Decay In Law Enforcement 22

Liberty In Peril

formerly,

The Llano Ledger

8-24-18

Sadly, Aretha Franklin has passed on. NPR reports:

"Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76. Franklin sold more than 75 million records during her life, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. She took soul to a new level and inspired generations of singers who came after her."

No one did it quite like her. One of the finest singers of her era.

"In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart," Franklin's family wrote in a statement. "We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds. "We have been deeply touched by the incredible outpouring of love and support we have received from close friends, supporters and fans all around the world. Thank you for your compassion and prayers. We have felt your love for Aretha and it brings us comfort to know that her legacy will live on. As we grieve, we ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time."No one's life can be condensed to one word — but Aretha Franklin came close when she sang one word: "Respect."

... Can still remember hearing the chill-eliciting opening riff of Chain of Fools back in '67 for the first time, -- and what came after as she took flawless command of the recording with her backup singers and fellow musicians. Incredible talent.

8-24-18

The following is precisely what not to do. Never, ever, never take justice into your own hands. CBS News reports:

"An Arizona father is charged with murder after police say he beat a man to death who was reportedly trying to go into the bathroom stall his daughter was in. Melvin Harris is accused of killing Leon Armstrong, 26, earlier this month at a QuikTrip convenience store in Phoenix. On August 2, Harris and his teenage daughter visited the QT convenience store just before midnight so she could use the restroom. What was supposed to be a brief stop has instead had a life-changing impact on two families."

This was a police matter. Should have remained such.

"What do you think your dad was doing that night?" CBS News correspondent Carter Evans asked. "Protecting me," Harris' 16-year-old daughter said. Her mother asked that we do not disclose the teen's name. The daughter said she regrets telling her father what happened inside the convenience store. "Now someone's dead. And now everyone's coming at me like I did something to him," the daughter said."

There was no exigent threat to the young lady when her father killed this guy. Was after the fact. Outside the store.

Here are the facts:

"According to court records, inside the store, a man entered the women's restroom and tried to get into her closed and locked stall door. Shortly after the teen told her dad what happened, Harris alerted a security guard "to take care of the situation or he would do it himself. Security told him they would handle the situation." "Security was like, 'Oh, yeah, we don't play that. That's the third time he did that. We're gonna eff him up if you don't do it,'" the daughter said."

That's a problem. In this country, you don't get to be judge, jury, and executioner. This was a police matter. Needed to remain such. Circumstances were far more complicated than the young lady or her father understood at the time:

"Harris later allegedly approached the man outside the QT, where he "punched him in the face causing the victim to fall." Then he allegedly "struck the victim in the face several more times and also kicked and stopped [sic] [stomped?] on him." "I don't think anybody can be prepared to hear that type of news that someone just was so cruel," said Armstrong's aunt, Kathilena Johnson. She said he suffered from schizophrenia. "Though he did have some mental illness, he was never a person that was considered a pedophile of any sort," Johnson said."

Here are the consequences for not allowing law enforcement to do its job:

"Harris is now facing a charge for second-degree murder. "A guy died here. I mean this is really serious," Carter said to Harris' fiancée, Diana Jackson. "And it's sad because nobody should've died," Jackson said, adding, "She was supposed to be able to go in there and use the restroom and get her a fountain drink and go home."

Indeed. Not clear yet why the security company did not immediately call law enforcement:

"A spokesperson for QuikTrip called the incident a horrible tragedy and said QT will continue to assist law enforcement with their investigation. We also reached out to the security company for comment but have not heard back. Harris alleges he didn't throw the first punch, but police say that doesn't matter."

8-24-18

5-25-18

... Hey, Sheriff? Is it true Llano County Attorney Becky Lange has advised you to stay out of the "Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764" fiasco? That right, Bill? Isn't that obstruction of justice? Also true your deputies have advised the Bolens to accept the status quo and not force the no-trespassing issue with Greene? If so, isn't that also obstruction and official oppression? When will you do your job, Bill? As an elected official, you answer to the public, forget? -- No honor? ... No honor at all? If the foregoing allegations are indeed true, didn't you swear an oath to uphold the law and Constitution? Why aren't you doing so? No guts?

Your deputy has been accused of abusing authority. What action have you taken other than ignore the complaint? Why aren't both Rodriguez and the County Attorney under criminal investigation? The County Attorney appears to be obstructing justice, accepting the word of Greene in lieu of two surveyor companies who strongly assert otherwise. Both the County Attorney and District Attorney have ignored complaints. Par for the course in Llano County, isn't it? Failed to do their jobs. No surprise there, right, Bill? Both receiving 'special consideration' up to and/or including a bribe from Greene? Regardless, clearly, no justice in Nazi Llano County. Bottom line? Desperate need for an outside criminal investigation. Conveniently, forget? This County is ruled by men, certainly not rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose only mandate would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence. Until that happens, the criminal bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole County will continue to do as they please.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."Reminiscent of your goons, isn't it, Sheriff? 'Stupid is as stupid does.' Problem throughout all law enforcement. Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? The Chief and his fellow idiots had their heads clearly up their ass. Think anything will come of it? Especially, in today's climate where anything goes, right, Bill? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Except your goons aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever. By design.

-- That precisely why you refuse to release information on your deputies to the long-suffering public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, sir? Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 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."

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

The enclosed emails were sent to the Llano County Attorney and Sheriff, respectively, vis a vis the above matter. Remain unanswered. The County Attorney appears to be protecting and defending the deputy at behest of Kingsland property owner Johnny Greene. May have received some consideration from Greene up to and including a bribe. Are the County Attorney, Greene, and the Deputy under criminal investigation? If not, why not?

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

As you're well aware, we have an outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept Llano County Sheriff's Office here in Nazi Llano County. Worse, you and your office aid and abet these SS jackbooted bastards in black. The issue at the moment is the same it's been the last six months.

How is it two surveyor companies, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, even the goddamned Sheriff himself now states Kingsland resident James Berardi owns the lots in contention all these months?

Yet, you ludicrously assert that's not the County's legal position. It's not? Why not? You claim you're not a real estate expert. Rather than accept the advice of two surveyor companies, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, and even the Sheriff himself, you've inexplicably chosen to follow the advice of property owner Johnny Greene, -- who conveniently happens to be reportedly in the oil industry.

Question to be asked. Could you have received any 'consideration' in return, -- up to and including a bribe? Only way to know for sure is for the District Attorney to conduct a criminal investigation. Apparently, there has been none. If not, why not?

Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to this Kingsland property owner? To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property.

Our achingly useless, worthless, gutless Sheriff has ignored an email vis a vis the damage this jackbooted thug is responsible for. Interestingly, his fellow officers believe him to be an idiot. Yet, the Sheriff continued to defend this piece of human excrement until he realized this entire fiasco would not be swept under the carpet.

Rodriguez is indeed an idiot. Would you believe this piece of crap ordered the motor home to be moved on to an unmarked unused Llano County road? That motor home has indeed been moved back to where it was parked before Rodriguez forced it to be moved. Why hasn't the County paid for the cost of moving it back? To say nothing of the damage.

Equally pointedly, why is it the County has allowed Theresa Ahrens to park and live in her tiny cottage on that very same road? Why hasn't she been evicted by the County? Why was she assessed taxes on an adjacent improvement she doesn't own?

Why is it, Counselor, Johnny Greene is paying for the attorney retained by Ms. Ahrens? Is Greene attempting to make this all go away by bribery? Greene has also informed Berardi he is going to sue. For what? Has Greene lost his mind?

What about Wells who installed a $4500 septic system on a lot turns out he does not own as a result of Greene, an outrageously inept County, to say nothing of the Llano County Attorney who remains equally determinedly clueless?

How about Bolen who hasn't a pot to piss in, but was nonetheless f--ked over by Greene to say nothing of an egregiously inept County, to say nothing of you and your goddamned equally incompetent office?

None of this is going away, Counselor, -- any time soon. Will not be swept under the carpet as all the other crap going on in this hell hole County. Not a chance. Expect a full expose in this publication whether or not this outrageous fiasco finally gets resolved. Including full public exposure of both the Sheriff and his jackbooted thug.

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

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

c. Liberty In Peril

8-24-18

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? One hundred twenty 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? One hundred twenty 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. One hundred twenty 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.

8-24-18

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

8-24-18

Highly reminiscent of our outrageously bought and paid for judiciary, 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.

Unsustainable status quo. No justice. The Statesman reports:

"An Austin police officer who shot and killed 30-year-old Morgan London Rankins in 2017 will not face criminal charges, according to Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore. The officer, Benjamin Rogers, shot Rankins on Feb. 22 after, according to police, she charged him with a knife."

Certainly, could have used a baton to defend himself. Readers are reminded unarmed United States Marines are taught how to disarm someone with a knife. Why not law enforcement officers?

The victim was mentally ill:

"The events that led to the shooting began when police received an anonymous 911 call from a woman who said someone was trying to blow up her house in the 7900 block of Appomattox Drive. When officers arrived, a Dodge Charger reversed out of the driveway and turned to face them. The vehicle accelerated quickly, forcing police to jump out of the way, the district attorney said. The car came around again and narrowly missed officers a second time, then took off, reaching speeds of 88 mph on Manchaca Road as officers pursued it, the district attorney said. Rogers had monitored the chase on his radio, and was setting up “stop sticks,” which are used to puncture tires, in the road. As Rankins headed for Rogers, she swerved the car in his direction and narrowly missed him, too, the district attorney said. She crashed into a pole seconds later, and Rogers approached with his gun drawn. “Ms. Rankins exited the car with a knife in her hand. Ms. Rankins ignored Officer Rogers’ command to drop the knife and continued toward him,” the district attorney said. “Officer Rogers later told investigators he believed Ms. Rankins had tried to kill him once, and his life was in danger, and so he discharged his firearm.”

Gutless coward in blue:

"Authorities said Rogers fired three shots, two of which hit Rankins. She died at the scene."

Why keep firing after the first high-powered round hit its target?

"Family and friends of Rankins said she struggled with mental illness and was a cancer survivor. She graduated summa cum laude from Huston-Tillotson University in 2016 with a degree in psychology."

Police procedures and tactics need to change.

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.

8-24-18

In follow up to the last edition, ABC News reports:

"A former Baltimore police officer caught on video repeatedly punching a man while on duty has pleaded not guilty to assault and misconduct charges. Arthur Williams, 25, appeared in-person for his initial court hearing on Wednesday after turning himself in the night before. A Baltimore Circuit Court judge ordered for him to be released from jail until his trial on Oct. 23. Prosecutors argued that he should be locked up without bail, according to ABC Baltimore affiliate WMAR. Williams, earlier this week, was indicted on charges of first- and second-degree assault and misconduct in office after video surfaced that showed him beating a man and throwing him to the ground. The victim, 26-year-old Dashawn McGrier, was hospitalized after the attack for a fractured jaw and broken ribs. His attorney objected to the former officer's release on Wednesday and said he should be considered a threat to the community and the police force. Williams' lawyer rejected those claims, describing his client as a family man, a mentor and a Marine with a clean record. He says the video of the altercation only tells part of the story."

Think so?

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.

8-24-18

Think ICE doesn't have a serious problem? CBS News reports:

"A former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two women and using his position to make sure they didn't report the crimes. John Olivas of Riverside was arrested Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges of deprivation of rights under color of law, according to authorities." Prosecutors said Olivas tried to rape a woman and twice raped another woman in 2012 while he was a special agent for ICE homeland security investigations.

"In both cases, prosecutors said Olivas told the women that police wouldn't respond to any crime reports they made because Olivas was a federal law enforcement officer. Olivas could face a potential life sentence if convicted. He's free on $50,000 bond."

What about the rapes? Wasn't he charged by state prosecutors?

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.

8-24-18

Delusionally believe the jackbooted bastards in blue aren't out of control? The following is appalling. Better training will not solve an issue of exceptional aggressive stupidity. The Washington Post reports:

"When Martha Al-Bishara went on a walk near her home in northern Georgia last week, she was on a quest for dandelions. The stroll would end in her getting stunned by a Taser and arrested by police officers."

Readers are reminded dandelions are edible. Flowers and leaves can be added to salads and other dishes. Roots can be roasted and used to brew a coffee-like beverage.

"The 87-year-old woman often ventured outside — with a kitchen knife and a plastic bag in hand — to cut and collect the plants for cooking, her family said. She was doing just that last Friday afternoon when she crossed the street from her home in Chatsworth, Ga., and arrived at a partially fenced lot belonging to a branch of the Boys and Girls Club. There, she began gathering the plants she needed."

Think she wasn't providing a useful public service to the Club, -- getting rid of a weed no one wants on their lawn?

"Someone on the property, however, called 911 to report a woman in a blue dress and a brown headscarf on their site."

Why would an idiot in the Club call the police? Why? Why wouldn't they simply leave her alone? Especially, in view of the following:

“She told me she doesn’t speak English and she’s walking up our bike trail with a knife towards me,” a man said in a 911 call obtained by WRCB News. “She’s old so she can’t get around too well, but ... looks like she’s walking around looking for something like vegetation to cut down or something. She has a bag, too.” The 911 caller added that the woman “didn’t try to attack anybody or anything."

Then, why call the achingly clueless jackbooted bastards in blue? She's an old woman. No threat to anyone. Picking dandelions. Essentially, doing you a favor. What could you possibly been thinking?

Gets worse. Far worse:

"Soon afterward, at around 4:30 p.m., two officers and the chief of the Chatsworth Police Department arrived at the scene, according to a police report. There, a Boys and Girls Club staff member escorted them to the back of the property, where they spotted Al-Bishara standing on a hill, still holding a “a white plastic bag in her left hand and a steak knife in her right hand.” It was unclear if the officers realized Al-Bishara did not speak English but, according to police, the woman did not respond to multiple verbal requests to put down her knife. Instead, she reportedly continued walking and collecting dandelions. “While we were approaching the female she bent down to the ground and cut a weed and stood back up holding the weed in her left hand with the plastic bag,” the police report stated. " We kept telling her to drop the knife. The female would look at us. Her demeanor was calm even seeing us with our guns out."

You're goddamned f--king idiots. Unfit to be officers. Too stupid to wipe your ass.

Gets worse. Get this:

"The Chatsworth police chief at one point threw his own pocket knife on the ground “in an attempt to show the female that we wanted her to drop the knife,” according to the report. When Al-Bishara still didn’t respond and began walking down the hill toward the police, one of the officers turned on his Taser and pointed it at the woman, the report said. When she about five yards away, with the same “calm” demeanor and facial expression, the officer shot his Taser, striking Al-Bishara in the chest and sending her to the ground, the report said."

This woman is nearly 90-years-old. Presented no threat to anyone. What could you aggressively stupid, achingly ignorant bastards possibly been thinking?

"The Dalton Daily Citizen-News, which reviewed body camera footage from the incident, said that Al-Bishara could be heard crying out as the Taser prongs hit her and that she was still “lightly sobbing and speaking in Arabic” after officers handcuffed her and brought her to her feet. Al-Bishara was charged with obstruction of an officer and criminal trespassing, then taken to the Murray County Detention Center, according to police records."

We've lost ourselves. Lost our country.

"Chatsworth Police Chief Josh Etheridge, who was at the scene, defended his officers' use of force earlier this week. “In my opinion, it was the lowest use of force we could have used to simply stop that threat at the time,” Etheridge told the Daily Citizen-News. “And I know everyone is going to say, ‘An 87-year-old woman? How big a threat can she be?’ She still had a knife. ... An 87-year-old woman with a knife still has the ability to hurt an officer.”

Jesus Christ. You're too damned stupid to be an officer, never mind a chief. True threat was your insanity, Chief, and that of your fellow idiots. Not this woman.

"Al-Bishara’s family members disagree [With the Chief] and say the police, who responded with guns drawn, unnecessarily escalated the situation. One family member, Al-Bishara’s daughter-in-law, arrived at the scene shortly after the arrest and told officers Al-Bishara has dementia and only speaks Arabic, the police report stated." “She’s picked dandelions from there before and she had a bag of dandelions and a kitchen knife,” one of Al-Bishara’s granddaughters, Martha Douhne, told Channel 9 News. “I think it just fully escalated.”

The Chief and his goons were the problem. To say nothing of the jackass who called them. No judgment. None.

"Neither Etheridge nor the Boys and Girls Club of Murray County responded to requests for comment Friday."

What could they say? How can you possibly defend the indefensible? Abject insanity?

"Douhne said the family was deferring questions about the case to their attorney but confirmed facts about Al-Bishara’s family and history to The Washington Post. Her grandmother had immigrated to the United States from Syria more than two decades ago and is a naturalized citizen, Douhne said. Al-Bishara lives with her husband and other extended family members in Chatsworth, a city near the Tennessee border about 85 miles north of Atlanta. Jeff Dean, an attorney for Al-Bishara’s family, said they are working to get the charges against the elderly woman dropped and are “evaluating what we’ll do as far as an unreasonable use of force case” against the police department. “The folks from the Boys and Girls Club, when they made their phone call to 911, clearly stated she was not a threat to anybody and told them she was gathering vegetation,” Dean said. “Clearly, there was no threat.”

Sue the living shit out of everyone involved. Fight to change sovereign immunity statutes that protect and coddle these sons of bitches.

"Douhne told The Post her grandmother spent about two and a half hours in jail, then another two and a half hours at the hospital to get her health checked. She was okay physically but seemed to still struggling with the incident in her head. “She is still repeating the incident over in her mind and telling us she didn’t mean for this to happen and apologizing that she didn’t want to bring this on us,” Douhne told the Daily Citizen-News Monday. “She is having trouble sleeping and is stressed.”

Post traumatic stress, -- courtesy of idiots too damned stupid to be officers.

"Al-Bishara’s great-nephew, Solomon Douhne, didn’t mince words in an interview with the same newspaper. “If anything, [Al-Bishara] was confused and didn’t know what was going on,” said Douhne, a former police officer in a neighboring department. “It was a ridiculous turn of events. If three police officers couldn’t handle an 87-year-old woman, you might want to reconsider hanging up your badge.”

You think? No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all levels and branches of government.

Quotes above are courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Amy B Wang.

Reminiscent of your goons, isn't it, Sheriff? 'Stupid is as stupid does.' Problem throughout all law enforcement. Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? The Chief and his fellow idiots had their heads clearly up their ass. Think anything will come of it? Especially, in today's climate where anything goes, right, Bill? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Except your goons aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever. By design.

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8-24-18

In follow up to an earlier edition, ABC News reports:

"More details around the police shooting of a black man in Chicago emerged after authorities released never-before-seen video Thursday. Harith Augustus, 37, a barber in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, was shot to death on July 14. His death sparked protests in the city that resulted in clashes between the police and residents. The officer who shot Augustus was placed on desk duty. In one of the 18 new videos released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Thursday, the officer's body camera captured the aftermath of the shooting. In the video, as the sound kicks in just as Augustus falls to the ground, screams can be heard and the officer says in a shaken voice, "Police shot. Shots fired to police... or police officer.." (There had been no shots fired at police during the incident.)"

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it?

"He then whispers to himself, "F--k."

Jackbooted, gutless son of a bitch in blue.

"When another officer, a woman, moves towards him and asks him, "You OK? You all right?" he says to her, "Why did he have to pull a gun on us?" The officer can be heard later in the video saying "I had to."

Lying, gutless jackbooted son of a bitch.

"The officer is later heard saying, "He was going to shoot us." and at another point saying, "He pulled a gun on us."

More lying bullshit coming from a gutless, clueless son of a bitch.

"I know he did, I know he did. Look at me, you're OK," she responds and he starts to pace, then heads towards the body. After the shooting, police had said that officers approached Augustus after they noticed a bulge in his waistband that they believed was a weapon."

Shoot first, ask questions later. Gutless pieces of shit.

"As he became combative, flailing away, he broke free from the officers and they thought he appeared to be reaching for a weapon -- which he did have a weapon on him -- and officers tragically shot this man," Chicago Police Chief Fred Waller said. Police said they recovered a semiautomatic-type weapon and magazines from Augustus after the shooting."

Had not pulled the weapon. Killed him anyway. Forget? The jackbooted way.

Here's the problem with the video:

"The 18 new videos released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability are a combination of footage from different body cameras, a police observation device mounted at a distance, and videos recorded by "third parties" -- including surveillance cameras on nearby stores. Critics said the release of different and incomplete portions of the video with a gap of several weeks cast doubt on the police's commitment to transparency, Chicago ABC station WLS reported."

Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit. How can law enforcement be trusted when they continue to lie like hell, manipulate, doctor evidence, video, etc., -- to protect their sorry, disingenuous, lying asses?

"Standish Willis, the attorney for Augustus' family, spoke on camera and pointed out that little is known of what prompted the struggle and what police said to Augustus just before the shooting. "It's hard to determine why they would pick this young man and decide to go after him," he said. "They say... that they thought he had a gun. Well, I don't know if that's enough nowadays to start going after somebody and end up shooting them in the back several times." Augustus suffered wounds to the "back of his head, left shoulder, chest and buttocks," the Chicago Tribune reported, citing the Cook County medical examiner's office."

Legalized murder by the achingly gutless, criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. No justice. The American Way.

"In the immediate aftermath of the fatal shooting, protests began in the area. WLS captured video of protesters pushing and shoving back and forth with police officers. Police said three or four officers suffered minor injuries in the protests when demonstrators threw rocks and glass bottles at them and four protesters were arrested."

Remain non-violent. Always. If not, you grant these corrupt, abusive, clueless, gutless, criminal sons of bitches carte blanche to murder on the job with impunity. Don't give the bastards the satisfaction.

"Just hours after the shooting, the Chicago Police Department released a preliminary statement about the shooting saying the officer who fired the shots would be "placed on routine administrative duties for a period of 30 days."

Why wasn't he immediately arrested, jailed, and quickly charged? Accorded the very same treatment as other offenders.

"The shooting is under investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability."

Means shit squat in the de facto fascist police-state we now live in, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

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8-24-18

More of the same. The nazi SS jackbooted bastards in ICE continue to strikingly, determinedly, concertedly emulate their mentors, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. NPR reports:

"A man who was driving his pregnant wife to the hospital on Wednesday was detained because of an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Mexico related to a homicide case, according to immigration officials."

Think so? Things are not always what they seem to be.

"Joel Arrona-Lara and his wife, María del Carmen Venegas, had scheduled a cesarean section and were headed to the hospital when they stopped for gas in San Bernardino, Calif. After pulling into the gas station, surveillance footage shows two other vehicles pulling in and surrounding the couple's van on either side. Venegas told CBS Los Angeles that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials got out of the other vehicles and asked for identification from the couple. While Venegas had hers and gave it to them, her husband had left his at home. When Arrona-Lara could not provide his ID, Venegas says the agents asked him to step out of the vehicle and took him into custody. Seen visibly upset on the surveillance footage, Venegas was left alone at the station and forced to drive herself to the hospital to give birth to her fifth child, Damian."

Nazi motherf--kers. Couldn't even transport her to the hospital. Proud to be an American?

"ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley said Arrona-Lara "was brought to ICE's attention due to an outstanding warrant issued for his arrest in Mexico on homicide charges," in a statement on Saturday."

Think so?

"In an interview with The Associated Press, Venegas says she and Arrona-Lara arrived in the United States 12 years ago from Mexico. She said they do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S., but that all five of the couple's children were born here and are U.S. citizens."

Doesn't matter to the Trump nazi and his henchmen. Republicans? Party of the family? Think so?

"I feel terrible," Venegas told the AP from the hospital after giving birth, adding that Arrona-Lara is a hard worker and the family's only provider. "We need him now more than ever."

Doesn't matter to these goddamned nazis who falsely proclaim to be Christians. They're not. They're nazis. National socialists. Fascists. Forget? Both Hitler and Mussolini claimed to be Christians. Think they were?

"According to a statement from ICE, the agency's Fugitive Operations Team detained Arrona-Lara and he is in custody with pending removal proceedings. "ICE continues to focus its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security. ICE conducts targeted immigration enforcement in compliance with federal law and agency policy. However, ICE will no longer exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement. All of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States."

No due process. No justice. Forget? Immigration 'courts' are not part of the Judicial Branch. They're run and owned by the racist AG Sessions nazi and his 'Justice' Department. A ruse.

Here's the kicker:

"Emilio Amaya Garcia, director of the San Bernardino Community Service Center and an attorney representing Arrona-Lara, told CBS Los Angeles he had contacted the Mexican consulate and that officials there were not able to confirm the homicide charges ICE cited."

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it?

"Garcia told the AP that his nonprofit plans to file a motion in court on Monday to request a bail hearing for Arrona-Lara and ask that the removal proceedings be canceled."

Good luck.

CBS News reports:

"On Saturday, ICE said Arrona-Lara had, in fact, been targeted because he is wanted on an outstanding homicide warrant in Mexico, a detail that was not included in the original statement. His attorney told CBS Los Angeles he is not aware of any such warrant and has been unable to confirm it from the Mexican consulate. "So far, we haven't been able to verify anything," Emilio Amaya Garcia told CBS News Sunday. He added that as far he knows, Arrona-Lara is being held for removal, not on an extradition order. He said he hopes to get some clarification Monday once the consulate opens. Garcia and Venegas believe that authorities might have mistaken Arrona-Lara for his brother, who she says has done jail time in Mexico. She admitted she and her husband are in the United States without green cards, and that he has been in the country for 12 years. The couple have five children. Whether the warrant turns out to be real or not, Garcia told CBS the way Venegas was left alone was wrong. "For us, the issue is not so much the arrest, but the fact that ICE acted in total disregard for health and the well-being of the mother," said Garcia. Garcia said he is hoping a judge will grant his client bail."

Jackbooted nazi storm troopers.

Insult to injury? Galling Aryan arrogance perversely taken to the extreme? Get this. The Washington Post reports:

"President Trump on Monday will offer public praise of federal immigration officers and tout them as “heroes” at a White House event aimed at drawing a sharp contrast with Democrats over the enforcement of border control laws."

They're nazi SS jackbooted criminal bastards reminiscent of Hitler's SS.

"An estimated 150 officers and agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection are expected to participate in the “Salute to the Heroes” program, which will feature a panel discussion among lawmakers and state representatives with hard-line immigration views. Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and the attorney general of Alabama, Steve Marshall, are among them."

Republican national socialists, fascists, nazis. Disgrace to themselves and our formerly great country. An embarrassment.

"In a letter to state and local officials, Trump hailed the officers and agents as “courageous public servants” and said they have been “subjected to a nationwide campaign of smears, insults, and attacks by politicians shamelessly catering to the extreme elements in our society that desire lawlessness and anarchy.”

Abject bullshit. No truth to it. Quite the opposite. Law enforcement that does its job non-abusively, non-murderously, constitutionally is desperately needed and appreciated. Remains the problem, however, most of them are out of control criminal jackbooted bastards. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The event is the latest sign that the president is eager to elevate ICE as a campaign issue ahead of the midterm elections. Trump has sought to use calls from a small number of high-profile Democrats to abolish the agency to paint his political rivals as weak on enforcement, which the White House believes will be a potent political message in the fall. Trump has also blamed Democrats for opposing funding for his border wall and proposals to enact deep cuts in legal immigration levels. “Obviously, the president views immigration as a wedge issue that plays to his advantage,” said John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director in the Obama administration."

What treasonous, treacherous, traitorous nazi wouldn't?

"Sandweg acknowledged that Trump’s event could help boost spirits at ICE, which traditionally has reported low morale among rank-and-file agents. But he cautioned that thrusting an agency with 20,000 employees into the political spotlight could make it harder for ICE to be effective, noting that a growing number of cities have limited cooperation with federal immigration operations."

Needs to continue and spread more widely. These criminal jackbooted bastards present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. ... Right, Sheriff?

“There are lots of folks at ICE and CBP that deserve praise, but this is all designed to be political,” Sandweg said. “In the long run, it hurts because it further politicizes the issue and the agency itself.” ICE, and to a lesser extent CBP, have been the targets of fierce criticism for years from immigrant rights groups, accused of acting recklessly, cruelly and, in some cases, unlawfully to round up and deport undocumented immigrants."

The criticism is more than justified. ... Right, Sheriff?

"At the White House panel discussion Monday, ahead of Trump’s remarks, Perdue denounced those who have suggested abolishing ICE. “I just think it’s unconscionable, frankly, I think it’s downright unpatriotic and treasonous,” he said."

What is certainly unpatriotic and treasonous is a national socialist, fascist, nazi fuhrer in the Oval Office.

“We’re protecting American workers, supporting American law enforcement — including ICE,” Trump said at a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio, this month. “We love ICE.”

What national socialist wouldn't love criminal jackbooted nazi SS storm troopers?

NPR reports:

"President Trump praised federal agents protecting the nation's borders and enforcing immigration laws, calling them "great patriots" and telling them, "We love you, we support you, we will always have your back."

They're jackbooted nazi storm troopers. Reminiscent of Hitler's SS.

"Speaking before agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection officers, Trump lashed out at opponents of ICE and CBP (which Trump repeatedly referred to as CBC) who have blocked access to ICE offices and called for abolition of the agency over the administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents and strict enforcement of immigration laws."

Clearly, our lunatic nazi fuhrer has no clue. CBC? Give me a break. Wake up. Pretend you're not an idiot, Mr. 'President.' Isn't the GOP the party of the family? Clearly, not. Manifest Destiny is no more than Aryan arrogant horse shit. Readers are reminded our UNDOCUMENTED forebears arrived in this continent centuries ago, STOLE it from its native inhabitants, KILLED as many of them as they could, then BROKE every goddamned treaty signed.

"The vast majority, they're all with you," Trump said, calling opponents a small group that gets a lot of publicity."

More horse shit. More wishful thinking by this out of control, lunatic, nazi fuhrer.

"They have no courage, they have no guts, just big loudmouths. We don't want to put up with that. ... I just want you to know that you're loved, you're loved, and you're respected."

Jesus Christ. This achingly clueless, hopelessly disingenuous, congenital lying nazi is clearly describing himself. The criminal jackbooted bastards in ICE and CBP are not loved. They're despised. Not respected, scorned. For damned good reason. They're unpatriotic, un-American, jackbooted traitors.

"A recent Pew poll found that ICE has become one of the most polarizing federal agencies, with nearly three-quarters of Republicans viewing ICE favorably while the same number of Democrats view it unfavorably."

For damned good reason. They're criminal, jackbooted, nazi SS storm troopers.

"Trump seemed to confirm that split, telling the audience, "The Republicans, we're with you all the way" and that people "respect law and order," hinting he intends to make that an issue in the upcoming midterm elections."

Law and order? How is it law and order when the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are killing innocent unarmed civilians all over our formerly great country? How so? Trump remains no more than a delusional national socialist despot. Has disgraced himself and this country. No longer a democratic republic. In name only.

"He said what he called a "phony blue wave" of Democratic wins would mean "crime and open borders, not good."

Another lie by a hopelessly delusional despot, out of control dictator suffering delusions of grandeur. A congenital liar. Neither party is worth a shit. For totally different reasons.

Carefully, consider the following. Think it isn't indicative of the Trump nazi's profound racism?

"Trump singled out several ICE and Border Patrol agents during his remarks, including Border Patrol agent Adrian Anzaldua, who was responsible for discovering a tractor-trailer containing nearly 80 immigrants in Laredo, Texas. Trump asked Anzaldua to come up to the stage to recount his actions, saying, "He speaks perfect English."

Jesus Christ. Wake up. Along the same lines, consider the following. NPR reports:

"Trump's Sunday morning Twitter storm also included another, stranger historical reference. It urged Americans to "study Joseph McCarthy," suggesting that Mueller's probe was so unfair and out-of-bounds that it made the notorious 1950s Red-hunter "look like a baby."

No comparison. Trump is talking out his achingly delusional, hopelessly ignorant ass.

"McCarthy's first years in office attracted little attention outside his home state of Wisconsin. But in February 1950 he gave a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., alleging that he had a list of actual communists working in the U.S. State Department.

"Sen. Joseph McCarthy listens to his attorney, Roy Cohn, during the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. The series of hearings badly damaged the senator's image and led to a vote of censure by the Senate.
Bettmann Archive/Getty IMages"

"Trump was only 10 when McCarthy died. But he has a personal connection to him through Roy Cohn, who returned to New York City and became a legendary paladin for powerful politicians, mob bosses, sports figures and entertainers. Trump and Cohn met at a Manhattan nightclub in 1973, when Trump and his father, Fred, were being sued by the federal government for racial discrimination in their rental units. Cohn advised the Trumps to defy the government, and defended them in court. The case eventually settled with no admission of guilt. Trump would later describe Cohn not only as his attorney but as a mentor."

Get this:

"One of Cohn's proteges, Roger Stone, would become a confidant and sometime aide to Trump. Stone had worked for the Nixon re-election effort back in 1972 as an opposition researcher and operative — sometimes described as a "dirty trickster," although he was not among those prosecuted in the Watergate era. He later set up a lobbying firm in Washington with Paul Manafort, who would be Trump's campaign chairman for several months in 2016. Cohn's ultra-aggressive lawyering eventually led to his disbarment in 1986 for unethical conduct. He died later that year of complications of AIDS (insisting in public that he was suffering from liver cancer). But 30 years later, experiencing frustrations as he moved into the White House, Trump was still missing his mouthpiece and mentor, and reportedly asking his inner circle: "Where's my Roy Cohn?" Trump has since relied on a succession of personal lawyers — among them John Dowd, Ty Cobb, and now Rudy Giuliani — who are not likely to make him forget Roy Cohn. And any thought that his White House Counsel, McGahn, was filling that role would now seem ill-conceived."

What webs we weave. Trump is a racist. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, guess what? It's a duck.

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8-24-18

The insanity never ends. ABC News reports:

"A teenager who was stopped by Sacramento police for not having a light on his bicycle ended up being hit by a cop car going 27 mph in dramatic video released by the department Friday. The incident, which has already prompted the department to promise to improve its training, is earning more criticism for a department under fire for the shooting death of Stephon Clark earlier this year. The collision happened on July 22 when the 16-year-old was pulled over by an officer while riding his bike because he did not have a light on it. It happened at about 10 p.m. in the city's Del Paso Heights neighborhood in northeast Sacramento."

It is stupid and extremely dangerous to ride a bicycle at night with no lights. The kid should have been stopped, but what ensued became a far more serious issue:

"The video showed the officer engaging in conversation with the teen before he takes off running. The officer who was speaking to the cyclist chased him on foot, according to police, while a second police SUV was called to assist in the pursuit."

Never, ever, never run from police. Doing so grants the jackbooted bastards carte blanche to do as they please with virtual impunity.

"In the video, the officer driving the SUV was seen turning left suddenly -- as the teen is running down the sidewalk -- and slamming into him at 27 mph, according to the preliminary information on the dash cam released by the Sacramento Police Department. The video showed the teen being tossed into the air by the impact. The police officer immediately exited the vehicle and handcuffed the teenager, who can be heard swearing and then shouting repeatedly, "I'm sorry."

Jesus Christ. That, now, proper police procedure? LOL. ... Running someone down with a vehicle to end the chase? LOL.

"The suspect suffered only minor injuries in the collision."

-- Surprising, isn't it? ... Then again, can remember a drunk trying to cross North Lamar in Austin many years ago getting hit and thrown in the air some fifty feet only to return to the same bar the very next night, -- uninjured. Not the worse for wear.

"Clearly, this collision could have been tragic," Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn said in a statement. "I am grateful the young man was not more seriously injured and that no one else was injured. Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training -- and the officer's adherence to that training -- is as solid as it can be." The police department blamed the accident on understeer, using a diagram to show how the vehicle did not turn as the officer intended and instead slammed into the fleeing teenager."

Believe it? LOL. Trust the bastards to tell the truth? Why? Lie all the time. LOL. Including on the stand. Yet, tell an officer the truth but not what the bastard wants to hear, get hauled to jail and prosecuted for lying to an officer.

“This is something that, you know what I mean, shouldn’t have took place,” Lavar Washington, a family member of the injured teenager who also witnessed the collision, told Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV."

Jesus Christ. You think?

Gets worse:

"It took 10 minutes for the ambulance to arrive to treat him, with Sacramento Police Department Det. James Allen saying, "There was a short delay in the response in the medical aid due to the officers having to facilitate the safe ingress of medical personnel and the egress with the suspect. This delay was due to officers having to maintain scene security due to a large crowd that had gathered."

You think? The public is tired of this shit. Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

"Bystanders in the neighborhood can almost immediately be seen and heard shouting at the officers and yelling, "Why did you hit him?" In body camera footage, someone can be heard shouting, "Now I see why y'all get killed."

Sad, isn't it? Worse? Portend of far worse to come.

"The teenager was given a citation for resisting arrest once released from the hospital two hours after the accident, police said."

All over a goddamned failure to have a light on a bike. Think this isn't overkill? Why wasn't this kid simply given a warning and promptly transported home to his parents after the stop? Let mom and dad deal with it. Especially, since there is no indication this kid had a history with law enforcement.

Height of unadulterated horse shit, failure to take responsibility by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue? Get this:

"Ultimately the investigation has shown that the collision was unintended," Allen said in video released by the department. "Due to the speed that the turn was initiated at, the officer lost control of the patrol vehicle and began to understeer. The officer did not regain control of the vehicle until moments before, or at the time the patrol vehicle came to a stop after the collision had already occurred."

On the other hand, Sacramento police have quite a colorful history of f--king over the community they clearly do not serve:

"Police relations with the community in Sacramento are especially poor after the police shooting of Clark, who was killed on March 18 in his grandmother's backyard after police said they believed his cellphone was a gun. The death triggered widespread protests in the city and even the delay of a Sacramento Kings NBA game after protesters blocked entrances. Protesters also gathered 100,000 signatures, which they submitted to the Sacramento District Attorney's Office calling for the officers to be criminally charged. The Sacramento County coroner's office determined Clark was struck seven times, while a private autopsy requested by the family said he was struck eight times."

Someone's lying. Guess who?

Insult to injury, get this:

"The two police officers have not been charged and returned to work on April 20."

Raw nazism. Trump's Fourth Reich.

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8-17-18

'Protect and Serve' is certainly no empty, meaningless mantra to the Bogota Police Department of Bergen County, N.J.. No, not at all. LOL. The Washington Post reports:

"The flooding was fierce and unexpected in Bergen County, N.J., on Saturday night. A car holding a bridal party became submerged in water, and the bride popped up through the sunroof — still in her wedding gown and shoes. Rain fell as the floodwaters rose on the street along the overflowing Hackensack River in the small borough of Bogota. “Unfortunately due to the quickly rising floodwaters, this bride, her new husband and wedding party friends, got a rough start on things,” the Bogota Police Department said on its Facebook page."

... Did they ever. :)

Bogota's Finest went well beyond the call of duty, however. :)

"Then the department went for a little humor: “The fortunate thing, is we were able to help them through their first rough patch.” Bogota police officers pulled up in a Humvee and helped the bride as she shed her shoes and gracefully climbed out of the sunroof, stepping from the top of her car into the Humvee, according to a Facebook video of the rescue posted by Bogota police. “This was not the normal flood!!” the department said. “This came to over 4 ft high from up stream, in less than 15 minutes!!“

... This happened in New Jersey, not in Texas. LOL. Truly catastrophic, devastating flash flooding along Shoal Creek in Austin years ago can never be forgotten. Not to mention severe, catastrophic flooding occurring periodically in New Braunfels and elsewhere throughout our state.

"Sgt. Geoffrey Cole and officer Michael Laferrera came to the rescue around 6:15 p.m., according to the Hackensack Daily Voice. “We were pretty shocked to see it was a bride and her new husband and their bridal party friends,” Cole told the news site. Extending an arm, Laferrera helped steady the bride, identified by the Hackensack Daily Voice as cosmetologist Sabrina Torrens. The groom and the wedding party followed to safety in the Humvee."

All's well that ends well. LOL.

“It’s definitely not the kind of thing we see every day,” Cole told the news site. On Facebook, the department noted that the couple was away on a honeymoon, and wished them lives filled with joy and adventure (no mention of floods): “Obviously their day has not gone as planned, so let’s congratulate them on their wedding and give them best wishes for a lifetime of love and adventure, starting now!!“

Sorry readers, couldn't resist. LOL. Joke aside, above quotes are courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer who clearly has a heart, Allison Klein. -- While the Bogota PD Facebook post was obviously done tongue-in-cheek by officers, must not be forgotten New Jersey not long ago suffered catastrophic hurricane damage.

8-17-18

In follow up, sadly, tragically, heartrending orca saga continues. The Washington Post reports:

"A grieving orca was spotted off the coast of Washington state Thursday, carrying her stillborn calf through the Pacific Ocean for the 17th day in a journey that has astonished and devastated much of the world. Tahlequah, as the mother has come to be called, gave birth on July 25 in what should have been a happy milestone for her long-suffering clan. As Allyson Chiu wrote for The Washington Post, the pod of killer whales that roams between Vancouver and San Juan Island has dwindled to 75 members over the decades. The cause is no mystery: Humans have netted up the whales’ salmon, driven ships through their hunting lanes and polluted their water, to the point that researchers fear Tahlequah’s generation may be the last of her family. The 400-pound, orange-tinted baby that wriggled out of her that morning was the first live birth in the pod since 2015, Chiu wrote. It lived about half an hour."

Homo sapiens is apparently not the only species that mourns its dead:

"People love to anthropomorphize animals, often fallaciously. But studies have found that orcas really do possess high levels of intelligence and empathy, and emotions that may not be totally alien to our own. So, when Tahlequah did not let her emaciated calf sink to the bottom of the Pacific, but rather balanced it on her head and pushed it along as she followed her pod, researchers thought they understood what was happening. “You cannot interpret it any other way,” Deborah Giles, a killer whale biologist with the University of Washington, told Chiu. “This is an animal that is grieving for its dead baby, and she doesn’t want to let it go. She’s not ready.”

Imagine the effort:

"The act itself was not unprecedented, but researchers said it was rare to see a mother carry her dead for so long. It couldn’t have been easy for her. Tahlequah’s pod travels dozens of miles in a day, Chiu wrote, and she pushed her baby’s hundreds of pounds every inch of the way. She was forever picking up the body as it sank, hoisting it out of the water to take a breath, and repeating. Researchers with the Canadian and U.S. governments and other organizations tracked her all the while, the Seattle Times wrote. They hoped to capture the calf once Tahlequah finally let go, and discover why it had died — as nearly all the babies in this pod seemed to die. But Tahlequah would not let go. Eventually, researchers stopped calling what they were witnessing “rare” and began using the word “unprecedented.” And the phenomenon was no longer of purely scientific interest."

Has certainly captured the interest of the two-legged human animal:

"At the same time, the mother’s obsession has become gravely concerning to researchers. The effort of pushing her calf — for about 1,000 miles by now — is probably making her weak and keeping her from finding enough food. “Even if her family is foraging for and sharing fish with her,” Giles told the Times this week, the whale “cannot be getting the … nutrition she needs to regain any body-mass loss that would have naturally occurred during the gestation of her fetus.” The scientists have ruled out attempting to force her to give up the calf, according to the Times. Her emotional bond is simply too strong. All they can do is hope Tahlequah decides to do so herself before long. Whenever she’s ready."

Finally, desperately needed resolution. NPR reports:

"After carrying her deceased baby for at least 17 days and 1,000 miles, an orca mother has shown signs of returning to normal. She was seen Saturday with fellow members of her pod, chasing a school of salmon. She is no longer carrying her baby, and she looks healthy. "Her tour of grief is now over and her behavior is remarkably frisky," according to a statement on the Center for Whale Research's website. Researchers commonly refer to the mother orca as J-35. She's also known as Tahlequah, a name she was given as part of the adopt a whale program at The Whale Museum on Washington's San Juan Island. Her recovery is important — not just for her own health, but for the health of the rest of her pod. NPR's Colin Dwyer previously reported that "given the fact that orcas move in matrilineal groups, dependent on mothers and grandmothers," Tahlequah's death would put her adult son and others in danger. Not a single orca born in the past three years has been known to survive, according to the Center for Whale Research. That's why the fact that Tahlequah recently gave birth was so exciting, if only for a brief moment. Her calf died just 30 minutes after it was first spotted by a whale watch operator on July 24.

"Jenny Atkinson, executive director of The Whale Museum, told Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson that Tahlequah's grieving period was unusually long. Typically, Atkinson said, researchers have seen mothers carry stillborn calves for "a day or so." But Tahlequah's baby was not stillborn. "She carried this for 17 months before it was born," Atkinson said. "And we know that it swam by her side ... so there is a part of me that believes that the grief could be much deeper, because they had bonded." Atkinson said it made sense that Tahlequah's grief generated a global response. "Orcas ... are charismatic megafauna," she said. "You're going to feel that pain of grief — particularly if you've gone through grief in your own life." For now, it appears that Tahlequah is moving on. Her podmates depend on it."

8-17-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."'Stupid is as stupid does.' Problem throughout all law enforcement. Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? The cop had his head clearly up his ass. Think anything will come of it? Especially, in today's climate where anything goes, right, Bill? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Except your goons aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever.

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

8-17-18

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? One hundred twenty 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? One hundred twenty 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. One hundred twenty 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.

8-17-18

Entrapment. CBS News reports:

"Some Chicago residents are outraged by a police operation that deployed a so-called "bait truck" to nab thieves in the city's Englewood neighborhood last week. Angry residents allege police from a major railroad line left tractor trailers filled with expensive merchandise to lure people into stealing, but police say the operation was necessary to bust thieves who have broken into cargo shipments in recent weeks."

No more than entrapment. Bait.

"The operation was conducted by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police, which has jurisdiction over railroads operated by the Norfolk Southern railroad company, with assistance from the Chicago Police Department. In a statement, Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay said break-ins at rail yards in Southside Chicago have been increasing, and the operation "was intended to directly combat such unacceptable thefts."

No excuse. Ends don't justify the means. Yet, the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue delusionally believe so. Getting quite creative at how they do this:

"Mckenzie was not the only person to capture video of the alleged "bait truck." Martin G. Johnson filmed a similar white tractor trailer the next day on Aug. 3. "He followed them the second day to see how they really do it," Mckenzie said. "It's like they pull the truck over, they arrest the [driver], and I guess they wait for someone else to jump in the truck." Johnson's video shows shows him following the truck, which he believed to be the same one Mckenzie saw, until it's pulled over and the driver is arrested. He calls this a "faked arrest," and says the cops are intentionally leaving the truck behind after taking the driver away in a cruiser. He said the cops then waited to see if anyone attempted to enter the truck.

"Don't touch this truck right here, it's a setup," Johnson warns passersby in the video. When one man gets close to the back of the truck, police officers pull up and start talking to him. The man has a verbal argument with several officers. Toward the end of the video, a new truck driver arrives and drives away. Mckenzie disputes the railroad's claims that the trailers were locked when left by police. "There wasn't [a lock]. How would he cut it off? ... Martin's video shows there was no lock," he said, referring to Johnson's video of the back of the second truck. Two people were arrested in connection to a truck theft on Aug. 2, and one person was arrested in connection to a truck theft on Aug. 3, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) told CBS News via email. "The operation was conducted by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police. CPD assisted with enforcement as necessary," CPD wrote."

Someone's lying. Guess who?

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8-17-18

More of the same. Legalized murder. CBS News reports:

"Newly released video of the deadly shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Tennessee is spurring calls for the officer to be charged with murder. Prosecutors released surveillance footage Wednesday that appears to show Nashville police officer Andrew Delke chasing 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick last month before opening fire. Hambrick was hit three times. The mayor has called for a comprehensive review of the police department while union officials argue the grainy images do not tell the whole story. Daniel's family wants more answers."

Think they'll get them in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich?

"Victoria Hambrick, supported by her family and attorney, believes video showing the shooting of her son Daniel Hambrick on July 26 is proof that deadly force was not justified, reports CBS News' Mark Strassmann. "The police officer chases him with his gun drawn…and at some point he slows down and executes him," attorney Joy Kimbrough said."

So what else is new? ... Right, Sheriff?

"Police say officer Delke was searching for a stolen car when he encountered Hambrick. The video appears to show Hambrick running from the officer before he was shot in the back and head. Police later tweeted a picture of a gun they say Hambrick was carrying and refused to drop. The Nashville Fraternal Order of Police argues Hambrick could have shot the officer at any moment."

Think so? Amazing, isn't it? Shoot first ask, ask questions later. The jackbooted nazi way.

"It is our firm belief that Officer Delke acted reasonably under the totality of the circumstances," James Smallwood, the president of the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police said."

Did your jackbooted bastard get his cookies off becoming judge, jury, and executioner?

"Nashville Mayor David Briley called for calm while the investigation continues but the Hambrick family believes this is an open-and-shut case. "You can see my cousin running for his life. There's no way that he is a threat. No way and we do want justice served for him. He did not deserve it. At all," Daniel Hambrick's cousin said."

Protest must remain peaceful. Otherwise, you grant the criminal jackbooted bastards carte blanche to do as they please. Don't give them the satisfaction. Never, ever, never run from the jackbooted bastards in blue. Grants them carte blanche to murder on the job. With impunity. Again, don't give them the satisfaction. Let them find another way to get their cookies off.

"Officer Delke was placed on administrative leave after the shooting."

Paid 'vacation.' -- While his victim is dead. ... Family suffering.

"Neither the officer nor his vehicle were equipped with cameras."

Convenient, isn't it? Allows the jackbooted bastard to more easily lie with impunity, -- and be believed.

"Hambrick's family, along with the Nashville NAACP is demanding the FBI to conduct a civil rights investigation into the department. CBS News reached out to the police department for comment from the officer, but has not heard back."

Surprised?

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8-17-18

No justice. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports:

"After less than a day of deliberation, a jury of nine men and three women found FBI special agent Joseph Astarita not guilty of lying about a high-profile police shooting during the 2016 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation. Astarita faced two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice. The charges stemmed from a critical moment during the occupation when spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum was shot and killed by Oregon State Police after he fled a traffic stop along a remote stretch of highway in eastern Oregon."

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8-17-18

More of the same. ABC News reports:

"Authorities say a suspended police chief in New Jersey has been buying cocaine online. Prosecutors say Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola went to a post office box to retrieve the order on Thursday. However, detectives had placed a package containing imitation cocaine in the box. Coppola was arrested during a motor vehicle stop in Ridgefield Park. The 43-year-old is charged with attempting to possess cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He's scheduled to make a court appearance on Aug. 22. Coppola was suspended in July after the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office issued a report finding suspected violations of state laws and police guidelines within the department."

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8-17-18

Think this crap will ever end? ABC News reports:

"A video shows a police sergeant in Connecticut telling a group that he was "trigger happy" and would get overtime pay if he has to shoot someone. The Hartford Police Department said Friday that Sgt. Stephen Barone has been placed on administrative leave and an internal affairs investigation is underway. The police union didn't immediately respond to a phone message Friday. The video posted on Facebook shows Barone telling the group that they would be checked for guns and drugs. He says if they tried to flee, he's a "little trigger happy" and added that he gets paid "a ton of money on overtime" if he has to shoot someone. Assistant Police Chief Rafael Medina says "regardless of the context or the intent, those statements are entirely unacceptable."

'Stupid is as stupid does.' Problem throughout all law enforcement. Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? The cop had his head clearly up his ass. Think anything will come of it? Especially, in today's climate where anything goes, right, Bill? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Except your goons aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever.

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8-17-18

Baltimore suffers a seemingly interminable problem with its out of control criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. CBS News reports:

"A Baltimore police officer has resigned after a video surfaced online showing him repeatedly punching a man and knocking him down over steps on a sidewalk Saturday. The recording lasts about 30 seconds. The city's interim police commissioner said the video "deeply disturbed" him."

Called criminal assault perpetrated by a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue. Why wasn't this criminal son of a bitch immediately arrested by his partner?

"The video begins with the officer standing in front of a black man who has his back to a wall. The officer, who is also black, can be seen shoving the man in the chest before the officer starts throwing punches. The man tries to block punches from the officer but doesn't appear to fight back. The man is pushed over some steps by the officer who continues to throw punches, and the video ends with the officer on top of him."

The problem with these cases is the fact criminal officers are not accorded the very seem treatment reserved for their targets. That is, immediate arrest, jailing.

"I'm deeply disturbed by the video that surfaced online," interim Police Commissioner Garry Tuggle said in a statement Saturday. "The officer involved has been suspended while we investigate the totality of this incident. Part of our investigation will be reviewing body worn camera footage."

Jesus Christ. No equal treatment.

"Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith issued an update Sunday saying the officer had quit. "The officer involved in yesterday's incident is no longer with the Baltimore Police Department. Interim Commissioner Tuggle has accepted his resignation," the statement said, adding that a second officer seen in the video "remains on administrative duties. This remains an active criminal investigation."

Think anything will come of it? Symbolism over substance. Empty rhetoric. As the public continues to be abused. Lives put at risk by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"Tuggle is asking any witnesses to contact the department's Office of Professional Responsibility at 410-396-2300."

'Thoughtful' of him, isn't it? Why hasn't he ordered the arrest of this officer? Especially, since this jackbooted thug and his victim have some history:

"Warren Brown, an attorney for the man who was knocked down, identified his client as Dashawn McGrier. Brown said his client faces charges for allegedly assaulting the officer in June, charges McGrier is contesting in court. Brown said the officer saw McGrier on Saturday and tried to provoke him as a result of their June encounter. "He is charged with assaulting that officer then, and so here this officer now is like, you know, going after him," Brown said. Brown said a court date is set for Aug. 22 on the assault charges, and he said video of that encounter between the two men also exists, though he has not seen it. Brown said he has scheduled a Monday news conference to discuss plans for filing a complaint against the officer. "It is just an act of police brutality that was unwarranted, and it just does nothing for police-community relations," Brown said. "It does nothing to lower crime. My client was not involved in any criminal activity. It's just gratuitous violence that's unnecessary and does no good for the city."

Far worse than that, destroys all faith and trust in law enforcement.

"Brown said his client was being treated in a Baltimore hospital. Brown said McGrier "may have suffered a broken jaw, a broken nose, maybe some fractured ribs, and he had difficulty with feeling his left leg, although before I left he did say that he was beginning to get the feel back in his foot, left foot." In a news release Saturday, Smith said the man was not criminally charged and had been released from custody."

Imagine that.

"Smith said the Office of Professional Responsibility "immediately" began investigating after learning of the video. The officer, who has been with the agency for more than a year, was then immediately suspended, Smith said. McGrier's sister, Shantel Allen, told CBS Baltimore, "I was angry. I was crying. I was hurt. The level of force that was used ... was unnecessary." Former NAACP head Ben Jealous, a Democrat who is running for governor, said the video "shows just how far community-police relations have fallen in Baltimore, as well as the work that must be done in partnership with city officials to restore trust." "Building trust begins first and foremost by responding swiftly and transparently, which is why I am heartened that the officer has been suspended pending internal review," Jealous said in a statement. "Long term, we need to be investing in our communities and recruiting police officers who have the temperament, tools, and training to keep us safe without resorting to unnecessary violence."

Empty, meaningless, useless rhetoric. Until these criminal bastards in blue are immediately arrested, jailed, charged, prosecuted, and imprisoned, nothing changes.

"Baltimore entered a federal consent decree last year after federal investigators detailed longstanding patterns of unconstitutional policing, racial profiling and excessive force. A consent decree, filed in federal court and overseen by a monitor, is generally a road map for changes in fundamental police department practices. In Baltimore's case, the agreement mandates changes in the most fundamental aspects of daily police work, including use of force, searches and arrests. Federal authorities began investigating city police following the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who was fatally injured."

Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

In follow up, NPR reports:

"A former Baltimore City police officer has been indicted by a grand jury for criminal charges including first-degree assault after a video surfaced on social media that showed him repeatedly punching a man in the face. The incident in the video happened on Saturday. Hours later, the Baltimore Police Department suspended the officer, now identified as Arthur Williams. Late Sunday, the department accepted his resignation. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby told reporters Tuesday that a warrant has now been issued for his arrest. "It is important that the community knows there is one standard of justice, no matter your sex, race, religion, or occupation," said Mosby. "Police officers are sworn to protect and serve and when that oath is taken for granted and an abuse of that power is evident, we will hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law. This is an integral part to rebuilding trust in our criminal justice system."

Be interesting to see if anything truly comes of this. Question remains, why wasn't this jackbooted bastard immediately arrested by his partner who witnessed the assault?

"The grand jury has charged Williams with misconduct in office, one count of first-degree assault, and one count of second-degree assault. Mosby told reporters that in order to be found guilty of first-degree assault, prosecutors "must also prove that the defendant intended to cause serious physical injury in the commission of the assault."

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8-17-18

Same old shit. CBS News reports:

"Peter Strzok — the FBI special agent who was heavily criticized by President Trump, the president's allies and a blistering Justice Department Inspector General report — has officially been fired from the FBI, according to his lawyer. Strzok became the face of everything Mr. Trump and his allies viewed as problematic with the FBI, after the revelation that he and onetime fellow FBI agent Lisa Page exchanged anti-Trump text messages. Strzok worked on the Hillary Clinton email investigation, and then special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling and any ties to Trump associates. He was removed from the Mueller probe after the messages were discovered, and moved to a different office still within the FBI. Strzok was escorted from FBI headquarters in June, after a DOJ watchdog report was critical of his actions."

Above quote is the background, here is the problem:

"Late Friday afternoon, the Deputy Director of the FBI overruled the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and departed from established precedent by firing 21-year FBI veteran Peter Strzok," Aitan Goelman, attorney for Strzok, said. "In doing so he reversed the decision of the career FBI official responsible for employee discipline who concluded, through an independent review process, that a 60-day suspension and demotion from supervisory duties was the appropriate punishment." "The decision to fire Special Agent Strzok is not only a departure from typical Bureau practice, but also contradicts Director Wray's testimony to Congress and his assurances that the FBI intended to follow its regular process in this and all personnel matters," Goelman continued."

Think the FBI didn't succumb to intense pressure from the Trump nazi?

"Mr. Trump has repeatedly blasted Strzok in tweets, pointing to Strzok as a reason to mistrust Mueller's "rigged witch hunt" investigation. "President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn't happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it," the president tweeted in July. "When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt headed by Strzok!"

Believe ole lunatic Donny Boy isn't doing all he can to obstruct? ... Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit, Mr. 'President?'

The Washington Post reports:

"Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s lawyer, said FBI Deputy Director David L. Bowdich ordered the firing on Friday — even though the director of the FBI office that normally handles employee discipline had decided Strzok should face only a demotion and 60-day suspension. Goelman said the move undercuts the FBI’s repeated assurances that Strzok would be afforded the normal disciplinary process. “This isn’t the normal process in any way more than name,” Goelman said. The FBI declined to comment."

Imagine that. Who'd 'a 'thunk' it? ... Ordered by your fuhrer to remain silent?

"Strzok’s position in the bureau had been precarious since last summer, when Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz told Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III that the lead agent on his team had been exchanging anti-Trump messages with an FBI lawyer. The next day, Mueller expelled Strzok from the group. The lawyer, Lisa Page, had also been a part of Mueller’s team, though she left a few weeks earlier and no longer works for the FBI. She and Strzok were having an affair. President Trump has derided the pair as “FBI lovers,” and he and his conservative allies have pointed to their conduct in an attempt to discredit the Mueller probe."

Jesus Christ. You should talk, Mr. 'President.' Kettle calling the pot black, aren't you, sir?

"As recently as Saturday, Trump tweeted an attack on Strzok, Page and former FBI director James B. Comey and deputy director Andrew McCabe. “Will the FBI ever recover it’s once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Comey, McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, and other top officials now dismissed or fired?” Trump wrote. “So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and losers!”

How so, Donny boy? For doing what? Investigating and reporting the truth about an incompetent national socialist, fascist boob enthroned in the Oval Office? Quickly transitioning the de facto fascist police-state we've lived in quite some time to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Strzok, who was a deputy assistant director for counterintelligence at the bureau, has apologized for sending the messages and said they reflected personal views that did not affect his work. His lawyer has said that had Strzok wanted to prevent Trump’s election, he could have leaked that Trump’s campaign was under investigation for possibly coordinating with Russia — a revelation that might have upended his bid to become president. At a Congressional hearing earlier this month, Strzok sparred with Republican lawmakers who raised questions about his character and even his marriage. He asserted there was “no evidence of bias in my professional actions” and that his having to testify was “just another victory notch in [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s belt and another milestone in our enemies’ campaign to tear America apart.”

NPR reports:

"The FBI made no immediate comment about the news on Monday morning. But President Trump tweeted Monday saying Strzok "finally" had been let go. "The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer," the president also wrote. "Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No Obstruction - I just fight back!"

"Agent Peter Strzok was just fired from the FBI - finally. The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer. Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No Obstruction - I just fight back!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2018"

Keep dreaming, Mr. 'President.'

Trump is clearly shitting. ABC News reports:

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under scrutiny for anti-Trump texts he sent from a work phone during the 2016 presidential campaign and was recently fired.

"Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok is a fraud, as is the rigged investigation he started. There was no Collusion or Obstruction with Russia, and everybody, including the Democrats, know it. The only Collusion and Obstruction was by Crooked Hillary, the Democrats and the DNC!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018"

The following is striking. A son comes out in criticism of his father:

"During his testimony to the House panel last month, Strzok told chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia: "I can assure, Mr. Chairman, at no time, in any of these texts, did those personal beliefs ever enter into the realm of any action I took."

"This isn't just me sitting here telling you – you don't have to take my word for it," Strzok continued. "At every step, at every investigative decision, there were multiple layers of people above me -- assistant director, executive assistant director, deputy director, and the director – and multiple layers of people below me ... all of whom were involved in all of these decisions. They would not tolerate any improper behavior in me any more than I would tolerate it in them. That is who we are as the FBI. And the suggestion that I in some dark chamber somewhere in the FBI would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safeguards, and somehow be able to do this, is astounding to me. It simply couldn't happen. And the proposition that that is going on, that it might occur in the FBI, deeply corrodes what the FBI is in American society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive."

"After news of Strzok's firing on Monday, Goodlatte's son took to Twitter to praise Strzok as a "patriot" and condemn his father's behavior. "I’m deeply embarrassed that Peter Strzok’s career was ruined by my father’s political grandstanding," Bobby Goodlatte wrote. "That committee hearing was a low point for Congress."

Indeed. It was. Raw partisanship at its very worst.

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8-17-18

Think you've heard it all? ABC News reports:

"The parents of a 10-year-old boy with autism in Denton, Texas, say they are planning to take legal action after they received a video that showed their son being repeatedly held to the ground by his neck and handcuffed by a school resource officer. In the events captured by the officer's body camera -- the footage was shared with ABC News and parts of which were corroborated with police reports -- the child, Thomas, appears to try to isolate himself in a cubbyhole when he saw a teacher moving toward him."

This kid is autistic.

"Eric Coulston, a Denton Police Department school resource officer, then stepped forward to help after the teacher pulled Thomas out of the cubbyhole, according to a police report. Coulston carried Thomas to a vacant room, as he kicked, screamed and struggled to get away, according to the footage. "Do you want the handcuffs? Or not?" Coulston asked in the room, according to the video footage, holding the boy face-down on the ground by his neck, as Thomas continued to struggle. Coulston then pulled the boy's arms behind his back and placed the handcuffs on the boy's wrists, adding, "We're back to where we were the other day."

Clueless jackbooted bastard.

"Over the next two hours, Thomas was placed in restraints once more, held down by his neck for long periods of time, and allowed to sit up without the handcuffs when calm, according to a police report. The second time he's placed in handcuffs was when he began to tear up tissues into small pieces and threw them in the direction of his teacher, the report says, adding that another time he slid himself towards the door before he was dragged back to the other end of the room and held down by his arms."

This kid is autistic. These tactics don't work. Clearly, the jackbooted bastard is too stupid to understand this. Apparently, was getting his cookies off abusing this kid.

"It's abuse, the torture, and the hell that he was put through," Emily Brown, Thomas' mother, told ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas of the April 30 incident. The parents say it was only when they noticed Thomas had severe bruises on his body that they suspected he had been subjected to what they believed was an excessive use of force."

Sue the living shit out of the bastards, everyone involved.

"Thomas' parents said they had a detailed behavior intervention plan in place with the school, which listed a set of de-escalation techniques for when he became agitated. Nowhere in that list, they said, was the use of restraints or holding him down to the ground with force permitted. "It was abusive. It was excessive. It was vicious. It was calculated," said Michael Holum, an advocate consultant representing the parents of the boy, Emily and Robert Brown. What irks the parents most, Holum, who heads the Texas-based Advocacy Behavior Consulting, told ABC News, was that there did not appear to be any serious or imminent danger to the school authorities, himself or others when Thomas was placed in handcuffs."

Not how you treat someone who is autistic.

"If he's being put in handcuffs just because of a tissue, that's outrageous," he said. "I do this professionally in over 50 districts. This is the worst I have ever seen and there's no close second." Holum said on April 23, a few days before the events took place in the video, Emily Brown walked in on her son in handcuffs. Police say they will release footage from that separate incident to the Browns on Wednesday, but if events in that video of April 23 are similar, Holum said it will show a pattern of behavior on the part of authorities in their treatment of Thomas.

"The parents believe that both agencies, Denton Police and the Denton Independent School District, in and through their employees, participated in the events captured on the body-cam video," Holum said. "They are seeking action, civil or criminal, that will keep these particular public employees from ever being able to be near children with disabilities again."

Forget? This is 2018, not 1958. Clearly, the school and police remain unwilling to take responsibility. Sue the living shit out of them.

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8-17-18

CNN reports:

"Arkansas police officer Mike Moore was fired after video surfaced showing him tell a group of African-American men "you don't belong in my city."

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8-17-18

How is it rampant, widespread, sexual abuse of kids by Catholic priests can go on for decades unchecked, covered up, unprosecuted in the United States? How does this happen? NPR reports:

"A long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania was released Tuesday in an interim redacted form. The report detailed decades of alleged misconduct and cover-ups in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic dioceses. The roughly 900-page report, not including exhibits, is thought to be the most comprehensive of its kind and paints a horrid portrait of activity that occurred in the dioceses of Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Greensburg, Erie and Pittsburgh, implicating 300 "predator priests" statewide who committed "criminal and/or morally reprehensible conduct."

Damage done, horrendous. Lifelong. Lives ruined.

"One priest in the Diocese of Harrisburg abused five sisters in a single family. Another, in the Diocese of Greensburg, impregnated a 17-year-old girl, married her, then divorced her months later. A priest in the Diocese of Erie admitted to assaulting at least a dozen boys, yet was later thanked by the bishop for "all that you have done for God's people."

Unbridled Aryan arrogance.

"The grand jury said it reviewed a half-million pages of internal church documents and "secret archives" that were readily available to bishops. It found credible allegations by more than 1,000 victims, but it added, "We believe that the real number ... is in the thousands." The findings revealed a pattern of abuse that occurred in hundreds of parishes in 54 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties going back at least 80 years. It detailed how fellow clergy members conducted shoddy investigations into sexual abuse allegations and how bishops often sided with abusive priests. "The pattern was abuse, deny and cover up," said state Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a press conference in Harrisburg on Tuesday. He described a "systematic cover-up" and a "failure of law enforcement." The at-times-scathing report described a pattern of abuse that has never been seen "on this scale."

"Despite some institutional reform, individual leaders of the church have largely escaped public accountability. Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all. For decades. Monsignors, auxiliary bishops, bishops, archbishops, cardinals have mostly been protected; many, including some named in this report, have been promoted. Until that changes, we think it is too early to close the book on the Catholic Church sex scandal."

Organized crime. More to come as this story develops.

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8-17-18

Here's yet another example of seemingly endless, appalling, egregious, achingly evil police malfeasance. ABC News reports:

"Federal authorities say a Mississippi sheriff gave protection for years to a drug dealer who robbed other dealers and kicked back stolen money and drug profits to the lawman."

Sound like the Lone Ranger of yesteryear?

"The illegal partnership began about 15 years ago when Tallahatchie County Sheriff William Brewer — who resigned Tuesday — began helping a then-teenage drug dealer, federal officials allege in a sworn statement. They said the unnamed dealer robbed other dealers of drugs and money, giving stolen money and proceeds from drug sales to the sheriff of the rural Mississippi Delta county, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee. The scheme began to collapse June 12, when the FBI says it persuaded the dealer to become a confidential informant. The FBI arrested the 58-year-old Brewer on Friday, charging him with conspiracy to sell drugs and extortion."

More on this as the story develops.

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8-17-18

Trump's Fourth Reich. CBS News reports:

"Federal immigration agencies have launched a coordinated campaign to arrest and deport immigrants seeking to become legal U.S. residents through marriage, according to documents released this week in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The documents, which include depositions and correspondence from federal officials, show the extent to which officials for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have been coordinating with their counterparts at Immigration and Customs Enforcement to facilitate arrests at citizenship offices in New England."

Called entrapment:

"The ACLU, in its arguments, criticizes the efforts as a deportation "trap" that violates the constitutional rights of immigrants otherwise following the rules to become legal residents. "The government created this path for them to seek a green card," Matthew Segal, legal director for the ACLU of Massachusetts, said in an interview Tuesday. "The government can't create that path and then arrest folks for following that path."

"Can't?" Forget? Our nazi government does as it pleases:

"ICE spokesman John Mohan responded that allegations of "inappropriate coordination" between the two agencies are "unfounded" and that coordination between the two Department of Homeland Security agencies is "lawful and legitimate." He declined to elaborate, citing the pending litigation."

No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all levels and branches of government. In reality, we are no longer a democratic republic. In name only. We remain a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"The ACLU lawsuit argues that Homeland Security regulations created under former President Barack Obama allow immigrants with U.S.-citizen spouses to stay in the country while they seek a green card -- even if they're already subject to deportation. "That regulation is still the law of the land," Segal said Tuesday. "So arresting these folks is not about law and order. These are people with a path to legalization and the government is trying to block that."

Trump and his henchmen remain a determined law unto themselves. Present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Traitors.

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8-10-18

As always, when a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. PIX 11 News reports:

"JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens — A toddler is alive thanks to a rookie cop who came to the rescue. PIX11 was there as Rebeca Alarcon and her daughters, 20-month-old Leah and 6-year-old Naomi, arrived to show their gratitude to their real-life heroes at the 115th Precinct. “I really thankful for him. I owe him a life,” Alarcon said. Leah looked like any other happy playful toddler, but 24 hours earlier much more different. “My sister couldn’t even talk or move her arms,” Naomi Rivas said. Leah suffered a seizure and stopped breathing at about 9:30 p.m. Monday. Her distraught parents acted quickly. Alarcon ran several streets, with her child in her arms, to the nearby precinct."

Certainly, turned out to be the right thing to do.

"Officer Osvaldo Nunez, a 22-year-old rookie who graduated from the police academy last month, sprang into action. All his training kicked in and he performed CPR. “I brought her inside and stabilized her head,” Nunez said. “Once she gained consciousness, I had a feeling that I’ll never forget.”

Saved a life. What better feeling could there be?

"Nunez grew up in Queens. He said it’s an honor to give back to the borough he was raised in. The officers of the 115th say it’s all about building community relations. “The precinct is a safe haven. You come here for help and we’re here to help,” said Deputy Inspector Carlos Ortiz, commanding officer of the 115th Precinct. “I couldn’t be more proud of my officers."

Policing at its very best. Hat's off, Officer Nunez. Couldn't have a better start to a long career in law enforcement.

"This family said they’ve made a friend for life. “I owe a lot. God bless him,” Alarcon said."

Protect and Serve.

8-10-18

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

"Body camera video shows police rescuing a trapped passenger from a fiery car crash in Atlanta. CBS affiliate WGCL-TV reports a car hit a metal utility pole early Sunday, and the engine compartment was aflame by the time police arrived. Bystanders helped get two people out of the burning car, but the front passenger was unconscious. So three police officers got to work. One used a fire extinguisher to combat the fire, and another worked to open the passenger's damaged door. News outlets report an officer's pants caught fire, but he only suffered minor scrapes and bruises. The three people were hospitalized. Atlanta police Sgt. John Chafee thanked the citizens who helped remove the people, and commended the officers."

Hat's off to all officers and civilians involved. ... Great policing. -- Humanitarian response from civilians who risked their lives as did the officers to save lives. Uncommon valor.

NBC reports:

"Body camera footage shows Atlanta police officers’ harrowing rescue of a person trapped in a burning car early Sunday. “This accident could have been much worse than it was," police said in a statement, praising, "the actions of citizens and officers who put aside concern for their own safety and acted to help those in need.” A sedan with three passengers crashed into a metal utility pole, causing the engine and front hood of the vehicle to erupt in flames, according to police. When officers arrived at the scene around 4 a.m., good Samaritans had already removed the other two passengers from the back of the vehicle, but they could not help the passenger stuck in the front and closest to the flames, according to police."

Extremely dangerous. Could have been an explosion.

"Officers were quick to stop the flames from spreading. As seen in the footage, one officer used a fire extinguisher to keep the flames from reaching the front compartment while other officers pulled the passenger from the burning vehicle through the driver’s side door. The front passenger did not appear to have any burns on their body. All three passengers were transported to Grady Hospital and are in stable condition, according to police. Officers are still determining what led to the initial accident and who was driving the sedan, according to police. “We are extremely proud of the actions of these officers,” police said in a statement. “They acted quickly and with determination.”

Best of the best.

8-10-18

One exceptionally fortunate fawn in California is certainly grateful to an officer in the Highway Patrol. Fox News reports:

"A highway patrol officer who became an internet sensation after he helped rescue a month-old fawn from a Northern California wildfire said Monday he didn't expect the photos to go viral. On Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol Sgt. David Fawson of San Francisco helped Cal Fire officers rescue a fawn from fast-growing wildfire in Redding, about 230 miles north of San Francisco. "We were driving through an active fire, when Cal Fire said, 'Can you take a deer out [of] here for us?'" he said. "I held it in my lap as we drove out." He and his partner took the fawn to safer area miles away, but the baby deer didn't run away like Fawson thought it would. "It stayed right by me," he said. "When it tried to nurse on one of my fingers, I thought, 'This is truly a young baby.'"

Terrible fire. Not only have people lost their lives, think of all the wildlife.

"Fawson, 38, said he asked a colleague to take a photo because he knew his four daughters, ages 7, 9, 12 and 15, "would love it." The popularity of the photos online took him by surprise. Pictures of the fawn sitting in his lap in a patrol car and licking his neck have been shared more than 16,000 times on Facebook. Representatives from Haven Wild Care's fawn rescue program came to retrieve her within two hours. They named her Carra, after the fire she escaped. Fawson was on a two-day deployment in Redding to help the agency fight the Carr Fire. More than 50 officers from the CHP Golden Gate Division are helping during the wildfire that has destroyed more than 700 homes and claimed six lives in Redding.

"The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Haven Humane Society in Anderson has taken in 500 dogs, cats, birds, reptiles and livestock during the fires. Fawson said thousands of first responders are working to save human lives, structures, and animals. Helping the fawn was a small victory. "Any one of us would have done that," he said."

Hat's off to all the firefighters, law enforcement, and rescue personnel involved.

8-10-18

Last crew member still alive has no second thoughts, no regrets. NPR reports:

"On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in warfare. There were three strike planes that flew over Hiroshima that day: the Enola Gay, which carried the bomb, and two observation planes, the Great Artiste and the Necessary Evil. Russell Gackenbach was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps and a navigator on the mission. Today, the 95-year-old is the only surviving crew member of those three planes.

"Gackenbach enlisted in the Army Aviation Cadet Program in 1943. After completing his training, he was approached by Col. Paul Tibbets, who was recruiting officers for a special mission. Tibbets said it would be dangerous but if they were successful, it could end the war. The 509th Composite Group, lead by Tibbets, spent months training in Wendover, Utah, before being shipped off to an American air base on the Pacific island of Tinian. Their planes were reconfigured B-29 Superfortress bombers. They had different engines, fewer guns and a larger bomb bay.

"The Enola Gay carried the weapon, nicknamed "Little Boy." It weighed nearly 10,000 pounds and could produce an explosive force equal to an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT. But at the time, Gackenbach didn't know any of this. "I never heard the words 'atomic bomb,' " he tells Radio Diaries. "We were only told what we needed to know, and keep your mouth shut."

"The planes took off around 2 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach was part of the 10-man crew that flew on the Necessary Evil. "We were told that once the explosion occurred, we should not look directly at it, that we should not go through the cloud," he says. "We were not told anything about the cloud, just [told] don't go through it." As they made their final approach to Hiroshima, they were flying 30,000 feet over the city. Then, the radio went dead: that was the signal from the Enola Gay that the bomb had been released.

"The first thing Gackenbach saw was a blinding light and then the start of a mushroom cloud. He got out of his seat, quickly picked up his camera and took two photographs out the navigator's side window. The plane circled twice around the mushroom cloud and then turned to head home. "Things were very, very quiet," Gackenbach says. "We just looked at each other; we didn't talk. We were all dumbfounded."

"The casualties on the ground were staggering. An estimated 80,000 people were killed instantly. Another 80,000 died from effects of the bomb in the months and years following. Hiroshima was destroyed. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb, on the city of Nagasaki. And on Aug. 15, Japan announced its surrender, bringing an end to World War II.

"Gackenbach was discharged in 1947 and went on to work as a materials engineer for 35 years. In 2011, he returned to Japan to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. "After 73 years, I do not regret what we did that day. All war's hell," he said. "The Japanese started the war; it was our turn to finish it."

Must not be forgotten military planners had estimated U.S casualties, killed and wounded, would have stood at one million had Japan been invaded to end the Second World War. The thinking was that the Japanese would have fought to the last man, woman, and child using pitchforks if necessary. Above quotes are excerpts from a story heard on NPR's All Things Considered by a most gifted insightful writer, Nellie Gilles.

8-10-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."The cop had his head clearly up his ass. Was criminally charged. In Nazi America, police are rarely held criminally accountable for anything. This case, however, is a rare exception. Whether or not the bastard is convicted, though, remains another matter. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff? Conveniently forget? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill? Except your goons don't get charged when they egregiously f--k up. Ever. -- That precisely why you refuse to release information on your deputies to the long-suffering public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, sir? One thing for damned sure, you and your bastards remain achingly unaccountable to the public. By design. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff? Certainly, have the voters bamboozled, don't you, Bill? Think they'll remain ignorant forever?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

8-10-18

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? One hundred twenty 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? One hundred twenty 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. One hundred twenty 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.

8-10-18

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

"The family of Antwon Rose, an unarmed black teenager fatally shot by a white East Pittsburgh police officer, filed a lawsuit against the borough on Wednesday, alleging wrongful death and use of "excessive and deadly force." In the federal lawsuit, the family claimed East Pittsburgh failed to "properly train" its officers, resulting in the 17-year-old's death. Rose was fatally shot at a traffic stop by officer Michael Rosfeld on June 19. Rose and another passenger were attempting to flee on foot when the teen was shot."

Always a mistake to run from the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Always. Grants them carte blanche to murder innocent unarmed civilians. Don't make that mistake. Don't give them the satisfaction.

"Rosfeld, who is also named as a defendant in the suit, said he thought the car was connected to a recent drive-by shooting when he pulled it over, according to investigators. Witnesses and video captured by bystanders show Rose was unarmed at the time, sparking protests against alleged police brutality."

The cop had his head clearly up his ass. Was criminally charged. In Nazi America, police are rarely held criminally accountable for anything. This case, however, is a rare exception. Whether or not the bastard is convicted, though, remains another matter. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff? Conveniently forget? We live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill? Except your goons don't get charged when they egregiously f--k up. Ever. -- That precisely why you refuse to release information on your deputies to the long-suffering public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, sir? One thing for damned sure, you and your bastards remain achingly unaccountable to the public. By design. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff? Certainly, have the voters bamboozled, don't you, Bill? Think they'll remain ignorant forever?

"The suit, filed on behalf of Rose's parents, Michelle Kenney and Antwon Rose, Sr., names Rosfeld, East Pittsburgh Police Chief Lori Fruncek and Mayor Louis Payne as defendants, court documents show."

Since it is highly unlikely anyone other than the officer will be criminally charged, every official involved needs to be held civilly accountable for the murder of this unarmed kid perpetrated by the jackbooted bastard in blue.

"The defendants "had a duty, but failed to implement and/or enforce policies, practices and procedures for the EPPD that respected Antwon M. Rose, II's constitutional rights to assistance and protection," the suit said."

No longer possible to hold these officials criminally accountable in a fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich, that nearly always protects and coddles corrupt, abusive, murderous officers. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The lawsuit alleges East Pittsburgh "failed to properly train, supervise, screen, discipline, transfer, counsel or otherwise control officers who are known, or who should have been known, to engage in the use of excessive force and/or deadly force, including those officers repeatedly accused of such acts."

Officers throughout our formerly great country repeatedly commit felonies. Prosecutors rarely take action. Usually, protect these criminal jackbooted bastards. Despite exponentially increasing public outrage.

"Fred and Monte Rabner, attorneys representing the Rose family, told ABC News the suit was filed electronically around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. "The overwhelming facts and unequivocal laws supporting this lawsuit are so clear and self-evident that it could have been filed within days of Antwon's death," Fred Rabner said in a statement. "And while this suit will never quell their tremendous grief or minimize their tragic loss, we feel that it is time that we begin to seek answers and take appropriate court action to ensure justice."

There is no justice when prosecutors nearly always protect and coddle criminals in uniform. A lawsuit often fails due to sovereign immunity statutes that protect the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Rosfeld, the 30-year-old officer who shot Rose, was charged in June with criminal homicide in the wake of the shooting. He had been with the East Pittsburgh Police Department for three weeks as a part-time officer and was sworn in just hours before the shooting occurred. Last week, Rosfeld waived his preliminary hearing, which is often held to decide whether enough evidence exists to hold defendants for trial, according to Pennsylvania law. Rosfeld’s lawyer, Patrick Thomassey, didn’t immediately respond to ABC News’ email request for comment. But he previously said that his client had the right to shoot."

... An unarmed kid stupidly running from the gutless, murderous jackbooted bastard. You GOP law and order national socialists, fascists here in Nazi Llano County delusionally believe the kid got what he deserved?

“I’m not going to get into my conversations with my client, but I think the law is clear that he had a right to shoot,” Thomassey told reporters in June. “Reading the affidavit of probable cause, which is the facts that the police write to support the arrest warrant, quite frankly, I don’t see it as a murder case at all.”

Day is night, night is day, and shit smells perversely sweet in the world of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue and their shyster lawyers.

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8-10-18

One has to wonder what police were thinking. -- To say nothing of supermarket employees. CNN reports:

"Barbecuing while black. Napping while black. Now add helping homeless people while black to the list of things that can lead to a visit from police. Employees at a Safeway supermarket in Mountain View, California, called 911 on an African-American woman and her family because they suspected them of shoplifting, police said. Safeway has since apologized for what the store said was a misunderstanding. Erika Martin told CNN that the incident occurred when she stopped at the store last month to help a homeless man she knew hung out there. She gave him a bag of dog food and some treats for his pit bull. Her two sisters were also there and gave two men care packages with soap, toothpaste, hand sanitizer and other hygiene products. "I help the homeless as much as I can. I see homeless people weekly and I try help them the best that I can," Martin said."

Nothing had been stolen. Nothing.

"Martin said her son, who's about to turn 10, and her nieces and nephews went into the store to see if the bakery was giving out free cookies and to get samples from the deli. Martin stayed outside and talked to her sisters and the man to whom she gave the dog food. She said a Safeway employee came out of the store, looked directly at her and rushed back inside, which she thought was strange."

All the employee had to do was show some backbone. Had the courage to talk to the woman.

"As Martin prepared to leave, two police cars drove up and one stopped behind her so she couldn't back out of her parking place. They asked why she was there and if she had any warrants, Martin said. She told them that she'd never even had a parking ticket."

What were these pieces of shit doing? Making small talk? What the hell did they think she was doing in a supermarket parking lot? Couldn't have been shopping or waiting for someone who was shopping, could it? What the f--k did "warrants" have to do with anything? Is this jackbooted police procedure not-so-cleverly designed to intimidate civilian targets? Get their cookies off in the encounter?

"Mountain View Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson said that a Safeway employee called the police and to report a theft in progress. Five officers were dispatched to interview store employees and the Martin family. "It was extremely clear to us that no one who had been identified was potentially involved in any sort of criminal activity, and we explicitly said as much to Safeway employees," Nelson said."

Then why the hell didn't you arrest the racist bastards for making a false report?

"Martin said one of the officers told her that Safeway had called the police because she matched the description of someone taking items from the store and said the suspect was wearing a spaghetti-strap shirt. Martin said she was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt that said "Y'all need Jesus," and had not even gone into the store. Nelson said the description "somewhat matched" the top one of Martin's sisters was wearing."

Jesus Christ. -- Either matched or didn't. Can't have it both ways.

"The employee told the police that the children were running back and forth to a car parked outside. "During the initial dispatch call, a Safeway employee informed our dispatcher that both employees and customers believed a man and a woman as well as children were working together to try and take items from the store," Nelson said."

Why the hell didn't they determine what was or wasn't going on before calling the jackbooted bastards in blue? Being black probable cause a crime has occurred or is in progress?

"Martin said the questioning scared her son and he started crying while talking to one of the officers. He told her that when the children asked for cookies the woman at the bakery counter told him that "We don't have anymore cookies to give to you," Martin said. He said they looked behind the counter and saw that there were cookies back there. The officer asked if they had taken any cookies and he said no.
"My son was crying so much, he was so scared because he thought he did something wrong. He thought the police were going to arrest him for looking behind the counter," she said. "To see my child in so much fear broke my heart." She said police let them go after about 30 minutes."

A half hour to determine a false report had been made? Why should it have taken that long? Yet, police remain achingly clueless:

"In that short amount of time, we not only determined that no crime occurred, we explicitly told Safeway employees as such. None of the people Safeway identified in their call to us nor in their subsequent interview with us committed any crime whatsoever," Nelson said."

Then why the hell didn't you arrest the sorry racist asses of the pieces of crap who made the false report? Why did you harass these innocent people as long as you did? For what? Being black?

"We were very appreciative of the way the family allowed our officers to wrap up the call, and we apologized for inconveniencing their evening," she said."

Jesus Christ. Delusionally believe they had a choice? You insanely believe intimidating the innocent is merely "inconveniencing their evening?" What planet do you live on?

"After one of Martin's sisters, Faith Martin-Ware, posted a video of the July 8 incident on Facebook, news outlets began picking up on the story. Martin said she and her sisters had shopped at that store three or four times a week but are not comfortable going back there now.

"We were there to do a good deed and we left feeling humiliated, embarrassed, hurt and shocked," she said."

Don't confuse the jackbooted bastards in blue, and racist Safeway employees, with the truth, madam. They're too damned aggressively stupid to understand.

"Safeway spokeswoman Wendy Gutshall said in a statement that employees called police because a man suspected of shoplifting there in the past was in the store."

How is that probable cause to sick the jackbooted bastards on this woman and her kids?

"Safeway has reached out to Ms. Martin to sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding, and we look forward to continuing the discussion regarding her concerns. We have also commenced an internal investigation, which remains ongoing," she said. Martin said that a store manager has apologized for what happened and she is scheduled to speak with someone with the Safeway corporate office on Wednesday."

Empty, meaningless window dressing. Think not? Wake up. Get this:

"Gutshall said that Safeway held store-wide employee meetings earlier this year to reiterate their policies against racial discrimination and racial profiling of customers, and plan to roll out training on implicit bias later this year."

Clearly, too little, too late. Obviously, have ongoing, unresolved issues. Otherwise, wouldn't have had the earlier meetings and plans for further training this year. Hard to believe the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue didn't already know that prior to this latest fiasco.

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8-10-18

Here's another example of law enforcement gutlessness, poor training, and/or procedures. Not clear yet, just which. Resulted in the needless death of a highly-decorated combat veteran. -- A man who had just killed a criminal to heroically save the life of his grandson. ABC News reports:

"The Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient who was killed by Colorado police after he saved his grandson from a home intruder did not follow officers' orders to drop his gun, Aurora Police Chief Nicholas Metz said in a press conference Thursday."

There was a reason for that. Read on.

"Richard "Gary" Black, 73, shot and killed the suspect, 26-year-old Dajon Harper, as Harper allegedly "violently and seriously" assaulted Black's 11-year-old grandson in the bathroom of the Aurora home early Monday morning, Metz said."

Heroically, did the right thing. What he had to do. Saved the life of his grandson.

"Officers heard shots fired inside the home within three minutes of arriving on the scene, Metz said. When Black came into view, they observed that he had a firearm and instructed him multiple times to "drop the gun and to show his hands," Metz said."

Guess what?

"After the shooting, investigators learned from Black's family that the Vietnam War veteran had "a significant hearing impairment." "I don’t know what he was able to hear and not hear," Metz said."

Jesus Christ. -- Shoot first, ask questions later? ... Doesn't seem to be the case. At least, not at this time with the information available. Something does need to change, however. Here's why:

"Police began receiving 911 calls around 1:30 a.m. Monday from a house party Harper attended across the street from Black's home. The calls detailed that Harper had become "out of control," Metz said. Harper had been "acting irrationally" and damaged cars in the area, and even injured himself in the process, Metz said. It was difficult to get information from the callers at that point due to the commotion, Metz said. One person who hung up and was called back by emergency dispatchers told them, "I don't know where I am. Just get here," Metz said. At that point, there was "still no description provided to our dispatch as to what this person looked like who was out of control," Metz said."

Gets worse. Far worse:

"Harper then allegedly ran across the street to Black's home and banged on the "very solid door" so hard that he knocked it off its hinges and entered the home, Metz said. A number of people ran in after him in an effort to get him out of the house, but they were not able to, Metz said. Harper allegedly dragged Black's grandson into a bathroom. After going into Black's home, Harper allegedly dragged Black's 11-year-old grandson into a bathroom and "violently assaulted" him, Metz said, declining to describe the crime further."

Imagine the terror:

"When Black's wife called 911, she told dispatchers that the "man who entered was trying to drown" her grandson, Metz said, adding that her 911 call was "incredibly difficult" to listen to because of all of the screaming that could be heard in the background. Black's wife told dispatchers that a person was in the bathroom "hurting the child," and that there "was lots of blood everywhere," Metz said. When the dispatcher asked Black's wife whether there were weapons, she replied, "No," Metz said. Another 911 from a family member of Harper's indicated that he was "on drugs," Metz said, but it is unclear what kind of drugs the caller was referring to."

The chaos was incredible:

"The body camera video worn by the officer who shot Black began as he and another officer responded to the incident, Metz said. Once they arrived and got out of the car, they encountered several people yelling in front of the home who appear "very agitated" and "very emotional," Metz said. The group informed the officers that they tried to get into the home and that Harper was allegedly "hurting the child," Metz said. As the officers walk up to the home, Black's wife can be heard saying, "He has a gun," Metz said, but it is unclear who she is referring to. As officers walked toward the house, they heard shots fired, "within 33 seconds of their arrival on scene," as well as "a lot of screaming inside the home," Metz said."

The following is horrendous:

"After taking a step back from the front door, the officers saw Black emerge from behind a wall about 15 to 20 feet away inside holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other hand, Metz said. For the next 13 seconds, officers gave commands to Black to drop the weapon and show his hands, but he didn't, Metz said. Ten seconds later, Black walked toward officers with the gun and flashlight still in his hands, prompting the officer to fire four rounds at him. It is unclear how many times Black was struck. After Black fell to the ground, the officer dispatched for medical attention and continued to give Black orders to show his hands, Metz said. He then directed other officers to provide aid to Black as he and two more officers continued "forward to where the screaming was coming from." While on the ground, Black was able to tell officers that his son and grandson were in the bathroom, Metz said."

Why did this officer continue firing after his target was hit? Why high-powered round after round? The target was an elderly man. Think the first high-powered round didn't take him off his feet? Officers don't take into consideration a target may be deaf or hard of hearing? Again, the investigation is only beginning.

"When the officers got to the bathroom, they found a "deceased, nude man on the floor," and the 11-year-old and his father in the bathtub -- a mere 2 minutes and 27 seconds after they arrived on the scene, Metz said. The child was screaming that Harper "was the one that assaulted him" and gave "pretty graphic details" of what happened to him, Metz said. Once the scene was secured, Black was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, Metz said."

Think what this kid is going to have to live with the rest of his life.

"Authorities are not yet releasing the 911 calls or body camera footage at this time, at the request of prosecutors and Black's family, Metz said. The footage will be released at a later time, once the investigation is over and a forensic review has been conducted on the portions that are inaudible, Metz said. "We are supportive of releasing it," Metz said. "I want to make that very clear." Metz did not release the identity of the shooting officer."

That's a problem. The public has a right to know the identity of the officer. Immediately. No reason to sit on this information.

"The officer has been with the Aurora Police Department for three years and had just been reviewed for another police-involved shooting that took place 30 days prior, Metz said. He returned to duty 18 days after the shooting after receiving peer support and spending time with the department's psychological services, Metz said. Metz chalked the proximity of the two shootings to coincidence and praised the way he handled the situation."

How does the public know that without disclosure of his identity and all video?

"We can't control the kinds of situations that our officers are going to be called to -- whether it's a week later or a year later," he said. "I feel bad for this officer. Unfortunately, lightning struck twice for him. But, when I watched that video, I'm impressed at his ability to remain calm."

Without immediate release of the video, how does the public know that? How do we know it's no more than a coincidence? How do we know the officer was fit to return to duty so soon?

"Metz disputed claims that the officers acted recklessly in their response. "They were not reckless," he said."

How do we know without prompt release of all video?

"These officers responded, again, how I would expect them to respond in this situation, given the limited amount of information."

That may be so, but again, without video, identification of all officers involved, further information, how do we know?

"The shooting officer, who works the graveyard shift patrolling northeast Aurora, has been placed on paid administrative leave -- as have the other officers involved, Metz said. He has had no prior internal affairs complaints, Metz said."

The fact there were no prior complaints doesn't necessarily mean anything. Victims are well-aware such complaints usually go nowhere. Seldom file them for that reason. Worse? Fear retribution.

"Black's death "has been devastating" for the officer, a military veteran himself who has served on two deployments, Metz said."

That may be so, but one thing for sure. Procedures need to take into consideration targets may not be able to hear officer commands.

Consider Harper's past:

"Harper had been arrested twice on suspicion of first-degree murder, once in 2011 and again in 2013, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records obtained by ABC Denver affiliate KMGH-TV. Both times the charges were either dropped or reduced, according to the CBI records."

Tell you anything? Anything at all? Think the latest catastrophe could have been averted?

Much more to come as the investigation continues.

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8-10-18

The following is atrocious. The Statesman reports:

"Authorities have launched a criminal investigation after video surfaced Wednesday of a police officer pummeling a naked woman as officers attempted to restrain her at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Video of the incident obtained by WJBK showed officers and security guards grappling with the woman as she cursed and yelled at them. She spat at police before an officer started raining down punches on her head, back and face, WJBK reported. Detroit police Chief James Craig said that the 18-year police veteran at the center of the incident was suspended with pay soon after police got the “very disturbing video” on Wednesday."

Violent assault of a mentally ill woman by an out of control jackbooted bastard in blue with two decades of experience. Appalling. His 'reward?' Gets a paid 'vacation.'

“At this point, I can’t tell you why the officer didn’t opt for the Taser, why he didn’t wait for backup,” Craig said Thursday at a news conference. “Those are things that will be determined by this investigation.” The incident stemmed from a call made around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday of a “lewd and lascivious in progress,” Craig said. Responding officers found the woman naked near Brainard Street and Trumball Avenue. She was not aggressive, Craig said. Officers determined the woman was likely dealing with a mental crisis, so they gave her something to cover herself with and took her to the hospital, according to the chief."

Precisely, what they should have done.

“I will tell you preliminarily, even though we are very early in this investigation, one of the concerns that I have is the fact that the officer did not handcuff this mentally ill person,” Craig said. “We know from our training and experience that anytime we transport someone -- particularly if they’re suffering from mental illness -- for their safety, for the officer’s safety and for the community’s safety… we handcuff.” Craig said footage from police body-worn cameras shows that the woman became agitated after police brought her to the hospital."

She's mentally ill:

“She was threatening, clenched fists. She spat on several of the hospital employees,” Craig said. “A member of the (hospital’s) security staff was bitten twice and sustained some injury. At one point she tried to bite the officer who used force. “So, as he was trying to calm her down, at some point the officer began to strike her because she wasn’t responding, she was not compliant.”

Not how you calm the mentally ill down. Exacerbates the problem.

"An unidentified woman told WJBK that she started recording video when she saw the situation escalating from a hospital waiting room. Craig said police obtained the video around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday after WJBK alerted them to it. “What’s troubling for me is we are taught to de-escalate,” Craig said. “There are points in the video where certainly it appeared that did not happen. If someone’s back (is) to you and you’re still continuing to use hard hands, that is a concern.”

Better vetting, better training required.

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8-10-18

More of the same. CBS News reports:

"Smith College is investigating after police were called to check out a black student who was eating her lunch in a common room."

Called for what? Eating lunch?

"This shouldn't happen to anyone at all," Oumou Kanoute said through tears to CBS Boston."

Called racism.

"Kanoute is a rising sophomore at Smith. She works at a summer program teaching chemistry to high schoolers for Smith's STEM program and was reading in the dining hall of the Tyler House dorm Tuesday." "Next thing you know, I see the cop walk in with a Smith employee whom I've never seen before and the man said, 'We were wondering why you're here?"' Kanoute said. She says police told her an employee had called about a suspicious black man."

Suspicious of what? Someone eating lunch? Moreover, the jackbooted bastards in blue can't tell the difference between the genders? LOL.

"She recorded video with her phone, adding her own text on Instagram, with a post that's prompted outrage from supporters.

"I am blown away at the fact that i cannot even sit down and eat lunch peacefully. Today someone felt the need to call...
Posted by Oumou Kanoute on Tuesday, July 31, 2018"

Goddamned right. Outrageous racism in Nazi America. Trump's Fourth Reich.

"It just still upsets me to just talk about it because I don't even feel safe on my own campus and I'm away from home. I'm the first in my family to go to college. I'm doing this not only for me but for my family, for my ancestors," Kanoute told CBS Boston."

We've lost ourselves.

"Smith's president sent a statement apologizing and assuring her that "she belongs in all Smith spaces. This painful incident reminds us of the ongoing legacy of racism and bias in which people of color are targeted while simply going about the business of their daily lives. … Building an inclusive, diverse and sustainable community is urgent and ongoing work."

Not good enough. Empty. Rings hollow. Especially, in light of the following intransigence by the college:

"Kanoute appreciates the apology but wants more. "I want the identity of the caller released," she says. "I want a public apology from that caller and I want them fired from the school." Smith's administration says privacy laws prevent them from releasing the name, so Kanoute has turned to social media with a plea for help. "I tried to like shake it off. I didn't even want to speak up and speak out because I know not everyone's going to agree with what you need to say. Not everyone's going to listen to you," Kanoute says. "I'm just so upset."

The offending Smith employee needs to be exposed. Then fired. Prosecuted for making a false report to police. Only way this shit will end.

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8-10-18

There are a few willing to stand up, do the right thing. This is in follow up to a case covered here and elsewhere recently. CBS News reports:

"Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans donated $11,000 to a family who was awarded just $4 by a jury in a lawsuit over the shooting death of their husband and father at the hands of police."

Nazi justice in a fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Readers will recall:

"Gregory Hill was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in his own garage in Florida in 2014. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and the jury awarded them one dollar toward funeral expenses and another for each of Hill's children, for a total of $4. The family's attorney said the verdict was meant to "punish" the family."

Sounds like Trump's sick sycophants, doesn't it? Justice? What's that?

"On Saturday, Evans came across Hill's story on Twitter and asked his followers where he could make a donation to Hill's family. He later contributed $11,000 to a GoFundMe campaign for the family, bringing the total raised to more than $99,000 of a $150,000 goal.

"Is there a GoFundMe or a donation page for the family? https://t.co/ZUSf2a5Dkv
— Mike Evans (@MikeEvans13_) July 21, 2018"

Amount of Evans' donation, exceptionally poignant. -- Read on, you'll learn why.

"The jury ruled in May that St. Lucie County Deputy Christopher Newman did not violate Hill's civil rights and placed the bulk of the blame – 99 percent – on Hill. It found Sheriff Ken Mascara one percent liable for the killing. CBS affiliate WPEC-TV reported that Newman shot and killed Hill, a 30-year-old father of three children, in January 2014 after two officers responded to a complaint that Hill was playing loud music at the family's home. The sheriff's office said Hill, a Coca-Cola warehouse employee, was carrying a gun and was drunk when deputies got to the home. Newman testified that he fired his handgun four times through the closed garage door after seeing Hill with a gun. A single bullet fatally struck his head. An unloaded gun was later found in Hill's back pocket."

Forget? In Nazi America, officers enjoy carte blanche to murder on the job. With impunity.

"John Phillips, who represented Gregory Hill Jr.'s three children in the case against the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, said the family plans to appeal the verdict. "Some jurors were determined to punish the family for being in court," Phillips told CBS News in June. The family had been asking for anywhere from $500,000 to $10 million, including just over $11,000 for funeral expenses. They only received 4 cents (1 percent of the jury verdict) in the civil lawsuit."

Appeal. Sue the living shit out of the bastards.

"The sheriff's office said in a statement that Newman was "placed in a very difficult situation" and "made the best decision he could for the safety of his partner, himself, and the public given the circumstances he faced."

The sheriff is either delusional and/or a liar. Then again, expect any better in a fascist police-state?

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8-10-18

Karma's indeed a bitch. CBS News reports:

"One of the two officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in March was confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters on his wedding day Saturday, reports CBS Sacramento. Police haven't released the names of the two officers who opened fire on Clark in his grandmother's backyard, due to safety concerns."

The public is entitled to know the identity of the officers who are abusing, shaking down, criminally assaulting, and/or murdering them. Ferociously pointedly, where is concern of law enforcement for the innocent unarmed civilians being killed by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue?

"The small group of protesters had gotten word about the wedding and made sure they were there just hours before the officer was to say, "I do." "I think they need to be approached in spaces where they're a little more vulnerable," Sacramento BLM founder Tanya Faison told the station. According to the video released by Black Lives Matter, the officer was gathered in a room with his groomsmen Saturday when protesters barged in. "I just wonder if you started planning your wedding before you killed Stephon Clark or after? How have you been sleeping since March 18?" said one protester in the video. BLM says its members helped plan the confrontation ever since they found the officer's wedding website online, with information about the venue, a vineyard about an hour outside of Sacramento. "We're not violent, we're not gonna give to them what they brought to our community, we're not gonna hurt anyone, but we are gonna make them uncomfortable, and they should -- because someone is dead," said Faison."

That's right. Protest must be non-violent. Remain non-violent. No protester should lower themselves to the level of their oppressors. Must not happen. If not, you grant these bastards carte blanche to do as they please.

"But community member Michel Keeley told CBS Sacramento, "As a black man … I'm concerned whenever there's injustice on any black person. Certainly there's a right to protest, but I think there are limits when to protest in a public place and the right of privacy for your wedding."

Precisely, why nothing ever changes. Unsustainable status quo remains unsustainable. Exactly, why these out of control law enforcement predators continue to act criminally. Because they can.

"Sacramento police say since the tragic shooting back in March, the two officers involved have needed additional security. They've received a number of death threats and are not working in a patrol capacity."

All death threats against these officers should be prosecuted. So should the officers themselves. There's more than enough probable cause. Why haven't they been charged? Receiving special treatment not accorded the long-suffering public victimized by them.

"People may think that these officers are just going about their lives, but this is a very traumatic event for everyone," said Sgt. Vance Chandler with Sacramento Police."

Tough shit. Think Clark's family isn't suffering far, far more than these two jackbooted bastards?

"The case, which drew national attention and sparked protests across the country, is still under investigation, with no word from the DA's office on whether the officers will be indicted.

"After 20 shots, officers call to him, apparently believing he might still be alive and armed. They eventually approach and find no gun, just a cellphone."

Yet, prosecutors continue to drag their feet. Protect and coddle the bastards.

"I feel that our department has handled demonstrations and protests very well and we have taken great effort's to allow people to exercise their First Amendment rights but on this one what is the purpose of this?" he said. That purpose, said Faison, is to remind folks that people are still hurting. "Stephon Clark's family is still mourning and suffering. He doesn't get to be with his kids, or get married," she said.

That's right.

"Sacramento Police Officers Association President Tim Davis responded to the wedding protest Monday night. "The SPOA supports transparency within our Police Department. Transparency brings trust," he said. "Trust between our officers and the citizens they protect is an important aspect of a safe community. Our police officers are members of this community. They raise their families here. They send their children to schools here. They live their lives as a part of this community. "Transparency comes with responsibility. Officers deserve to be free from harassment by individuals seeking their own forms of justice. True accountability can only come from our impartial judicial system and from our elected government."

Goddamned horse shit. The judicial system is not impartial. Never has been. Quite the opposite. There is no accountability nearly every time the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue abuse, shake down, criminally assault, and/or murder the unarmed innocent. There is no justice.

"The SPOA will continue to advocate for transparency and thoughtful improvements in police policies, but we request the respect of our community. Give our officers the ability to safely raise their families alongside you."

You bastards remain unwilling to return the favor. Quite the opposite. Worse? Remain too deaf to hear the rumble. An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

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8-10-18

More of the same. NPR reports:

"For more than 15 years, Oakland's police department has been under federal oversight following a police abuse and racial profiling scandal. As part of a negotiated settlement in 2003, the city agreed to work toward sweeping police reforms. The Riders Settlement mandated ongoing monitoring of the department, including the collection of data on police stops and an end to discriminatory policing. But there's mounting frustration that federal oversight and better data collection have not led to real change, despite a massive price tag."

Nothing will change until the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are arrested, charged, prosecuted, and imprisoned. Until that happens, expect more of the same. Anything less is no more than window dressing. Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

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8-10-18

Nothing ever changes. CBS News reports:

"A police officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a man reported to have been hanging on or jumping on moving cars near a Pennsylvania amusement park, a prosecutor announced Tuesday. Officer Jonathan Roselle of the South Whitehall Township police department had an "unreasonable" belief that his safety was endangered when he shot Joseph Santos on July 28, said Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin. Roselle, 33, of Parryville, was directing traffic near Dorney Park when a "frantic" woman stopped and said someone had tried to enter her vehicle. Police say Santos was damaging cars and interfering with traffic in South Whitehall Township near Dorney Park before the officer confronted him. Witness videos show Santos hanging onto a moving white car, reports CBS Philadelphia."

Clearly, Santos had mental problems.

"When the officer arrived Santos climbed on the hood of his vehicle and pounded on his windshield and side windows. He then walked away but wheeled around and approached, ignoring the officer's commands to stop and get down on the ground, and the officer fired five times. CBS Philadelphia obtained cell video from an eyewitness that showed the fatal encounter. Santos wasn't armed at the time of his death."

Since when is mental illness grounds for manslaughter? Needless to say, this case will be closely followed.

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8-10-18

Never ends. NBC reports:

"A Utah police department has cleared an officer who opened fire on a woman in June after threatening to shoot her as she paced around holding a screwdriver and verbally taunted officers. But a county prosecutor had a different interpretation — that the shooting was not legally justified and that the officer came ready to open fire. Police body camera video, obtained by NBC News, depicts Cpl. Jeremy Dunn of the Enoch City Police Department responding to the scene of a burglary call on June 28 and coming upon a woman refusing to drop a screwdriver as another male suspect stood near her side. The woman, Ivonne Casimiro, is seen in the video repeatedly telling officers to “go ahead, blow,” as they aimed their guns at her. “You come at me with that knife, I guarantee I’ll smoke ya,” Dunn told the woman. After two failed taser attempts to subdue Casimiro, Dunn aims his gun at her. She raises the screwdriver in her right arm and starts to take a step with her left leg. That’s when Dunn squeezed off three rounds at Casimiro’s legs. Investigators said Casimiro was treated by paramedics after being struck twice in the knee. She was later treated and charged with assault on an officer and having a stolen vehicle, NBC affiliate KSL reported. "She is not pointing the screwdriver at the officers, nor does she appear to be threatening them, although she is defiant and combative," Iron County Attorney Scott F. Garrett said in a letter to the Enoch police. Garrett, the county’s chief prosecutor, concluded that the officer's use of force was illegal, but he also said criminal charges would not be filed. "It cannot objectively be stated that the officers or anyone else were in danger of death or serious bodily injury at the exact moment that lethal force was used," he wrote. " ... It was not objectively reasonable for Corporal Dunn to use deadly force ... " The prosecutor decided, however, that the state would be unable to prove "criminal intent."

Better vetting, better training desperately needed. ... At least, the son of a bitch didn't shoot to kill the lunatic.

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8-3-18

Even in a fascist police state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich, there are citizens willing to stand tall. Do the right thing. CBS News reports:

"A witness rushed to the aid of a police officer who crashed his vehicle on Chicago South Side, a predominantly black neighborhood with feelings of mistrust toward the city's police department. Kevin Russell recorded the incident and told CBS Chicago he watched the police vehicle swerve and crash into a tree on East 82nd Street and South Jeffery Boulevard. "I could tell something incredible was about to happen," Russell told the station. A man in a white shirt then opened the driver's side door and pulled the police officer out of the vehicle as it billowed with smoke. More than 270,000 people have watched the video on Facebook, but some users said the bystander should have left the officer alone. Others praised him for his act of kindness."

No matter what, no matter the political atmosphere, it is up to the citizenry to provide aid to an officer in such circumstances. Right thing to do.

"The Chicago Police Department said the officer was on his way to pursue a suspect on foot when he crashed. They said the officer was trying to avoid hitting a car that cut him off and that he had his vehicle's lights and sirens on during the accident. "People think that people of color and police don't get along and don't have a good relationship, but in a situation like this when something incredible happens, you do the right thing," Russell continued. "You jump into action. This isn't a police officer. This is a human being."

That's right. Can't just let someone die. Lose all semblance of humanity doing so.

"James Morgan also jumped in to help the officers. He hopes the footage shows another side of his neighborhood. "Wasn't no animosity," Morgan said. "Wasn't nobody trying to hurt him anymore, just trying to help. That what it's about." "I was really able to capture the real heart of the South Side of Chicago and the citizens in the city of Chicago," Russell said."

8-3-18

Consider the determination and intelligence required to do the following. Think we're the only species capable of doing something truly stunning? NBC reports:

"A mother orca was seen supporting and pushing her dead calf to the surface of the water for more than two days. The killer whale, named J35, was seen propping the newborn on her forehead and trying to keep it near the surface of the water off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, said Ken Balcomb, senior scientist with the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, which closely tracks individual whales. "The baby was so newborn it didn't have blubber. It kept sinking, and the mother would raise it to the surface," he said Wednesday."

Imagine the determination. Effort.

"The baby was spotted alive and swimming with its mother Tuesday morning, but just a half hour later, when a team of researchers arrived, the orca was dead, according to the Center for Whale Research. The mother continued pushing her calf to the surface until at least sunset Thursday. There have been no sightings of the whales as of Friday morning, Balcomb told NBC News. The death represents another reproductive failure for the salmon-eating southern resident killer whales that typically show up in Puget Sound waters from spring to fall and a major setback for a struggling species with under 100 remaining."

Sadly, that's not the end of the story, however. Seatbelts on. In follow up, NPR reports:

"Since the infant's death, its mother has carried its body with her everywhere she goes. Sometimes nudging the calf with her nose, sometimes gripping it with her mouth by the flipper, sometimes diving to retrieve it when she loses her grip, the mother has been observed bearing her dead child for at least seven days across hundreds of miles."

Stunningly heartrending, isn't it?

"It's a very tragic tour of grief," says Ken Balcomb, the center's founder. As part of the Orca Survey, Balcomb and his colleagues have spent 42 years identifying and monitoring each individual orca in the Southern Resident killer whale population, an extended family of some 75 orcas living in three pods. In the survey's catalog, the pods go by letters and the orcas themselves are identified by numbers — which explains the mother's most commonly used name: J-35. Jenny Atkinson, executive director of the Whale Museum on Washington's San Juan Island, prefers to call her by another name: Tahlequah, a moniker given her as part of the museum's adopt a whale program."

Think these animals shouldn't live free? Consider the following:

"She's a normal, joyful whale. She's 20 years old. She's got an 8-year-old son," Atkinson says, adding that Tahlequah likely had another pregnancy a few years ago that she didn't bring to term. "She has one successful calf, she may have had a miscarriage and now we have a third one that she met," Atkinson adds. "And I can only imagine, once that baby took breath and swam by mom, that the bond they would have already shared had to have deepened. So maybe that makes this even more painful." Atkinson says it's not uncommon for an orca to carry her dead infant for a few hours, perhaps even a day. Balcomb saw a report dating back to the 1960s that described an orca doing so for a week. But in all their decades of combined experience, neither of them has personally observed a scene like the one that has unfolded over the past seven days."

Think other species aren't similar to our own vis a vis mourning?

"Still, Tahlequah's behavior has struck a familiar chord. "Look at some human traditions — from an Irish wake or an open casket, to when an elected official lies in state — when people want to come by and pay tribute to a person," Atkinson says. "There are so many ways that humans have done multi-day ceremonies to honor the dead and say that even though they're no longer a part of our community physically, they will always be a part of us. "And I think that's what Tahlequah and her family are doing." There's a word for that kind of behavior: grief. "We can't get into the animal's mind, we don't know if she has a concept of death," says anthropologist Barbara J. King, author of How Animals Grieve and longtime writer for NPR's 13.7: Cosmos and Culture. "But it seems to me that she's quite aware that there's something very wrong, that her baby is no longer the way that it should be — and she's so distressed about it that it rises to the level, in my estimation, of grief."

"That behavior can have its own dangers — not just to Tahlequah, who has shown signs of exhaustion as she carries her dead child, but also to Tahlequah's adult son and others. Given the fact that orcas move in matrilineal groups, dependent on mothers and grandmothers, her death may threaten others in her pod. And that, King says, is "terrifying." The numbers explain why. Listed as an endangered species for more than a decade, Southern Resident killer whales have not had a single successful pregnancy in the past three years, according to the Center for Whale Research. "We should be getting about nine babies a year," Balcomb says."

Think they don't communicate with each other?

"As you know, sound is critical to the orcas. They need quiet waters to be able to effectively communicate with one another, using calls and whistles, as well as to echoloca."

These are highly intelligent animals:

"Southern Resident killer whales have lost roughly a quarter of their population in just over two decades, according to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who signed an executive order earlier this year seeking to protect both orcas and their primary prey. As for Tahlequah, a thick fog left observers unsure Tuesday whether she is carrying her child for yet another day or has let loose the morbid weight she carried. Soon her decision will be made for her, because even in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, the calf will decompose with time. Before then, though, Balcomb hopes something good may come from this grim vigil. "She's telling the story far better than I can that these whales are in trouble," he says. "It's a message. These are pretty amazing animals. They know they're being watched, they know what's going on and they know that there's not enough food. And maybe they know that we have something to do with it."

8-3-18

Not all Hollywood stars are jackasses. Some, indeed, class acts. Get a load of the following. CBS News reports:

"Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be known as one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, but he's not too big of a star to appreciate people in smaller roles. Johnson gave his stunt double -- who is just as big in size, if not in stardom -- a surprise that brought the man to tears. Johnson posted video on Facebook of himself and stuntman Tanoai Reed doing a behind-the-scenes interview together. Reed, who just returned to set after suffering an injury, didn't know that the interview was staged and that Johnson had a surprise up his sleeve. The action hero, standing next to the stuntman who looks like he could be his twin, turns the interview in a sentimental direction. "He's been an incredible partner and brother to me," Johnson says of Reed. "It's been an honor and I want to say from the bottom of my heart, I love you, I thank you, and enjoy your new truck." The video shows Johnson step to the side to reveal a brand new pickup truck parked behind them, topped with a big red bow. Reed looks shocked when he sees the truck. Then he gets choked up and appears to be left speechless. The two men embrace as Reed thanks the star and sheds tears of joy."

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5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."One doesn't have to be in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That precisely why you refuse to release information on your officers to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

8-3-18

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? One hundred nineteen 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? One hundred nineteen 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. One hundred nineteen 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.

8-3-18

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

"The family of a black man shot dead by police in Chicago last month are questioning investigators' account of his death after authorities released bodycam video Wednesday of the fatal encounter. A family lawyer says the video shows Maurice Granton Jr. wasn't armed and didn't pose a threat when he was shot by officers conducting a drug investigation on June 6."

One doesn't have to be in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That precisely why you refuse to release information on your officers to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Police had said that Granton, 24, ran from plainclothes officers in Bronzeville. Chicago police told the Chicago Tribune Granton had been spotted in a drug transaction by a surveillance camera. Police said he ignored their orders to stop, pulled a gun and was shot by one of the officers. But the family disputes the police account that there was an "armed encounter." The lawyer, Antonio Romanucci, said a gun was found about 20 to 25 feet away from Granton's body, but said many questions remain unanswered about the firearm, reports the Chicago Tribune."

Officers lie like hell, right, Sheriff? Usually, with impunity. ... Right, Bill?

"There is no explanation as to why this young man was shot multiple times when at all times he appears on video unarmed," Romanucci said in a statement Wednesday."

Police murder with impunity. Lie like hell to avoid criminal prosecution. Are believed when they have absolutely no credibility.

"Chicago police released a limited video shortly after the shooting that it said showed Granton holding a gun sometime before the shooting, according to the Chicago Tribune. The department also tweeted out a photo of a 9 mm handgun they said they recovered. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Tribune at the time the video was being released "in response to claims that offender was unarmed and the weapon was planted by CPD officers."

Rings hollow, doesn't it? Reeks of desperation by murderous law enforcement.

"In a statement Wednesday, Romanucci decried the Chicago Police Department's decision to tweet a picture of the firearm after the shooting "without any further information as to who the gun belonged to, whether it was in Maurice's hands, how far it was from his body, etc. — implying it only was Granton Jr's. — with no factual evidence it was his."

Called lying like hell. Law enforcement does it with virtual impunity. Not held accountable. Yet, tell the truth to a jackbooted bastard in blue, but not what the bastard wants to hear, guess what? Get charged with lying to an officer.

"After viewing the video with Granton's family at the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which is investigating the shooting, Romanucci and co-counsel Andrew Stroth called the shooting "unjustified," reports the Chicago Tribune. The video released Wednesday shows Granton running towards a fence and attempting to climb it before seeing an officer approaching him from the other side. He jumps down, turns around and appears to be running away from the officer when he is shot and falls to the ground.

"Tayshia Shaw has two daughters with Maurice Granton Jr. She said he did not have a gun on him. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/jDBGBvUpqP
— Vi Nguyen (@ViNguyen) June 7, 2018

"Granton is seen writhing in pain and then stops moving. An officer calls for an ambulance, but no one appears to render aid. A medical examiner determined he was shot in the back, reports the Chicago Tribune."

Shot in the back. Nazi justice.

"Tayshia Shaw, the mother of his two children, told CBS Chicago last month Granton didn't have a gun. "He didn't have no gun on him. He has two kids to live for, so he wouldn't do anything dumb. He came home to his kids every night," she said. "That's not his personality. He wouldn't even chance his life doing that, knowing he has two very young kids to come home to." Granton's father, Maurice Granton Sr., told reporters after seeing the video Wednesday his son was "left on the ground like an animal," calling the shooting "cold-blooded murder," reports the Tribune."

No justice in Nazi America. All ass backwards. Yet, kill a cop in self-defense? Guess what? Get executed for capital murder.

"He's not a person who would have an armed confrontation with a policeman," Granton Sr. said. "He didn't deserve death for whatever crime they think he committed."

It's going to get worse. Far worse. As we transition from the de facto fascist police-state we've lived in for quite some time, to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

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8-3-18

Think you've heard it all? CBS News reports:

"Two rookie New Orleans police officers were fired and charged with battery in the beating of a man they allegedly called a "fake American" following a confrontation at a bar. Spencer Sutton and John Galman were booked on one count each of simple battery in connection with the beating of Jorge Alberto "George" Gomez early Tuesday, reports CBS affiliate WWL-TV."

Do the same to a cop, guess what? Get charged with attempted capital murder.

"Gomez said the two off-duty officers, who are white, began harassing him inside Mid-City Yacht Club, saying they didn't like his camouflage clothing and asking him whether he had served in the military, reports the New Orleans Advocate. Gomez said he told the men he was born in the U.S. but was raised in Honduras before he returned to live in New Orleans and served in the National Guard, but the men wouldn't accept his answer."

Was none of their goddamned business. Should have immediately told the bastards such. Vetting of officers? What's that?

"WWL-TV confirmed that Gomez, who is Hispanic, served with the Louisiana National Guard."

Irrelevant. Was none of the officers' goddamned business.

"Gomez told The New Orleans Advocate that officers asked him whether he was an American."

Again, was none of the officers' goddamned business. Irrelevant.

"They kept telling me I wasn't an American citizen, that I was a fake American," Gomez told the Advocate."

Jackbooted nazis. Following in the footsteps of the Trump nazi.

"Shortly after the confrontation at South Murat and Baudin streets, Gomez was beaten a few blocks away from the bar. Court records obtained by the Advocate said Galman struck Gomez with "an opened hand and fist," and Sutton also struck Gomez."

Criminal jackbooted nazi motherf--kers. Disgrace to themselves, badge, law enforcement.

"He was reportedly treated at a hospital, where he required stitches and was later released. During an interview with WWL-TV, Gomez's face was swollen, scratched and bruised."

Again, do the same to a cop? Get charged with attempted capital murder. No equal justice in a de facto fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Sources told WWL-TV that the officers initially claimed that Gomez was the aggressor and that they were defending themselves, but witness accounts and surveillance video "clearly" showed their version of events was false, police said."

Cops don't lie, do they?

"We took very decisive and strong action against them with the evidence that was brought to us," Police Superintendent Michael Harrison told WWL-TV. "What we learned and what I was briefed on and what we saw supported they were the aggressors, not only inside but outside and it continued to escalate."

What choice did you have? Had it not been quite as conclusive, wouldn't have done squat shit, would you?

"Harrison said in a statement obtained by the paper that New Orleans officers "are expected to comply with the law and adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct, whether on- or off-duty."

Isn't that the standard throughout all Nazi America? Hardly ever enforced currently, is it?

"Gomez said he wanted an apology from the two now-former officers, who appeared in court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts. They had no apparent injuries."

The fact these jackbooted bastards were not charged with felonies is indisputable proof there are indeed two standards of justice in Nazi America. One for the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. The other for the rest of us.

"According to the Advocate, the two had graduated from the police training academy in December and had not yet completed a required probationary period."

Jesus Christ. Certainly, proof positive vetting is nowhere near what it needs to be.

"In announcing that 24-year-old Sutton and 26-year-old Galman had been fired, police said they and the FBI are investigating whether they violated Gomez' civil rights, and a district attorney is reportedly weighing whether to enhance the charges."

You think? Jesus Christ. No-brainer. Worse? These guys are in their mid-20s. Not teenage kids. Knew better.

"Sutton also told investigators he had no memory of the fight, according to court documents. The two officers were initially released on their own recognizance, but their bails were raised to $1,500 following a hearing Wednesday, reports the Advocate."

Tell you anything? Anything at all? No question, law enforcement has a long, long, long way to go.

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8-3-18

The following is appalling. The Statesman reports:

"A residential home for troubled boys in Burnet County was raided on Wednesday as part of an investigation into abuse and human trafficking at the facility, officials said on Friday."

Can certainly happen anywhere. Sad, isn't it?

"The Burnet County sheriff’s office said it has been working with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers, among other agencies, on a weeks-long investigation into the Joshua House, which is located in Bertram and affiliated with the nonprofit group Joshua House Ministries. Officials said they have received allegations of abuse, neglect, labor violations, fraud, licensing violations, and human trafficking at Joshua House, and on Wednesday, executed a search warrant at the facility in the 2500 block of FM 243 West."

Not clear how long allegations were being received by authorities.

"Eight boys ranging in age from 10 to 17 have been removed from the home and placed with Child Protective Services until they can be reunited with their parents, who all live out of state, authorities said. Officials said none of the boys are related to the directors or staff at the facility."

Can never be too much oversight, can there?

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8-3-18

Chicago recently beat the Trump nazi at his own game. The Washington Times reports:

"The Trump administration suffered another legal defeat on its sanctuary city crackdown after a judge Friday permanently blocked the government from retaliating against Chicago’s sanctuary policy by stripping away its police grant money."

Interestingly, the judge is a Republican appointed by Reagan.

"U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, a Reagan appointee to the bench, said the administration is free to track down illegal immigrants on its own, but it cannot force Chicago to cooperate in reporting or turning them over. His ruling follows similar defeats for the Trump administration in California and Philadelphia, where judges have also ruled against the administration’s attempts to condition Byrne Justice Assistance Grant money on better cooperation on immigration."

Gratifying to see the Judiciary Branch serving its constitutional function as check and balance to the Trump nazi and his henchmen.

“Chicago’s compliance with the conditions would damage local law enforcement’s relationship with immigrant communities and decrease the cooperation essential to prevent and solve crimes both within those communities and Chicago at large,” the judge wrote. “Trust once lost is not easily restored.”

Sanity from the judiciary in the insane world of the Trump nazi.

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8-3-18

Think Amazon doesn't desperately need reining in? Doesn't contribute to the law enforcement problem? NPR reports:

"Facial recognition software sold by Amazon mistakenly identified 28 members of Congress as people who had been arrested for crimes, the American Civil Liberties Union announced on Thursday. Amazon Rekognition has been marketed as tool that provides extremely accurate facial analysis through photos and video."

Bullshit. Simply, not true.

"The ACLU tested that assertion by using the software to scan photos of every current member of the House and Senate in a database that the watchdog built from thousands of publicly available arrest photos. "The members of Congress who were falsely matched with the mugshot database we used in the test include Republicans and Democrats, men and women, and legislators of all ages, from all across the country," the ACLU stated. The test misidentified people of color at a high rate — 39 percent — even though they made up only 20 percent of Congress. One member falsely cited as a crime suspect was Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who first came to prominence as a civil rights leader."

Amazon lines its pockets. The public is f--ked over by law enforcement. Any questions?

"As part of the test, the ACLU said it used Amazon's default match settings. But a spokeswoman for Amazon Web Services said in an emailed statement that the ACLU should have changed those settings — and used a higher "threshold," or percentage that measures how confident Rekognition is in finding a match. "While 80% confidence is an acceptable threshold for photos of hot dogs, chairs, animals, or other social media use cases, it wouldn't be appropriate for identifying individuals with a reasonable level of certainty," she said. For law enforcement, Amazon "guides customers" to set the threshold at 95 percent or higher."

Disingenuous corporate bullshit. Here's why:

"ACLU of Northern California attorney Jacob Snow responded to that comment in an emailed statement: "We know from our test that Amazon makes no effort to ask users what they are using Rekognition for," he said."

Tell you anything?

"Snow doesn't think that changing the threshold changes the danger: "Face surveillance technology in the hands of government is primed for abuse and raises grave civil rights concerns."

Intentionally, so. It's how the criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement get their cookies off abusing power. How this corporation lines its pockets.

"Outcry from privacy and civil rights groups has not stopped law enforcement from pursuing the technology. The Orlando, Fla., police force tested Rekognition's real-time surveillance. The Washington County Sheriff's Office, near Portland, Ore., has used it to search faces from photos of suspects taken by deputies."

Jackbooted nazi motherf--kers. Law enforcement presents an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. We've lived in a de facto fascist police-state for decades, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. No longer a democratic republic. In name only.

"This is partly a result of vendors pushing facial recognition technology because it becomes another avenue of revenue," Jeramie Scott, national security counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C., told NPR. He compared facial recognition software to body cameras worn by law enforcement, which can be used for police accountability or, increasingly, public surveillance."

Raw, jackbooted nazism.

"He stressed the need for debate so that the technology doesn't become a poor solution for bad policy. "Because of the disproportionate error rate, and because of the real risk of depriving civil liberties posed by facial recognition technology, we need to have a conversation about how and when and under what circumstances this technology should be used by law enforcement, if at all."

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8-3-18

Resistance grows. CBS News reports:

"Philadelphia will stop giving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a real-time arrest database, accusing the agency of misusing the information to target people who are in the country illegally but are otherwise not accused of any crimes, Mayor Jim Kenney said on Friday. His decision means the city will not renew a contract that expires August 31. "Such practices sow fear and distrust in Philadelphia's great immigrant community, and make it more difficult for our Police Department to solve crimes. I cannot in good conscience allow the agreement to continue," Kenney said, according to CBS Philadelphia."

Excellent. Stand on principle.

"As a "sanctuary city," Philadelphia had already limited cooperation with immigration enforcement. It won't release inmates to ICE without a judicial warrant. The Trump administration wants to cut funding to the city as a result but has so far been blocked by a judge. "How anyone can define this as making America great again is beyond me," Kenney said."

Here's the problem:

"Anyone who interacts with law enforcement is entered into the database, including those who are arrested, victims and witnesses, with limits on what ICE officers can view. Kenney said the city's conversations in recent weeks with ICE only confirmed what he had feared. With access to the database, Kenney said ICE has been arresting otherwise law-abiding residents for immigration violations. He said it has also been targeting foreign-born residents for investigation even though there is no information on their immigration status."

Raw nazism.

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8-3-18

The following is far, far worse than appalling. Even worse, it's a female officer who committed this horrific crime. ABC News reports:

"A rookie North Miami Beach Police officer has been relieved from duty and charged with aggravated battery after she allegedly kicked a woman 8 months pregnant in the stomach during an altercation on Miami Beach on Wednesday night, authorities said. After she was kicked, the victim, identified by ABC Miami affiliate WPLG as 27-year-old Evoni Murray, was in "severe pain" and began having contractions, according to an arrest report from the Miami Beach Police Department. She was then transferred to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she gave birth shortly after arriving, the report states. The baby's due date had been set for Aug. 4, and Murray was described as "visibly pregnant," according to the police report."

Female officers usually show better judgment than their male counterparts. Not this officer:

"Officer Ambar Pacheco, 26, told police she retaliated after Murray's boyfriend allegedly kicked her sister in the face. "I saw red and beat the s--- out of her," Pacheco said, according to the arrest report."

You lack judgment, control. Not fit to wear a badge, uniform, sport a high-powered sidearm.

"Pacheco later told police that she "doesn't know who," but she kicked "somebody," the report states."

Incredible. This woman is a licensed peace officer.

"Murray had been meeting up with her boyfriend in Miami Beach on Washington Avenue and Espanola Way around 8:30 p.m. after he had just gotten out of work at a burger restaurant down the block, WPLG reported. In an interview with CBS Miami affiliate WFOR, Murray denied that her boyfriend, 40-year-old Joseph Predelus Jr., kicked Pacecho's sister. "Why would he kick a female for if she wasn't doing anything?" Murray said. "He was just trying to restrain the young ladies from doing anything to me or his child." Murray believes Pacheco and her sister thought she and Predelus were "talking about them," describing the women as "belligerent" and "loud." "They basically tried to jump me because they thought I said something," Murray told WFOR."

Somebody's lying. Guess who?

"Predelus also told WFOR that the altercation was unprovoked. "We didn't have no problems with you," he said. After the alleged attack, the parents got to the hospital in the "nick of time," Predelus told WFOR. A healthy baby boy named Joseph Predelus III was born, Murray said."

Vetting appears to be an issue:

"Pacheco, who has been with the department for less than a year, was relieved of duty as of Thursday pending an internal affairs review and a decision from the state attorney's office on whether to file charges, Major Richard Rand, public information officer for the North Miami Beach Police Department, told ABC News. She will not be paid during that time, Rand said. The department will review in Pacheco's personnel records whether she disclosed that she had been arrested at 18 years old for petty theft and whether that charge had been cleared by the department when she was hired, WPLG reported. The petty theft charge was dismissed after Pacheco attended a pre-trial diversion program, according to WPLG."

Here's the irony:

"Murray said it "troubles" her that someone who's "supposed to be protecting and serving" was the person who hurt her. "No matter who you are, what occupation you have, battery, fighting, putting your hands on someone else should not be allowed," she told WFOR."

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8-3-18

Think we don't live in a surveillance state? Haven't for years? The Washington Post reports:

"Federal air marshals have for years been quietly monitoring small numbers of U.S. air passengers and reporting on in-flight behavior considered suspicious, even if those individuals have no known terrorism links, the Transportation Security Administration said on Sunday."

Fascist police-state. No warrant. No court order. No probable cause. Raw nazism.

"Under a sensitive, previously undisclosed program called “Quiet Skies,” the TSA has since 2010 tasked marshals to identify passengers who raise flags because of travel histories or other factors and conduct secret observations of their actions — including behavior as common as sweating heavily or using the restroom repeatedly — as they fly between U.S. destinations."

Nazism. Surveillance state. Perspiration and bathroom use are not probable cause a crime has, or is, about to occur.

"The Boston Globe first revealed the existence of the Quiet Skies program on Sunday. In response to questions, TSA spokesman James O. Gregory offered more details of the program’s origins and goals, comparing it to other law enforcement activities that ask officers to closely monitor individuals or areas vulnerable to crime."

That's the problem. A fascist police-state. 'Broken windows' repressive policing.

“We are no different than the cop on the corner who is placed there because there is an increased possibility that something might happen,” Gregory said. “When you’re in a tube at 30,000 feet ... it makes sense to put someone there.”

Goes much further than that. The neighborhood cop is not charged with creating dossiers as is the air marshal. The stated function of the air marshal originally was to provide security, not create dossiers, invade personal privacy.

"The TSA declined to provide complete information on how individuals are selected for Quiet Skies and how the program works."

They're covering their ass. The lack of transparency has nothing to do with security, everything to do with concealing the fact they're deliberately abrogating the privacy of passengers. Abusing power.

"According to the TSA, the program uses travel records and other information to identify passengers who will be subject to additional checks at airports and observed in flight by air marshals who report on their activities to the agency."

Why would anyone fly? Put up with this bullshit? Enable this abuse of authority by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"The initiative raises new questions about the privacy of ordinary Americans as they go about routine travel within the United States and about the broad net cast by law enforcement as it seeks to keep air travel safe."

Nothing to do with safety, everything to do with getting their cookies off abusing power. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Gregory said the program did not single out passengers based on race or religion and should not be considered surveillance because the agency does not, for example, listen to passengers’ calls or follow flagged individuals around outside airports."

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks likes a duck, guess what? It's a f--king duck. ... Right, Sheriff?

"But during in-flight observation of people who are tagged as Quiet Skies passengers, marshals use an agency checklist to record passenger behavior: Did he or she sleep during the flight? Did he or she use a cellphone? Look around erratically?"

None of their f--king goddamned business. Fascist police-state. Raw abuse of power.

“The program analyzes information on a passenger’s travel patterns while taking the whole picture into account,” Gregory said, adding “an additional line of defense to aviation security.”

Horse shit. What it is remains a fascist police-state where the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue get their cookies off abusing power.

“If that person does all that stuff, and the airplane lands safely and they move on, the behavior will be noted, but they will not be approached or apprehended,” Gregory said. He declined to say whether the program has resulted in arrests or disruption of any criminal plots."

Why the lack of transparency? If it's so successful, why not hail its benefits with proof, not bullshit hearsay. If nothing happened during the flight, why isn't all information destroyed after landing? Why are the jackbooted bastards creating dossiers on innocent passengers?

"Hugh Handeyside, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, called on the TSA to provide more information about the program to passengers. “Such surveillance not only makes no sense, it is a big waste of taxpayer money and raises a number of constitutional questions,” he said. “These concerns and the need for transparency are all the more acute because of TSA’s track record of using unreliable and unscientific techniques to screen and monitor travelers who have done nothing wrong.”

Need to be repeatedly sued.

"The TSA, which was created soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, screens on average more than 2 million passengers a day. While the agency is tasked with a weighty public safety mission, it has at times been publicly rebuked for being intrusive and abusive at airport checkpoints. It has been accused of doing little to enhance security while subjecting passengers to searches or questioning."

Precisely, why many of us will no longer fly. Refuse to put up with this horse shit.

Think Homeland Security is competent? Wake up. Get this:

"In 2015, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that undercover agents were able to slip fake bombs past TSA screeners about 95 percent of the time. A year later, the flying public was in an uproar over long lines to move through security screening."

The public has itself to blame. Why fly if they insist on f--king you in the ass without the Vaseline? To get their cookies off.

"The agency has also been criticized for its treatment of Muslims and other minorities who have complained of being profiled while traveling. Earlier this year, media reports revealed that the agency had compiled a secret list of unruly passengers. Passengers may be selected for Quiet Skies screening because of their affiliation with someone on the government’s no-fly list or other databases aimed at preventing terrorist attacks."

Inaccurate databases.

“This program raises a whole host of civil liberties and profiling concerns,” said Faiza Patel, co-director of the New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. Critics say that government watch lists and databases are overly broad and include incorrect information. The no-fly list grew from about 16 people in September 2001 to 64,000 in 2014. But Patel, an attorney, said law enforcement officials are generally free to surveil individuals as long as they do not do so based on criteria such as ethnicity."

Precisely, the problem. The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue receive carte blanche to evade, ignore, abrogate all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. -- The fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

CBS News reports:

"A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) domestic surveillance program is drawing criticism for tracking information from U.S. citizens not suspected of any crimes. The program has drawn criticism within the agency, according to CBS News sources."

Good to see not all employees of this out of control nazi agency are goons. Encouraging, isn't it?

"Officials familiar with the program said "Quiet Skies" complies with security constraints and privacy requirements. One source said the "Quiet Skies" team has to be prepared to justify why an individual is being questioned if they are challenged."

Think so? Believe it?

"If a flyer is on the list for a certain amount of time and travels without incident, they are automatically removed from the list. Some in the security field believe this creates a certain level of risk because if the person being surveilled is a sleeper agent, they may succeed in flying under the radar. But congressional concerns about redress prompted the policy. The "Quiet Skies" program has been in existence since 2010 and the TSA says Congress and the airlines have been briefed on the program over the last 12 to 18 months."

Trust them? Think they're not abusing authority?

"At least one Air Marshal has filed a complaint the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office about the program, believing it is a waste of time, money and manpower."

Tell you anything? Anything at all?

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8-3-18

Police are tracking. NBC reports:

"Picture a crowded street. Police are searching for a man believed to have committed a violent crime. To find him, they feed a photograph into a video surveillance network powered by artificial intelligence. A camera, one of thousands, scans the street, instantly analyzing the faces of everyone it sees. Then, an alert: The algorithms found a match with someone in the crowd. Officers rush to the scene and take him into custody. But it turns out the guy isn’t the one they’re looking for -- he just looked a lot like him. The machines were wrong. This is what some makers of this technology fear might happen if police adopt advanced forms of facial recognition that make it easier to track wanted criminals, missing people and suspected terrorists -- while expanding the government’s ability to secretly monitor the public."

Already happening.

"Despite “real-time” facial recognition’s dazzling potential for crime-prevention, it is also raising alarms of the risks of mistakes and abuse. Those concerns are not only coming from privacy and civil rights advocates, but increasingly from tech firms themselves. In recent months, one tech executive has vowed never to sell his facial recognition products to police departments, and another has called on Congress to intervene. One company has formed an ethics board for guidance, and another says it might do the same. Employees and shareholders from some of the world’s biggest tech firms have pressed their leaders to get out of business with law enforcement."

1984 on steroids. Nazi America.

“Time is winding down but it’s not too late for someone to take a stand and keep this from happening,” said Brian Brackeen, the CEO of the facial recognition firm Kairos, who wants tech firms to join him in keeping the technology out of law enforcement’s hands. Brackeen, who is black, said he has long been troubled by facial recognition algorithms’ struggle to distinguish faces of people with dark skin, and the implications of its use by the government and police. If they do get it, he recently wrote, “there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens.”

Already happening. Far worse to come.

"With few scientific standards or government regulations, there is little preventing police departments from using facial recognition to target immigrants or identify participants in a political protest, critics say."

No matter the scientific standards and/or government regulations, this technology will always be abused by tyrants. Always.

“There needs to be greater transparency around the use of these technologies,” said Rashida Richardson, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute at New York University. “And a more open, public conversation about what types of use cases we are comfortable with — and what types of use cases should just not be available.”

Not good enough. Nowhere near. Wake up. The Founders created a template for a democratic republic that is as close to perfection as it could be. Yet, tyrants have managed to bastardize the United States Constitution to the point where liberty no longer exists in our formerly great country. -- You have the freedom to do what you're told. Wake up.

"As the technology advances, “real-time” facial recognition — which involves the constant scanning of live video feeds to match moving faces with a database of still images — is starting to spread. Police in China are reportedly using it to pick suspects out of crowds, and retailers there are using it to identify customers and their buying preferences. U.S. security agencies are testing the technology in some airports and border crossings. And now systems are being designed for use by local police.

“This is a technology that is progressing so rapidly and is coming down in cost so rapidly that in the future we should expect it to be efficient, cheap and common,” said Gregory C. Allen, an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank."

-- The frog lulled to sleep in a pot of water gently heating on a stove top. Wake up.

“We are at a moment where facial recognition is being marketed to communities while not being proven as public safety tools,” said Matt Cagle, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which uncovered efforts by Amazon to market its facial recognition technology to police departments,and then tested it, finding that it mistakenly matched faces of 28 members of Congress with police mugshots.“We think it’s harmful because it’s unproven and it’s been deployed in some places without any rules.”

This presents an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to liberty and life itself than all levels and branches of this out of control, corrupt and abusive government. ... 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.

8-3-18

Think you've heard it all? CBS/AP reports:

"All police operations have been suspended in a North Carolina town in the aftermath of public corruption charges levied against its chief and an officer. Southport Mayor Jerry Dove tells WECT-TV that he and the city board last week asked the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office to assume all law enforcement functions until further notice."

Couldn't be, could it?

"Brunswick County District Attorney Jon David said Thursday that Police Chief Gary Smith and Lt. Mike Simmons had a "habitual and repeated pattern" of leaving their police posts for work at a trucking company. They were arrested Thursday, the same day multiple search warrants were executed at the police department, town hall and trucking company."

Amazing, isn't it?

"The department's website says six others make up the force. David says some officers were whistleblowers."

Can't say the same for yours, can you, Sheriff?

"All officers are on paid administrative leave."

Get paid for doing nothing. LOL.

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.

7-27-18

As always, when a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. The following is an example of uncommon valor. CBS News reports:

"A police officer in New Jersey is being credited with saving the life of a man lying on tracks who was unaware an oncoming train was about to hit him, reports CBS New York. Perth Amboy officer Kyle L. Savoia's body camera recorded him racing to intercept a man in a red shirt lying face down on the tracks, not realizing a train was barreling toward him last week. Savoia waved to stop the train while shouting at the dazed man, who got up and jumped out of the way at the last moment as the train rolled to an abrupt stop. "Where'd you come from?" the man says afterwards. "Thank you, oh my God, thank you so much."

At 22, think this heroic officer doesn't have an exceptionally bright future ahead of him?

"The 22-year-old Savoia was dispatched for a welfare check at the Perth Amboy station Thursday around 8 a.m. The officer says when he got the call he knew there'd be a man on the tracks, but he didn't realize there would be an oncoming train. Once he saw it bearing down, he knew he'd have to act fast. Savoi's body cam video shows he went from jogging to sprinting. "In a split second, I decided to start running," he told CBS New York. "In that situation, your training takes over."

Certainly, in the right place at the right time.

"It turns out the man was homeless and, after being taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center for treatment, he showed up at police headquarters to thank Savoia again. "He said I'm a true hero to him," Savoia said. "That he had a two-year-old, that he had a family to go home to."

What goes around comes around. Karma.

"Savoia lost his own father, a longtime sergeant with the Perth Amboy Police Department, just two years ago. "What I thought of was his father, how proud his father would be in heaven looking down on his son," Perth Amboy Chief Roman McKeon said. Ask Savoia, whose own career started only seven years ago, and he'll tell you he was just doing his job."

Uncommon valor. Hat's off. Best of the best.

7-27-18

There are outstanding cops out there. CBS News reports:

"A police officer's random act of kindness has gone viral after a witness caught it on video. The video shows a Danbury, Connecticut, police officer apparently rushing to a mother and her child before a storm. The trees were rustling and a downpour was approaching, so the officer helped the pair gather their things and gave them a ride home, says the man who took the video. Filmed from the window of a nearby office building, the video shows the cop and her police cruiser on the street below. As the wind whips, the officer helps the mother put her belongings in the trunk. Then, she holds the door for the mom to jump in the back seat. "Danbury's finest ... it was nice to witness this today out of my office window," Alfredo John wrote when he posted the video on Facebook. "Torrential rain was fast approaching and this officer pulls over and clearly offered this woman and her little child a safe "DRY" ride home." His video was viewed more than 140,000 times in one day. "I thought this would be a great opportunity to show how much our local PD's do care and are willing to help even when they don't have to!" he wrote."

7-27-18

There are truly great officers out there. The following is a stunning example. CBS News reports:

"A Florida police officer's act of kindness is going viral after he was seen on video helping a homeless man shave his beard so he could apply for a job at McDonald's. According to a post on the Tallahassee Police Department's Facebook page, a witness captured the deed on camera over the weekend. Kelly Duvall sent in a picture and video to the police department after her daughter filmed an officer shave a homeless man's beard outside a Circle K gas station on Thomasville Road, CBS affiliate WTSP-TV reports. She explains her daughter went inside the store and encountered Officer Carlson, who was cleaning himself up.

"She offered to buy him a drink and got talking," she wrote. "Apparently the officer was at McDonald's next door and this gentleman went in looking for a job. He was told they wouldn't hire him unless he shaved his beard. So the officer went and got some clippers and shaved the man's beard so he could go back and get a job!"

"#MustSee #MorePureAwesomeness We thought the picture was awesome, well here’s THE VIDEO of Officer Carlson helping one of our citizens. #TPD #Tallahassee THE STORY AS TOLD BY THE CITIZEN SUBMITTING THE INFORMATION: “My daughter just sent me this picture and called to tell me the story, I had to share....she went to the gas station and saw this officer shaving a homeless man's beard. A minute later the officer went into the store and Hannah walked in after him and saw him cleaning himself up because he was hot and sweaty. She offered to buy him a drink and got talking. Apparently the officer was at McDonald's next door and this gentleman went in looking for a job. He was told they wouldn't hire him unless he shaved his beard. So the officer went and got some clippers and shaved the man's beard so he could go back and get a job! I am so proud to live in a community where our deputies and officers are such wonderful people. Good job Tallahassee Police Department!!! ?”

7-27-18

Here's another stunning example of the very best in law enforcement. Fox News reports:

"On Wednesday, members of PPPD SWAT came to the Korean War veteran’s home to let him try on their night-vision goggles. (Fox13 News) An 88-year-old Florida veteran recently called his local police department with an unusual request. Stanley Gold, who served in the Navy, wanted to know if he could use the Pembroke Pines Police Department's night-vision goggles before he completely loses his sight, Fox 13 reported. Gold, who is already 75 percent blind, saw his wish come true on July 11, when members of the police department showed up at his front door with a pair of goggles for him to try. In a video posted to the department's Twitter, one officer asks Gold if he's ready to go to work. "I already spent 37 years at the post office," the Korean War vet responds.

"88-year old Navy Veteran Stanley Gold, who is 75% blind, reached out to our officers & asked if he could try their night vision equipment before he lost his vision completely. Last night members of our PPPD SWAT met with Mr. Gold to make his dream a reality. pic.twitter.com/gpsDKAqICC
— Pembroke Pines PD (@PPinesPD) July 12, 2018"

"The video also shows Gold checking out other equipment with the officers, and them thanking him for the Klondike bars."

7-27-18

Yet, another example of the very best in policing. Fox News reports:

"One New Hampshire police officer went the extra mile and helped a woman carry her groceries nearly half a mile uphill to her home, after a fire emergency blocked off her route back. On July 17, photos of the good deed by Master Patrol Officer Tyler Coady of the Bow Police Department went viral on Facebook. According to Boston 25 News, Officer Coady was on the scene in response to a fire at Crossroads Community Church. Fortunately, no one was inside the church at the time of the blaze. Soon after, a local woman returned home from the grocery store, and was "concerned" about getting her purchases home, InfoNH reports. Officer Coady sprang into action, and carried two of her bags back to her house, walking her back to safety."

Best in policing.

“Great job going above and beyond and showing compassion, and solving the problem,” InfoNH wrote of the officer’s kindness, which have since been liked over 1,200 times and sparked nearly 100 comments. “Thank you Officer Coady! So typical of our Bow PD. [Love] our town!” one supporter wrote. “This is what makes America great!” another agreed. “Good deed well done officer,” one fan chimed in. “And thanks to all the others who do this and didn't get their picture taken,” another mused."

7-27-18

Think a kid can't make one hell of a difference? Get this. Seatbelts on. CBS News reports:

"Andrew Emery, 9, always wanted a younger brother, so he was overjoyed when he got his wish. Just six months ago, his baby brother, Dylan, was born. "I tell him I love him and he smiles at me and I give him a kiss and stuff," said Andrew. But less than two weeks ago, Dylan was diagnosed with Krabbe disease, a rare and terminal neurological condition. So Andrew decided to go on Facebook and ask for help.

"This is Andrew, Dylan’s big brother. He came up with his own benefit for his baby brother!!! Please come and support this precious family!! Address for Andrew’s Benefit: 1495 Hwy 72/221 Greenwood, SC 29646.
Posted by Team DYLAN on Monday, May 21, 2018

"Please come buy lemonade so I can raise money to help Dylan get better," he said."

Did they ever. Get this:

"The community turned out, handing him stacks of cash for each cup of lemonade. He raised $6,000 in two hours, using the hashtag #TeamDylan. "I am gonna help pay his doctor's bills and buy him a teddy bear," Andrew said. Andrew's father, Matthew, and stepmother, Melissa, have been stunned by the campaign -- one that's now raised $10,000. "Words can't describe how proud I am of Andrew," Matthew said. "To be 9 years old and to put his little brother first. It's really hard to describe how proud I am of him. I tell him but I don't think he understands." To find out more or to donate, go to Dylan Emery's GoFundMe page."

Think this kid doesn't have one hell of a future?

7-27-18

Or, how about this 18-year-old young lady in the UK? CBS News reports:

"Police in the United Kingdom are commending a teenager and her inspiring messages for saving several lives. Paige Hunter, 18, wrote more than 40 heartfelt notes and tied them onto a bridge in Sutherland to help those in despair, Northumbria police said Sunday. According to police, Hunter attached the messages to the railing of Wearmouth Bridge to offer solace to people facing a mental health crisis. One of the messages written by Hunter read: "Even though things are difficult, your life matters; you're a shining light in a dark world, so just hold on."

Wasn't lost on law enforcement:

"Northumbria Police Chief Superintendent Sarah Pitt presented her with an award on behalf of the department to recognize her selfless acts. "We thought it was important to applaud the work Paige has been doing and the help she has given those in Sunderland who are going through a mental health crisis," Pitt said. "Paige has shown an incredible understanding of vulnerable people in need of support, and this is an innovative way to reach out to those in a dark place." "She should be very proud of herself," Pitt added. "It is important that we encourage people to speak out and raise awareness of mental health issues and the impact on peoples' lives."

Indeed.

"After receiving the award, Hunter said: "I wasn't doing this for an award; it was just something that I wanted to do." "My family are just proud of me and I'm going to put it up on the wall," she said. "I just want to help people and I've been told it's already helped save six lives."

7-27-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That why you refuse to release information on your goons to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect the jackbooted goons preying on the citizenry, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

7-27-18

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? One hundred eighteen 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? One hundred eighteen 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. One hundred eighteen 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.

7-27-18

Think it isn't a problem when a sheriff's office steals from the federal government? LOL. Fox News reports:

"A Georgia police department is in hot water over the purchase of a Hellcat muscle car. Fox 5 reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to pay back $69,258 that it received from a federal program that distributes seized drug money to law enforcement agencies, which was used to buy the 707 hp Dodge Charger Hellcat in May. "We have not yet responded to that letter and we're examining all our options," department spokesperson Shannon Volkodav told Fox 5. The Charger is a popular vehicle among law enforcement agencies, but Dodge does not make a Special Service model with the Hellcat's 6.2-liter supercharged V8 engine for this purpose. The Hellcat boasts a top speed of 204 mph. The black sedan is being used as Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway’s official car, which the DOJ said differed from the use stated in the application for the funds as an “undercover/covert operations” vehicle. The federal agency described it as an “extravagant expenditure,” which is not allowed under the program."

Forget? In Nazi America, anything goes. Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That why you refuse to release information on your goons to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect the jackbooted goons preying on the citizenry, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... 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.

7-27-18

Think a lone juror can't make a difference? Will be ignored by a governor? Think again. CBS News reports:

"Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday spared a condemned killer whose sentence was challenged after a juror came forward and said information about the extent of the inmate's tough childhood wasn't properly presented at trial. The Republican governor commuted the sentence of death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts to life without the possibility of parole, citing "fundamental flaws" in the sentencing portion of Tibbetts' trial. "Specifically, the defense's failure to present sufficient mitigating evidence, coupled with an inaccurate description of Tibbetts' childhood by the prosecution, essentially prevented the jury from making an informed decision about whether Tibbetts deserved the death sentence," Kasich said."

Stunning, isn't it? Especially, coming from a Republican governor. Here are the circumstances:

"The guilt of Tibbetts, 61, has never been in doubt. He received the death sentence for stabbing Fred Hicks to death at Hicks' Cincinnati home in 1997. Tibbetts also received life imprisonment for fatally beating and stabbing his wife, 42-year-old Judith Crawford, during an argument that same day over Tibbetts' crack cocaine habit. The 67-year-old Hicks had hired Crawford as a caretaker and allowed the couple to stay with him. The case against Hicks seemed closed until a former juror, Ross Geiger, came across materials presented on Tibbetts' behalf to the Ohio Parole Board that documented horrific facts about Tibbetts' early years, which jurors never heard. When Tibbetts was a boy, he and his brothers were tied to a single bed at night, were not fed properly, were thrown down stairs, had their fingers beaten with spatulas and were burned on heating registers, according to Tibbetts' application for mercy last year. Geiger wrote Kasich in January citing his concerns and asking that Tibbetts be spared. He also testified before the parole board last month in a rare follow-up clemency hearing. The board had voted 11-1 against mercy for Tibbetts last year. Geiger told the board that Tibbetts' upbringing was presented as a debate between his attorneys, who said his background was terrible, and prosecutors, who said it wasn't that bad. "I was just struck and frankly upset that information that was available was not even addressed, other than in very summary fashion," Geiger told the board. "Our deliberation on death came down to the single question of whether Mr. Tibbetts' upbringing was such that his life should be spared. We did not know the facts," Geiger wrote in an opinion piece for Cleveland.com earlier this year. Geiger's comments didn't sway the panel, which again recommended against mercy for Tibbetts with an 8-1 vote. Kasich's decision Friday rejected that ruling."

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.

7-27-18

Think the following justice? Truly believe so? The Trib reports:

"A Burnet County jury deliberated for about seven hours July 19 before acquitting suspended Llano Police Chief Kevin Ratliff of felony tampering charges. However, the jury did convict the man on three Class A misdemeanors."

Miscarriage of justice in a fascist police-state.

“It was a huge win for Kevin,” said his defense attorney, Austin Shell. “Because he retains his right to vote, he retains his right to have a firearm, and it helps him in future employment possibilities. A felony conviction would have changed his life dramatically.”

Certainly was a big win. No justice. Law enforcement is held to a different standard in a fascist police-state. Forget?

"Ratliff was charged with two counts of official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor, and one count of tampering with a government record to defraud or cause harm, a state jail felony, in regard to the May 2, 2017, arrest of Cory Nutt at his Llano residence. A grand jury indicted Ratliff in February of this year on the charges for his role in the arrest."

Yet, the District Attorney couldn't secure a felony conviction. Imagine that.

"The Burnet County jury convicted Ratliff on the Class A misdemeanor official oppression counts as well as a Class A misdemeanor tampering charge. The jury had a choice between convicting him of a felony level tampering charge or the Class A misdemeanor. All three misdemeanor convictions are punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine. Punishment will be assessed at a later date."

Slap on the wrist. No justice. Law enforcement is held to a different standard.

"Wiley “Sonny” McAfee said the charges stem from how officers arrested Nutt then handled the ensuing paperwork. During the arrest, McAfee said Ratliff entered the private residence to arrest the suspect on public intoxication charges, but the district attorney pointed out the officers involved, including Ratliff, didn’t have any justification to go into the home."

Public intoxication arrests have been made in the past in Llano County on private property. How can one be publicly intoxicated on one's own land? Opening one's door to an officer knocking only to be arrested for public intoxication? Called bullshit.

“The fact they went into his residence — that wasn’t a public place — for a public intoxication arrest, you just can’t go into someone’s home and arrest them without a warrant, without consent, or exigent circumstances,” McAfee said. “And the jury obviously found there was no exigent circumstances in this situation.”

Certainly, happened when ole Sam "The Sham" Oatman was District Attorney. There are three other officers charged in this latest fiasco. Be interesting to see how all this gets resolved, -- or, as usual, gets swept under the carpet.

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.

7-27-18

The following is appalling. If there is no law enforcement accountability in Austin, how can there be any here in Nazi Llano County? The Statesman reports:

"A city audit found that Austin’s civilian police oversight bodies were ineffective. City procedures and police policies hindered the Citizen Review Panel, the audit says. Staffers at the police monitor’s office have stopped creating records. A recent city audit of the civilian bodies with oversight of the Austin Police Department paints a picture of an ineffective program incapable of creating substantive change."

Exactly, as law enforcement wants it. No different here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"The report, completed in June by the city auditor’s office, looked into the effectiveness of the Citizen Review Panel and the police monitor’s office. The Citizen Review Panel was a volunteer board of community members charged with examining cases of police misconduct and complaints. It was established in 2001 under a labor contract between the city and the police labor union. After an updated version of that contract was nixed in late 2017, the panel was suspended by the former interim city manager."

So what else is new? Even worse here in Nazi Llano County where the Sheriff and his goons do as they please with virtual impunity. No oversight. Rubber stamped by both the District Attorney and County Attorney.

"Austin’s other civilian oversight body, the police monitor’s office, was able to continue operating because it is city-funded, but it also lost power when the labor agreement expired. The panel had the authority to issue recommendations to police leaders after complaints or critical incidents, such as police shootings. Members could recommend discipline, further internal investigation, a review of or changes to department policies, or an independent probe. Even before the panel lost those powers, however, the audit found that civilian oversight in Austin was substantially hindered by city and police policies."

Surprised? Why? All civil and constitutional rights and liberties are, and have been, under vicious attack. ... As our formerly great country transitions from the de facto fascist police-state we've lived in for decades to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"From October 2013 to December 2017, the panel sent in at least 28 memos that included 54 recommendations to the police chief. The Police Department made some sort of policy change or acted to discipline officers in 15 percent of those cases, the audit found. Most of the actions were related to training. “This rate of change indicates that APD and the CRP did not have a common understanding regarding APD’s practices,” the audit said."

What it's indicative of is the fact the jackbooted bastards in law enforcement want things precisely as they are. That is, jackbooted and nazi. Report goes on and on, but you get the drift.

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.

7-20-18

Think a six-year-old can't have quite an impact? CBS News reports:

"A young girl in Tennessee quenched thirsts and warmed hearts Saturday while raising more than $1,000 to benefit the family of a fallen deputy, CBS Nashville affiliate WTVF-TV reports. Caroline Freeman Piche, a 6-year-old in Mt. Juliet, set up a lemonade stand outside her home with a goal of collecting funds for the wife and daughter of Dickson County sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Baker, who was shot and killed in the line of duty May 30. And it didn't take long for the word to spread. Donning a white apron with rainbow letters, she raised $1,125 in less than five hours, with many of her customers being officers from the area. Some even let the 6-year-old climb into the driver's seat of their squad cars. "Thank you, Caroline, for touching all of our hearts," Mt. Juliet Police said in a video about her efforts. "Your compassion is a strong reminder of the goodness in the world."

Outstanding young lady, isn't she?

"Caroline hopes to become a police officer when she grows up, the department said, and her mother told WTVF she let her daughter choose the charity her lemonade stand would benefit. Mt. Juliet Police Captain Tyler Chandler said he visited Caroline's lemonade stand to show her how much the "department appreciated her efforts." Baker, a 10-year veteran of the Dickson County department and a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, was shot while responding to a call from a resident about a suspicious car."

Fortunately, police caught the bastard.

"Authorities believe 31-year-old Steven Wiggins shot Baker, and he was arrested on June 1 after a two-day manhunt. Authorities arrested and charged a second person, Erika Castro-Miles, who they believe "participated in the incident." "There are no words to describe the level of devastation myself and my family are dealing with," Baker's wife, Lisa, said in a statement earlier this month. "His service to his country and community will always be remembered." Caroline, holding a pink poster board with the total raised, thanked all those who came out to her stand and bought a cup of lemonade."

Think she doesn't have quite a future ahead of her?

Publisher's Note: This case had been covered recently in this publication. While the bastard did indeed murder the officer, not so clear Castro-Miles was a willing participant.

7-20-18

Great good can ultimately come from great evil, -- under the right circumstances. The following is quite an example. Law enforcement, indeed, at its very best. CBS News "A More Perfect Union" reports:

"For Daniel Rodriguez, it could have all turned out differently. At an early age, lessons in law and order turned into motivation. "Growing up, my father was incarcerated," Rodriguez said. "Like, he wasn't there, actually incarcerated a couple months before I was born and was in for a little over ten years." But Rodriguez said he didn't resent law enforcement. "I knew they were doing their job," Rodriguez said. "And even then when he was arrested, they would come and talk to us and comfort us. It was never just a job to them."

Precisely, the way things should be.

"As a teen, Rodriguez joined the Police Explorers program for aspiring future officers in Garden Grove, California, south of Anaheim. "I think I needed somebody to — to vent to about things," Rodriguez said. "And, you know, just make me feel that much better going home and knowing that I was able to talk to someone about it." That "someone" was veteran officer and Explorers mentor Jason Perkins, who turned out to be a good listener."

One of the best qualities anyone, in any walk of life, can possibly have.

"Daniel, in his mind, selected me. And — I had no choice in it," Perkins said with a laugh. "It's step up and be that person in his life, or turn and walk away. And I can't turn my back on — on him."

No one should. Called mentoring. Critical, especially in light of the fact his father was an incarcerated criminal.

"Perkins guided Rodriguez through troubles in high school. "There's, you know, things that — the beginning years of high school I'm not too proud of," Rodriguez said. "Having Jason around, and being able to talk to him, and, you know, going through high school, and you have girlfriends, and you're not — you don't wanna talk to Mom about, like, 'Oh, my girlfriend this, and my girlfriend that.'" And when he entered the police academy, Rodriguez said Perkins was was his rock. "Having Jason there as moral support and kinda that backbone of saying, 'Hey, man, you got this. Don't worry about it. Like, you need to believe in yourself.' It — it definitely helped out a lot."

Every kid growing up desperately needs this.

"And Perkins was there alongside his brother and mother, Leticia Macias, to pin on his badge at graduation. "Jason, he — he hasn't just been a mentor for him, he's also been a great, dear friend," Macias said. "That male figure he was lacking at home. I will forever be grateful for that, yes." "He would always tell me, 'I'm not here to replace your father,'" Rodriguez said. "But I — I think he — he was able to fill that void of that male figure that I didn't have growing up. And I — I don't know where — when or where it started. I, you know, started calling him Pops." Perkins gave Rodriguez his own term of endearment. "Mijo," Perkins said. "Spanish for son. So he's — he's the son I never had, in every sense of the word." Today, Rodriguez patrols the streets of nearby Placentia, now leading his own police explorer program."

What goes around, comes around.

7-20-18

Texas officer clearly has a heart. Fox News reports:

"A Texas deputy who responded to a “suspicious gym bag” found that it actually contained three malnourished kittens, The Houston Chronicle reported. The Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 5 in Houston shared details about the early Tuesday morning incident in a Facebook post. The office said deputies were called “to investigate a suspicious gym bag left on a median. The caller told our dispatchers that the bag was ‘moving.’”

Hard to believe anyone would do this to a defenseless animal. Then again, the human animal all too often sadly does even worse to its own species.

"Deputy Debra Albert responded and discovered the animals. Albert told Fox News she found the cats at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. “They were really skinny — as soon as I got ’em, I stopped at Walgreens,” she recalled, adding that the drugstore was "the only thing open." Albert purchased cat food, took the cats to a station and fed them. Though they were thin, she said the kittens “appeared to be clean,” had on flea collars and were flea-free. The kittens were eventually given to animal control. “[Albert] and Deputy Diego Loucel took care of them until they could be turned over to one of our Animal Crimes deputies who took the abandoned little ones to the proper animal control authorities to get them examined by a veterinarian,” the constable’s office said. The Facebook post included several snaps — one of which showed a cat on a couch while next to a desk phone."

7-20-18

In follow up to an earlier edition, NPR reports:

"Alabama's governor has moved to ban jail food funds from lining sheriffs' pockets. Previously sheriffs could keep for themselves any excess money after they had paid for prisoners' meals. On Tuesday Gov. Kay Ivey ordered that the money no longer go to "sheriffs personally." Instead any excess will go to a county general fund or an account established for the sheriff's official use. "Public funds should be used for public purposes," Ms. Ivey, a Republican, said in a statement. "It's that simple."

7-20-18

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

"A 10-year-old Nevada girl was accidentally shot last month when she and her family were caught in the crossfire of a gun fight. Aaliyah Inghram was in a Walmart parking lot with her mom, 18-month-old brother and 15-month-old cousin when two men started shooting at each other. Aaliyah didn't hesitate to react, throwing herself over the two car seats her brother and cousin were sitting in. She was struck in the back by a bullet. "My first reaction was to get out. Her's was to jump on her baby brother," Aaliyah's mother Samantha Tygret told KVVU. "She jumped on his car seat when I told her to get on the ground. If she hadn't done that a bullet would have hit him in the midsection."

Uncommon valor.

"The 10-year-old survived but will have surgery next month to have the bullet lodged in her back removed. She was well enough to attend a ceremony in her honor last week. On June 5, Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly honored Aaliyah and declared it "Aaliyah Ingraham Day." The 10-year-old was also given a medal for heroism. "She literally took a bullet for her brother. I can never repay her for what she did," her mom said at the ceremony. "Thank you for this award. I hoped that my brother would be OK, and I wanted him to stay alive because he's really young," Aaliyah said in her short acceptance speech."

7-20-18

Remember the late great Christopher Reeve as Superman? His son lost both his father and mother early in life. Seatbelts on. The following is written by Will Reeve and courtesy of CBS News:

"Actor Christopher Reeve, known for his role as Superman, died in 2004 nine years after he was paralyzed in a horseback riding accident. Dana Reeve died from lung cancer just a year-and-a-half later. Will Reeve, now 26, discusses overcoming such tremendous grief at a young age, pursuing a career in sports journalism and continuing his parents' work to cure paralysis. In a note to his 13-year-old self, he says there's nowhere to go but up after his lowest point.

"Dear Will,

"I've got good news and bad news. I'll start with the bad, because you always need to know exactly what's going on, no matter what. That won't change, by the way. The bad news is: You're at the lowest point of your life. You're in a hospital room in New York City, and you've just said your final goodbye to Mom.

"You're 13. She's 44. Lung cancer. Never smoked. Gone, just like Dad, who died a year-and-a-half ago, which at the time was the lowest you had been. Now you're at a new bottom and you're terrified and confused and just so sad.

"But! Here's the good news: this is the low point. There's nowhere to go but up, and that's exactly where you're headed.

"You will always remember the good stuff. Dad in the driveway teaching you how to ride a bike just by telling you what to do, you trusting him so fully that you just do it. Mom's singing voice filling the air with sweetness at home and in the car to school.

"How lucky are you that in her final moments, when she finally had to accept that she was dying, Mom knew where to put you? She signed you over to the Pucci's, your next-door neighbors, your second family and now your adoptive family. You'll move in with them and love them as fiercely and fully as they love you.

"There will be times when you will feel lost. You will feel insecure, less about the braces and bad haircut you have now and more about the choices you make, the direction of your career, missteps in relationships and social settings, but don't worry.

"You'll keep playing sports and singing in musicals and you'll get good grades and make great friends and you'll feel encouraged, supported and loved.

"You love to write and it will be essential at your dream job, reporting and anchoring at ESPN, where you promised mom and dad you would work one day. When you get that call, you'll want to call them and tell them the great news and of course, you can't, but you know that they already know.

"To millions of people, they embody love and loyalty, commitment and courage, perseverance and hope. You'll make them proud by honoring your family name, not by using it for special treatment but by living a life worthy of its legacy.

"Some days, like when you join the board of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, you'll feel like you're doing a great job. Other times, like when your work-play balance gets a little too skewed toward fun, or you're lazy or rude or selfish, you'll feel nothing but shame.

"It sounds simple and clichéd, but just be you. Because you are what will make mom and dad most proud. Every moment you spent with them, they were preparing you for a life without them. You have their values and Mom's eyes and Dad's smile.

"I want you to know that we do not have all of this figured out. But you know that in the years ahead, you will face no obstacle greater than the one you are starting to overcome right now, and no matter which way your journey leads, mom and dad will be there with you every step of the way. How lucky are you?

"Sincerely,
Will"

7-20-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."How would they know? The brass protect their own. Usually, no matter what they do or don't do. ... Right, Sheriff? Including the criminal jackasses currently terrorizing Llano County, right, Bill? Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?"

"Wilson left in September after five years on the force, and Brown left shy of three years last May. Chafee did not know why they left the department, or if they worked closely together."

"Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That why you refuse to release information on your goons to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect the jackbooted goons preying on the citizenry, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

7-20-18

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? One hundred seventeen 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? One hundred seventeen 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. One hundred seventeen 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.

7-20-18

Inexplicably, more of the same old horse shit. CBS/AP reports:

"Minneapolis Park Police said Wednesday they are investigating after an apparently unfounded 911 call about an assault led officers to detain four unarmed black teenagers, and led one officer to point his gun at the boys. Park authorities said they were investigating the validity of the 911 call, and are also asking for an independent review into the officers' response to determine whether proper policies were followed. The encounter raised community concerns after a citizen cellphone video was posted on Facebook. The video did not show an officer with his gun drawn, or show anything that happened before the teens were handcuffed. The video shows two boys handcuffed and sitting on the ground outside a patrol car. CBS affiliate WCCO reports two other boys were detained inside the car. Police said the officers' body cameras were activated, but that video isn't being released because it's part of an ongoing investigation, the station reports."

Why sit on this information? Give your goons a chance to get their lies straight? In line?

"Park police were called to Minnehaha Regional Park on Tuesday night after a 911 caller reported an "escalating, dangerous situation and reports of weapons," according to a parks statement."

Unadulterated bullshit.

"Park Police Chief Jason Ohotto said a female caller reported that four teens were following her boyfriend and wielding knives and sticks. She also reported that one of the teens said he had a gun in his backpack. The information was then updated as the female reported that her boyfriend was being assaulted."

None of it true.

"The caller gave "detailed descriptions" of the teens, Ohotto said. Police arrived and Ohotto said one of the officers unholstered his firearm and pointed it in the general direction of the teens, who are 13, 13, 14 and 16."

Why? Why do so? What was the exigent threat?

Consider the following:

"Police detained the teens, but no weapons were found. As authorities investigated, Ohotto said some witnesses described a confrontation between the four teens and another person, but their accounts didn't match what was initially called in to 911. Three of the teens were released at the park; one was a runaway and later released. Ohotto said officers were unsuccessful in reaching the 911 caller or her boyfriend at the park or by phone."

Tell you anything? Anything at all?

"I think the details of the 911 call describing knives and guns are what we need to investigate and get to the bottom of," Ohotto said."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break. What's desperately needed is better training, vetting, improved procedures. You bastards were bamboozled. Didn't appropriately respond.

"Making a false report is a misdemeanor and police are asking anyone with information to come forward."

Despite the fact no one got killed, maimed, beaten, or wrongly hauled to jail, here is the problem:

"We're going to continue to work hard and hopefully repair any damage that has resulted from this social media posting and the response that the officers made," Ohotto said. "We don't want people to be fearful, especially of our police, if they come to our parks." The station reached out to the bystander who posted the video on Facebook, but hasn't heard back."

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.

7-20-18

What took so long? CBS News reports:

"A man wrongly identified by Dallas police as a suspect in the 2016 fatal shooting of five officers has sued the city and its police department. The federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges Dallas police detained Mark Hughes and his brother, Cory, without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Both are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which says the brothers were interrogated "without proper Miranda warnings" following the July 7, 2016, ambush that killed four Dallas police officers and one transit officer. Dallas police on social media posted a photo of Mark Hughes holding his rifle, saying he was a suspect in the shooting and asking for the public's help in finding him. Yet the real suspect was later identified as army veteran Micah Johnson. Authorities killed him using a robot-delivered bomb after the shooting."

Wouldn't want to confuse law enforcement with the truth, would we?

"Mark Hughes was carrying the rifle during the anti-police brutality rally that preceded the shooting, according to the lawsuit, and had presented the firearm to a nearby officer before joining the protesters. The lawsuit said he turned his rifle over to an officer after the gunfire broke out, but later learned police identified him as a suspect and immediately surrendered to officers, who confiscated his shirt and car keys. He spoke to CBS station KTVT after he was released around 1 a.m. on July 8, 2016. "I just got out of the interrogation room for about 30 minutes with police officers lying, saying that they had video of me shooting, which is a lie, saying that they have witnesses saying that I shot a gun, which is a lie, so I mean, at the end of the day, the system was trying to get me," Mark Hughes said. Cory Hughes was detained after hearing about his brother's arrest and going to police headquarters, according to the lawsuit. The litigation claims the brothers were "wrongfully detained" and said there was "significant evidence" the two were not involved in the shooting. Both were released after passing forensic testing and denying any involvement in the shooting, the lawsuit said."

This case had been covered earlier in this publication. Police apparently were desperate to nail someone, anyone in retaliation for the murder of the Dallas officers. Not how things are supposed to work in what is supposed to be a democratic republic supposedly under the United States Constitution.

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7-20-18

The following is appalling. Unbecoming. Intolerable. Outrageously, bigoted. CBS News reports:

"Authorities have shed light on a police officer who resigned this week amid an investigation into his response to a woman who said she was being harassed in a Chicago forest preserve for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag. Arnold Randall, general superintendent of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, said Thursday that the officer, previously identified as Patrick Connor, resigned of his own accord, and that he didn't resign in good standing. He left with a disciplinary review pending."

Considering the current body politic, hard to believe the following still goes on:

"The harassment incident was captured in a June 14 video. It shows an irate man approaching a woman, Mia Irizarry, as she waited for her family at a picnic area in the Forest Preserves of Cook County to celebrate her 24th birthday. The man told Irizarry to not wear a T-shirt celebrating Puerto Rico if she's an American citizen -- despite the territory being part of the U.S."

Puerto Ricans are United States citizens.

"You should not be wearing that in the United States of America," he said. "Are you a citizen?"

"Yes I am," Irizarry replied.

"Then you should not be wearing that. You should be wearing United States of America flag," he said."

As outrageous as the above clearly was, what followed is even worse:

"An officer -- Connor -- arrived, but the video shows he didn't intervene even as the man invaded Irizarry's personal space and continued to harangue her. Irizarry is seen in the video filing a formal complaint and says that the initial responding officer did "absolutely zero." Connor was placed on desk duty on June 26, after apparently taking a pre-scheduled vacation shortly after the incident.

Law enforcement needs to get its act together. Better vetting, at the very least, is certainly required.

"The local police chief said Connor was very remorseful and that Connor thought he handled the incident appropriately. Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo called the video showing the incident "appalling, gut wrenching, and a real wake-up call to everyone." Arroyo said the situation could have escalated but that the victim kept her composure."

Had no choice. In Nazi America, this victim of bigotry would have been hauled to jail had she lost her composure. Forget? Justice is, and has been, ass backwards for decades.

"The officer "embarrassed many of our law enforcement officers and tarnished the whole department with his failure to act," Arroyo said. On Thursday, Randall said he is "outraged" and "sincerely sorry this happened."

Empty, achingly hollow rhetoric. Somewhere along the way, we've lost ourselves.

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7-20-18

Think the high and mighty don't expect special treatment? CBS News reports:

"An Arizona state lawmaker was seen telling a sheriff's deputy he sometimes drives as fast as 130 or 140 mph after he was pulled over for speeding. The deputy said in a report later that the driver claimed to have legislative immunity. State Rep. Paul Mosley was stopped on March 27 outside of Parker, Arizona. The rural area near the California border is in Mosley's district and more than 150 miles west of the state capital in Phoenix. A body camera video obtained by KLPZ and first published on its website ParkerLiveOnline.com shows a La Paz County Sheriff's deputy warning Mosley to slow down. Mosley was going 97 mph in a 55 mph zone on state Route 95, the news outlet reported. Mosley then says he sometimes drives "130, 140, 120," while trying to get home to surprise his wife. He says he doesn't notice the speed because of his vehicle's nice wheels and suspension."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break. LOL.

Gets worse:

"The deputy's written report said Mosley told him not to waste time on the incident because he has legislative immunity, KLPZ reported. "I don't break the law because I can, but because, you know, I'm just trying to get home," Mosley says in the video. Mosely on Thursday posted an apology on his Facebook page, referring to the comments to the deputy as a joke. "My desire to get home to see my family does not justify how fast I was speeding nor my reference to legislative immunity when being pulled over," he said. He said his comments to the deputy were inappropriate and showed bad judgment."

You think? LOL. ... Aryan arrogance, as well.

"While the state constitution does provide for certain kinds of legislative immunity, elections lawyer Kory Langhofer told CBS affiliate KPHO-TV it exists only to protect lawmakers from missing votes during the legislative session because they happen to be arrested on a minor legal matter. "It is a big no-no to claim legislative immunity to get out of a speeding ticket," Langhofer told the station. "It really is just a shameful thing. It also doesn't work." A document from November 2002 shared by the House Rules Committee says speeding tickets - as well as violations for driving under the influence - aren't covered."

Fascinating, isn't it?

"The video does not show the deputy, who was not identified, issuing a speeding ticket, but the incident is under review by Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre after the La Paz County Attorney's Office referred the incident to avoid a potential conflict of interest. McIntyre said in a statement a complaint has not yet been filed."

Why not?

"I do not believe the ethical rules permit me to say whether I intend to charge the matter or not, however," McIntyre's statement said. "I am able to say that it will be reviewed consistent with our ethical obligations and a charging decision will be made as time and resources permit."

No problem with the above?

"Speaker of the House J.D. Mesnard said he was "disturbed" to see Mosley's actions and doesn't think the immunity provision would apply. "Nothing short of an emergency justifies that kind of speeding, and assertions of immunity in that situation seem outside the intent of the constitutional provision regarding legislative immunity," Mesnard said. A search of court records in Arizona didn't immediately turn up any traffic violations issued against Mosley."

Why not?

"The Arizona Fraternal Order of Police withdrew its endorsement of Mosley and condemned his speeding. "Rep. Mosley's recklessness, his demeanor and his utter disregard for the safety of the public represent the exact opposite of what the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police looks for in an elected official," the group's president John Ortolano said in a statement. "Potentially lethal speeding isn't a joke. We will not stand with those who think it's acceptable or funny to risk the lives of others while behind the wheel of a lethal weapon."

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7-20-18

Generally speaking, anecdotally, female officers, for the most part, usually show better judgment than their male counterparts. Not always, however. The following example is horrendous. The Washington Post reports:

"Back in the patrol car, officers Courtney Brown and Kristee Wilson faced a decision. What was to be done with Sarah Webb? Brown said Webb was caught barreling down the highway on wet pavement. She had to be going at least 80 miles an hour. Webb had pleaded that she was late for work, Brown told her fellow Roswell Police Department officer in a traffic stop captured on Brown’s body camera. The officers ticked off Webb’s potential violations. Too fast for conditions. Reckless driving. Webb’s speed was not captured by radar, Brown concedes, but Brown’s speedometer crested 90 to tail Webb in the city about 20 miles north of Atlanta."

The officers, indeed, had to do something. It's how they went about making the decision, and the decision itself, that is the problem.

“What do you think? Just tickets?” Brown asks Wilson, as Webb sits in her sedan just a few feet away during the April stop. Wilson took a few seconds to contemplate a response that would trigger an investigation, following questions and a report by WXIA-TV. “Atlanta answer or Roswell answer?” Wilson asks. Brown laughs, and opens an app on her phone that performs a digital coin flip. Wilson sets the parameters: Heads, arrest. Tails, released."

Can you believe it?

Gets worse:

"The app pings with a flip and a clank. It’s tails, and Webb wins a contest she did not know existed."

Jesus Christ.

Even worse? Get this:

“So release?” Brown says. But Wilson does not hesitate. “23,” she says, an apparent reference to what the Atlanta Police Department described as a code for an arrest or citation."

Kangaroo justice. In a goddamned de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Brown steps out of the car and tells Webb she is being arrested. “You put a lot of people’s lives in jeopardy,” Brown tells her. Webb sobs as Brown leads her to a patrol car, where at least four police vehicles and multiple officers had arrived to back up the arrest that was created out of subverted chance."

Get the point? Understand the problem? Depending on the circumstances, that is, how much above the speed limit, any other infractions, etc., may very well have deserved being arrested and hauled to jail. That's not how the decision was made, however. That's the problem.

"Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant said he launched an investigation and placed the officers on administrative leave once he became aware of the incident that occurred just over three months ago."

What took so long?

“I have much higher expectations of our police officers and I am appalled that any law enforcement officer would trivialize the decision-making process of something as important as the arrest of a person,” Grant said in a statement Friday."

Think so? Vetting remains quite a problem all across our formerly great country.

"The incident raises questions about whether Brown and Wilson have used a coin flip to determine other arrests, either in Roswell or Atlanta. In the video, Brown opens the app unprompted, as if it was something she’s done before."

Unbelievable, isn't it? How can police brass be so ignorant of what is indeed going on in the streets? There is a systemic cancer in law enforcement. Top-bottom. Bottom-top. One reason why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

"Both officers had served in the Atlanta Police Department, spokesman John Chafee told The Washington Post on Saturday. But there are no indications they had similar conduct there, he said."

How would you know? The brass protect their own. Usually, no matter what they do or don't do. ... Right, Sheriff? Including the criminal jackasses currently terrorizing Llano County, right, Bill? Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?

"Wilson left in September after five years on the force, and Brown left shy of three years last May. Chafee did not know why they left the department, or if they worked closely together."

Same problem here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? -- That why you refuse to release information on your goons to the public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect the jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry, right, Bill? You and your bastards remain unaccountable to the public. A public that is largely ignorant of the horrendous abuse going on. ... Right, Sheriff?

“Nothing in the actions of these two officers is consistent with the Atlanta Police Department’s training or its expectations of its sworn personnel,” Chafee said. “These two officers alone are responsible for their decision-making.”

Passing the buck? Why haven't they been fired, arrested, charged, and prosecuted? Why the double standard?

"WXIA-TV reported the department denied Webb’s request to see the video. Prosecutors released the video to her on July 6, the station reported, and her case was dismissed Monday. Webb could not be reached for comment. Webb did not know about the coin toss until contacted by the station, which reported several officers knew about the incident but did not raise concerns internally."

Why weren't these bastards fired and prosecuted as well?

“Wow, these people put my freedom in the hands of a coin flip,” Webb said, according to the Associated Press. “And that’s disgusting.”

What it is is criminal. Jackbooted nazi. ... 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.

7-13-18

Before moving on with the regular order of business, need a little comic relief? Own a dog? More than one of them at a time? Can certainly relate to the following story. It's hilarious. CBS News reports:

"In June, Carol Jordan, who owns a five-acre farm in Isle of Wight, Virginia, stopped at her mailbox and discovered a handwritten note there from the woman who delivers her family's mail. "Our immediate thought was, 'What did the boys do now?'" she told CBS News. "The boys" in question are Bear and Bull, Jordan's 6-year-old black Labrador/mastiffs, which she and her husband rescued from a high kill shelter in North Carolina as puppies. Bear and Bull are brothers from the same litter, though Jordan notes that Bull -- the smaller one with the white spot on his chest -- is the ringleader when it comes to getting into trouble."

Partners in crime. LOL. Got into something they shouldn't have gotten into:

"In this instance, however, it turns out the boys actually weren't in trouble. On the contrary, the neighborhood's friendly letter carrier actually left the family a note out of concern for the dogs' well-being. It read: "Hey! I drove up to deliver a package and both of the dogs crawled in my truck. They got into my lunch and ate an egg and some carrots and pumpkin seeds. I don't know if that will upset their tummies, just FYI!" "Upon reading it, we realized the note was left because she was concerned" rather than angry, Jordan recalls. "We would never have known," she continues. "They always look guilty of something!" The only evidence of the crime? Two small carrots in the grass next to the driveway, where the dogs had spit out the vegetables among their loot."

How 'bout that. Sneaky, aren't they?

"Though the letter carrier seemingly wasn't holding a grudge, the dogs had undeniably misbehaved. So their owners decided to "shame them on Facebook." Jordan took a picture of the pair looking guilty and created a photo composite with the image of the mail carrier's note. The post -- complete with a caption that read, "Wall of shame #weoweyoulunch" -- quickly went viral."

Bet it did. Most dog owners can certainly relate.

"We've heard from people in Denmark, Australia and New Zealand that have seen the post," she tells CBS News. "Most people thank us for making them laugh. A lot of folks have made comments along the lines of 'that's like my dog' or they tag someone whose dog would act like that."

Coup de grace? Get this:

"To make up for the pups' mischief, Jordan then purchased a $20 Subway gift card and left it at the post office for their carrier, along with a handwritten note of apology from the boys. "Sorry we ate your lunch," read the note. "Thank you for sharing... P.S. Our humans said thank you for leaving a note. We didn't like the note, we got in trouble."

7-13-18

The following is extremely good news. NPR reports:

"An elite team of Thai navy SEALs and foreign rescue divers brought out the final four boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave near the Thai-Myanmar border, extracting the team through a labyrinth of tight passages after they spent two weeks trapped in darkness."

Sadly, one highly-experienced diver lost his life earlier in the rescue mission.

7-13-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."Luckily, she was confronted by a smart cop, not a goddamned jackass like we've got here en masse in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Jesus Christ. This officer is precisely the kind of personnel you need to hire, Bill. Instead of the criminal jackasses currently terrorizing the County, Sheriff. Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up, Bill? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Sheriff?

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

7-13-18

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? One hundred sixteen 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? One hundred sixteen 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. One hundred sixteen 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.

7-13-18

Shareholders are smartening up. Beginning to understand the danger. Risk to privacy. Worse? Exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. NBC reports:

"A group of Amazon shareholders are calling on the company to stop pitching its facial recognition tool to local law enforcement agencies, writing in a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos that the technology could pose a privacy threat and a financial risk."

No question. Clearly, on both counts.

"The letter comes amid mounting criticism of the tool, called Rekognition, from privacy activists and civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union. The groups have raised concerns that the tool could be used to build a system to automate the widespread identification and tracking of anyone."

Precise intention of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Rekognition is already being used by at least one law enforcement agency, the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon, according to a customer testimonial page."

Direct threat to all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Democratic republic, US. Constitution. ... Right, Sheriff?

"While Rekognition may be intended to enhance some law enforcement activities, we are deeply concerned it may ultimately violate civil and human rights," the shareholders said in the letter to Bezos, a copy of which was provided to NBC News by the ACLU."

Can and will. Already has. Presents an exigent threat to liberty.

"The shareholders who co-signed the letter also said they were concerned that facial recognition technology "would be used to unfairly and disproportionately target and surveil people of color, immigrants, and civil society organizations."

So, what else is new?

"The letter is signed by 19 Amazon shareholders, though they do not represent enough voting power in the company to force a change. Bezos, now recognized by Forbes as the richest living person, remains the largest individual shareholder in the company."

Imagine the power of this corporation. All data it collects on those of you who do business with it. Delusionally believe it doesn't sell and/or share that data?

"But in a written statement to the Associated Press last month, the company said it requires all of its customers to comply with the law and to be responsible in the use of its products."

Like entrusting a thief with your most valuable assets and expecting him not to steal them.

"The statement said some law enforcement agencies have used the tool to find abducted people, for example."

There is no way to ensure the use of this product will be reserved only for such purposes and not abused by the goddamned criminal jackbooted bastards in blue, right, Sheriff?

"In their letter to Bezos, the shareholders pointed to the recent "scrutiny" of Facebook over its data privacy policies. The social media company has been embroiled in controversy ever since the revelation that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, harvested user data from Facebook's platform. "The recent experience and scrutiny of Facebook demonstrates the degree to which these news issues may undermine company value as the detrimental impacts on society become clear," the shareholders said.

Enlightened self-interest.

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.

7-13-18

CBS News reports:

"A black Oregon lawmaker says one of her constituents called police as she canvassed a Portland-area neighborhood that she represents. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for re-election this fall, said she was knocking on doors, talking to residents and taking notes on her cellphone in Clackamas on Tuesday when a Clackamas County sheriff's deputy showed up. Bynum said the deputy told her a woman called police because the lawmaker appeared to spend a long time at homes and appeared to be casing the neighborhood while on her phone, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported."

Jesus Christ. The caller could clearly see what the black woman was doing. Knocking on doors, talking to people. What is the problem of the caller? Racism?

"The deputy asked if she was selling something, and she introduced herself as a state legislator and told him she was canvassing, Bynum said. She said she only had campaign fliers, her cellphone and a pen on her. Bynum, 43, who won election to the state House in 2016, said she has knocked on thousands of doors and this was the first time someone reported her to police. "It boils down to people not knowing their neighbors and people having a sense of fear in their neighborhoods, which is kind of my job to help eradicate," Bynum told the newspaper. "But at the end of the day, it's important for people to feel like they can talk to each other to help minimize misunderstandings," she said."

Luckily, she was confronted by a smart cop, not a goddamned jackass like we've got here en masse in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Jesus Christ. This officer is precisely the kind of personnel you need to hire, Bill. Instead of the criminal jackasses currently terrorizing the County, Sheriff. Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up, Bill? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Sheriff?

NPR.com reports:

"The state legislator shared her experience in a Facebook post that included a photo of her with the sheriff's deputy who responded to the call."

Smile on the faces of both are absolutely dazzling.

"I asked to meet my constituent who thought I was suspicious, but she was on the road by then," she wrote. "The officer called her, we talked and she did apologize."

How 'bout that. At least this time, no one got murdered, injured, hauled to jail for no reason at all. [In a follow up interview on NPR radio, Bynum was directly asked if the woman refused to meet with her in person. The caller had indeed refused the request.]

"Bynum's is the latest in a series of incidents that have gone viral where people of color have had police called on them for doing such seemingly everyday things as touring the campus of Colorado State University, barbecuing at Lake Merritt or asking for the bathroom key while waiting for a colleague at Starbucks. According to OregonLive, Bynum told the deputy that "when people do things like this, it can be dangerous for people like me."

Gross understatement. Hopefully, that will finally change.

NBC reports:

"A black state lawmaker from Oregon up for re-election was knocking on doors in her Portland-area district this week when someone called 911 on her. It all ended amicably — the lawmaker, state Rep. Janelle Bynum, even took a smiling selfie with the sheriff's deputy who responded and received an apology from the woman who called 911 — but the incident just added to a growing list of the police being called on black people doing ordinary, nonthreatening things."

Has to change.

"Like barbecuing in Oakland, California; selling water in San Francisco; golfing in Pennsylvania; mowing a lawn in Ohio; swimming in a pool in South Carolina; inspecting a home in Tennessee; shopping at a T-Mobile in Northern California; moving out of an Airbnb rental in Southern California; or waiting inside a Starbucks in Philadelphia. While the incidents have provoked outrage among African-Americans, they have also proven frustrating for police, who warn that calling 911 and tying up officers on frivolous calls may take them away from more serious situations."

Remains a serious problem. Think it hasn't already happened someone died in a car wreck, or at home of a heart attack, etc., due to the fact an officer was not able to be first on the scene to render aid due to the fact he or she was investigating a racist crank call?

"What happened to Bynum "just took it over the top for me — you can't even go door to door without having police called," said Clarence Cox III, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, or Noble, which advocates for justice in policing. While that misunderstanding was cleared up quickly, it's "not a case of all's well that ends well," Cox said."

Couldn't have said it better.

"While some police departments are now using these cases as models for their officers in how to best handle calls rooted in perceived bias, Cox said it's also imperative that dispatchers, police and citizens become more aware of how these complaints differ from actual criminal activity and to prevent them from escalating into something far worse."

What needs to happen is police, in the most egregious cases, need to start charging such individuals with making a false report. Especially, repeat offenders. Again, a judgment call.

"We've got to get back to talking to our neighbors and having real dialogue with one another," Cox said. "If we continue going down the path that we're going, we're going to be one shot away from a civil war."

Point repeatedly made edition after edition in this publication.

"The people who have called 911 have often been identified as white, although not always (Bynum said she didn't know the race of her caller). In that light, Cox's organization has called for mandated implicit bias training at police agencies across the country in light of the high-profile cases of police-involved shootings of unarmed black men."

Should certainly have already been going on the last fifty years.

"He said dispatchers need to be adequately trained to gather information from people about the circumstances and intent of a call so that they can relay to an officer whether the event is truly life-threatening."

Why haven't they already been doing this? Decades ago. Common sense. Convey as much information as possible, within reason.

"The officer has to have the info to know it's not a hot call," Cox said, referring to a situation involving an active crime scene. He added that officers, when they arrive at the scene, also need to be trained in how to best mediate during a tense situation."

Good start, first step? Jettison the current 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality currently in vogue.

"He added that it's important for people — before they dial 911 — to think about why they're doing it and if the situation can be resolved with a simple conversation."

Good advice. Take a deep breath. Unless an exigent threat, grow a pair.

"Paul Butler, a Georgetown law professor and author of "Chokehold: Policing Black Men," said encounters of police being called on black people go back long before Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested by police on his own front porch in 2009 after a neighbor mistakenly reported he was trespassing. (President Barack Obama called the incident a "teachable moment.")"

Yet, inexplicably, nothing changed.

"These incidents are often captured and shared on cellphones, helping to spread people's stories, and Butler said that might be a good thing. "If anything, hopefully the videos are educating everyone about the problem of calling 911 on people of color, and deterring people from doing so when there is no emergency," he said."

You think?

Consider the following. A breath of fresh air. Get this:

"A cellphone video of police officers in Abbeville, Louisiana, has been viewed on Facebook more than 384,000 times since it was posted June 23. Police found themselves in a delicate position when they were called to remove a group of black patrons from the parking lot of a Chili's restaurant. The customers tried to explain how they were simply talking outside during closing time but that one of the employees thought they were trying to intimidate the staff. One of the members of the group wrote on Facebook that they had complained about poor service and cold food before leaving."

Can't have that, can we? LOL. Whether or not true, 'them's fightin' words' in most restaurants. :)

"They called me here to prevent an altercation with you guys," an officer told the group in the video.

"Why? Why?" one of the men asked. "Because we're black people in Abbeville it's [an] altercation."

"What did we do? All we did was pay and leave," someone else said.

"As some voices were raised, the officer kept calm. "I have a job to do," he said. "They called me to do my job."

"In the end, no arrests were made and the group left the parking lot. Chili's later put out a statement saying it regretted what occurred."

Bet it did. Certainly, likely cost the restaurant business. Yet, was well-handled by all involved. At least, no one got beaten, shot, killed, needlessly hauled to jail.

"Abbeville Police Chief Bill Spearman told NBC News that he was pleased with how his officers reacted, and that the incident has prompted one policy change: Businesses must ask people to leave their property first before calling police to get involved."

Perfect solution. If they don't leave, then call.

"The officers didn't have to make an arrest," Spearman said. "I’m actually proud that with things going on in our nation that's how they responded."

Indeed. Positive change. Desperately needed.

Here's another example of the same old racist bullshit. The Washington Post reports:

"The temperature in Winston-Salem, N.C., crested at 90 degrees on July 4 — the same day Jasmine Edwards and her son, both African Americans, sought the cool waters of the pool in their private community. Adam Bloom was there, too, confident in his charge of helping enforce neighborhood rules as the ‘pool chair’ of the Glenridge Homeowners Association. He asked Edwards to show identification to prove she belonged. Then he called the police. And the four of them — two officers, Edwards and Bloom — stood outside the pool gate, unsure how the latest incident of police response to public blackness would unfold. Police had already arrived when Edwards began filming the incident in a video she later posted to Facebook. At the beginning, she tells officers that Bloom walked past other residents at the pool to single her out. “Nobody else was asked for their ID. I feel this is racial profiling,” Edwards says in the video. “I am the only black person here with my son in the pool.”

How 'bout that. Couldn't be, could it? No racism in Nazi America, is there?

"In the video, Edwards presses for any regulation to justify Bloom’s call to police — namely, that ID must be carried in a swimsuit. Bloom, keeper of swimming pool regulations, is unable to point to posted regulations that suggest the rule. A sign on the wall says residents and their guests were allowed and must sign in, but Bloom was unsure if there was a lifeguard on duty to accept sign ins, given the holiday."

Couldn't be, could it?

"But like the black boy mowing a lawn, black men waiting at Starbucks, three black women renting an Airbnb, the black man conducting real estate business, a black woman falling asleep in a Yale common room, and others, Edwards was on the receiving end of a burden of proof of belonging that they all say was tailor-made for them because of their race. So Bloom had a solution. The pool had a key-card entry. Could she prove she had one? Of course, Edwards says. She is in the pool in the first place. “Am I going to jump over the fence? I’m with a baby,” Edwards scoffs. “Am I going to throw the baby over?” She produces the key for the officer. The door clicks open."

Jesus Christ. LOL.

"The officer is satisfied. “I apologize for the time and the altercation that occurred, okay?” the officer tells Edwards. She apologizes for the time the officers spent there. Bloom, however, is not satisfied. “A form of ID would have been helpful to validate,” he says to the officer. “It would be nice if you apologized,” Edwards shoots back. The officer went over the same territory — that a key card was good enough for him."

Once in awhile, there is justice:

"The Glenridge Homeowners Association said Thursday in a statement provided to The Post that it accepted Bloom’s resignation as pool chair and board member, effective immediately. “We sincerely regret that an incident occurred yesterday at our community pool that left neighbors feeling racially profiled,” the association said in its statement. “In confronting and calling the police on one of our neighbors, the pool chair escalated a situation in a way that does not reflect the inclusive values Glenridge seeks to uphold as a community.”

Think prosecutors aren't racists? Not any of them? NBC Universal reports:

"A top gang prosecutor in San Bernardino County has been put on administrative leave while the District Attorney's Office investigates discriminatory comments he made on social media, District Attorney Mike Ramos said Monday. San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Selyem is accused of making profanity-laced comments about Rep. Maxine Waters, former first lady Michelle Obama and Mexican immigrants. He called Waters a loudmouth who he thought someone in the ghetto would have shot by now. He also said a Mexican immigrant shot by police got what he deserved."

No problem with any of the above. Think the goddamned racist bigot got it right? Believe the piece of shit fit to be a prosecutor?

"The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office does not condone hate, discrimination or incitement of violence," Ramos said during a news conference. "Our community and our entire criminal justice system depends on having a fair, ethical and unbiased prosecutor." Selyem, who has been a lead attorney in the Central Hardcore Gang Unit for 12 years, faces disciplinary action that could include termination, Ramos said. Ramos said he was offended by the comments and was especially concerned with comments that involved officer-involved shootings, cases that prosecutors handle on a daily basis."

As soon as you were able to confirm authenticity of the posts, why didn't you fire his sorry ass?

"Selyem has not responded to multiple calls seeking comment. He hung up on a reporter from the Southern California News Group when reached by phone on Friday and did not return calls and emails seeking comment, according to the newspaper. The newspaper posted the social media posts before they were taken down."

What could the goddamned racist say? Didn't even have the guts to admit he made the posts, apologize for them, or, worse, lamely attempt to defend the indefensible. -- Had he stupidly done so, would have gotten his sorry ass figuratively kicked like it never had been before.

"Rep. Pete Aguilar, R-San Bernardino, called for Selyem's firing. "We cannot allow racism and bigotry to have a place in our society, especially not in our government. The comments made by Deputy District Attorney Michael Selyem are unacceptable, and he should be fired immediately."

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.

7-13-18

Think the following the best law enforcement has to offer? CBS News reports:

"As Hurricane Irma approached Florida last year, not everyone was scrambling to get ready. An internal affairs report shows some members of the "Landfall Team" in North Bay Village remained at city hall, drinking beer and talking football."

Jesus Christ. Getting ready for the storm, no doubt?

"According to the records obtained by the Miami Herald, unit shift commander Lt. James McCready gave officers permission to drink, putting a cooler on a conference room table and then blocking a surveillance camera with a plastic cup."

Why wasn't his sorry ass prosecuted?

"The party continued on Sept. 9 as calls came in and the weather worsened. Officer Walter Sajdak walked in on them after midnight and later reported it to a superior officer."

An honest officer. Who'd 'a 'thunk' it?

"I was upset about lives being put at risk, lives being put in danger," Sajdak said, according to the report. "Lieutenant McCready, who was in charge of our Landfall Team, had jeopardized the lives of the officers that were working and the residents by drinking alcohol."

You think?

"Six officers admitted to violating a policy of drinking on the job. They received letters of reprimand and forfeited accrued time."

Why weren't they fired? Particularly, in light of the following:

"Irma hit the Florida Keys on Sept. 10 as a Category 4 storm, destroying 1,200 homes and damaging 3,000 there. The storm was a Category 3 when it reached the mainland near Naples. It weakened but did significant damage as far north as Jacksonville."

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.

7-13-18

With the increasingly hostile atmosphere created by outrageously abusive policing, one would think law enforcement would reconsider tactics and strategy. One would also think parents would properly instruct their children. On both counts, sadly, you'd be wrong. ABC News reports:

"An El Paso, Texas, police officer has been relegated to desk duty after a disturbing video surfaced of the cop pointing a gun at a group of children and roughly arresting one of the boys last week. The incident took place on Thursday when police said they responded to a call about a group of young boys trespassing near a recreation center in the western Texas city bordering Mexico. The video, which was uploaded to a user's Facebook page on Friday, appears to show a police officer pushing one of the boys against a wall with his knee while the other boys taunt the officer and hurl profanity at him. The officer can then be seen drawing his gun and pointing it at some of the boys, who recoil, before the cop quickly re-holsters his service weapon."

Sad, isn't it?

"His partner then drags the kid into the street and the first officer whips out his baton and begins screaming for the onlookers to "get back," before eventually pushing a woman and getting into a heated verbal argument with her. The person filming the confrontation can be heard saying, "We're going to put a report on these two fools. It's all good." The officer then comes after the man filming the incident and can be seen arresting him as well. Two people were arrested, according to police, including one minor and one adult."

Never ends, does it? Think there won't rightfully be a lawsuit?

"The El Paso Police Department said on Saturday they had launched an internal investigation of the incident and the officer who pulled the gun has been placed on desk duty. "This is a serious matter that will be thoroughly investigated," El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Enrique Carrillo told El Paso ABC affiliate KVIA. "All the facts, circumstances and events that led to the incident will be looked into. As such no further comment will be made at this point."

If history is any indication, nothing will come of it. Can't expect the fox to guard the hen house, can we? No matter what, parents need to teach their kids not to taunt on-duty criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Police take it as carte blanche to criminally assault and murder on the job.

"The unnamed officer has been on the El Paso police force for four years, according to KVIA."

Why hasn't this individual been identified? The public is entitled to this information. Has the right to know the identity of its oppressors.

"Assistant City Manager Dionne Mack held a press conference Saturday and called the police officer's behavior "disheartening."

You think? Judgment? What's that?

"For me that it was most disheartening is to sort of see the children labeled and just sort of see them sort of discarded," Mack said. "I mean this is one incident you know these are our children this is our community, and I am not giving up on those children, and although we had this incident I am very proud to be a part of this community that I know values our children."

Called double talk. Especially, in light of the following:

"Mack said that she does plan to wait for the investigation play out before condemning the officers involved. "We want to make sure that there is some resolution and I do think it's important for the community to understand that the Police Department understands that this is very important, and the perception of our community and the way the police interacts is very important, and we can't draw conclusions until the investigation is done," she said."

Madam? If you're going to bullshit, at least do it creatively. Instead of talking out both sides your bottom.

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7-13-18

In follow up to a recent edition, CBS/AP reports:

"An FBI agent accused of accidentally dropping and firing his gun while dancing at a Denver nightspot, hitting a bystander in the leg, can carry his weapon again. A judge approved the change to Chase Bishop's release conditions Tuesday."

Readers are reminded this clown did a back flip on the dance floor, resulting in discharge of the weapon.

"Bishop, 29, who lives and works in Washington, D.C., is charged with second-degree assault in the June 2 shooting incident, which was captured on video. During a short hearing Tuesday, Bishop had his protection order modified to allow him to carry his service weapon both on and off duty, "so long as it is done in a manner pursuant to FBI policy," Denver District Attorney spokesman Ken Lane told the Denver Post."

This guy is to too damned stupid to be an agent.

"Bishop's lawyer, David Goddard, said that the FBI strongly encourages its agents to carry their guns when they're not working. Prosecutors didn't object to the modification."

Why not? This guy's an idiot. Can't be trusted to a carry a gun.

"Bishop's blood-alcohol tests, which won't be released, don't warrant further charges, prosecutors told the paper. Colorado law prohibits anyone from carrying a gun under the influence of alcohol."

Jesus Christ. The public is entitled to this information. Why are they protecting and coddling this piece of crap? Had it been anyone other than an officer, his sorry ass would have been jailed.

"Goddard said prosecutors had offered Bishop a plea deal but didn't disclose details."

Jesus Christ. He needs to be prosecuted. Made an example to other officers as incredibly stupid.

"Cellphone video shows Bishop, who was off-duty and on vacation, doing a backflip at the Mile High Spirits club when his gun falls out of his waistband. He tries to pick it up and it fires."

Would you believe it?

"The defense said the man who was wounded and his family don't have an objection to Bishop carrying a weapon, reports CBS Denver. The injury was serious but the victim is expected to recover, his attorney has said."

Could have been killed, maimed, totally disabled. Why give this piece of crap any slack?

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7-6-18

How would you like to be these officers? Fox News reports:

"Kentucky police helped out a raccoon whose head was trapped inside a plastic peanut butter jar. (Paducah Police Department) A raccoon in Kentucky could have been in an “aw-fur” situation without the help of police early Sunday. Police in Paducah helped free a critter that was running around with its head trapped inside a peanut butter jar. Authorities shared photos of the rescue on Facebook and described the “close encounter of the raccoon kind.” Sgt. Shawn Craven told Fox News he was out driving when he noticed what he thought was just a raccoon crossing the street."

Had to be one hungry, not-so-happy, little masked bandit.

"He looked in his rear-view mirror and noticed the animal hit a curb head-first — so he turned around and made a call over the radio. The raccoon, he said, turned out to have its head stuck in a jar. Officer Steve Thompson later arrived at the scene to witness the sticky situation. Thompson “corralled the disoriented little guy,” police said, noting that he and another sergeant tried getting the jar off. The jar was eventually loosened — and the racoon raced off. “He promptly ran off without so much as a thank you,” authorities quipped."

Good day for the critter, police department, and the public who read about it.

7-6-18

Not easy being a cop. The Statesman reports:

"Police officers who take a more compassionate approach to criminal justice struggle to be effective when they feel underappreciated, according to a new study for the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas."

Comes as no surprise, does it? ... Or, does it? Think carefully. Good, compassionate, caring officers should not mistake ferocious criticism of their outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept colleagues as criticism of all officers. Simply, not so. Good officers need to rein in the bad. Happening not for a number of reasons. Needs to change. Forget? No one more qualified to weed out a miscreant than an honest cop.

Moreover, compassionate policing should not be equated with softness on crime. -- There are times when officers have no choice but to haul someone's sorry ass to jail. Use force, including deadly force. Should be the exception, however, not the rule as has become the case, currently.

Moreover, and most importantly? Reinforcement for compassionate policing should be knowing you did the right thing. No matter criticism from superiors or the public. Policing requires good judgment. While education and training certainly help, an officer either has it, or doesn't.

"The study, which analyzed interviews with 164 officers and reviewed nearly 800 videos captured by body-worn cameras, said an officer’s liberal or conservative ideology determined how well they handled animosity or a lack of appreciation from the community. Empathetic officers scored lower on overall performance, competence and tactical safety when they felt underappreciated, the study found. Conversely, conservative officers who favored a more punitive style of policing did not suffer negative effects from tension with the community and performed as trained."

That's the problem. The ubiquitous 'police mentality.' Unsustainable. Precisely, why faith and trust in law enforcement remain in dire jeopardy. One of the reasons why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

"The study’s author, Shefali V. Patil, said more conservative officers believe there should be a divide between themselves and the community, whereas empathetic officers strive for mutual understanding and become frustrated in their efforts when met with public disdain."

Gross over simplification likely elicited by systemic, preordained bias of the researcher. Sounds like reinforcement of personal opinion coming from a researcher who has knowingly or not embraced the current unsustainable status quo in policing. If the author's findings are indeed true, both class types of officers need to grow up. Wake up. Smell the coffee.

Study also has to be questioned since it assumes dichotomy of officers is simply two-fold. Either-or. Black or white. No shades of gray, brilliant hues of color. Hard to believe the entire population of officers fits into one or the other. Officers seem to run along a continuum. That is, throughout the entire spectrum.

From the 'Barney Fife' type to Attila The Hun. Most importantly, no matter what, personal reinforcement, motivation has to come from within, -- not from public reaction good or bad. Knowing that you've done the right thing. Able to credibly justify what action you did or didn't take. Able to withstand scrutiny of superiors and/or the public. Doing the right thing in seemingly impossible circumstances. Ability to stand tall under enormous pressure.

Certainly, another reason officers need to be highly educated as well as extremely well-trained, exceptionally well paid. With an undergraduate degree in criminology and a graduate degree in one of the social sciences. Or, vice versa. True professionalism. ... Not someone tapped by a local county sheriff to pay off a political debt.

"She warned that continued frustration and the inability to cope with misunderstanding between police and the community could lead empathetic officers to leave policing altogether, and urged leaders to look into public policy initiatives that make police feel more appreciated."

Sadly, that falsely assumes the compassionate remain less capable of resilience than the criminal jackbooted storm trooper preying on the public. Simply, not credible. Sounds like she's in the corner of abusive officers rather than rightfully demanding drastic change. Status quo, not sustainable. Doomed to failure. This researcher seems to be letting personal bias in favor of law enforcement, no matter what they do or don't do, cloud her judgment:

"She said scrutiny should be balanced with a sense of understanding and empathy for the realities police face."

Every abusive officer and their handlers claim precisely the same. Use it to justify outrageously inept, corrupt, abusive, murderous policing. Precisely, why such officers move on to other agencies, become someone else's problem rather than permanently removed from law enforcement. Desperate need for change. If not, hear the rumble?

Finally, another most interesting observation. This researcher, in a most fascinating twist, sounds like a liberal 'do gooder' in the pocket of law enforcement. Oxymoron. Egregious non-sequitur considering current body politic, present day circumstances, no? LOL.

7-6-18

In another article, The Statesman reports:

"Austin Police Chief Brian Manley is calling for a cultural shift of the department’s training academy that will emphasize the role of officers as public servants, not strictly enforcers of the law, and treat cadets as students in an adult-learning classroom rather than military recruits."

About time. Same needs to happen right here in Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"It is one of Manley’s first initiatives since becoming Austin’s chief June 14 and one of several goals City Manager Spencer Cronk outlined for Manley in offering him the job."

Amazing, isn't it? Especially, coming from a city that's had a well-earned reputation for having a police department jackbooted and fascist. Out of control. For decades.

"Manley said he is already having conversations with academy instructors and asked for input about how they will accomplish the adjustments before the next cadet class in October. He may also seek an outside review."

If indeed serious, breath of fresh air.

“We always want to make sure that we are providing our cadets the best possible training that meets not only best practices, but that meets the community’s expectations,” Manley said."

Long, long way to go, Chief.

"Manley’s view of the training regimen has shifted since two months ago, when a report by the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV raised questions about the academy’s training philosophy and compared Austin’s academy to others nationally."

Imagine that.

7-6-18

Think police don't already have enough to do? Like to be a cop in this situation? ABC News reports:

"A 12-year-old Ohio boy who operates his own lawn mowing business has gained more customers after one neighbor called the police on him for mowing part of her yard."

No doubt. There is justice once in awhile. LOL.

"Maple Heights resident Lucille Holt had employed 12-year-old Reginald Fields, who owns Mr. Reggie's Lawn Cutting Service, to mow her lawn on Saturday, she told ABC Cleveland affiliate WEWS."

Imagine the moxie of this kid, true initiative. Think he won't go places?

"Reginald's cousins often help him work, and one of the neighbors called the police on them after the group of kids accidentally cut part of their grass, Holt said in a Facebook video she posted on Saturday. "They called the police to tell the police that the kids was cutting their grass," Holt said. "Who does that?"

An idiot. Think not?

"The patch of grass the neighbors were apparently referring to sits between Holt's home and theirs. There is no fence there to mark where the property begins and ends. "I guess I have a line there, that’s not part of my yard," Holt said. The video showed a police car parked across the street from Holt's home and two neighbors sweeping grass debris off their driveway. Holt said that, in the past, neighbors have called the police when her kids were throwing snow balls and another time when her son "was crying 'cause he was getting a whoppin'."

Called law enforcement because someone had cut the grass? LOL. Give me a break.

"You called the police cause the kids [are] out here cutting the grass, and they cut the grass that wasn’t part of our grass?" Holt said. "I don’t know what part is my grass and what part is your grass."

Who the hell cares? LOL. Imagine police having to waste time and effort dealing with this crap.

"She continued, "They should be glad these kids aren't out there breaking their car windows out," Holt said. "They should be glad the kids [aren't] out here stealing their cars."

You think? LOL.

"Holt then asks one of the boys how old he is. When he responds that he is 9 and went to school with one of the neighbors, she praises him for being productive. "I'm so glad [you're] out here doing something positive, she said."

No kidding. Certainly, wasn't making a pain in the ass of himself.

"An officer then comes to talk to Holt, asking her if they can "go inside around the corner so you guys don't have to look at each other while I talk to you." When Holt asks why, the officer says, "'Cause I don't want it to turn into anything. I'm trying to make it easy on everybody."

Imagine being a cop dealing with this nonsense. Total waste of law enforcement time, effort, resources, etc..

"The Maple Heights Police Department did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. WEWS reached out to the neighbors, who said they saw the video but declined to comment further. Holt ended the video saying she was "so angry right now that these babies [are] going through this -- getting the police called on them 'cause they're cutting grass." Reginald didn't realize he was cutting the neighbor's grass, he told WEWS. "They said I was cutting their grass," he said. "I didn't know it!"

Not surprisingly, set off a firestorm on Facebook:

"Ever since the incident, which has been viewed more than 150,000 times on Facebook as of Friday, Reginald has been getting more business calls than ever from all over the city, he said. "People are inboxing me like, 'How can I get in touch with this children? Where are they at? I got property I want these kids to cut,'" Holt said. Reginald told the local station that he planned on saving the money he made to buy new equipment and grow his business."

This is a young black kid well on his way to making quite a life for himself and those around him.

"On Friday, Holt posted video of Reginald receiving a new lawn mower and leaf blower from members of the community who saw her video."

7-6-18

How would you like to be this officer? CBS News reports:

"A Florida teenager who climbed into a tree to escape an aggressive alligator while swimming in a creek was rescued by a deputy who shot the giant reptile with a semi-automatic rifle. Jordan Broderick had been hanging in the tree for a half-hour on Friday when Deputy Mitch Blackmon arrived at the creek in Astor, Florida. The 15-year-old girl climbed into the tree after encountering the gator while rafting, according to an incident report released on Monday."

Imagine what the girl's mother must have gone through:

"My daughter is stuck in a fricking tree and there are gators surrounding her. We can't get her out. She's just 15!" the girl's mother shouted to a dispatcher in a 911 call. "Oh my God. Please hurry! Please hurry!" The girl's mother, whose name was redacted from the 911 call, told a dispatcher that the family had been visiting the area to swim and camp. When told by the dispatcher that it could take as long as 20 minutes for a marine unit to get to the area, the mother said, "Oh my god! My daughter is going to be f------ dead!"

The Deputy got there in time:

"But Blackmon arrived at the creek before the marine unit and he heard Broderick screaming from the tree. The alligator was hissing and wasn't scared off by the deputy's presence, according to the report. The almost 11-foot-long gator started moving toward Blackmon so he fired at it with the rifle, the report said."

Reportedly, the famed AR-15, 'assault' weapon of choice for so many gun owners in this country. :)

"Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Fred Jones says the gator sank back into the water and didn't re-emerge. Broderick wasn't injured."

... Think the teenager will return any time soon for a swim? Hat's off, to Deputy Blackmon.

7-6-18

Think it's easy being a police officer? Consider the following. Precisely, why educational standards, training, and pay need to be substantially increased. Policing turned into a profession. CBS News reports:

"A veteran police officer said he froze in a Las Vegas hotel hallway while a gunman fired on an outdoor concert crowd in the deadliest mass shooting in the nation's modern history. Officer Cordell Hendrex's actions are prompting a review of whether lives could have been saved if officers had acted faster to stop the shooting."

Not everyone is qualified to be an officer. Selection process needs to be stiffened. Yet, even the very best, most qualified don't know how they'll react until the moment arrives.

"Three police tactics experts said they understood Hendrex hesitating as he led a trainee and three Mandalay Bay hotel security guards toward the sound of rapid gunfire Oct. 1. "We teach officers to respond directly to the active killing. Every second that it continues to go on, more lives are at risk," said J. Pete Blair, a criminal justice professor and director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training center at Texas State University. "But we don't expect them to take unnecessary risks."

That's right. Not good enough, however. It's the 'shoot first ask questions later' police mentality that needs to immediately change.

"Carla Alston, spokeswoman for Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, issued a statement last week saying that every officer's actions during the massacre were being evaluated by the department."

A good thing. Needs to happen after every violent encounter.

"Hendrex acknowledged being "terrified with fear" in a written police report submitted Oct. 7 and made public May 23 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department under court order. "I froze right there in the middle of the hall for how long I can't say," he wrote."

Courage is not the absence of paralyzing fear. It's acting despite and in spite of that fear. There are very few survivors of those who win the Congressional Medal of Honor on the battlefield. Those that have readily admit that fear.

"Hendrex, a nearly 10-year department veteran and field training officer, is first seen teaching rookie Officer Elif Varsin to write trespassing tickets for two women in a Mandalay Bay hotel security office. Amid radio reports of ongoing shooting and "multiple casualties," Hendrex, Varsin and three Mandalay Bay security officers run to an elevator talking about a shooter on the 32nd floor. They get off on the 31st floor. The reason has not been explained. In the footage, Hendrex leads Varsin and the security guards, each with handguns drawn, out of the elevator and down a 31st floor hallway. They hear the first of at least five separate volleys of rapid gunfire during a three-minute span. "Holy s---. That's rapid fire," Hendrex says. The group stops. "I'm inside the Mandalay Bay on the 31st floor, we can hear it above us," Hendrex says over his police radio. "Just be advised it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position," a radio voice says. "Take cover."

At the same time, officers must act as soon as they can to confront the threat. Quite a balancing act. At a time of enormous stress, confusion, chaos.

Consider the following:

"Varsin's video shows the group in the 31st floor hallway for about five minutes before Hendrex leads them halfway up a stairwell to the 32nd floor. They remain there for at least 15 minutes, when the video clip ends.

"I remember thinking that I had myself, my day 2 trainee and three security managers," Hendrex later wrote. "Between the 5 of us only I and Officer Varsin were wearing body armor and all of us were armed with a handgun each."

"The shooting stopped and all I could think was to stop the shooter or shooters from ... escaping," he said."

What would you do? Utter chaos. Indiscriminate shooting. Ubiquitous carnage. Unless you have a clear target, returning fire with a handgun could result in the death of innocent people. Quite possibly, Hendrex may have falsely blamed intense fear he was experiencing for not acting when there may have been nothing he could have reasonably done under the circumstances.

Especially, in light of the following:

"It is not clear if Hendrex reached the 32nd floor stairwell door near the shooter's room that had been sealed shut. On the 32nd floor, a hotel security guard had been wounded in the leg by gunshots fired through the door into the hallway where he had discovered the obstruction. Body-camera video released May 2 shows teams of officers sometime later moving carefully from different locations, checking rooms on floors 29, 30 and 31 before blasting through the door to Paddock's suite. That was about 80 minutes after Paddock started shooting, and more than an hour after gunfire ended."

Officers may in fact have done the very best they could under the circumstances. Advantage clearly belonged to the perpetrator.

"Inside, police found Paddock dead, windows broken and 23 rifles strewn about. Fourteen of the rifles were fitted with "bump stock" devices to allow rapid-fire shooting similar to that of automatic weapons. Questions were raised amid changing timelines from Las Vegas police and the FBI in the days after the shooting about why police didn't get to Paddock sooner. Lombardo said at that time he was "absolutely offended" by suggestions that police bungled the response."

Question to be asked is where were hotel staff? Had to have taken the perpetrator quite some time to haul all those weapons and ammunition into the room. Cameras are ubiquitous in hallways, front lobby, parking lots, etc.. Didn't housekeeping go into the room to clean it?

"Lombardo, who has since been re-elected head of the police department, ordered officers and employees not to comment about what he calls an ongoing investigation. The FBI in Las Vegas has repeatedly declined to comment. The sheriff has said he expects a final report to be issued by August. Hendrex and Varsin did not respond to email messages from The Associated Press, and Steve Grammas, head of the police union, declined to comment."

Why would you expect any comment until the investigation is over and reports are out?

Here's the problem:

"Eugene O'Donnell, a former New York police officer who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, called for "an honest conversation about the need for police to transform on a dime from peacekeepers to military commandos." "We have to be realistic," O'Donnell said. "Police officers are civilians with guns. The notion that they can spring into action and take on a mass murderer who is running up the body count is probably something you can't ask."

That's right. Nor should we want or expect that. Forget? Militarization of police has led to an enormous amount of murders of innocent unarmed civilians.

Here's the bottom line:

"Thor Eells, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association, viewed the body-camera video at the request of AP. He said no amount of tactical training and crisis conditioning, short of actual combat experience, can overcome a natural reaction to pause in the face of danger. "This is not a training issue," Eells said. "You can simulate an active shooter scenario, but it's not the same as when real bullets are flying."

One walks through metal detectors in an increasing number of venues. May be time to do the same in high-rise buildings and other locations.

7-6-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."Kill a cop even in self-defense? Get charged with capital murder. No equal justice.

"Think this guy doesn't have one hell of a colorful history? Get this:

"Kingsland Police Chief Daryl G. Griffis [State of Georgia] recommended terminating Presley, and Kingsland City Manager Lee Spell agreed, local media reported. The department also released Presley's personnel file, which shows he was hired last year despite admitting that he had physically fought with his wife, had bought or sold marijuana, repeatedly shouted at people, was involved in "2-3" accidents and had been arrested for "reckless, eluding, speeding," according to his handwritten text."

"Why the hell was he ever hired? Gets worse:

"Presley also racked up nine incidents during his year in the police department, at one point parking outside the house of a black man who had complained to the chief, prompting the man to say that Presley had him fearing for his life. Presley also was suspended for a day without pay and warned about his "poor decision making" in January after he called in a reckless driver while off-duty near a Dunkin Donuts, then sped off in pursuit in his private car at more than 100 mph before his sergeant reached him by phone and made him stop."

Jesus Christ. This, the kind of personnel you hire, Sheriff? Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up? ... Right, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*********************************

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

7-6-18

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? One hundred fifteen 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? One hundred fifteen 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. One hundred fifteen 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.

7-6-18

Nazism and racial profiling remain alive and well in Nazi Texas. Think not? Wake up. The Statesman reports:

"At 7:23 p.m. Saturday night, 27-year-old Jacqueline Benitez-Quintana was driving in western Bastrop County when she was pulled over by a sheriff’s corporal for failing to use her blinker while changing lanes. When the officer, Brandon Stark, learned she was driving without a license, he arrested her. Nine minutes later, Eugenio Orozco, 42, was pulled over in the same area by a sheriff’s deputy for having an obscured license plate. When the deputy asked Orozco for his driver’s license, Orozco instead handed over a Mexican ID card. Driving without a license is a misdemeanor that can land a motorist in jail. But the officer then learned that Orozco did in fact have a valid driver’s license. He arrested Orozco anyway for a different misdemeanor: failure to display a license upon the request of a peace officer."

No profiling involved? Think not? Wake up:

"They were among 24 people arrested Saturday night in a heavily Hispanic part of Bastrop County during a “zero tolerance” traffic enforcement operation ordered by Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook. All but one of those arrested had Hispanic surnames. Thirteen, including Benitez-Quintana and Orozco, were picked up from the county jail by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings. At least seven had already been deported by Tuesday, according to Mexico’s consul for Austin."

Raw nazism by the jackbooted bastards in blue. In cahoots with federal jackbooted nazi storm troopers. Goes well beyond routine policing.

"For Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul, the operation was an alarming escalation in the coordination between local and federal policing on immigration. “There was clearly a special operation on the border between Bastrop and Travis, and there was clearly a decision not to cite and release the offenders of these traffic violations in case the officer suspected that they were undocumented,” González said. “We are very concerned that this takes to a new level the collaboration between police and immigration authorities.”

What this is amounts to transition from the goddamned fascist police-state we already live in to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Dangerous portend of far, far worse to come.

In follow up, The Statesman reports:

"Sheriff Maurice Cook said that last weekend’s “zero tolerance” traffic enforcement operation in heavily Hispanic western Bastrop County — which led to 24 people being arrested and 13 seized for deportation proceedings — was prompted by a meeting he had with civic leaders who had asked for increased police presence in the area."

The Sheriff is a liar:

"Cook said Wednesday that he could not remember the names of the leaders he met with or their group. But members of the group, Bastrop Interfaith, remembered their meeting with Cook and told the American-Statesman on Thursday that they intended to send a different message: “the importance of building trust between the community and law enforcement, including immigrant communities.” “We are outraged that after our conversation with Sheriff Cook about these matters, his department blatantly targeted immigrants and Hispanics,” the group said in a statement. “Sheriff Cook, by his actions has severely damaged the relationship between law enforcement and the community.”

Sadly, comes at a time when, to say the least, faith and trust in law enforcement remains in severe jeopardy.

"The operation also drew criticism from state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, who said Thursday that he is “deeply disturbed.” “This operation may well be exactly the kind of law enforcement activity that I feared would occur under SB 4. The limited facts available suggest a clear-cut case of racial profiling and organized immigration enforcement in cooperation with federal authorities,” Rodriguez, who is policy chair for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, said in a statement. “The BCSO may have caused long-term damage to its relationship with the community and seriously threatened public safety in a single evening.”

No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than the jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

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.

7-6-18

Another senseless murder by a jackbooted bastard in blue. CBS News reports:

"A Georgia police officer who fatally shot a black man who was running away from him was fired and jailed on charges of voluntary manslaughter and violating his oath of office, just one week after alerting a dispatcher to his frantic pursuit. Police Officer Zechariah Presley surrendered Wednesday to the Camden County Sheriff's Office after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation obtained warrants for his arrest. A GBI statement says Presley, who is white, was following a vehicle that stopped at an intersection on June 21 when the driver and passenger ran. Presley pursued the driver, later identified as Anthony Marcel Green. "Got one running! Got two running!" Presley shouted over police radio. What happened next was recorded on Presley's body camera."

Why haven't these videos been released? Why sit on this? Especially, under current circumstances. Video is video. No matter the source. Since when was a prosecution compromised by release of public video? Especially, one taken by a civilian and uploaded online. Any excuse by the jackbooted bastards in blue to tamp down public protest after one of these murders?

"Those images were enhanced and reviewed by the GBI, special agent Stacy Carson said. She said it remains under investigation and neither the body-camera video nor dash-camera images are being made public. Presley, 25, caught up with Green, 33, making physical contact, but Green again fled, "at which time Presley fired multiple shots resulting in the death of Green," the GBI statement says."

What excuse did the officer make for his conduct?

"Green's family attorney, Reginald Greene, released a statement saying the family is "seeking justice."

Good luck. When was the last time a murderous cop was imprisoned for life or executed?

"Tony Green was gunned down in cold blood by Officer Presley. We are encouraged by his swift arrest, but we intend to remain vigilant until he is brought to justice and the family is able to get answers as to why this happened in the first place. The senseless killings of black men by police must stop," the statement said."

Think it will any time soon?

"Speaking to CBS affiliate WJAX near a makeshift memorial for Green, pastor Mack Knight said the family wanted a more serious charge. "We really believe it should be a murder charge," said Knight."

Kill a cop even in self-defense? Get charged with capital murder. No equal justice.

Think this guy doesn't have one hell of a colorful history? Get this:

"Kingsland Police Chief Daryl G. Griffis recommended terminating Presley, and Kingsland City Manager Lee Spell agreed, local media reported. The department also released Presley's personnel file, which shows he was hired last year despite admitting that he had physically fought with his wife, had bought or sold marijuana, repeatedly shouted at people, was involved in "2-3" accidents and had been arrested for "reckless, eluding, speeding," according to his handwritten text."

Why the hell was he ever hired? Gets worse:

ABC News reports:

"Torrence Jones, a friend of Green, told ABC affiliate WTLA-TV, that he had several run-ins with Presley and had filed a complaint about the officer with the police department and spoke to Chief Griffis about the officer. Jones claimed Presley had harassed him numerous times and after he complained, Presley parked in front of his house to menace him. WTLA obtained the written complaint Jones made against Presley, in which he wrote, "I feel deeply that my life may be taken away." "He's gonna get exactly what he deserved," Jones said of Presley. "And a manslaughter charge is way light. He should have gotten a first-degree murder charge."

CBS News reports:

"A white Georgia police officer accused of shooting a fleeing black man stalked and hunted Anthony Green like an animal, a lawyer for the man's family said at a news conference Friday. Attorney Malik Shabazz also said the manslaughter charge filed against Kingsland Police Officer Zechariah Presley is highly unusual in a police shooting - and he praised authorities for taking swift action. "It is a rare occurrence in the United States of America where a police officer is charged with killing anyone, particularly an African-American man," said Shabazz, who is president of Black Lawyers for Justice and also representing Green's family. "That shows how strong the evidence must be."

What it demonstrates is the fact authorities are beginning to get the message this shit has to end.

"The officer was "obviously stalking Mr. Green, hunting him down in a fashion that we believe is like an animal at this point," said Shabazz."

So what else is new? It's how these criminal jackbooted bastards get their cookies off.

"Presley made his first court appearance Friday afternoon in Camden County, just north of the Georgia-Florida line. He was ordered held without bond, CBS affiliate WJAX's Christy Turner reported via Twitter. A judge set his next court date for July 17. Presley was fired from the police department following his arrest Wednesday on charges of voluntary manslaughter and violation of the oath of office. The family also intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, Turner reported."

Sue the living shit out of the bastard, department, and government. Stick it to them as hard as you can.

"Presley was charged after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reviewed his body camera recording and other evidence in Green's death in the small town of Kingsland on Georgia's coast. The officer's body-cam video has not been made public."

Why are the bastards sitting on this? The public is entitled to see it.

"We definitely need to see it," said Atlanta lawyer Reginald Greene, who is also representing the family. "These days, without the video, a lot of times what people tell you happened and what actually happened are not the same."

That's right. The jackbooted bastards and their masters lie like hell to protect and coddle their own.

"Presley's lawyer, Adrienne Browning, said her client is looking forward to his day in court and declined to make further comment."

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.

7-6-18

More of the same. Egregiously incompetent policing. ABC News reports:

"The NYPD is investigating whether two officers who responded to the fatal mistaken identity stabbing of a 15-year-old in the Bronx last week failed to provide him aid. The question was raised after investigators recovered cellphone video that appeared to show passersby with napkins trying to stop the teen’s bleeding while officers stood nearby without aiding."

Jesus Christ. Unbelievable.

"It appears so far the officers handled the situation appropriately, a police source told ABC News."

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7-6-18

Amazing how police continue to justify the unjustifiable, distort reality and history to serve their jackbooted purposes. Texas Standard reports:

"We’ve already talked with Austin City Council city member Greg Casar about turning Austin into Texas’ first “freedom city.” He cited data that minorities in Austin are arrested at higher rates for offenses that could also be punished with a ticket. The freedom city proposal would establish clear policies on what should happen to anyone caught committing a low-level, nonviolent misdemeanor. It would also require officers to tell people they don’t have to answer their questions about immigration status. The city council went on to approve those plans."

Finally, some sanity in a city well-known for highly abusive policing.

"We sat down with APD detective and president of the Austin Police Association, Ken Casaday to talk about the new policies. Casaday says taking away officers discretion to make arrests is bad policy and that the city council is “race baiting.”

Casaday is talking out his ass. Austin has a well-known reputation for profiling. For decades. To say nothing of unjustified killings of blacks by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"He states that there is a long history of racism in law enforcement. But Casaday also explains that the situation is improving. “We’ve made great strides, the justice department has been to our department twice in the last 15 years,” he says. “We’re a model agency that they use.” He says that being called a racist is a “hard pill to swallow.”

The abusive murderous behavior of your jackbooted thugs screams otherwise. Indifference of the 'Justice' Department speaks volumes.

"Casaday explains other reasons people go to jail for misdemeanors. If the driver is caught without an ID, intoxicated or has previous warrants, the policy states they have to be taken to jail."

Needs to change. Especially, if the officer knows the individual and the offense happens to be not having an ID. Should be officer discretion.

“We’re all about releasing people and emptying the jails of people who probably should not be there for misdemeanor offenses. But it has to be the right offenses,” the detective says. He points out that driving with a suspended license is one of those offenses."

Think so? What if the license suspension is due to an unresolved insurance dispute? There are many other examples where rigid department policy is not justified and discretion should be up to the officer. Sorry. Almost forgot. We already live in a goddamned fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

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7-6-18

In follow up to the last edition, ABC News reports:

"Dozens of protesters gathered outside the home of a Pittsburgh-area police officer hours after he was charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager."

For damned good reason:

"A 17-year-old boy is dead and his killer is free,” Godfrey, a protester who only gave his first name, told ABC Pittsburgh affiliate WTAE-TV of the officer Wednesday night. “So we're here because if it was anyone else he would not be free, he'd be standing behind bars. Antwon Rose's mother is crying while his killer is free."

No justice. Kill a cop even in self defense, guess what? Your sorry ass is immediately arrested, hauled to jail, bail so high even if granted, you can't get out.

"Officer Michael Rosfeld of the East Pittsburgh Police Department shot and killed 17-year-old Antwon Rose in the borough of East Pittsburgh on the night of June 19, after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to a drive-by shooting earlier that night in the nearby borough of North Braddock. Rose was struck three times from behind, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, after he and another passenger fled on foot from Rosfeld. The medical examiner has ruled Rose's death a homicide. Rosfeld was arraigned on one count of criminal homicide Wednesday morning and subsequently released from jail on $250,000 unsecured bond."

How about that.

"Protests condemning Rose's killing have consumed the roadways and public spaces in and around downtown Pittsburgh in the days after the shooting. Although demonstrators hailed the charge filed against Rosfeld Wednesday, they were angry that he was allowed to be released from custody."

For damned good reason. Two systems of justice. One for the elite, the other for the rest of us.

"As night fell Wednesday, dozens of people filled the street outside Rosfeld's listed address in a residential area of Penn Hills, a municipality in Allegheny County, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh. Some protesters held megaphones as they chanted for justice, while several officers from the Penn Hill Police Department stood guard in front of the two-story home. It’s unclear whether Rosfeld was in the home."

Waste of taxpayer money. Bastard belongs in jail. Where he can get all the security he needs.

"Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala said neither passenger was in possession of a weapon as they fled and Rose "didn't do anything in furtherance" of a crime in North Braddock or East Pittsburgh. Prosecutors have called the killing an "intentional act" and said they argued "vigorously" that Rosfeld should be denied bail because the charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. But they were overruled by the magisterial district judges presiding over the case. "It's an intentional act and there's no justification for it," Zappala said during a news conference Wednesday. "Somebody's dead. Can there be any more dangerous [of a] situation?"

Judges protect and coddle their officers. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only these cases. Total independence. Until that happens, nothing changes.

"Detectives determined that Zaijuan Hester, 17, was the individual who fired the .40-caliber pistol from the Chevrolet Cruze in the drive-by shooting that preceded Rose's killing. Hester was arrested and charged Wednesday morning for aggravated assault, criminal homicide, receiving stolen property and firearm charges, according to WTAE. He is being held at the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. Rose was not armed when he was shot. But an empty gun magazine was discovered in his right-front pocket that fit the 9 mm pistol found in the Chevrolet Cruze, according to the affidavit. "Antwon didn't do anything in North Braddock other than be in that vehicle," Zappala told reporters Wednesday. "Antwon did not fire a gun at all ... the 9 mm was never discharged."

Imagine that. No reason this kid should have been killed. Get this:

"Rosfeld, 30, had been on the job as an East Pittsburgh police officer for three weeks and was formally sworn in just hours before the deadly shooting happened. He has been placed on unpaid leave since the incident, and the Allegheny County Police Department is leading the investigation. Pat Thomassey, an attorney for Rosfeld, told ABC News in an interview Wednesday that he's not surprised by the charge but his client is "devastated" by what happened and is seeking counseling. Thomassey said the officer had reasonable belief that the individuals in the car had been involved in a serious crime, citing the vehicle's busted windows, so he fired his gun when the suspects fled."

Police mentality. Shoot first, ask questions later. Not mentioned above, but covered in the last edition of this publication, was inconsistent responses to questions posed by investigators.

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7-6-18

These bastards are predators. CBS News reports:

"A Pennsylvania police officer is seen on video using a stun gun on a man as he's sitting on a curb. Lancaster police says officers were called around 10 a.m. Thursday and told a man was confronting people with a bat.

"Video posted to Facebook captured Officer Philip Bernot telling 27-year-old Sean Williams to sit on a sidewalk and stick his legs out. Bernot then uses his stun gun on Williams while the man is sitting, facing away from the officer."

Apparently, how the bastards get their cookies off.

"Police told Lancaster Online another officer, Shannon Mazzante, arrived on the scene just after 10 a.m. and repeatedly told Williams to sit down on the sidewalk, but Williams didn't comply. Bernot then arrived to assist Williams. Williams is seen sitting on the curb as the video begins. Police said Bernot warned Williams that if he continued to refuse commands, the Taser would be used on him, according to Lancaster Online. Williams appears to move his legs closer to his body before he is Tased. Williams tells WGAL-TV he followed all directions and doesn't know why he was shocked."

Clearly, the jackbooted bastard thought he didn't need an excuse. How he gets his cookies off abusing power.

"The website reports Williams had an outstanding criminal warrant for charges of possession of a controlled substance and public drunkenness, police said. Police reportedly said they found no bat at the scene."

Then, why the f--k didn't the bastards go after the jackass who made the false report?

"Mayor Danene Sorace says she was upset by the video, and an investigation into the officer's use of force is ongoing. "Like you, when I saw the video I was upset by it and it is of great concern to me. We take the use of force very seriously," Sorace said in the statement, according to Lancaster Online."

Then, why the hell isn't the officer's sorry ass in jail?

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7-6-18

Think law enforcement isn't egregiously out of control? Consider the following. The Washington Post reports:

"Lawrence Crosby is a PhD graduate in materials engineering.

"I was face down on the pavement. One police officer was kneeing me in the back, while others pulled or punched. They paid no attention to my screams identifying myself as an engineering PhD student at Northwestern University. They just kept punching. One shouted, “Stop resisting!”

Sound familiar?

"The record is on the dash-cam footage: It’s nighttime. I step out of my car, bewildered at being pulled over and surrounded by police vehicles in the college town I’ve lived in for years. I hold my hands up high, shocked to see several guns pointed at me. It turns out a fellow student had called the police to report that someone was trying to steal a car. That someone was me. The car was my own. I had a key."

Didn't matter to the criminal jackbooted bastards.

“I don’t know if I’m, like, racial profiling,” the woman had told the 911 dispatcher. To her and to the police, I was a black man in a hoodie. After the cops arrived, after they tackled me, and after they determined that the car was, indeed, my own, they charged me anyway.

"Resisting arrest, they said. One cop joked to another that I “should feel lucky” he didn’t shoot me."

Think we don't have a problem in Nazi America? De facto fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"I don’t feel lucky. Every time I see the video from that October 2015 encounter, I experience fear, anger and terror. Fear that the color of my skin will make me out to be a criminal when I have broken no laws. Anger at the blatant disregard for human life and rights that the Constitution is supposed to guarantee to all citizens. Terror to have come — perhaps — within seconds of being shot by people sworn to serve and protect."

Never forget, it's not just blacks suffering this outrageous bullshit. It's all classes. All races. Doesn't end? Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

Here's the bottom line:

"My life is no more valuable than any of the people I mentioned above. Not at all. But this shouldn’t happen to anyone. I was minding my own business and driving my own car, my accuser was aware of her racial preconceptions, and the police should have known better. And still I ended up face down for a crime I didn’t commit, fearing for my life.

"Now I must face consequences that are not of my own making. There’s an arrest on my record, even though a Cook County judge found me not guilty once he heard the evidence. There’s news coverage and the dash-cam video on the Internet, available for any future employer or colleague who might choose to question me or my motives."

This must change. Any arrest that does not result in prosecution and/or conviction needs to be automatically expunged.

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7-6-18

Murderous aggressive stupidity continues to reign supreme. CBS News reports:

"Dozens of protesters marched through the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, demanding action after Portland State University police shot and killed a Navy veteran. Cellphone video captured the early Friday incident when, witnesses say, Jason Washington was trying to break up a fight. It appears Washington's gun fell from its holster before police shot him. Cellphone video showed Jason Washington (in grey shirt) trying to break up a fight outside a Portland sports bar Friday. He was carrying a permitted weapon which fell from his holster. When he tried to pick it up, Portland State University Police officers shot and killed him."

Shoot first, ask questions later. Rabid gutlessness.

"This isn't the first time tensions have risen at the university over armed campus safety officers. Students have been strongly opposed since the policy began in 2015. One protester said she feared that it was only a matter of time before someone got killed. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports the incident occurred Friday after a fight started to escalate outside a sports bar. According to witnesses, the 45-year-old Washington, who is seen in cellphone video carrying a gun on his right hip, tried to intervene, but fell during the scuffle. Washington's gun apparently fell from its holster. Witnesses said campus police opened fire when he tried to pick it up."

Why? Why did this stupid gutless bastard open fire? Why?

"Washington was a U.S. Navy veteran who worked for the post office. Police told reporters he had a concealed carry permit for his handgun. "He was a veteran who fought for our country," said Mohammed Tuffa, who says he was involved in the fight. He said police didn't need to use deadly force. "Pepper spray could have broken everybody out. Everybody would have been on the ground crying." The two officers involved, Shawn McKenzie and James Dewey, have been placed on administrative leave."

Why weren't they immediately arrested, jailed? Why special treatment not accorded anyone else?

"Attending Sunday's vigil, Jo Ann Hardesty told CBS News, "Community members and staff and faculty were very, very concerned about arming the police." Hardesty said many people here have been speaking out against arming campus security officers ever since it began three years ago. "We knew then that somebody would die, and here we are. I had to be here because we knew it would happen – we just didn't know when." The university said this is the first officer-involved shooting for its campus police force. They promise a full evaluation of their policies and procedures, as Portland's Police Department investigates the incident."

Comforting, isn't it?

"On Sunday more than 100 protesters marched to Portland State University wearing black and carrying signs demanding justice in the campus police shooting of Washington."

Good luck.

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7-6-18

Think our nazi government doesn't intimidate and attempt to silence whistle blowers? The Washington Post reports:

"Our interview with former Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson James Schwab was interrupted by a surprise visit from government agents.Our report https://cbsn.ws/2Kv1Qbi (via CBS This Morning) Posted by CBS News on Thursday, June 28, 2018"

Intolerably chilling in what is supposed to be a democratic republic under the United States Constitution.

"James Schwab was sitting in front of a camera inside his San Francisco Bay-area home, explaining to a reporter why he abruptly quit his job as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman three months ago. He could not “fathom” continuing to work for an agency that lies to the public, he told CBS News reporter Jamie Yuccas on Wednesday. He acknowledged spinning public statements; it is what people in those positions do. But knowingly spreading lies — that he could not stomach, he told Yuccas. So he quit, citing “false” and “misleading” statements made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and ICE acting director Thomas D. Homan."

Uncommon valor under horrendous conditions as our formerly great country continues to nazify under Trump.

"His resignation in March made headlines. And then Schwab essentially went quiet before finally sitting down with CBS."

Why wait? Why not let it rip? Immediately sit down with the press and inform the public. One of the last best defenses against rabid tyranny in a democratic republic. Protected by the First Amendment. Right of the people to know what their government is and isn't doing.

"About 15 minutes into the interview Wednesday in San Jose, Schwab and the others heard knocks that quickly grew louder. Schwab’s husband went downstairs to check who it was. Minutes later, a CBS crew member overheard that the visitors were from the Department of Homeland Security, the agency that oversees ICE. Schwab went down to talk to them, according to Yuccas. “We hear Mr. Schwab ask three times, ‘What is this about?’ … They will not answer his questions. They just keep saying, ‘We’d like to talk to you,’ ” Yuccas told The Washington Post on Thursday."

Why would anyone talk to these bastards when they won't answer his questions? Why would he talk to any federal agent with or without legal counsel? Forget? Law enforcement has a penchant for taking whatever they're told in good faith, twisting it into something it's not, then charging their target with lying to them.

"Yuccas said officials identified themselves as agents from the DHS Office of Inspector General — an oversight division that investigates possible wrongdoing within the agency. From upstairs, Yuccas heard that the officials wanted to talk to Schwab about leaks involving Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf."

No more than blatant intimidation. To silence him. Prevent him talking to CBS.

"Months earlier, when Schwab was still working as spokesman for ICE’s San Francisco office, Schaaf warned Bay Area residents about an upcoming ICE raid, triggering an angry response from President Trump, Sessions and Homan."

Remember? Caused quite a firestorm as reported here and elsewhere.

"After hearing Schaaf’s name, Yuccas went to the door with a photographer, introducing herself as a CBS reporter. Their camera was rolling."

Precise function of media. Expose this shit to the light of day. Rattle the cages of the nazi storm troopers.

Have to admire the courage and moxie of Yuccas. Certainly, stood tall:

"Standing outside Schwab’s door were two unidentified men in black suits. CBS captured the brief exchange between Yuccas and one of the men, who was carrying a folder, as the other government official and Schwab stood quietly.

“We can’t speak with you,” the agent said.

“Why are you guys here?” Yuccas asked.

“I can’t speak with you about that,” he replied.

The agent then asked Schwab to call him later. Yuccas tried to squeeze in another question, asking: “Is this about the incident … ”

“Please don’t interrupt,” the agent said, again asking Schwab to call him.

“We’re in his home,” Yuccas said.

"The agent responded: “I’m talking to him. This is confidential, okay?”

Nazi government storm troopers need to be rhetorically challenged by media every step of the way. Especially, when these jackbooted bastards appear to be attempting to interfere with a news interview. There was nothing so urgent they could not have returned later. Had it been in fact, that urgent, think they wouldn't have immediately taken him into 'protective' custody or under guise of some other ruse?

"Yuccas said Schwab told the officials before they left that he would talk to them at a later date but would consult with his attorney first."

Exactly right thing to do. Get counsel. Law enforcement cannot be trusted. Lie like hell with impunity. Even on the stand.

"The surprise visit, Yuccas said, left Schwab suspecting that he could be under investigation for possibly leaking information to Schaaf who, on Feb. 24, announced that she learned “from multiple credible sources” that ICE was preparing to conduct raids throughout the Bay Area. The raids happened the following day. Homan, the acting ICE director, called Schaaf’s actions “irresponsible” and said in a Feb. 27 statement that 864 “criminal aliens and public safety threats remain at large.” He said that he believed “some of them” had managed to avoid arrest after being tipped off by Schaaf."

Think so? ... Or, is it Homan who is the liar? Consider the following:

"Schwab, who helped craft that statement, said he felt uncomfortable with the agency’s claim that more than 800 “criminal aliens” escaped capture. He told CBS that the statement was a “flat-out lie” and had told media outlets that ICE arrested 232 suspected undocumented immigrants — a higher number than what federal authorities had expected. Schwab resigned less than two weeks after the Feb. 25 raid, telling the San Francisco Chronicle at the time he quit because he “didn’t want to perpetuate misleading facts.”

Uncommon valor. An official who stood tall. Risked all.

"ICE officials said in March that Schwab’s statements to media outlets about ICE arrests in California were inaccurate. Three months later, and after the visit to his home, on camera, by DHS agents, Schwab told CBS that he was “completely shocked” the agents had showed up at his doorstep unannounced. He said he believed the visit was an intimidation tactic."

Had to have been. Timing alone.

“Why, three months later, are we doing this?” he told CBS News. He added: “And this is why people won’t come out and speak against the government.”

Not all of us. Some will stand up no matter the personal cost. If you don't stand up, this democratic republic will be no more. No more complicated than that, -- especially under current conditions.

"The DHS Office of Inspector General did not respond to questions about why the officials showed up at Schwab’s home or whether he was being investigated for leaking."

Why not? Especially, considering just the appearance of intimidation alone.

"The Washington Post was unable to reach Schwab."

Apparently, the jackbooted goons succeeded in intimidating him.

"Schwab told CBS that he had never met Schaaf, let alone talked to her, and that he would never leak anything. “But they were very serious … very stern with me,” he said. “It was concerning.”

Why? Grow a pair. If you don't stand up, this evil will continue unabated.

"Yuccas said the unexpected visit clearly rattled the former ICE spokesman. “I can tell you that Mr. Schwab seemed very confused as to why they were at his house,” Yuccas said. Recalling conversations with Schwab, she said that “in the three months since he left, no one has come to his home. … No one has called him indicating anything about a leak through the mayor’s office.”

What he should have done was defiantly invite the goons to sit in on the interview. F--k 'em.

"Yuccas said she does not know for certain if the agents showed up knowing that journalists were at Schwab’s home — the crew’s TV van was parked and clearly visible outside — or if the visit was simply a coincidence."

No coincidence. The TV van is unmistakable.

“When they saw the camera, I can’t tell if it was that they didn’t know or if they were just agitated that the camera was there,” Yuccas said."

Matters not. All that matters is you stood tall. Aggressively went after the story. Public has a right to know.

Above quotes courtesy of a most courageous, gifted, insightful writer, Kristine Phillips. Hat's off, Madam.

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6-29-18

How would you like to be this officer? ABC News reports:

"A bear that managed to break into a car needed help from a sheriff's deputy to get out. The Placer County Sheriff's Office in California says it happened near Lake Tahoe. The bruin had damaged the Subaru Outback so badly that the doors would not unlock. Video shows a deputy was brave enough to break a window so the bear could jump out and run back to the forest."

All in a day's work.

6-29-18

Despite ubiquitous, well-deserved criticism of law enforcement throughout this publication, the following is precisely why we cannot live without police. ABC News reports:

"Police have arrested a man suspected of cutting off his pregnant wife's arm during a dispute in Brooklyn. The New York Police Department says the 35-year-old man was arrested near Niagara Falls late Saturday night. He is facing a charge of first-degree assault. Police say the man severed the 35-year-old woman's right arm just above the elbow in the attack in Sunset Park on Thursday afternoon. She also lost two fingers from her other hand. The woman was hospitalized, and officials say her arm has been successfully reattached. Police say the woman and the baby she's carrying are in stable condition."

Hat's off, to law enforcement for making this happen. To say nothing of all the doctors and medical personnel involved.

6-29-18

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."In follow up to the last edition, ABC News reports:

"An unarmed Pennsylvania teenager killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop was shot in the upper body, the medical examiner said. The death of Antwon Rose, 17, who was African-American, was ruled a homicide, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner added."

Called murder, right, Sheriff? Had any other citizen done the same, his sorry ass would have been immediately arrested, hauled to jail. Not so the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue, right, Bill? Sadly, these pieces of crap continue to receive near carte blanche to murder on the job. Ferociously pointedly, why is it your criminal jackbooted bastards in black seem incapable of ever smartening up? ... Right, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?

..."Fox guarding the chicken coop. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only these cases. Total independence.

"Rosfeld told ABC affiliate WTAE in Pittsburgh that he's been with the East Pittsburgh Police Department for three weeks as a part-time officer and was just sworn in hours before the shooting occurred. He had previously worked as a law enforcement officer at other agencies, including the University of Pittsburgh Police Department from October 2012 to January 2018. Rosfeld told WTAE that while he and his family are receiving support from law enforcement, this is a difficult time for him."

"Certainly is when you kill an unarmed kid running away from you. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Rose's family is "devastated" and "stunned," family attorney Fred Rabner told ABC News Thursday morning."

"Forget? This kid was unarmed and running away from the jackbooted bastard."

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..."The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue do this to effectively continue violating all civil and constitutional rights with impunity. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The Maine ACLU has filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act following the refusal of the border agency and the Department of Homeland Security to release details about random immigrant checkpoints. The Maine ACLU has also partnered with its New Hampshire and Vermont affiliates to sue the border agency, Homeland Security and the immigration agency for more information about the enforcement of immigration law in the Northeast. Bond also argued that the Supreme Court decision that the border agency most frequently cites as affirming its authority to conduct these searches, United States v. Martinez-Fuerte — which Sapp also pointed to in an email to NBC News — is not so clear."

"Give a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue an inch, the corrupt, abusive, violent piece of shit takes a mile. These uniformed criminals remain an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element present a greater threat than current law enforcement goons. ... Right, Sheriff?

“We don’t have the statistics or specific info from CBP, that is a concern,” Bond said. “The case that CBP references involves a regularized, fixed and permanent checkpoint, whereas this was orange cones on the highway. So this random checkpoint poses all the risk of bias and subjective enforcement.”

"Precisely, the intention of these criminal jackbooted bastards, right, Sheriff. It's how you and the boys get your cookies off, right, Bill?

"The government responded to the ACLU’s lawsuit last week, and Bond said that ACLU and government attorneys will meet soon to discuss whether the records will be released or if legal proceedings will begin."

"Don't take no for an answer. Drag the jackbooted bastards into court. Liberty depends on it. ... Right, Sheriff?"

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

*******************

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

6-29-18

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? One hundred fourteen 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? One hundred fourteen 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. One hundred fourteen 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.

6-29-18

In follow up to the last edition, ABC News reports:

"Rose was shot dead by an East Pittsburgh police officer Tuesday after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to an earlier shooting that night."

Never ever run from police. Grants the pieces of jackbooted shit carte blanche to murder on the job. Don't give them the satisfaction. Live another day to fight this shit in court.

"The deadly shooting was caught on cell phone video, which is being reviewed by authorities."

Where is dash and body cam video?

"The officer who shot Rose was identified by the Allegheny County Police Department as 30-year-old Michael Rosfeld. The Allegheny County Police Department is leading the investigation into the shooting."

Fox guarding the chicken coop. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only these cases. Total independence.

Certainly is when you kill an unarmed kid running away from you. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Rose's family is "devastated" and "stunned," family attorney Fred Rabner told ABC News Thursday morning."

Forget? This kid was unarmed and running away from the jackbooted bastard.

"Rabner described Rose as a "beautiful, kind" and hard-working teenager who worked with young children at a gymnastics gym as well as at a local Domino's Pizza. "This is not someone who was in trouble ever," Rabner said. "This is not a family that was anything but doting and loving about their son." "It doesn't seem to me that there is any justification ever for shooting an individual who is fleeing in the back," Rabner said, adding that the officer was standing "poised" and appear to shoot from 15 to 30 feet away."

Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

"Amie Downs, a spokeswoman for Allegheny County, said Rose suffered a gunshot wound of the trunk, but didn't specify where exactly."

Why not? The public is entitled to this information.

"Meanwhile, demonstrators took over local streets during a downpour Wednesday, holding "Black Lives Matter" signs, blocking traffic and confronting officers."

A photo shows a jackbooted bastard in blue with his hand on his gun as a peaceful black protester confronts this piece of shit. Laughs at him while pointing with both hands at what the gutless white officer was doing with his hand on the weapon. Had on dark glasses, head cocked sideways and down. Left hand near his collar bone, -- apparently using his radio.

"At the peaceful protest was Rose's cousin, Theresa Lynn Rose Monroe, who said the family is distraught and demanding answers. "It's senseless," she told ABC News. "He wasn't a threat. And I just don't understand why -- why does it got to keep happening?"

Likely happens for two major reasons. First, it's how these officers get their cookies off abusing power. Second, remain hopelessly gutless. Shoot first, ask questions later. Police mentality.

"The 20-year-old driver -- whom ABC has confirmed operated as a Jitney driver, which is similar to ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft -- was ordered out of the car and directed to the ground, police said. Rose and another passenger in that car fled on foot, police said. The officer shot three times at Rose as he fled and struck him three times, police said. The other passenger, who has not been identified, remains at large, police said."

Furthermore:

"Rose did not have a weapon on him and none of the three suspects fired at officers, police said, adding that "two firearms were later recovered from the suspect vehicle."

Then, why did this piece of shit open fire on a kid who was stupidly fleeing? Where was the officer's judgment? This shit happens over and over and over again. Yet, police who are supposed to be professionals, never ever never seem to smarten up.

"The driver was detained and later released, police said. Allegheny County Police investigators have not provided more details on the driver."

Clearly, had nothing on him. Otherwise, would not have released him.

In a statement, officials from the borough of East Pittsburgh said they were "profoundly saddened by the death of Antwon Rose" and expressed confidence that investigators "will be transparent with any and all information that they need during this investigation."

Think so?

"This is a tragic loss for his family and friends as well as for our community as a whole," the statement read. "We offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to Mr. Rose’s family and friends, the residents of East Pittsburgh and all those affected by this tragedy."

Rings hollow. Never ends. Happens over and over and over again. Jackbooted bastards fail to be held accountable. Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. As our formerly great country continues to deteriorate, comes apart at the seams. ... Hear the rumble?

"We are committed to finding the truth in this investigation," Coleman McDonough, superintendent of Allegheny County Police Department, told ABC News Wednesday."

That right? Think so? ... Or, no more than usual, -- a concerted, determined cover up?

"Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called Rose's death a "tragedy," adding, "I expect local law enforcement to give this the thorough investigation it deserves."

Empty, hollow, meaningless rhetoric. ... Right, Sheriff?

“I hear the outrage of the people in East Pittsburgh," Shapiro said in a statement Thursday."

Don't think you do. Forget? Not the first time this shit has occurred. Happens over and over and over again.

"The case is being investigated by Allegheny County police and the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office. Under Pennsylvania law, I do not have jurisdiction to [investigate] this matter unless I receive a referral from [Allegheny County] District Attorney [Stephen] Zappala."

No more than the fox guarding the hen house.

Here's the problem. Long-term problem. CBS News reports:

"A three decade-old Supreme Court ruling does justify shooting a fleeing suspect if "the officer reasonably believes that the individual poses a significant physical danger to the officer or others in the community."

This leaves a chasm mile-wide for the jackbooted bastards in blue to justify murdering someone unarmed, guilty or innocent. Needs to change. If not, hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

CBS News reports:

"The East Pittsburgh Police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 has been charged with criminal homicide. According to court records, East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld was formally charged Wednesday morning. "In a criminal complaint filed in the case, detectives cite witnesses who said Rose clearly had nothing in his hands when he was shot, contradicting what Rosfeld initially told investigators. Rosfeld was conducting a traffic stop of the vehicle Rose was riding in, which police said fit the description of one used in a drive-by shooting that night. He told investigators he had ordered the driver out of the car, and down on the ground, when Rose got out of the vehicle."

Here is the problem:

"Rosfeld first told investigators that Rose "turned his hand toward" Rosfeld, who "saw something dark that he perceived as a gun," detectives wrote in the complaint. But when asked to repeat his version of events, Rosfeld's story changed, detectives wrote. "During that rendition, Rosfeld told the detectives that he did not see a gun when the passenger emerged and ran. When confronted with this inconsistency, Rosfeld stated he saw something in the passenger's hand but was not sure what it was," detectives wrote in the complaint. "In addition, Officer Rosfeld stated that he was not certain if the individual who had his arm pointed at him was still pointing at him when he fired the shots."

Consider the following:

"Rosfeld opened fire striking Rose three times from behind. Rose died from his injuries. A medical examiner determined Rose was struck in the cheek, the right elbow from behind, and in the mid-back, which was the fatal shot, district attorney Stephen Zappala, Jr. said during a press conference Wednesday. The bullet lodged in Rose's chest and was determined to be from Rosfeld's service weapon, Zappala said. Rosfeld's actions were intentional and he was not acting to prevent death or serious injury, Zappala said. "You do not shoot somebody in the back if [they] you are not a threat to you," Zappala said."

Indeed.

There are other issues:

"CBS Pittsburgh reports that according to sources, Rosfeld had only been on duty in East Pittsburgh for three weeks, and he was formally sworn in about 90 minutes before the fatal shooting. Rosfeld had been working as a police officer in the region since 2011. He had previously worked in Harmarville and Oakmont. He also worked for the University of Pittsburgh Police Department and was reportedly dismissed for cause from the university. The university turned his personnel file over to county investigators as part of the investigation."

Above barely scratches the surface. This is an exceptionally complicated case. Needless to say, will be followed closely.

"Zappala said he had spoken with Rose's family. "They are very distraught about the loss of their son, who by all accounts was a good kid," Zappala said. Rosfeld was placed on paid administrative leave after the shooting, which has triggered protests in the area. Rosfeld's bail, which was opposed by prosecutors, was set at $250,000, according to court documents. A preliminary hearing is set for July 6."

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6-29-18

In follow up to the last edition, The Daily Trib reports:

"The Burnet Police Department has ordered a pet owner, whose dog attacked an officer, to build a 6-foot fence to enclose the canine, post a “dangerous dog” sign, and purchase a $100,000 insurance policy or face having the pet seized and potentially euthanized. The pit bull mix was shot by Burnet Police Lt. Alex Fidler on June 14 after she responded to a call about dogs attacking a bicyclist on Vandeveer Street. Fidler shot two of the three at-large dogs, one fatally, and sustained dog bite wounds to her arm, according to the police report."

Fortunately, the officer has sufficiently recovered from her injuries to return to full duty:

"The animal’s owner was also cited for having a dog at-large, a class C misdemeanor. In regards to the injured officer, rabies test results of the fatally shot dog came back negative, according to the report. Fidler, who was initially confined to office work as her arm healed, has since resumed her full duties."

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6-29-18

More jackbooted bullshit in direct violation of a bastardized United States Constitution. Closely read the following material. Delusionally believe as a United States citizen your rights are not in jeopardy courtesy of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue? NBC reports:

"A random U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint set up on a Maine highway this week resulted in the arrest of a fugitive Haitian immigrant who had been ordered deported over a decade ago, officials said Friday. The checkpoint was marked by cones blocking an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Penobscot County, forcing anyone in the southbound lanes between the towns of Howland and Lincoln, about 72 miles from the Canadian border, to stop and speak with agents, said Steve Sapp, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. The 11-hour checkpoint led to the Haitian man’s arrest, a formal warning issued to a lawful resident who was not carrying required paperwork, and 10 drug seizures, he said. Sapp said drivers who pass through such checkpoints are subject to questions about residency and citizenship. A dog is present to detect concealed humans or drugs, and agents may also look through the windows of the car. If someone does not comply with questioning, the driver is moved to the side of the road for further questions, he said."

The Fourth Amendment guaranties the right against unreasonable search and seizure. Applies to all no matter citizenship status. The Fifth Amendment guaranties the right to remain silent. Not incriminate oneself. Guaranties due process along with the Fourteenth Amendment. Applies to anyone within jurisdiction of the United States. Citizen or not. Sixth Amendment guaranties right to counsel. Citizen or not.

These goddamned jackbooted sons of bitches are shamelessly shitting on the Bill of Rights. ... Right, Sheriff? Think not, readers? You're achingly, hopelessly, aggressively stupid. Deserve what you get. Too bad the rest of us suffer for your stupidity and abject cowardice. You've been stripped of liberty. Remain too clueless to understand what you've lost.

"Controversy has followed these types of checkpoints in Maine and around the country. Emma Bond, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, told NBC News that several constitutional rights are implicated in these scenarios, including the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure. Additionally, Bond said, Customs and Border Protection has consistently refused to release more information about these checkpoints, specifically about ones that take place at bus stops throughout the state."

The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue do this to effectively continue violating all civil and constitutional rights with impunity. ... Right, Sheriff?

Give a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue an inch, the corrupt, abusive, violent piece of shit takes a mile. These uniformed criminals remain an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element present a greater threat than current law enforcement goons. ... Right, Sheriff?

Precisely, the intention of these criminal jackbooted bastards, right, Sheriff. It's how you and the boys get your cookies off, right, Bill?

Don't take no for an answer. Drag the jackbooted bastards into court. Liberty depends on it. ... Right, Sheriff?

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6-22-18

As always, when a cop does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. No question, a loose dog problem remains an issue here in Llano County. -- A dangerous problem in Kingsland the Sheriff continues to ignore. To say nothing of Burnet where an officer was recently injured. The Daily Trib reports:

"A Burnet police officer is recovering from dog bite wounds following an incident June 14 when she shot two dogs, one fatally, that attacked her as she shielded a bicyclist, officials said."

Hat's off, Officer Fidler. Good job. You likely saved a life. Hope you recover quickly from your injuries.

"Burnet Patrol Cpl. Alex Fidler responded to the call, took a statement from the bicyclist, and assessed the scratches on the person’s arm. “When she was talking to the citizen, her body camera showed a dog coming from another residence,” Nelson said. “Then, (the footage) shows the other dog charging her from across the city street. “The third dog (then) came from the left-hand side,” he added. “They attacked the officer in that process.” The officer fired two shots, which struck the two pit-bull mixes, killing one of them and injuring the other, the report stated. The third dog did not sustain a gunshot wound. “(The officer) sustained injuries to both forearm areas from dog bites,” Nelson said. “As a last resort, she shot the dogs.”

Had no choice. Did what she had to do. Again, hat's off.

... This is not a dog issue. -- It's an owner problem.

6-22-18

Tired of drivers unwilling to get out of the left lane? ABC News reports:

"An Indiana State Police trooper who tweeted a photo of a vehicle he stopped for driving too slowly in the left lane says he's overwhelmed by the widespread praise he's receiving online. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles (WEEL'-ihs) stopped the driver Saturday on Interstate 65 about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Indianapolis after about 20 vehicles had slowed behind her. Wheeles says she was traveling under the 70 mph speed limit. Indiana law requires drivers to move to the right lane to allow faster traffic to pass. The post has been retweeted by IndyCar driver Graham Rahal, who said, "This guy is my hero," and Fox NFL announcer and Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman. Others suggested he win a Nobel Prize or asked him to relocate to their states."

Indeed. LOL.

6-22-18

Seatbelts on. The following is truly rough stuff. ABC News reports:

"For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. On Tuesday, the soldier would have his identity recovered — and be reunited with his twin brother in Normandy, where the two Navy men died together when their ship shattered on an underwater mine while trying to reach the blood-soaked D-Day beaches."

No question. Hell on earth.

"Julius Heinrich Otto "Henry" Pieper and Ludwig Julius Wilhelm "Louie" Pieper, two 19-year-olds from Esmond, South Dakota, will rest in peace side-by-side by day's end on Tuesday at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France, 74 years after their deaths on June 19, 1944. While Louie's body was soon found, identified and laid to rest, the remains of Julius were only recovered in 1961 by French salvage divers and not identified until 2017.They will be the 45th pair of brothers at the cemetery, three of them memorialized on the Walls of the Missing. But the Piepers will be the only set of twins among the more than 9,380 graves, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission."

No greater love. No greater courage.

"Julius, radioman second class like his brother, is being buried with full military honors at the cemetery, an immaculate field of crosses and stars of David. The site overlooks the English Channel and Omaha Beach, the bloodiest of the Normandy landing beaches of Operation Overlord, the first step in breaching Hitler's stranglehold on France and Europe. Family members will be in attendance."

Without the sacrifice of so many, Hitler would have won.

"The story of how the twins died and were being reunited reflects the daily courage of troops on a mission to save the world from a Nazi conquest, and the tenacity of today's living to ensure that no soldier goes unaccounted for. The Pieper twins, callow fellows born of German immigrant parents, worked together for Burlington Railroad and enlisted together in the Navy. Both were radio operators and both were on the same unwieldy flat-bottom boat, Landing Ship Tank Number 523 (LST-523), making the Channel crossing from Falmouth, England to Utah Beach 13 days after the June 6 D-Day landings. The LST-523 mission was to deliver supplies at the Normandy beachhead and remove the wounded. It never got there. The vessel struck an underwater mine and sank off the coast. Of the 145 Navy crew members, 117 were found perished. Survivors' accounts evoke a major storm on the Channel with pitched waves that tossed the boat mercilessly before the explosion that shattered the vessel."

Hell on earth.

"Louie's body was laid to rest in what now is the Normandy American Cemetery. But the remains of Julius, nicknamed Henry, were only recovered in 1961 by French divers who found them in the vessel's radio room. He was interred as an "Unknown" at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neuville, Belgium, also devoted to the fallen of World War II, in the region that saw the bloody Battle of the Bulge. Julius' remains might have stayed among those of 13 other troops from the doomed LST-523 still resting unidentified at the Ardennes cemetery. But in 2017, a U.S. agency that tracks missing combatants, establishing case files for each from witness accounts to DNA testing, identified him."

Imagine the amount of work that went into resolving this.

"The Pieper family asked that Louie's grave in Normandy be relocated to make room for his twin brother at his side. The last time the United States buried a soldier who fought in World War II was in 2005, at the Ardennes American Cemetery, according to the American Battle Monuments Commission."

Above quotes, courtesy of a most gifted insightful writer. Have no idea who he or she was. Original source, the Associated Press.

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."That right? Think so? Noting ever truly changes:

"The body cam footage comes after arrests of black customers at Waffle House restaurants in several states have raised alarm, and spurred a discrimination investigation by a high-profile civil rights attorney."

"Why is it the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue seem incapable of ever smartening up? ... Right, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?

"According to the Fort Walton Police Department, officers received a call of a disorderly customer around 1:30 a.m. on May 3. Video from the officer's body camera shows officers asking a black man to come outside and talk to them."

"Re-read the above quote. Why didn't these abusive pieces of crap not have the courage to walk inside? Confront the 'offender' in person? What were they afraid of? Public reaction?"

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... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

6-22-18

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? One hundred thirteen 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? One hundred thirteen 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. One hundred thirteen 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.

6-22-18

Same old, same old. Nothing ever changes. CBS News reports:

"After a video of a black couple being detained at a Florida Waffle House after disputing their bill went viral, on Tuesday police in the beach community posted body camera video of the incident and said their officers committed "no misconduct" but that the "situation could have been handled differently by both parties."

That right? Think so? Noting ever truly changes:

Why is it the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue seem incapable of ever smartening up? ... Right, Sheriff? That why you continue to protect and coddle, that is, shield Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?

Re-read the above quote. Why didn't these abusive pieces of crap not have the courage to walk inside? Confront the 'offender' in person? What were they afraid of? Public reaction?

"Come here," says the officer. The man says, who is on the phone inside, says, "I ain't going nowhere." "Yeah, you are," says the officer. "You put your hand on me..." "Oh, I'm gonna put my hands on you. Get out here. You want a trespass?"

Gutless, jackbooted son of a bitch in blue with an attitude. Seems to have conveniently forgotten he's dealing with the public. At a time when police-community relations remain at an all-time low. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The man and his girlfriend try to explain that they are waiting on an employee to fix their bill, but the officer keeps asking the man to come outside and "talk to me like a man." The man comes toward him and the officer says, "back up."

If the above quote is indeed exactly what happened, how it went down, think the cop isn't nuts?

"A little less than two minutes after the officers arrive, the man comes outside, holding his hands in the air. His girlfriend comes with him. She is recording the interaction on a phone."

All interactions must be recorded, -- provided safely possible to do so.. Police can no longer be trusted to tell the truth. Worse, could have insanely blown the guy away, opened fire on him with no just cause.

"The man attempts to explain that he was disputing the Waffle House bill, which he and his girlfriend believed contained an overcharge, but officers keep insisting he pay his bill "or you're gonna go to jail." One officer then points a Taser at his chest, then puts the man in handcuffs. His girlfriend asks the officers to come inside and talk to the employee with them so she can explain the bill, but instead they inform the man he is being arrested for theft and put him in the backseat of their cruiser."

How can law enforcement be trusted when this shit continues to go on all across this country?

"At this point, the officers have not yet interviewed the employees at the Waffle House."

Then why the f--k is he under arrest? ... That, how your jackbooted bastards conduct themselves here in Nazi Llano County, Sheriff?

Gets worse. Increasingly, insane:

"The man's girlfriend goes back into the restaurant and then comes out and says the employees won't talk to her until the officers come in. She is placed in handcuffs and put against the police cruiser. She is crying as she explains that they thought the orange juice only cost $1, but they were charged $2.50."

Jesus Christ.

"One officer then interviews the Waffle House employee in charge who explains that the charge was correct because the orange juice is only $1 if you also purchase a beverage, but the couple didn't purchase a beverage, they only asked for water with their meal. The employee said they "tried multiple times to explain" that to the couple, but "they kept yelling and arguing," and when the waitress threatened to call the cops, the man said go ahead. The employee told the police they wished to press charges for non-payment of the bill. Upon hearing this, the woman, who is in handcuffs, cries, "I was going to pay the bill!" "The problem is you guys wanna run your mouth," says the officer."

That right? You bastards didn't even have the guts to immediately walk inside the restaurant. Afraid of public reaction to the f--king endured by this couple perpetrated not only by the restaurant itself, but you jackbooted bastards in blue? How you turds get your cookies off?

"Right when I walk in the door, he wants to start talking about 'you guys aint gonna put your hands on me.' Okay, I'm trying to talk to him like a man to see what's going on, but he wants to start saying stuff like that. And then you wanna pull your phone, which that's fine, you've got the right to record...but what you did, the crime that you and your boyfriend or your husband committed is you didn't pay your bill."

You don't know that, you ignorant, clueless, jackbooted son of a bitch. How could you know? You didn't immediately come inside, talk to the couple, determine exactly what the issue was.

The call to police by the restaurant was apparently a ruse. Might have been a shakedown. Coordinated between police and the restaurant. Would certainly explain why officers failed to enter the restaurant, talk to management, then confront the couple. Get this:

"The woman explains they didn't even get their food. "We didn't get nothing from them, nothing at all. We haven't been served at all, so how's it theft?" she says through tears. The officer then chastises her for arguing over $1 when her boyfriend had lots of cash on him."

No problem with this? Entire case reeks. Gets worse:

"While the two remain handcuffed and sitting in the back of separate police cars, the officer whose body camera is recording the incident confirms that the couple did not get their food. But, apparently frustrated that the handcuffed man interrupted him, the officer says to the other officers, "If you want to take him, take him. I don't care."

Jesus Christ. Kangaroo justice in a goddamned fascist police-state, transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"The man and the officer then argue about their first interaction, with the officer saying that the handcuffed man should have talked to him "man to man," and the handcuffed man saying, "I did! I came out with my hands up." It becomes apparent the officers are not going to go forward with an arrest and one officer says to the man, "And you're going to never come back to this Waffle House again?" The man says he won't."

Jesus Christ. These pieces of shit had nothing on this couple. Apparently, were frustrated the couple wouldn't take the shit restaurant management and the jackbooted bastards were trying to impose.

"The man and woman are taken out of the police cars and their hands removed from cuffs. The man asks for the officer's badge number and one tells him, "You know I'm doing you a favor by not taking you to jail now?"

This is one, Aryan arrogant, jackbooted nazi storm trooper. Trash like him remain a ubiquitous problem throughout law enforcement all across our formerly great country. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The man continues to try to understand why he was cuffed, explaining again that he came out of the Waffle House with his hands up. One officer says, "You a big dude." To which the man replies, "Y'all are bigger than me! You got big guns!" Finally, the couple walks away and the officers receive another call."

Find an attorney. Sue the living shit out of the restaurant, the jackbooted bastards in blue, department, and the city.

"In the Facebook post, the department said: "The Fort Walton Beach Police Department strives to provide superior police services to all citizens and uses opportunities such as this to learn and refine our interactions with the public."

Unadulterated horse shit. Same shit goes on right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"In an emailed statement to CBS News, Waffle House said, "While our review of the Fort Walton Beach, Fla., incident is continuing, we think both sides could have handled this situation better. On our part, our employee could have done more to de-escalate the dispute before calling the police. We have spoken to our employees in the restaurant and will be doing additional training for the team members of this restaurant on the proper way to handle situations like this."

Clearly, Waffle House doesn't want to be sued. Certainly, doesn't want business to take a hit. Apparently has, since this is not the first incident of such abuse in the chain.

"Waffle House also said that the couple came back to the restaurant the next day and were given a full refund, and that the company's CEO called the woman involved in the incident to apologize."

Yet, no apology from the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Sue the living shit out of all involved. Send a message.

The above quotes are courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Julia Dahl.

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6-22-18

The following is gutless, appalling. Incomprehensible in its abject ignorance. The Washington Times reports:

"Police in the South Carolina town of Mount Pleasant are furious over a school’s summer reading list they view as anti-cop indoctrination."

Why? What are you jackbooted bastards in blue so afraid of? The truth? There would be no unflattering portrayal of you bastards if you weren't continually engaging in corrupt, abusive, murderous behavior. To say nothing of shakedowns and other egregious abuse of authority.

"Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3 President John Blackmon told a local NBC affiliate this week that livid parents contacted him regarding Wando High School’s summer reading list. He says two of four books offered to incoming freshmen for an English I class sow distrust of law enforcement in their fertile minds."

There is indeed good reason to distrust police, Mr. Blackmon. Edition after edition of this publication, week after week, month after month, year after year offer continuing proof positive.

“Freshmen, they’re at the age where their interactions with law enforcement have been very minimal,” told the Charleston station on Monday. “They’re not driving yet, they haven’t been stopped for speeding, they don’t have these type of interactions. This is putting in their minds. Its almost an indoctrination of distrust of police and we’ve got to put a stop to that.”

Wake up, Mr. Blackmon. What are you so insanely afraid of? Only a matter of time before these kids drive. Then, get bogus tickets for offenses they did not commit to line county coffers. Same thing happens right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? How better to line County coffers, pockets of the bastards who run and own this hell hole County than to issue bogus tickets? ... Right, Bill?

Mr. Blackmon, the police department can always ask the schools to have officers address students after class begins to give the law enforcement view of this reading material. Banning reading material isn't the answer. Confronting the issues raised by this material, to say nothing of forcing desperately needed change in law enforcement tactics, are certainly a start in the right direction.

Negative alternative? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. No question, Mr. Blackmon, a free country cannot survive without good law enforcement. Nor can it survive the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue terrorizing its citizenry. Precisely, what's happening today.

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6-22-18

Follow up to the last edition. NPR reports:

"Newly released body camera footage from January shows police officers in Mesa, Ariz., hitting and mocking a 23-year-old man they were taking into custody. It's the third use-of-force controversy for the Phoenix suburb so far this month. The police chief told The Associated Press that the arrest is under review. The video was shared with the press by Bret Royle, a lawyer representing Jose Luis Conde, the man arrested in the video. Royle said that the video shows an arrest that was more brutal than the arresting officers described in their official report."

Lying jackbooted bastards, right, Sheriff?

"We're not here trying to seek monetary damages," he said at a press conference Thursday. "We're trying to exonerate Jose of charges brought about by the Mesa police department." Conde, who was unarmed, was charged with narcotics possession, escape, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on police, The Arizona Republic reports. The arresting officers reportedly sustained injuries to their knuckles, arms, hands and knees, resulting in the felony charge of aggravated assault. "It's really salt to the wounds because not only did you beat him up but charge him with the injuries you sustained from beating him," Royle told the paper."

Called nazi justice, right, Sheriff?

"The first video shows Conde screaming in pain as the police punch him. In addition, Conde said at the press conference that he was tazed, thrown into a wall, gouged in the eye and hit with a flashlight. A second video shows a bloodied Conde later lying on the ground in the hospital hallway while an officer mockingly says "Awwwww."

Jackbooted, savage son of a bitch.

"The officer tells Conde to "man up." At one point the gathered officers laugh at a remark made by a nurse. "After all of this, they laughed," Conde said at the press conference. "They laughed at me while I laid in a pool of my own blood, barely conscious — and this is no laughing matter."

To the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue, it is. ... Right, Sheriff?

"And what happens to these guys? Nothing. ... They just go back to their jobs and they possibly do this to other people, and that's unacceptable," he said."

The nazi jackbooted way, right, Sheriff?

"Two other videos of violent arrests by Mesa police have prompted multiple investigations. The first video, as NPR reported, showed police repeatedly punching an unarmed man in the face when he leaned against a wall instead of sitting down. The May 23 beating was captured on surveillance camera footage and a member of the community brought it to the attention of the police chief, who released footage to the public in early June. On Wednesday, a judge dropped the charges against Robert Johnson, the man assaulted in that arrest."

Fascinating, isn't it? Why weren't the criminal jackbooted officers arrested, jailed, and charged?

"A second video, also from May, was released last week. It shows police arresting a 15-year-old suspected of armed robbery. After the teenager cursed at police, officers were seen repeatedly "pushing on pressure points behind the boy's ears, on the back of his jaw," as a reporter for ABC 15 described it. A total of seven police officers have been placed on administrative leave as those two arrests are investigated, local media report."

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.

6-22-18

The following is well beyond outrageous. Unspeakably appalling. Seatbelts on. This is really rough stuff. NBC reports:

"A Texas sheriff's deputy was being held Monday on a charge of "super aggravated sexual assault" of a 4-year-old girl after authorities say her mother, an undocumented immigrant, was being blackmailed to stay silent about the abuse — or face deportation. Jose Nunez, a 47-year-old detention officer with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, was arrested early Sunday while he was off-duty after the mother took her daughter to a local fire station for help, officials said at a news conference. "The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time," said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar."

Unlike our Sheriff here in Nazi Llano County, at least Bexar Country Sheriff Javier Salazar makes some effort to hold his jackbooted bastards accountable.

"The girl had been suffering from physical pain and "made an outcry," which prompted her mother to go to the fire station, Salazar said. He added that Nunez has "familial ties" to the woman and her daughter, although their exact relationship is unclear. The abuse likely went on for several months, if not years, Salazar said — and there may be other victims."

Jesus Christ. Someone had to have known this shit was going on. How could it happen unnoticed?

"This suspect utilized to his advantage to place the mother in fear that she would be deported if she did report it," the sheriff said, adding that the "little girl now is safe."

Sounds like something the Trump nazi and his goddamned henchmen would do, doesn't it?

"The department is petitioning to give the mother protected status pending the outcome of the case."

Police and other local authorities need to fight like hell to make that happen. You owe it to this kid and her mother.

"It was unclear Monday whether Nunez, a 10-year veteran of the department, has an attorney. The felony charge carries a minimum 25-year sentence if he is convicted."

That's all? If these charges are proven true in court and this piece of shit is convicted, think he doesn't present an exigent threat to the community indefinitely? Recidivism rate, last time checked, is over 90%.

"I don't know that he was purposely targeting the undocumented community," Salazar said. "Certainly what was appealing was the vulnerability of that community because they are less apt to report things."

A jackbooted predator.

"Immigrant rights groups say Texas' Senate Bill 4, which was passed last year, has created an atmosphere of anxiety and apprehension among the undocumented who don't want to go to local law enforcement for crimes because of their citizenship status. While the law's supporters say it is designed to protect people by enforcing laws already in place, it also allows local authorities to investigate whether a person is legally in the United States."

Goddamned Catch-22. Especially dangerous in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, the state's largest immigration legal services provider, known as RAICES, tweeted Sunday in response to the case in Bexar County that the law "has terrified people into not seeking help when they need it." Bexar County's sheriff nevertheless urged undocumented immigrants to come forward if they are a victim of a crime."

That's right. Crime must be reported. Police have to protect undocumented victims. State prosecutors need to challenge federal authorities in court. An out of control federal government must be challenged in the court system. It is the function of the judiciary to serve as check and balance on both the executive and legislative branches as well as vice versa. Time for this government to begin functioning again. If not, hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. Wake up.

CBS News reports:

"Sheriff Javier Salazar says the victim's mother is an undocumented immigrant, and the suspect took advantage of the mother's fear of deportation. Nunez is charged with super aggravated sexual assault -- a charge applied when the victim is less than six years old. Salazar says the victim, who is 4, cried out to her mother Saturday night. He said the mother decided to go to a local fire station to report the abuse. Investigators quickly stepped in and arrested Nunez, around 3 a.m. Sunday. Salazar said Nunez touched the girl's genitals and hurt her. Investigators believe the abuse could go back months or possibly years. "When one person or persons individually demonstrate like they did in this case that they're not worthy to be part of this agency, then we're going to, quite frankly, get them out of here. Cut them out like cancer. And that's what's going to happen in this case," said Salazar."

At least this sheriff is willing to quickly take action against his predators in uniform, -- unlike here in Nazi Llano County.

"Salazar said he encourages undocumented immigrants to continue to report crimes. He said there could be more victims in Nunez's case. "(We ask) victims of a crime or a witness to a crime to please come forward and report it. Just like we're doing in this case, we're filling out paperwork with this witness in question to make sure that she's given protected status pending the outcome of this case," Salazar said."

You may have to do more than that to protect this kid and her mother until this case is resolved, 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.

6-22-18

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

"Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown is suing the city and its police department because officers used a stun gun on him during his arrest for a parking violation in January. Brown's attorney Mark Thomsen filed the lawsuit in federal court Tuesday alleging excessive force and unlawful arrest. Brown had been talking with officers while waiting for a citation for illegally parking in a disabled spot outside a Walgreens. Officers swarmed Brown and took him down because he didn't immediately remove his hands from his pockets as ordered. Brown was briefly jailed, but never charged with a crime. Hours after the incident, he played in an NBA game with bruises on his face. Police Chief Alfonso Morales apologized to Brown last month when body-camera video of the arrest was released. Brown wasn't charged and three officers were disciplined, with suspensions ranging from two to 15 days. Eight other officers are undergoing remedial training in professional communications."

Best thing to do? Sue the living shit out of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

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.

6-22-18

Never ever run from police. Huge mistake. Grants the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue carte blanche to murder on the job. CBS News reports:

"A police officer fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old boy just seconds after he fled from a traffic stop in a confrontation partly captured on video from a nearby home. The teen has been identified as Antwon Rose, reports CBS Pittsburgh."

Never ends, right, Sheriff?

"Police say the car stopped Tuesday night in the town of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, matched the description of a vehicle being sought in a nonfatal shooting in a nearby town. Police had been searching for a car that fled the scene where a 22-year-old victim had been wounded in the abdomen during a drive-by shooting, reports CBS Pittsburgh. The victim in that shooting also returned fire. Police spotted what they believed was the same car in East Pittsburgh a short time later. The car had bullet holes in the rear windows, the station reports. East Pittsburgh police pulled over the car, and while the driver was being detained, two passengers ran from the car, including Rose."

Incredibly stupid to run. Police nearly always use it as an excuse to commit murder on the job. Don't give the jackbooted bastards the satisfaction.

"A East Pittsburgh officer opened fire and Rose was struck by multiple rounds. The video captured the sound of what appeared to be three gunshots as two people bolted from the car past the side of a home and disappeared from view. "Why are they shooting at him?" a woman can be heard saying in the video."

Because they can.

"Allegheny County Police Superintendent Coleman McDonough said the officer fired his weapon and struck the victim three times. There were no body-worn or vehicle cameras, McDonough said."

Why not? Why no video?

"A witness tells The Associated Press that the teen did not appear to threaten the officer. Police found two semi-automatic handguns inside the vehicle, but none on Rose."

Shoot first, ask questions later. Legalized murder. Committed nearly always with impunity.

"The shooting has prompted outrage in the community."

Police never wake up. Always have an excuse for the inexcusable.

"Why did they have to shoot when he's running away? Where is the justification in that? How were you scared when he's running away from you?" East Pittsburgh resident Selena Brookins told the station."

It's how the gutless jackbooted bastards get their cookies off.

"Rose was a student in the Woodland Hills School District."

No longer.

"The driver who was detained was later released, McDonough said."

Imagine that. The jackbooted bastards must not have had anything on him.

"The other passenger who fled is still being sought. He wouldn't say who was believed to be the gunman in the original shooting but said he was "very confident" the vehicle pulled over was the one involved."

When your bastards finally catch up with him, will they gun him down whether or not he's armed?

"An interview with the officer hasn't yet been conducted but he's on administrative leave pending an investigation."

Same old, same old.

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.

6-15-18

As always, when law enforcement does something heroic, and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. CBS News reports:

"A lot of police officers go above and beyond, but few have gone further than Denver Police officers Monique Sedberry and Alicia Martinez. Last year, they got a call to check on the welfare of a visually impaired 15-year-old boy named Victor Jiron. Victor was used to being bullied, but when somebody poured hot glue on his arm, he decided that was the final straw. "This was one of the tougher calls for us," said Monique. "His teacher had called 911, saying that he was being bullied and he wanted to end his life." Every year in America, more than 2,000 teenagers commit suicide. Victor, however, isn't part of that statistic thanks to those two police officers who didn't see him as just another call, but rather as part of their calling."

These officers are an inspiration to all. Best of the best. Finest of the finest.

"After they took Victor to the hospital for psychiatric treatment, the two officers made a promise to do everything they could make sure this kid had good friends -- which to them meant becoming his good friends. Today they talk all the time and even go with him to karate classes and other events. "He's like our family. He's like our little brother," Monique said. I asked Victor if it's been helpful, since they've stayed in his life. "Yeah, every time I wanted to talk to them, they would answer," he replied. Monique said he's a different kid now, and his demeanor "is so much better." It also helps that he's in a new school, away from the old bullies, and that he's seeing more clearly thanks to a corneal transplant. I asked if he can tell how handsome I am now. "Well, I can tell you're pretty old," he joked. Obviously, this kid is going to be just fine."

Indeed. Hat's off to both officers. Best in policing. Second to none.

6-15-18

Second example of outstanding policing. CBS News reports:

"Deputy Jeremie Nix of the Marion County, Florida, Sheriff's Office was in the right place at the right time Wednesday as he was driving home from his shift. Nix is credited with saving an unresponsive 3-month old when he rushed the infant to the hospital, according to CBS affiliate WKMG-TV. The incident was all caught on dashcam video from Nix's cruiser. He was flagged down by a distressed mother at an intersection and he sprang in to help the baby. "You can tell he's completely lifeless," Nix told WKMG-TV. "She just hands him to me and the first words out of her mouth were, 'Don't let my baby die.'" Nix attempted to revive the child, named Kingston, and he took one breath, but it was faint, WKMG-TV writes. Nix had radioed for an ambulance, but he couldn't wait. "I didn't have time," Nix said. "This baby didn't have time to wait on an ambulance." So Nix told the mother, Nechole Cromwell, to follow him as he took it upon himself to drive the child to the hospital. He used his siren on the way to the Ocala Regional Medical Center."

Outstanding law enforcement.

"Kingston is expected to make a full recovery. "In my 17 years of doing this job, that was the most scary, emotional and rewarding day ever," Nix said. "I remember praying, thanking God for putting me in the right place at the right time for the right reason." Cromwell thanked Nix and God in a Facebook post Thursday. "I just wanted the world to know how great this officer is, & how GREAT GOD is," she wrote. "Not all officers are bad, he's one of many good guys."

Hat's off, Deputy Nix. Best of the best.

6-15-18

Third example of exemplary policing. The Statesman reports:

"What does a deputy have to do to get a raise around here? The Bee County Sheriff’s Office took to its Facebook page earlier this week to praise one brave deputy who removed a snake from a bathroom vanity. Bee County is north of Corpus Christi. According to the post, the snake was a blue indigo, wasn’t harmed and was released after being captured. The post also reports that blue indigos are nonvenomous and eat venomous snakes. The Bee County Sheriff’s Office have seen an uptick in snake calls this year “due to the weather.” “Good job Deputy Scotten,” the post reads and includes several pictures of Scotten removing the snake from beneath the bathroom sink."

What was so remarkable about this story is the knowing smile on the female officer's face as she handled the exceptionally long reptile. Hat's off, Deputy Scotten.

6-15-18

Fourth example of exemplary policing. ABC News reports:

"An officer is seen rescuing a toddler running along a busy road in a Chicago suburb in a heart-stopping video. The young boy "escaped his mother's watchful eye, left his house and was found by Sgt. Anthony Mannino running on Route 59," last month, the Naperville Police Department said in a Facebook post Monday. The boy was teetering in and out of a lane of traffic as cars and trucks rushed by, prompting the officer to shout and run after him, according to the dash-cam video."

Uncommon valor. The officer could have gotten killed.

"Come here!" Mannino shouts as he runs and catches up to the little boy. "You're OK," Mannino tells the youngster, before escorting him away and asking his name. No one was hurt, which the police department attributes to Mannino's "observation while on patrol and quick reaction, placing his squad car and himself between the child and traffic." Mannino was presented his department's lifesaving award on Thursday, the department said."

Hat's off, Sgt. Mannino. Great job. Best in policing.

6-15-18

Think the following isn't heartwarming? CBS News reports:

"Rosalyn Baldwin, 8, is on an important mission. She travels all across the United States, hugging as many police officers as she can. Rosalyn, who lives in Louisiana, has visited 27 states so far and hugged countless police officers. She and her mother started the project after several police officers in Dallas were killed in 2016. "Basically it was the shootings in Dallas that broke her heart," Angie Baldwin told WKRC-TV. "She said, 'Momma, they're killing our heroes.' And then when it happened in Baton Rouge it was very personal to her."

Have to wonder, as well, does this young lady and her mother mourn the loss of all the innocent unarmed civilians killed by police across this country?

"A Houston officer who met Rosalyn says she "recharged their batteries" and made them feel loved. Officers across the U.S. agree. Rosalyn often shows up at police departments during sad times. She visited Cincinnati this week as the department honored officers who had died in the line of duty. "To have a young person like that really just share that love that she has for police officers, it really warms our hearts especially on a day like this when we are remembering those that we've lost," Chief Eliot Isaac said during Rosalyn's visit."

Indeed.

6-15-18

The following is inspirational. CBS News reports:

"Lauren Rich's father, Master Trooper Detective Dave Rich was killed in the line of duty over a decade ago. His fellow officers made sure his daughter felt her dad's presence as she graduated high school this weekend. Sgt. Tony Slocum, a friend of Dave's who attended Saturday's ceremony, said that Lauren was only 7 when her father was killed in the line of duty, CBS affiliate WTTV reports. He was shot while investigating a report of a stranded car."

No greater love.

"The 39 Indiana officers who attended traveled from six different police departments to see the teen graduate from Southwood Junior-Senior High School. The uniformed officers took a photo with Lauren after the ceremony, which Slocum later included in a tweet writing, "Congrats Lauren, we promise we will never forget your family's sacrifice." Slocum also added that Dave was an "awesome guy" and "he would be proud of the great young lady Lauren has become."

Indeed. The photo, as well, spectacular. This young lady had 39 of Indiana's finest stand in for her heroic late father. Hat's off.

6-15-18

Think animals don't save lives? One heroic pit bull certainly did. Fox News reports:

"Sasha the eight-month-old pit bull alerted her family to the fire next door. An 8-month-old pit bull in California is being hailed a hero after she alerted her family of a fire in their apartment complex – and then saved their 7-month-old daughter by pulling her by her diaper."

Imagine that.

"When flames broke out at the apparent complex where Nana Chaichanhda lives in Stockton, Calif., her pup Sasha, who was outside, quickly jumped to action, and “began to bang on the back door.” "I open it and she runs in and starts barking at me like crazy and I was like, 'OK, this is weird. This is not like her,'” Chaichanhda told FOX40. After seeing the flames begin to ravage part of the apartment complex, Chaichanhda went to get her 7-month-old daughter. When she entered the room, however, Sasha was already trying [to] save the young girl.

"8-month-old pit bull Sasha is being hailed a hero by her family after the pup alerted them that the home next door was on fire early Sunday morning. Hear from the family at 5 on @FOX40 pic.twitter.com/yzZTQSm3Dn
— Ken Mashinchi (@KMashinchi) June 7, 2018

“She had already had my baby by the diaper and was dragging her off the bed," she told FOX40. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, what are you doing?'"

Not all pit bulls are monsters. Personally, knew two who certainly weren't.

"Thanks to Sasha, the family made it out of the apartment unharmed. But the damage from the fire has left Chaichanhda’s apartment uninhabitable, according to FOX40. For the time being, Chaichanhda, her baby, Sasha, as well as her cousin whose apartment was also impacted by the flames, are staying with an aunt who also lives in part of the complex that was not affected by the fire. The Stockton Fire Department told FOX40 that they are still investigating the cause of the fire. "It meant a lot. I owe her everything,” Chaichanhda said of Sasha. “If it wasn’t for her, I would have still been in bed and things could have taken a worse turn.”

Indeed.

6-15-18

Need comic relief? The following? Precious. Fox News reports:

"A little piggy's adventure in a Jersey Shore town over the Memorial Day weekend wound up getting him put in the back of the patrol car. The Neptune Township Police Department posted photos to Facebook of the pig that was discovered running loose in the area of Route 33 and Route 35 by Officer Thomas Blewitt. "Upon arrival, he found ‘Pork Roll’ running hog-wild, most likely looking for an evening coffee and donut from Dunkin Donuts," police said. "He managed to catch the well-fed hog and take him into custody for questioning and to provide him with a job application as our new mascot." "Pork Roll" was taken into custody following a low-speed foot pursuit in the area of RT 33 and RT 35 in Neptune Township. He was questioned and released to @TheMCSPCA before being picked up by his owner. Police then took "Pork Roll" to the Monmouth County SPCA for safekeeping until he was later retrieved by his owner. "This story has a happy ending, Pork Roll was safely picked up by his owner after enjoying a stroll around town and a ride in a patrol car," police said. Authorities hope that Pork Roll's happy ending can be replicated elsewhere in the county. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and Monmouth County SPCA recently teamed up to introduce the Animal Cruelty Hotline where people can report animal abuse or mistreatment."

Animal abuse is a problem across the country. Hat's off to Neptune police.

5-25-18

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Some salient quotes occurring before or later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

..."Once in awhile, there is, indeed, remedial justice at the polls. In follow up to a recent edition here and elsewhere, NPR reports:

"Voters in Alabama lost their appetite for a sheriff who personally profited off hundreds of thousands of dollars meant to buy food for inmates at the Etowah County Jail. Sheriff Todd Entrekin lost his re-election campaign during the Republican primary on Tuesday."

"At a news conference in March, Entrekin confirmed that he had personally profited by hundreds of thousands of dollars by reducing costs in jail kitchens. He emphasized that it was legal, denied that inmates experienced malnutrition — while agreeing that many "are not happy with the food they are served — and urged the state to pass a law prohibiting sheriffs from taking the money as personal profit.

"Reporters also noted that Entrekin purchased a beach house for $740,000. In his news conference, Entrekin denied there was a link between his hundreds of thousands of dollars in jail-kitchen income and his property purchase, noting that his wife's income was also factored into the mortgage."

"Who says law enforcement is not a lucrative business? ... Right, Sheriff?"

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..."What the f--k could he possibly say? How do you credibly excuse this ongoing criminal bullshit perpetrated by the jackbooted bastards in blue?

"Five other Mesa cops had just been placed on administrative because of their actions seen in a video from a May 23 incident where a man was beaten while standing against a wall. Originally, only four officers were placed on leave."

"Imagine that. Yet, another criminal jackbooted piece of shit on paid leave. Instead of being immediately fired, arrested, and charged.

"Batista, after that incident, told ABC affiliate KNXV: "This in no way represents the whole work that is done every day. They're human beings, and certainly at first glance this looks like a mistake."

"This goddamned, achingly clueless Chief remains detached from reality. ... Just like the Sheriff in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill? This crap is unsustainable. No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element present a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all branches and levels of nazi government in our formerly great country.

"People are tired of this constant goddamned bullshit perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. This crap never ends. Goes on all over this country. It's how these pieces of shit get their cookies off. Abusing power. ... Right, Sheriff? -- That why you continue to protect and coddle Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?"

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..."If the above is true, the jackbooted bastard became judge, jury, and executioner. This unidentified piece of crap could have used a Taser, a baton, etc.. Officers could have rushed her. Unarmed United States Marines are taught how to disarm someone with a knife. Why aren't police? This is an 18-year-old girl needlessly killed by the gutless jackbooted bastard in blue.

"These tactics need to change. Remain unsustainable. Needlessly give law enforcement a black eye at a time when our formerly great country is coming apart at the seams. Yet, these clueless, achingly ignorant, self-serving, cowardly pieces of shit still don't get it:

“At the end of the day, this appears to be an 18-year-old female who lost her life today, and that is a tragic incident for this community and a tragic incident for our department,” Manley said. “This is not a situation that any officer wants to find themselves in.”

"Ferociously pointedly, it's how these criminal jackbooted bastards in blue get their cookies off, right, Sheriff? In a democratic republic, the jackbooted bastards in blue don't get to be judge, jury, and executioner."

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..."Think these jackbooted bastards credible? Telling the truth? Think so?

"Police said they recovered a weapon at the scene, but Granton’s family said he didn’t own a weapon."

"Couldn't be, could it? Gutless jackbooted bastards in blue don't lie, do they? ... Right, Sheriff?

"How can you be aggressive towards someone when their back is turned?” Granton’s sister, Joanna Varnado, told ABC News Friday. “No matter who it is -- the police or a civilian – it’s murder.”

"Think not? Believe the jackbooted bastards won't fabricate some bullshit to justify the unjustifiable? Isn't that precisely how things are done here in Nazi Llano County, Sheriff? Think not, Bill? Wake up. The public is well aware things are seldom what they appear at first glance, Sheriff."

... Small sampling of what's to come in this edition. Read on.

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

March 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

February 9, 2018

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

Counselor:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

c. Liberty In Peril

6-15-18

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? One hundred twelve 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? One hundred twelve 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. One hundred twelve 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.

6-15-18

Once in awhile, there is, indeed, remedial justice at the polls. In follow up to a recent edition here and elsewhere, NPR reports:

Who says law enforcement is not a lucrative business? ... 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.

6-15-18

In follow up to the last edition, NPR reports:

"Three police officers and a sergeant in Mesa, Ariz., have been placed on leave after the police chief was shown surveillance video footage of multiple officers surrounding an unarmed black man and punching him repeatedly. The beating has prompted protests in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix.

"The man in the video, which was recorded May 23, has been identified as Robert Johnson. At the time police began to hit him, he had already been patted down for weapons and was standing against a wall looking at his phone. The video shows multiple police officers surrounding him, kneeing him and punching him until he falls to the ground, while other officers watch. One officer can be clearly seen punching Johnson in the face repeatedly."

... How things are done here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff?

"Police released the surveillance footage on Tuesday. The Mesa Police Association criticized the release of the video, calling it "grossly inappropriate" to release video before the internal investigation was complete."

Horse shit. The public has a right to know. Why do you jackbooted bastards seek to delay release? Concoct your stories? Get them in line with one another? Coach a jackbooted bastard to cleverly lie like hell and the others to swear to it? Law enforcement has no credibility.

"The surveillance footage does not include audio, but on Wednesday, police also released body camera footage, which does have audio. One of the recordings shows officers telling Johnson to "have a seat." Johnson leans against the wall and slides down, moving his feet forward. "All the way down," police say, before the officers move in and begin to strike. You can hear one officer repeating, "See what happens?" shortly after."

Out of control jackbooted sons of bitches. ... Right, Sheriff?

"You didn't need to put all that force on me," Johnson says afterward. "Did it feel good, putting your hands on me while I was subdued?"

How these pieces of jackbooted shit get their cookies off, right, Sheriff?

"He curses loudly and laughs at the police; one officer tells him he is "disturbing the neighbors." At one point, Johnson tells the police they were using excessive force, and an officer repeatedly corrects his pronunciation of "excessive." The body cam footage also shows an officer accusing Johnson of trying to spit at him — which Johnson denies — and then pushing Johnson's face into an elevator."

The jackbooted piece of shit way, right, Bill? How your boys get their cookies off, right, Sheriff?

"After the police punched him and handcuffed him, Johnson was arrested for disorderly conduct. The three officers and a sergeant were placed on leave after the surveillance video surfaced."

Precisely, why there is increasingly little to no respect for law enforcement across our formerly great country. Worse? As an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. Too deaf to hear the rumble?

"Johnson's attorney, Benjamin Taylor, tells The Associated Press that the officers should be suspended and disciplined. He also told the news service that he wants the charges against Johnson to be dropped."

Not good enough. Nowhere near. The bastards should be immediately fired, arrested, and charged.

Think this hasn't been a continuing problem there and elsewhere across this country? Wake up. Get this:

"The Arizona Republic reports that the Mesa Police Department has been criticized over officers' use of force previously: "In February, the family of an 84-year-old grandmother posted pictures of a woman's bruises after a Mesa police officer grabbed her and took her down. After the pictures went viral on Facebook, Mesa police video showed the takedown. Police had originally said the woman slipped.

"In December, after former Mesa police Officer [Philip] Brailsford was acquitted by a jury of a second-degree murder charge, a judge allowed the release of unedited footage showing Brailsford fatally shooting a man who was on his knees crying, begging for his life. In that video, taken from police body cameras, a sergeant can be heard yelling commands at the man.

"The incident happened in January 2016, but the unedited video was released almost two years later, prompting international outcry on social media."

This shit is intolerable in what is supposed to be a democratic republic. We've lost ourselves.

CBS News reports:

"Three are seen punching Johnson, including several blows to the head. Surveillance video also shows an officer kneeing him in the stomach. After being handcuffed, Johnson can be heard swearing at police. Johnson's attorney, Benjamin Taylor, said it's a clear case of excessive force. "He wasn't doing anything wrong. They searched him, they patted him down and they went over to the wall and they beat him up," Taylor said. Police say they acted only after Johnson refused to cooperate. In their incident report, one officer wrote Johnson's "body language" looked like he "was preparing for a physical altercation." Still, Mesa's police chief is opening a formal investigation and changing police policy. "There's going to be a special directive that says that we will not strike somebody in the face or in the head, unless they are showing us active aggression," said Ramon Batista, Mesa police chief."

Doesn't end there:

"The Mesa Police Department made national headlines in the past over excessive use of force. Officer Philip Brailsford was acquitted last year of second degree murder charges in the shooting of Daniel Shaver. Bodycam video showed unarmed Shaver crawling and begging for his life, then reaching toward his pocket before Brailsford shot him multiple times."

The Mesa fiasco doesn't end there. Been yet another incident. ABC News reports:

"Two more Mesa, Arizona, police officers have been placed on administrative leave following the release of bodycam footage showing a violent arrest. Video released on Thursday that showed a 15-year-old suspect being taken into custody included officers kicking the teen and screaming expletive-laced insults at him."

Out of control jackbooted pieces of shit, right, Sheriff?

"On May 17, 2018, officers were investigating an armed robbery and located a 15-year-old suspect, who was arrested and subsequently charged with multiple counts including armed robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon," the MPD said in a statement released Thursday. "After a review of body worn camera footage, an internal investigation was initiated, two of the officers were placed on administrative leave."

Why weren't they immediately fired, arrested, and charged? What the hell is going on in law enforcement? You goddamned jackbooted pieces of shit don't get to be judge, jury, and executioner in what is supposed to be a democratic republic.

"Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista has scheduled a press conference for 5:45 p.m. local time today to discuss this latest incident."

What the f--k could he possibly say? How do you credibly excuse this ongoing criminal bullshit perpetrated by the jackbooted bastards in blue?

Imagine that. Yet, another criminal jackbooted piece of shit on paid leave. Instead of being immediately fired, arrested, and charged.

This goddamned, achingly clueless Chief remains detached from reality. ... Just like the Sheriff in Nazi Llano County, right, Bill? This crap is unsustainable. No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element present a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all branches and levels of nazi government in our formerly great country.

People are tired of this constant goddamned bullshit perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. This crap never ends. Goes on all over this country. It's how these pieces of shit get their cookies off. Abusing power. ... Right, Sheriff? -- That why you continue to protect and coddle Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, Bill?"

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6-15-18

Never ends. The Statesman reports:

"An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed by an Austin police officer as she approached him with a knife in a Southeast Austin home early Thursday, interim Police Chief Brian Manley said. The identities of the teenager and the officer have not been released by authorities."

Why wasn't the identity of the officer immediately released? The public has a right to know. The jackbooted bastards certainly knew his identity.

"The officer, who has been with the Austin Police Department for two years, has been placed on administrative duty while concurrent criminal and internal investigations take place, which is standard protocol in police shootings."

Comforting, isn't it?

"As officers went through the house, the camera footage indicates that they began speaking to the teenager. But when they met the 18-year-old in the kitchen, the officers ordered her to drop the knife, Manley said. The body camera footage from one officer shows him backing up, but she continues to walk in his direction, he said. The officer fired his weapon, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, the chief said."

If the above is true, the jackbooted bastard became judge, jury, and executioner. This unidentified piece of crap could have used a Taser, a baton, etc.. Officers could have rushed her. Unarmed United States Marines are taught how to disarm someone with a knife. Why aren't police? This is an 18-year-old girl needlessly killed by the gutless jackbooted bastard in blue.

These tactics need to change. Remain unsustainable. Needlessly give law enforcement a black eye at a time when our formerly great country is coming apart at the seams. Yet, these clueless, achingly ignorant, self-serving, cowardly pieces of shit still don't get it:

Ferociously pointedly, it's how these criminal jackbooted bastards in blue get their cookies off, right, Sheriff? In a democratic republic, the jackbooted bastards in blue don't get to be judge, jury, and executioner.

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6-15-18

Honor? What's that? CBS News reports:

"The chief of a local Pennsylvania police force investigating a high-profile murder is off the job, CBS Pittsburgh reports. The Aliquippa City Council placed Police Chief Don Couch on leave during a Wednesday night meeting. Video shows Couch gathering his belongings at the meeting and walking out. He was followed by police officers in uniform. A source told CBS Pittsburgh that Couch's gun, badge and patrol car were taken away. This is reportedly related to the long-term and ongoing investigation into the Aliquippa Police Department by the State Attorney General's office, the state police and federal authorities."

Systemic corruption.

"The most recent component of that case is the investigation into the death of former teacher Rachael DelTondo, who was gunned down on Mother's Day weekend in her family's driveway. The probe into the Aliquippa Police Department began in November when a police report was improperly leaked to the media. Those documents pertained to officers finding DelTondo in a parked car with an underage male. Key players in the case have acknowledged there are many moving parts in this complex case. This latest development is being characterized as a personnel matter. No officials commented publicly on why exactly the police chief was placed on administrative leave."

Ubiquitous determined lack of transparency in law enforcement is precisely why this shit continues interminably. The public has a right to know precisely why the chief was relieved. To say nothing of what is going on throughout the department. More on this as the story develops.

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6-15-18

Follow up on an earlier case. CBS News reports:

"Almost two years after a massacre at an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 injured, some of the surviving victims were filing a lawsuit in federal court Thursday saying the city and police didn't do enough to try to stop the shooter. More than 35 victims have signed on as plaintiffs, accusing the city and its officers of violating the Constitutional rights of those who were injured and killed on June 12, 2016, when Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse."

Consider the following:

"Plaintiffs contend that officers should have more aggressively confronted Mateen to prevent mass casualties. The lawsuit names Orlando Police Department Officer Adam Gruler, who worked an extra-duty shift at the nightclub that evening. The lawsuit says that Gruler "abandoned his post" and, during that time, Mateen walked in, looked around, walked out to retrieve weapons and returned to the club.

"Gruler fired at Mateen from two spots outside the club after the shooting began. Officials estimated Mateen fired more than 200 rounds in less than five minutes. Gruler was later hailed as a hero. He was honored by the city and invited to President Trump's State of the Union speech. The suit will also list another 30 unnamed officers, some for not capturing the shooter and others for rounding up uninjured survivors and bringing them to Orlando police headquarters for interviews. "I believe victims of the Pulse shooting deserve better. We deserved better," victim Keinon Carter said during a news conference Thursday. "We deserved to be rescued sooner by law enforcement."

Think so? Think not?

Here's where it gets interesting:

"The suit also says that officials didn't allow survivors to use their phones once police had secured the club. "The detainees were not permitted to use their phones, contact their loved ones, or leave. They were detained as though they were criminals, by these defendants despite there being not a shred of evidence nor any lawful basis to suspect that any of the detainees had committed a crime," attorneys wrote in the court document."

Any problem with that?

Or this:

"The suit calls for additional training and resources, a jury trial and an undetermined monetary judgment. CBS affiliate WKMG reports that several of the plaintiffs spoke Thursday during the news conference announcing the lawsuit, including Carter, who was shot multiple times and one of the last victims to leave the hospital. "Those of us who were at the wrong place at the wrong time still have rights that cannot be infringed upon," Carter said, leaning on a cane he requires to walk."

What were police afraid of? Did they insanely surmise the shooter had co-conspirators in the crowd of victims who would have called for backup from other fellow terrorists? Why deny victims the right to use their phones?

"Wigberto "Berto" Capo, the brother of shooting victim Luis Omar Capo, blames the Orlando Police Department's response for his brother's death. "What if Pulse security guards stopped the shooter from ever coming inside? Would my brother still be alive?" Capo said. "What if Orlando had better-trained police officers? Would my brother still be alive?"

Interesting speculation, but still that, speculation.

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6-15-18

Never ends. ABC News reports:

"The Chicago man whom police killed Wednesday was shot in the back, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. The shooting had already become the subject of a police oversight agency probe after the death of Maurice Granton during what authorities described as a narcotics investigation on Chicago’s South Side. Granton, 24, fled on foot, prompting officers to chase him, police said in a statement Thursday. The officers told Granton to stop but he displayed a weapon, leading to an “armed encounter” between Granton and the officers, according to police."

Think these jackbooted bastards credible? Telling the truth? Think so?

"Police said they recovered a weapon at the scene, but Granton’s family said he didn’t own a weapon."

Couldn't be, could it? Gutless jackbooted bastards in blue don't lie, do they? ... Right, Sheriff?

Think not? Believe the jackbooted bastards won't fabricate some bullshit to justify the unjustifiable? Isn't that precisely how things are done here in Nazi Llano County, Sheriff? Think not, Bill? Wake up. The public is well aware things are seldom what they appear at first glance, Sheriff.

"Granton, who had two children, was hanging out with about 20 other people under the train station in the area, Varnado said, adding that people congregate there all the time. “That wasn’t nothing new,” she said. “When the cops came, everyone ran and, for some reason, they singled him out.” Varnado said the Chicago Police Department has not contacted her or her family about the shooting, and that they would not allow the family into the hospital emergency room to see Granton."

What does that tell you? Needed time to get their stories straight?

"Police declined to comment to ABC News Friday, but the department has released surveillance video showing what they said is Granton’s sitting down before the shooting and reaching into his pocket for a weapon."

What could they say other than bullshit to justify the unjustifiable? Think these jackbooted bastards incapable of planting a weapon?

"It’s unclear what the person in the video is reaching for."

Couldn't be, could it? Shoot first, ask questions later. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Varnado, Granton’s sister, said the person could have been reaching for anything."

Wouldn't want to confuse the criminal jackbooted bastards with the truth, right, Sheriff?

"There is also body camera footage of the incident that the independent Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is reviewing, but it hasn’t been released yet."

Why not? Why not immediately release it? Are the criminal jackbooted bastards afraid of public reaction?

“If y’all are saying this murder is justified, then release the video,” Varnado said. “We want to know what happened.”

Goddamned right. The public has the right to know. Quickly.

"The officers involved in the shooting have not been named, but they have been placed on routine administrative duties for 30 days, according to the police statement."

Why no identification of the killer or killers? The public has a right to know. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Meanwhile, the police oversight agency is investigating the details of the incident, with COPA Chief Sydney Roberts asking in a statement for "patience from the community as we conduct a full and thorough investigation."

Absolute bullshit. Need time to get their stories straight. Rubber stamp murder perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Happens all across this country. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The family is getting a lawyer and has sought help from community activists."

Do all you can to expose these criminal jackbooted bastards to the light of day.

“We want justice,” Varnado said. “Not just for him but for his kids and we’re going to get it.”

Highly unlikely they'll ever get it. ... Right, Sheriff? No matter what, keep exposing these goddamned criminal jackbooted bastards to the light of day. Eventually, the public will tire of criminal, abusive, murderous jackbooted officers.

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6-15-18

Think Chicago doesn't have a problem with its criminal jackbooted bastards in blue? Wake up. The Washington Post reports:

"Kevin Murray wasn’t sure how long he was in that small, windowless room. He didn’t have a watch, and there was no clock, just a table and two chairs. The sharp pain in his stomach from those first punches lingered. He says the detective slammed his fists into his ribs. He describes repeated kicks to his chest, slaps to his face, karate chops to his neck. He says the brutal interrogation and hours alone in that room with no food or water for nearly two days pushed him to confess to slayings he did not commit."

The American Way. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Murray’s claims about his questioning inside a West Side Chicago precinct 30 years ago are at the center of his request for a new trial and a demand that a judge rule that he had been tortured while in police custody. Armed with new evidence he says proves his innocence, the 53-year-old longtime inmate is the latest among dozens of suspects to accuse a single Chicago detective of the same style of abuse, according to civil complaints, post-conviction relief petitions and complaints filed with the police department’s Office of Professional Standards. The suspects and their attorneys say the abusive interrogations led to false confessions, tainted trials and wrongful convictions, part of a systemic, age-old problem in Chicago’s police force."

Not just in Chicago. All over our formerly great country, right, Sheriff?

"Such allegations are not rare in Chicago, where the police department remains haunted by the legacy of Jon Burge, a disgraced former commander whose crew was accused of torturing more than 100 black men beginning in the 1970s and who served 4½ years in federal prison for lying under oath about the incidents. Burge denied the allegations."

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6-15-18

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

"The NYPD officer who tackled former tennis star James Blake outside a Midtown hotel in September 2015 was docked five vacation days as punishment. Blake’s lawyer Kevin Marino called it “woefully inadequate.” "Losing a few vacation days for the use of excessive force, following a history of repeated civilian complaints, is not meaningful discipline,” Marino said, referring to the officer, James Frascatore. “Far from serving as a deterrent, a trivial penalty of this type would seem to be encouraging those inclined toward excessive force to go right on doing it. You could not draw another message from this other than it is not being taken seriously."

Sue the living shit out of the bastards. Clearly, these jackbooted bastards in blue desperately need a continued wake up call.

"Blake, who is currently in France as part of a broadcast team covering the French Open, sent the following statement: “The lack of meaningful discipline for the NYPD officer found guilty of using excessive force against me, while I was simply waiting outside of my hotel, is indicative of a broken disciplinary system. Officer Frascatore had a record of misconduct complaints for the abusive treatment of civilians before he body-slammed me," he said, saying Frascatore had five civilian complaints within seven months in 2013. "Losing a few vacation days for the use of excessive force, following a history of repeated civilian complaints, is not meaningful discipline," he added. "It is this continued failure of the NYPD’s disciplinary system that perpetuates police abuses, brutality and misconduct, and leads to the unjust killings of civilians. Until the de Blasio administration addresses the dysfunction in police accountability and transparency, the problems of abusive policing will remain.”

Need to sue. Make it as costly as possible for the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The NYPD provided the following statement: "Following the public disciplinary trial of Police Officer James Frascatore, the Police Commissioner finalized the case, consistent with the findings and recommendations of the Trial’s Commissioner," the statement read. "The NYPD is precluded from providing disciplinary records because of the strict limitations created by State Civil Rights law 50-a."

Rubber stamp whitewash. Sue the living shit out of the bastards. -- Out of uniform. No swastika armbands. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The NYPD and Police Commissioner have continually and forcefully called for changing the State Civil Rights law, which explicitly prohibits the release of disciplinary records of uniform state and city agencies," the statement continued."

The public is egregiously threatened by these criminal jackbooted bastards. Why isn't it entitled to this information? Forget? The public is ferociously looted to pay for this ongoing f--king perpetrated by these criminals in uniform. ... Right, Sheriff?

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6-15-18

Shit never ends in a fascist police-state. ABC News reports:

"A former south Florida police chief and two of his officers are accused of framing a teenage boy for four burglaries in order to look like they had perfect burglary arrest statistics, according to federal prosecutors. The 16-year-old boy -- who is not named in the indictment filed Thursday but is referred to by the initials "T.D." -- was arrested in June 2013 on felony charges connected to four separate burglaries at unoccupied homes that April and May. Former Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano allegedly instructed Charlie Dayoub, who was a full-time officer, and Raul Fernandez, who was a reserve officer, to unlawfully arrest and charge the teen for the unsolved burglaries, even though there was no evidence that he was behind them, prosecutors allege."

Nazi America. Fascist police-state.

"In compliance with Atesiano’s order, Dayoub and Fernandez “gathered the information for the unsolved burglary cases that were the basis of the arrest knowing there was no evidence and no law basis to arrest and charge T.D. with four unsolved burglaries,” prosecutors wrote in the indictment. Prosecutors claim the police framed the teen so that the department could boast perfect burglary arrest statistics. “The existence of this fictitious 100% clearance rate of reported burglaries was used by Atesiano to gain favor with elected officials and concerned citizens,” according to the indictment."

Nothing ever truly changes.

"In July 2013, one month after the 16-year-old boy's arrest, the chief reported at a city council meeting that the Biscayne Park Police Department had a 100 percent clearance rate for burglaries, prosecutors said. Atesanio, Dayoub and Fernandez were charged with conspiring to violate the teen's civil rights and with depriving him of his civil rights. Atesiano, who resigned as chief in 2014 according to the Miami Herald, surrendered on Monday and is set to be arraigned on June 25. Atesanio's attorney, Neil Schuster, did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. Dayoub and Fernandez received summonses and are set to appear in court later this month, according to the Herald."

Why weren't their sorry asses arrested and hauled to jail just like the former chief? Why special treatment for these two pieces of shit?

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6-15-18

Here's how things work in a fascist police-state. Not only do the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue fail to do their jobs, those who complain are denied free speech at a school graduation. CBS News reports:

"A high school valedictorian in Petaluma, California says administrators censored part of her graduation speech, when she spoke about the school's handling of alleged sexual assault. Seventeen-year-old Lulabel Seitz says her mic was turned off when she spoke about an alleged sexual assault. Seitz says she wanted to use her graduation address at Petaluma High School to remind her classmates of the obstacles they've overcome. But when she veered off her approved speech to bring up the issue of sexual assault on campus: "…. Which is why even when some people on this campus, those same people …" The valedictorian's mic then went silent."

Nazi America. De facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"My first immediate thought was just stand your ground," Seitz said. She ended up returning to her seat, and later posted her full speech online, including the part that was cut off: "Even learning on a campus on which some people defend perpetrators of sexual assault and silence their victims, we didn't let that drag us down." Seitz says she filed a police report after she was sexually assaulted on campus last fall, but says she doesn't feel the school did enough to protect her after the alleged attack. "I was, like, there's got to be something I can do to make this change," she told correspondent Mireya Villarreal. "Because if I can prevent this from happening to more girls, then that would be good enough for me." But she says she was warned multiple times her mic would be turned off if she deviated from the pre-approved speech."

Did the right thing, Ms. Seitz. Stood tall. Unlike the gutless bastards who silenced you. Hat's off, for standing up. Uncommon valor.

"In a statement, the school district's assistant superintendent said, "Due to student privacy issues, we cannot and should not respond with specific information. We can say that when issues of sexual assault come to our attention, local law enforcement has initial jurisdiction and determines the course of action."

Meaningless, lame, inexcusable bullshit. Indicative of systemic indifference top-down.

"The Petaluma Police Department has not responded to our questions."

Why would they? What could they say? How do you defend the indefensible? ... Right, Sheriff?

The kids are certainly not being properly educated. Think not? Get this:

"Some of her fellow students say the graduation ceremony wasn't the appropriate venue to raise the issue."

What better, more appropriate time and place? Especially, when she had heretofore been stonewalled.

"We're all celebrating us leaving, you know? And she was kind of taking it off into what happened to her," said graduate Nick Mall."

Jesus Christ. What if it had been you? That clueless? Self-aborbed? Indifferent?

"Villarreal asked Seitz, "There are some students that will say this was way too serious?" "Then, 'What is the time or place?' is my response to that," Seitz replied. "Meeting with the administration and the police, none of those would work. So I had this opportunity, and I used it."

Uncommon valor. Above and beyond. Hat's off.

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6-15-18

The following is an unusual case. An innocent officer was murdered. The murderer is rightfully being prosecuted. A woman who was forcibly with him is also being prosecuted as his accomplice. You decide whether her prosecution is warranted. ABC News reports:

"The woman charged in connection with a Tennessee police officer's death was forced to participate in his slaying last month after the accused shooter assaulted her and threatened to kill her children, she said in a jailhouse interview. Erika Castro-Miles said Steven Wiggins shot Dickson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Daniel Baker May 30 when the officer approached their vehicle and Wiggins threatened her if she disobeyed him. "All of a sudden, I saw Steven's arm came across and his elbow hit my throat and he said to me, 'If you say anything or you scream, it will be you next.' So, I kept my mouth shut, and he threatened my kids as well, so I kept my mouth shut," Castro-Miles told ABC Nashville affiliate WKRN-TV Monday. "All I heard was gunshots. As I looked in the side mirror I saw the deputy run to the back of the vehicle and Steven got out of the vehicle and hearing more gunshots. “I heard it, but I didn't see it. I didn't know he was going to do this. I didn't know he had a gun. He told me and swore up and down that he got rid of it,” she added."

Think she should have been charged? Should not have been? Consider the following:

"Police captured Wiggins last Friday after offering as much as $46,000 for information about his whereabouts. Once in custody, he told authorities that he shot Baker after the deputy discovered he was using a stolen car, according to federal investigators. Wiggins and Castro-Miles were both charged with first-degree murder in the officer’s death, but she said she never wanted to participate. It’s unclear whether they have entered pleas. Castro-Miles called Wiggins a “monster” who would often become abusive when he was intoxicated. "He's very violent when he's on drugs. The whole day before was non-stop screaming, yelling and trying to get out,” Castro-Miles said. “Every time I tried to get out of the car, he'd speed up. He punched me in the chest and slapped me in the head."

Must not be forgotten abused women have an exceptionally difficult time getting away from abusers. Are victims paralyzed by the abuse.

"Baker, 32, was later found dead inside his patrol car about two or three miles away from the initial scene, according to police. He leaves behind a wife and young daughter. "This is one of our best deputies,” Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe told reporters after the shooting. “He's a supervisor. He's worked his way up to sergeant on patrol, and he's one of the ones who put it all on the line every day to keep our community safe. He was doing that again today with a call about a suspicious vehicle.”

No question, Wiggins must be prosecuted for the murder. Horrific loss of a great officer.

"Castro-Miles said it hurts to know that the slain officer would be leaving behind a family. "I am so sorry," she told WKRN. "I would undo it 10,000 times over … I would undo it every single day of my life if I had to. "I don't know what else to say. It just hurts. I'm so sorry to know that this little girl won't have her dad around. I'm so sorry this is happening.”

Unless the police have far, far more than the above on this woman, her prosecution must be questioned, appears malicious.

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6-15-18

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

"An FBI agent whose gun appeared to accidentally fire in a video showing him dancing at a Denver nightclub and doing a back flip before dropping the weapon has been booked into jail. Chase Bishop, who is based in the bureau's Washington Field Office, was charged Tuesday with one count of second-degree assault, the Denver District Attorney's office said. Bishop turned himself in to the Denver Sheriff Department on Tuesday morning after a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to Denver police."

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it? Has to be quite an embarrassment to the FBI, wouldn't you think?

"Denver Police had previously said they were awaiting the results of alcohol and drug tests before making an arrest. The district attorney's office said in a statement investigators are still awaiting the tests to determine Bishop's blood alcohol content at the time of the incident, and additional charges may be pending. "We are filing this charge now rather than waiting until the [blood alcohol content] report is received, which we understand could take another week, because sufficient evidence has been presented to file it," Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said in the statement. "If an additional charge needs to be filed after further evidence is received, we can file those charges then."

Not clear yet precisely what is going on here, but apparently they've got something on this guy. Could it be they've determined he was under the influence of some other drug? Nothing more than pure speculation at this point, however.

"Video from the June 3 incident shows Bishop landing a backflip at the Mile High Spirits bar, and reaching down to pick up the weapon that had fallen from his pants. As he grabs the gun, it can be seen firing."

Luckily, no one got killed.

"A man who identified himself in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" as Thomas Reddington was shot in the leg. His attorney tells CBS Denver that Reddington suffered a serious injury. Bishop, 29, was off-duty and on vacation when the shooting happened. He was taken to the Denver Police Department headquarters and later released to an FBI supervisor. The FBI is conducting an internal investigation into the incident. Among the options are termination, suspension or reprimand."

Strange, strange case. More to come.

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6-15-18

In follow up to the last edition, CBS News reports:

"Days after he was denied access to a federal shelter for child migrants, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is demanding answers from the Office of Refugee Resettlement about the roughly 11,000 children under the care of the federal agency."

He and his fellow Senators, as well as the House of Representatives, need to demand immediate access to these kids. Called congressional oversight.

"Under U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' 'zero tolerance' policy on immigration prosecutions, children must be forcibly separated from their families, falsely labeled 'unaccompanied alien children,' and transferred to your agency's custody," Merkley said in his letter to Office of Refugee Resettlement Director Scott Lloyd."

This government is dysfunctional. Founders intended each branch to be check and balance on the other. Clearly, this is not happening.

"According to press reports, more than 600 children have already been separated from their families since the implementation of this policy at the beginning of May, bringing the total under your care to a staggering 11,200."

Raw nazism, ala Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. What's next? Concentration camps?

"Merkley drew headlines Sunday when he posted a Facebook live video of his attempt to access a migrant children's shelter in Brownsville, Texas. He was first denied entry, and then ultimately confronted by police. Federal officials said Merkley hadn't given enough notice."

Horse shit. Notice for what? Time to clean up their act? Move kids? Improve chances of passing inspection? What the hell is going on here? Why shouldn't members of Congress be granted immediate access to execute spot checks?

"Merkley's letter comes two days after similar demands were made by Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, whose staff were barred from reviewing immigrant processing facilities near San Diego. Menendez called Sessions' immigration policies "cruel and un-American."

What they are is Right Wing Nazi. Republican fascists have clearly proven the GOP is not the party of the family. Quite the opposite.

"Merkley's letter lays out 19 questions and requests a response by June 15. Merkley wants information about the age of the children, the condition of the facilities, and more."

What Congress needs is immediate access for spot inspections. Both parties need to put aside all partisan differences to rein in the Trump nazi and his henchmen. Pass legislation with sufficient backing to override veto by the nazi in the Oval Office. Who the hell am I kidding? Republican nazis will back their clueless fuhrer no matter what. Remain incapable of doing what's best for the public they no longer serve.

"Similar questions posed by CBS News to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the United States Department of Homeland Security have not yet been answered."

What can they say? How do you credibly defend the indefensible?

"In a statement to CBS News Wednesday, before Merkley's letter was sent, Southwest Key Programs, the non-profit contracted to manage the Brownsville facility, described in broad terms the services it provides to children housed there."

Carefully consider the outrageous Aryan arrogance of this group:

"We provide round-the-clock services including: food, shelter, medical and mental health care, clothing, educational support, supervision, and reunification support," the organization said. "We regret having to turn away Senator Merkley at our Casa Padre shelter. The U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement prohibits any facility from allowing visits that have not been approved by them, even if it is a U.S. Senator."

Jesus Christ. Achingly disingenuous bullshit. Hypocrisy reeks. These goddamned nazis have taken another raucous hard dump on the United States Constitution. Conveniently forget? It is the function of all three branches of government to be check and balance on the other. Time for Congress and the Judiciary to act. Before too late. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

Here are the Senator's 19 questions courtesy of CBS News:

1. Since the "zero tolerance" policy officially went into effect on May 7, 2018, how many children have been transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) or its contracting agencies' custody? How many of these children were separated from their parents and how many entered the United States as unaccompanied minors?

2.      How many children in the following age groups is the ORR or its contracting agencies currently holding in detention?
a.      Newborns to 1 years old?
b.      Between the ages of 2 to 4 years old?
c.       Between the ages of 5 and 8 years old?
d.      Between the ages of 9 and 13 years old?
e.      Between the ages of 14 and 18 years old?

3. What is the average and median length of stay for these children? How does this figure compare with 2017 and 2016?

4. How many ORR facilities are currently operational for children and what is the capacity for each of them?

5. How many organizations and companies contract with ORR to house children separated from their parents and unaccompanied minors? What are their names?

6. What bathroom facilities and accommodations do these shelters have and are the conditions sanitary? For instance, are there bathrooms, showers, and towels? Are there rooms for the children that have beds with bedding? If so, how many beds per room?

7. What are ORR's mandated facility standards for shelter contractors?

8. What are the required staffing ratios, broken down by age groups?

9. What categories of staff require credentials to work in these facilities?
a. Which credential requirements are ORR imposed and which are state required?

10. How many facilities have state monitors? How often are facilities monitored?

11. What is the process for providing education and schooling to children? How many days a week is schooling provided and how many hours per day?

12. Are these children permitted to leave the premise to go outside? Is there recreational time available for physical exercise?

13. What is the process for providing health care services to children? In order to receive medical care, are health care providers on-site or are ill children transported to hospitals or other health care providers?

14. What services are provided to children for trauma support and mental health care? Are mental health care professionals providers on site?

15. Are children informed, in writing or verbally, that any information they provide to medical professionals or facility staff will be added to their immigration record and can be used against them in immigration court?

16. Please provide a current breakdown by category of children's approved sponsors.
a.      Category 1 – Parents
b.      Category 2 – Family members
c.       Category 3 – Non-relative

17. How do detained children communicate with their parents? How often are they allowed to communicate with their parents, through what method, and for what duration?

18. Are in-person visits between the children and their parents permitted? If so, what are the procedures and policies surrounding visitation and how often do they occur?

19. Are in-person visits between the children and their lawyers permitted? If so, what are the procedures and policies surrounding visitation and how often do they occur? Under what circumstances, if any, would a lawyer be denied entry to visit with a child?

Why are the Trump nazi and his henchmen stonewalling? The public is entitled to this information. To know precisely how our nazi government is or isn't acting in our name.

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6-15-18

The Border Patrol is breaking the law. Texas Standard reports:

"Under federal law, anyone who reaches a U.S. port of entry may make a claim for asylum. But now it appears U.S. Customs and Border Protection is adopting a new tactic to keep out immigrants – telling border agents to stop would-be asylum seekers before they reach a border checkpoint. Veteran journalist Robert Moore, former editor of the El Paso Times, covers border issues for Texas Monthly. At a border crossing between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, he observed the new approach. “We saw officers from Customs and Border Protection stopping people at the top of the bridge, which is where the boundary is, which is very unusual,” Moore says. “Usually when you cross into El Paso the inspection is down at the bottom of the bridge, at the port of entry itself. But they were intercepting people, and if they found that they were Central Americans intending to apply for asylum, they were telling the Central Americans that they were at capacity and they couldn’t process them at this time, and to come back later. Although they would never say what ‘later’ meant.”

Think this policy doesn't originate top-down, that is, from the racist AG Sessions nazi, and his fuhrer, the Trump nazi?

"It’s unclear what consequences, if any, these individuals would face if they went ahead anyway."

Duplicitous, isn't it?

“The law requires that anyone seeking asylum, regardless of status, must be allowed to make that claim,” Moore says. He says the law is very clear on this issue – but many of those who are crossing don’t know that. “If you’re coming from Central America and not familiar with asylum laws or anything, and a law enforcement agent tells you, ‘Sorry, we’re closed today,’ you’re probably not going to challenge them,” he says. “It’s a rare case that what happened on Saturday was able to happen.” That day he saw two representatives from Annunciation House, an El Paso organization that accompanies migrants across the border, defend asylum seekers. “Somebody who did know the law was there with a migrant to be able to make that case and tell CBP, ‘You have to take them in,’” Moore says."

Sad, isn't it? The 'president' and his henchmen falsely took an oath to uphold the law and Constitution. Clearly, are not.

"In California, a lawsuit is underway to challenge CBP officers who allegedly told migrants that the U.S. no longer takes in asylum seekers. “And then when you ask CBP, ‘Okay, how many people are you handling and what is capacity?’ you can’t get an answer,” he says. Moore says one thing that gets lost in the immigration debate is that seeking asylum at port of entry is a legal means of entry – and for many people, it’s their only option."

The quotes are courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Jen Rice.

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6-15-18

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

"A federal judge in New York City has halted, for now, the deportation of a pizza delivery man at least until a hearing on July 20. Judge Alison J. Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered Saturday evening for the government to show why a temporary preliminary injunction should not be granted in the case of Pablo Villavicencio Calderon, an Ecuadorean immigrant, according to Villavicencio's lawyers. The 35-year-old was detained on June 1 while delivering food to the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. He's being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a facility in New Jersey. "Although we are disappointed that Pablo will remain detained, today's stay is a victory for him and his family, and also for due process and the fair administration of justice," one of his lawyers, Gregory Copeland of the Legal Aid Society's Immigration Law Unit said, according to the group's Twitter account."

Who says nazi Republicans are the party of the family? Why have the Democrats been out to lunch since November 22, 1963?

"Prominent Democrats have spoken out against Villavicencio's detention, including New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo."

Nowhere near good enough. Talk? Meaningless. Insufficient.

"There's compelling evidence that Pablo Villavicencio was improperly detained," Cuomo wrote on Twitter Saturday. "He should be immediately released from ICE custody and an investigation should be launched into the circumstances of his arrest." New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called the incident "shameful," and said the Trump administration's immigration policies are "inhumane, plain and simple" and do "not make our country safer."

Too little. Much too late.

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6-15-18

Think justice isn't under assault in our formerly great country? Wake up. CNN reports:

"She was kidnapped by Salvadoran guerillas three decades ago, watched her husband be killed and forced to cook and clean for the militants. Now she can't stay in the US — because that was supporting terrorists, a court says. The main appellate body of the immigration courts issued a divided opinion Wednesday with broad implications, finding that a woman from El Salvador is ineligible for status in the US because her 1990 abduction and forced labor amount to "material support" of a terrorist organization. According to the court documents, the woman was kidnapped by the guerrillas in El Salvador and made to do the cooking and cleaning "under threat of death." She was also "forced to witness her husband, a sergeant in the Salvadoran Army, dig his own grave before being killed."

"Nevertheless, the 2-1 opinion holds that the woman's coerced duties for the group constituted "material support" for a terrorist organization, and thus made her ineligible to be granted asylum or have her deportation order canceled in the US -- though a lower court judge had ruled she would otherwise be eligible for such relief."

Nazi justice in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

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Tim Chorney, Publisher
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