Decay In Law Enforcement 25

Liberty In Peril

formerly,

The Llano Ledger

5-3-19

Uncommon Valor. NPR reports:

"A gunman opened fire at a California synagogue Saturday morning, killing one and wounding three more people. The incident took place at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in the San Diego suburb of Poway, Calif., and came on the final day of Passover. Authorities say the suspect fled the synagogue and called police to say he was involved in the shooting. Following his arrest, they identified him as 19-year-old John Earnest of San Diego.

"Friends and members of the congregation identified the woman who died as 60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye of Poway. "She's a huge presence here. She's just one of those people that were always here in some form or fashion," fellow congregant Tanya Wervy told Max Rivlin-Nadler in a report for NPR. Wervy said Gilbert Kaye was a generous person who will be missed. "Witnesses said she jumped in front of the synagogue's founding rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, who was wounded in the index fingers on both hands," The San Diego Union-Tribune reports."

Uncommon Valor. Ms. Kaye, moreover, wasn't the only one who demonstrated exceptional courage:

ABC News reports:

"San Diego authorities are praising the courage of a 51-year-old man they say went after the suspected shooter at a synagogue over the weekend. A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle opened fire on members of the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego during a Passover service Saturday, killing one person and wounding three others, including the rabbi and an 8-year-old girl. Local resident Oscar Stewart "rushed" at the alleged gunman inside the synagogue and chased after the suspect as he fled to a parked vehicle nearby, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Stewart caught up to the suspect as he got into the car and was about to drive away. An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent, who is a member of the synagogue, also ran out and yelled for Stewart to stand back from the vehicle, allowing him to fire his weapon, per officials. The agent shot at the suspect's car as he drove off. "Mr. Stewart risked his life to stop the shooter and saved lives in the process," the sheriff's department said in a statement Sunday."

Indeed. Uncommon Valor.

5-3-19

Think anything has truly changed? That egregious male chauvinism, i.e. sexism, isn't an ongoing problem? The Washington Post reports:

"Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb has died. She died March 18 in Sun City Center, Fla., of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 88. Chances are you don’t know Jerrie Cobb’s name. But you would have. Were it not for sexism at NASA and Congress, Cobb would have been the first American woman in space. In the early 1960s, Cobb went through secret testing in hope of becoming an astronaut. William Randolph Lovelace II, head of NASA’s Life Sciences, was responsible for choosing the famed Mercury 7 astronauts. He was curious to find out how female pilots might fare on the same rigorous physical exams. He selected Cobb for the mission. Cobb was the 1959 Woman of the Year in Aviation and held world records for altitude, speed and distance. She did not disappoint. Cobb scored as well and — in some cases — better than John Glenn, Alan Shepard and the rest. Lovelace then needed to judge if she was a fluke and tapped 25 other top-flight female pilots for testing. Twelve more made the cut. But just as the women were set for final space flight simulation tests, NASA pulled the plug. The space agency viewed Lovelace’s visionary experiments as just that — experiments. It then announced that it did not have the time or money to waste on women."

Think much has truly changed? Wake up. For the most part, chauvinism is no longer overt since laws have been passed outlawing such discrimination. It's now covert. In the closet. Much harder to combat, but very much still there.

"Cobb didn’t give up. She took her fight to Congress and forced a 1962 hearing to determine astronaut qualifications. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson didn’t help. When he got wind of the secret testing, he fired off a letter to NASA demanding, “Lets Stop This Now!” At the hearing, Glenn — fresh from orbiting the Earth — made things even worse. Asked if women were suited for space flight, he responded: “The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes. . . . The fact that women are not in this field is a fact of our social order.”

Jesus Christ. Ever wonder what his wife thought?

"When it came time for Cobb to make her case, she was nervous. She hated the limelight. But there was too much on the line, and she let her plain-spoken Oklahoma clarity take over. Her opening sentence was simple and intensely American — or as American as we hope to be: “We seek only a place in our nation’s space future without discrimination,” she said. Then Cobb kicked off her black pumps under the hearing table and stared the men down."

One hell of a woman. A far, far better woman than those men were men.

"Cobb never did become an astronaut. Congress decided all astronauts would be military jet pilots. Since women were excluded from those ranks, space was off limits as well. It would take the social changes of the civil rights movement and the women’s movement before Sally Ride launched in 1983 and 16 more years before Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander."

Carefully, consider the following. Highly indicative of the courage, stature, character, determination of this most remarkable woman:

"I was with Cobb in 1999 when Collins made history. Collins had invited the Mercury 13 women to stand in witness to what they had been denied. It was a long few days at the Cape, hot and swarming with mosquitoes. The launch endured multiple scrubs, and everyone was weary. The women passed the time in coffee shops, catching up on family news, but Cobb was nowhere to be found. She would appear for brief moments and then disappear in a flash. No one knew where she spent the night — certainly not in the hotel with them. Cobb would show up every morning in the same blue and white polo shirt and rumpled slacks. “Bet she’s sleeping on the beach,” one of the women said. They knew better than to corral her. When the skies cleared over Cape Canaveral, Collins and crew prepared for liftoff. No one paid much attention to the Mercury 13 women — just a bunch of older women with water bottles and pocketbooks. Finally, the boosters engaged and the ground rumbled. The women rose and cheered, but Cobb was nowhere around. Then I saw her down in front on the grass. She was alone, and her hands were spread wide across the ground feeling the tremor."

Insane? Lost her mind? Not at all.

"Cobb once told me she would have given her life for space flight. She wanted one single chance to slip into orbit and stare at the vast wonder before her. While Cobb was never bitter, and she delighted in the accomplishments of today’s female astronauts, there was about her a deep reservoir of disappointment. Solitary, laconic, inscrutable — she will always be to me that lone woman sitting in the grass with her hands spread wide. If she could not achieve her dream, Cobb at least wanted to feel what it would have been like."

Although at least equally qualified, even better qualified than some of the men, she was denied due to egregious male chauvinism. Despite all progress to date, delusionally believe that's still not a problem?

Above quotes courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Martha Ackmann.

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.

5-3-19

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:

... "All these officers need to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

Not good enough. Nowhere near. Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, only one way for these atrocities to end. Time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence.

Local and state authorities are egregiously incapable of handling these cases. Tend to protect their own. ... Right, Sheriff? Goes with the territory, doesn't it, Bill? Precisely, why there is no faith or trust in your criminal jackbooted bastards. Local authorities here in Nazi Llano County have their heads figuratively, securely lodged so far up their clueless ass their eyeballs are turning inside out. Protect and coddle your clueless, out of control officers. Imagine that.

Unadulterated, blatant ongoing horse shit. ... Right, Bill? F--k these jackbooted bastards. Aren't worth a crap. Continually abrogate their oaths of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution. ... Right, Sheriff? Includes not only deputies, but the brass as well. No principles. No honor. Lying, conniving, abusive, murderous jackbooted thieving thugs. The American Civil Liberties Union needs to step up and represent the victims of abusive law enforcement.

To say nothing of innocent civilians all across our formerly great country who are victimized by abusive police. Need far better representation than a public defender. Forget? It's how the bastards in government line government coffers. All too often, looting the innocent. Those on the bottom of the food chain. ... Right, Sheriff?

No justice. The American Way. Nazi America. When is this shit finally going to end? All of it. 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 fifty eight weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace.

Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting. Who the hell are they?

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? Again, 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

Corruption within law enforcement remains an existential threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. So what else is new? ... Right, Bill? Same old duplicitous, aggressively stupid shit occurs right here in Nazi Llano County. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff?

Think it'll change any time soon? Don't hold your breath, readers. Not how things work in Nazi America, right, Sheriff? Highly reminiscent of how your goons operate though, isn't it, Bill? Forget? 'Stupid is as stupid does.' F--ked up is f--ked up no matter where, no matter how. Problem throughout all law enforcement.

Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Too many officers clearly have their heads securely lodged where the sun seldom shines. Egregious insanity continues to be perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Ongoing issue. All over our formerly great country.

Not just in Dallas as in the Guyger case, but all over the nation. No end to it. Surprised? Why? In today's increasingly national socialist climate anything goes, right, Bill? 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, isn't it, Sheriff? Your goons, however, aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever.

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. Why are you protecting this clueless son of a bitch, Sheriff?

Why hasn't he been prosecuted for official oppression? Where is financial compensation for the damage this jackbooted piece of human excrement is responsible for? Ferociously pointedly, why are the District Attorney and the County Attorney continuing to protect this jackbooted piece of shit? He and others like him present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

Equally to the point, why are your jackbooted pieces of human excrement refusing to enforce Berardi's property rights? Your goons have failed to take action against Theresa Ahrens when she tore down a no trespassing sign and barrier on Berardi's property. Have you, your goons, and/or Madam County Attorney been bribed by Johnny Greene?

Ahrens frequently drives all the way through Berardi's property. Coup de grace? When Berardi complained to Llano County Deputy Idle about the trespassing, the officer's response was insane. Said the Sheriff told him to tell Berardi since Ahrens believes she owns his property she can't be charged with trespassing. Perfect Catch-22, right, Sheriff? You're not fit for office, Bill. Bribed by Johnny Greene?

Why is Theresa Ahrens allowed by your goons to dictate what vehicles can and cannot be parked on Berardi's property? Ahrens claims she has proof the property belongs to her where the vehicle was parked. Has failed to produce it. Surveyors say otherwise. Back up Berardi. Yet, your jackbooted bastards refuse to enforce Berardi's property rights. Why? Somebody lining somebody's pockets, Sheriff?

Ms. Ahrens micro-mini portable 'house' is parked on an unused unmarked Llano County road. Imagine that. Madam County Attorney well-aware. Has done nothing. Shit squat. Egregiously ignored her oath of office. Someone bribing you, Becky? Lining your pockets, Counselor? Paying you not to sell the unused unmarked County road to Berardi? Doesn't the County want and need the sale money, to say nothing of the resultant tax income?

No question, County and State agencies remain determinedly, concertedly, achingly incapable of criminal investigation of their own. Precisely, why a new federal agency desperately needs to be created whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate only such cases. Total independence. Certainly, go a long, long way to cleaning up this cess pool County. Rein in the outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept, self-serving assholes who run and own this hell hole.

Sheriff, you falsely claim the Kingsland County Commissioner has the authority to resolve this ongoing property rights issue. Clearly, doesn't. You, Madam County Attorney, and "Sonny Boy" are certainly an egregious impediment, continue to determinedly stonewall. Someone's pockets are being lined. Again, where's financial compensation for the damage Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 is directly responsible for to the Pace Arrow? Why hasn't he been prosecuted for this damage, to say nothing of infringement of Berardi's property rights? -- Just getting started, Sheriff. Far more to come.

-- You're not doing your jobs, Sheriff. You've got a loose vicious dog problem in Kingsland, Bill. When will you and the troops finally do something about this ongoing issue? Certainly, a recurring problem on Skyline, particularly on occasion at the intersection of Odessa. Pedestrians, runners, and cyclists are at risk. Too busy lining County coffers with bogus tickets? "

... 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

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

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

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

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

5-3-19

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 fifty eight weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5-3-19

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@protonmail.com 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?

5-3-19

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.

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

"A new USA Today Network investigation uncovered disturbing patterns of police officers rising through the ranks despite being convicted of crimes and accused of misconduct. The investigation found 32 people who became "police chiefs or sheriffs, despite a finding of serious misconduct, usually at another department."

-- You aren't one of them, are you, Sheriff? LOL. Joke aside, readers, it isn't easy to confirm one way or the other. Law enforcement is not transparent. Determinedly, concertedly so. ... Right, Sheriff?

"A lot of police departments don't have the money or resources to do thorough background checks on candidates, and police misconduct is often secretive and hard to uncover, reports CBS News' Jeff Pegues. He spoke to an Ohio police chief who said an officer fired twice from his department went on to become the police chief of a nearby town."

These sons of bitches present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. ... Right, Sheriff?

The following would indeed be laughable if it were not so serious and extremely dangerous:

"Michael Goodwin, the police chief of New Philadelphia, Ohio, said there is one word that comes to mind when he hears the name of his department's former officer, David Cimperman: chaos. "He was here for 15 years before he resigned. The city fired him twice. An arbitrator gave him his job back twice," Goodwin said. "He was being wrote up or disciplined by his supervisors on a regular basis." Cimperman was hired in the early 1990s. Internal police reports and county records obtained by USA Today Network show years of misconduct followed. Among the allegations: Cimperman tampered with police radios so he could "make untraceable calls," which blocked 911 calls from coming through. He was also accused of engaging in a high-speed chase with a motorcyclist who didn't pull his visor down. Cimperman crashed, flipped his patrol car and had to shoot a window to get out."

The above reminiscent of any of your criminal jackbooted bastards, Sheriff?

"Even after Cimperman was fired and rehired twice, Chief Goodwin says allegations continued to pile up, and in 2012, the department gave Cimperman an ultimatum – resign or face more possible disciplinary action. He chose to resign on his own accord, which allowed him to get another job. Three years later, Cimperman was back on the force, this time, as chief in nearby Amsterdam, Ohio. Nobody from Amsterdam called to check on his past – something that doesn't surprise Goodwin."

Surprises none of us who cover this shit on a daily basis. ... Right, Sheriff?

"What we are finding out is, across the state, police departments are not doing a thorough background check," Goodwin said. "I think they are in a hurry to get a body or boots on the ground."

Sound familiar, Sheriff? ... When in a jam just cover for the criminal son of a bitch, right, Bill?

"Gary Pepperling is the mayor of Amsterdam. He hired Cimperman, whose misconduct allegedly continued. "We needed a police officer bad, and he fit the bill for what we thought he would do," Pepperling said. "I think he's a criminal and that's disgusting, you know? And I feel bad I let the people down and didn't get rid of him sooner." According to interviews and hiring forms obtained by USA Today Network, Cimperman allegedly added officers to Amsterdam's roster even though many of them never did any work. Instead, they allegedly logged hours for a private security company he ran on the side. A now published internal report also accuses Cimperman of misplacing evidence. The mayor said Cimperman was forced to resign."

Jesus Christ. This shit happens all over the country. Including here. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Chris Davis, the vice president of investigations for USA Today Network, and his team analyzed troves of records and data from around the country, publishing many online. They found 85,000 police officers who have been disciplined or in trouble. Dozens of them are still working in departments, including some previously found guilty of a crime."

How many right here in Nazi Llano County, Sheriff? ... 'What you say?' -- 'You'll never tell?' LOL.

"It's not easy to find information often about officers who have been in trouble," Davis said. "You need a resource that is better than what exists to keep track of officers who have had problems and there is no national complete data set that's available."

That's a problem. A big problem. Obvious to those of us who have been covering this shit for years. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Chief Goodwin agrees. He wants to see departments doing background checks and thoroughly investigating officers before they are hired, something he says his department already does. "Things are getting kind of set aside that's not fair to the people who pay our salaries, which are the citizens of our cities," Goodwin said."

You, Sheriff, -- to say nothing of the County Attorney, and District Attorney, couldn't care less. Readers? You're being f--ked over by these assholes. Wake up.

"USA Today Network published a list of more than 30,000 officers in 44 states who have been decertified, or essentially banned, from being an officer in their state. They hope this searchable database will help the public and future employers identify dangerous officers."

Needs to be a federal data base. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Cimperman told us "the article is not accurate, and places me in a false light."

Where have we heard this shit before? Sounds like the Trump nazi, doesn't he? LOL.

"USA Today Network says he is still commissioned and working in Ohio as a paid part-timer."

Needs to be in prison. ... Right, Sheriff?

All these officers need to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

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.

5-3-19

Think there aren't criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who get their cookies off abusing women? Wake up. ABC News reports:

"Police investigating the brutal arrest of an Alabama woman have released body camera video of the encounter after witness video posted on social media caused outrage. Officers were called to a scene in Tuscaloosa at 6:40 p.m. on Friday in reference to someone leaving the scene of an accident. Approximately 25 minutes later, officers located the vehicle that they said left the scene, allegedly driven by Jhasmynn Alexiss Sheppard, according to Tuscaloosa police. After pulling Sheppard out of the vehicle, video shows the officers having a physical confrontation with her in an effort to take her into custody."

Apparently, how these jackbooted bastards get their cookies off.

"After a video of the incident posted on social media went viral over the weekend, the Tuscaloosa Police Department released body camera video from one of the officers, only identified by his last name, Ward, on Wednesday. In the five minute body camera video, the two officers pull over Sheppard. Before she can give them her license and registration, officers begin to pull her out of the car. The officer tries to put Sheppard in handcuffs, but she tries to turn away and before being cuffed, she goes to the ground. Ward asks her if she's "lost her freakin' mind." Much of the rest of the video is obscured because the camera was knocked off Ward’s body. The camera of the second officer, only identified by his last name, Lackey, was covered by a raincoat at the time. Sheppard cries out as an officer is heard cursing and threatening her, while one officer is heard shouting that he is going to kick her teeth out."

'Manly' men. ... Right, Sheriff?

"One of the officers can be seen taking out and striking Sheppard with his police baton. She’s heard whimpering, “It hurts so bad."

Think this piece of jackbooted shit didn't immediately cream his pants?

"An officer, believed to be Ward, is heard telling her she’s "lucky I didn’t put my gun in the back of your noggin… I could’ve shot you! Do you know how stupid you are?”

Jesus Christ. This piece of shit too clueless to understand he was talking about himself?

"In a press conference Wednesday, Police Chief Steven Anderson said the video is “offensive to many. The language and conduct. It is also offensive to myself. It does not reflect the trainings to teaching that we do here at the Tuscaloosa Police Department. It’s unacceptable and we do not condone that.”

Then why the hell didn't you immediately fire, then arrest them no matter the legal consequences? At least, assign both turds to permanent desk duty. Let both goons immediately take it to court, arbitration, whatever. Expose them for whom and what they are. This shit is tolerated. Precisely, why it goes on all over our formerly great country.

"Sheppard left the scene of an accident she was involved in, Anderson said, which was why she was pulled over. She was charged with resisting arrest, second degree assault and disarming law enforcement. Anderson said that when he first saw the bystander’s video of Sheppard’s arrest, “I didn’t think that the force was excessive but I did feel that it warranted a second look and a more in-depth investigation.” He said the investigation began on Saturday. “It was not until Monday afternoon when I saw this body camera video did I become concerned,” Anderson said. “I had a serious problem with the conduct and threats they were making. I was disappointed and disgusted.“ Anderson said he had been speaking with the city attorney about possibly getting the charges against Sheppard dismissed."

Not good enough. Nowhere near. These pieces of jackbooted shit need to be permanently banned from law enforcement nationwide. Why isn't that a possibility? Clearly, not in a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Both officers have been at the department for less than two years and have both been assigned to desk duty while the investigation continues. The officers will go before a disciplinary board, who will make a recommendation to Anderson, who will then make his own recommendation to the city attorney."

Amazing, isn't it? Assault someone on the job if you're Joe Blow next door, guess what? Get hauled to jail. Immediately. -- While a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue gets protected and coddled. Granted near carte blanche.

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.

5-3-19

In follow up to a case reported earlier in this edition and elsewhere, The Daily Trib reports:

"A former Burnet police officer is now facing a first-degree murder charge after he shot and killed a man in the early hours on March 27. On April 23, a Burnet County grand jury indicted Russell Butler on the murder charge as well as three counts of aggravated assault by a public servant, also first-degree felonies, in the death of 25-year-old Brandon Michael Jacque."

Fascinating, isn't it. In Texas, kill an officer even in self-defense, guess what? Nearly always wind up convicted of capital murder and executed. Why not the same standard for the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue? Have to give credit where credit is due, however. The District Attorney's Office could have done shit squat, protected and coddled the son of a bitch. Did not happen. In the current political atmosphere would have been most unwise.

"On March 27, officers responded to the 300 block of South McNeil Street in Burnet at about 1:40 a.m. after a call about loud music. According to officials, when the officers arrived, they observed a red car at the scene and approached it. The vehicle allegedly began backing up and an officer ordered the driver to stop. At some point, the car drove over Butler’s foot and the officer fired his gun, killing Jacque. A female passenger in the vehicle was uninjured. Officials said Butler performed first aid on Jacque before emergency medical services arrived."

All this piece of jackbooted shit should have done was stepped out of the way. Then, gave chase. Instead, chose to kill. Worse? Could have killed the innocent passenger.

"Butler, who was a sergeant with Burnet Police Department at the time, was treated and released from Seton Highland Lakes after the incident. He was then placed on administrative leave, but, according to reports, was dismissed April 23 for violating the department’s use of force policy. Butler had been with the department for three years."

Interesting turn of events, isn't it?

"According to the murder indictment, Butler, on March 27, “did then and there, with intent to cause serious bodily injury to an individual, namely, Brandon Jacque, commit an act clearly dangerous to human life, that caused the death of said Brandon Jacque, by shooting him with a firearm.”

What's so incredibly sad about this is that there was absolutely no reason to shoot.

"The indictment also charged Butler with two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant for his actions against Jacque and a third aggravated assault by a public servant charge regarding the female passenger. If convicted, Butler faces up to 99 years or life in prison."

What will be so incredibly interesting about this case is the vigor with which the DA's office prosecutes. Whether or not it is indeed 'symbolism over substance' to quote the Limbaugh nazi.

"Jacque was laid to rest April 2. He leaves behind a daughter, his parents, grandparents, a brother and sister, as well as nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and many friends. He graduated in 2011 from Burnet High School, where he competed in football, baseball, and track."

Sad, needless, unjustified loss of life. Things don't change? ... 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.

5-3-19

Another case of exceptionally violent, racist, abusive bullshit perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. CBS News reports:

"White sheriff's deputies who were captured on cellphone video pepper-spraying and punching a black teen in Florida last week could face prosecution. All charges against the 15-year-old they were arresting have been dropped."

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it? Could it possibly be these criminal jackbooted bastards in blue were getting their cookies off abusing this kid? Mother f--kers like these make it impossible for the truly great cops that are out there. ... And there are great officers. It's the assholes that get the attention.

"Ninth-grader Delucca Rolle's family said they're grateful he's clear of all charges, including assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. Two of the deputies involved in the violent arrest are now suspended with pay as critics demand they be fired and held accountable."

Precisely, what needs to happen. Moreover, good cops themselves need to drive the bad ones out of the profession. That is, zero tolerance for this shit.

"Before throwing Delucca to the ground, other videos appear to show a second deputy slamming the teen's head into the pavement – breaking his nose. Clintina Rolle, Delucca's mother, told CBS News' Mark Strassmann the videos were painful to watch. She heard about her son's arrest when one of the deputies called her. "I said, 'Sir, I don't believe my son hit the officer, that don't sound like him. He said, 'Oh you're telling me I'm lying, huh? You're telling me I'm lying?" Clintina said."

Jesus Christ. Yet, another criminal jackbooted motherf--ker who can't, won't be confused with the truth. Delusionally believes officers do no wrong.

"Deputies were arresting a different teen for trespassing. When his cellphone fell to the ground, Delucca reached down to pick it up. The police report accused him of taking "an aggressive stance" and "clenching his fists." The deputy said punching him was a "distractionary technique" to get him handcuffed. Critics say the video showed nothing aggressive about Delucca's behavior."

Jesus Christ. Criminal jackbooted bastards. How these pieces of shit get their cookies off. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The family's attorney, Ben Crump, said he believes "the whole situation would have been treated differently" if Delucca were white. "That's why black leaders in South Florida and all over America are up in arms over this."

Saddest of all? This shit goes on across all races and classes. All over our formerly great country. Somewhere along the way, we've lost ourselves. ... Right, Sheriff.

"His mother wants the deputies fired. "They are supposed to set example for us, they aren't supposed to be doing that," she said. "You know, to see somebody who is supposed to be protecting my child hurt my child, and it's all I want is justice for him."

Not only fired, prosecuted.

"City commissioners in Tamarac demanded a third deputy involved in the arrest be banned from working in the city. The sheriff refused. He said his investigation is incomplete and his deputies deserve due process."

No justice. The sheriff there, clearly, has his head figuratively, securely lodged up his clueless ass. ... Right, Sheriff? Where did you lose yourself, Bill?

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

5-3-19

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

"A former Florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for the fatal on-duty shooting of a black musician whose SUV had broken down after a late-night concert."

Not good enough. Nowhere near. In Nazi Texas, kill an officer even in self-defense, guess what? At the very least, get life. Usually, executed. Why not the same for officers who murder while on duty?

Get this:

"Former Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja was the first person in Florida in nearly 30 years to be convicted and sentenced for an on-duty killing — and one of only a few nationwide."

Anything wrong with this? Anything at all? Delusionally believe these pieces of shit don't murder innocent unarmed civilians while on duty? Wake up.

"Raja was convicted last month of manslaughter and attempted murder in Jones' death. Marx on Thursday imposed a sentence of 25 years on each count, to be served concurrently."

What amounts to a slap on the wrist for this jackbooted piece of shit. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Prosecutors had said Raja had escalated what should have been a routine interaction into a deadly confrontation in 2015 when he encountered Corey, a housing inspector and part-time drummer whose SUV had stalled on a dark highway ramp. Raja had faced a possible sentencing range from 25 years to life in prison, and both Prosecutor Adrienne Ellis and the father of the victim had urged the judge to impose the maximum."

No justice. What amounts to a slap on the wrist for this murderous jackbooted piece of shit. Clear indication there is little to no separation between law enforcement and the judiciary. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate only these cases. Total independence.

"Previously, Marx has rejected motions by Raja's attorneys to throw out the verdicts. They argued the evidence didn't support his conviction and that Marx should have instructed jurors to consider whether Raja's use of force was justified under Florida's "stand your ground" law. They plan to appeal."

Jesus Christ. We've lost ourselves.

"At Thursday's hearing, Clinton Jones Sr. told the judge he still has his son's number programmed into his cellphone because he can't stand the finality of deleting it. He said he wanted Raja to receive a life sentence, not out of hatred but because of the pain he had caused the Jones family. "It was painful for us to go through this because I knew the kind of son we had raised," Jones said."

Clearly, no justice. One way or the other, corrupt, abusive, criminal officers nearly always manage to get protected, coddled. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted, dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

Report goes on and on in great detail. No seeming end to the injustice as our formerly great country continues to deteriorate under the strain.

CBS News reports:

"After last month's verdict, the Jones family and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, replied in unison when asked what sentence Raja should receive: "What Corey would have got if he shot Raja." The officer, who had been on house arrest, was jailed after the verdict. Speaking Thursday, Jones' family implored the judge to impose the maximum sentence."

No equal justice. The jackbooted son of a bitch was effectively protected and coddled.

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.

5-3-19

The following is appalling. Be interesting to see how it is adjudicated. NPR reports:

"On Thursday, Andrew Lelling, U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts, revealed federal charges against a Massachusetts judge and a former court officer for preventing an immigration official from taking custody of an undocumented immigrant defendant. A Massachusetts judge and a former court officer are facing federal charges for allegedly helping a defendant in a Newton, Mass., courtroom avoid arrest by an immigration officer last year. Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and the now-retired court officer, Wesley MacGregor, are accused of helping the defendant, an undocumented immigrant, slip out the back door of Newton District Court while an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waited to arrest him on a federal detainer in April 2018. Joseph and MacGregor are facing three obstruction charges: conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and obstruction of a federal proceeding. MacGregor, a trial court officer from 1993 until his retirement last month, was additionally charged with perjury for allegedly lying to the grand jury when he said he wasn't aware of an ICE officer in the courthouse that day."

Think that's how it went down? ... Or, is this yet another example of an out of control federal government under the Trump nazi. We'll certainly see.

"The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered Joseph be suspended without pay. "This Order is based solely on the fact that a sitting judge has been indicted for alleged misconduct in the performance of her judicial duties. It in no way reflects any opinion on the merits of the pending criminal case," the court wrote."

Big of them to provide the disclaimer, isn't it?

"Speaking to reporters, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said this case neither is an indictment of the state's trial court system nor is about immigration policy. "It is about the rule of law," he said."

Think so? Or, is it indeed a federal government egregiously out of control under the Trump nazi? We'll certainly see.

"Lelling said he has heard gasps throughout the investigation from certain quarters from people surprised his office would pursue charges against a sitting judge. "We did not bring this case in response to the public debate over immigration enforcement."

Extremely difficult to believe with your office and the 'Justice' Department both under the fuhrer, the Trump nazi. But we'll certainly see.

"There are reasonable arguments on both sides of that debate," Lelling said. "But this isn't a policy seminar — it's a law enforcement action."

Extremely difficult to believe. Could it be the Trump nazi and/or someone in the regime forced the issue? Again, we'll see.

Get this:

"Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat, issued a strong rebuke in response to Lelling's indictment, writing:

"Today's indictment is a radical and politically-motivated attack on our state and the independence of our courts. It is a bedrock principle of our constitutional system that federal prosecutors should not recklessly interfere with the operation of state courts and their administration of justice. This matter could have been appropriately handled by the Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Trial Court. I am deeply disappointed by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's misuse of prosecutorial resources and the chilling effect his actions will have."

Forget? We now live in a de facto fascist police-state since 9/11, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. ... Hear the rumble?

ABC News reports:

"A state judge in Massachusetts was indicted Thursday for refusing to allow ICE to take custody of an undocumented immigrant, according to court papers. Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, 51, of Natick, was charged in the case along with a court officer, Wesley MacGregor, 56, of Watertown. “The allegations in today’s indictment involve obstruction by a sitting judge, that is intentional interference with the enforcement of federal law, and that is a crime," said U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling. "We cannot pick and choose the federal laws we follow, or use our personal views to justify violating the law."

Forget? The Trump nazi and his henchmen do so on a daily basis. Where is your outrage, Mr. U.S. Attorney? Doing no more than the bidding of your fuhrer, the Trump nazi, Counselor? We'll see. Be interesting to see where this goes. Stay tuned.

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.

5-3-19

More of the same old racist, murderous, bullshit. This time perpetrated black on black. NBC News reports:

"The images from the police bodycam video of two officers firing at an unarmed black couple in their car have reverberated throughout New Haven, Connecticut, where the shooting occurred last week, and across the suburban towns that circle the campus of Yale. For black residents in particular, the shooting has stirred up a deeper discontent that intersects long-simmering complaints over police interactions, racial tension and a resentment from some community members who take issue with the Ivy League school's "elite insularity," which they say cuts it off from surrounding minority and lower-income neighborhoods.

"The police officers who fired at Witherspoon, 21, and his passenger, Stephanie Washington, 22, were identified as Terrance Pollock, a 16-year veteran of the Yale police force, and Devin Eaton, a police officer in Hamden, which borders New Haven to the north. Pollock and Eaton are black. For Williams and others, the race of the officers is of lesser importance to the larger concern over policing in New Haven and surrounding communities where residents say racial profiling remains a problem."

Interestingly, this time, an example of black on black racial profiling by law enforcement.

"I don't think a lot of white people even realize what it feels like to drive through a white community being black," Williams told members of the Hamden Legislative Council during a community listening forum on Monday night. Behind him, a group of older black men nodded in agreement."

Not any different in the white community here in Nazi Texas where the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue profile all to line County coffers. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The shooting near Yale's campus has also brought up questions about how the university's police force operates and why an officer fired a weapon in an off-campus encounter. A petition circulating around the school is calling for Pollock's termination and for Yale to donate financially to Witherspoon and Washington, including for her medical expenses. While Witherspoon wasn't injured during the officers' crossfire, Washington was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. New Haven police arrived to the scene after the shots were fired. Connecticut State Police said last week that the officers engaged their weapons when the driver "exited the vehicle in an abrupt manner" and turned toward them."

'Shoot first, ask questions later.' Forget? The criminal, nazi, jackbooted bastard in blue mantra, achingly gutless way.

"Upon releasing Eaton's bodycam footage on Tuesday, following multiple days of protests for police accountability, State Police Commissioner James Rovella could not detail why the officers opened fire after commanding the driver to open the car door. Witherspoon could be seen on Eaton's bodycam getting out of his car at that moment. Eaton only turned on the bodycam after the shooting, and Pollock failed to turn his on at all. Witherspoon, who was not found to be armed, has not been charged. State police and the Connecticut State's Attorney's Office are still investigating the case, Rovella said, and both officers remain on paid administrative leave."

Why haven't they been fired, arrested, and jailed? Why are they protected and coddled? Accorded special treatment civilians wouldn't have been?

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.

5-3-19

The following isn't just more of the same, it's indicative of far worse to come. NBC News reports:

"Officials in the California city where police fatally shot a young rapper inside his car in February are now asking the Department of Justice to step in and help improve relations between officers and the public."

Jesus Christ. Pitiful. Pathetic. Aggressive stupidity at its very worst. Only way this shit will end, short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, is creation of a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only such cases. Total independence.

"Having strength is knowing when to ask for help and that time is now," Vallejo Mayor Bob Sampayan said in a statement Friday. "I welcome the wisdom and insights of the DOJ Community Relations Service to improve our police department and assist in elevating the level of community engagement with our residents."

Jesus Christ. Where the hell is your head, Mr. Mayor? Figuratively, securely lodged up your clueless ass? Up the ass of DOJ? Over the decades, the 'Justice' Department has consistently demonstrated remarkably little ability or willingness to rein in the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. For whatever the reason. As stated above, there is desperate need for a new federal agency to handle these cases. ... And the federal statutes necessary to create it.

"The call for federal intervention comes after a tense City Council meeting this week that focused on issues of policing, particularly within the city's minority community, and a report this month by NBC News that highlighted complaints of alleged aggressive policing and the police-involved shooting of black rapper Willie McCoy as the 16th death involving Vallejo police officers since 2011. The majority of those killed by the police in Vallejo have been black and Latino men, police records show. The Bay Area city, with a population of 122,000, remains evenly divided among white, black, Latino and Asian residents. In San Francisco, with a population more than seven times Vallejo's, the police department has been involved in 22 fatal shootings since 2011."

Never ends. The criminal jackbooted bastards get their cookies off abusing authority, to say nothing of murdering on the job. Ferociously pointedly, embrace the 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality. Precisely, why nothing ever truly changes.

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.

5-3-19

The following is an update of a case that has been repeatedly covered in this publication and elsewhere. NBC News reports:

"A former Minneapolis police officer on trial in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman testified Thursday that he saw fear in his partner's eyes, then saw a woman in a pink shirt with blond hair appear at the partner's window and raise her right arm before he fired his gun "to stop the threat."

Jesus Christ. F--king bullshit. This murderous encounter happened at night. There is no way this liar could have seen what was in his partner's eyes.

Readers are reminded:

"Mohamed Noor refused to talk to investigators after the July 2017 shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, making his testimony his first public statements since her death."

Imagine that.

"Damond had called 911 minutes earlier to report a possible sexual assault behind her home and was shot as she approached Noor's squad car after he and his partner had rolled down her alley looking for evidence of a woman in distress. Noor testified that he fired to stop what he thought was a threat to his partner, Matthew Harrity, after Noor heard a loud bang on the driver's side of the squad car."

Readers are reminded there was no forensic evidence found to support a 'bang' on the door by Damond. Furthermore that 'bang' was not mentioned in the initial report made by Harrity.

"Noor said he didn't fear for his partner's life when he heard the bang, but did afterward when Harrity yelled "Oh Jesus!" and went for his weapon. Noor said Harrity was having difficulty pulling his gun from his holster. Noor said he pressed his left arm over Harrity's chest, and saw a woman in a pink shirt with blond hair outside Harrity's driver's side window. Noor said the woman raised her right arm — and he made a split-second decision. "I fired one shot," he said, later adding: "My intent was to stop the threat and save my partner's life."

F--king crock of shit. Yet, another example of the gutless 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality. An innocent, unarmed woman is consequently dead as a result of this gutlessness.

"When he realized he had shot an innocent woman, Noor said, "I felt like my whole world came crashing down." "I couldn't breathe," said Noor, who described feeling great pain."

You gutlessly killed an innocent woman. Succumbed to fear. Unfit to be an officer.

"He began crying and said that if he had known something like this would happen, "I would never have become a cop."

What the f--k did you expect? That that day could never come? The killing of this woman was not an honest mistake. It was a clear result of cowardice, gross unfitness for duty. You could have killed your partner in the process.

"Noor's attorney, Tom Plunkett, asked: "Would you have discharged your weapon that evening if you were not concerned for your safety and your partner's safety?" Noor said he would not."

Leading question. Not-so-cleverly designed to excuse the inexcusable.

"Prosecutor Amy Sweasy pounced on that during her cross-examination, asking Noor if he believed "concern" was enough to fire his weapon. Noor said it was when looking at all the circumstances and to protect himself and Harrity from death or great bodily harm."

What it is remains an example of a murderous 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality that needs to change. No more than legalized murder. If you can't withstand the risk, danger inherent in law enforcement, you have no business being an officer.

"Sweasy also attacked Noor for making a quick decision without being able to see Damond's hands, or whether she was carrying a weapon or a cellphone."

Again, no more than a murderous 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality.

"Noor testified that he had been Harrity's partner since December 2016, and the pair had nearly 400 hours on the job together. He said the partner relationship is "like a marriage" and he knew Harrity well enough to know when his partner was terrified."

Beside the point. Anyone in what amounts to a combat situation is scared shit. Does not, however, excuse what you ultimately, gutlessly did, that is, unjustifiably shoot and kill an innocent, unarmed woman.

"His attorneys have said he feared an ambush, and Noor testified about "counter-ambush" training that included scenarios such as two officers in a squad car, doing routine tasks, and an instructor yelling "Threat!" The officers had to make a quick decision about whether to shoot, Noor said. "Action is better than reaction," Noor said. "If you're reacting, that means it's too late ... to protect yourself. ... You die."

That mentality, the 'shoot first, ask questions later' police mentality is precisely why an innocent, unarmed woman was killed.

"Noor described another training exercise where he was sent to a location, heard gunshots and instead of assessing the threat, he ran toward it. An instructor shot him with a paintball gun, he said. "So the point is if you don't do your job correctly, you'll get killed," Plunkett said. "Yes sir," Noor answered."

Instead, you gutlessly killed an innocent, unarmed woman. That is, shot first, asked questions later. Committed at the very least, manslaughter.

"The death of Damond, a 40-year-old life coach who was engaged to be married a month after her death, sparked anger and disbelief in both the U.S. and Australia, cost Minneapolis' police chief her job and contributed to the electoral defeat of the city's mayor a few months later. Prosecutors have questioned the supposed noise, presumably from Damond slapping the car as she approached, by noting that investigators didn't find forensic evidence of Damond's fingerprints on the car. They also questioned the timing of Harrity's first mention of the thump — not the night of the shooting, but a few days later, as he was being interviewed by state investigators.

"Noor testified earlier Thursday about immigrating from Somalia to the U.S., where he became a citizen in 1999. He lived first in Chicago, then moved to Minneapolis, where he said he fell in love with the city. He said he became a police officer because he "wanted to serve."

Instead, he gutlessly killed an innocent, unarmed woman.

Subsequent to the above, Noor was convicted. NPR reports:

"Mohamed Noor, the ex-Minneapolis officer charged in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk, was convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter. He was found not guilty of intentional second-degree murder."

More to come.

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.

5-3-19

In follow up to a case covered here and elsewhere, NBC News reports:

"Police Chief James Craig announced the firing of Gary Steele, an 18-year veteran of the force, Wednesday. Steele and his former partner, Officer Michael Garrison, who was also fired, were suspended earlier this month after the video surfaced of Steele mocking the black female driver who had been stopped by the officers Jan. 29 on Detroit's west side. Steele was also demoted from the rank of corporal. "Former police officer Steele has lost the trust of those he served and can no longer provide policing services in our city," Craig said. "The actions taken by former police officer Steele not only negatively impacted our community, but also people across this great nation."

No question. Erodes faith and trust in law enforcement.

"Ariel Moore was driving with an expired license plate, and her car was seized by the officers during the stop. Video surfaced afterward on Steele’s Snapchat account showing him saying, “priceless” and “bye, Felicia,” as Moore walked home. The caption on the Snapchat tags read: “What black girl magic looks like” and “celebrating Black History Month.” Garrison is allegedly heard on the video saying, "walk of shame."

Apparently, was an ongoing problem:

"An investigation after the incident found other cases of Garrison making disparaging remarks about blacks, Craig said at the news conference. Investigators found "terms he used on several occasions, such as 'Keisha,' 'Jakes' and 'homies,' which were all derogatory, demoralizing and degrading, and yes, racially insensitive in the context of which it was used," he said. He also said that Garrison knowingly made false statements during interviews with the internal affairs division. Craig said he has received countless calls, letters, emails and Facebook messages about the incident."

Bet he has.

"Clearly, this is not the kind of temperament a police officer should have in this line of work," the letter said. "What is even more frightening is that this man has been doing this job for over 18 years. It begs the question of how many others were humiliated, shamed and mocked by a man who was supposed to respect, maintain and value law and order." Steele and Garrison could face criminal charges after administrative investigations are completed, Craig said. Steele is expected to take his firing to arbitration, Craig said."

Think he'll likely be reinstated?

"CORRECTION (April 29, 2019, 11:30 A.M.): An earlier version of this article misstated which officer was found to have made additional racially disparaging remarks. It was Michael Garrison, not Gary Steele."

Never ends.

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.

5-3-19

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

"A St. Louis police officer has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette. Twenty-nine-year-old Nathaniel Hendren is charged with first-degree manslaughter and armed criminal action following the January shooting death of Katlyn Alix. The grand jury indictment returned Thursday doesn't affect the charges but means the case can proceed without a preliminary hearing."

What could these officers possibly been thinking? Get this:

"Prosecutors say that in the early hours of Jan. 24, Hendren and Alix were drinking and taking turns pointing a gun loaded with one bullet at each other and pulling the trigger. Alix died of a chest wound. Hendren was on-duty at the time. Alix was not."

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.

5-3-19

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

"I thought it was my apartment." Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger repeated those words over a dozen times to a 911 dispatcher after she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his own apartment on Sept. 6."

How does something like this happen? How?

"They lived on different floors in the same apartment complex, south of downtown Dallas. Guyger, 30, was still wearing her police uniform when she arrived home that night from working a full shift and apparently mistook Jean's apartment for her own. She shot him when she opened the ajar door of the unit and saw a "large silhouette" in the nearly dark apartment, believing it was a burglar, according to an arrest warrant affidavit."

Police mentality. 'Shoot first, ask questions later.' A man is dead for absolutely no reason.

"The dispatcher answers, "Dallas 911, this is Carla. What is your emergency?" Guyger, who sounds distressed and out of breath throughout the call, says, "I'm an off-duty officer. I thought I was in my apartment and I shot a guy thinking he was, thinking it was my apartment." "You shot someone?" the dispatcher asks. "Yes. I thought it was my apartment," Guyger responds. "Oh my god. I'm sorry." The dispatcher tells Guyger that help is on the way. "I know but I'm -- I'm going to lose my job. I thought it was my apartment," Guyger says. Guyger can be heard talking to Jean while she waits for first responders to arrive. "Hey bud. Hey bud. Come on," she says. She tells the dispatcher to "hurry please." "I thought it was my apartment," Guyger repeats over and over. "I could have sworn I parked on the third floor." "Hey, bud," she's heard saying to Jean again. "Hey, bud, they're coming. They're coming. I'm sorry, man."

Jesus Christ. She'll live with this the rest of her life. A man is dead for absolutely no reason.

"The dispatcher confirms with Guyger that she's an officer with the Dallas Police Department. "Yes," Guyger says. "Oh my god. I'm done. I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to. I'm so sorry. Hey, bud."

You did. You wouldn't have pulled the trigger.

"The dispatcher assures Guyger that first responders are almost there. "Stay with me, bud," Guyger is heard telling Jean. "I thought it was my apartment. I thought it was my apartment." First responders arrive on scene and Guyger is heard telling them she's an off-duty officer. The call ends seconds later. Jean was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he died.

"Guyger turned herself in and was charged with manslaughter. She was released after posting bond. A Dallas County grand jury indicted Guyger on a murder charge on Nov. 30, after deliberations and days of testimony from witnesses and Jean's family. Guyger was fired from the Dallas Police Department weeks after the shooting. Guyger's attorney, Robert Rogers, described the shooting as "a tragic mistake" and said his client "is completely devastated by what happened." But when the case is presented in "a fair forum," Rogers said, "the law and evidence" will prove she "is innocent."

Jesus Christ. This officer is not innocent. At the very least, called manslaughter.

"I am not surprised that a grand jury came out with an indictment," Rogers said in a Nov. 30 statement. "I believe emotion was injected into this that might have led the grand jury astray from just focusing on the law and the evidence."

Had it been anyone other than an officer, you wouldn't have so readily excused it. Forget? For the masses, there is no longer any such thing as an 'accident.' Same criteria need be applied to law enforcement. No special treatment.

CBS News reports:

"The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home told a 911 dispatcher "I thought it was my apartment" nearly 20 times as she waited for emergency responders to arrive, according to a 911 recording obtained by a Dallas TV station. "I'm an off-duty officer. I thought I was in my apartment and I shot a guy thinking he was, thinking it was my apartment," Amber Guyger said in the recording obtained by WFAA. She later says, "I'm f---d. Oh my God. I'm sorry."

Sorry she's f--ked, -- or sorry she needlessly shot the man?

"Guyger, who is white, is charged in the September 2018 killing of Botham Jean and is set to go to trial later this year. She has said she entered Jean's apartment thinking it was her own, and fatally shot him. Guyger was later fired, and Jean's family has filed a lawsuit against Guyger and the city of Dallas. On the call, Guyger can be heard apologizing and talking to Jean, a 26-year-old native of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia who worked in Dallas for an accounting and consulting firm. She repeatedly says, "Hey man," and "Hey, bud." WFAA hasn't said how it obtained the recording. The Dallas Police Department didn't immediately respond to requests from CBS News and the Associated Press Tuesday morning seeking verification of the recording."

Here's the problem:

"Attorney Daryl Washington, who is representing Jean's family, noted that Guyger did not tell the 911 operator she was afraid of Jean or that she thought he was an intruder. "There was nothing in that video or the recording where she ever indicated she thought Botham was trying to harm her," Washington told WFAA. "She was very fast to shoot without asking very many questions." Guyger sounded frantic during the nearly six-minute call. She said both "I'm gonna lose my job" and "I am going to need a supervisor." At one point, she seems to question how she ended up in Jean's apartment and says, "I'm so tired." The call ends as police officers arrive and Guyger tells them, "No, it's me. I'm off duty, I'm off duty."

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.

5-3-19

A bit of comic relief. NBC News reports:

"A parrot that warned two alleged drug dealers in Brazil that police were coming was taken into custody after it almost foiled the undercover drug raid, authorities said. When the green-and-white bird spotted officers Tuesday at its owners' Teresina home, it squawked "Mama, Police!" in Portuguese, according to the local outlet Oliberal.com. Despite the bird's efforts to tip off the owners, a man and a woman were arrested, the outlet reports. Drugs, including crack and marijuana, were found at the property, as well as large amounts of money. Police did not name the parrot, which has reportedly continued to show its loyalty to its owners and is refusing to sing like a canary. The Guardian reports that a local journalist said the bird won't talk to officers and "hasn't made a sound."

Imagine that. LOL.

"Authorities believe the parrot was trained to spot police cars."

You think? 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.

4-26-19

Think only men capable of uncommon valor? Think again. NPR reports:

"Virginia Hall was born into a wealthy Baltimore family in 1906. She was raised to marry into her privileged class, but wanted a life of adventure. Despite a hunting accident that cost her left leg, she became one of the most successful spies in World War II, first for the British and then for the Americans. Her story was long hidden, but is now being told in full."

Finally, well-deserved recognition of a truly remarkable woman.

"Virginia Hall is one of the most important American spies most people have never heard of. Her story is on display at the CIA Museum inside the spy agency headquarters in Langley, Va. — but this is off-limits to the public. "She was the most highly decorated female civilian during World War II," said Janelle Neises, the museum's deputy director, who's providing a tour. So why haven't more people heard about Hall? A quote from Hall on the agency display offers an explanation: "Many of my friends were killed for talking too much."

Indeed. Certainly, at the time. But three-quarters of a century after?

"Hall briefly attended Radcliffe and Barnard colleges. Then she went to study in Paris and fell in love with France. She decided to become a diplomat, said Purnell. "She wanted to be an ambassador. She got pushed back by the State Department. She applied several times," Purnell said, noting that women accounted for only six of the 1,500 U.S. diplomats at the time."

Sad, isn't it?

"Hall did land a clerical job at a U.S. consulate in Turkey. But while hunting birds, she accidentally shot herself in the foot. Gangrene set in, and her left leg was amputated below the knee. Recovery was long and painful, as she learned to use a clunky wooden leg. Yet it was also a turning point, said Craig Gralley, a retired CIA officer who has written his own book about Hall — a novel, Hall of Mirrors. "She had been given a second chance at life and wasn't going to waste it. And her injury, in fact, might have kind of bolstered her or reawakened her resilience so that she was in fact able to do great things," he said. When World War II erupted and Nazi Germany invaded France, Hall volunteered to drive an ambulance for the French. France was soon overrun, forcing her to flee to Britain. A chance meeting with a spy put her in contact with British intelligence. After limited training, this one-legged American woman was among the first British spies sent into Nazi-occupied France in 1941. She posed as a reporter for the New York Post."

Extremely dangerous at the time:

"There were failures, especially in the early days, when members of her network were arrested and killed. The Germans came to realize that they were after a limping lady. But Hall was a natural spy, keeping one step ahead of the German secret police, the Gestapo. "Virginia Hall, to a certain extent, was invisible," said Gralley. "She was able to play on the chauvinism of the Gestapo at the time. None of the Germans early in the war necessarily thought that a woman was capable of being a spy."

Chauvinist Nazi sons of bitches. Think anything has truly changed on the Extreme Right?

"Hall operated in the eastern French city of Lyon. She initially stayed at a convent and persuaded nuns to help her. She befriended a female brothel owner and received information that French prostitutes gathered from German troops. Hall organized French resistance fighters, providing them with safe houses and intelligence. This didn't go unnoticed, said Purnell. "The Germans came to realize that they were after a limping lady," she said. Hall constantly changed her appearance. "She could be four different women in the space of an afternoon, with four different code names," said Purnell."

Remarkable determination, resilience, no?

"The man in hot pursuit was none other than the Gestapo's infamous Klaus Barbie, known as "the Butcher of Lyon" for the thousands in France tortured and killed by his forces."

Exceptionally vicious Nazi motherf--kers. Think history can't repeat itself? Isn't, in effect, doing so? Or, about to?

"Barbie ordered "wanted" posters of Hall that featured a drawing of her above the words "The Enemy's Most Dangerous Spy — We Must Find And Destroy Her!" The Nazis appeared to be closing in on Hall around the end of 1942. She narrowly escaped to Spain, embarking on a harrowing journey that included walking three days for 50 miles in heavy snow over the forbidding Pyrenees Mountains."

Stunning determination. On a prosthetic leg. Uncommon Valor.

"While researching his book, Gralley, a marathon runner, made a part of that walk and found it exhausting. "I could only imagine the kind of will and the kind of perseverance that Virginia Hall had by making this trek," he says, "not on a beautiful day, but in the dead of winter and with a prosthetic leg she had to drag behind her."

Uncommon Valor. Extraordinary courage, determination, resilience.

"When Hall reached Spain, she was arrested because she didn't have an entrance stamp in her passport. She was released after six weeks and made her way back to Britain. She soon grew restless and wanted to return to France. The British refused, fearing it was too dangerous."

Stunning determination. Remarkable courage. Best of the best.

"However, the Americans were ramping up their own intelligence service, the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, which had virtually no presence in France. The Americans needed Hall, yet the Nazis were everywhere, making it even more difficult for her to operate, said Purnell. "She got some makeup artist to teach her how to draw wrinkles on her face," she said. "She also got a fierce, a rather sort of scary London dentist to grind down her lovely, white American teeth so that she looked like a French milkmaid." Hall's second tour in France, in 1944 and 1945, was even more successful than the first. She called in airdrops for the resistance fighters, who blew up bridges and sabotaged trains. They reclaimed villages well before Allied troops advanced deep into France. At its peak, Hall's network consisted of some 1,500 people, including a French-American soldier, Paul Goillot — who would later became her husband."

Consider the following:

"Hall's niece, Lorna Catling, is now 89 and lives in Baltimore. She recalls meeting her aunt after the war. "She came home when I was 16, and she was pale and had white hair and crappy clothes," Catling said. And what did Hall say about the war? "She never talked about it," Catling added."

Very few of her generation did.

Equally remarkable? Get this:

"The British and the French both recognized Hall's contributions — in private. President Harry Truman wanted to honor Hall at a public White House ceremony. Hall declined, saying she wanted to remain undercover. William Donovan, the OSS chief, gave Hall the Distinguished Service Cross — making her the only civilian woman to receive one in World War II. Hall's mother was the only outsider present at the ceremony. "I do think that she became America's greatest spy of World War II," Gralley said of Hall. Hall then joined the newly formed CIA, which succeeded the OSS, and worked there for 15 years, mostly at headquarters. These were not her happiest days. She thrived on the adrenaline of acting independently in the field during wartime. Now she was largely confined to a desk. "As you get higher in rank, now it's all about money and personnel and plans and policy and that sort of bureaucratic stuff," said Randy Burkett, a historian at the CIA."

Bureaucracy at its worst.

"And Hall faced discrimination as a woman. "Was she treated properly? Well, by today's standards, absolutely not," said Burkett. Hall retired in 1966 and never spoke publicly. She died in 1982 in Maryland, her story still confined to the intelligence community."

Uncommon Valor. Unquestionably, best of the best.

4-26-19

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:

... "These officers need to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

... 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:

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.

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

4-26-19

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 fifty seven weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

4-26-19

There are serious problems in the prison system. Hell holes no more than gulags. All across our formerly great country. Then again, no surprise since we now live in a de facto fascist police-state at least since 9/11, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Worst, yet to come. The following is but one horrendous example of atrocities committed throughout the entire prison system. NBC News reports:

"It was New Year's Eve 2017 and Allen "AJ" Capers, 32, was lying in a pool of blood outside a cell at South Carolina's Turbeville prison. He had been stabbed several times by two fellow inmates, according to prison incident reports. Two guards dragged Capers outside to the prison yard and left him there while they worked to control the chaos inside, according to the reports. The temperature was 39 degrees."

Jesus Christ. What could these goddamned 'guards' possibly been thinking? Temperature near freezing, inmate severely wounded. Wake up. Nazi America.

"The reports indicate the guards radioed "main control" saying "medical assistance was needed as soon as possible," but surveillance video obtained exclusively by NBC News shows Capers on the ground and writhing for a half hour as multiple guards walk past him."

Jesus Christ. This, the kind of country you wish to live in? Founders? Spinning in their graves. Wouldn't recognize the country they created.

"Twenty-four minutes into the video, a fellow inmate appears on camera and comes over to help. Minutes later, more inmates arrive with a stretcher, but by this point Capers has stopped moving. At 7:37 p.m. that evening, the South Carolina Department of Corrections tweeted, "Following an inmate altercation at Turbeville one inmate was killed and eight inmates were sent for offsite medical attention."

Jesus Christ. Wake up. Clincher? Get this:

"A year and a half later, no one has been charged with the murder — a death critics say is a symptom of a state prison system plagued by violence and corruption."

Unsustainable. Intolerable in what is supposed to be a democratic republic. In reality? No more than a de facto fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich.

"Capers' mother, Debra Dickson, says she will never watch the video of her son dying in the prison yard. "I don't encourage any mother who gave birth to her child to see her child tortured," she told NBC News. "I want to remember my child as I knew him."

Nazi America. Where did we lose ourselves?

"Dickson, who has filed suit against the state's prison system, says officials have never told her exactly what occurred."

Par for the course in a fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? No transparency. None. ... Right, Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"I want justice, for Allen," she said. "I want change by whoever has the ability to actually change it."

Apparently, that's not likely to happen any time soon. This system continues to reflect the will of the assholes who run and own it. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

"The attorney representing Capers' family, Justin Bamberg, is also a member of the state House of Representatives, and is pushing for comprehensive prison reform."

Not likely to happen with the nazi element in the Republican Party. To say nothing of Democrats proficient at little more than empty rhetoric.

"There's no excuse for breaking the law," Bamberg said. "But just because you go to prison doesn't mean you have been sentenced to death."

In Nazi America, in effect, precisely what's happening.

"Bryan Stirling, the head of South Carolina's Department of Corrections, concedes that the system failed Capers. "We should've done more to help," he said. South Carolina's prison system, which has more than 20,000 inmates in 21 facilities, has been making the wrong kind of headlines in recent years. A riot last April at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville was the largest riot in an American prison in 25 years. Seven people were killed. There have been at least 21 murders in the past two years in South Carolina prisons, according to state data, and a reported 10 suicides just last year."

Abject failure of government. No more, no less. Again, where did we lose ourselves?

"Lawyers suing on behalf of the family members of the men who died in the Lee riot said the guards who were present during the riot have not been interviewed by investigators, leaving some families to wonder about the thoroughness of the investigation."

Kangaroo justice. To be expected in a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff?

Report goes on and on. Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, only viable solution to these problems is a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only these cases. Total independence.

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.

4-26-19

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

"The partner of a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman as she approached their squad car testified Thursday that he didn't fire his own gun because he was still trying to determine if he was in danger. He agreed with a prosecutor's characterization that it would have been "premature" to use deadly force, but also acknowledged under defense questioning that he feared an ambush. Officer Matthew Harrity is a key witness in the trial of Mohamed Noor, who is charged with murder and manslaughter in the July 15, 2017, shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. Damond had placed two 911 calls that night to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home. Struck in the abdomen, the 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia bled to death in an incident that sparked anger and disbelief in both countries. Prosecutors questioned Harrity on some key points, including why he didn't fire his own weapon and why he didn't tell investigators at the scene about a thump on the squad car, something he later said had startled the officers. Harrity, dressed in full uniform and crying at one point during his testimony, said as he and Noor responded to Damond's 911 call, they drove down the alley with their headlights off, using a spotlight to search for any evidence of a woman in trouble. Harrity, who was driving, had the safety hood off his holster, ready to pull out his gun if needed. The pair was in the alley for less than two minutes. Finding nothing, they stopped at the end of the alley and planned to go to another call. Harrity testified that he then had a "weird feeling" to his left but couldn't make out what it was."

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

"At this time, I hear something hit the car and I also hear some sort of murmur," he said. He said he was startled by the thump and his mind went straight to a possible ambush. He immediately drew his gun and held it to his ribs pointing downward, he said. Under cross-examination from defense attorney Peter Wold, Harrity acknowledged he was scared. Harrity said that as he tried to make sense of what was happening, he heard a pop, saw a flash, and looked over to see Noor had fired his gun. Noor had fired across Harrity and through the driver's side window."

This gutless jackbooted son of a bitch could have killed his partner. What the f--k could this asshole possibly been thinking? What? Did he panic? Pull a Barney Fife?

"Prosecutor Amy Sweasy seized on Harrity's restraint, asking him about his training in the reasonable use of deadly force. Prosecutors need to prove Noor acted unreasonably when he shot Damond. Under questioning from Sweasy, Harrity said that he would need to identify a threat and a target before firing his weapon. Harrity conceded that an officer would not point a gun unless he intended to use it, and said deadly force can be used only under reasonable circumstances. "Use of deadly force, from your viewpoint at this point, would have been premature," Sweasy said of the situation. "Yes, with what I had," Harrity replied. Harrity also faced tough questions about what he told investigators in the moments right after the shooting. Prosecutors have questioned the defense narrative of a thump on the squad car, saying investigators found no forensic evidence that Damond touched it."

Think someone might have lied? To cover someone's sorry, gutless ass?

"Harrity acknowledged Thursday that he didn't mention the thump to anyone that night, but said that was because only a brief statement was required and he knew he would be making a full statement in coming days."

Believe it? Or, is someone covering for someone?

"Noor never talked to investigators and it isn't clear whether he will testify."

What did he have to hide? He was an officer. If all was on the up and up, why not cooperate? ... At least, until it was clear he was under suspicion.

"Harrity said he worked well with Noor, adding that he trusted him and felt Noor always had his back."

Certainly, the way it is supposed to be. What went so terribly wrong that this gutless son of a bitch would fire his weapon at a target he wasn't sure of, endangering his partner?

"I loved working with Officer Noor," he said. Harrity grew emotional during his testimony when he talked about his own mindset in the days after the shooting. Neither officer had their body cameras running when Damond was shot, something Harrity blamed on what he called a vague policy that didn't require it. Prosecutors have highlighted officers turning their body cameras on and off repeatedly after the shooting. Sweasy questioned Harrity about that repeatedly, at one point asking, "It was more important to get your gun ready than your body-worn camera?" Harrity said it was, after repeatedly testifying that he didn't know what he would encounter. Earlier this week, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that both Harrity and Noor should have turned on their body cameras when responding to the call for help, reports CBS affiliate WCCO."

Something's not quite right. Why weren't the cameras on as per department regulations?

"Both men switched their cameras on afterward, and both videos were played on Thursday."

Covering their ass after the fact?

"The body camera videos show efforts by the two men to save Damond with CPR, and they show the last moments of her life. In the videos, Damond struggles to breathe, and Harrity says repeatedly, "Stay with me, stay with me, stay breathing." He also is heard addressing his partner: "Noor, breathe, just breathe."

Was the son of a bitch having a panic attack after realizing what he had done?

Seatbelts on:

"According to WCCO, Ruszczyk Damond can be heard in the video saying, "I'm dead, I'm dying."

There are officers who are simply unfit for the profession. Noor appears to be one of them.

"Damond was white. Noor , 33, is a Somali American whose hire two years before the shooting was celebrated by Minneapolis leaders as a sign of a diversifying police force in a city with a large population of Somali immigrants."

These officers need to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

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.

4-26-19

Think the following the 'best' in law enforcement? NBC News reports:

"Madison County Deputy Jeff Graves wrote that he is “seriously offended” by the LGBTQ movement in response to a WZDX-TV Facebook post about the death of 15-year-old Nigel Shelby, according to Al.com. The family of Shelby, who was a freshman at Huntsville High School in Alabama, reportedly said the teen had been bullied over his sexuality. Graves also mocked the LGBTQ community by redefining its commonly used acronym, stating, “Liberty Guns Bible Trump BBQ That’s my kind of LGBTQ movement,” according to local NBC affiliate WAFF."

Goddamned f--king homophobic bigot. What a piece of shit. This was a 15 year-old-kid. What planet does this 'officer' live on?

"The deputy’s comments echo those of Belle’s Smokin’ BBQ, a Kentucky restaurant that came under fire over the weekend for selling T-shirts with the same redefinition of “LGBTQ.”

Jesus Christ. We've lost our country.

"A Kentucky barbecue food truck is getting a lot of heat after advertising its T-shirts on social media. Belle's Smokin' BBQ took a play on the acronym LGBTQ and changed it to Liberty, Guns, Bible, Trump and BBQ.

"What do you think? https://t.co/pQ1YkaEO0z

— WNDU (@WNDU) April 19, 2019"

Think you're a homophobic clueless idiot. National socialism, fascism, nazism has nothing to do with liberty. Nothing at all. Quite the opposite. The Trump nazi is precisely where Nazi Germany was in 1933 when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor. The worst was yet to come. ... Too stupid, hopelessly ignorant to understand that?

"Sheriff Kevin Turner said an internal investigation will be conducted. Graves did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

What the f--k could the idiot say? This was a 15-year-old kid. This deputy is unfit to be in law enforcement.

"Young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer are five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to their straight peers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Wouldn't want to confuse these idiots with the truth, would we? Think these jackasses aren't aware of the following? Get this:

"Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people, research shows. Black youth, like Shelby, are especially vulnerable and take their lives at nearly twice the rate of their white counterparts, according to a 2018 CDC study."

Equally horrendous? Get this:

"Nearly 74 percent of LGBTQ youth nationwide report not feeling safe at school, according to the Center for Social Equity. And in Alabama, there are no nondiscrimination laws and policies covering LGBTQ students."

Wake up. These are kids.

"Nadia M. Richardson, a Huntsville High School alumna and the founder of the mental health advocacy organization No More Martyrs, said that Shelby’s death underscores that suicide among black youth is on the rise. “We have so much to understand and so much work to do,” Richardson said in a recent Facebook post. “Racism, sexism, homophobia, classism; all of that plays a part. Bullying is a byproduct of a world ill-equipped to include that which is deemed different.”

Equally to the point:

"Advocacy groups, including the Trevor Project, which provides crisis intervention services to LGBTQ youth, has said that just one supportive person can decrease an LGBTQ youth’s risk of suicide by 30 percent."

Think the deputy and those who think like him are supportive? Wake up. These are kids.

"Amit Paley, the executive director of the Trevor Project, noted that his organization often hears from “LGBTQ young people who have thoughts of suicide, or feel unsafe or unloved at school or home — just for being who they are.” “We know how challenging coming out can be at any age, especially in environments that may include risk factors for increased rates of discrimination, rejection and bullying,” Paley said in a statement shared with NBC News. “We encourage adults who interact with youth to learn more about LGBTQ competent suicide prevention and risk detection, and to remind LGBTQ youth that they are never alone, that their lives have value, and are loved,” Paley said."

The LGBTQ community has a right to live in peace. When will you idiots finally smarten up?

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.

4-19-19

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

"When no one from his class came to a 9-year-old Michigan boy’s birthday party, local police officers stepped up to make his celebration extra special. The Grand Rapids Police Department wrote in a Facebook post that Officer Lynema spotted a young boy, Thomas Daniel, running after a school bus he had just missed. Lynema then received permission from Thomas' mother to take him to school. Lynema found out it was Thomas' 9th birthday that day, and that he feared no one from his class would come to his party later that evening, as he was bullied in school. Thomas invited Lynema to his party, and when Lynema showed up later that day, he saw that “unfortunately Thomas' fears came true,” according to police. Lynema and Thomas’ siblings were the only ones who attended. Police said Officer Lynema took matters into his own hands the next day, surprising Thomas as he got off the school bus with a new party complete with a Krispy Kreme donut cake, gifts and a singing quartet. Thomas called it the “best birthday ever,” according to police. “No kid should get bullied, and no kid should worry if anyone will come to the party,” the Grand Rapids Police Department wrote on Facebook. “Next year Thomas Daniel, make sure you drop us that invite a little sooner. We wouldn't want to miss it!”

Class act. Best of the best in policing. Hat's off.

Bullying is a societal problem. We need to do better. Far better.

4-19-19

The following is a stunning example of a most determined effort to survive by man's best friend. Seatbelts on. CBS News reports:

"A dog found swimming more than 135 miles from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely to land. A worker on the rig belonging to Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Vitisak Payalaw, said on his Facebook page that they saw the dog swimming toward the platform last Friday. He said they were lucky to spot it because if there had been waves it probably would not have been visible. Payalaw posted a video to his Facebook account, showing the rescued dog. "His eyes were so sad. He just kept looking up just like he wanted to say, 'Please help me,'" Payalaw told CNN. "At that moment, whoever saw this, they would just have to help."

No kidding.

The dog made it to the platform, clinging to the support structure below deck without barking or whimpering, Payalaw wrote. The crew managed to lower a rope and secure it around the dog's neck and haul it up. Vitisak said they speculated the dog might have fallen off a fishing trawler, and dubbed it Boon Rod, or Survivor. The dog was delivered by boat to the southern port of Songkhla on Monday and was declared in good shape after being taken to the animal protection group Watchdog Thailand. Payalaw said if the dog was unclaimed, he would like to take it to his home in northeast Thailand."

Think the dog wouldn't be more than willing?

4-19-19

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:

... 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:

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.

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

4-19-19

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 fifty six weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

4-19-19

Amazing how law enforcement never seems to smarten up. ABC News reports:

"The actions of two former Chicago school resource officers toward a 16-year-old student, including dragging her down a flight of stairs and Tasering her three times, are being further called into question after the release of new surveillance video on Thursday."

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it? Same old, same old. Nothing ever seems to change.

"Dnigma Howard, 16, had allegedly disobeyed a teacher who told her to put her phone away when she was kicked out of class in the early February incident. Her father, Laurentio Howard, has come to John Marshall Metropolitan High School to pick up his daughter when a confrontation between the teen and two school police officers deteriorated into a physical fight. In cellphone video shared days later, Howard can be seen at the bottom of a flight of stairs, kicking out at the officers -- one male and one female -- but it's unclear what led up to the incident."

Here's the problem:

"School surveillance video newly released by Chicago ABC station WLS on Thursday tells a different story than what police said at the time -- that the 16-year-old began fighting the officers. Instead, in the surveillance video, Dnigma Howard and an officer can be seen standing at the top of the stairs when the officer grabbed her and tackled her to the ground, then dragged her down the stairs by one leg."

Jesus Christ. Insane, jackbooted nazi motherf--ker.

Gets worse. Far worse:

"(WLS) A school resource officer at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago can be seen dragging a 16-year-old girl down a flight of stairs in a February incident. Two officers were reassigned after the confrontation. "In the video you can see they pull her by the leg down the stairs, the whole flight of stairs," Laurentio Howard, who was standing by as his daughter was punched and Tased, told WLS. "I thought maybe they were going to try to choke her out or she would lose consciousness or something like that," he added. "They had their foot on her chest. She has asthma, she's telling me she can't breathe." The initial cellphone video did not fully show the actions of the police officers at the bottom of the stairs as they moved out of view. In the new video, they can be seen pinning her to the ground, throwing several punches and eventually using a stun gun on her three times."

Trying to kill her?

"Both officers were reassigned in the wake of the incident, Chicago police said in February. A police spokesman said the officer[s] have been assigned to "different duties with the district."

Why weren't they fired? They're not fit. Why haven't they been arrested?

"The Civilian Office of Police Accountability "has not given us a recommendation to relieve them of police powers as of yet," the spokesman added. One of the officers is currently on medical leave, the spokesman added."

Why are you dragging your feet?

"We hold our officers to the highest level of professional standards."

Clearly, you don't.

"CPD will remain guided by the facts of the investigation," the department said in a statement. "Due to the fact that this incident is currently under the jurisdiction of COPA for the purpose of an independent investigation, we cannot comment on the specifics of the incident or the investigation."

Standard line of bullshit falsely, disingenuously promulgated by all law enforcement. No more than an excuse to wind up doing nothing. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" -- Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit. So what else is new, right? LOL.

"Dnigma Howard was initially charged with two felony counts for aggravated battery against a peace officer. Those charges were later dropped by the State's Attorney's Office."

Surprised? Why? Standard operating procedure in a de facto fascist police-state.

"The Board of Education and the Chicago Police Department continue to fail our children," Howard's lawyer, Andrew M. Stroth, said. "An unarmed, 16-year-old girl was beaten, kicked, punched and Tasered by Officers Johnnie Pierre and Sherry Tripp at Marshall High School. The Inspector General's report and the Consent Decree have made clear recommendations to effectively address the issue of police in school." Stroth also called on Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot to "address this important issue and make our schools safe."

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.

4-19-19

No justice. Bullshit excuses. ABC News reports:

"A Pennsylvania police officer will not face charges for accidentally shooting a suspect in the stomach inside a police station last month, the district attorney announced Friday."

Nazi justice.

"Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub declined to press charges against a New Hope, Pennsylvania, police officer who apparently meant to pull out his Taser, but instead drew his gun and shot a suspect inside an interview room. The suspect, Brian Riling, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but survived."

His lucky day. At least, didn't wind up murdered by the achingly incompetent jackbooted son of a bitch. -- This officer is a clueless idiot. Keystone Kop.

"This was an honest mistake, with an unfortunate consequence," Weintraub told Philadelphia ABC station WPVI."

Think so? Or, no more than a bullshit excuse to protect and coddle an idiot? Readers are advised the stun gun was not where it was supposed to be on the officer's service belt, -- in direct violation of department regulations.

"Weintraub added, "The conduct was neither justified nor criminal, but excused because the officer honestly believed that he was using his Taser when he shot Mr. Riling in the stomach."

That's just bullshit. Blatant excuse that rings achingly hollow. No more than determined, convoluted, concerted rationalization of the hopelessly irrational. To protect and coddle an idiot. Par for the course, currently, in law enforcement, however. Reason? Logic? What's that? Gone.

"Surveillance video from inside the police department shows Riling drop something "consistent with a drug baggie," according to police, on the ground while adjusting his belt and jeans. He steps on the baggie and then gets into a scuffle with two officers when they try to remove his foot from on top of the object. Riling is described as a "fit" 6-foot-4, 240-pound construction worker in the district attorney's release."

Two supposedly highly-trained jackbooted bastards in blue couldn't handle this guy without burnishing a weapon? Give me a break.

"One of the officers shouts "Taser!" and reaches to his right hip, but instead draws his service weapon and fires one shot into Riling's midsection. Riling collapses on the ground, holding his stomach, as the two officers immediately leave the cramped interrogation room. Riling initially isn't clear what happened, shouting at the officer, "Was that a gun? You shot me with a gun?"

They left the room? Did not immediately provide care? Give me a break. What the f--k is going on here?

"Weintraub wrote that the officer -- who is not being named as charges were not filed -- would have been justified in using his stun gun."

You're protecting and coddling the incompetent jackbooted son of a bitch. -- Instead of firing him. This shit is precisely why law enforcement cannot be trusted. Has no credibility.

"According to section 304 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, "a person has a defense to a criminal charge if he makes a mistake as a matter of fact for which there is a reasonable explanation or excuse."

You appear to have conveniently manufactured one. LOL.

"Riling had been taken into custody for charges of retaliation against a victim and simple assault, according to police."

Excuses shooting him? LOL.

"The officer retired on April 10 and was lauded by the district attorney."

Unf--king believable. LOL. Kangaroo justice. No independence between the prosecution and law enforcement. None. Precisely, why there is no faith and trust in the system. None. Can't be. Not under present circumstances. It's all a goddamned ruse, sham, charade.

"What I can say, to be fair, is the numbers of letters of support over his lengthy career far outweighed the very minor infractions he may have had in his historical past," Weintraub told WPVI."

Expect him to claim anything less? Especially, in light of such a highly questionable shooting.

"The district attorney notes the officer was wearing his stun gun in the wrong spot, and not in accordance with department policy."

Then why the f--k didn't you prosecute him? Certainly, wouldn't have afforded such consideration to anyone other than a jackbooted thug in blue. Why are these incompetent pieces of shit effectively granted carte blanche to f--k up when the same slack is not afforded an ordinary civilian?

"The New Hope Police Department released a statement, saying, "The Department thanks District Attorney Weintraub and the members of his office for their thorough investigation and report. The Police Department has no further information to release, and no further comment on this matter."

Convenient, isn't it? This goddamned prosecutor is no more than a shill for corrupt, abusive, incompetent law enforcement. LOL. Nazi justice. Precisely, why there is no faith and trust in law enforcement.

"Riling is due in court for a preliminary hearing on his charges Monday, according to the Bucks County Courier Times."

Delusionally believe he'll receive justice?

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

4-19-19

Time for desperately needed change. Consider the following needless tragedy. All due to piss-poor officer training. NPR reports:

"Working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, like Down syndrome or autism, can be complex and challenging even for those with years of training. But one group — law enforcement — often encounters people with these conditions in high-stress situations, with little or no training at all."

That's a problem. A big problem. Makes the clueless jackbooted bastards in law enforcement look like abject idiots. ... Not that they need any more help. LOL. Conversely, to the families who have pointlessly, needlessly just lost a loved one to a murderous jackbooted son of a bitch, it's a catastrophe that never ends. Never goes away.

"Patti Saylor knows all too well what the consequences of that can be. Her son Ethan, who had Down syndrome, died after an encounter with law enforcement when he was 26. It's a tragedy she believes could have been prevented."

No question. Officers need proper training to deal with those who have disabilities or are suffering from mental illness.

"In January 2013, Ethan went to see the movie Zero Dark Thirty at a mall in Frederick County, Md. Afterward, when his support aide went to get the car, Ethan went back inside to try to see the movie a second time, but he didn't buy a new ticket. Three off-duty sheriff's deputies, who were working as security guards, confronted him. "He didn't cooperate, of course," Patti Saylor says. "He didn't want to leave. At that point, I believe, he wouldn't know what was going on."

That's right. With proper training and education, however, officers would have understood what they were dealing with. Would have known how to handle the situation.

"According to a civil lawsuit filed by Ethan's parents, the deputies "tried to drag him from the theater," and Ethan "ended up on the floor with at least one deputy on top of him." The deputies said Ethan was asked to leave before they took him by the arms. They denied any wrongdoing in the case, which reached a settlement last year."

Clearly, they're clueless, ignorant assholes. Not fit to wear the uniform. Too hopelessly stupid to be in law enforcement.

"There on the floor of the movie theater, Ethan stopped breathing. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. His death, from asphyxia, was ruled a homicide. A Frederick County grand jury cleared the deputies of criminal charges."

That's, usually, precisely how it goes. The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are protected, coddled. Not held accountable. Exactly, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that adjudicates only these cases. Total independence.

"Ever since, Patti Saylor has been fighting to change the way law enforcement personnel are trained when encountering people like Ethan. She says families like hers — with firsthand knowledge — have a unique perspective. "We know something the police don't know," Patti Saylor says. "I felt like we needed to teach them, and then hold them accountable."

The officers who killed your son were too hopelessly stupid to benefit from better training. Have no business in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Ethan Saylor's death highlighted the lack of training many law enforcement officers have when it comes to people with intellectual or developmental disabilities."

A problem throughout the entire country.

"Instead, much of their training revolves around how to gain and maintain control of a situation. Police training programs nationwide spend, on average, 168 hours teaching officers about use of force, weapons and defensive tactics, according to the most recent statistics from the Justice Department. That compares with only 10 hours spent on mental illness, for example. For that report, the government did not track the training time devoted to intellectual and developmental disabilities."

Fascinating, isn't it? Indicative of their priorities.

Here's precisely the problem in a nutshell:

"Police training often creates the mindset: "I am the boss. You do what I tell you to do," says Seth Stoughton, a former police officer and now a University of South Carolina law professor who studies police regulation. "And if someone doesn't do what I tell them to do, it is indicative of a potential threat."

Exactly, why these gutless bastards are so quick to murder on the job. Called the 'police mentality.' Precisely, why these criminal jackbooted bastards present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"Experts say people with intellectual disabilities may have trouble processing those orders. They may struggle to follow directions or manage emotions."

That's right. No question. Officers need to be aware of this.

"It's not always noncompliance. It's not always resistance. Sometimes it's inability," Stoughton explains. "The officer very often will perceive that inability as a refusal."

That's also quite correct. Precisely, why officers need to be better educated. -- Have a college degree in criminal justice, an advanced degree in sociology, psychology, etc. Or vice versa. Need to be far better paid.

"Some police training addresses intellectual and developmental disabilities within what is known as crisis intervention training, which largely focuses on mental illness and substance abuse. At least 27 states and the District of Columbia require officers to be taught how to respond to someone with mental health or substance abuse issues, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Stoughton says the skills taught in those types of training — good communication skills, practicing patience, and earning a person's cooperation — may apply when responding to a person with an intellectual or developmental disability. But, he says, the signs of a mental health crisis don't always apply to someone with this type of disability. Without specific training on these disabilities, he says, an officer might not recognize that they should adjust their behavior."

Anything would be an improvement over the status quo.

"If we can provide a different perspective and give them different tools to use on the street, I just think that's great," says Percy Alston, the director of the college's Public Safety and Security Institute. Alston is responsible for training new and experienced police officers on how responding to people with these disabilities might be different than what officers are used to. He cites one very basic example: A lot of police officers don't like to be touched. "Once I put my uniform on, I'm like Superman; you can't touch my cape. But there are people with certain disabilities that do like to touch," Alston explains. "So them touching you is not going to be an assault." On a Friday morning at the police academy, Alston leads about a dozen officers through the first half of the class, and then the Loyola trainers role-play with some of the officers. In one scenario, trainer Elaina Camacho, who has autism, played a daughter who threatens her mom. Officer Joseph Powell, who works with the Prince George's County public schools, calmed Camacho down by doing something unusual: He asked to play her video game while they talked. Alston says that moment gets at the heart of what the class is all about. He knows that officers have to think fast and respond quickly, and they must protect their own safety. But when they encounter someone who has an intellectual or developmental disability, they may need to slow down and approach things in a different way."

... Not only with people who have intellectual or developmental disabilities, however, but with the general public at large. In other words, the nazi jackbooted 'police mentality' needs to go. It's counter productive. Endangers officers who already have enough to deal with.

"Patti Saylor believes that could have made the difference for Ethan. "So many police officers have asked me, what should they have done? And I said, 'Well, you've got to use your bag of tricks,' " she says. In Ethan's case, "if you really wanted him to leave, you may have said, 'let's go on out here and get a snack while we wait for your mother.' " "There's no magic pixie dust," she adds. "It is relationship."

That's right. Not only with the mentally disabled, moreover, but with the general public at large. Many officers are too damned achingly ignorant and/or gutless to understand this. Cowardly embrace the 'shoot first, ask questions later' mentality. Precisely, why we have an increasing number of innocent, unarmed civilians murdered by the 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.

4-19-19

The following is an example of concerted, determined, aggressive stupidity that makes absolutely no sense. Illustrative of a total lack of compassion, humanitarian concern, discretion, good judgment. CBS News reports:

"A mother is fighting a parking ticket she got after she pulled over to breastfeed her baby in New York City, CBS New York reported. Guillermina Rodriguez, a mother of four, was driving through midtown Manhattan on Thursday with her hungry three-week-old baby crying in the backseat. "There was an immense amount of traffic. It took me like 45 minutes to an hour to just get from 42nd to 30th Street," Rodriguez said. She found a space to pull over. "Even though I saw it was a commercial area I'm like, 'I'm not obstructing the traffic... Let me just stay there and I can breastfeed the baby there,'" the mother said. Rodriguez then climbed in the back seat, and a few minutes into nursing, an NYPD tow truck pulled up. "He's backing up to tow my truck, so as I am in this position breastfeeding now I jump over to the front seat to honk so he can see you know, like, 'Don't tow my truck, I'm in here.'" She said the ticket agent got out and walked over to her truck. "I'm actually breastfeeding on one side and pumping on the other so both my breasts are out, and I turn and I'm like, 'I'm breastfeeding the baby!'" Rodriguez said with a laugh. "And he kind of looks and he's like, 'Oh, OK,'… puts the ticket on the windshield and leaves."

Jesus Christ. Clueless, jackbooted piece of shit.

"The mother was slapped with a $115 ticket for standing in a commercial zone. The NYPD told CBS New York the traffic agent wrote the ticket before he saw Rodriguez was breastfeeding, and since traffic agents don't have authority to void tickets, his hands were tied. "I think they should've been a little bit more sensitive," Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said ticket agents should consider nursing urgent enough to exempt a fine. "I feel like getting them a little bit more educated on that area would be a lot more helpful," she said. Rodriguez plans to dispute the ticket and said she hopes the judge is a parent."

Had it been someone passed out in the vehicle due to a medical emergency, would they have simply towed the vehicle? Issued a ticket? Why didn't this piece of shit walk up to the truck, investigate before writing the ticket?

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.

4-19-19

Out of control, convoluted, racist 'justice.' NPR reports:

"Close to 2.2 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2016; author Emily Bazelon says prosecutors — not judges — are responsible for many of the prison sentences defendants receive. The U.S. prison population is booming. It is estimated nearly 2.2 million people were incarcerated in America in 2016, and as many people in the U.S. have criminal records as have graduated from four-year colleges. Journalist and Yale Law lecturer Emily Bazelon attributes America's high incarceration rates to prosecutors more than judges. She says that in the 1980s, when crime was on the rise, legislators across the country passed laws with mandatory minimum sentences that have disproportionately affected black and brown communities. "That set up prosecutors to be able to determine the punishment by the charge they bring in," Bazelon says. "And so we're still living with that change — even though crime has really fallen since that time."

Combine that with piss poor indigent legal defense that has nowhere near the resources of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue and their prosecutorial masters, it is no wonder so many are incarcerated for so many years on what amounts to chicken shit crimes. Then again, in a goddamned de facto fascist police-state to be expected. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Plea bargains keep the system moving much more quickly. They are far less time-consuming in terms of hours in court than a trial. And so you've really seen them take over the system. Justice Anthony Kennedy several years ago said for the Supreme Court that plea bargains were not an adjunct to the system, they really had become the entire system. When you think about the criminal justice system the founders of our country designed, that's just a sea change. Trial by jury — it's in the Constitution, written into the Sixth Amendment, [but there's] nothing about plea bargains."

Kangaroo justice.

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

4-19-19

Need a little comic relief? NBC News reports:

"The Washington County [Oregon] Sheriff's Office said in a statement Tuesday that a woman called to report a person was in her bathroom with the door locked and said she could "see shadows under the bathroom door." Seven minutes later, "multiple deputies" arrived at the home and requested K-9 backup, the statement said.

"Deputies ordered the person to come out of the locked bathroom but got no response. They needed to act. "With guns drawn, deputies open the door to encounter the suspect … an automated robot vacuum," the statement said. The statement added that the Roomba was performing a "very thorough vacuuming job." It's unclear if the Roomba has retained an attorney."

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.

4-19-19

We live in an insane world full of double standards, achingly convoluted laws. What do you think of the following? NBC News reports:

"New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David says fish aren't protected under related statues that define "animal." Charges have been dropped against a North Carolina man accused of leaving his pet fish behind without food when he was evicted. New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David told news outlets Tuesday that 53-year-old Michael Hinson is no longer charged with animal cruelty and abandonment. He says fish aren't protected under related statues that define "animal" as amphibians, reptiles, bird and mammals, excluding humans. Officials say Hinson was evicted from his Wilmington home last month and left behind an unhealthy Oscar fish in a dirty tank. He was arrested last week after officials found the 6-inch fish, which is being nursed back to health at an aquarium store. Sheriff's Lt. Jerry Brewer said this was the county's first animal cruelty case involving a fish."

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.

4-19-19

The following is remarkable. Certainly, a different way of handling a persistent problem. CBS News reports:

"On Saturday night at a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, store owner Jay Singh spotted someone who made him suspicious. "You can see he's turning here, putting stuff in his pocket," he said. Singh told an employee to call 911, and then he confronted the customer."

Did he ever. It's how he did it that's so remarkable:

"He said, 'Oh, I'll put it back.' I said 'No, put everything on the counter. I want to see all the things that you have,'" Singh said. He wanted him to answer a simple question: Why was he stealing? "He said, 'I'm hungry. I'm stealing it for myself and my younger brother.' I said you need food? I'll give you food. That's not a problem," Singh said. So he did, filling a bag with food for free and waving off the 911 call."

Considering the circumstances, would you?

"Singh said there was no point in getting the young thief arrested. "He's a young kid. That will go on his record that he was a thief. He cannot do anything in his life. He will not get a good job. This will not solve his hunger problem," Singh said."

Think there's no truth to that? Enlightenment, -- or stupidity? You decide.

"Across the counter, Cedric Bishop was a witness. He thought what he saw was amazing, so he shared it on Facebook. "There was over 1,000 shares. Brought tears to my eyes honestly," Bishop said. For Singh, he had a simple reason for why he did what he did. "It's basically our Indian culture that if you give food to a hungry person, that's considered like God will bless you for that," he said."

Certainly, the Christian thing to do as well. So is forgiveness. Forget?

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.

4-19-19

The following would be extremely difficult for any father, but particularly, a sheriff's deputy who stood tall. NPR reports:

"Police have arrested the son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy as a suspect in connection with three historically black churches that were torched in recent days. Officials identified the suspect as Holden Matthews, a 21-year-old white male from St. Landry Parish, a small community about an hour west of Baton Rouge. "I don't know what this young man's motive was. I don't know what was in his heart," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference Thursday morning. "But I can say it cannot be justified or rationalized. These were evil acts." Matthews was charged with state crimes on three counts of simple arson of a religious building, said Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning. Each charge has a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz told reporters that the suspect's father, Deputy Roy Matthews, "was shocked and hurt, as any father would be." The deputy knew nothing about his son's alleged activities, Guidroz said. "And when I had to call him in and we sat him down and told him what we wanted him here for, he broke down." But the elder Matthews did help authorities with his son's arrest late Wednesday, about 12 hours after investigators concluded Holden Matthews had been involved in the fires, the sheriff said."

CBS News reports:

"Police arrested the 21-year-old son of a sheriff's deputy in connection to fires at three historically black churches in one Louisiana Parish in just 10 days. CBS News has learned it was the suspect's father, Deputy Roy Matthews, who turned him in to authorities. The fires were devastating to the St. Landry Parish community. Investigators arrested suspect Holden Matthews Wednesday evening. He was charged Thursday morning with three counts of simple arson of a religious building. The maximum penalty for each count is 15 years in prison. Matthews' social media shows he had an interest in black metal music and is the lead singer for a band called Vodka Vultures. Records show Matthews lives in Saint Landry Parish, where the churches burned just a few miles apart. Police have not yet revealed a motive. The churches were empty at the time of each fire and no one was hurt. Earlier this week, the NAACP said the church burnings were "domestic terrorism," targeting people because of their skin color and faith. Attacks on black churches have long been used as a way to intimidate the black community, most notably during the civil rights era. Though police in Saint Landry Parish have heightened security at nearby churches, parishioners have not stopped their Sunday worship and all the pastors say they will rebuild."

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.

4-19-19

In follow up to an earlier edition, NBC Universal reports:

"A federal appeals court in California took action Friday [4-12-19] that would temporarily allow the Trump administration to return asylum seekers to Mexico. The decision is in response to the Trump administration's emergency motion filing from Thursday asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco to stop a nationwide injunction that would bar the government from continuing its policy of forcing migrants to wait in Mexico as their asylum cases play out. The court asked that opposition to the emergency motion be filed by Tuesday, 9 a.m. local time. The government's motion said the injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg rested on "serious errors of law" and blocked an initiative "designed to address the dramatically escalating burdens of unauthorized migration." The administration had asked for an administrative stay that would take place immediately and remain in place while the court considers the issue of a longer stay while the appeals process plays out in a possibly months-long process. The American Civil Liberties Union had asked the court earlier Friday to deny the emergency request that would keep in place the administration's policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico while they wait for court dates. In response to the judge's decision Friday evening, Judy Rabinovitz, who argued the case for the ACLU, said, "this is just an interim step while the court considers the government's stay request." "We're very disappointed in the 9th Circuit's decision and we hope that the stay will be short-lived," Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said Friday night. The group is part of the lawsuit seeking to stop the policy. "The plaintiffs and others like them are very vulnerable to harm in Mexico and should be able to pursue their asylum claims in the United States," she added."

The Court seems to be in the pocket of the Trump nazi and his henchmen, -- at least on this issue.

"The organizations seeking to stop the policy of returning migrants to Mexico said in a brief earlier Friday that the government's request should be denied and that there was not "sufficient urgency" to warrant an administrative stay. "The government should not be allowed to manufacture the need for an emergency administrative stay by failing to timely file a stay request," the brief said."

Amazing how convoluted all this has become.

The following is the perspective of an immigration judge. The Washington Post reports:

"Dana Leigh Marks has been a sitting immigration judge in San Francisco since 1987 and is writing this in her capacity as president emerita of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

"Every day, in 60 courts throughout the country, roughly 400 immigration judges sit to decide the fates of thousands of people. Our courtrooms can be almost anywhere: in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, in federal courthouses or in leased commercial office spaces — like mine in the heart of the financial district in San Francisco. Walking by, you wouldn’t know what is going on inside. What occurs in immigration courts is probably the most mysterious of all legal processes in our country. The reason: These are administrative courts, part of the Justice Department rather than the judicial branch. The rules we operate under are written by political appointees, not by judges, and often favor the government."

Refreshing honesty. Breath of fresh air.

"Our courts’ decisions are life-changing. We rule on whether a person is a U.S. citizen, whether a noncitizen can qualify for a status that allows him or her to remain in this country, or whether a person has violated our laws and must be forced to leave. Our decisions may cause the separation of parents and children or husbands and wives, because the law gives judges no discretion to allow someone to remain in our country based solely on hardship or humanitarian reasons. And, at times, the decisions can amount to a death sentence, such as when we deny an application for asylum because the law does not protect all those who find themselves in harm’s way back home."

Fascinating, isn't it? More so? Get this:

"Many Americans may be surprised to learn there is no such thing as “anchor babies,” because U.S. citizens must be over 21 years old to sponsor a parent; that marrying a U.S. citizen does not guarantee the spouse U.S. citizenship; or that there is no statute of limitations under our immigration laws, meaning long-term lawful residents can be deported for relatively minor convictions. And that’s true even if the crime occurred decades ago. People in immigration court proceedings do not have the right to appointed counsel, even if they are minors. Forty percent of people in our courts cannot find lawyers to represent them, and almost all — about 85 percent — speak a language other than English , making self-representation an insurmountable task. The legal provisions that we apply have been compared to tax law in their complexity and can test even the most experienced attorneys."

This, the kind of country you want to live in? Where justice is kangaroo in nature? Where there is no due process as required by the United States Constitution? Clearly, also, the system has grown far too complex. Unwieldy. Right Wing nazi.

"Many of the flaws in our operations stem from the fact that we are administrative courts located within a law enforcement agency, so crucial decisions are made by officials with little or no experience as judges. It is time to change that."

Time to separate not only administrative courts, but all courts from law enforcement. Without true separation, as currently the status quo unfortunately, the courts remain hopelessly jaded, designedly in the pocket of law enforcement. No more than ersatz, kangaroo justice in reality. Raw nazism.

"The volume of work can be overwhelming. Some of our judges carry caseloads of 5,000 cases or more, usually with limited support staff. Because we work for the Justice Department, we are directed how to arrange our dockets and micromanaged about how much time we spend on cases. Beginning in October of last year, judges were ordered to complete 700 cases each year or risk a less-than-satisfactory performance evaluation, which can cost a judge his or her job. This is not how a court should be run. Attorney General William P. Barr told Congress this week that he is hoping to boost the number of judges in our courtrooms from around 425 to 535 over the next few years and for a commensurate boost in lawyers and clerks. We desperately need the help."

Clearly, you're not going to get it under the Trump nazi and his henchmen. Also, these courts must not be beholden to the 'Justice' Department. Need to be truly independent. Otherwise, there is no justice. No more than a rubber stamp for jackbooted nazi government.

"But more than that, we need to be free to be independent judges, not be monitored and rated like assembly-line workers. We must be allowed to use our expertise to decide our cases without interference. The current structure detracts from due process and makes people doubt the fairness of the courts we preside over. We need skilled, experienced, neutral managers who understand how to run a court and make transparency, independence and public access paramount — not administrators who want to keep the trains running on time above all else."

That's right. No question. Since what you state makes sense, Judge, truly believe it has any chance with Trump in office?

"A number of lawyers’ organizations and scholars agree, and endorse the creation of an Article I Immigration Court. It would free our courts from the political influences of both the Justice and Homeland Security departments and the political whims of each new administration. It would allow a reliable funding stream from Congress to assure we have the resources needed to address our burgeoning caseload in a timely manner. It would mean that neutral judges would use their skills to make the rules and assure a level playing field for all. An independent immigration court will be an efficient and effective court that provides an example to the world of the superiority of the American justice system. We can and must fix this fatal flaw now."

Think there's any chance of that happening in a de facto fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich?

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.

4-12-19

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:

... "Jesus Christ. Abject, unadulterated, galling bullshit. You covered up the bastard's identity. Failed to fire him.

How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

... 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:

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.

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

4-12-19

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 fifty five weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

4-12-19

Think 'justice' isn't ass backwards, achingly convoluted? The Washington Post reports:

"On the night when a gun was pulled, punches were thrown and car windows smashed, transforming Dallas into the latest flash point of criminal justice and race relations, everything began with a traffic dispute. L’Daijohnique Lee was going the wrong way down a one-way street in the Deep Ellum neighborhood on March 21. She was dropping off a friend, she said. Austin Shuffield, 30, was trying to leave a parking lot. He tried to take a picture of her license plate. Lee, 24, threatened to mace him if he didn’t back away, WFAA reported, citing a police affidavit. A bystander video captured what happened next. Shuffield, who is white, clutches a pistol at his side and steps toward Lee, who is black. She pulls out her phone to dial 911. Shuffield swats the phone to the ground, and Lee connects a punch. Then Shuffield winds up for at least five hard blows to Lee’s head, sending her reeling. Then he kicks her phone down the street. The video roared across social media and prompted calls for serious charges against Shuffield. But a felony charge landed first for Lee — the assault victim."

Surprised? Why? We live in a de facto fascist police-state. Forget?

"Lee was charged Tuesday with felony criminal mischief after allegedly smashing the windows of Shuffield’s truck after the incident. That decision triggered more protests in Dallas, including one planned at city hall Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported, as the video and Lee’s story spread. On Wednesday, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said Lee’s warrant was recalled. “The case has been declined for prosecution,” said Kimberlee Leach, a spokeswoman for the office. It was not immediately clear why."

Imagine that.

"The initial felony charge for Lee raised questions about whether it was appropriate for an assault victim."

Matters not in a fascist police-state. Forget?

“She’s obviously in distress. You can’t consider these things outside of context,” said her attorney S. Lee Merritt, who criticized authorities for filing a felony charge against Lee before they focused on Shuffield. Shuffield has been referred for a felony assault charge to the Dallas County district attorney’s office to consider for a grand jury, police said. He has not been formally charged with any felonies. “We understand that some people are upset,” Dallas Deputy Police Chief Thomas Castro said in a news conference Tuesday, when he announced the now-dropped charges. “It’s not the intention of the Dallas Police Department to pick one side or the other. We simply had information that was provided to us on a criminal offense.”

That right? Think so? LOL.

"Police first charged Shuffield with public intoxication, interfering with an emergency call and assault — all misdemeanors. But following a public outcry, an additional charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon was added on March 28. That is also a misdemeanor, Dallas police spokeswoman Sgt. Nicole Watson said. The recommendation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was made on the same day. An attorney for Shuffield, J.R. Cook, declined to comment. Shuffield told detectives days later he feared for his life after Lee allegedly threatened to have friends shoot him, WFAA reported."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break.

"Lee also spoke about her fears from the encounter. “All I could do was try to protect myself. He literally sat there and beat me like a man,” Lee told WFAA soon after the incident. At the news conference Tuesday, Castro was asked by a reporter if it was typical for crime victims to later be charged for what came after the crime. He appeared to wince. “Each case is unique. Each case has its own set of circumstances,” he said."

You think? 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.

4-12-19

Amazing how police can kill with virtual impunity. ABC News reports:

"A Florida sheriff's deputy won't face charges in the high-speed crash that killed a 15-year-old boy earlier this year, prosecutors said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy Philip Montesi was driving 21 mph over the speed limit in January when he slammed into young Josiah Pinner, killing him on the scene, but county's state attorney said "speed alone" isn't enough to justify criminal charges."

Jesus Christ. Had it been an ordinary civilian, think he or she would have been so lucky? Goddamned double standard. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The Hillsborough County State's Attorney's Office announced the decision on Tuesday, ending a months-long review of the sheriff's office's previous findings."

A goddamned whitewash. ... Right, Sheriff?

"My office’s determination that Deputy Montesi did not commit any crime in connection with this matter does not minimize the tragedy of Josiah Pinner’s death," Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement. "Although the evidence establishes that Deputy Montesi was driving above the speed limit at the time of the accident, Florida law holds that speed alone is insufficient to establish vehicular homicide."

Jesus Christ. Had it been a civilian, you shyster bastard, you would have found a way to criminally prosecute. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" You bastards protect your own. Can't be trusted. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence.

"Montesi, 29, said he was speeding to catch up with other deputies when he swerved his vehicle on Jan. 11 to avoid hitting Josiah's friend, who was walking his bike across the road, but he ended up hitting Josiah, who was walking behind him."

Forget? The son of a bitch was speeding.

"The office's decision concluded a months-long review that could have ended with Montesi facing charges of vehicular homicide or other charges for leaving the scene of a fatal accident."

Jesus Christ. No justice. A whitewash. Anything to protect and coddle the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Warren said the officer drove through the Tampa intersection where the accident occurred, but he "promptly turned his car around" when he realized what happened."

Big of him. Shouldn't have been speeding. The son of a bitch is directly responsible for this death. Yet, held to a different standard than the rest of the public.

"Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister placed the officer on a five-day suspension, without pay, for Sheriff's Office Standard Operating Procedure for speeding even though he wasn't involved in an emergency operation."

Jesus Christ. How can there be any faith or trust in law enforcement when this shit goes on and there is no criminal accountability?

"However, the boy's family said the penalty wasn't harsh enough and called for Montesi to be fired and charged."

Goddamned right. Needs to be accorded very same treatment any civilian would have been accorded. A double standard.

"That’s what makes me angry, he took my son and only got a five-day suspension," Jesse Pinner, Josiah's dad told ABC affiliate WFTS on Tuesday. "That just shows you how that badge protects them."

That's right. Precisely, why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

"His grandmother, Tammy Pinner, echoed that sentiment. "They are defending one of their own," Tammy Pinner said. "We would be charged with speeding, careless driving, everything that he hasn’t been charged with we would be charged with."

That's right. No question. This prosecutor is protecting one of his own. That's a problem. A big problem. No separation between prosecutors and the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The sheriff's office did not respond to ABC News' request for comment, but it told local media outlets that it agreed with the decision not to file charges. “My heart pours out to this family, but if this was any other citizen that would’ve been in the deputy’s shoes that night, in that car, the findings would’ve been the same,” Chronister told WTVT on Wednesday. “There’s no criminal wrongdoing, so I understand they want the deputy in prison. That’s just not the case.”

... Hear the rumble?

Sue the living shit out of the deputy, department, and city. Soak 'em for all you can get.

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.

4-12-19

Racist officers remain ubiquitous in law enforcement. ABC News reports:

"A black man in Colorado said he hasn't slept well since he was traumatized by a group of white police officers who held him at gunpoint and detained him while he was picking up trash in front of his home. Zayd Atkinson, 26, said it's been more than a month since a group of officers racially profiled him in a predominantly white neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado, but he's still fighting to overcome the "traumatic experience." "I thought that once the firearm was out that that meant that he was going to try to kill me," Atkinson told "Good Morning America" in an interview airing Friday. "It was a frightening experience. I didn't know what else to do besides, you know, to fight with my voice and to practice my rights, which were thoroughly being breached."

Ongoing issue in a de facto fascist police-state Adolf and Benito certainly would have been proud of. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Atkinson was holding a bucket and a metal trash picker in front of his residence on March 1, when a Boulder police officer confronted him and asked him if he was permitted to be there."

Jesus Christ.

"He said he gave the officer his ID and key card for the building, but the situation escalated as Atkinson refused to acquiesce when the officer ordered for him to sit down. The officer eventually pulled out his gun and called for backup. Several officers responded, including a supervisor, according to the police department."

Jackbooted nazi storm troopers. ... Right, Sheriff?

"I had not done anything illegal therefore there was no reason for me to comply," Atkinson told "GMA." "I continued to go back to work and pick up trash and clean up my grounds." At one point, Atkinson said he turned his back and walked around to the back of the building as the officer followed him with a Taser in his hand, he said. "I believe that this man had approached me because I'm a black male in an all white town. … I thoroughly believe I was profiled," Atkinson said. "Not only that you know I'm a black man, I have dreads. At the time I had a beard and I was wearing raggedy clothes." Atkinson said he's had trouble sleeping since the incident. "I was suffering with a lot of anxiety, a lot of depression. I was having very strange dreams and couldn't really sleep," Atkinson said."

Sue the living shit out of the jackbooted motherf--kers. Only thing the hopelessly ignorant bastards understand.

"The incident sparked outrage as video of the encounter made the rounds on social media. The Boulder Police Department said it placed the first officer on administrative leave while it investigated the incident."

How about the others? Got a free ride?

"Officers ultimately determined that the man had a legal right to be on the property and returned the man’s school identification card," the department said in a statement last month. "Boulder police began looking into the incident on Friday and early this morning launched an official internal affairs investigation."

Fox guarding the chicken coop. Time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence.

"Atkinson believes he was "penalized for practicing my rights," and his attorney, Siddhartha Rathod, said the officer's punishment doesn't reflect that."

Never does. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The officer's on a paid vacation right now; he's on a taxpayer paid vacation and he's at home being paid now for pointing a gun at a black man," Rathod told "GMA." "He's at home being paid for racially profiling Zayd for illegally stopping him and for threatening his life."

Goddamned right. Jackbooted savage in blue. Human excrement unfit to wear the uniform. ... Right, Sheriff?

"He called the incident a reflection of a larger racial problem within Boulder, which is about 81 percent white and less than 2 percent black, according to census data. "This is an all-white community that has historically treated minority communities differently. It has historically had problems with minority communities," Rathod said. "There is a problem with law enforcement's interaction with minority communities."

All over the country. All races.

"Atkinson said he's trying to work through the painful incident and wants to meet with city officials to start a dialogue about their policies and officer training. "There are instances like this where people don't come out alive. I'm blessed that I got out alive and unharmed," he said. "It definitely brings fear to my heart knowing that some people don't survive. "But I'm not surprised that this happened to me and I won't be surprised if it happens again tomorrow, or the next day, until we do something about it," he added."

Sue.

... 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.

4-12-19

More of the same. Amazing how law enforcement seems incapable of smartening up. NBC News reports:

"A police officer in Richmond, Virginia, who recently told black students outside of a city middle school, "Wait until your asses turn 18, then you're mine," must undergo remedial training, according to the interim police chief."

Why the hell wasn't this unfit jackbooted son of a bitch fired?

"The Richmond Police Department launched an internal investigation after a video clip of the incident was shared on Facebook. The video has been viewed more than 50,000 times."

Delusionally believe this doesn't reinforce the fact law enforcement is jackbooted nazi?

"Richmond Police interim chief William C. Smith, in a statement late last week, apologized to the citizens of Richmond, the students involved and their parents."

Not good enough. Nowhere near. Fails to get at the root of the problem. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"His actions do not reflect the values, training, or policies of the department," he said."

They don't? Then why the f--k didn't you fire the unfit jackbooted son of a bitch? ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

Not a question of training. It's a matter of mentality, -- the police-mentality. No amount of training will change this. These pieces of human excrement need to be fired. Then, banned from law enforcement. Not allowed to become another community's problem.

"The department concluded both an internal investigation of the video and a disciplinary recommendation for the officer, which resulted in him being reassigned to another area of the city to ensure there is no appearance of bias or retaliation within the community, Smith said."

This son of a bitch will wind up becoming a problem no matter where he goes. Needs to be permanently banned from law enforcement. Not qualified.

"The department has not identified the officer but said he is white."

Jesus Christ. Why are you protecting his identity? The public has a right to this information so it can protect itself.

"In his 15-year tenure, the officer had received one complaint prior to the incident and has served in various areas of the city, Smith said, adding that he had expressed regret for his actions."

So what? Didn't want to lose his job. Wake up.

"He voluntarily requested to be given the opportunity to speak to and apologize to the parents," Smith said. "While these facts don’t minimize the incident, they do give you totality of the person."

The hell they do. This piece of crap clearly desperately didn't want to lose his job.

"Keisha Curry, whose daughter Cameron Hillard recorded the video March 28 outside of Albert Hill Middle School, told NBC News on Sunday that Smith's response is concerning. "Not letting the public know who the officer is doesn't allow any other individuals the opportunity to speak out if they were mistreated by him before," she said. "Everyone knows we didn't want him fired based on this encounter, but how can this behavior be fully investigated by only doing an internal investigation, when the verbal threat was done in the community?" Curry said she would still like to meet with the officer."

Much too forgiving of this behavior. By sitting on his identity, law enforcement ensures no one else can come forward. Delusionally believe that wasn't the intention? Lack of transparency is ubiquitous throughout all law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Cameron, 13, said she was among a group of students walking to an after-school program when the officer drove up in a patrol car. Someone said "f--- the police," according to the eighth-grader, but it was not her or her friends. The officer then told the group to "man up" and said: "Wait until your asses turn 18, then you're mine," before driving off."

Protected speech. Precisely, why the jackbooted bastard drove off. Not a smart thing to do on the part of the kid, however, since we do live in a goddamned de facto fascist police-state where law enforcement grants itself carte blanche to do as it pleases. In direct violation of the United States Constitution. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney had said the behavior depicted in the video was unacceptable and expressed confidence that the department would investigate the incident and respond accordingly."

It didn't. Quite the contrary. Protected and coddled the jackbooted bastard. Precisely, why there is never any real change. Just as you pieces of human excrement want it? ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Smith said he expects the disciplinary action applied and training provided to the officer will serve as a clear message of what the expectations are for all members of the force."

Delusional. Nowhere near that easy to change the 'police mentality.' ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" -- And, that's provided there is any real desire to change the status quo on the part of authorities.

"The Richmond Police Department is a community policing organization founded on transparency, accountability, and integrity," Smith said. "I will tell you when we get things right, and I will, as today, tell you when we get things wrong."

Jesus Christ. Abject, unadulterated, galling bullshit. You covered up the bastard's identity. Failed to fire him.

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.

4-12-19

Legalized theft courtesy of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. In follow up to an earlier edition of this publication, NPR reports:

"Tyson Timbs won his Supreme Court case in February, but he still doesn't have his Land Rover. "I want my truck back. I've always wanted it back," says Timbs, whose Land Rover was seized by police in Indiana. They took it after he was arrested for selling a small amount of heroin to undercover cops. He served a period of house arrest and probation for the drug crime — punishments he accepted. But Timbs never accepted that police were entitled to his $42,000 vehicle, which he'd bought with proceeds from an insurance settlement. "I thought it was kind of ridiculous that they could take my vehicle so easily," he says. And yet this kind of confiscation is common. Called "civil asset forfeiture," it was developed as a law enforcement tactic in the drug war of the 1980s. Authorities use the lower standard of proof of civil law to take property — usually cars or cash — based on the suspicion it's associated with crime. In Timbs' case, police suspected he'd used the Land Rover to transport heroin. Since the tactic was developed, billions of dollars in assets have been seized this way."

Legalized theft. The jackbooted bastards do as they please. Usually with impunity. There have been cases reported in this publication and elsewhere where innocent civilians have been legally robbed by these criminal sons of bitches. -- Civilians who have broken no laws.

"The technique attracts the ire of activists on the left and right, and occasionally it bursts into public view after especially egregious seizures."

When these jackbooted bastards steal, they need to be prosecuted. They're not. Line government coffers through theft. Common thieves in uniform.

"One of the most visible opponents of civil asset forfeiture is a libertarian-leaning nonprofit called the Institute for Justice. It has argued for years that the billions of dollars in forfeited property amounts to a system of "Policing for Profit." They took on Timbs' case, arguing that the seizure of the truck constituted an "excessive fine," in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. If we look at these forfeitures that are occurring today, many of them seem grossly disproportionate to the crimes being charged."

Called lining the pockets of outrageously corrupt, abusive, criminal government.

"During arguments last October, the justices seemed to agree that something is out of whack with forfeitures. "If we look at these forfeitures that are occurring today," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, "many of them seem grossly disproportionate to the crimes being charged." In February, the court ruled unanimously in Timbs' favor. But the victory was a narrow one. What constitutes an "excessive fine?" "It's a landmark ruling because it made clear that the states have to comply with the excessive fines clause" of the Bill of Rights, says Wesley Hottot, the Institute for Justice lawyer who argued the case. But what's still undetermined is what constitutes an "excessive fine." [T]here's no meat on the bones! And the meat will be when the Supreme Court defines what 'excessive' is. We're just not there yet."

That's all bullshit. It's no fine. It's nothing more than legalized theft. Convoluted rhetoric does not change that fact. In this case, it is theft of a personal vehicle that was not bought and paid for by the proceeds of crime. No different than someone walking into a store and shoplifting. Or, robbing a bank. Theft is theft. Just because these criminal pieces of shit wear a badge and uniform changes nothing. They're thieves.

"When someone contests a civil asset forfeiture, it costs time and money, for the prosecution, but also for the property owner. Because it's a civil case, no one is entitled to free legal representation, so challenging a forfeiture can quickly cost more in lawyer fees than the property is worth. "

Precisely, why the law needs to change to facilitate prosecution of theft perpetrated by law enforcement.

"That financial barrier means people often abandon their property to the state, rather than challenge a forfeiture. And, says Seattle attorney Hottot, that slows down the process of letting the courts determine what the protection against "excessive fines" really means."

"Excessive fines" my ass. it's theft. No more than convoluted bullshit that enables these jackbooted pieces of shit to steal.

"It's hard for the law to develop in a way that favors property owners when the amount in controversy is so much less than what it costs to litigate," Hottot says. "The more societally efficient remedy here is for lawmakers to fix this."

Jesus Christ. No kidding. Start calling a spade a spade instead of using achingly convoluted rhetoric to justify the unjustifiable. Think the Founders aren't spinning in their graves?

"A few legislatures have acted. New Mexico eliminated civil asset forfeiture, requiring the state to get a criminal conviction before claiming property."

That's the least that should happen nationwide.

"In Minnesota, legislators of both parties are pushing for restrictions on what the state terms "administrative asset forfeiture," and they say their effort got "moral support" from the Supreme Court's unanimous Timbs ruling."

Again, needs to happen all across the country.

"Law enforcement groups are worried about the shifting political climate on this issue."

Tough shit. The criminal bastards in uniform have more than abused this goddamned scourge of legalized theft.

"Our goal is to put a pause" on this legislation, says Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie. He says there's a mushrooming meth trade in his part of Minnesota, and he needs asset forfeiture to disrupt the crime networks by seizing property, even when the culprits can't be found for prosecution."

Jesus Christ. This facilitates legalized theft. Since you criminal bastards can't find the culprits, you'll just take whatever you can get? This abuse is un-American. It's a crime. Jackbooted nazi. In the best tradition of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini.

The following is incomprehensible and remains proof positive the jackbooted bastards in blue remain hopelessly deluded, achingly convoluted:

"Why are we moving toward less tools in the toolbox?" he asks. At the same time, he acknowledges the political pressure created by high-profile seizure cases such as Timbs."

Jesus Christ. Wake up, Sheriff Leslie. You're out to lunch.

"Those outrageous examples, we have to face those," he says. "But we just don't want the pendulum to swing too far. We want to still have some tools for the outrageous things that we see going on" in drug trafficking networks."

Give me a break. Crock of shit. The war on drugs is a massive failure. Now, you bastards are stealing with impunity from innocent civilians caught up in your web. Jesus Christ. Nazi America. ... 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.

4-12-19

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

"The Kentucky doctor forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight in an incident that went viral gave his first interview since the 2017 episode, detailing what he said is the lasting impact on his physical and mental health. Dr. David Dao spoke to ABC News and said after watching the video for the first time, “I just cried.” In the video, Dao declined to get off the overbooked United flight, and Chicago Department of Aviation officers dragged him off the plane. Passengers on the Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, flight recorded a bloodied Dao being violently removed from his seat. Dao, who is Vietnamese-American, told ABC News that after he hit his head on the plane’s low ceiling, the rest of the encounter is blurry. "After that, to be honest, I don’t know what happened," he said. Next thing he knew, Dao said, he was in the hospital, with a significant concussion, missing teeth, and a broken nose. Dao told ABC News recovery was "horrible," saying he had to learn to walk again and was put on suicide watch. Before the incident, Dao said he had run upwards of 20 marathons. Now, he struggles to run just three miles, and has difficulties with balance and concentration. Despite the painful and traumatizing ordeal, Dao said he doesn’t regret refusing to leave the seat because it caused United to review its policy, something Dao said made the incident “positive.” “Everything happens with a reason,” he said."

Think so? At what price?

"Dao settled with United Airlines in 2017 for an unknown amount. After the incident, United Airlines originally characterized Dao as "disruptive and belligerent." The airline then reversed course. "Flight 3411 was a defining moment for United Airlines and it is our responsibility to make sure we as a company and all of our 90,000 employees continue to learn from that experience," the airline said in a statement to NBC News Tuesday. "The changes we have implemented since that incident better serve our customers and further empower our employees," United continued."

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.

4-12-19

What could Motel 6 possibly been thinking? NPR reports:

"The hotel chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Washington after several locations gave information on thousands of guests to Immigration and Customs Enforcement without warrants."

No one criminally prosecuted at Motel 6 for doing so? No one?

"Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that Motel 6 shared the information of about 80,000 guests in the state from 2015 to 2017. That led to targeted investigations of guests with Latino-sounding names, according to Ferguson. He said many guests faced questioning from ICE, detainment or deportation as a result of the disclosures. It's the second settlement over the company's practice in recent months. Motel 6 also has signed a legally binding commitment to no longer share guest information without a warrant at any of its locations nationwide, a practice the chain says it has already ended. "Motel 6's actions tore families apart and violated the privacy rights of tens of thousands of Washingtonians," Ferguson said in a statement. "Our resolution holds Motel 6 accountable for illegally handing over guests' private information without a warrant." The company told NPR in an emailed statement that, as part of the agreement, it would "continue to enforce its guest privacy policy, which prohibits the sharing of guest information except in cases where a judicially enforceable warrant or subpoena is present, or local law requires this information." "The company has also implemented a system of additional controls to ensure corporate oversight and compliance in cases where law enforcement requests are made."

For you Republican national socialists, fascists, bona fide nazis out there who falsely claim to be Christians, does the substance of the following quote sound Christian to you? Are you indeed anything more than hypocritical fascist bastards? Not that Democrats are any better. All talk, no action. Good at rhetoric, little more. Get this:

"The statement from Ferguson about Thursday's settlement detailed several cases of guests whose names were provided to ICE, including one Seattle man who stayed at a Motel 6 near Sea-Tac for one night, wrapping Christmas presents for his children. "ICE agents approached him in the hotel's parking lot, detained him and deported him some days later," the statement reads. "The man was the sole provider for the household, and his wife is currently struggling to support their toddler and four other children."

Do you goddamned GOP fascists out there understand your taxes will wind up supporting this woman and her children? Nothing quite like aggressive stupidity, is there?

"Motel 6 has agreed to also train its employees not to release guest information improperly and maintain a 24-hour hotline to help employees when they receive requests for information. The company will also be required to create a tool on its website for guests to report possible violations. The state says more than $10 million of the settlement fund will be paid out to affected guests — including those who did not have any contact with ICE after their information was disclosed. In November, Motel 6 settled a separate lawsuit filed in Arizona by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. That lawsuit identified eight Latino plaintiffs who were detained, including one who was deported."

Nazi America.

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.

4-12-19

Think the following isn't appalling? CBS News reports:

"An ethics committee has recommended a three-month, unpaid suspension for a New Jersey judge who told a woman she could "close your legs" to prevent a sexual assault. The committee released its recommendation to the state Supreme Court Wednesday in the case of Superior Court Judge John Russo, who sits on the bench in Ocean County in southern New Jersey. He has been on administrative leave since 2017. The woman appeared before Russo in 2016 seeking a restraining order against a man she said sexually assaulted her. According to a transcript of the exchange, when the woman described her encounter with the man, Russo asked her, "Do you know how to stop somebody from having intercourse with you?" When the woman answered affirmatively and said one method would be to run away, Russo continued, "Close your legs? Call the police? Did you do any of those things?"

This piece of shit is unfit to sit on the bench. Achingly, clueless. How the f--k can his 'judgment' be trusted? How? Why wasn't he given the boot?

"In court filings and at a hearing, Russo has disputed that he violated judicial rules, saying he was seeking more information and wasn't trying to humiliate the woman."

What a goddamned crock of shit.

"Russo's conduct "was not only discourteous and inappropriate, but also egregious given the potential for those questions to re-victimize the plaintiff," the panel wrote Wednesday."

You think?

"The panel also concluded Russo violated rules of conduct on other occasions, including when he ruled on an alimony case in which he acknowledged he knew both parties. In that case, according to the complaint, Russo reversed an order by another judge who had issued a bench warrant for the man unless he paid $10,000 in back alimony. Russo ultimately reduced that to $300."

Jesus Christ. Think this son of a bitch doesn't have an issue with misogyny?

"In addition to the suspension, the panel recommended that Russo be required to attend training on "appropriate courtroom demeanor." Russo will have a chance to respond to the panel's recommendation in advance of a final hearing on the matter in July."

Time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

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.

4-12-19

Tasers are killing. Police are lying. Surprised? NPR reports:

"In 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year old unarmed black man, was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. In the four months that followed, the stock price of the stun-gun maker Taser International, now known as Axon Enterprise, nearly doubled. The following year, the Department of Justice launched a pilot program awarding more than $23.2 million in grants to expand the use of body cameras worn by police officers across the country. Today, these types of technologies are often touted by law enforcement officials and policy makers as ways to improve policing and avoid tragic and controversial incidents. But as their use becomes more common, to what extent are they actually solving the problems they've set out to fix?"

Good question.

"That's the question investigative reporter Matt Stroud explores in his new book, The Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High Tech Policing. In the book, Stroud argues that for decades, politicians and law enforcement have often opted for quick, easy solutions to correct for problematic policing practices, rather than adopt more systematic overhauls. As a result, issues like excessive force have never been solved, he says. "You have a system that is in place and you have officers who have often been on the job for 20 or 30 years, who were in leadership positions and they don't want to change," Stroud tells Michel Martin in an interview for NPR's All Things Considered. One approach examined closely by Stroud is law enforcement's use of stun guns, which have been a part of the conversation around police reform since the late 1960s."

Indeed, been a problem quite some time.

"It was kind of the first time that this kind of weapon was used as a solution — was presented as a non-lethal solution in the wake of an incident involving a police killing," Stroud says. Over the course of his research, Stroud says he found numerous examples of many stun gun related deaths. In 2018 alone, at least 49 people died after being shocked by police with stun guns, according to a Reuters analysis. "The data has shown that Tasers do not reduce the number of firearms that are used on the streets and they have been shown to be lethal. So in that way they have failed to do what they were pitched to do," Stroud says. A normal shock from a stun gun lasts five seconds. But as Stroud notes, "When police officers pull the trigger over and over and over again to make that Taser shock last five seconds, and 10 seconds, and 25 seconds, that's when they become really dangerous."

No question. Yet, tactical procedures have not changed. Consequently, people continue to needlessly die. Murdered by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"Another technology examined by Stroud is the police body camera. It's an innovation with well-placed intentions, argues Stroud, but often he says, its potential goes unfulfilled. Even though body cameras have been shown in studies not to influence police officers' use of force, Stroud says that body cameras can help bring transparency to police interactions, especially in the aftermath of controversial officer-involved shootings. The problem, Stroud says, is that body-cam footage is not always made public. "Where problems emerge is when government officials and police officials push back against making that footage public," he says. When it is made public, he says it's often offered as exculpatory evidence. "It ends up becoming a promotional vehicle rather than something that is designed to force transparency and show the truth," says Stroud."

Precisely, why law enforcement cannot be trusted. ... Sadly, one reason of many.

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.

4-5-19

The following is a totally unnecessary tragedy that could have been prevented. ABC News reports:

"An Illinois state trooper died in the line of duty on Thursday when a semitrailer slammed into her during a highway traffic stop. Brooke Jones-Story, 34, was on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 20 in northern Illinois at around 12:20 p.m. when a semitrailer veered off the roadway, striking the officer, her squad car and the commercial tractor-trailer she was inspecting at the time, state police said. The impact of the crash caused both trucks to burst into flames, covering the surrounding area with thick clouds of dark gray smoke, according to social media video. Brendan Kelly, acting director of Illinois State Police, said she was a 12-year veteran of the force and the wife of a retired Illinois State Police officer. He described her death as "tragic and untimely."

"Today, trooper Jones-Story paid the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and serving the citizens of Illinois," Kelly said at a press conference Thursday. "The men and women of this department -- especially the troopers and colleagues of trooper Jones-Story -- are sad, hurting and they're angry." "These troopers are just doing their jobs and trying to protect everyone. How many times does this have to happen? How many more have to be hurt or killed?" he asked, noting the uptick in similar officer-involved crashes over the last few months. At least 15 troopers have been involved in similar roadside crashes throughout the state this year, according to Kelly. Another state trooper was hit and killed outside his squad car in January."

These deaths are avoidable:

“When is enough enough?” Kelly said Thursday. “When are more people going to start giving a damn and doing the right thing?” Jones-Story's death comes just days after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to strengthen efforts to enforce Scott's Law. "Our state troopers do incredible work keeping the public safe, and it is devastating to the entire state that another has been killed on the side of a highway," Pritzker said in a statement. "I cannot stress strongly enough -- when you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road, change lanes or slow down. It’s the law, and it’s the only decent thing to do." Jones-Story leaves behind her husband, her parents, two step-children, a step-grandchild, a sister and her farm animals and dogs "who she loved dearly," Kelly said."

A problem all across the country. Time to wake up.

4-5-19

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:

... "How can the law enforcement community be trusted? 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 criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

... 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:

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.

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

4-5-19

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 fifty four weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

4-5-19

The following would be laughable had it not been so extremely dangerous. NBC News reports:

"Police with guns drawn broke down the door of an Arizona home and ordered three children into the custody of the Department of Child Safety because the parents had refused to take their son with a fever to the hospital."

Hard to believe, isn't it? Still don't think we live in a fascist police-state?

"Sarah Beck and Brooks Bryce brought their feverish 2-year-old son to a clinic in late February and were told he had a temperature of 105, they said to NBC affiliate KPNX. The doctor ordered the parents to bring the boy — who had not been vaccinated, according to azcentral.com — to a hospital, but by the time they got home, his fever had decreased to 102, and they decided not to."

Think that unreasonable?

"When the doctor found out the child had never made it to the hospital, the doctor called DCS who contacted the Chandler Police Department. When police arrived, the parents wouldn't let them into the house."

Would you? Did the jackbooted bastards have a warrant? Claim they did. Not clear from this article whether or not that's true at the time police arrived. If not, what were the exigent circumstances that would allow the jackbooted bastards to break in? If that's, in fact, how it went down. Still not clear.

"They said ‘Brooks, you have to come out of your house right now … We have to check on them,’ and I said, 'he’s doing fine, his temperature is 100 degrees. He's safe, he’s asleep, could you please just leave us alone,’” Bryce told KPNX."

Forget? Not possible in a de facto fascist police-state.

"At that point, officers, who said they had a warrant from DCS, broke down the door of the home, surveillance video showed. "They saw me, and they asked me to put my hands up," Bryce said. The father was handcuffed while police checked the home. The couple's three kids were placed in DCS custody. “I mean, they treated us like criminals, busting in our door. I mean, I don’t know what kind of trauma that did to my kids. Where are my kids right now is what I want to know,” Beck said."

Were they or were they not told? Not clear.

"A police report said the officers used forced entry because there was a present danger to a child, and the parents refused to come out of the home."

Not clear there was any present danger. If there was no warrant, no present danger, residents have no obligation to come out and talk to the jackbooted bastards. Again, there are unanswered questions here. -- To say nothing of contradictory information and claims.

"The report said that when officers entered the house, they found more than one of the children had vomited in their beds, there was "clutter everywhere," and they discovered a shotgun in the parents' bedroom that was not locked. The parents are not facing criminal charges, but as of March 25, they still did not have their children back."

If what the jackbooted bastards claim, all of it, is indeed true, why no criminal charges?

Moreover, none of this adds up. In addition, this has apparently been an issue in Arizona:

"State Rep. Kelly Townsend, who has worked on legislation requiring DCS to get a search warrant before removing a child from a home, called the incident a "miscarriage of justice and a shame to the State of Arizona." "This mother is nearly 9 months pregnant and her baby will be born soon. I have great concern that DCS will also take this infant over a misdiagnosis by the Dr., who thought the child might have meningitis, when actually he had RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus)," Townsend said in a statement on March 25. "I call on DCS to immediately return the children who are also being traumatized due to this misdiagnosis," the statement said. "The parents were correct, the doctor was wrong." The Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Chandler Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News."

What could they say? Police all across our formerly great country have a well-earned reputation of lying, abusing authority, wantonly engaging in violence, ignoring all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Precisely, why they have no credibility. ... Right, Sheriff? Certainly, can't be taken at their word. Forget? Courts have granted them near carte blanche to lie on the job. ... Right, Bill?

NBC News, in follow up, reports:

"Body camera footage released Thursday shows officers of the Chandler Police Department knocking on the door, identifying themselves and asking for someone to come to the door three times until forcing entry into the home. An officer first began to knock at about 10:43 p.m., then called Beck and Bryce at home. After a second attempt at the door and a second call, the officer managed to speak to Bryce on the phone. "He's doing fine. His fever broke, he's under 100 degrees, and he's doing just fine," Bryce said. When the officer told Bryce that officers need to see the boy for themselves, Bryce responds, "no you don't." Bryce then refused to come outside and the officer tried once again to get the father to come to the door. During the time the officers were attempting to speak to Bryce, DCS obtained a court order for the temporary custody of the two-year-old child. "Like I said, here are your options," the officer in the video said. "You can either come out here or talk to us so we can figure out how we're going to get your kid to the hospital, or DCS is going to take temporary custody of your kids." Bryce once again refused over the phone to let officers into the home and said, "you're not going to make me go to the hospital and spend three grand on an emergency room visit right now."

Jesus Christ. Fascinating, isn't it? When the government forces parents against their will to bring a kid to an emergency room when there is no emergency, why isn't the government forced to pay? As it turned out, there apparently was no emergency.

"Chandler officers then warned Bryce if he did not answer police officers, the door would be broken down. Almost three hours after the first knock on the door, officers forced their way in with guns out and ready to fire."

This went on for three hours? If the jackbooted bastards truly believed this was an emergency, why did they wait? Why take the time to get a warrant to remove the kid from the custody of the family? Sounds like these bastards were manufacturing a crisis.

"A lawyer for Beck said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday that the way in which the children were removed "was clearly unnecessary and well beyond 'reasonable force.'"

Forget? In a goddamned fascist police-state, anything goes. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The statement continued that Beck "has a fundamental, Constitutionally protected right to the care, custody, and management of her Children. These rights do not evaporate simply because the Department of Child Safety believes they know better."

That's right. Sue the living shit out of all the bastards involved. Every single one of them.

"The police report said that when officers entered the house, two other children were found "in their bedroom, which was covered in stains of unknown origin."

So what? 'Justifies' jackbooted tactics?

"The Department of Child Safety said it could not comment on specific cases, but described the incident as standard practice."

Yes. Clearly, raw jackbooted nazism.

"Two years ago, the DCS supported a law to require DCS specialists to obtain a court order prior to removing a child from their home," the agency said in a statement. A recently passed amendment gave law enforcement agencies assisting DCS authority to “use reasonable force to enter any building in which the person named in the removal authorization is or is reasonably believed to be," a DCS statement said."

Raw nazism. Fascist police-state.

More to come as it becomes available.

NBC News, in yet another follow up, reports:

"The decision by armed Arizona police officers to force their way into the home of two parents who had refused to take their feverish young son to a hospital has raised troubling questions about parental responsibility and potential medical neglect, and what some might see as excessive law enforcement tactics. But amid the debate, health and legal experts who spoke to NBC News emphasized that parents who decline to seek medical care when their child is experiencing a potentially life-threatening condition have relatively little legal protection, and in some extreme cases the state can override their ability to make health care decisions."

That's obvious. No question. Happens all over the country. The problem here is how much government intrusion is warranted? To say nothing of jackbooted law enforcement tactics.

"Given that the child in this case had a temperature of more than 105, Arizona authorities were at "the threshold at which the state is reasonable in intervening because it has an independent duty to protect the child if the parents are unwilling or unable to do so," said Douglas Diekema, the director of education at the center for pediatric bioethics at Seattle Children's Hospital. "That's why we have child neglect and abuse laws, after all," said Diekema, who is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine."

The question remains how much intrusion is too much? Not only in regard to medical staff, but tactics used by law enforcement goons to enforce compliance.

"Sarah Beck, the mother in this case, brought her 2-year-old son to Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine on Feb. 25, at which time she was told the boy had a temperature of more than 105, according to reports by the Chandler Police Department. The doctor believed the child could be suffering from meningitis, a potentially, life-threatening illness, and it could not be tested for at the clinic, so she told Beck to take the toddler to the hospital, according to a police report. Beck was reluctant because her son wasn't vaccinated, and she feared "possible repercussions," the report said."

If the doctor knew the parents were reluctant and the situation was truly life-threatening, why didn't she force the issue at the time? Instead of waiting later in the day to make an issue of it. Either it was an emergency or it wasn't.

"When the doctor learned later that day the child had never made it to the hospital, she called the state Department of Child Safety, which in turn contacted the police department in Chandler, Arizona, because "there was a present danger to health/wellbeing and that he required immediate medical attention." The Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News this week."

Sounds like the doctor may have been trying to cover her ass. Again, either there was an emergency or there wasn't. Why did she wait all those hours if it was indeed an emergency?

"Dr. Arthur L. Caplan, a professor of bioethics at the New York University School of Medicine, agreed that a 105-degree temperature is indeed life-threatening, and added that the case came down to protecting the life of the child. "The ethical principle is that if your child is in imminent risk of dying, and if it's likely that medical attention could reverse that, then as a parent you don't have the right to allow your child to die," said Caplan, who has contributed commentary to NBC News in the past."

Then again, the doctor should have taken immediate action since she obviously knew the parents were reluctant to take the child to the hospital. Again, either it was an emergency or it wasn't. Sounds like she may have thought better of the earlier encounter, may have been trying to cover her ass.

"In most states, certain public officials and healthcare professionals are generally required to report to state authorities if they believe the life of a child is endangered because of their parents' decisions, said Kathleen Hoke, professor of public health policy at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. But the circumstances of the Arizona raid — officers had pistols and ballistic shields drawn, and the body camera footage at times resembles video from a drug seizure — stirred debate about law enforcement tactics."

That's right. That's the main issue here. Not the doctor's belated call to authorities expressing her concern.

“They treated us like criminals, busting in our door,” the boy's father, Brooks Bryce, told a local television station. “I mean, I don’t know what kind of trauma that did to my kids.”

The jackbooted bastards in blue couldn't care less. Means shit squat to outrageously corrupt, abusive, murderous law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Chandler police have recommended to prosecutors that they file child abuse charges against the Bryce and Beck, who were not arrested as a result of the incident."

If law enforcement truly believed those kids were being abused, why the hell didn't they arrest the parents at the time? Why not? Could it be they are now alleging abuse to cover their sorry asses about how they broke into the domicile? Timing of the warrant, etc.?

"Beck's reluctance to take her son to a hospital because he was purportedly not vaccinated may have been unfounded, according to James Hodge, a professor of public health law and ethics at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He pointed out that Arizona allows parents to opt out of vaccinations for philosophical, religious or medical reasons."

As reported earlier in this article, billing was also a factor. Likely, the main, driving factor as to why they refused entry to the jackbooted bastards in blue.

"It was not immediately clear if the parents in the Arizona case based their medical decisions on personal or religious beliefs. What's more, the parents have suggested they chose not to take their young son to the hospital because his high temperature had purportedly gone down."

That's right. Parents, apparently, no longer have the right to make that call. Government goons do.

"But details in the police report were potentially troubling: It said that when officers entered the house, two other children were found "in their bedroom, which was covered in stains of unknown origin." It also said: "The children advised us they had vomited several times in their beds, and had stains around their mouths." Ultimately, according to Hodge, authorities were right to intervene in what could have been a potentially deadly situation. "If you've got legitimate reasons to believe a child's health is in peril because of the parents' resistance to treatment, that's legit," Hodge said. "It's abuse."

Nowhere in this update, or the earlier ones reported above, is there any mention of the exact medical condition of the children other than from Arizona State Rep. Kelly Townsend. Why not? Is it because there was no bona fide emergency justifying the actions of law enforcement? Truth is indeed a moving target. More on this as it becomes available.

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.

4-5-19

Think the above was bad? The following is worse. The Washington Post reports:

"It was supposed to be a little boy’s birthday party, but the frightening mayhem exploded before he could blow out the candles."

Did it ever.

"Feb. 10, 2019, was a Sunday evening, the cold Chicago night sinking into the low 20s. Friends and family had gathered in the basement apartment where 4-year-old TJ Jackson Jr. lived with his parents and 7-year-old sister Samari in the city’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. Around 10 adults chatted and played cards. TJ, Samari, and two other kids were playing Duck, Duck, Goose. The children’s mother, Stephanie Bures, had run to the store for ice cream. When she returned, it would be time for cake and presents."

No, it wouldn't:

"But according to a recently filed federal lawsuit, at 7:15 p.m. that night, the house’s unlocked back door smacked open. The crash of footsteps coming down the basement stairs filled the apartment. Plainclothes men with guns filled the room, some hefting crowbars, sledgehammers and a battering ram. “Get your f------ hands up!” the men screamed, according to the complaint. “We are doing a f------ raid!”

Indeed, they did:

"While the four children, including the birthday boy, wailed in panic, 17 officers allegedly went about tearing the apartment to pieces, including knocking over TJ’s birthday cake."

Jackbooted pieces of human excrement. Lowest of the low. ... Right, Sheriff?

"When the adults in the apartment realized these were policemen, they say they asked to see a warrant. Instead, they were allegedly screamed at or handcuffed. Forty-five minutes into the raid, the officers realized the man they were looking for — a suspected ecstasy dealer — was not in the apartment. They made no arrests and found no drugs, according to the complaint."

Worse? Get this:

"The suspect actually had not lived in the apartment for five years before the family moved in. The family filed a lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging the Chicago police officers used excessive force and violated their civil rights during the winter evening’s raid. “Can you imagine sitting, playing games with other kids and guns pointed at them?” Bures said Tuesday at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, WGN reported."

Forget? Par for the course in a de facto fascist police-state. Nazi America. Founders? Spinning in their graves.

"For the Chicago Police Department, tasked with keeping order in a city that bleeds daily from endemic street violence, the lawsuit comes as another black eye on a department with a reckless reputation. According to CBS Chicago, local police have raided the wrong house at least a dozen times in the last 18 months. “Our children in Auburn Gresham face enough trauma every day just trying to grow up in Chicago,” Father Michael Pfleger, a Catholic priest and Chicago activist, told reporters Tuesday. The department has yet to publicly comment on the lawsuit."

What could they say?

"The officers had all the adults present put their coats and phones along a wall, then forced them to sit against the walls while they ran their IDs through the system. “In these bedrooms, officers pulled clothes and other items out of drawers and plastic storage containers and threw them around, and broke drawers and other furniture,” the complaint stated. “They flipped mattresses over and threw . . . [a] flat-screen TV into the floor, breaking it.”

Jackbooted motherf--kers. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The officers also “spitefully” poured a bottle of vodka all over a flipped mattress and clothes in one of the bedrooms, the lawsuit claims. The officers are also accused of damaging the boy’s birthday gifts in another room. “In the children’s bedroom, officers poured hydrogen peroxide over the flipped mattress and clothes that they had strewn around the room, dousing new clothes that were birthday gifts [for] TJ that day.” At one point, when one of the members of the family, a teacher who works with disabled children, told the officers all the adults present had steady paying jobs, the officers allegedly ignored the comment. “I feel sorry for the kids if you’re teaching them,” one officer said, according to the lawsuit. Bures said her two children, including the birthday boy, were traumatized by the raid. The officers left — with TJ’s cake still in the box but tipped over on the ground — without apologizing, the complaint states. “I thought they were going to shoot me and my brother and everybody else,” Samari told CBS."

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.

4-5-19

Extremely important to know your rights. NBC News reports:

"A member of a group that urges immigrants to know their rights used some of that training to keep immigration officers from arresting two people who were in the car with him."

It's extremely important for all of us to know our constitutional rights. Best defense against outrageously corrupt and abusive law enforcement.

"Bryan MacCormack, 30, executive director of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement in upstate New York, was captured on video refusing to open his car door March 5 to what an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer insisted was a “warrant of arrest of alien.” MacCormack had just accompanied two immigrants without legal status to the courthouse to deal with minor traffic citations. They were in their car about 20 seconds when they were pulled over by ICE agents, he told NBC News. Before the agent got to the car, MacCormack told one of his passengers to start recording video and reminded them of the rights. The passengers had been told they might get pulled over and were prepared for the possibility, he said. The video begins as MacCormack is telling an ICE officer at his car window that the papers he has handed him are not warrants for arrest. “Yes they are, sir, warrant of arrest of alien,” the unidentified officer says to MacCormack as he points to a line on the papers he is holding. The officer's face can't be seen in the video. “Yeah, warrant of arrest of ... alien, not signed by a judge. It’s not a judicial warrant. I have no obligation to oblige by that warrant,” MacCormack responds."

A warrant must be signed by a judge.

"MacCormack had called the group's attorney and put the call on speakerphone. During the exchange, the attorney can be heard telling him to tell the officer the lawyer was on his way. Despite MacCormack's protests, the officer at the car repeated that what he had in his hand was a lawful warrant under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act signed by "an official with that designated authority." But MacCormack responded that the warrant was not an official warrant under the U.S. Constitution, but rather a Department of Homeland Security order. He told the officer he’s undergoing Department of Justice-accredited training and has copies of the paperwork the agent was showing him and of a "real" warrant in the car “just so people know not to listen to that.”

Got to be extremely careful:

"The officer then asked MacCormack whether he is familiar with laws governing transporting and harboring of “illegal aliens” in the United States. "I was nervous and felt fear for the safety of myself and the community members inside of my vehicle. But I was also inherently indignant at ICE’s tactics and their relentless pursuit and practice of detention, deportation and family separation," MacCormack said in a phone interview. A spokeswoman for ICE emailed a statement to NBC News saying that on March 5, ICE officers were seeking two people not lawfully present in the United States and "an individual interfered with the enforcement action, causing officers to instead depart the scene to avoid further disruption." The statement included a warning that people who impede ICE officers "expose themselves to potential criminal violations, and run the risk of harming the very people they purport to support." The statement cited a section of the law governing assaulting, impeding or resisting federal officers or employees."

Must not be forgotten we do live in a de facto fascist police-state where nearly anything goes. That is, law enforcement routinely ignores the law, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"Gloria Martinez, a co-founder of Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, said a lot of the work the group does involves responding to arrests similar to the one attempted with MacCormack. Often the group gets calls from people who have a family member who was taken by ICE off the street, outside the court or on their way to work, she said. The group has worked to inform people of their rights and teach them how to demand to be shown a warrant signed by a judge. MacCormack said ICE officers had warrants signed by judges in only about two of 12 cases involving people arrested at court. Martinez said fear in the community often prevents people from asserting their rights even when they've been trained. ICE officers wear vests that say “police” and that often confuses people too, she said. “Everyone sees ICE as very powerful and feel they have to do what they say, that they can’t ask questions and they tend to comply,” she said."

The same is true throughout all law enforcement. The legal community needs to step up and do far more to educate the community as a public service.

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.

4-5-19

Think the following justice? ... Especially, in light of the fact the jackbooted 'trigger man' in SWAT regalia was not prosecuted. CBS News reports:

"A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online players over a $1.50 bet in the "Call of Duty: WWII" video game. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tyler R. Barriss, 26, under a deal in which he pleaded guilty in November to a total of 51 federal charges related to fake calls and threats."

No question, this bastard did not get enough prison time, -- but that's beside the point.

"The 2017 death of 28-year-old Andrew Finch drew national attention to the practice of "swatting," a form of retaliation in which someone reports a false emergency to get authorities, particularly a SWAT team, to descend on an address. Authorities said an Ohio gamer recruited Barriss to "swat" a Wichita gamer, but the address they used was old, leading police to Finch, who was not involved in the video game or the dispute. Barriss admitted he called Wichita police from Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 2017, to falsely report a shooting and kidnapping at that Wichita address. Finch answered the door, and an officer shot the unarmed man."

Readers will recall this case was covered at the time in this publication and elsewhere.

"Barriss' prosecution in Wichita consolidated other federal cases that had initially been filed against him in California and the District of Columbia involving similar calls and threats he made. Prosecutors had asked for a 25-year sentence, while the defense had sought a 20-year term. "We hope that this will send a strong message about swatting, which is a juvenile and senseless practice," U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister told reporters after the sentencing. "We'd like to put an end to it within the gaming community and in any other context."

Indeed. There is, however, a far greater issue involved here:

"Police have said the officer who shot Finch thought he was reaching for a gun because he moved a hand toward his waistband. Prosecutors declined to charge the officer."

That's a problem. A big problem. Police procedure: 'Shoot first, ask questions later.' ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

The jackbooted bastard murdered on the job. Got away with it. Fascist police-state. Nazi America.

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.

4-5-19

Another one bites the dust. -- Not just appalling. Truly pathetic. NBC News reports:

"A New Jersey police officer was sentenced for drug dealing and a videotaped violent attack on a man who had just attempted suicide, authorities said Friday."

'Best' in policing, Sheriff?

"Ruben McAusland, a 27-year-old formerly with the Paterson Police Department, was sentenced to 66 months behind bars this week after pleading guilty to intent to distribute narcotics and deprivation of civil rights under color of law, according to federal prosecutors in Newark. The authorities this week released cellphone video of McAusland, filmed by his then-partner Roger Then, attacking a man at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson on March 5, 2018. The two officers had responded to an attempted suicide call and met the man at the hospital, officials said. McAusland later admitted he punched the man in the face in the waiting room, officials said."

Gutless piece of shit, right, Sheriff?

Gets worse:

"The assault continued in the man's room. In the cellphone video shot by Officer Then, the man could be heard telling the officers: "You're a b-tch." "Right here, you see my cheek?" the prone patient challenged. "Do it." That's when McAusland put on white hospital gloves and violently slapped him hard across the face twice, the video showed."

Gutless jackbooted bastard in blue. Clearly, how this piece of shit gets his cookies off. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The man already had cuts on his face and McAusland's slaps were so violent, that blood appeared to go flying onto the white bed sheets by the victim's shoulder."

Gutless jackbooted motherf--ker.

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.

4-5-19

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

"Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the fatal shooting of a California rapper who had been unresponsive in his car with a gun on his lap — and the moment six officers opened fire multiple times after he appeared to move his arm downward. One 30-minute video begins with an explanation of the Vallejo Police Department's version of events on the night of Feb. 9, when Willie McCoy, 20, went to a Taco Bell drive-thru. Vallejo police also separately released raw footage taken from all six of the officers who fired their weapons. The packaged video, which was shown to the McCoy family earlier this month, includes different angles of officers' bodycams. Neither McCoy's face nor the weapon are clearly visible, but one officer says he notices the gun with a magazine half out, so at the most it would have one bullet that could have been fired. Police subtitles added to the video say the gun was actually loaded with an extended 14-round magazine."

Jesus Christ. Somebody's lying. Guess who? Think the jackbooted bastards weren't desperately trying to cover their sorry asses? ... Right, Sheriff?

"The officers suggest trying to open the door to grab the gun. One officer says, "If he reaches for it," then nods his head. The other officer says, "Yep." But the door was locked."

Readers are reminded the passenger side glass was missing and plastic covered the opening.

"Officers had begun to block off McCoy's car inside the drive-thru to prevent any erratic movement if he woke up. Eventually, the officers did see McCoy moving and appearing to scratch his arm. The video is slowed down at that point. McCoy then jerks up and appears to reach down. His face is obscured by the officer's arm, pointing his gun. The video then speeds up to normal time and an officer begins shouting for him to "Show me your hands!" They then fire at him within a few seconds. After shooting multiple rounds, they still command him to "show me your hands." The video cuts off when an officer approaches the car."

Jesus Christ. Apparently, careful editing to place the jackbooted bastards in the best possible light. After pumping round after round into him, how could they possibly expect the dead to show his hands? Abject bullshit. To 'justify' the gutlessly unjustifiable. ... Right, Sheriff?

"An earlier press release following the incident said the officers were "fearing for their safety" when they opened fire. All six have since returned to duty. The[y] have been identified as: Collin Eaton, Bryan Glick, Jordon Patzer, Anthony Romero-Cano, Mark Thompson and Ryan McMahon. McMahon was also involved in a fatal shooting on Feb. 13, 2018, and Thompson has been named in an excessive force complaint filed last year."

Surprised? Why? Par for the course in law enforcement. Precisely, why law enforcement indulges in as little transparency as possible. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Attorneys for the family have said McCoy — whose stage name was Willie Bo — was shot about 25 times, with injuries to his face, throat, shoulders, chest and arm. They filed a claim last month notifying they plan to sue the city."

Soak the criminal murderous bastards for all you can get.

"Overkill is an understatement," attorney Melissa Nold told NBC News last month of McCoy's wounds and the number of times he was struck."

Par for the course in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Nold has also called into question the officers' version of events after police said the doors to McCoy's Mercedes-Benz were locked when they first considered retrieving the gun from his lap before he woke up. Even if the doors were locked, Nold said, the front passenger's side window was already broken and had a sheet of plastic covering it, which could have been removed if they wanted to access the firearm."

Gutless, jackbooted, murderous, lying bastards. Precisely, why law enforcement cannot be trusted.

"Police initially declined to release any bodycam footage, citing an ongoing investigation. But the McCoy family demanded it be made public in the weeks after the shooting, and the independent newsroom Open Vallejo noted in a request this week to the city that a Vallejo councilman was already permitted to view the video."

Gutlessly dragging their feet. Covering their ass.

"Vallejo police are working with the Solano County District Attorney's Office, which will decide whether the officers followed the correct protocol. "Our hope is that this information helps members of the public separate fact from fiction regarding this incident," police said Friday in releasing the bodycam videos."

Jesus Christ. ... Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit?

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.

4-5-19

Always an excuse. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" The Washington Post reports:

"The arc of justice for Antwon Rose II has traveled along a familiar modern path: Police kill an unarmed black male, video emerges and protests erupt, along with calls for the conviction of officers involved. And then, often, the opposite happens. Most fatal shootings by police result in no charges, and convictions are even less common."

Forget? We live in a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Readers are reminded all races are subjected to this murderous jackbooted behavior.

"But shootings of unarmed black males captured with ubiquitous smartphone or police body cameras have crystallized anger in communities rocked by killings, and several similar incidents have created expectations among some that video and social outrage should be enough to put officers in prison."

Clearly, not in a fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Those hopes dim when officers lean on the inherent danger of their work and invoke laws that allow broad authority for violence, leaving calls for justice and video outpaced by a legal system that critics say still favors the police."

Nazi America. Precisely, one of the reasons why an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

"Rose, 17, was shot three times after fleeing a car involved in a June shooting in East Pittsburgh. The officer, Michael Rosfeld, was charged with criminal homicide days later after he told conflicting stories about seeing Rose with a weapon, even though Rose was unarmed. Searing bystander video and public outcry led to charges and the Rose family’s “guarded optimism” that Rosfeld would be convicted. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case, came out forcefully in the days after the killing to suggest the high bar for a murder conviction could be met. “I find that Rosfeld’s actions were intentional,” District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala said in June. “He was not acting to prevent death or serious bodily injury.”

No justice.

"But Rosfeld was acquitted of charges last week, prompting more protests. “Jurors see with their own eyes a fleeing kid, who is unarmed, and they know it is wrong. But the law is prohibitive. You can only do so much,” S. Lee Merritt, the attorney for Rose’s estate, told The Washington Post. “State attorneys work with law enforcement and have the unusual task of prosecuting a police officer responsible,” he added. “It becomes a very awkward dance.”

Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a court that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The outcome was nearly symmetrical with that in the cases of Stephon Clark, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and others whose killings were captured on video after they were confronted by police while unarmed."

... And many, many others as reported in this publication and elsewhere.

"No charges were filed against two officers who killed Clark in March 2018 after mistaking his white iPhone for a gun in a killing that upended Sacramento. An officer shouted “gun!” and, with his partner, fired 20 rounds at Clark in his grandmother’s backyard after they suspected he was breaking into nearby cars."

Gutless pieces of jackbooted shit. ... Right, Sheriff?

"He was struck eight times, his family’s autopsy concluded."

Had to make sure they killed him, right, Sheriff?

"The officers involved in killing Garner and Rice also did not face charges."

Forget? Nazi America. A goddamned fascist police-state, right, Sheriff?

"In Rosfeld’s case, Pennsylvania law allows officers to use force to prevent serious injury to themselves or others, or if they believe it will prevent a suspect’s escape from arrest in the event they are likely to commit violence."

Raw jackbooted nazism, right, Sheriff?

"The prosecution’s arguments against Rosfeld rested on his decision to shoot and kill Rose, but prosecutors did not provide an expert witness focused on police use of force for the trial, said Mike Manko, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office. Prosecutors were otherwise “confident” that video evidence, “common sense” and other facts would overcome Rosfeld’s justification for using force, which can be confusing for a jury to wade through, Manko said. Merritt, who was not involved in the criminal case, said prosecutors appeared to pull punches. Prosecutors did not fully press Rosfeld on the inconsistencies of his statements to investigators, he said."

Quite possible prosecutors were in bed with the criminal, murderous, jackbooted bastard. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new independent federal agency as described above, and repeatedly in this publication, that would handle these cases. Total independence. Instead of a goddamned whitewash.

"Charging documents show Rosfeld told investigators he thought Rose pointed a gun at him but later said he did not see a gun and again altered his statement. Prosecutors pointed out Rosfeld’s inconsistencies during cross examination, Manko said. In less than four hours, jurors found Rosfeld not guilty of first-degree murder, third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. “The verdict was too fast,” said Carolyn Morrison, Rose’s aunt, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. “It was all too fast."

Called nazi justice in a goddamned fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Rosfeld’s attorney, Patrick Thomassey, defended the verdict. “This was an absolutely justified shooting,” he told The Post. If Rosfeld didn’t shoot Rose and he went on to commit a crime, Thomassey said, “then people would be clamoring and asking why he didn’t shoot.”

Clearly, this shyster piece of shit is calling for 'preventive' killing of suspects by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. LOL.

Report goes on and on. One thing for sure. The status quo is unsustainable. Continues to tear our formerly great country apart. ... Hear the rumble?

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.

4-5-19

More of the same old Aryan arrogance demonstrated by the jackbooted nazi bastards in ICE. ABC News reports:

"Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is demanding that federal authorities recognize pardons issued by his state after a woman whose criminal record was erased was detained for deportation. The Democratic governor said Friday that he sent a letter with the demand to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, whose department oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE arrested Hartford resident Wayzaro Walton on Tuesday and is detaining her for deportation to England, citing convictions for felony shoplifting and several misdemeanors. Connecticut's Board of Pardons and Paroles approved a pardon for her in January, but it didn't take effect until Wednesday. Walton's lawyer Erin O'Neil-Baker says federal officials indicated they are not recognizing the pardon because it wasn't issued by the governor, who has no pardon authority."

Jesus Christ. Nazi justice. Fascist police-state. Democratic republic in name only. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

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.

4-5-19

In follow up to the last edition, The DailyTrib reports:

"The man shot and killed by an officer March 27 in Burnet has been identified as 25-year-old Brandon Michael Jacque of Bertram. According to the Burnet Police Department, the officer involved in the shooting was Patrol Sgt. Russell Butler, who has been with the department for three years. Butler remains on administrative leave until further notice. The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting."

Delusionally believe the Texas Rangers are capable of doing an impartial investigation when a member of law enforcement kills under highly questionable circumstances?

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.

4-5-19

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

"A former Mississippi Gulf Coast police officer is headed to prison for the death of her 3-year-old daughter, who was left in her mother's patrol car while the woman had sex with a police supervisor. CBS Biloxi, Miss. affiliate WLOX-TV reports ex-Long Beach, Miss. police officer Cassie Barker was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison in the 2016 death of Cheyenne Hyer.

"Cheyenne was strapped in her car seat in the patrol car for four hours while Barker was with her then-supervisor. The car's air conditioning was turned on but it wasn't blowing cold air. Cheyenne was unresponsive and had a temperature of 107 degrees when Barker returned.

"Ladner and Barker were fired by the city of Long Beach within days. Ladner hasn't been criminally charged, telling officials he didn't know the girl was in the car. Reports at the time indicated Ladner told authorities he had taken a sleep aid and also fallen asleep. The mother had left her daughter alone in a car at least once before, at a store in nearby Gulfport in April 2015. Police responded and child welfare officials took temporary custody of the girl at the time. Barker was suspended from the Long Beach police for a week without pay. The girl's father, Ryan Hyer, said he was never notified of that first incident. "Every time I close my eyes, I picture her suffering and then I picture her laying in this coffin," he said. "I still see her smiling and laughing in my head and I would assume that smile and laughter turned to pain and suffering in that instance." The father is suing the Long Beach Police Department and the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services for the wrongful death of his child, saying the child welfare agency should have taken stronger action after the first incident. "As a parent, you are supposed to protect your child, and Cheyenne is gone because her mother didn't protect her, not once but twice," Hyer said."

Extremely sad case. Clincher? Get this:

"Barker herself was hospitalized after the girl's death for what officials described as shock. A psychological exam showed Barker suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder attributed to childhood trauma and her daughter's death. She was found competent to stand trial."

Was she? -- Not that she shouldn't have been held accountable for her daughter's death. The problem here is that quite a few agencies, including the police department, knew there were problems. ... Serious problems dating back to this woman's childhood. Had the system been up to snuff, her daughter's death may have been preventable. As a society, we've got to do far, far better than we're doing.

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.

4-5-19

The following is well beyond appalling. It's horrendous. Profound Valor to the pit of injustice. The Washington Post reports:

"Militants in southern Afghanistan had already salted the earth with bombs when Sgt. Dominic Esquibel led his Marines through Sangin. On his final patrol, the ground ruptured under his feet in an explosion of light and blood. The blast tore at his right arm and shattered parts of his right leg and foot. “I thank God it was me,” he told author Bing West from a hospital bed in 2011, “rather than one of my men.” Doctors were barely able to salvage Esquibel’s foot. He wears an carbon-fiber exoskeleton brace to help him walk and run."

The following, hellacious:

"And that vulnerable spot is where Esquibel said a U.S. Park Ranger gave swift kicks during an arrest over a parking space for the disabled at Sequoia National Park in 2012, prompting a lawsuit claiming assault and false arrest. The federal government settled for $250,000 in March to avoid a trial scheduled for last week. A charge of failing to follow a lawful order was dropped in 2014. “I’m grateful,” Esquibel said of the settlement — and the whole ordeal being over — during an interview with The Washington Post. Esquibel says the alleged assault not only left him in “excruciating” pain, but also that the blows were so severe that his health problems cascaded to high blood pressure and sleepless nights. His foot is now a total loss, he said, which he attributes to the incident. “I’m getting it amputated now because he didn’t stop,” Esquibel said."

If the above is true, that is, how it all went down, how the f--k is the settlement just?

"All of the descriptions of the incident in this story are according to Esquibel’s account. He and his family took the trip to Sequoia National Park outside Fresno in December 2012. When they arrived, he flashed a free handicapped park admission pass to the entrance employee, who warned they could not venture all the way through the park without snow chains, or enter the park for a quick family photo until traffic cleared up. So Esquibel pulled into a parking spot, put up his disability placard and left to find a restroom. “You can’t park there; it’s a handicapped spot,” the employee yelled out to him. He said he was disabled. “I can see that you’re not,” she snapped back, threatening to call the police. “Please do,” he replied."

Big mistake.

"She spoke into a radio and two rangers arrived, one of them identified as Ranger Parrack. They demanded that Esquibel produce a handicapped driver’s license. He said the special license wasn’t required because his car wasn’t adaptive, but that his placard should be enough. Parrack threatened to throw Esquibel to the ground and said he was under arrest. He contorted Esquibel’s stiff and scarred arm — which had just been operated on a few months before the trip — as his wife watched. Then Parrack kicked Esquibel’s feet to separate his legs. Esquibel grimaced in agony, shouting about his war injury as his wife cried out. He couldn’t spread his legs any farther, and trying to balance himself only prompted the ranger to kick him more, he said."

How the bastard gets his cookies off?

“I told my wife to remove herself and get in the car,” he said, “so at least there would be a witness to hold him accountable.” When Esquibel said that to his wife, Parrack stopped to question what he meant. Esquibel reeled in pain. “I’m combat wounded, and you’re kicking my salvaged limb,” Esquibel said he told Parrack, whose partner stood nearby. Parrack pulled up Esquibel’s jeans leg to reveal the brace. As he did so, his partner muttered an expletive, indicating they knew they had messed up, according to Esquibel. Parrack stuffed Esquibel into a vehicle and issued a citation for “failure to follow a lawful order,” documents show. He was later released. That charge was later dropped."

Imagine that.

Get this:

"In 2004, Esquibel rained hand grenades on insurgents in Fallujah and braved enemy fire to evacuate two wounded Marines and carrying out the body of a third. He was awarded the Navy Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor, but declined to accept it. “He didn’t feel right about the award,” said Butch Wagner, an attorney for Esquibel. “He said it was something fellow Marines would have done for him.” Esquibel declined to discuss his time in uniform."

Uncommon Valor.

"It is unclear whether Parrack or any other park staff were disciplined over the incident. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks did not return a request for comment. The Interior Department, named a party in the lawsuit, declined to comment and referred questions to the Justice Department. A spokeswoman there confirmed the settlement but declined to comment further."

Why? Not proud of how this government goon conducted himself?

"Esquibel suggested that rangers could be better trained to recognize and accommodate visitors with disabilities. “It is my hope that this will prompt other law enforcement to think twice before repeating the same missteps and causing further misfortune for others with disabilities,” he said. That is a start, he said, and so is the money from a settlement. But his recovery is far from over; the amputation will come within the next couple months. “Time to chop it off,” he said."

No justice.

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

4-5-19

The following is inexplicable. Horrendous. The Washington Post reports:

"Officials at Damascus High School in suburban Maryland waited more than 12 hours to tell police about credible allegations that several junior-varsity football players pinned a teammate in a locker room, pulled his pants down and sexually assaulted him with a broomstick, interviews and documents show. The school officials held off despite discussing among themselves in a group text message on Oct. 31 — seen by The Washington Post — the names of a victim and three possible assailants. Instead of calling police, they launched their own inquiry and on Nov. 1, plucked students one-by-one from class as they questioned suspects, learned the names of three more victims and then took statements from those boys. None of the victims was sent for medical care. All went back to classes without their parents being called. The lag appears glaring for the nationally regarded Montgomery County school system, which operates under a formal agreement with police to report immediately any sexual assaults to the department’s special victims unit for investigation."

What could these officials possibly been thinking?

“It’s absolutely absurd what the school did,” James Humphries, a retired commander of the Montgomery County police special victims unit said in an interview. He is not part of the current case, but during his nine years with the unit, he helped teach principals about when to report incidents. “They’re not trained to do these types of investigations and these types of interviews.”

Without question, the job of law enforcement.

"The four victims were 14 or 15. Their accused attackers, all 15. Each faces a count of rape and three counts of attempted rape, a crime that in Maryland includes nonconsensual acts that use an object."

The report goes on and on. The following is just the very beginning of it:

"The Post corroborated text messages and detailed statements made by administrators, students and their families during hours of questioning by detectives, and interviewed more than 15 people involved in the case, to add extensive new accounts beyond the information already in public court and police filings. Those new accounts say as many as 10 JV players watched through a window into the freshman area of the locker room as the attacks unfolded and victims screamed as their attackers laughed. “There were lots of bystanders,” one of the victims wrote in a statement at school. “They did not help.” Talk of “brooming” was widespread among the 2018 JV team, sometimes conveyed in a joking way and other times as a threat, detectives were told in interviews."

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.

4-5-19

What do you think of the following? CBS News reports:

"In a case that stirred racial tensions across the country, a self-avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, admitting that he intentionally plowed his speeding car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, killing a woman and injuring dozens. James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, pleaded guilty to 29 of 30 federal charges stemming from the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal and civil rights activist, was killed, and nearly three dozen others were injured. Under a plea agreement, federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Fields and will dismiss the one count that carried death as a possible punishment. The charges he pleaded guilty to call for life in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.

"Under a "statement of facts," Fields admitted that he "expressed and promoted" white supremacist ideology through his social media accounts and engaged in white supremacist chants during the rally in Charlottesville. He also admitted driving his car into the ethnically diverse crowd of anti-racism protesters because of their race, color, religion or national origin. Urbanski scheduled sentencing for July 3.

"Fields, 21, was convicted in December in a Virginia court of first-degree murder and other state charges.

"The rally drew hundreds of white nationalists to Charlottesville to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Hundreds of counterprotesters demonstrated against the white nationalists. President Trump sparked a national uproar when he blamed the violence at the rally on "both sides," a statement critics saw as a refusal to condemn racism."

Think the victims of this crime will find closure?

"After Tuesday's hearing, U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen said he hoped the plea agreement would help the victims move on with their lives. "The defendant's hate-inspired act of domestic terrorism not only devastated Heather Heyer's wonderful family and the 28 peaceful protesters ... but it also left an indelible mark on the city of Charlottesville, our state and our country," Cullen said. Cullen said prosecutors had been in talks with Fields' lawyers for months about a potential plea agreement, but did not seek to finalize a deal until U.S. Attorney General William Barr last week authorized him not to seek the death penalty if Fields agreed to plead to 29 counts."

Fields clearly wished to avoid execution. His victim wasn't so lucky.

"During his state trial, prosecutors said Fields — who described himself on social media as an admirer of Adolf Hitler — drove his car into the crowd because he was angry after witnessing earlier clashes between the white nationalists and the counterprotesters. The jury rejected a claim by Fields' lawyers that he acted in self-defense because he feared for his life after witnessing the earlier violence. During the plea hearing Wednesday, Fields — responding to questions from the judge — said he has been treated for mental health issues since he was 6. He said he is currently on medication for bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, schizoid disorder, explosive onset disorder and ADHD."

Think that excuses his criminal behavior?

"More than 30 people were hurt in the car attack. Some who received life-altering injuries described them in anguished detail during the state trial. Jurors in Fields' state trial recommended a life sentence plus 419 years, although a judge still has to decide on the punishment. Sentencing is scheduled for July 15.

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.

4-5-19

In an opinion piece, NBC News reports:

"The highest criminal justice priority of the current Supreme Court majority is apparently to make the state’s machinery of death work as efficiently as possible — and if this means some major rights violations along the way, they seemed to say on Monday, so be it. That was made evident when a bare majority of the court held that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment” does not forbid the state of Missouri from executing a prisoner in a way that would effectively torture him to death. If that outcome seems perverse to you, you’re right. But the Roberts Court is committed to allowing states to execute people in any barbaric manner, no matter how difficult such executions are to square with the text of the Constitution. The current issue is thus: The state of Missouri has had to adjust its lethal injection protocols because drug suppliers are increasingly unwilling — as is their prerogative — to participate in a practice that is considered contrary to basic principles of human rights by most democratic nations. Missouri’s proposed solution to the lack of availability of its preferred execution drugs is a method of lethal injection would be particularly cruel to Russell Bucklew, who was convicted of murder and other crimes 22 years ago. As Justice Breyer described it in his dissent, Bucklew presented evidence that “executing him by lethal injection will cause the tumors that grow in his throat to rupture during his execution, causing him to sputter, choke and suffocate on his own blood for up to several minutes before he dies.”

Raw nazism. Worthy of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy. Not the United States. Yet, here we are. Clearly, the five Republican nazis on the Court are highly reminiscent of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. ... Raising the question, -- who really won the Second World War European Theater?

"Bucklew, then, was not arguing that the death penalty is categorically unconstitutional, or even that the method of lethal injection used by Missouri was always unconstitutional, but that the method applied in his particular case would be “cruel and unusual” because of his particular medical condition."

Reason, logic no longer matter in a de facto fascist police-state masquerading as a democratic republic.

"The majority opinion, written by Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch and joined by the other four Republican nominees, nonetheless dismissed Bucklew’s argument. According to Gorsuch, “the Eighth Amendment does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death — something that, of course, isn’t guaranteed to many people, including most victims of capital crimes.” Inflicting even excruciating pain on a prisoner in the course of executing him, therefore, does not necessarily violate the Eighth Amendment in the view of the Roberts Court."

Makes one 'proud' to be an American, doesn't it? Where have we lost ourselves? Where? Raw nazism. Those who gutlessly remain silent in the presence of great evil are not Americans. They're cowards.

Above quotes courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Scott Lemieux, Department of Political Science at the University of Washington.

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.

4-5-19

What do you think of the following? The Washington Post reports:

"For the past 147 years, California law enforcement officials have operated under a use-of-force statute adopted when the state was still a lightly governed frontier. It allows police officers to use deadly force when “arresting persons charged with felony, and who are fleeing from justice or resisting such arrest.” That was effectively replaced in 1989 when the U.S. Supreme Court stated that lethal force is justified against a suspect if a “reasonable” officer would have acted the same way in the same situation. A bill now before the State Assembly would raise that threshold. Under the pending legislation, a police officer would be justified in using lethal force only if it were determined to be “necessary” to defend against imminent death or severe harm."

Think that sufficient? ... Or, does it still provide corrupt, abusive, jackbooted bastards in blue far too much leeway to murder on the job and get away with it?

"California law enforcement associations, among the state’s most powerful lobbies, oppose the bill, which could serve as a national precedent. Police chiefs to line officers have thrown their support behind another bill, now in the state Senate, that would officially make the “reasonable” officer standard state law and seek a large increase in funding for police training."

Sadly, these criminal jackbooted bastards in blue continue to demand carte blanche to murder on the job with impunity. No more complicated than that. They simply don't 'get it.'

“We do need more money for training,” said Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles). “But to a large extent [the Senate bill] maintains the status quo, and that’s just not satisfactory right now.”

That's right. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

"At the center of the debate is perhaps the most volatile issue of the Black Lives Matter era: the perceived impunity for police officers involved in fatal shootings. It is also part of a broader push in California — propelled by an overwhelmingly Democratic state government — to address criminal justice practices that have fallen hardest on people of color."

Readers are reminded all races are subject to these exceptionally barbaric murderous practices of the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. All across this country.

“We lose loved ones, too, and we understand the tragedy and loss,” said Citrus Heights Police Chief Ronald Lawrence, the new president of the California Police Chiefs Association, who noted that 144 police officers were killed in the line of duty last year, including 11 in California."

Far more innocent unarmed civilians are killed by police each year all across our formerly great nation. The full number is not known due to the fact many of these deaths are falsely labeled 'justified' by 'investigators' in the pocket of law enforcement. To say nothing of corrupt, abusive prosecutors who back up these criminal jackbooted bastards in uniform no matter what they do or don't do.

"Lawrence, whose membership opposes changing the use-of-force standard, said that “what a lot of us need to do is ratchet down the rhetoric and understand that police forces are reflections of our communities.” His message is for suspects “to cooperate, then complain” about alleged officer misconduct. “This is the mantra we hope the community will adopt,” he said."

Jesus Christ. What a goddamned crock of shit. This man is clueless. Ignores the fact officers all across this country determinedly, concertedly ignore civil and constitutional rights and liberties. As constantly reported in this publication and other media. Doesn't understand the nazi jackbooted mentality of these goons is progressively leading to the unthinkable. An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming.

“They’re very worried about a change in standard and, you know how pendulums move, that the pendulum will go so far as to make officers feel like they can’t do their jobs,” said state Sen. President Toni Atkins (D-San Diego). “There’s a reality to that.”

That's a crock of shit. -- Standard mantra we've heard the last sixty years or so. If officers cannot do their jobs non-abusively, constitutionally, they have no business in the profession. They're not fit. ... 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.

4-5-19

Nothing quite like buying your way out of a murder. The Washington Post reports:

"The children of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received million-dollar houses in the kingdom and monthly five-figure payments as compensation for the killing of their father, according to current and former Saudi officials as well as people close to the family. Khashoggi’s two sons and two daughters may also receive much larger payouts — possibly tens of millions of dollars apiece — as part of “blood money” negotiations that are expected to ensue when the trials of Khashoggi’s accused killers are completed in the coming months, according to the officials and others who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive talks. The previously undisclosed payments are part of an effort by Saudi Arabia to reach a long-term arrangement with Khashoggi family members, aimed in part at ensuring that they continue to show restraint in their public statements about the killing of their father by Saudi operatives in Istanbul six months ago, the officials said."

Blood money. Guess where the Saudis got this loot. Wake up. From us. At the gas pump. Ripped off for decades.

"The Khashoggi siblings have refrained from any harsh criticism of the kingdom, even as their father’s death provoked global outrage and widespread condemnation of the heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The delivery of homes and monthly payments of $10,000 or more to each sibling were approved late last year by King Salman as part of what one former official described as an acknowledgment that “a big injustice has been done” and an attempt “to make a wrong right.” But the royal family is also relying on its wealth to help contain the ongoing fallout from the killing and dismemberment of the prominent Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributing columnist who was targeted for articles that were often critical of the government. A Saudi official described the payments as consistent with the country’s long-standing practice of providing financial support to victims of violent crime or even natural disasters and rejected the suggestion that the Khashoggi family would be obligated to remain silent. “Such support is part of our custom and culture,” the official said. “It is not attached to anything else.”

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.

3-29-19

Uncommon Valor. The Washington Post reports:

"Army Sgt. Sand Aijo was in the gun turret of a Humvee in 2007 when he and his fellow soldiers rolled up on two suspicious men in Iraq’s “Triangle of Death.” They were in a place U.S. soldiers didn’t expect to find them, and so glassy-eyed and fidgety that Aijo charged his machine gun, he recalled. Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, their gruff but revered squad leader, stepped out of the Humvee and walked toward the first stranger. Then an Army medic stepped out of the back seat, moving toward the second. As Aijo tried to keep track of both soldiers, Atkins unexpectedly began grappling with the first Iraqi just a few feet away. Atkins slammed the man to the ground and threw himself on top of him. “The thing that became confusing was that once they hit the ground, the way that Travis began positioning his body, it just seemed strange to me,” Aijo recalled. “That’s when the detonation happened.”

Uncommon Valor.

"On Wednesday, Atkins, of Bozeman, Mont., posthumously will become the fifth U.S. service member to receive the nation’s highest award for combat valor, the Medal of Honor, for actions during the eight-year Iraq War. A member of the 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum, N.Y., he is credited with saving the lives of Aijo and two other soldiers by smothering a suicide vest laced with grenades, worn by the man he body-slammed. Atkins, 31, was nominated for the Medal of Honor by his battalion commander, now-retired Col. John Valledor. But the Army downgraded the award one level to a Distinguished Service Cross, presented to Atkins’s family in 2008. The awarding of the still-prestigious Service Cross was part of a broader trend that frustrated many rank-and-file service members. With so much combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, they wondered, why had so few Medals of Honor been awarded?"

3-29-19

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 hell it is. Unadulterated horse shit. They're liars. Protest MUST remain non-violent. Otherwise, you grant these gutless pieces of human excrement carte blanche to murder on the job. Don't give them the satisfaction.

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

... 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:

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.

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

3-29-19

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 fifty three weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

3-29-19

Think Democrat Amy Klobuchar fit to be president? Think again. The Washington Post reports:

"Christopher Burns, a 44-year-old black man, was unarmed and at home in Minneapolis with his fiancee and three young children when the police arrived in response to a domestic violence call. The officers put him in a chokehold, and he died on the scene, according to the medical examiner. The 2002 incident marked the third killing of a black person by the city’s police department that year, prompting local activists to stage rallies and demand that the two officers involved in Burns’s death face charges. The focus of the community’s anger was Amy Klobuchar, the up-and-coming attorney of Hennepin County, who had declined to prosecute police accused of using excessive force against black suspects."

That's a problem. A big problem. This former prosecutor falsely swore an oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution. Miserably, failed to do so.

“WE MUST NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!” one activist group wrote in a newsletter. “Many people are watching to see if she will really fight for justice in this case.” Klobuchar, then 42, declined to bring charges against the officers, and a grand jury she convened did not indict them."

Klobuchar protected and coddled the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Nearly two decades later, Klobuchar is a Democratic senator running for president, the culmination of a remarkably smooth rise built in part on the tough-on-crime image she cultivated during eight years as a prosecutor. But her record from that time is getting a closer look as she introduces herself beyond heavily white Minnesota, courting an increasingly diverse Democratic base that is closely attuned to racial disparities in the criminal justice system."

Klobuchar is certainly part of the problem. Unfit for office. Certainly, at a time our formerly great country is coming apart at the seams.

"As chief prosecutor for Minnesota’s most populous county from 1999 to 2007, Klobuchar declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases where people were killed in encounters with police."

Clearly, protected and defended, coddled egregiously out of control murderous criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"At the same time, she aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences, including for minors. Such prosecutions, done with the aim of curbing more serious crimes, have had mixed results and been criticized for their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities."

Wake up. Smell the coffee. There are two systems of justice. One for the top of the food chain. Another for the bottom and middle class. That's a problem. A big problem. How unwanted dreaded second American revolutions spawn. ... As the revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight. ... Hear the rumble?

“We were already a community in distress when she became Hennepin County attorney,” said Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP. “Rather than taking steps to help mitigate some of those concerns and issues, during her tenure in office, her policies exacerbated the situation.”

Very same problem exists today all across our formerly great country. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Klobuchar’s positions were largely mainstream, coming after a historically violent period for Minnesota and the nation. But views have shifted sharply since then, particularly among liberal Democrats, as concerns mount over the impact of aggressive policing on communities of color."

The problem is far, far worse than that. Our formerly great country is coming apart at the seams. Status quo remains unsustainable. Portent of far worse to come. Time to wake up. Before too late.

"Similar questions are emerging about some of Klobuchar’s rivals for the Democratic nomination, including Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), a former state attorney general and local prosecutor who has been forced to defend her record on the death penalty. Former vice president Joe Biden, who is expected to make an announcement about the race next month, led the effort to pass a 1994 crime law that has been blamed for contributing to the mass incarceration of minorities over two decades."

Anyone with a history of supporting, protecting, coddling, outrageously abusive, murderous, egregiously unconstitutional, criminal policing is and remains unfit for office. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

This isn't rocket science. It is and remains abject bullshit we've gutlessly tolerated for decades.

Yet, these unfit candidates for office continue to bamboozle, make excuses for their egregious failure to uphold the Constitution:

"In her first in-depth comments as a presidential candidate about this period of her career, Klobuchar said she reserved her most aggressive actions for repeat offenders. “When I first came into the office, the major thing I heard from the African American community, bar none, was that there were a bunch of their kids that were killed by gangsters,” she said in an interview with The Washington Post. “We simply went in and did our jobs. We prosecuted those cases and got results for our community.”

The hell you did, madam. No equal justice. No due process for those on the bottom of the food chain. You failed to hold the criminal, murderous, jackbooted bastards in blue legally accountable for their crimes. This makes you egregiously unfit for political office.

"Her campaign noted that the prison incarceration rate for African Americans in the county declined during her tenure, though experts said that did little to ameliorate a dramatic disparity between black and white prison rates."

It's called racism. Remains alive and well to date in our formerly great country.

"Klobuchar said she supports recent decisions by several county attorneys in Minnesota not to use grand juries in police-involved killings, which she said will increase accountability for prosecutors."

Disingenuous bullshit. At the very least, too little. Much too late. Where were you all those years? You used those goddamned grand juries to impose your will. That is, to protect and coddle the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? Nazi justice. That is, no justice.

"Asked if she has any regrets from her own tenure, she said she wished she had taken more “individual responsibility” in those cases."

Jesus Christ. Pitiful. Pathetic. Untimely. Egregiously, insufficient.

“I don’t have a perfect record. But I promise you, every single day in that job, I tried to put myself in other people’s shoes to try to do the right thing,” she said."

Simply untrue. Unadulterated horse shit. You legally f--ked the victims of criminal police officers. ... Got to be a special place reserved in Hell.

"Klobuchar was elected prosecutor by promising “meaningful and, when appropriate, severe” consequences for people who break the law."

You certainly didn't apply that rationale to the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue who murdered on the job, Counselor.

"But critics say Klobuchar has never publicly reckoned with a period of her career that they recall with bitterness. “We even saw Hillary Clinton apologize for the use of the term ‘super-predators,’” said Armstrong, the former Minneapolis NAACP president. “We’ve not seen Amy Klobuchar take the same steps to apologize or reach out to our community to make amends.” Clinton expressed regret as a presidential candidate about her 1996 remark about the “kinds of kids that are called super-predators,” using a racially loaded term to describe young people who she suggested commit crime because they have “no conscience, no empathy.” In the interview with The Post, Klobuchar acknowledged that her rhetoric about not letting juvenile crime “go unpunished” might have been perceived as harsh by some African Americans but said her actions were directed by what county residents wanted. “I understand how those words mean something that is not good in the African American community. It makes it sound like you want to put their kids behind bars, and that is not what I did when I was county attorney,” she said."

Like the Trump nazi, you're a liar, Counselor. Unfit for office. Out to lunch. Achingly, clueless. You're part of the problem, not the solution.

"Klobuchar easily won reelection as county attorney on Nov. 5, 2002. Four days before, Burns was killed when two Minneapolis police officers responded to a call from his Chicago Avenue home. Accounts differ on what happened. In a lawsuit against the officers and the city of Minneapolis, which settled for $300,000 in 2007, Burns’s fiancee said that police handcuffed Burns before beating and strangling him with an aggressive neck hold that fractured the cartilage around his throat. Among the witnesses was his 4-year-old daughter, the lawsuit stated. Police said Burns struggled violently for several minutes and that they responded with a sanctioned form of neck hold. A lawyer for the officers later called the case a “bad combination of circumstances for the guy,” pointing to Burns’s history of high blood pressure and heart disease as possible factors in his death. The use of grand juries in police-involved killings, as in this case, was a common practice in Minnesota and around the country at the time. Still, Klobuchar’s decision not to bring charges or appoint a special prosecutor in the Burns case angered critics."

Why wouldn't Burns struggle violently against officers doing all they could to kill him? Grand juries are used by prosecutors to rubber stamp the will of the prosecution. That is, to protect and coddle criminal, murderous, abusive officers. Continues to this very day. Including here in Nazi Llano County.

"Michelle Gross, a local activist who launched Communities United Against Police Brutality in 2000, said incidents with police caused a total of 40 civilian deaths during Klobuchar’s tenure. The Post counted more than 25 such cases in a review of news coverage from the time; the majority of those killed were people of color or mentally ill. “She did not prosecute a single one of them,” Gross said. “Not one.”

Imagine that.

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.

3-29-19

In follow up to an earlier edition, NPR reports:

"The U.S. Supreme Court signaled strongly on Wednesday that it is likely to rule for a death row inmate in Mississippi who was prosecuted six times for the same crime by a prosecutor with a history of racial bias in jury selection. The arguments, more passionate and fact-filled than usual, also had a surprise ending when Justice Clarence Thomas posed a question — the first time in three years. Though his colleagues focused mainly on the prosecutor's exclusion of African-American jurors, Thomas asked whether the defense had struck any white jurors. Yes, three in the sixth trial, said defense lawyer Sheri Johnson. But when it came to black jurors, there were none left to strike. Curtis Flowers' murder case has gone to trial six times; his conviction was thrown out three times by the Mississippi Supreme Court for prosecutorial misconduct. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Wednesday.

"For decades, the Supreme Court has wrestled with the question of racial discrimination in jury selection, setting down its most rigorous rules in 1986. But policing the application of those rules in the lower courts has proved problematic. Wednesday's case involved the conduct of Doug Evans, a district attorney in Winona, Miss., and his pursuit of a conviction against Curtis Flowers, a black man who prior to this case had no criminal record. Months after a quadruple murder in Winona, Flowers was arraigned, tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He has been on death row for 22 years. During that time, the state Supreme Court three times threw out his murder conviction for prosecutorial misconduct. The misconduct was not some technicality. It ranged from misleading the jury about evidence that did not exist to striking prospective jurors based on race. In the fourth and fifth trials, Evans ran out of strikes; at least two black jurors were seated; and the juries deadlocked. But in the sixth trial, with one black juror, the jury convicted, and the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the conviction, ruling that this time, there had not been any racial discrimination in jury selection. In arguments on Wednesday, most of the U.S. Supreme Court members did not seem inclined to uphold that conclusion."

Amazing, isn't it?

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.

3-29-19

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

"A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said Wednesday he saw the officer standing on the sidewalk, panicking, saying, "I don't know why I shot him. I don't know why I fired." The trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld continued into a second day Wednesday in a Pittsburgh courtroom, with three witnesses were called during morning testimony. John Leach, a neighbor who lives a few houses away from the scene of the June shooting, said he was on the front porch when Rosfeld fired three bullets into 17-year-old Anton Rose II. Rosfeld had just pulled over an unlicensed taxicab suspected to have been used in a drive-by shooting minutes earlier. Rose had been riding in the front seat of the taxi when Zaijuan Hester, in the back seat, rolled down a window and shot at two men on the street. Hester, 18, of Swissvale, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault and firearms violations for the earlier shooting, which wounded a man in the abdomen. Hester told a judge that he, not Rose, did the shooting."

Stunning, isn't it?

"Rosfeld, 30, faces a charge of criminal homicide for shooting Rose as the teen fled the traffic stop. Leach, the second witness to testify Wednesday, said he was standing on his front porch smoking when the shooting happened, reports CBS Pittsburgh. He said he saw Rosfeld fire three shots just as Rose turned and fled. Leach said he "couldn't believe his eyes." After the shooting, he was standing by Rose's body, watching Rosfeld on the sidewalk nearby saying repeatedly, "I don't know why I shot him. I don't know why I fired." There were audible gasps in the courtroom during the testimony, the station reports. Leach said later, he saw other officers consoling Rosfeld as he was crying, bent over and hyperventilating. Rosfeld, he said, looked as if he was about to pass out. Leach said he saw Rosfeld pointing a gun at Rose while at least one of Rose's hands was in the air. Then Rose turned and ran, he said. Patrick Shattuck said Wednesday he was in a senior center across the street for a council meeting. Five to seven minutes after the shooting, Shattuck said Rosfeld, with swollen, red eyes, entered the building and said, "Why did he do that? Why did he do that? Why did he take that out of his pocket?" East Pittsburgh Mayor Louis J. Payne, who was also there, said he, too, heard Rosfeld say, "Why did he do that?" but said he didn't hear the comment about the pocket."

Fascinating, isn't it? Anything to escape responsibility for unjustifiably killing the kid.

CBS News reports:

"A Pennsylvania jury found a white former police officer not guilty of criminal homicide in the 2018 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh. A jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, reached their verdict after deliberating for about three and a half hours Friday."

Proof positive, no justice in a fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" 'Shoot first, ask questions later,' guiding principle of law enforcement in Nazi America. The dream? Dead.

"The family of 17-year-old Antwon Rose issued a statement Friday saying they were "devastated" by the verdict."

No justice. Clearly, no longer possible in a fascist police-state, right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Although the facts of the case seemed clear cut, namely that Antwon Rose was shot in the back as he ran from officer Rosfeld; the jury's verdict was heavily influenced by flaws in current Pennsylvania law that contradict protections afforded citizens by the U.S. Constitution," the statement said."

This is a problem all across our formerly great country. The Nazi Right has clearly taken over. The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue are nearly always protected and coddled by their government masters. No foreign government, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue.

"Hundreds of people protested in Pittsburgh Friday night after the verdict, CBS Pittsburgh reports."

All protest must remain non-violent. Otherwise, you grant these pieces of human excrement carte blanche to murder on the job. Don't give these gutless bastards the satisfaction. Too many of them get their cookies off abusing authority. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?" The only way to effectively combat this shit is expose it to the light of day. Make the gutless motherf--kers as uncomfortable as possible. No better disinfectant than brilliant sunlight. Watch the cockroaches scurry.

"In closing statements Friday, a prosecutor said former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld acted as "judge, jury and executioner" when he killed the teen on June 19, 2018. Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Fodi said that Rose didn't deserve to die."

That's right. Yet, the jackbooted bastard was exonerated. No justice. Not in a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Antwon Rose posed no risk to Michael Rosfeld. It doesn't look good because it isn't good," Fodi said, according to CBS Pittsburgh. "There was no need to use deadly force. This is not reasonable police work by an officer."

Doesn't matter. Not in a goddamned fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey said in his closing argument that Rosfeld was justified in shooting the fleeing teenager because the officer believed he was in danger."

That's insanity. The kid was unarmed, shot in the back, RUNNING AWAY. We've lost ourselves. Anything goes, now. In a goddamned fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

NPR reports:

"A jury in Pennsylvania has acquitted a white former police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in the back, setting off a series of angry protests. Michael Rosfeld was a rookie officer with the East Pittsburgh Police Department who had been sworn in just hours before shooting 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last June. Rosfeld was charged with murder. He testified that he pulled over an unlicensed taxi that had been involved in a drive-by shooting and that Rose and another occupant fled the vehicle. Rosfeld told the jury that he thought Rose or the other suspect had a gun. He shot the fleeing Rose in the back, arm and side of the face. Rosfeld testified that he had shot Rose to protect himself and the community."

This, after claiming at the time he didn't know why he opened fire. Clearly, well-coached by shyster counsel to lie like hell on the stand to save his gutless ass. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Another occupant of the car, Zaijuan Hester, 18, pleaded guilty last week to gun charges, telling a judge that he, not Rose, did the drive-by shooting. As An-Li Herring of NPR member station WESA reported, Rose's death was captured on video and later posted on Facebook. "Rose's death sparked weeks of protests that shut down local roadways," said Herring. "Demonstrators felt that Rose's death fit a national pattern of police brutality against black residents."

As frequently reported in this publication, not just blacks are victims of these criminal, murderous, jackbooted bastards in blue.

"Rosfeld was acquitted by a jury of seven men and five women — a panel that included three black jurors — who viewed the video recording. They deliberated for less than four hours on the fourth day of the trial."

Proof positive all races have their heads securely lodged up their clueless asses when it comes to criminal law enforcement. Nearly always, protect these pieces of human excrement no matter what they do.

"In his closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Fodi said that Rosfeld had acted as "judge, jury and executioner." "We don't shoot first and ask questions later," said Fodi."

Clearly, we do. A fascist police-state.

"The jury's decision to acquit Rosfeld was unanimous."

No hope. Dream? Dead.

CBS News reports:

"I hope that man never sleeps at night," Michelle Kenney, Antwon Rose II's mother, said of Michael Rosfeld, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I hope he gets as much sleep as I do, which is none."

"Kenney said she was upset but unsurprised, given other cases in which police officers have either avoided charges or won acquittals in similar shootings. "It isn't what I hoped for, but it's what I expected," she said, adding she feels her son ended up dead because he was black."

Readers are reminded this is a problem across the board. Not just innocent unarmed blacks are murdered by law enforcement.

"The verdict leaves Rose's family to pursue the federal civil rights lawsuit they filed last August against Rosfeld and East Pittsburgh, a small municipality about 10 miles from downtown Pittsburgh."

Take the bastards for every goddamned penny you can get.

"After the verdict Friday, a small group of chanting protesters briefly blocking intersections and entering hotels. Pittsburgh police tweeted the "peaceful demonstration" had resulted in rolling, temporary road closures. On Saturday, Pittsburgh was bracing for more protests. Police are working 12-hour shifts this weekend in an effort to put as many officers on the streets as possible – not only downtown but in various zones, CBS Pittsburgh reported. Their main goal is to keep the city safe."

The hell it is. Unadulterated horse shit. They're liars. Protest MUST remain non-violent. Otherwise, you grant these gutless pieces of human excrement carte blanche to murder on the job. Don't give them the satisfaction.

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

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

3-29-19

Never ends. The following the 'best' law enforcement has to offer, Sheriff? NBC News reports:

"A Houston police sergeant was charged with murder after his wife, a longtime elementary school librarian, was shot dead over the weekend, according to police. An arrest warrant on suspicion of murder was issued for Houston police Sgt. Hilario Hernandez, 56, after Belinda Hernandez, 52, was found shot to death in a Pearland, Texas, home Saturday. A family member had reported finding the body, according to the Pearland Police Department."

Nothing quite like 'good' policing, right, Sheriff?

"Hilario Hernandez was detained later Saturday in Kingsville, more than 250 miles south of where his wife was found dead, Pearland police spokesman Officer Jason Wells said."

What the hell was he doing there?

Heartrending tragedy for all those touched by her life and service to the community:

"Belinda Hernandez was a librarian at Shadycrest Elementary School in the Pearland Independent School District, according to police. "Mrs. Hernandez was a beloved, longtime employee who worked for Pearland ISD for 15 years," the district said in a statement, adding that counselors would be made available to students and staff "for as long as needed." Her faculty profile on the school website says her "wish for Shadycrest students is to find that 'just right' book and fall into the world of reading."

"Hilario Hernandez is being held at the Brazoria County Jail on $800,000 bail, according to jail records."

Why was bail an option? Presents an ongoing threat to the community. ... Right, Sheriff?

ABC News reports:

"A Houston Police officer has been charged with fatally shooting his wife, a longtime elementary school librarian, according to authorities. Belinda Hernandez, 53, was found dead in a home in Pearland, Texas, by family members on Saturday shortly before noon, Pearland Police Department Public Information Officer Jason Wells told ABC News. After police arrived, an arrest warrant was issued for her husband, Houston Police Sgt. Hilario Hernandez, 56, Wells said. He was later taken into custody about 350 miles southwest in Kingsville, Texas, by Kingsville Police officers and Texas Department of Safety troopers, Wells said. Hernandez was located around 3:15 p.m. at a Hampton Inn hotel just 100 miles north of the Mexico border, ABC Houston station KTRK reported. The couple lived at the Pearland home where Belinda Hernandez was found, ABC Corpus Christi affiliate KIII reported. Hilario Hernandez is currently being held at the Kleberg County jail on a first-degree murder charge, online jail records show. He is expected to be transported back to Brazoria County, Wells said.

"ABC News could not immediately reach a representative for the Houston Police Department for comment. The police department confirmed to KTRK that the sergeant was linked to the shooting."

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.

3-29-19

Another seemingly senseless killing by an apparently gutless jackbooted bastard in blue. The DailyTrib reports:

"One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting early March 27 in Burnet. According to Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson, officers responded to the 300 block of South McNeil Street at 1:40 a.m. regarding a call about loud music. When the officers arrived, they approached a red car at the scene, and the driver began backing up. Nelson said an officer was giving verbal commands to the driver to stop, but the vehicle came forward toward the officer. The vehicle ran over the officer’s left foot. Once struck, the officer shot his weapon, striking the driver of the vehicle, according to Nelson."

Couldn't have stepped out of the way? Will you eventually release all video, Chief?

"A female passenger was in the vehicle and was not injured."

She could have been killed. No consideration of that?

“At that time, once that was done, (the officer) called for EMS and started medical procedures on that suspect to help save his life,” Nelson said during a 7 a.m. media conference."

'Thoughtful' of him, no?

"Nelson said the department does not have the deceased person identified and will release his name once he is identified and next of kin is notified. Nelson said the officer has been with the department for three years but did not release his name."

Why not? Why are you sitting on this information? He's apparently alive and recovering nicely. Why not release his name and that of all officers involved in the incident?

"The Texas Rangers will lead the investigation, Nelson said."

Delusionally believe they're unbiased?

"The officer was taken to Seton Highland Lakes in Burnet. Nelson said X-rays were taken and showed no broken bones, and the officer was released."

How about that? Why not have the medical facility confirm the above statement, Chief? That is, that the officer's foot was indeed run over?

More on all this as it becomes available.

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.

3-29-19

The following is a terrible injustice to the law enforcement community. Appalling that someone would rip off loved ones of fallen officers. CBS News reports:

"A volunteer treasurer for a charity benefiting the families of fallen New York City police officers was charged Thursday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit organization to pay for personal expenses. Lorraine Shanley, 68, of Staten Island, is charged with bank fraud and identity theft, accused of pocketing more than $410,000 from Survivors of the Shield, CBS New York reported."

-- Got to be a special place reserved in Hell. ... Or, is there more to the story? Read on. Quite convoluted.

"According to the criminal complaint, Shanley managed the charity's finances between 2010 and 2017. During that time period, the charity received approximately $1.9 million in donations, over 99 percent of which came from New York Police Department employees, officials said. "Lorraine Shanley allegedly capitalized on tragedy and monetized people's generosity," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement. "As alleged, Shanley stole over 20 percent of the donations to a charity whose sole mission is to help the families of NYPD officers killed in the line of duty." Shanley allegedly stole the money to pay for dental expenses, landscaping services, parking and traffic tickets and even Barbara Streisand concert tickets. She is also accused of taking $63,000 to pay for her son's legal fees in a criminal case and nearly $29,000 to pay for her grandson's private school tuition."

Not only is this woman a criminal, she's stupid. How could she ever expect to get away with it? While the accused is entitled to the presumption of innocence until convicted, certainly, doesn't look good. Consider the following:

"The fraud was finally uncovered by a new volunteer treasurer who reviewed the charity's tax returns and records as part of an effort to modernize the charity's operations, officials said. "We are deeply saddened that the person arrested betrayed the trust placed in them by this organization and so many others," a post on the Survivors of the Shield website and Facebook page reads. "Representatives of Survivors of the Shield contacted the U.S. Department of Justice after potential financial improprieties were uncovered. The Board has been working with the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York," the post continued."

Sad, isn't it?

"A neighbor of Stanley told CBS New York that he didn't notice anything lavish about her lifestyle. "Nothing, not nice cars, nothing really. Nothing to see that she has $400,000 to just throw away. It looks like a normal family," Joe Palacino said. "Good people. She got caught in something that she probably realized she didn't mean to, you know, in the end."

Think so? Or, could it have something to do with the following? Not only sad, but inexplicable:

"Shanley is an NYPD widow. Her late husband died of a heart condition."

In light of the above, who better to know how important this charity truly is?

"She was released on $100,000 bond and is due back in federal court next month. If found guilty, Shanley would face a maximum of 32 years in prison."

Interesting to see how this case is adjudicated in light of the above. No matter what, she needs to be held accountable.

3-29-19

The following is an egregious mistake. New Zealand will live to regret it. The Washington Post reports:

"It has not even been a week since a gunman spouting anti-immigrant hate stormed into two mosques here, killing 50 people and changing New Zealand forever. The funerals have only just started. Yet New Zealand has moved with astonishing speed to prevent this kind of mass shooting from ever happening again."

Think so? Truly believe it? Wake up.

"Six days after the shootings, politicians from across the spectrum and many lobby groups associated with gun use rallied around the government’s decision to ban semiautomatic weapons as well as the accessories that can convert lower-caliber guns into military-style assault weapons. People who own these weapons will be required to surrender them in a buyback program, and owners who fail to do so will face fines and prison time. “There is a general recognition that we don’t need these military-style weapons in New Zealand, so it’s very easy to win cross-party support for this,” said Mark Mitchell, who was defense minister in the previous, center-right government and who supports the ban initiated by the center-left-led Labour Party."

You may not 'need' them right now, but what about some time in the future? Not a government in history that has not become tyrannical at some point. What then? -- When the citizenry is not as well armed as its oppressors?

"Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has earned plaudits across the country and the world for her compassionate and swift response to the shootings, announced Thursday that the government is banning “military-style semiautomatics” — defined as semiautomatic guns capable of being used with a detachable magazine that holds more than five cartridges. Parts and accessories that can be used to convert less-powerful guns into military-style weapons are also banned, along with all high-capacity magazines. The Australian man accused of carrying out last Friday’s attacks had five guns, two of which had been modified into assault rifles, essentially making them military-style weapons, police said."

The following is hopelessly delusional, achingly shortsighted:

“The time for the easy availability of these weapons must end, and today it will,” Ardern said at a news conference Thursday afternoon, using her power to create rules under existing legislation to put the ban into immediate effect. “In short, every semiautomatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country.” Ardern said the ban takes effect immediately to prevent the stockpiling of firearms while legislation to make it permanent is being drafted."

The law-abiding will consequently be effectively disarmed of weapons needed to defend themselves against out of control, abusive, murderous government. The criminal element, nonetheless, will always find a way to access illegal weaponry.

"New Zealand is a farming nation where guns are often used for controlling pests, or recreationally for hunting and sport. There are as many as 1.5 million guns in the country — one for every three people. Ardern acknowledged that there are legitimate reasons for people in farming communities to have guns, so exceptions were made for .22-caliber rifles and for shotguns commonly used for duck and rabbit hunting. But these guns can have magazines that hold no more than 10 rounds. There will be narrow exemptions for professional pest control, and for the police and defense forces."

The latter is precisely the problem. The citizenry will be defenseless when their government at some point in the future murderously abuses power.

"But Thursday’s decision amounts to a total ban on the kind of weapons that were used in Christchurch — and in mass-casualty shootings in the United States, such as in Parkland, Fla., Orlando and Las Vegas. Among gun-control advocates in the United States, there was immediate admiration that New Zealand was able to act so quickly and decisively, and frustration that American lawmakers have not been able to institute even the smallest of gun-control measures, even after 20 first-graders were killed in their Connecticut school in 2012."

There was, and is, good reason for this. To prevent what happened in New Zealand after the massacre from happening right here in the United States. That is, effective disarming of the American citizenry. Thankfully, in the United States, the right to own firearms is guarantied by the Second Amendment. In New Zealand, ownership of weaponry is considered a privilege, not a right.

“This is what real action to stop gun violence looks like,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tweeted after Ardern’s announcement."

This, among other reasons, is precisely why Sanders is unfit for office.

"There are some distinct differences about New Zealand’s system. For one, there is no equivalent of the Second Amendment here. In fact, anyone who wanted a gun for self-defense would be denied a gun license. People who want guns must go through a vetting process and obtain a license first. Even at shooting ranges, it is highly unusual to see a human figure as a target. Second, the scale of the attacks was like nothing New Zealand has ever seen before. The worst mass shooting before Friday occurred in Dunedin in 1990, when a gunman killed 13. And, crucially, New Zealand has a unicameral Parliament, where only a simple majority is required to pass legislation. “It’s easier to do here because we have a different type of democracy,” said Paul Buchanan, a former American intelligence analyst who has lived in New Zealand for the last 20 years. “There are so many veto points in the United States, and that’s part of the problem. It allows the lobbyists to come in at any one of the veto points,” he said."

That assessment is insanity. You live in a country that is far more oppressive, controlling than here in the United States. That, despite the fact we've been a de facto fascist police-state since 9/11, a democratic republic in name only. Despite that most salient fact, disarming of the public would not be tolerated here. Would spawn the unthinkable, unwanted. A second American revolution already catastrophically looming for a variety of other reasons.

"Ardern announced an amnesty and buyback program to encourage owners of guns that are now banned to surrender their weapons. Current penalties for possessing guns illegally include fines of up to $2,700 or three years in jail, but Ardern said she planned to increase these as part of the process.

"From mid-April, only people who have a special “E” category of gun license — a group of only 7,500 people nationwide — will be allowed to own military-style weapons. Ardern told people not to bother trying to obtain an E license. “My advice to them is that they’re wasting their time,” she said.

"By moving so quickly, Ardern made it impossible for the group to put up much of a fight, said Buchanan. “Because the country is still in shock, the prime minister caught the gun lobby when they are on the back foot,” he said.

"The Police Association and other gun-control advocates have further steps in mind, including the establishment of a registration system for individual weapons, not just owners. Ardern has signaled that she plans to introduce that next."

Raw nazism New Zealanders will some day grow to profoundly regret. Aggressive stupidity at its very worst.

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.

3-29-19

The following makes no sense. Something's not quite right here. Get this. The Washington Post reports:

"The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said Tuesday that all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped. The “Empire” actor was indicted earlier this month for allegedly lying to Chicago police about a hate-crime attack. “After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollett’s volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago," a statement from the office of the Cook County State’s Attorney reads, "we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case.”

The forfeited bond is sizeable. The following is incomprehensible in light of the above:

"In a statement, Smollett’s lawyer, Patricia Brown Holmes, said: “He was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgment." Smollett was first charged in February with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. The actor, who is black and gay, told police in January that he had been attacked around 2 a.m. in the Streeterville neighborhood by two people who yelled racist and homophobic slurs, wrapped a rope around his neck and poured an unidentified chemical substance on him. The actor said at least one of his attackers had invoked President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan, yelling “This is MAGA country" during the attack. News of the dropped charges arrived after Smollett reportedly made an emergency appearance in Chicago court Tuesday morning."

Think this justice? ... Or, someone with an enormous amount of cash who was able to buy his way out of a jam? ... Or, is there some other explanation?

ABC News reports:

"In a stunning move, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on Tuesday, a month after he was hit with felony counts stemming from what police said was a staged street attack on himself in an attempt to get a pay raise. Smollett appeared at an an emergency court hearing in Chicago Tuesday, where prosecutors told a judge they were dismissing the 16 charges of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report against the 36-year-old actor. While it was not immediately clear what prompted prosecutors to drop the charges against Smollett, a spokesperson for the Cook County State Attorney's Office noted that the actor will forfeit a $100,000 bond. The spokesperson, however, said that there was no plea deal, but rather an "agreement," and that no community service will be required of Smollett."

Jesus Christ. What the hell is going on here? Did this guy buy his way out of 16 felony counts?

“After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollet’s volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago, we believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case.”

Think so? ... Or, did a guy at the top of the food chain successfully buy his way out of a felony jam?

"Smollett's lawyers, Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes, released a statement confirming that all charges had been dropped. "Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him," the defense attorneys said in a statement. "Jussie was attacked by two people he was unable to identify on January 29th. He was a victim who was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator as a result of false and inappropriate remarks made to the public causing an inappropriate rush to judgment."

That right? If so, why not fight the charges instead of forfeiting the bond?

"The attorneys added, "Jussie and many others were hurt by these unfair and unwarranted actions. This entire situation is a reminder that there should never be an attempt to prove a case in the court of public opinion. That is wrong. It is a reminder that a victim, in this case Jussie, deserves dignity and respect. Dismissal of charges against the victim in this case was the only just result."

That right? Then why, in effect pay thousands, to walk away?

CBS News reports:

"CBS News has learned that lawyers with the Chicago police department are trying to determine if they can legally release evidence in the investigation of Jussie Smollett despite a judge sealing the case. State prosecutors cleared the "Empire" actor of all 16 felony counts filed against him just over two weeks ago for allegedly lying to police about being the target of a hate crime attack. The charges were dropped after Smollett performed just two days of community service this past week, and because he agreed to forfeit his $10,000 bond even though the city spent more than $150,000 on his case. State prosecutor Joe Magats made the decision to drop the charges. He believes Smollett made up the allegations, but says the non-violent case qualifies for community service and a financial penalty, which he says is common. "So you believe he's guilty?" CBS News' Adriana Diaz asked Magats, who said, "Yes." "Our priority is violent crimes and the drivers of violence. Jussie Smollett is neither one of those," Magats said. Asked if community service and $10,000 is enough to wipe this clean, Magats said, "I feel that it is." Smollett has denied all of the allegations. Chicago's mayor and chief of police expressed outraged by the stunning reversal. Mayor Rahm Emanuel called it a "whitewash of justice" and Chicago's police union wants the Justice Department to investigate. "Mr. Smollett is still saying that he is innocent. Still running down the Chicago Police Department. How dare him," Emanuel said. "This sends an unambiguous message that there is no accountability and that is wrong."

Chicago police are not happy campers:

"Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said his department was blindsided by the decision. "It's Mr. Smollett who committed this hoax, period. If he wanted to clear his name, the way to do that was in a court of law so that everyone could see the evidence," Johnson said. Smollett's attorneys said his record was "wiped clean" of the 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct – each punishable by up to three years in prison. The actor remained unapologetic while maintaining his innocence. "I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one," Smollett said.

"Meanwhile the FBI is still investigating a threatening letter Smollett allegedly sent to himself in January, so his legal troubles are not over."

More on this as it becomes available.

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.

3-22-19

As always, when law enforcement does something heroic and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. NBC News reports:

"An Oklahoma sheriff and the majority of her staff quit on Monday after citing uninhabitable conditions in the county jail."

Uncommon Valor. Nearly unheard of in the law enforcement community.

"Nowata County Sheriff Terry Sue Barnett tendered her resignation after a judge mandated her to reopen the county jail after high levels of carbon monoxide sent four of her employees to the emergency room last month. The conditions of the jail do not comply with "constitutional standards," Barnett said in her resignation letter, which was obtained by NBC News. The sheriff said that Nowata District Judge Carl Gibson informed her last week that if she did not bring the more than a dozen inmates back to the Nowata County Jail, she would be held in contempt of court."

The Sheriff did the right thing. At great personal cost. So did most of her staff. Hat's off.

"I've said from the beginning that if I became Sheriff, I would serve the citizens by standing up and doing the right things," Barnett, who was elected in November, said in a statement. "This is just wrong, and I wasn't going to put human beings in that jail until we knew what was going on. Twelve members of the Nowata County Sheriff's Office staff, including deputies and civilian employees, resigned with Barnett on Monday. Even the K-9 officer, Ranger, quit and signed his resignation letter with a paw print, Barnett said."

Gets no better than that.

"The sheriff's office said five people currently remain on the staff with dispatchers sourcing 911 calls and delegating them to stations nearby. The "tipping point" for the sheriff was a Feb. 28 incident where the level of carbon monoxide in the Nowata County Jail came to 18. She said the standard lethal level is 20. Barnett immediately evacuated her staff and the inmates from the county jail that serves more than 10,000 people in the nearly 600 square miles region. The source of the high levels of carbon monoxide is still unknown, she said. In the resignation letter, Barnett also detailed other dangerous conditions in the "inadequately budgeted" jail, including exposed wires in the shower areas that have shocked inmates, mold throughout the jail and offices and "improper" plumbing that often causes methane gas to permeate the jail. The inmates were transferred to Washington County, where they remained as of Wednesday according to the Nowata County Clerk."

Gets worse. Get this:

"Judge Gibson declared Barnett's resignation "void" on Tuesday but the sheriff said that is not within his right. "I do not work for the judge. The judge is an elected official. I am also an elected official," Barnett told reporters. "I do not believe we live in a country where we can be ordered to go to work when I have already tendered my resignation."

That's right. No question. No judge has that authority. Not in a democratic republic. Then again, we now live in a de facto fascist police-state.

"The sheriff was called into court on Tuesday, where Judge Gibson held a hearing where he questioned whether housing the inmates in a different county was putting Nowata County at financial risk. "As most of these things go, it's all about money," Barnett's attorney, Paul DeMuro told NBC News. "The jail is a huge source of revenue for the county so the financial piece of this story is a very important one." Nowata is the third poorest county in Oklahoma, with a total operating budget of less than $1 million, according to KJRH. "The Nowata County Jail is a ticking time bomb of constitutional liability," DeMuro said in a statement. "If the county thinks it has budget problems now, it better wake up because somebody is going to die in that jail."

3-22-19

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:

... "While human trafficking is indeed a criminal problem, this is not the way to go about solving it. Wake up. These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

... 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:

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.

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

3-22-19

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 fifty 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 fifty 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 fifty 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.

3-22-19

More of the same old jackbooted shit. ... Right, Sheriff? NBC News reports:

"Three years ago, an unmarked police car tailed Richard Jackson into an alley behind his home on Chicago's West Side and pulled him over. Jackson, a black Navy veteran, had become used to being stopped by police for what he believed was no reason since returning to Illinois from the military in 2012. But this time was different. After an officer ran his driver's license, then said he was free to go, Jackson pointedly asked what he had done wrong. The officer, who is white, said Jackson had cut him off, which Jackson denied. The officer then issued Jackson citations for failing to yield at a left turn and stop sign, which Jackson also denied. Although the officer did not allude to Jackson's race, the veteran believed that was why he was stopped. He successfully fought the two citations and filed a complaint with the Chicago police. Richard Jackson filed a complaint after a 2016 traffic stop. "With this racial profiling — I'm not just going to roll over," Jackson, 36, said."

Exactly, right. Expose it to the light of day. Stand tall.

"The Chicago police did not respond to a request for comment."

What could they say?

"Jackson's encounter with the Chicago police reflects the experiences of people of color across the country, who describe being stopped and searched by officers without a good reason. Like Jackson, many believe their race played a role. Now, Stanford University researchers have compiled the most comprehensive evidence to date suggesting there is a pattern of racial disparities in traffic stops. The researchers provided NBC News with the traffic-stop data — the largest such dataset ever collected — which points to pervasive inequality in how police decide to stop and search white and minority drivers."

So what else is new? Been a problem for decades, right, Sheriff?

"Using information obtained through public record requests, the Stanford Open Policing Project examined almost 100 million traffic stops conducted from 2011 to 2017 across 21 state patrol agencies, including California, Illinois, New York and Texas, and 29 municipal police departments, including New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St. Paul, Minnesota. The results show that police stopped and searched black and Latino drivers on the basis of less evidence than used in stopping white drivers, who are searched less often but are more likely to be found with illegal items. The study does not set out to conclude whether officers knowingly engaged in racial discrimination, but uses a more nuanced analysis of traffic stop data to infer that race is a factor when people are pulled over — and that it's occurring across the country. "Because of this analysis, we're able to get to that anecdotal story to say this is really happening," said Sharad Goel, an assistant professor in management science and engineering at Stanford and a co-author of the study."

Police are out of control. Place themselves and the public at risk. Consider the following:

"There's no longer the idea of Officer Friendly, who might help you understand why they pulled you over. Now, it's about using racial profiling to control people and place fear in them," said David Lowery, founder of the Living & Driving While Black Foundation in Chicago, an advocacy group calling for an end to racial profiling. "Then, you've got money tied up into this," he added. "Who can write the most tickets? Who can put the most people in jail and into the court system? It’s no longer about a simple traffic stop for safety." The Stanford study sliced the data in three distinct ways to search for evidence of racial bias:

"Police stops: A "veil of darkness" test was done to analyze whether black drivers are being pulled over at a higher rate during the day than at night, when officers would have a harder time distinguishing race from a distance. After adjusting for the variation in sunset times across the year, researchers found a 5 to 10 percent drop in the share of stopped drivers after sunset who are black, suggesting black drivers are being racially profiled during the day.

"Police searches: Researchers reviewed the rate at which drivers were searched and the likelihood that those searches turned up illegal drugs and guns. There was evidence that the bar for searching black and Latino drivers is lower than that for white drivers, even though white drivers were more likely to have contraband. Across states, contraband was found in 36 percent of searches of white drivers, compared to 32 percent for black drivers and 26 percent for Latinos.

"Impact of marijuana legalization: After the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state, there has been a reduction in searches of both white and minority drivers. But the search rate remains twice as high for minorities, a trend also noted in a 2017 Stanford study. Stanford's research is based on numbers provided by state and city agencies, but not all police departments track that data or are willing to release it. While the majority of states responded to the Stanford group's public records requests and offered at least some traffic stop data, four states said they didn't have information on drivers' race and 15 failed to say whether they collect any data at all."

Report goes on and on. Seems obvious. When will we finally wake up? When?

"Jackson, who joined the military at 18 and is now an immigration officer, said he hasn't been pulled over since the last time in 2016 near his home. The complaint he filed with Chicago police's Internal Affairs Division was closed after his citations were thrown out — without addressing any of his concerns about racial profiling. Still, he has no regrets about speaking up to the officer who stopped him. "I gave up too much time in my life to fight for this country to have my rights trampled on," Jackson said. "If that means I get shot, killed, honestly, then that's what's going to happen. But I'm going to make sure my rights are not violated."

Uncommon Valor. We must all stand tall. Otherwise, whatever is left of our formerly great country will be no more.

Above quotes courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Erik Ortiz.

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.

3-22-19

No justice. CBS News reports:

"The former Chicago police officer convicted in the shooting death of black teen Laquan McDonald has been transferred to a New York federal correctional institution that's been called one of the country's "cushiest" prisons. Van Dyke was sentenced to less than seven years in prison on his second-degree murder conviction in the 2014 police shooting that drew widespread outrage. In a rare move, prosecutors have challenged the sentence."

In Texas, kill a cop even in self-defense, get executed.

"Last month, Van Dyke's wife said that he was transferred from an Illinois state prison to a federal prison in Connecticut, where he was injured in an assault. Prison officials confirmed the assault at FCI Danbury in Connecticut, which they said resulted in "minor injuries." Van Dyke is now at Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in New York, according to prison records. A U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told CBS Chicago Van Dyke was transferred from Danbury to Otisville on Monday, but declined to reveal the reason for the move."

Obvious, isn't it? Special treatment for a criminal former jackbooted bastard in blue. So what else is new? Sadly, one of a number of reasons an unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looms. ... Hear the rumble?

"Otisville, a medium-security federal facility about 70 miles from New York City, was named by Forbes in 2009 as one of the "America's 10 cushiest prisons." The facility has an adjacent minimum-security camp that offers recreational activities including weights, cardio equipment, bocce ball, horseshoes, a handball court, a tennis area and baseball and basketball field, according to the prison's online handbook. However, most of the inmates on Otisville's campus — 710 out of a total of 836 — are assigned to the medium-security federal correctional institution or detention center, according to the handbook, with the rest assigned to the camp. Inmates in both have access to both a law and a "leisure" library, the handbook says."

Nothing quite like 'equal' 'justice' in what has become a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Otisville has been home to a number of high-profile and celebrity inmates. A judge agreed to recommend that former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen serve his fraud sentence there, reports The New York Times, though the federal Bureau of Prisons will have the final say. Former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, free on bail pending an appeal of his federal corruption conviction, has also asked to serve his sentence at Otisville, the Times reports. "Jersey Shore" reality show personality Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is serving his tax evasion sentence at the minimum-security camp, according to the Times. The facility is commonly requested by Jewish inmates, reports the New York Times, because it offers a full-time Hasidic chaplain who oversees prayer services three times daily, religious classes and Kosher meals."

Here's the problem:

"Absent a new sentence and with credit for good behavior, Van Dyke will likely serve around three years of his nearly seven year sentence in McDonald's shooting."

Yet, kill a cop even in self-defense get executed throughout most of this country. Anything wrong with this picture? Anything at all?

"McDonald's family has called the sentence "a slap in the face to us and a slap on the wrist" for Van Dyke. Prosecutors have argued the trial judge did not appropriately apply the law in handing down the sentence and have asked the state supreme court to review it. Van Dyke is contesting the challenge."

What it is remains no less than jackbooted nazi justice in what has become a fascist police-state. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming as the jackasses running this government 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

"Police video of the shooting showed Van Dyke open fire as the teen, who was holding a knife, appeared to be walking away. Van Dyke continued to shoot the 17-year-old while he was lying on the street."

Murder. Unadulterated. ... 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.

3-22-19

No justice. More of the same. The Washington Post reports:

"When Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced that she would not bring charges against the police officers who killed Stephon Clark on March 18, 2018, her decision was disappointing, though hardly surprising. Schubert’s investigation concluded that, though Clark was holding a cellphone rather than a gun when he was shot, the officers involved truly believed he was armed and reasonably felt that their lives were in danger when they fired 20 rounds at Clark; multiple shots hit him in the back."

Called murder. Why is it law enforcement gets free rein?

"Schubert acknowledged that the “death was a tragedy that has had a devastating impact on his family and our community.” But she said California law, which follows a 1989 Supreme Court ruling that determines whether a police-involved shooting is justified by evaluating whether other officers would have made the same decision in similar circumstances, did not permit her to move forward given the evidence in the case. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the same thing: Under the law, the police officers could not be prosecuted for Clark’s death."

No more than legalized murder.

"It’s possible to dispute whether Clark’s death actually met the so-called objective reasonableness standard. And it’s worth considering whether the extensive donations Schubert received from police officers’ unions affected her findings. But we need to ask a more fundamental question when we see prosecutors claim that their hands are tied by the law. Why aren’t these cases prompting them to lead the charge to fix those laws, giving them greater power to save families and communities from events they claim to find so devastating?"

The answer to that question is achingly simple. They're lying. Protecting the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff?

"That is, after all, the prosecutorial playbook in just about every other context. If they think the laws are insufficient to address gun violence committed by people other than the police, they push for changes. If a drug is causing deaths and hardship in their communities, they are at the front lines asking for harsher laws or stiffer penalties to stem the damage. District attorney associations are often the most powerful voices in a state arguing for or against legislation addressing crime. Typically, these associations resist any laws or changes that make it more difficult for them to bring prosecutions or obtain convictions."

That's a problem. Determinedly, concertedly remain in the pocket of law enforcement. Rather than in the pocket of justice. ... Right, Sheriff?

"So where is that same lobbying effort when it comes to the unnecessary and preventable use of deadly force by the police given that the existing legal landscape makes it so hard to prosecute these cases? Why aren’t prosecutors demanding laws that require police to de-escalate wherever possible and to exhaust all available alternatives before turning to deadly force?"

The answer to that question is again remarkably simple. Prime mover for prosecutors is a conviction, NOT justice.

"We know changes such as these work to reduce violence. Seattle adopted stricter departmental use of force policies, and the result has been a decline in the use of police force without any increase in crime rates or injuries to officers. California’s legislature is considering a bill that would impose similar requirements. Prosecutors should likewise be leading the way when it comes to pushing for more comprehensive tracking of the use of force so their offices and police departments have better data and can adjust policies based on the findings."

Can't confuse prosecutors or police with the truth. Simply, not possible. Their agenda does not allow such. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Prosecutors should be calling for changes such as these in the name of public safety. They invoke their responsibility to make sure all citizens are safe when they lobby on many other areas, yet this is a space where they have been conspicuously silent. It’s hard to escape the impression that prosecutors are the guardians of public safety except when the threat to public safety comes from the police, and that they are unconcerned with the rights of defendants unless those defendants are police officers. Prosecutors’ partnerships with the police may cloud their ability to see police-involved shootings for what they all too often are: unnecessary acts of violence in their communities that must be deterred and minimized."

A jackass can't, won't be confused with the truth. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"But if prosecutors want to claim that they are the keepers of public safety and that part of that job is determining the laws we need on the books, they cannot sit on the sidelines as police use of deadly force tears at the fabric of their communities and puts their citizens in fear for their lives. It is the job of the prosecutor to protect public safety, no matter who threatens it. Without significant changes to laws or policing practices, we will obviously see another Stephon Clark, and another, and another."

No question. Guarantied. Precisely, what psychotic police and prosecutors clearly want and expect. Otherwise, this shit would end.

"When prosecutors see cases such as the shooting of Clark, they should not hide behind the claim that they are just enforcing the law. These cases represent calls to action to fix the laws to prevent these tragedies in the future. Any prosecutor not up to the task of lobbying for such changes does not deserve to hold their office."

Empty rhetoric. Meaningless. Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, only one way for these atrocities to end. Time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence. Otherwise, expect more of the same.

Above quotes courtesy of a most gifted, insightful writer, Rachel Barkow, Professor NYU School of Law.

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.

3-22-19

The American Civil Liberties Union stands tall. NBC News reports:

"The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday [3-14-19] called on law enforcement organizations to stop sharing license plate tracking data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The organization released more than 1,800 pages of documents that it said showed ICE had accessed such data from more than 80 local law enforcement groups in more than a dozen states that used automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, which have drawn criticism from privacy advocates for being an invasive way of tracking people’s movements."

We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue do as they please. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"The findings are the result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the ACLU of Northern California. The suit sought documents related to a contract between ICE and media and technology company Thomson Reuters, which provided access to a massive automated license plate reader database maintained by Vigilant Solutions, a company that provides ALPR data and analysis to law enforcement."

An out of control fascist police-state. No probable cause justifying mass warrantless surveillance. None of the goddamned government's business. Raw nazism. The dream is dead. Has been quite some time. As the Founders spin in their graves.

"One Vigilant document released by the ACLU showed a long list of police departments that had provided such data to ICE through Vigilant. “The information that they collect nominally to protect residents is being used by ICE to destroy communities,” Vasudha Talla, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, told NBC News. A spokesperson for ICE said that the agency “is not seeking to build a license plate reader database, and will not collect nor contribute any data to a national public or private database through this contract.” The spokesperson did not respond to follow-up questions about its use of Vigilant’s system."

Like the Trump nazi and his henchmen, law enforcement has turned into little more than congenital liars. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"ALPRs are specialized cameras that can quickly scan license plates and are commonly used by law enforcement nationwide. A 2012 document published by the Department of Justice showed that the devices can read plates at rates of up to 1,800 per minute, or 30 plates per second."

Jackbooted motherf--kers. These fascist bastards present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Our formerly great country remains a democratic republic in name only. In reality, we live in a goddamned fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Vigilant Solutions did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Thomson Reuters declined to comment."

What the f--k could these sons of bitches say? It's how they line their pockets. At your expense. Wake up.

Carefully, consider the following:

"The Dallas Police Department, one of the departments listed in the document, confirmed that it shares data with ICE and hundreds of other law enforcement organizations nationwide. A spokesperson for the department said it has 46 ALPR devices. Two other California police agencies, including one named by the ACLU in its press release, disputed their inclusion on Vigilant’s list. Union City Police Department spokesman Lt. Steve Mendez said that the agency does not have any license plate readers, citing their high cost. He said that the department is a Vigilant client but that it only uses the company’s information and does not contribute its own. “We do subscribe to Vigilant Solutions as a ‘read only,’ client, we cannot input info,” he said in an email. “We use the information from that source for our own local investigations. We do not share that information with ICE. If we should get [ALPRs] in the future, we would not share information we gather with ICE.” The Vigilant document also listed the Ventura Police Department in California as another entity that shares license plate data with Vigilant, and in turn, with ICE. Ventura PD spokesman Cmdr. Tom Higgins said that his department does not have ALPRs. While the department does occasionally receive data from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which maintains 34 ALPRs mounted on patrol cars, the county agency says it does not provide data to federal authorities. “We don’t have any [memorandum of understanding] with ICE or any other federal agency,” Capt. Eric Hatlee, a sheriff’s office spokesman, said."

Think the above could be indicative of the possibility the jackbooted bastards in blue are sharing information their commanders are not aware of? Hard to believe, though a possibility, no?

"The ACLU's Talla said the denials raise more questions for the departments including whether information could be taken without their knowledge or if officers could be sharing information informally. "They have a duty to their residents to find out exactly what's going on here," she said in a email. The apparent contradiction highlights the opaque world of data collection and sharing between law enforcement and private contractors that provide extensive databases of information collected from a variety of sources, including commercially. Brian Hofer, the head of the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission in California, said the documents released by the ACLU showed the dangers of “mass surveillance.” “What I hope a story like this impresses upon people is — how much of their data is out there, how much of it is being collected every single day by private and public entities, and the ubiquitous nature of these mass surveillance devices being used against people,” he said. Law enforcement agencies often deploy their own ALPR gear, then create and maintain their own databases. Some may even take an extra step and share the data with Vigilant Solutions, which compiles the data for use by its clients. Under its contract with Vigilant, ICE has access to commercial license plate reader data. The documents released by the ACLU show records from ICE training agents on how they can accept or share data from law enforcement agencies."

The reports goes on and on. Clearly, no foreign power, no terrorist group, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than law enforcement, prosecutors, and the courts. Time to wake up. You've been bamboozled by these criminal bastards in power who abuse authority, rip off and murder the innocent.

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.

3-22-19

Think the following couldn't happen here? CBS News reports:

"Italy's Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary inquiry into an appeals court ruling that overturned a rape verdict in part by arguing that the woman who was attacked was too ugly to be a credible rape victim. The ruling has sparked outrage in Italy, prompting a flash mob Monday outside the Ancona court, where protesters shouted "Shame!" and held up signs saying "indignation."

Gets worse. Get this. It's incomprehensible:

"The appeals sentence was handed down in 2017 - by an all-female panel - but the reasons behind it only emerged publicly when Italy's high court annulled it on March 5 and ordered a retrial. The Court of Cassation said Wednesday its own reasons for ordering the retrial will be issued next month."

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.

3-22-19

No justice. Nearly always the case. NBC News reports:

"In Florida, a grieving family and activists interested in greater police accountability called an all-white jury’s decision to convict a former police officer in the shooting death of a black motorist a victory for justice."

Certainly, was.

"The officer’s conviction can also be described as something else: extremely rare."

No question. The criminal jackbooted murderers in blue nearly always receive carte blanche to murder on the job. De facto immunity from prosecution nearly always reality.

"Each year in the United States, somewhere between 900 and 1,000 people are shot and killed by police, said Philip Stinson, an associate professor at Bowling Green State University’s criminal justice program. Stinson leads the university’s Police Integrity Research Group in gathering data and looking for patterns in police shootings, police arrests and how juries, prosecutors and judges respond. “None of these cases, cases involving police shootings, is ever easy or exactly the same,” Stinson told NBC BLK. “But today, an officer gets on the stand and says 'I feared for my life,' and that’s usually all she wrote. No conviction, more often than that, no charges at all.”

Nazi justice. That is, no justice at all. Legalized murder.

"Stinson is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on police conduct and accountability, creating one of the first datasets tracking police arrests, convictions and shootings. His work with The Washington Post helped to generate a database of every police shooting in the United States during specific years, leading to stories that won the paper a Pulitzer Prize. “You can not improve policing or public safety if you do not understand what policing looks like, how it works in every community, and the public is not well informed,” Stinson said. “I think the best thing that may have come out of the data we’ve been gathering is that people used to think of these shootings as one-offs. If this is not happening to you, to your family, it’s only in the aggregate that you really see the problem. And there is a problem.”

Exactly, as the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue want it. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"In the Florida case, former officer Nouman Raja had claimed he identified himself to motorist Corey Jones and that Jones then threatened him with a gun. According to prosecutors, Raja, who was not in uniform and drove an unmarked vehicle the night of the shooting, failed to identify himself as a police officer before he fired six shots into Jones, killing him."

Goes on all over the country. Usually, with impunity.

"Since 2005, 98 nonfederal law enforcement officers have been arrested in connection with fatal, on-duty shootings, according to the Police Integrity Research Group’s data. To date, only 35 of these officers have been convicted of a crime, often a lesser offense such as manslaughter or negligent homicide, rather than murder."

To say nothing of all those who have murdered on the job and have not been charged.

"Only three officers have been convicted of murder during this period and seen their convictions stand. Another 22 officers were acquitted in a jury trial and nine were acquitted during a bench trial decided by a judge. Ten other cases were dismissed by a judge or a prosecutor, and in one instance no true bill was returned from a grand jury. Criminal cases are pending against 21 officers involved in fatal shootings. “Yes, you want accountability,” said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, a civil rights organization. “And, yes, you want to make sure it does not continue to happen again and again, but how strongly and surely should you turn to a system that has not delivered justice to your people?” Nearly five years after Michael Brown’s death and mass protests in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked a national conversation about policing, a set of patterns have emerged. Those killed are disproportionately black and more often than not blamed for their own deaths or demonized in the process. Police officers facing questions about the use of force do not always tell the truth or face penalties when they lie. Prosecutors who must face voters at election time and work with police officers each day are often loathe to bring charges. When they do, juries and judges are reticent to convict. “We are in this place where I think the country knows there is a problem, or most of the country knows,” Robinson said. “There is an understanding broadly now, of what black people in this country have always known. But, we are expecting the system that puts black people in harm's way to then turn around and be an effective vehicle for justice when black people are harmed.”

No question, racism is a problem. An exigent issue. Yet, statistics I've seen indicate more innocent unarmed whites are being killed than blacks. Then again, truth is a moving target in our formerly great country. You do the best you can to expose the truth.

"One of the challenges facing families and prosecutors inclined to consider charges against a police officer is that the legal standard for a justified shooting is well understood, even taught in police academies, said Steven L. Winter, a law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. Winter once worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he argued one of the cases before the U.S Supreme Court that helped to establish the standard. That case, Tennessee v. Garner, undoubtedly saved some lives, Winter said. It made some officers think a little longer before firing. It eliminated the idea that just about any police shooting involving a fleeing suspect will be justified. Instead, officers could only use deadly force when they were in fear for their life or that of others."

Sadly, the exigent standard across the country still seems to be 'shoot first, ask questions later.'

"That case began with the grief of yet another black family. In 1974, a 15-year-old black boy was shot and killed by a Memphis police officer while fleeing a home where the teen had allegedly broken a window and made off with a purse containing $10. It was a crime punishable by time in juvenile detention. But the officer, who was also black, admitted that due to a flashlight, he could see that the teen did not have a weapon in his hands. The boy’s father filed suit and pursued the matter all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 1985. The New York Times headline read "High Court Limits Rights of Police to Shoot to Kill.”

Step in the right direction, but nowhere near enough.

"In 1989, the Supreme Court took up another case, Graham v. Connor, which clarified the standard for a justifiable shooting. The court ruled officers could use deadly force when an objectively reasonable officer would perceive a deadly risk, not simply when they felt afraid. “I didn’t have a lot of contact with the family, directly, but it was my understanding that that brought some measure of comfort,” Winter said. “There’s no question it saved some lives and created a path, some very specific phrasing that officers today aren’t afraid to deploy when it’s time to explain what happened."

Still nowhere near enough. These criminal officers are not being held legally accountable for their crimes. Very, very few of them. Destroys all faith and trust in law enforcement.

"By 2014, social justice activists had recognized the critical role of prosecutors in assuring police accountability and began to organize, Robinson said. In 2016, Republicans swept many federal, state and even local offices, but a number of city and county prosecutors who had been unwilling to examine police activities, including some Republicans, were voted out of office."

Nowhere near enough. They all needed to go.

"People in favor of police accountability rallied, pressing candidates for their positions on plea agreements, mass incarceration, prosecuting low level crimes, holding the poor in jail who are unable to pay bail for minor crimes and prosecuting juveniles as adults, Robinson said. They also pressed for information on how candidates would approach cases involving possible police misconduct. Early in 2016 that organizing led to Anita Alvarez, the state’s attorney in Chicago, being voted out of office, losing to a reformist candidate. Alvarez had helped to withhold from the public a tape of a Chicago police officer shooting and killing Laquan McDonald. In 2018, the same voter sentiments pushed a longtime prosecutor, Bob McCulloch, out of the prosecuting attorney’s office in St. Louis County (which includes Ferguson), also to a reformist candidate, Wesley Bell. But resistance [to] Bell has not been tepid, said Robinson."

More outrageous? Proof prosecutors remain in the pocket of law enforcement? Get this:

"In December, the prosecutors who now answer to Bell voted to to join a local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, a union of police officers."

Jesus Christ. Unbelievable. No independence from law enforcement. None. Worse?

"In reality, prosecutors are refusing to take cases involving police officers to court. They fear they will be unable to push jurors past that reticence to question police action and win, Stinson said. “If anything has changed since Mike Brown’s death in 2014, it’s that more and more of these incidents are caught on tape, there’s some kind of video,” Stinson said. “But when it comes to prosecutors, judges and juries, I’m still not sure that’s made a damn bit of difference.”

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.

3-22-19

Consider the following. Think it proper? Constitutional? NBC News reports:

"The video is in color and explicit. It shows hours and hours of male customers having sex with masseuses inside a South Florida massage parlor. Police installed hidden cameras inside the business to capture prostitution on tape. And it's legal. The footage, obtained by CNBC, is from a 2015 South Florida massage parlor investigation where police installed hidden cameras after hiring a locksmith to get inside the business in order to capture prostitution taking place in the rooms. The spa later shut down after police arrested dozens of customers. Police were able to install hidden cameras after obtaining a special warrant. The technique was used recently in a sweeping human trafficking investigation in South Florida in which New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was among those arrested. In the investigation, hidden cameras were used to capture Kraft on video inside the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, police records show. Kraft, 77, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of solicitation. "From the attorney general of the state of Florida to other law enforcement agencies that have contacted us, and me personally, the question is, how in the world did you do this?" Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told CNBC. The answer: delayed-notice search warrants, better known as sneak-and-peek warrants. The warrants allow law enforcement to secretly install hidden cameras inside private businesses to monitor illegal activity."

Human trafficking needs to be prosecuted. No question. Do the ends justify the means, however? Do constitutional guaranties mean anything? Apparently, no longer. To get a warrant, law enforcement needs probable cause a crime has indeed occurred. They had none. What to do? Bastardize the Constitution. Called 'sneak-and-peek.'

"In the current human trafficking investigation that ensnared Kraft, Florida police have made more than 300 arrests in Martin, Indian River and Palm Beach counties. Hidden cameras were installed in five of the eight spas under investigation, police said. "From the inception of the investigation, it was clear to us that unless we were able to get inside the massage parlor and actually see what was going on, we would never be able to affect what I've been calling from the very beginning a rescue mission of the women that we thought were being trafficked," Snyder said."

Translation? They had no probable cause criminal activity was indeed going on. No evidence. If they had, they wouldn't have needed a sneak-and-peek warrant. Didn't stop them from lying like hell, engaging in a ruse with the cooperation of an equally corrupt judge:

"He said detectives conducted extensive surveillance outside the spas and gathered evidence to get a judge to allow the sneak-and-peek warrant."

What evidence? How are people going in and out of any establishment evidence of criminal activity? How?

"So once we had all the information, we had the evidence — and we had a mound of evidence prior to the court-ordered surveillance," he said. "We took that information and went to a judge … And there was no other way to complete this investigation without having the court order in place. And so the judge gave us the order, we installed the cameras, and as a result, we did find that it was an active, ongoing criminal enterprise in that massage parlor." Martin County detectives posed as employees of other occupations to get access to the massage parlors to install hidden cameras, Snyder said. "We did not go in as law enforcement, and did not do any covert breaking and entering. Everything was a ruse," he said."

You jackbooted son of a bitch. Ends don't justify the means. Never do. You admit it was all a ruse. You had no probable cause criminal activity was indeed going on. Only a hunch. That's not probable cause as required constitutionally. Think Kraft and others with money won't wind up beating the rap? Their attorneys will argue you jackbooted bastards had no probable cause criminal activity was indeed going on.

Manufactured a ruse. Even if the judiciary rubber stamps your deceit, think trust of law enforcement won't exponentially decrease? You're goddamned liars. No better than the people you arrest. In fact, worse, since you supposedly aspire to a higher standard. You don't. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

"Sneak-and-peek warrants have been used since the 1970s. They were formalized as part of the USA Patriot Act, which "established a uniform nationwide standard for use of delayed-notice search warrants to ensure an even handed application of Constitutional safeguards for all Americans," according to a 2004 Department of Justice report."

Direct opposite is the truth. Certainly, the case. No more than legalized bastardization of the Constitution. Proof positive all civil and constitutional rights and liberties are effectively meaningless. Why there is no confidence in the de facto fascist police-state we now live in since 9/11.

"Court data analyzed by CNBC shows that 46,603 sneak-and-peek warrants nationwide were granted between 2006 and 2016."

Proof positive there is no justice in Nazi America. Both major political parties betrayed their oaths of office when they voted for the USA 'Patriot' Act, 'Real' ID Act, Homeland 'Security' Act, etc..

"The use of the warrants has been steadily on the rise, the data showed. In 2006, only 75 granted requests were issued. By 2016, that number had risen to 9,140 — more than a 12,000 percent increase. Florida ranks as number seven for states with the most search warrants granted, with a total of 1,514 during that 10-year period. California was at the top of the list, with 5,084. The numbers from 2016 are the most recently available data, which was compiled from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts."

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 egregiously out of control law enforcement, prosecutors, and the courts.

"Covert searching definitely raises some serious privacy concerns," Witmer-Rich said. One major concern, Witmer-Rich said, is that the warrants are at odds with the Fourth Amendment, which guarantees American citizens "the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." "Just the fact that the government is in your house, or in your business, and you don't know that they're there, is a real privacy invasion," Witmer-Rich said. "The whole idea of the Fourth Amendment is that some places in our lives, we can retreat back to our homes. We can relax. We can be ourselves and the government's not in there, they're not watching us. A covert search warrant really changes that calculus."

While human trafficking is indeed a criminal problem, this is not the way to go about solving it. Wake up. These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

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

3-22-19

Discretion trumps stupidity. Always. NPR reports:

"If you've ever been tempted to make a rude gesture at a police officer, you can rest assured that the U.S. Constitution protects your right to do so, a federal appeals court says."

So what else is new? Stupid, however, remains stupid. All it does, moreover, is needlessly enrage the out of control jackbooted son of a bitch in blue.

"In the sequence of events described by the court, a woman in Michigan, Debra Cruise-Gulyas, was pulled over in 2017 for speeding. The officer showed leniency, writing her up for a lesser violation known as a "non-moving violation." As she drove away, apparently insufficiently appreciative of the cop's gesture, Cruise-Gulyas made a certain gesture of her own. Or as the court put it, "she made an all-too-familiar gesture at Minard with her hand and without four of her fingers showing."

LOL. Want to know stupid? That's stupid. LOL.

"Officer Matthew Minard was not amused. He pulled her over again, and rewrote the ticket for speeding. Cruise-Gulyas sued, arguing she had a First Amendment right to wiggle whatever finger she wanted at the police."

No question. She does. In a fascist police-state, however, can get you killed. Worse, if you were indeed guilty of the offense and the officer gave you a break, it's beyond stupid. Regardless, the Court, to its credit, properly enforced the First Amendment.

"In a ruling this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed. "Fits of rudeness or lack of gratitude may violate the Golden Rule," wrote Judge Jeffrey Sutton for the 3-0 panel. "But that doesn't make them illegal or for that matter punishable."

LOL. No question. But can get one killed in today's fascist police-state. -- An environment where police are beyond out of control.

"And once the first stop ended, Minard needed a legitimate reason to pull the driver over again. Detaining her without one constituted an "unreasonable seizure" in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the court said. "Cruise-Gulyas did not break any law that would justify the second stop and at most was exercising her free speech rights," the court wrote."

Couldn't put it better myself. LOL. Then again, stupid is stupid. Next cop could wind up killing her. ... And get away with it in the fascist police-state we now live in.

"It is well-settled that what Cruise-Gulyas did is protected by the Constitution, the court said. "Any reasonable officer would know that a citizen who raises her middle finger engages in speech protected by the First Amendment," Sutton wrote."

The court is quite right. This 'offense' is indeed settled law. The offended officer could have indeed returned the 'favor,' -- and gotten away with it. LOL. Highly likely, wouldn't haven't gotten fired or reprimanded considering he had just given her a break. ... Or, so the reasoning of his supervisor would have likely been.

"Minard analogized his actions to a prosecutor who might renege on a plea deal if a defendant behaved offensively. But the court wasn't swayed. The facts here are more like "a judge who hauls the defendant back into court a week or two after imposing a sentence based on the defendant's after-the-fact speech," the court said. "Minard, in short, clearly had no proper basis for seizing Cruise-Gulyas a second time." The court's ruling means Cruise-Gulyas' lawsuit can proceed in a lower court."

Sad, has gotten this far. Total waste of time. The cop could have simply smiled and waved goodbye. ... Think this gal won't constantly look in her rear view mirror regardless when driving in his district?

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.

3-22-19

Delusionally believe the following is not a direct threat to our democratic republic? NBC News reports:

"At least one journalist and four American immigration attorneys have been stopped and questioned at border stations in Arizona and Texas in recent months, according to their interviews with NBC News. These are in addition to 59 others whose names were on a list to be pulled aside by border agents in San Diego."

Raw nazism. A de facto fascist police-state.

"NBC News and NBC's San Diego station, KNSD-TV, were first to report about the list, titled "Migrant Caravan FY-2019 Suspected Organizers, Coordinators, Instigators, and Media," which included pictures and biographic information on the individuals, most of whom are American. A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection told NBC News that the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general was investigating the practice, which he said was specific to San Diego."

Reincarnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. Wake up. No greater threat to a democratic republic than the lunatic national socialist, fascist, nazi currently occupying the Oval Office and his henchmen.

Extremely dangerous to our formerly great country which sadly remains a democratic republic in name only? Get this:

"But Taylor Levy and Hector Ruiz, whose names were not included on the San Diego list, were stopped 700 miles to the east in El Paso, Texas. Levy and Ruiz both provide legal assistance to asylum-seekers on the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border. Ruiz, a staff attorney with the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, says he was stopped one night in mid-December, after returning on foot from dinner with friends in Juarez, Mexico. Several agents who he says told him they specialize in criminal and terrorism cases asked him specific questions about his job and his political beliefs. "They asked me what my opinion was on the administration, just generally. And how we are doing economically," Ruiz said."

Should have courageously told the jackbooted bastards to go f--k themselves.

"I was treated like a criminal, people were shouting at me," he added. After four hours at the station, he says he finally agreed to unlock his phone and watched as they scrolled through his contacts. He worries about the information they might have gleaned about the clients he works with."

Is that how it went down? If so, you're a goddamned gutless coward. Not fit to be an attorney.

"According to Ruiz, the agents told him it was their job to keep the country safe, a line similar to what Levy says she heard a few weeks later, when she was stopped at another crossing into El Paso on Jan. 3. Levy is a legal coordinator for Annunciation House, a Catholic charity that provides shelter to immigrants on both sides of the southern border."

If so, the agents are liars. Gutlessly, betrayed their oaths of office to uphold the United States Constitution.

"When she approached the border crossing in her car at 10:30 p.m., she says she could tell something was different and believes she had been flagged in advance. She says four agents escorted her into the station, where, after waiting two hours, another agent dressed in plain clothes came to question her. He told her they had to wake him up at home to come in to question her. According to Levy, the agent told her she was not being detained, but she was being "inspected" and would be arrested if she refused to answer his questions. He also told her she had no right to an attorney."

You are a goddamned attorney, madam. You know better.

"She says she asked to call her teenage daughter, to let her know she would be home late. The agent refused, and instead called her daughter himself. "He also repeatedly asked me about my clients and what my clients tell me," Levy said."

You are gutless, madam. Unfit to be an attorney.

"After 45 minutes, she says, she refused to answer any more questions. The agent left the room, saying he was going to call someone to come arrest her. Instead, he came back and told her she would not be arrested, but she needed to unlock her phone. She refused again. "And at that point I said: 'No, I'm not going to unlock my phone. I've told you I'm a legal professional and it has confidential client information on it,'" Levy said. Then, Levy said, the agent decided to let her go. As she left, he told her that she might be questioned every time she crossed the border. And Levy has not crossed the border since."

Gutless. Abject cowardice. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting despite and in spite of fear. You are unfit to be an attorney. Being a lawyer is not a right. It's a privilege.

"In addition to Levy and Ruiz, two other legal workers with the Santa Fe Dreamers Project said they were stopped in Nogales, Arizona, and a documentary journalist from Durham, North Carolina, said he was stopped in El Paso. In a statement, a CBP spokesperson said: "CBP has received the allegations, is reviewing them, and requests additional information from NBC News so we can conduct a thorough review of the facts. … If misconduct is substantiated, appropriate corrective action will be initiated. CBP is fully committed to earning the public trust through accountability and transparency within the law."

Goddamned f--king liars. This government cannot be trusted. Founders? Spinning in their graves.

"DHS did not respond to a request for comment. The DHS Office of Inspector General declined to say whether it would expand its probe to other parts of the border beyond El Paso. DHS officials have said there is no policy that targets lawyers and journalists, but they do have broad authority in who they choose to stop for screening."

Anyone stopped has the right to remain silent, -- and access to legal counsel. The United States Constitution guaranties it. Wake up.

"The border environment is a very complicated environment," said John Sandweg, former acting general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security under the Obama administration. "One thing this case is highlighting is the limited rights that individuals have in the border environment. That said, trying to dig into individuals' political views is wildly inappropriate and would absolutely violate the Constitution, especially for United States citizens."

Nazi government is out of control. Wake up. Sadly, without question, our formerly great country remains a democratic republic in name only.

"Esha Bhandari, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, said Americans’ rights should not be restricted just because of their profession or their proximity to the southern border. "The government cannot use the pretext of the border to target and punish activists critical of its policies, lawyers providing legal representation, or journalists simply doing their jobs. Whether near the border or not, it’s a First Amendment violation and there’s nothing complicated about that," Bhandari said."

That's right. Wake up. Figuratively speaking, grow a pair.

"The House Homeland Security Committee has also sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, asking for a copy of the list and the reason for its existence. Aides for the committee have said they will not hesitate to widen the probe beyond San Diego if there is evidence that the practice is occurring border-wide."

While the Democrats remain asleep at the wheel, had it not been for them retaking the House, national socialists, fascists, nazis in the Republican Party would have been goose stepping along with their nazi fuhrer and his henchmen in law enforcement vis a vis this issue. Founders? Spinning in their graves.

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.

3-22-19

The following the best in policing? CBS News reports:

"A former Mississippi Gulf Coast police officer told a judge Monday that she had sex with her supervisor and then fell asleep while her 3-year-old daughter was dying inside an overheated patrol car. Cassie Barker pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter in a plea bargain after being indicted on a second-degree murder charge."

Think the charge this former officer pled guilty to fits the crime? Think her supervisor has no culpability? Read on.

"CBS affiliate WLOX reports reports prosecutors recommend the 29-year-old Barker spend 20 years in prison. Harrison County Circuit Judge Larry Bourgeois said he wanted more time to consider the case and would sentence the ex-Long Beach officer April 1."

At least, the date is appropriate, -- April Fools.

"Cheyenne Hyer died Sept. 30, 2016, after her mother left her strapped in a car seat for four hours while Barker was with her then-supervisor at his home. The car was running with the air conditioner turned on, but wasn't blowing cold air."

Jesus Christ.

"The girl was unresponsive when Barker returned. Authorities say Hyer's body temperature was 107 degrees when she arrived at a nearby hospital."

No problem with that? Responsible parenthood? Think anyone and everyone's qualified to be a parent?

"I don't know what I could ever do to you that could be worse than what you've already experienced ... You will forever be entombed in a prison of your own mind," Bourgeois told Barker, WLOX reported."

Horse shit. Not good enough, Judge. Nowhere near. ... Defending the former officer? Because she was a cop? Or, is there more to this story than that?

"Barker had been free on bail but was arrested Monday after pleading guilty."

Why no equal treatment? Had it been anyone other than an officer, think it likely they would have been free on bail?

"Barker, who was working two jobs at the time, originally claimed she had been talking to Clark Ladner at his house early on a hot weekday morning when she fell asleep. Ladner and Barker were fired by the city of Long Beach within days. Ladner hasn't been criminally charged, telling officials he didn't know the girl was in the car. Reports at the time indicated Ladner told officials he had taken a sleep aid and also fallen asleep."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break. Gets worse. Far worse. She has a history of this:

"The mother had left her daughter alone in a car at least once before, at a store in nearby Gulfport in April 2015. Police responded and child welfare officials took temporary custody of the girl at the time. Barker was suspended from the Long Beach police for a week without pay. The girl's father, Ryan Hyer, said he was never notified of that first incident. "Every time I close my eyes, I picture her suffering and then I picture her laying in this coffin," Ryan Hyer said Monday. "I still see her smiling and laughing in my head and I would assume that smile and laughter turned to pain and suffering in that instance."

Imagine the hell this father will endure the rest of his life?

"The father is suing the Long Beach Police Department and the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services for the wrongful death of his child, saying the child welfare agency should have taken stronger action after the first incident."

You think?

"As a parent, you are supposed to protect your child, and Cheyenne is gone because her mother didn't protect her, not once but twice," Hyer said."

The story is far more complicated than that. Get this:

Was she? Quite a few questions. No easy answers. Bottom line? A three-year-old girl is dead for nothing.

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.

3-22-19

Once in awhile, there is justice. NPR reports:

"San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a $13.1 million settlement for a man framed by police for murder. Jamal Trulove spent more than six years in prison for a 2007 murder before being acquitted in a 2015 retrial. "And trust me I'm not done with them by a long shot!!" a profile appearing to be Trulove wrote on Twitter. "After what these cowards of the law did to me, I will lit my freedom ring through every platform I get to show what injustice really looks like. Me!" He sued in January 2016. In April of last year, a jury in Oakland found that two police officers on the case, Maureen D'Amico and Michael Johnson, deliberately fabricated evidence and failed to disclose exculpatory material. Alex Reisman, one of the lawyers for Trulove, told the Associated Press that Trulove "endured a lot," spending years in maximum security prisons in Southern California, hundreds of miles away from his family."

Jackbooted pieces of shit. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Police arrested Trulove for the 2007 murder of his friend Seu Kuka, who was shot in a public housing project in San Francisco. Trulove was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. But a California appeals court overturned that conviction in 2014 and ordered a new trial. He was acquitted in a retrial in 2015. Trulove's attorneys said police manipulated a witness into misidentifying Trulove as the shooter. The police officers named in the lawsuit have retired, and none were disciplined for their actions in the case, Reisman told the AP."

So what else is new, right, Sheriff?

"Trulove was pursuing a career in acting and hip-hop at the time of his arrest. He appeared in the reality TV show I Love New York 2. This year he appears in the movie The Last Black Man in San Francisco, which is scheduled for release in June. Trulove wrote on Instagram in March that he has been dealing with PTSD from the experience. "There's nothing I could do to make up for that time I missed," he wrote. "No amount of money could ever reverse the time I missed with my kids and the affect that it's had on their up bringing and our relationship."

Jackbooted pieces of shit in blue. Worthless human excrement. ... 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.

3-22-19

No question. We now live in a de facto fascist police state. The following is beyond appalling, it's egregiously unconstitutional. NPR reports:

"The U.S. Supreme Court, narrowly divided along ideological lines, ruled Tuesday that the government may detain — without a hearing — legal immigrants long after they have served the sentences for crimes they committed."

Jesus Christ. This is raw nazism. The dream is dead.

"The 5-4 decision, which reverses a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, is widely viewed as a victory for the Trump administration and its hardline immigration policies. It, like the Obama administration, had argued that the government has the authority to pick up and detain immigrants for deportation at any time, and is not required to act only immediately after a prison or jail sentence has been served. Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Samuel Alito, said immigration law mandates the detention of "deportable criminal aliens" even if it is years later."

Jesus Christ. Raw nazism. Alito and his henchmen have disgraced themselves. Goddamned f--king nazis. National socialists. Unabashed fascists.

"Alito wrote that it is "especially hard to swallow" the notion that "the alien must be arrested on the day he walks out of jail." "As we have held time and again, an official's duties are better carried out late than never," he wrote."

A raucous boot clicking, goose stepping, treasonous, treacherous, traitorous Sieg Heil!, Mr. Alito?

"Writing for the court's dissenting liberal wing, Justice Stephen Breyer warned that the ruling gives the government too much power. The law is clear, he wrote, that the government cannot hold an immigrant without a bail hearing unless the individual is detained when released from criminal custody. To underscore his dissent, Breyer read aloud part of his opinion. "In deciphering the intent of the Congress that wrote this statute, we must decide — in the face of what is, at worst, linguistic ambiguity — whether Congress intended that persons who have long since paid their debt to society would be deprived of their liberty for months or years without the possibility of bail," Breyer wrote. "We cannot decide that question without bearing in mind basic American legal values: the Government's duty not to deprive any 'person' of 'liberty' without 'due process of law,' " he added."

Clearly, no longer true. Not in a fascist police-state. What we have here is raw nazism.

"The American Civil Liberties Union represented both plaintiffs. The ACLU's Deputy Legal Director Cecilia Wang said Tuesday's ruling follows another decision last year that limited the rights of immigrants to bond hearings. "For two years in a row now, the Supreme Court has endorsed the most extreme interpretation of immigration detention statutes, allowing mass incarceration of people without any hearing, simply because they are defending themselves against a deportation charge," said Wang in a statement. "We will continue to fight the gross overuse of detention in the immigration system."

The revolution doomsday clock strikes ever closer to midnight. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. As the traitorous assholes who delusionally believe they run and own our formerly great country 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

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.

3-22-19

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

"A Cleveland police sergeant, already facing prostitution charges, is now accused of using a police database to find out information about women and city computers to message thousands more while on the clock, according to court documents. Michael Rybarczyk, 58, was arrested by his own colleagues and charged with three counts of unauthorized use of property, according to an indictment filed in Cuyahoga County Monday. Rybarczyk "accessed the law enforcement automated database system (LEADS) without the express or implied consent of system management" to view personal information and pictures of two women while employed with the police department, the indictment said. The "information was not part of any official law enforcement investigation or inquiry," the indictment said. Rybarczyk also used Cleveland computers to send "non-work related" social media messages to 2,300 women while on-duty between June of 2018 to January of 2019, the indictment said. The charges stem from an investigation by police and prosecutors that began after Rybarczyk was charged in February with 11 counts of soliciting prostitutes, according to a statement from Cleveland Police Chief Calvin D. Williams."

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.

3-22-19

Another example of pathetically failed law enforcement. NBC News reports:

"After a series of scandals and investigations, Ohio's capital city is disbanding its police department's unit that was supposed to focus on 'moral crimes.' Columbus' vice unit has been subject to internal and FBI investigations. More recently, charges were brought against Columbus vice squad officer Andrew Mitchell, 55, alleging he forced two women to have sex with them under threat of an arrest. Interim Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan announced the closing of the vice unit Tuesday on Twitter, saying the remaining officers will be assigned to other departments."

Become someone else's problem.

"Three of the vice unit's 10 officers are currently under suspension."

Why weren't they fired, then prosecuted?

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

3-22-19

Fox now guarding the chicken coop. Never changes. NBC News reports:

"A former senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official who testified before Congress on the government's efforts to stop the opioid epidemic is now paid to advise one of the largest opioid manufacturers in the country, Purdue Pharma, according to people familiar with the matter."

Cozy, isn't it?

"Demetra Ashley, the former acting assistant administrator of the DEA who told a Senate committee in 2017 about the need for a "robust regulatory program" to stop diversion of opioids and other controlled prescription drugs, left the DEA last spring and started a consulting firm called Dashley Consulting, LLC, according to her LinkedIn page."

Has to get hers, doesn't she?

"Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid painkiller OxyContin, is one of the opioid companies being sued by more than 1600 cities and counties for "grossly" misrepresenting "the risks of long-term use of those drugs for persons with chronic pain," according to court documents. The lawsuits have been consolidated into one case in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio. Purdue vigorously denies allegations that they deceptively marketed OxyContin. Ashley spent three decades at the DEA, specializing in preventing the diversion of prescription drugs like OxyContin. Reached by NBC News on her cellphone in Chicago, Ashley said, "I have been consulting for members of the industry and I began my consulting business in June 2018 after I retired." Ashley said she could not confirm or deny who her clients are unless "they say it's OK."

Bought and paid for.

"Purdue declined comment to NBC News on its consultants."

What could they possibly say?

"Ashley confirmed she has been subpoenaed to be deposed in the consolidated opioid lawsuit to discuss her role at the DEA as part of the law enforcement agency's effort to stem the opioid crisis. Purdue has reportedly made more than $35 billion from the sale of OxyContin, a figure the company has not denied. "This should not be allowed," said Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the co-director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University. "Former DEA and FDA officials should not be allowed to take money from companies they regulated." Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University and an expert in government ethics, said situations like Ashley's "raise a question in the mind of the public — whether the prospect of a payday after leaving government tainted the actions of the regulator while still in government. Did this person act differently in government because they anticipated or wanted to get the payday from these very powerful economic actors who have huge amounts at stake?" There is no indication that Ashley's consulting arrangement with Purdue is illegal."

How about that? Called laissez faire capitalism, that is, poorly-regulated and/or unregulated capitalism.

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.

3-15-19

As always, when law enforcement does something heroic and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. Seatbelts on. CBS News reports:

"A 7-year-old terminally ill Wisconsin girl loves dogs and has been receiving photos of pups since her diagnosis earlier this year, but dozens of police departments thought she deserved something more. So, they surprised her — with their K-9 officers in tow. Emma Mertens is battling a brain tumor called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The survival rates for DIPG are very low and there is no cure for the tumor, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The tumor begins in the brain stem, which controls breathing and heart rate, as well as other essential functions. Emma was diagnosed with the tumor in January, according to a GoFundMe page set up in her name. "Last weekend she was having a normal weekend playing with friends, playing in the snow, and wrestling with her brothers," the GoFundMe page says. "Sunday though, she got a headache and started having flu like symptoms." She underwent radiation and surgery for the rare tumor, but is now living home after spending 10 days in the hospital, according to her Caring Bridge page. Emma, who loves dogs, was visited by a therapy dog in the hospital. "I haven't seen this little girl smile this much in a while," writes her father Geoff Mertens of the visit on her Caring Bridge page. A friend of the family asked her friend to send Emma photos and letters from dogs — and the idea took off like wildfire on social media. "What was supposed to be 10-15 people quickly went viral as they all shared the request!" Geoff told CBS News. "I would guess that we have received 200,000 letters by mail, 250,000 emails and 50,000 Facebook messages."

No question, the world community certainly stepped up:

"Emma received mail from people all over the world, but nothing could top her experience this weekend. Nearly 40 police departments from across Wisconsin stopped by the Mertens family house on Saturday — with over 35 K-9 dogs in tow. "They told us that 'a couple' police dogs would be stopping by to surprise Emma. We had no idea over 35 would show up! It was like a parade of squad cars and police dogs!" Geoff told CBS News. The surprise was organized by a friend whose husband is a police sergeant. The dogs and officers approached Emma one at a time. "Each one gave her as much time as she wanted," said Geoff. "The officers were extremely generous with their time. We are forever grateful."

Best of the best in policing. Hat's off.

"While Emma may be facing a tough road, her family is keeping positive. "All of this love for Emma is giving us ideas on how to pay it forward," posted Geoff on his daughter's Caring Bridge page after the K-9 visit. "God has picked us for a reason. I feel it is because we can handle it and WE CAN BEAT THIS!"

3-15-19

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:

... "These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

... 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:

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.

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

3-15-19

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 fifty 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 fifty 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 fifty 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.

3-15-19

Never ends. Bigotry remains alive and well. When will law enforcement finally wake up? NBC News reports:

"A black Detroit man is suing three white women alleging they repeatedly filed false police reports and accused him of various crimes that they knew he did not commit to keep him away from a public park in his old neighborhood."

Police too stupid to detect a false report when they get one?

"Marc Peeples, 33, claims in the lawsuit filed last week that the women fabricated the complaints against him in calls to Detroit police from July 2017 to May 2018 as he built a community garden in a city park."

Jesus Christ. A public service. Imagine that. Can't have that, can we? If above is true, why the hell didn't law enforcement charge these women with filing false police reports?

"Peeples, who describes himself as an entrepreneur and urban gardener, told NBC News that he spent almost two years cultivating the overgrown park in a Detroit neighborhood into a big garden of flowers and vegetables. For half that time, the women — Deborah Nash, Martha Callahan and Callahan's granddaughter, Jennifer Morris — sought to get him "incarcerated or seriously injured by law enforcement," according to the lawsuit filed in Wayne County Third Circuit Court in Michigan."

Law enforcement incapable of knowing when it's being bamboozled? Or, is the problem bigotry within law enforcement itself? Both? What's your excuse, Sheriff?

"The women live across from or near the park, the lawsuit says. Peeples said he grew up in the area but now resides elsewhere in the city. Peeples and his attorney, Robert Burton-Harris, describe it as a case of "gardening while black." Nash, Callahan and Morris could not immediately be reached for comment."

Were they hiding? LOL. Too embarrassed to surface in public?

"In March 2018, the women met with administrators at the Detroit Police Department and made a series of accusations against Peeples, including that he had stolen from homes near the park and that on several occasions, he had threatened to burn down their homes and kill them, according to the lawsuit and a trial transcript. In another incident in May 2018, Peeples told NBC News that he was at the park teaching a group of home-schooled children about gardening when Callahan called 911 and reported that he was a convicted pedophile who could not legally be around children. Police responded and he was arrested in front of the students, Peeples said. He has never been accused of or charged with such crimes."

If that's true, why didn't he sue law enforcement? Called false arrest.

Gets worse. Get this:

"The women's claims that Peeples threatened them resulted in his being charged with three counts of stalking. Each count carried a sentence of up to a year in jail. At his trial in October 2018, District Judge E. Lynise Bryant dismissed the case before it went to the jury, describing it as "disgusting" and "a waste of the court's time and resources." The judge said the women "should be sitting at the defendant's table for stalking and harassment charges," not Peeples."

Jesus Christ. Where is law enforcement in all this? Out to lunch? Complicit?

"The lawsuit claims that Peeples suffered economic injury, including lost job opportunities and canceled contracts, because of the charges. He is seeking $300,000 in damages, as well as attorneys' fees and other costs. Peeples said Tuesday that he did not garden at the park during the trial and is now happy to be back at work doing what's important — maintaining the park and teaching children the value of horticulture. "Since the trial went the way that it went, it actually has been a positive by bringing light to what I’m doing in the community," he said."

One thing for damned sure. We certainly live in one f--ked up country where anything now goes. ... 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.

3-15-19

In follow up to a case reported in this publication and elsewhere quite some time ago, CBS News reports:

"The trial of a Florida police officer who shot a disabled man's unarmed caretaker got underway Thursday. North Miami officer Jonathan Aledda is charged with attempted manslaughter and negligence for his role in the July 2016 shooting of Charles Kinsey in North Miami. Video showing Kinsey lying on his back, holding his hands in the air and begging officers not to shoot went viral and drew national outrage. Kinsey, a behavioral therapist, had been trying to coax his autistic client, 26-year-old Arnaldo Rios, to return to the group home he had walked away from. A passerby called 911 when they mistook the toy truck Rios was holding for a gun."

Long-term readers will recall this case. Was certainly appalling.

"Testifying Thursday, Kinsey said he immediately put his hands in the air when police responded. "My hands went straight up," Kinsey said, reports the Miami Herald. "I'm letting them know, 'Hey, I ain't no threat.'" Cellphone video captured the moments before and after unarmed health care worker Charles Kinsey was shot by North Miami police on July 18, 2016. Kinsey said he repeatedly shouted that his client was only holding a toy truck. He said he was "shocked" when he was shot, the paper reports, and incredulous when an officer handcuffed him. He recalled he asked an officer why he was shot, and the officer replied, "I don't know."

Not qualified to be an officer. Not everyone is. Could have killed an innocent, unarmed man.

"Aledda fired three times, and one shot struck Kinsey in the leg near his femoral artery, the paper reports. Had the bullet ruptured it, he could have bled to death."

That's right. The man could have died due to the officer's aggressive stupidity, gross ineptness.

"In opening statements Thursday, prosecutor Reid Rubin painted Aledda as a reckless cop who opened fire despite evidence that Rios didn't pose a threat, the paper reports. "Having power of life and death, he chose death," Rubin said."

Improper vetting of the incompetent son of a bitch. Again, not everyone is qualified to be a cop. Has to be one of the hardest jobs anyone can take on.

"But defense attorneys said Aledda didn't hear radio dispatches suggesting the toy truck was not a gun. Defense lawyer Douglas Hartman said Aledda believed Rios was holding Kinsey hostage and Kinsey was in danger. The defense says Aledda shot Kinsey accidentally. "This is a life or death situation," Hartman said. "He thinks it's a hostage ready to be killed right in front of him. He had the guts to do it."

Jesus Christ. That's nuts. Best you could do? Clearly, incompetent counsel for an incompetent cop.

"The shooting led to the firing of the North Miami police chief and the suspension of a former police commander for allegedly lying about his part in the shooting, reported CBS Miami. Aledda's trial opened the same day another Florida officer, Nouman Raja, was convicted in the shooting death of black motorist Corey Jones. It was the first time in 30 years a Florida officer was convicted for an on-duty shooting."

That's right. Needs to change. Maybe, this is finally the beginning of some desperately needed change. We'll see.

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.

3-15-19

The following is well beyond appalling. It's extremely dangerous. CBS News reports:

"The FBI is investigating a former Florida police officer accused of using federal databases to pursue women romantically. Officials say 36-year-old Leonel Marines tracked down hundreds of women with driver's license and vehicle registration databases used by law enforcement nationwide. The former police sergeant resigned in October in the middle of an internal affairs investigation, but his legal troubles could just be starting. "This is truly a disturbing situation for me as chief," Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan said."

How could this go on as long as it did without your knowledge, Chief?

"Bradenton police say an internal audit revealed Marines, a 12-year veteran of the force, abused law enforcement resources to prowl for women. That included social media stalking and even home visits, reports CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste. Bevan said Marines "was very persistent – and successful at times." Last June, a woman and her parents filed a complaint after they said Marines followed her home that triggered an investigation of his database searches. Police say they discovered several hundred questionable database searches on women and eventually interviewed nearly 150 women associated with the investigation. "It also revealed that this behavior may have been going on for years, stretching as far back as 2012," Bevan said."

How does something like this happen? No checks and balances? ... Or, were you and other commanders asleep on the job, Chief?

"Marines was put on administrative leave before he resigned last October. Kelli Blake was one of the women Marines searched for but did not contact. "I was creeped out a little bit, yeah," Blake said. "I just think it's really weird that somebody would like do that." "It's a violation of privacy. It's a violation of professional ethics. It's a violation of the codes of conduct of every police department I can think of," said Adam Levin, founder of CyberScout, a cybersecurity provider."

It's out of control law enforcement.

"What can a police department do to combat something like this happening?" Battiste asked. "They can be stricter with the way they permit people to access their databases," Levin said. "When you have cases like this where that access is abused, that privilege is abused, that undermines people's faith in law enforcement."

What faith or trust in law enforcement? That's gone. Been gone for decades.

"Marines did not return our calls for comment. He could face criminal charges."

Hasn't already? Precisely, why there is no faith or trust in law enforcement.

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

3-15-19

Yet another clear example of egregiously out of control criminal law enforcement. NBC News reports:

"A longtime police officer forced women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest, pressured others to help cover up crimes, and lied to federal investigators when he said he'd never had sex with prostitutes, according to charges unveiled Monday. Columbus vice squad Officer Andrew Mitchell, 55, was arrested Monday and faces a detention hearing this week. He is charged with witness tampering, obstruction of justice, making a false statement to federal investigators, and deprivation of rights under color of law, the language used to describe crimes committed by police officers while on duty. A federal indictment accused Mitchell, a 30-year veteran, of arresting two different women and forcing them to have sex before he would release them."

'Best' in law enforcement?

"Later, during the federal investigation, Mitchell lied when he told the FBI he'd never had sex with a prostitute, since Mitchell knew "he has had sex with numerous prostitutes, including having paid women money for sex," according to the indictment. Mitchell has also been investigated by state authorities after police said he fatally shot a woman who stabbed him in the hand while sitting in his unmarked police car. Donna Castleberry, 23, had struggled with drugs and was likely working the streets as a prostitute, her family has said. She left behind two young daughters. Committing the alleged crimes while on duty is "a nightmarish breach of trust," said Ben Glassman, the U.S. attorney for the southern half of Ohio."

You think?

"We rely on the police to serve and protect us, and when you have a police officer who commits a crime, that is a very serious breach of trust," he said."

Destroys all faith and trust in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Think you and the boys have any credibility in the community, Bill?

"Police officers take an oath to the constitution and promise to obey federal, state and local laws, said Thomas Quinlan, interim Columbus police chief."

Lie like hell when they do so, right, Sheriff? Honor? What's that? ... Right, Bill?

"The community has every right to be disgusted by the news, as well as everyone who wears this badge," he said."

You think? Problem is, they don't.

"Mitchell plans to fight the charges and enter a not guilty plea, his attorney said Monday."

Has every right.

"These allegations are unfounded, and my client is going to exercise his right to a jury trial in the federal system," Collins said. His understanding, he said, is that the alleged victims named in the indictment were prostitutes."

Jesus Christ.

"Castleberry's family cheered the news of Mitchell's indictment. "Our family has been asking questions for a long time," said Mary Laile, a cousin to Castleberry. "We miss her everyday and days like today feel like a success, but then we remember that we still do not have Donna with us, so it's hard to really view it as a successful day."

Sad, isn't it?

"Franklin County prosecutor Ron O'Brien said Monday he expects to take that case to a grand jury soon."

What are you waiting for?

"Mitchell plans to appear before the grand jury, Mitchell said, "and testify truthfully and indicate as to why it was a good use of force."

Has every right. Think he'll have any credibility?

"The charges were the latest black eye for the vice squad, which has also been under scrutiny since last year's arrest of porn actress Stormy Daniels. Charges were dropped hours later." Nazi justice. In what has become a fascist police-state. Earlier this year, Daniels sued several Columbus police officers for $2 million over that arrest. Daniels' federal defamation lawsuit alleges that officers conspired to retaliate against her because of her claims she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president. Last week, an internal police investigation concluded Daniels' arrest was improper, but not planned or politically motivated."

Give me a break. These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

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

3-8-19

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:

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

... 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:

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.

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

3-8-19

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 fifty 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 fifty 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 fifty 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.

3-8-19

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

"Almost three weeks after a Bay Area rapper was killed by police after he was found unresponsive in his car with a gun on his lap, attorneys for his family filed a claim Thursday signaling their intent to sue and alleged that the "entire operation was bungled from start to finish." The claim against the city of Vallejo says the six officers who shot Willie McCoy, 20, on the night of Feb. 9 were negligent and caused his wrongful death. The law firm of Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris, which is representing the family, previously said that McCoy was struck about 25 times in the upper body. According to the claim, "the six person firing squad shot Mr. McCoy ... in the head, ear, neck, chest, arms, shoulders, hands, and back." In addition, a second claim was filed in an unrelated case of a Marine veteran named Adrian Burrell, who said he was assaulted by a Vallejo police officer in January and suffered a concussion — an encounter that was captured on cellphone video and sparked social media accusations of abuse of power. Burris' law firm is also handling the second case, and both incidents have put a renewed focus on the use of force and policing tactics within the Vallejo Police Department, which has about 100 officers. McCoy's shooting was the eighth involving an officer firing their weapon since January 2017."

Never ends.

"It's unclear exactly how many bullets struck McCoy. A coroner's report and toxicology results have not yet been released, and police have indicated that bodycam footage from officers might not be made public until early April, although the family would be permitted to view the video sooner. "Release of information at this time would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation and would interfere with the investigators' ability to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation," Vallejo police said in response to requests to review the footage."

Horse shit. No more than a cover up for the six who executed McCoy. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Under state legislation signed last fall, law enforcement agencies in California will be required beginning in July to release any video within 45 days following the firing of a gun or use of deadly force by an officer. Departments can delay the release for up to 30 days if doing so interferes with the investigation."

Gives the jackbooted sons of bitches in blue additional time to concoct a cock and bull story, no more than a goddamned excuse, right, Sheriff? Immensely useful, isn't it, Bill?

"But the family's claim said the police's operation was "bungled" for several reasons, including that they failed to develop a plan of action to ensure the safety of all people involved, the officers didn't retreat to a safe position, and they failed to notice that the car's passenger side window was only covered in a sheet of plastic, so they could have opened the car that way to retrieve the gun."

For further in depth coverage of this case, review the last edition of this publication.

"Police said a semiautomatic handgun was found at the scene and it was reported stolen from Oregon. The department created a web page this week about the incident to allow the public to "separate fact from fiction regarding this investigation."

Jesus Christ. What a goddamned crock of shit. You bastards won't even release all video to allow the public to judge for itself. You create the narrative then expect the public to believe your horse shit. ... Right, Sheriff?

"David Harrison, McCoy's cousin and music manager, said the officers need to be held accountable and he'd like for the bodycam footage to be made public. "They thought he was another no-good black kid, and oh well, we'll take him out," said Harrison, who viewed McCoy's body. "The way they killed him — it was out of hate," he added. "As if they didn't want him to exist anymore."

Murderous, corrupt, abusive law enforcement remains out of control. All across our formerly great country. ... 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.

3-8-19

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

"The family of a musician shot and killed by a Florida police officer as he waited for a tow truck on a highway off-ramp were emotional in court Wednesday as prosecutors showed graphic video and photos depicting the slain man's body, reports CBS affiliate WPEC. Former Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja, 41, is charged with manslaughter and attempted murder in the Oct. 18, 2015 shooting of Corey Jones. The case is reportedly the first time in 26 years a Florida officer has stood trial for an on-duty killing. Jones, 31, was returning home from a performance in Jupiter when his car broke down on an I-95 off-ramp in Palm Beach Gardens, and Raja, who was in plainclothes and driving an unmarked vehicle as he worked an undercover burglary detail, approached him. Prosecutors say Raja never identified himself as a police officer when he drove the wrong way up the off-ramp, causing Jones to fear he was a burglar and pull his legally-owned gun."

A gutless jackbooted killer officer, right, Sheriff?

"In opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors called Raja an "angel of death" who escalated the confrontation and kept firing after he saw Jones toss away his gun. But the defense argues Jones pointed the weapon twice at Raja, once when Raja first approached him and again when Jones started running down an embankment, and the officer feared for his life. In opening statements Tuesday, defense attorney Scott Richardson called the shooting a "terribly sad and tragic case." "It's an example of a perfect storm that turned deadly when Corey Jones pointed a loaded handgun at Nouman Raja," Richardson said."

Re-write of history. Re-write of reality. All to defend a jackbooted killer officer. ... Right, Sheriff?

"On Wednesday, several of Jones' family members left court and others cried as prosecutors played video taken by an investigator documenting the crime scene that showed Jones' body lying in the grass, WPEC reports. Several family members again left the courtroom later Wednesday afternoon before prosecutors showed graphic photos of the injuries sustained by Jones, including a bullet wound to his chest and a fragment of bone protruding from his arm. Raja appeared to hang his head as the photos were displayed on a screen."

Nothing quite like a gifted actor, is there? Get this:

"Raja cried as he watched a video of his own account of the shooting to another officer the day of the incident. Raja said in the video he approached Jones, identified himself as an officer, and said, "Hey man. Police, can I help you?" Raja was heard saying on the video Jones immediately jumped out of his car and pointed a gun at him. "I didn't want to die," Raja was heard saying."

Crock of shit, right, Sheriff? It's how the jackbooted bastard got his cookies off.

"Jones was on the phone with a roadside assistance dispatcher and audio of the killing was captured on the phone recording, which a prosecutor played in court during opening statements Tuesday. Raja is never heard identifying himself as an officer on the audio."

Imagine that, the jackbooted son of a bitch is a liar, -- just like the Trump nazi.

"You're going to hear a man get killed. With your own ears, you're going to hear the last words that he spoke, the pleas that he made to that defendant right there to stop," prosecutor Brian Fernandes told jurors, pointing to Raja, before he played the recording. According to the Associated Press, Jones is heard first on the call, saying, "Huh?" just before Raja yells, "You good?" Jones says he is. Raja replies twice, "Really?" and Jones says, "Yeah." Raja then shouts at Jones to raise his hands, using an expletive. Jones replies "Hold on!" and Raja again tells him to raise his hands. Raja then fires three shots, and ten seconds later, fires three more shots."

Gutless jackbooted piece of shit, right, Sheriff?

"Among the witnesses to testify Wednesday were the roadside dispatcher who took Jones' call for help and Jones' brother, Clinton Jones, a former NFL player. Clinton Jones said he spoke to his brother shortly before he was fatally shot, and that he was calm. He said his brother wanted to wait with his vehicle for the tow truck because he was hauling his expensive drum set. Clinton Jones said his brother had bought the gun shortly before he performed in Jupiter that night for protection."

More to come as it becomes available.

CBS News reports:

"A fired Florida police officer was found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder Thursday for the fatal 2015 shooting of a stranded black motorist, becoming the first officer in the state to be convicted of an on-duty shooting in 30 years. Nouman Raja, 41, now faces a possible life sentence for the death of Corey Jones, 31. A four-man, two-woman jury had deliberated for about four hours. Raja did not react as verdict was read, while about 25 relatives and supporters of Jones looked on, some weeping quietly. One said "the sweetest sound was the click of those handcuffs" after Raja was led from the courtroom. Judge Joseph Marx set sentencing for April 26.

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.

3-8-19

In follow up to a previous edition, CBS News reports:

"A white Detroit police officer has been fired after posting a Snapchat video in which he made derogatory comments about a black woman, Detroit Police Chief James Craig announced Wednesday. Officer Gary Steele made the comments after he impounded the woman's car last month, and as she walked away in the cold. The video that was posted to Snapchat was first uncovered by Detroit television station WXYZ. Steele and another officer pulled the woman over Jan. 29 for having an expired registration. They impounded her car and she walked away after turning down an offer to be escorted home, Craig said after the incident. Craig said the stop and the tow were both lawful, but the Snapchat video was where the encounter "went bad." The video shows the woman walking away in freezing temperatures with the captions, "Celebrating Black History Month" and "What black girl magic looks like." The officers can be heard commenting back and forth, "Priceless," "Walk of shame," "In the cold," and "Bye, Felicia."

Racist, bigoted nazis. Unfit to wear the uniform. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Craig said he made the determination to fire Steele following an internal investigation. He said the investigation found other instances in Steele's 18-year career of using language he called "derogatory, demoralizing, degrading, and yes, racially insensitive." Craig said the derogatory terms included "keisha," "jakes" and "homies."

Then, why the f--k wasn't he fired the first time the department became aware of it? There is no redemption for this kind of offense.

"Steele hasn't commented but is expected to take the case to arbitration under union rules, the Associated Press reports. The investigation is now focusing on another officer who has been suspended. The Rev. Wendell Anthony, the president of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, lauded the decision to fire Steele. "This is not a paintbrush against all of them," Anthony said, referring to Detroit police officers. "But the ones that are bad apples need to be extricated from the department."

This needs to happen immediately when law enforcement becomes aware of it. Destroys all credibility and trust.

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.

3-8-19

In follow up to a previous edition, CBS News reports:

"No criminal charges will be brought against five California officers in a fatal Taser encounter with an unarmed man in Millbrae last year, a district attorney announced Friday. Video of the incident was made public Friday afternoon. The decision by San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe comes in the wake of public outcry over the death of Chinedu Okobi, concern over multiple fatal Taser incidents in San Mateo County and mounting calls for the video's release."

No justice in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. -- Right, Sheriff? ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming as the assholes in charge sit on their hands. Do nothing.

"Okobi, 36, was unarmed when he died Oct. 3 after being tasered during the encounter with four San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies and a sheriff's sergeant. One of the deputies discharged the Taser, Wagstaffe said. Speaking Friday, Wagstaffe called the case a "horrible tragedy" and said he wasn't aiming to blame Okobi, a father and graduate of Moorehouse College. He said his investigation found the officers' actions were lawful under the California penal code."

Nazi justice. Legalized murder.

"Okobi's sister Ebele Okobi told CBS News she is devastated by the district attorney's decision, but not surprised. Okobi's was the third death in the span of 10 months involving Tasers and law enforcement in San Mateo, a Bay Area county. Wagstaffe also declined to charge officers involved in the two other Taser deaths."

Became the norm. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Ebele Okobi, who is the director of public policy for Africa at Facebook, said the district attorney's decision means "in San Mateo county, police are allowed to use an unlawful level of force and kill citizens with absolute impunity."

Goddamned f--king right. The jackbooted bastards in blue get to legally murder on the job. How these treacherous sons of bitches get their cookies off. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The video released Friday -- a compilation of about 30 minutes of dashcam, cell and surveillance video -- shows a deputy driving in a patrol car and approaching Okobi, who is walking near a busy road. Wagstaffe said the deputy first approached Okobi because Okobi had crossed the road against the light and outside of a crosswalk. Wagstaffe said Okobi didn't comply with the officer's request to talk on a sidewalk and continued to walk in traffic, and the deputy called for backup. Other deputies responded, and the first deputy warned Okobi he would be Tased. He deployed the Taser when Okobi "continued to ignore instructions" and moved toward the deputy, according to a letter from Wagstaffe to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office saying the officers would not be charged. In the video, Okobi is seen falling to the ground, asking "What did I do?" and calling for help."

Jackbooted pieces of shit. Present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Precisely, why there is no faith and trust in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? All for what amounts to a chicken shit offense. ... Right, Bill?

"Wagstaffe's letter says the deputy activated the Taser several more times because Okobi was resisting and was "agitated, speaking incoherently, excited." Okobi is then seen running across the street."

Ever occur to you achingly clueless jackbooted pieces of shit the guy you murdered with impunity might have been having mental problems? ... Hey, Sheriff? Your jackbooted bastards equally hopelessly clueless?

"The letter says the deputy thought the Taser was ineffective and wasn't sure how the officers could detain Okobi, who weighed over 300 pounds, "given his size and strength." The deputy attempted to use his collapsible baton because Okobi's "level of resistance was escalating," the letter says. Okobi is seen swinging at the officer, which the letter says resulted in a seven-centimeter laceration on the officer's face."

Five jackbooted bastards in blue couldn't handle this guy without murdering him? Give me a f--king break. It's all bullshit. These goddamned officers are being protected and coddled. No justice. Once again, offers proof positive the jackbooted bastards in blue enjoy carte blanche to murder on the job. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Several deputies tackled Okobi and attempted to handcuff him as he struggled, the letter said. They also used pepper spray, but it apparently struck an officer. Deputies handcuffed Okobi and put him in a sitting position when medical personnel responded, according to the letter. As paramedics attempted to move him into an ambulance, they could no longer detect a pulse, and saw Okobi had gone into cardiac arrest, the letter said. Medical personnel weren't able to revive him."

The officers, through egregious ineptness and how pathetically, ineffectively matters were handled, caused the death of their victim. ... Right, Sheriff?

"A coroner ruled the cause of death as "cardiac arrest following physical exertion, physical restraint, and recent electro-muscular disruption," and listed cardiomyopathy -- a heart condition -- as a contributing factor. The death was ruled a homicide, Wagstaffe said."

Murder. Unadulterated. Perpetrated by five jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? -- Anything goes, doesn't it, Bill?

"Jeffrey Martin, the use-of-force expert retained by Wagstaffe, found the deputies had probable cause to arrest Okobi because he violated the law when he crossed the street against the signal and refused repeated requests to stop and talk to officers. He also found the officers' use of force as they attempted to detain him to be reasonable."

Bought and paid for shill of law enforcement. No credibility. ... Right, Sheriff? Just how you and the boys want it, no?

"But the ACLU of northern California released a statement Friday saying that the deadly encounter had "all the earmarks of racial profiling." "If crossing the street made Okobi the object of police attention and attempted detention – one has to ask if Okobi was white, would the reaction have been the same?" the group said in a statement."

While jaywalking is stupid and dangerous, happens all the time. Nearly always, ignored by officers who have far more serious offenses to concern themselves with.

"Eugene O'Donnell, a John Jay College professor and policing expert, said the video indicates Okobi was resisting throughout the encounter and did pose a possible risk for deputies. But he cautioned that police enforcement should be a "last resort" for community issues like traffic and pedestrian control. He said it's unclear whether Okobi was posing enough of a danger to himself or others to warrant the initial stop, and warned that police stops for seemingly trivial issues can lead to high-stakes and potentially deadly encounters."

Goddamned f--king right. These five jackbooted bastards in blue displayed no judgment. None at all. A man is dead for absolutely no legitimate reason. Rubber stamped by a goddamned district attorney clearly in the pocket of his criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. No independence. None. None at all. ... Right, Sheriff? Same shit goes on right here in Nazi Llano County. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff?

"In a Facebook post Friday, Ebele Okobi said Wagstaffe's decision "tells us that we are not safe in San Mateo County. That if you are Black, or mentally ill, or in need of help, or simply walking down the street, you can be electrocuted to death by those meant to protect and serve."

No question. Jackbooted nazi justice in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. ... Right, Sheriff?

"An initial San Mateo County Sheriff's police report says Okobi "immediately assaulted" an officer who approached him, and Ebele Okobi, along with community activists, have accused the sheriff's office and Wagstaffe of releasing misinformation. Ebele Okobi said the video shows her brother was calm and walking on a sidewalk when approached by deputies, not "running in and out of traffic" as the initial statement said."

Police are liars. Allowed to lie by the courts during performance of their duties. Yet, lie to a jackbooted bastard in blue, guess what? Go to jail. Goddamned double standard.

"Activists have also said Wagstaffe has delayed releasing the video. Wagstaffe initially said he planned to release the video in December, but then said he had hired a use-of-force expert and was awaiting his report."

Needed time to concoct a bogus bullshit report. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Family members and activists have called for a temporary halt on the use of Tasers in San Mateo. The county board of supervisors last month held a public study session to learn more about the devices and local policies governing their use."

Not likely to happen. Forget? These bastards get their cookies off lighting up a victim. LOL. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Ebele Okobi told CBS News Friday she was shocked that in Wagstaffe's view, "nothing about how the Taser was used was incorrect."

Surprised? Why? Forget? The district attorney is clearly beholden to his jackbooted bastards in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? Same old shit happens right here in Nazi Llano County. ... Doesn't it, Bill?

"Nothing about that should give anyone in San Mateo any comfort," Okobi said."

That's right. Offers further proof positive law enforcement remains an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. ... Right, Sheriff? Cannot be trusted.

"Community activists planned to gather Friday to call for an investigation into Okobi's death by the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and an establishment of a permanent civilian oversight committee to review the actions of the San Mateo Sheriff's Office."

Good luck. ... Right, Sheriff? ... Just like you and the boys want it, right, Bill? Carte blanche to do as you and your jackbooted bastards please. With impunity.

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

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

3-8-19

Think a consent decree will force effective change in Chicago? NPR reports:

"For many in Latino and Black neighborhoods, trust in the Chicago Police Department simply doesn't exist. Years of policies detailed in a blistering Department of Justice report explains why."

A problem all across our formerly great country. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Many hope the formal events on Friday, Mar. 1, will help restore, or in some cases establish, a sense of trust in communities that have long felt neglected or abused."

Good luck.

"Chicago police are now under federal oversight as the department officially begins its overhaul. A federal judge and independent monitor, named today, will oversee the changes to make sure they comply with agreed-to guidelines. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said he welcomes the changes. We say bring it on and let's get down to business."

Had you and the brass done your jobs, sir, the decree would have been unnecessary.

"We've known about this consent decree for the last 2 years, so we're prepared mentally to have to deal with it," Johnson said. "Matter of fact, the consent decree will make us better. We say bring it on and let's get down to business."

Called bullshit.

"Nearly four years ago, the city was embroiled in controversy over a police video. That video, withheld from the public for more than a year, was released and shows a white police officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who is black. McDonald, a knife in his hand, appeared to be walking away from police."

The jackbooted bastard chose to become judge, jury, and executioner. ... Right, Sheriff?

"The 2014 shooting and handling of the case became a rallying cry for activists. It also led to the trial and conviction of Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot McDonald."

Got nowhere near what he deserved in terms of punishment.

"Between the shooting and the Department of Justice report, the department knew change would come. The withering DOJ report — issued in January of 2017 — called the Chicago Police Department's use of force excessive and racially discriminatory. Soon afterward, Chicago police issued a new use-of-force policy emphasizing the "sanctity of life," and started holding training sessions for officers."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break. Where have you been all these years?

"Under the consent decree, there are many more changes in store. For example, the Department must produce a monthly report about use of force incidents; it bans police from using Tasers on people who are simply running away. The agreement also expands mental health services for police, including a initiative for suicide prevention — a big concern recently after a rash of police suicides."

Quickest way to end the suicides? Clean up your act. End the abuse, corruption, and murder of unarmed innocent civilians. ... Right, Sheriff?

"On a day when we marked a 44 percent decrease in homicides and a 24 percent reduction in shootings, today's data and today's agreement capture the new direction of the Chicago Police Department," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. "This agreement, which is the result of the changes we sought and agreed to, will ensure a better city, a better CPD, and safer streets."

Think so? ... Or, nothing more than empty meaningless bullshit?

"Chicago is among 14 other law enforcement agencies in the country under federal oversight. Among them, the police department in Ferguson, Mo. A fatal police shooting there sparked nationwide protests and helped spur the Black Lives Matter movement. Activist Felicia Pulliam says progress in St. Louis under the consent decree is mixed. "You know, I'm going to have to say, that I've seen some incidents of improvement," Pulliam said. "There's a lot of resistance to a new practice of policing, a new way of policing the community from some police officers."

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.

3-8-19

The following is well beyond ironic. It's goddamned hopelessly Aryan arrogant. The Washington Post reports:

"It’s not every day that a police chief publicly scolds lawmakers who oversee his department. But in January, and again last month, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham unceremoniously rebuked two D.C. council members who had the unmitigated gall to look into actions of his department. The objects of Newsham’s scorn were Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), chairman of the council’s Judiciary Committee, and Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), who chairs the Human Services Committee."

Imagine that. Couldn't be, could it? LOL.

"In an interview with The Post on Jan. 4, Newsham bluntly charged that drug dealers in a trouble spot in Northeast D.C. had “become emboldened by the hearing” conducted by Allen’s committee that, in Newsham’s view, conveyed “the suggestion the police had acted inappropriately there.” Think about it: the police chief chastising the council for conducting oversight of policing strategies and tactics in a troubled neighborhood — a major concern of residents. In fact, Allen’s committee was acting properly, in keeping with the council’s mandate."

Jesus Christ. Unbelievable, isn't it? The Chief wants no oversight. Won't be accountable to Congress or the public that pays his salary and that of his jackbooted goons. ... Right, Sheriff?

"This week, Newsham, in a letter to the editor, accused Nadeau of spreading “misinformation” about the police department’s use of stop-and-frisk tactics. Nadeau said during a telephone interview that she rejects “Newsham’s characterization.” Her Feb. 15 opinion piece in The Post did call for the police to end stop-and-frisk tactics until the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (Near) Act, which the council unanimously passed in 2016, is fully implemented. The Near Act mandates an approach to violent crime that focuses on diversion, counseling and violence interruption. The act also requires data collection on stop-and-frisk tactics, which Nadeau said she will use to evaluate the practice. Nadeau was within her rights as a lawmaker to question the use of stop and frisk and to criticize Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the chief for, as she wrote, “not complying with the Near Act and all of its requirements.”

The jackbooted bastards have no probable cause to stop and frisk. None. F--k these out of control jackbooted assholes. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Newsham, of course, should defend his department where a defense is due. Reprimanding city lawmakers for doing their jobs, however, is way above his pay grade, and out of line. Policing in the District, including the use of stop-and-frisk tactics, is very much in the council’s bailiwick. And for good reasons. Consider the experience of M.B. Cottingham, an African American ice cream vendor and father of three who has lived in Southeast D.C. all his life. Excerpt from an ACLU lawsuit against D.C. police Officer Sean Lojacono: “Late in the afternoon of September 27, 2017, in a peaceful encounter with D.C. police concerning an open container of alcohol, Mr. Cottingham gave Officer Sean Lojacono permission to frisk him. Ranging far beyond what should have been a limited pat-down for weapons, Officer Lojacono jammed his fingers between Mr. Cottingham’s buttocks and grabbed his genitals. Mr. Cottingham physically flinched and verbally protested, making clear that this highly intrusive search was not within the scope of the frisk to which he had consented. Officer Lojacono responded by handcuffing Mr. Cottingham and returning to probe the most sensitive areas of his person — two more times."

Jesus Christ. Called repeated sexual assault. By a criminal jackbooted bastard in blue. ... Right, Sheriff? -- How law enforcement gets its cookies off, Bill?

“No warrant, probable cause, reasonable suspicion, or consent justified the scope of these probes, which were conducted in broad daylight in public and with no other discernible reason than to humiliate and degrade Mr. Cottingham and to display the officer’s power over him.” In December, the District and Lojacono reached a settlement that involved the city forking over an undisclosed payment to Cottingham."

Why isn't this jackbooted piece of shit in prison? ... Right, Sheriff?

"Allen’s public hearing last summer — for which Newsham reprimanded him — covered the same turf: aggressive police tactics in troubled neighborhoods."

Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. As the assholes in government do nothing to remedy the abuse.

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.

3-8-19

No justice in Nazi America, de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. The Washington Post reports:

"Nearly a year after an unarmed black man was fatally shot by Sacramento police, prosecutors on Saturday announced there would be no charges against the two officers who fired at and killed Stephon Clark. Clark, a 22-year-old father of two, was fatally shot on the night of March 18, 2018, as he ran to the backyard of his grandmother’s Sacramento home while police were responding to a neighbor’s call about someone breaking into cars. Officers said they began shooting at Clark because they thought he was holding a gun; he was later found to have been holding only an iPhone. Police body camera and helicopter footage later showed the officers had fired at Clark 20 times. The official coroner’s report concluded Clark was shot seven times, while an independent autopsy ordered by Clark’s family showed he had been struck eight times, including six in the back."

Gutless jackbooted bastards. No justice. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Clark’s shooting sparked demonstrations in California’s capital and nationwide by people protesting police use of force. Demonstrators in Sacramento blocked fans from entering NBA games, marched on the city’s streets and gathered at a City Council meeting to protest. In January, Clark’s family filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city of Sacramento."

Hear the rumble?

"At a news conference Saturday, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert acknowledged the “tremendous grief, anger and anxiety by the Clark family and by this community” since last March. She said she had met that morning with Clark’s mother, whose grief was “very apparent.”

The District Attorney chose to protect and coddle her jackbooted bastards. ... Right, Sheriff? -- Sound familiar, Bill?

“There is no question that the death of Stephon Clark is a tragedy, not just for his family but for this community,” Schubert said. “My job as a district attorney is to make sure that we conduct a full, fair and independent review of this shooting. That job means that I follow the facts in the law and that, in that process of this review, that we treat everyone with dignity, grace and fairness.”

You're a lying bullshitter, Counselor. Nothing more. Nothing less. In the pocket of the jackbooted murderous bastards.

"Schubert announced that a months-long investigation supported the conclusion that the officers were justified in using deadly force against Clark."

Remains beholden to her jackbooted bastards. Protected and coddled her killers.

“We must recognize that [police officers] are often forced to make split-second decisions. We must also recognize that they are under tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving circumstances,” Schubert said. “That is the crux of this whole case: Did the officers have an honest and reasonable belief they needed to defend themselves?” In this case, the officers believed they did, Schubert said."

They're liars, Counselor. So are you. No justice in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Nazi America.

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.

3-1-19

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

"Police body camera video shows the moment a man opened fire on a sheriff’s deputy in California through his rolled down window before the officer returned fire and kills the man. The graphic footage from the Feb. 17 shooting was shared by the Napa County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday. In the video, Deputy Riley Jarecki is standing on the passenger’s side of a vehicle and asks a man sitting in the driver’s seat, Javier Hernandez Morales, if she can look around the vehicle. Morales puts his hands in the air appearing to give the deputy permission. "Wait right there, don't move. OK?" Jarecki says before walking around the back of the car to the driver's side. Jarecki then orders Morales to roll down his window. Morales appears to hesitate, rolls the window down, quickly pulls out a gun and fires at least one shot at the deputy. Jarecki immediately draws her weapon, fired multiple shots at the car and killed Morales."

Did what she had to do to protect herself.

"The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that Jarecki was not physically injured during the shooting and was placed on administrative leave as the department investigates. “Loss of life is not something that’s celebrated. We’re very concerned for Deputy Jarecki and her wellbeing," Undersheriff Jon Crawford said during a press conference. "It’s incredible composure. You saw how close those shots were fired." "She was able to use her radio broadcast clearly. She was able to stay on her feet, and stay engaged. While it’s not something to be celebrated, we are proud of her actions,” Crawford said. The sheriff's department did not say what led up to Jarecki approaching Morales, but said he had two guns in his car, one of which was reported stolen."

In further detail, CBS News reports:

"The incident took place in the 1100 block of Henry Road about 2 miles southwest of Napa at about 11 p.m. Sunday. Jarecki was driving by and became suspicious of Morales as he was parked on the roadside. She pulled over and approached his vehicle moments before the close quarters gunfight took place. Undersheriff Crawford said it was "divine intervention" that kept Jarecki from getting shot. "It's pretty obvious that he [Hernandez Morales] intended to kill her," said Crawford. "We are proud of the deputy's composure and her fight to save her life." Jarecki is a third-generation law enforcement member who has been in the field for two and a half years. She was sworn in as a deputy by Napa County Sheriff John Robertson in June 2018; she previously worked for the Fairfield and Calistoga police forces. Jarecki's father is also a member of the Napa County Sheriff's Office.

"CBS San Francisco police analyst and former Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said that Jarecki made all the right moves. "She reacted the way she was trained to: to meet deadly force with deadly force, to try and neutralize the threat, which was returning fire," said Jordan. She is doing OK and has been placed on administrative leave as an investigation is being conducted by the Napa County Major Crimes Task Force, comprising investigators with the Napa County Sheriff's Office, Napa Police Department and the Napa County District Attorney's Office. Hernandez Morales, 43, had a significant criminal history. He had been booked into Napa County Jail at least five times since 2015, including arrests for weapons violations, driving under the influence and assaulting a peace officer. Inside of Hernandez Morales's vehicle was a loaded .22 caliber rifle, the one which he used to fire on Jarecki. The weapon was stolen from Fremont."

3-1-19

As always, when law enforcement does something heroic and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. This is the second incident in this edition. WFTS-Tampa Bay reports:

"Shots were fired at the Pasco County Sheriff's Office SWAT team at the home of Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad on Thursday morning and Massad has been arrested on charges of practicing medicine without a license, according to officials. At approximately 4:40 a.m., the SWAT team announced their presence and attempted to serve a search warrant at 8221 Hayward Lane in Port Richey. The home is owned by Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad. Deputies say shots were fired at the entry team but they did not return fire and no one was injured in the shooting. Massad, 68, reportedly opened fire on the deputies attempting to serve the search warrant. According to the Pasco Sheriff, Massad will face multiple charges of attempted homicide."

The fact SWAT fired no shots, yet executed the arrest, is stunning. Hat's off. Uncommon Valor.

In a more detailed account, The Washington Post reports:

"Dale Glen Massad, mayor of Port Richey, a town of around 2,600 north of Tampa, fired two shots at officers who raided his home in the early hours of the morning, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told reporters. No officers were injured. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating Massad, a former doctor who gave up his license in 1992, after being tipped off by the Port Richey Police Department that Massad was still practicing medicine, officials said. The law enforcement team showed up at Massad’s house around 4:40 a.m. They identified themselves and pounded on his door, battering it with a ram and shooting it with a shotgun before realizing the door opened outward, according to a complaint affidavit in the case. They lit a distraction device inside the front door that emitted a bang and a bright light, after which they heard two shots from inside the house, the complaint said. SWAT team members moved back from the house, observing Massad with a gun in his left hand on the home’s second floor, using a cellphone."

Could have killed him then and there. Yet, chose not to.

"Nocco said the SWAT team loudly announced its presence before entering the home and asked Massad to drop his weapon. At some point during the incident, Massad made statements that he did not want to go back to jail, Nocco said. No officers were injured and Massad was arrested without further incident, Nocco said. He is charged with two counts of attempted homicide, according to the complaint. “He’s lucky he’s not dead,” Nocco said. “When somebody says, ‘I’m not going back to jail,’ that means it’s either going to be a shootout, they’re either going to flee, possibly suicide by cop." It was not immediately clear whether Massad had a defense lawyer. According to the affidavit, he told officers after his arrest that he had been awakened by the loud bangs at his door. It said he admitted to firing his .40 caliber gun into the hallway. Nocco said deputies were aware they were entering a potentially dangerous situation. Massad had multiple weapons in his house and was believed to be using drugs when officers came to arrest him, Nocco said. He was also arrested on a domestic violence related charge in the last few months, Nocco said. “That’s who we were dealing with today,” Nocco said, adding later, “Unfortunately with this individual the reputation was there, that you’re not dealing with the most upstanding of individuals."

Yet, SWAT showed restraint. Acted professionally.

"Massad was a licensed doctor from 1977 until 1992, when he gave up his license after a 3-year-old patient died, according to the Florida Department of Health.

"On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued an executive order suspending Massad from office, writing that he was empowered to do so under the state’s constitution.

"This wasn’t Massad’s first encounter with the law. He was arrested months before, in August, and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, police records say. News reports at the time indicated a long history of troubles at home, where he lived with his then-girlfriend, who was arrested with Massad, also on a domestic battery charge. A local TV station reported that police had visited the mayor’s house four dozen times in the months leading up to the 2018 arrests."

All the more remarkable SWAT showed such restraint during the raid.

"But Massad’s history with authorities dates back to at least the early 1990s, when his medical practice came under scrutiny after the death of a 3-year-old patient he was treating for facial birthmarks. Massad, documents from the health department say, gave the child Valium without determining the proper dosage and allowed a dentist to inject the child with anesthetic, again without determining a safe dosage. It turned out to be fatally toxic. After Florida’s board of medicine filed four counts against him, Massad gave up his medical license in 1992."

A quack.

"On Thursday, it was allegations surrounding Massad’s medical work that again had him in trouble. Officials said that during the investigation that eventually brought them to the mayor’s door, they found he had treated a patient with an injection for which he which he was not licensed and performed a surgical procedure on another. Massad was booked into Pasco County jail."

3-1-19

As always, when law enforcement does something heroic and/or of exceptional benefit to the community, it leads. Always. This is the third incident in this edition. WTKR Norfolk, VA reports:

"Two officers with the Portsmouth Police Department went to their greatest lengths on Saturday, helping an elderly couple out of their home during a fire. At around 1:30 p.m., Officers Long and Nelson were in the 2700 block of Ash Street speaking to person about another incident when Officer Long observed flames in the window of a home. While radioing to police communications about the possible fire, both officers ran to the home. Once officers got to the home, they helped an elderly couple, who were trying to put out the fire with a pan of water, get out of the home safely. Officer Nelson then immediately got a fire extinguisher from the trunk of his police car and put the fire out while Officer Long remained with the couple. Portsmouth Fire Department personnel responded to make sure the fire was completely extinguished and to examine the couple for any possible injuries. The officers’ decisiveness and selfless acts prevented the home from becoming a fully involved fire."

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

3-1-19

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:

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

... 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:

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.

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

3-1-19

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 forty nine weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

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

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

3-1-19

Think tactics in law enforcement aren't in desperate need of overhaul? NBC News reports:

"A young California man fatally shot by police after they found him unresponsive in his car with a gun in his lap was hit about 25 times — with bullets striking the center of his face and throat and blowing off part of his ear, a lawyer for his family said."

'Shoot first, ask questions later.' ... Right, Sheriff?

"Oakland attorney Melissa Nold, who said she examined the body of Willie McCoy, 20, last week, told NBC News that he also sustained injuries to his shoulders, chest and arm, during the Feb. 9 encounter with six officers. "Overkill is an understatement," Nold said of his wounds and the number of times he was struck."

The jackbooted bastards had to make sure he was dead, right, Sheriff?

"A coroner's report has not been released and Vallejo police have declined to comment further during an active investigation."

Convenient, isn't it? Why sit on the report if there is indeed nothing to hide? Why not decline to comment when it is impossible to justify overkill?

"McCoy — a Bay Area rapper known by his stage name Willie Bo — had been in the recording studio in recent days, his family said. They believe he had gone to the Taco Bell for a bite to eat and was so exhausted that he fell asleep while waiting in the drive-thru. Employees called police at about 10:30 p.m. when they saw him slumped behind the wheel of the car with the engine running, Vallejo police said in a statement last week."

Here's where the story gets convoluted:

"Nold also called into question the officers' version of events in which they said the doors to McCoy's Mercedes-Benz were locked when they first considered retrieving the gun from his lap before he woke up. Even if the doors were locked, the front passenger's side window was already broken and had a sheet of plastic covering it, which could have been removed, Nold said. Video of McCoy's car being towed in the aftermath from the scene shows plastic over the open window and several bullet holes in the windshield."

Were police lying to cover their ass, justify the unjustifiable?

"Police were in the middle of blocking in McCoy's car in the drive-thru so that he wouldn't make any sudden movements, and when he woke up, officers said, they gave him "several commands to put his hands up." Rather than comply, police said, he "quickly moved his hands" down to the gun."

Did he? Release all video. Why sit on it? Police lie all the time. Whenever it suits their fancy, certainly. As a matter of convenience, as well. In fact, the courts allow the bastards to lie in performance of their duties. Yet, lie to a jackbooted bastard? Go to jail. Double standard in Nazi America. De facto fascist police-state quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Six officers "fearing for their safety" opened fire in about four seconds, police added."

Horse shit. Could have backed away. Got behind him. Instead, apparently chose to execute the bastard.

"Officers continued to yell commands at the driver and ultimately reached through the broken glass of the driver's window to unlock the vehicle," they said, before retrieving McCoy's body to perform first aid. He died at the scene."

Play acting after deliberately killing him. Going through the motions to make it look good. Who the hell are they kidding? Pumped 25 rounds into him. Made sure he was dead. Gutless cowards.

"Nold said the situation could have been handled differently, especially since they recognized McCoy was not initially responsive."

That's right. Instead, apparently chose to execute him. Where the hell was their judgment? Up their ass?

"Suppose he was having a medical emergency and needed help. Their reaction wasn't can we get this person safely out of the car," Nold said."

Forget? It's how the jackbooted bastards get their cookies off.

"Even under the worst case scenario, you still have an obligation to try and avoid the use of deadly force," she added."

No longer in a de facto fascist police-state where modus operandi is 'shoot first, ask questions later.' ... Right, Sheriff?

"Authorities said a fully loaded .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun with an extended magazine was recovered at the scene, and had been reported stolen out of Oregon. David Klinger, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and former police officer, said the initial actions of police appeared to make sense in order to protect the public's safety, but the number of officers who ultimately pulled their triggers is concerning — especially since the officers had time to formulate a plan."

Too easy to 'shoot first, ask questions later.' ... Right, Sheriff?

"Unless there's some really extraordinary explanation, too many bullets were fired by too many officers," he said."

Ostensibly, an execution. ... Where the jackbooted bastards become judge, jury, and executioner. ... Right, Sheriff?

"A Vallejo Police Department document on police protocol says lethal force may only be used "when it is reasonable," and to either prevent an "immediate threat" of death or injury; apprehend a suspect who is attempting to escape and is believed to have committed a violent felony or presents a life-threatening danger; or kill a dangerous or seriously injured animal when there is no humane alternative."

Doesn't seem they followed department policy.

"In general, when police come upon a sleeping person with a firearm within reach, they must take into account how the person may reflexively grab for their gun, said Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina and an expert on police use of force. He added that since McCoy didn't immediately respond, police were on the "right track" to attempt to block him in so that he wouldn't make any sudden movement with his car. But Alpert questioned whether any of the officers decided to position themselves in a place near the car where a startled McCoy could have shot them. "Being in the sight line of a guy with a gun is not the smartest thing to do," said Alpert, adding that police are trained to approach cars carefully and determine potential threats."

Clearly, the training was inadequate, or worse, not followed.

"The number of officers who used their weapons and the multiple shots fired also worries Alpert. "If they're smart enough to block the car, why aren't they anticipating for the worst but understanding that there's always a good chance that he's an innocent person who fell asleep and wanted the gun for protection?" he asked."

Precisely, why a 'shoot first, ask questions later' mentality is gutless.

"At a Vallejo City Council meeting last week, a woman who identified herself as McCoy's girlfriend tearfully asked for the officers' bodycam footage to be released. Police will be required to release the related video within 45 days following state legislation signed last fall that requires all law enforcement agencies in California to do so when an officer fires their gun or uses deadly force. Departments can delay the release for up to 30 days if doing so interferes with the investigation."

No more than a convenient excuse to give the jackbooted bastards sufficient time to concoct a story to justify the killing. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Nold said it's imperative for police to communicate under what circumstances it's OK to "shoot and kill someone who looks like he's going to get a taco." She said she's disappointed by the police's failure — more than a week after the shooting — to even call McCoy's family and identify him as the person who died that night at the Taco Bell. "We only know," Nold said, "because we've seen him in the mortuary."

Jackbooted bastards. These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? 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 branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

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

3-1-19

Enjoy living in a fascist police-state? NBC News reports:

"Delaware State Police are reviewing a video that appears to show one of its troopers pulling a gun on a driver during a traffic stop this month. Mack Buckley, who is African-American, uploaded the minute-and-23-second video from Feb. 14 to Facebook of the trooper pulling the gun on him when he objected to the officer opening the door and telling him to get out of the vehicle. "No, no, no. You cannot, you cannot pull me out of this," Buckley is heard saying to the officer right before the gun is drawn. Buckley then repeatedly asks: "Why are you pulling a gun on me?" The officer responds: "Stop reaching for s---t. Hands on the car."

Gutless piece of crap. Why pull the weapon? What was the exigent threat? -- The fact he was black?

"In the Facebook post, Buckley alleges he was pulled over for speeding, ticketed for resisting arrest and issued three traffic citations. He also claims he was not allowed to file a complaint against the officer at the police station after he was released on unsecured bond."

Why not allow filing of the complaint? ... Protecting the officer? ... Coddling his ass?

"Police on Wednesday said Buckley was pulled over for speeding about 9:10 a.m. He was arrested after resisting arrest, speeding and driving without insurance and registration, officials said. "The Delaware State Police initiated an internal investigation as soon as we became aware of the incident as per divisional policy," state police spokesman Sgt. Richard Bratz told NBC News."

Means shit squat. Usually, nothing comes of it. By design. Forget? The officer is designedly, determinedly, concertedly protected and coddled. Par for the course in a de facto fascist police-state. ... Right, Sheriff?

"He added that Buckley was transported to the station "without further incident."

Why not release all dash and body cam video so the public can judge for itself whether or not the officer properly executed the stop?

"On the video that Buckley posted, neither he nor the trooper can be seen after about halfway through, possibly after the point at which Buckley is out of the car. The last words that can be heard are Buckley asking the officer why he is pulling a gun. Buckley claims in his post that on the way to the station, the officer "kept referring to YOU PEOPLE." When he asked the officer what he meant by "you people," he claims the officer responded "society" and told him, "Go ahead and play the race card."

Release all video. Let the public judge for itself.

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.

3-1-19

Rip off the federal government with a bogus catastrophe claim? Rightfully, get criminally prosecuted, -- if you're an ordinary citizen. Not so, if you're the City of New York. NPR reports:

"In the days after Superstorm Sandy soaked the East Coast, New York City Department of Transportation workers cataloged the damage to the agency's fleet of vehicles. That information was handed over to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which would give the city enough money to replace the damaged vehicles with new ones. Only one problem: Many of those vehicles were damaged before Sandy hit. Some hadn't been operational in years, and had been marked for salvage long before the storm. The city has now agreed to reimburse the federal government $5.3 million for its false claims, according to the settlement proposed Wednesday."

Get this:

"City officials who certified that the vehicles were damaged during Sandy either knew they were making false statements, or did so "with reckless disregard or willful blindness as to their truth," the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman said in a complaint accompanying the proposed settlement. "When people lie to FEMA about the cause of property damage in order to reap a windfall, it compromises FEMA's ability to provide financial assistance to legitimate disaster victims in desperate need," Berman said in a statement. In examining the fleet, city employees "considered only whether a vehicle had sustained any damage during the storm, without regard to the condition of the vehicle prior to Sandy," the complaint said. As a result, "many of the vehicles that Fleet Services included on its 'final' list of Sandy-damaged vehicles had been non-operational — and some had even been marked for salvage — years before Sandy."

Called fraud.

Report goes on and on. Yet, no mention of criminal prosecution.

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.

3-1-19

How does the following happen? NBC News reports:

"Jurors in the federal trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán regularly violated a judge's order to avoid news reports about the case as it was playing out in court, one of the panelists reportedly said. Vice News claimed it videotaped a lengthy interview with the one anonymous member of the 12-person panel, who reached out to the news magazine via email a day after the trial ended. Vice also said that its reporter who covered the case made a positive ID of the panelist, after watching the jury for months in open court. The story, posted Wednesday, also used gender-neutral terms to describe the juror and used "they" in referring to the single panelist. At least five jurors were regular consumers of news about Guzmán, according to the panelist. “You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said to the Vice News reporter. “We would constantly go to your media, your Twitter … I personally and some other jurors that I knew."

Gets worse:

"Just before deliberations began, previously sealed court documents were unearthed and showed that one witness, not called to the stand, accused Guzmán of regularly raping young women and girls as young as 13. Jurors not only saw that story in the news media, they lied to U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan when asked about it, according to the panelist. “I had told them if you saw what happened in the news, just make sure that the judge is coming in and he's gonna ask us, so keep a straight face," the juror said. "So he did indeed come to our room and ask us if we knew, and we all denied it, obviously.”

Report goes on and on.

"Defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman said he was particularly concerned that jurors heard of the sex assault allegations against his client. Even before Wednesday's revelations, Guzman's defense had vowed to appeal. "Jurors apparently lied to the court repeatedly about not reading press reports of Mr. Guzman's trial, as well as ignoring orders to stay away from highly prejudicial — and uncorroborated — allegations against our client which were not part of the evidence in this case," Lichtman said in a statement. "All we ever wanted for Mr. Guzmán was a fair trial and that's all we deserved. We will continue to seek justice for him." Representatives for Cogan and Dora Irizarry, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, declined to comment."

If there is indeed substance to these allegations, think Guzman won't be retried?

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.

3-1-19

Some things never change. Some kids stand tall no matter what. The Washington Post reports:

"When a small-town Arizona cop stopped a 12-year-old reporter who was chasing down a story tip on Monday, he probably had no idea what he was getting himself into."

No kidding. LOL.

"Hilde Lysiak, the preteen journalist whose exploits have inspired a Scholastic book series and an upcoming TV show, made a name for herself in 2016 by being the first to report on a grisly murder in her hometown, then firing back at the haters who suggested that a 9-year-old girl shouldn’t be hanging around crime scenes. Since then, she has continued to break news about bank robberies, alleged rapes and other lurid crimes in the Orange Street News, the paper that she publishes out of her parents’ home in Selinsgrove, Pa. “NOTE TO DEALERS: OSN Will Not Be Intimidated,” she wrote last month, after reportedly receiving threats because she had published text message exchanges between an alleged drug dealer and a woman whom he had reportedly solicited for sex. So naturally, she didn’t back down when Joseph Patterson, the town marshal in Patagonia, Ariz., allegedly threatened to throw her in juvenile jail on Monday, then falsely claimed it would be illegal for her to film him and publish the video on the Internet. Instead, she posted their exchange on YouTube and in the Orange Street News — which in turn prompted town officials to discipline Patterson, as the Nogales International was the first to report on Wednesday.

"In the Orange Street News, Lysiak wrote that she was riding her bike to investigate a tip at around 1:30 p.m. on Monday when Patterson, whose position in the small town is equivalent to that of a police chief, stopped her and asked for identification. The 12-year-old gave her name and phone number and mentioned that she was a member of the media. She said Patterson told her, “I don’t want to hear about any of that freedom-of-the-press stuff” and added that he would have her arrested and thrown in juvenile jail."

For what? LOL.

"Later, Lysiak ran into Patterson again. This time, she was filming. “You stopped me earlier and you said that I can be thrown in juvie,” she can be heard asking in the video. “What exactly am I doing that’s illegal?” From the seat of his white Chevy Silverado truck, Patterson started to reply, then interrupted himself. “You taping me?” he asked. “You can tape me, okay, but what I’m going to tell you is if you put my face on the Internet, it’s against the law in Arizona.” In fact, there is no such law. Recording a law enforcement officer in a public place is protected under the First Amendment, as Lysiak noted when she posted the video online later that day."

Goddamned right. LOL. This f--ker's an idiot. Not qualified to be an officer. ... Right, Sheriff?

"While Lysiak sat on her bike, Patterson told her that he had noticed her following him around town while he responded to urgent calls. “Yeah, so how is that illegal?” the young reporter countered. The marshal told her that he didn’t want her to be harmed by the mountain lion that had been spotted, and he accused her of disobeying his commands and lying to him when she said she was headed to a friend’s house, which she disputed. Finally, he told her, “I’ll be getting a hold of your parents,” and drove off."

Jesus Christ. This guy is too stupid to be an officer. ... Right, Sheriff?

"A nine-year-old reporter investigating a lead. A cop who doesn't understand how freedom works. Which is the adult in this scenario?

https://t.co/rXl6dzClPp

— Neal Stanifer (@neal_stanifer) February 21, 2019

"By early Friday morning, the YouTube video had been viewed more than 22,000 times, and hundreds of people had left comments calling Lysiak a “hero” and expressing outrage at Patterson’s false claim that it would be against the law for her to film him."

Generated one hell of a lot of support for this young journalist. Get this:

"A notice posted on the town of Patagonia’s website on Wednesday said that officials had received “many comments” about Patterson’s confrontation with Lysiak. “The matter has been carefully reviewed and we have taken action we believe to be appropriate for the situation,” the statement said. “We do not publicly disclose personnel actions including discipline and will have no further comment on this matter.” The bulletin further suggested that “relevant information” could be found in an Arizona statute that bars people from posting personal information belonging to police officers, prosecutors, judges and other officials online — if doing so could put them and their families at risk. It did not specify why that law would be relevant, or whether Lysiak had been accused of breaking it. In an email to The Washington Post, Dan Barr, an attorney with the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, called the town’s reference to that statute “pure nonsense.” The law deals with publicizing information such as home addresses and “has nothing to do with taking photos of uniformed police officers doing their jobs in public,” he wrote. Barr added: “Hilde is a force of nature. One can only imagine what sort of stories she will be turning out once she has a driver’s license.”

Indeed.

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.

3-1-19

The following is pitiful. Gross injustice to our best and brightest. -- Courtesy of the Trump nazi and his henchmen. NBC News reports:

"The American Civil Liberties Union released records Monday that it says show a police officer racially profiling a U.S. citizen and Marine veteran who was detained for deportation and mocking his disability. Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a former Marine who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, was held for three days in an immigration facility in Michigan in December for possible deportation until his attorney intervened, according to the ACLU. He was born in Michigan. The ACLU said in a statement that the documents it released show Grand Rapids police Capt. Curt VanderKooi “racially profiling” and mocking Ramos-Gomez in his interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

Goddamned f--king racist jackbooted nazi. Piece of human excrement. ... Right, Sheriff?

“Here is an officer who sees someone who is Latino, who has a Latino sounding name, and contacts ICE,” Miriam Aukerman, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan, told NBC News."

'Best' in law enforcement, right, Sheriff?

"Ramos-Gomez was arrested on Nov. 21 after he allegedly set a small fire, pulled an alarm and trespassed on a heliport at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, according to police. A timeline of events provided by the ACLU said that Ramos-Gomez’s U.S. passport was in his bag at the time he was arrested. "They took a photograph of his passport when they logged his property into evidence. They knew he was a U.S. citizen," Auckerman said. Police later interviewed Ramos-Gomez and realized “he has mental health issues,” according to the timeline. Midmorning on Nov. 21, a police sergeant sent a text to an FBI agent saying the case involves a “Vet, PTSD, But not a FBI issue,” according to the timeline and an image of the message included in the ACLU’s statement. Later that evening, VanderKooi watched a news report about the arrest and emailed Derek Klifman, an ICE officer, according to the timeline and the documents. “Could you please check his status?” the email began."

Unf--king believable, right, Sheriff? An American citizen. Born here. Combat veteran suffering PTSD.

Gets worse:

"A separate ICE officer emailed VanderKooi on Nov. 23 and said he interviewed Ramos-Gomez and determined “he is a foreign national illegally in the U.S.,” according to the documents. The ICE officer said Ramos-Gomez would be brought into custody when he was released from his criminal case. ICE has said in a statement that Ramos-Gomez claimed he was in the U.S. illegally during the interview and lodged a detention request with police based on his statements. Vanderkooi emailed back on Nov. 26 with the subject line “Spectrum Helicopter Pad Loco,” using the Spanish word for crazy. “It is not clear what mad intent was involved in this breach of hospital security but here is the report,” the email said, according to the documents. Another police officer forwarded that message to a prosecutor, who responded: “I am confused. Didn’t his property have a U.S. Passport in it? And he was a veteran?!” “Who knows, not sure it was a US passport. … I am not sure about the vet thing,” the officer responded."

Unf--king believable.

"Ramos-Gomez pleaded guilty to trespassing and was released on his own recognizance on Dec. 14, according to the ACLU. He was then taken into ICE custody, where he was held until Dec. 17 when his family’s attorney intervened, according to the ACLU. ICE said it reviewed documents provided by the lawyer suggesting Ramos-Gomez was a citizen and authorized his release. Auckerman said VanderKooi's mocking of the veteran showed "disrespect for our men and women in uniform as well as for people with disabilities."

Goddamned right. Our formerly great country has clearly lost itself.

"The Grand Rapids Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In a statement Friday, police said the officer who contacted ICE “did so solely on the nature" of Ramos-Gomez's actions."

Clearly, too stupid to be an officer. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Contacting ICE is not a routine part of our investigative process. Rather, we did this in light of the potential risk to the public’s safety, specifically through a possible act of terrorism," Interim Police Chief David Kiddle said in the statement. Kiddle added the investigation determined the officer used “unprofessional language” in his interactions with ICE, which was addressed with the officer."

Jesus Christ. The goddamned Interim Chief is just as stupid. How does an hopelessly ignorant asshole like this become Interim Chief? How? How does that happen?

"Aukerman said the response shows "police can't police themselves." "What you see is even when you have blatant discrimination, blatant racial profiling, the officer involved is not held accountable," she said."

Our formerly great country is hopelessly lost. ... 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.

3-1-19

Insult to injury? Get this. NBC News/AP reports:

"For the first time in 26 years, a Florida police officer is standing trial for an on-duty killing — and one of his defenses will be the state's controversial "stand your ground" law."

How about that?

"The trial of fired Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja begins with jury selection Thursday. He is charged with manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder for the 2015 shooting of Corey Jones. Jones, a 31-year-old black musician, had just gotten out of his broken-down SUV when he was confronted by Raja, who was dressed in plainclothes and driving an unmarked white van. The shooting happened amid several highly publicized killings of black men by police officers nationwide, some leading to prosecutions. Raja, 41, could face a life sentence if convicted."

Tough shit.

Here's the issue:

"Prosecutors say an audio recording shows Raja never identified himself. They say that caused Jones, who had a concealed-weapons permit, to pull a handgun because he feared he was being robbed. They say Raja kept firing after he saw Jones throw away his gun, and lied to investigators about it."

A piece of jackbooted human excrement. ... Right, Sheriff?

"Absolutely nothing about him (Raja) provided any indication that he represented a law enforcement agency," prosecutor Brian Fernandes wrote in court documents, calling Raja a "rogue officer."

How about that? 'Best' in Florida law enforcement, right, Sheriff? ... At least, however, they prosecute rogue officers there, -- as opposed to our failure to do so here, in Nazi Llano County. ... Right, Sheriff?

Insult to injury? Get this:

"Raja's attorneys argue he identified himself and feared for his life when Jones pulled his gun. They argued that Raja should be protected under the stand your ground law, which says anyone with a legitimate fear of imminent danger can use lethal force. The law also says it is up to prosecutors to prove the person's fear was lacking or unreasonable. One exception is that the person cannot be the initial aggressor. "Officer Raja was definitely not an aggressor," lead defense attorney Richard Lubin wrote in court filings. "The inescapable fact is that Mr. Jones pointed his gun at Officer Raja."

Jesus Christ. Re-write of reality, to say nothing of precisely what happened.

"Raja's attorneys have requested Judge Joseph Marx move the trial. They say the coverage by local news outlets has included prejudicial material, including a grand jury's finding that the shooting was unjustified; that investigators concluded Raja lied; and that the case's previous judge rejected his initial stand your ground claim."

LOL. -- Can't confuse a liar with the truth, can we?

"Marx says he will consider the request if the six-person jury cannot be seated. In Florida criminal case, only first-degree-murder trials get 12 jurors.

"Jones, who also worked as a housing inspector, was returning home from a nightclub performance early on the morning of Oct. 18, 2015, when his SUV broke down on an off-ramp of Interstate 95. His drums, valued at $10,000, were in back. Jones, the brother of former National Football League player C.J. Jones, had just purchased a .38-caliber handgun for protection. Raja spotted Jones' SUV about 3:15 a.m. He was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a baseball cap because he was investigating auto burglaries. His sergeant testified at a hearing that he told Raja to don a vest marked "police" if he confronted anyone, but the vest was found inside the unmarked van."

How about that?

"Raja drove up the off-ramp, blocking Jones' SUV. He told Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators that when Jones got out, he identified himself, but then fired because Jones pulled a gun. He said Jones ran down an embankment and pointed the gun again, so he fired more shots. Jones died at the scene. Investigators have said that Raja didn't know Jones was speaking to a tow truck dispatcher on a recorded line. Raja is never heard identifying himself.

Report goes on and on. Think they'll be justice?

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

3-1-19

The following is appalling if true. A great disservice to the LGBTQ community, people of color, as well as all Americans. Especially, at a time our formerly great country is coming apart at the seams. CBS News reports:

"Chicago's top police officer expressed anger and frustration Thursday over what he called Jussie Smollett's "shameful" attempt to fabricate a hate crime for a "publicity stunt." "When we discovered the actual motive, quite frankly, it pissed everybody off," said Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. He said police were treating Smollett like a victim until then. Smollett's story that he was attacked January 29 by masked assailants who yelled racial and homophobic slurs, poured bleach on him and hung a rope around his neck unraveled when two of Smollett's acquaintances, brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo, told investigators the actor paid them $3,500 to stage the attack, said Johnson. Johnson said Smollett, 36, choreographed the attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary. He castigated Smollett for putting the national spotlight on Chicago for something "that is both egregious and untrue," and said bogus police reports harm legitimate victims by wasting valuable police resources."

Not only that, makes it far more difficult for the LGBTQ community, people of color, to say nothing of the rest of the community truly victimized by out of control law enforcement. Won't be believed.

"The "Empire" actor turned himself in on a felony count of filing a false police report. He appeared in court Thursday afternoon where a judge set his bond at $100,000 and ordered him to turn in his passport. Smollett soon walked out of jail after posting the necessary $10,000 and headed to a black SUV as a horde of reporters swarmed the area. He went to the "Empire" set later in the day, 20th Century Fox confirmed to CBS News late Thursday. Johnson said Smollett hasn't made any statement to police since his arrest."

No matter what, this man is entitled to his day in court, presumption of innocence until convicted.

"His legal team, which now includes famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos, defended him in a statement after he was charged Wednesday night. "Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked," the statement said. "Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense." According to The Associated Press, Smollett's lawyers said Johnson's detailing investigators' findings about the alleged attack amounted to an "organized law enforcement spectacle," and said they had no place in the American legal system. The statement described Smollett as a man of "impeccable character and integrity" who fiercely and solemnly maintains his innocence."

Has every right to presumption of innocence, vigorous legal defense, and his day in court.

"Johnson gave credit to his detectives for a "patient and deliberate" investigation that he said began with giving Smollett the benefit of the doubt and eventually uncovered the truth after weeks of combing through video evidence and following up on leads. He called Smollett a "troubled young man who resorted to both drastic and illegal actions." "I'm offended by what's happened, and I'm also angry," Johnson said. "I love the city of the Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, warts and all. But this publicity stunt was a scar Chicago didn't earn and certainly didn't deserve."

Chicago's top cop goes on and on. Certainly, expresses profound frustration. May turn out to be a mistake, however. Could be construed and used by the defense as an attempt to unduly influence the jury pool.

"Johnson said Thursday he spoke not only as the police superintendent, but as a black man who grew up in Chicago and understands the city's racial divide. He said Smollett "took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career" and said he was baffled as to why anyone, especially an African-American man, "would use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations." "How could someone look at the hatred and suffering associated with that symbol and see an opportunity to manipulate that symbol to further his own public profile?" Johnson said. "How could this individual who has been embraced by the city of Chicago turn around and slap everyone in this city in the face by making these false claims?"

Think there isn't indeed a serious systemic problem in Chicago law enforcement as well as throughout the country? NPR reports:

"When a fellow officer dies, Chicago police wear black bands around their badges as a sign of mourning. At least five Chicago officers have taken their own lives since July."

Think that isn't a serious problem? Indicative of massive systemic failure within law enforcement? This remains of great public concern because we as a society cannot live without law enforcement. Someone has to haul in the criminal element, hold them accountable. The problem occurs when law enforcement becomes the criminal element. Does so on a massive scale. As we are now experiencing throughout our formerly great country.

The increasing number of officer suicides is certainly indicative of a growing cancer within law enforcement. The following is an extremely tragic example of this:

"In September 2017, Chicago Police Officer Regine Perpignan was hospitalized for depression, relatives said. Perpignan was a 26-year veteran of the department. She was 54, with two daughters and a granddaughter. Her brother and sister-in-law said Perpignan got counseling through the department and was taken off the street while she was getting help. Perpignan's sister-in-law Rochelle Perpignan said Regine went back to policing near the end of 2017. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi would not confirm the timeline. "They put her back on duty too fast," her brother, Roland Perpignan, said. "Someone who's been having mental issues and you know is not well should not be going back to duty ... and given a gun." In September 2018, in the parking lot of the Calumet District police station on the far South Side, before she was scheduled to begin her workday, Perpignan killed herself, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. She used her service revolver. "To think how much she must have been suffering to get to that point," Roland Perpignan said. "You know you gotta be suffering a lot and be in a lot of pain to [think that's the only way out]."

That's right. No question. We have to do something about this. It's unacceptable.

"Perpignan was one of at least five Chicago police officers to kill themselves since July. What's more, she was one of three officers to do so while on duty or on police property, an exceedingly rare occurrence, according to experts. The police department is unable to provide historic numbers on officer suicides, said Guglielmi, the police spokesman. But the U.S. Department of Justice found that between 2013 and 2015, CPD had a suicide rate up to 60 percent higher than the national average for law enforcement officers. Those numbers are spurring action by officers, police officials and mental health experts. They said the suicides are a sign of deeper problems with the mental health and well-being of Chicago police officers."

Moreover, there is a reason why police suicides are increasing across the country. Much of it has to do with what this publication and others have been covering for decades. Abusive law enforcement. Yet, there is no change. Certainly, no meaningful change. Precisely, why this problem will grow worse before things improve.

"If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (En Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889) or the Crisis Text Line by texting 741741."

Don't put it off.

"The U.S. Department of Justice and other experts say addressing those issues is also essential to the success of mandated police reform in the city and to a better relationship between police and community members."

It's a question of which came first. Chicken or the egg. After years of covering this issue, strongly suspect egregious abuse of authority, unnecessary violence including needless killing while on and off duty has contributed to the increase of mental health issues within the police community. The public reacts to this negatively. Can't, won't trust law enforcement. For damned good reason.

"Police department leaders said they're taking big steps to address the issue, but former officers and some mental health professionals are asking whether the city is doing enough, and whether it's focused on the right problems."

That's right. Good place to start? Clean up your act. When you're getting your cookies off harassing the innocent, killing and/or beating the living shit out of both the guilty and innocent for no valid reason, otherwise abusing authority to exert power for the sake of exerting power, guess what? You've got mental health issues.

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.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
libertyinperil.com
libertyinperil.host-ed.me
libertyinperil.t15.org
libertyinperil.twomini.com
libertyinperil.wink.ws
libertyinperil@openmailbox.org
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609
United States Of America