before turning to the audience. “They’re playing that in honor of his ratings,” he added, referencing the popularity of Hannity’s news program."

Jesus Christ.  Give me a break.  Gets worse, far worse.  Get this:

"Trump went back to speaking about economic growth as several audience members behind him stood up. The bugle call was “Retreat,” which signifies the lowering of the American flag on a military installation. Although Trump attended a military high school, the commander in chief appeared unaware of the music’s meaning.  The White House did not respond to questions seeking to understand Trump’s familiarity with this military tradition."

Why would they?  How could they?  How do you explain boorish behavior by a president who went to a military high school?  How?

"One of the first subjects taught to new members of the armed forces is customs and courtesies, including respect for the flag. Service members are required to stand at attention and salute when they are outside and “Retreat” plays.  Most military bases have loudspeakers to play “To The Color” when the flag is raised in the morning and “Retreat” when it is lowered in the evening. Regardless of whether a service member can see the flag being raised or lowered, they will stop and face in the direction of the music to salute. All outdoor activity on a military base stops when this bugle call sounds. Service members talking or exercising will stop. It they are driving a vehicle, they will pull over."

Think Trump doesn't know this?  Despite attending a military school?  Give me a break.

The following?  Exceptionally poignant:

"In 2007, comedian Robin Williams was performing for service members at an American base in Kuwait when his show was interrupted by “Retreat.” The entire audience stood to salute, while Williams removed his hat and stood quietly. “I’m not going to forget that,” Williams said after the ceremony was over.  Footage of Williams’s solemn reaction was captured by a soldier and later featured on “Late Night with David Letterman.” It’s since been viewed millions of times on YouTube."

Hat's off to the soldiers and the late, great Robin Williams.  Any questions?

Subsequent to writing the above, the Trump nazi did not get his way.  The Washington Times reports:

"President Trump blasted the NFL Wednesday over its decision to “not force” players to stand for the national anthem.  “The NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “Total disrespect for our great country!”  He was referring to a statement issued by the NFL Tuesday saying that owners and players agreed to work together to “promote positive social change and address inequality in our communities.”  The statement did not indicate any change in league policy that would require players to stand during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner, despite Mr. Trump’s urging of such a rule."

Tough, isn't it?  The petulant nazi didn't get his way.  Doesn't your heart bleed?  The protest has nothing to do with respect for the Flag, Anthem, the military, the country itself, police who do their jobs lawfully, constitutionally, non-abusively.  Rather, it has to do with the abusive, inept, criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who murder innocent unarmed civilians on the job with impunity.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril


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