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December 16, 2022

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For new readers: Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

No matter what, no matter where, this publication will remain up and running. For it to remain centered here, however, financial and/or material support must be provided. Status quo, unsustainable. Time to step up. Now.

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:

... "No justice. 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 that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence. The only way to rein in these criminals, particularly the murderers in blue.

Sadly, the achingly clueless bastards in law enforcement don't need a legitimate reason to kill. Enjoy carte blanche to murder on the job. Nearly always, with impunity. ... Right, Sheriff? Sue the living shit out of the jackbooted motherf--kers, the department, and the city. Any officer engaged in, or threatening this kind of unnecessary violence needs to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. Not put on paid leave, -- no more than a paid vacation. Not sent home without pay to catch up on his beauty sleep.

Firing is egregiously insufficient. 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. Again, 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? Three hundred forty 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 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?"

... Hey, Sheriff? Reportedly, promote Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 to Sergeant? If true, yet another classic example of survival of the unfittest in the law enforcement community. Readers are reminded this is the very same idiot, clueless asshole responsible for thousands of dollars of damage to the Pace Arrow as reported in each edition of this publication. Far more to Kingsland property owner James Berardi in a property dispute. -- A dispute engineered by Johnny Greene, apparently financed by a bribe to the former County Attorney, current District Attorney, and Sheriff. A federal investigation of Llano County government and the aforementioned allegedly corrupt and abusive bastards in this ongoing fiasco is desperately needed. Tim Chorney.

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

The following email was sent to the District Attorney:

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

March 9, 2018

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

Counselor:

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

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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

February 9, 2018

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

Counselor:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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

August 23, 2017

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

Sheriff:

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

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

c. Liberty In Peril

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? Three hundred forty 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? Three hundred forty 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. Three hundred forty seven weeks. Still no identification of the officers involved ... Can't get your stories straight? In line? Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff. The public no longer buys the bullshit. No longer trusts you. On this and many, many other issues. You have no credibility. Absolutely, none.

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

It's time the public be fully informed. -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County. If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be many others 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. This 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 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.

While the business and church communities stood tall during the recent Kingsland flood catastrophe, there was one glaring exception. On 10-17-18, the Antlers Coffee Shop closed due to storm-related failure of the Kingsland water system. Patrons, however, are routinely allowed to get online outside even when the shop is closed.

A long-term coffee shop customer entered the hotel lobby to ask the desk clerk whether wifi was still up and running after the catastrophe. She said it was and told the patron he could get online inside the closed shop. She then asked him to have another regular customer who had just arrived outside to come in and get out of the cold as well.

Antlers co-proprietor Rick apparently quickly got wind of both customers, made quite a jackass of himself emulating the petulant narcissist currently occupying the Oval Office. Aggressive stupidity at a time the Kingsland business community is indeed suffering, can least afford it. Further proof positive of the old adage 'can fix ignorant, can't fix stupid.'

Why would, why should both customers put up with this? Think this hasn't happened to others?

TC 10-19-18

8-30-19

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.

Llano County DA "Sonny Boy" is in the news. Received an award. The DailyTrib reports:

"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recognized District Attorney Wiley “Sonny” McAfee on August 22 for his efforts in prosecuting natural and cultural resource violations as well as environmental crimes. The commission named the 33rd and 424th district attorney the 2019 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Prosecutor of the Year. McAfee serves Burnet, Llano, Blanco, and San Saba counties. Elected in November 2012 and taking office on January 1, 2013, he has been instrumental in a number of high-profile cases involving Texas game wardens and Texas State Park police officers."

The District Attorney has ignored a complaint filed earlier by this publication regarding special treatment accorded Texas oil man Johnny Greene by the Llano County Attorney and Sheriff vis a vis a property dispute involving a local banker, three other local property owners with homes encroaching on land they don't own, one of which is on an unused Llano County road. To say nothing of damage to a Pace Arrow motorhome on that property. All a result of egregious abuse of authority by Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764. The circumstances of this fiasco can be found above in each and every edition of this publication since this happened two and a half years ago. The Sheriff, the County Attorney, and the District Attorney have all determinedly, concertedly ignored this ongoing, unresolved fiasco raising one ferociously pointed question. How much were they bribed?

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.

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December 16, 2022

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

"A former New York City police officer whose 8-year-old son died after he was forced to sleep in the family's freezing garage, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Thursday. Michael Valva, 45, was found guilty of second-degree murder and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child in November in connection with the January 2020 death of his son Thomas Valva. The boy's death was ruled a homicide with a major contributing factor of hypothermia, after he was forced to sleep in the family’s Long Island garage in temperatures that dipped below 20 degrees. The egregious case led to the discovery of a history of child abuse in the home."

What took so long?

"Valva sobbed in court Thursday and apologized for his actions, NBC New York reported."

Too little, too late.

"Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney called the tragedy "one of the most difficult and heartbreaking cases I have experienced in my nearly 30 years as a prosecutor." “Thanks to the great work of my prosecutors and the SCPD, there is a small measure of justice in Michael Valva receiving the maximum sentence. However, no prison sentence is adequate for the cruel treatment this defendant inflicted on his own children," Tierney said in a statement."

No question.

"He slammed the brutal treatment of Valva's sons Thomas and his brother Anthony. "The torture that killed Thomas and endangered Anthony’s welfare was nothing short of evil. Thankfully, the story of this defendant ends here, but the pursuit of justice for Thomas and Anthony continues," Tierney said."

Question remains how did this go on as long as it did? Where was the community? Where were his fellow officers?

"Suffolk County Police responded to the Long Island home of Valva and his then-fiancée Angelina Pollina on Jan. 17, 2020 on a report that the little boy fell in the driveway and lost consciousness. Officers found Valva performing CPR on Thomas, who was hospitalized and pronounced dead, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart previously said. The boy’s body temperature was just 76 degrees when doctors tried to revive him, Hart added."

Pre-employment background checks were nowhere near sufficient.

"Police soon unravelled Valva’s claim that his son had fallen and lost consciousness while trying to catch the school bus after combing through footage on the couple’s extensive home security system. Prosecutors argued in the trial that Thomas and Anthony Valva, both of whom have autism, had spent 16 hours in that garage with no heat, or bathroom access, mattress or blankets on the freezing cold night. At one point Thomas woke up on the cement floor and soiled his pants."

Jesus Christ. As a community, we have to do far, far better.

"Surveillance footage submitted at the trial showed Michael Valva screaming at Thomas and ordering him outside to hose him down with water. Thomas lost consciousness and fell face first several times into the backyard concrete patio and Valva delayed calling 911 for at least an hour, NBC New York reported."

What could this bastard possibly been thinking? Gets worse, get this:

"Defense attorney Anthony Lapinta argued in court that Valva’s former fiancée Pollina was controlling and wanted the boys to live outside of the house, the station reported. Pollina, 45, was also charged with second-degree murder and her trial is slated for Feb. 21, 2023. According to Hart, the surveillance footage led investigators to learn that Valva's sons were punished with “food deprivation and exposure to extremely frigid temperatures,” according to Hart. Suffolk County Department of Social Services Commissioner Frances Pierre said in a statement at the time of Valva's arrest that child neglect was alleged in the household in 2018, triggering a one-year child supervision program. Valva, who worked with the NYPD since 2005, was suspended without pay following the charges."

All this handled so incredibly poorly.

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. Forfeiture of liberty. At the hands of outrageously corrupt and abusive government.

Carefully, consider the following. Think it sufficient? Or, indeed, no more than a slap on the wrist? CBS News(AP) reports:

"The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back while another officer kneeled on the Black man's neck was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter. J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The plea came on the same day jury selection was set to begin in his trial. His guilty plea — along with another officer's decision to let a judge decide his fate — averted what would have been the third long and painful trial over Floyd's killing. Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after former Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes as Floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe and eventually went limp. The killing, which was recorded on video by a bystander, sparked worldwide protests as part of a broader reckoning over racial injustice. Kueng kneeled on Floyd's back during the restraint. Then-Officer Thomas Lane held Floyd's legs and Tou Thao, also an officer at the time, kept bystanders from intervening. All of the officers were fired and faced state and federal charges."

What could these bastards possibly been thinking?

"Kueng, who is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights, appeared at Friday's sentencing hearing via video from a low-security federal prison in Ohio, but he didn't make a statement. The hearing was scheduled to take place Friday morning but was postponed to the afternoon due to technical difficulties. As part of his plea agreement, Kueng admitted he held Floyd's torso, that he knew from his experience and training that restraining a handcuffed person in a prone position created a substantial risk, and that the restraint of Floyd was unreasonable under the circumstances. Kueng agreed to a state sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison, to be served at the same time as his federal sentence and in federal custody."

Outrageous. No justice.

"Kueng's sentencing brings the cases against all of the former officers a step closer to resolution, though the state case against Thao is still pending. Thao previously told Judge Peter Cahill that it "would be lying" to plead guilty. In October, he agreed to what's called a stipulated evidence trial on the aiding and abetting manslaughter count. As part of that process, his attorneys and prosecutors are working out agreed-upon evidence in his case and filing written closing arguments. Cahill will then decide whether he is guilty or not. Attorney Joe Tamburino, who is not connected with this case, told CBS Minnesota that to perform a trial in this manner is "very unusual" and rarely happens. "In my 33 years of experience with over 100 jury trials, defense attorneys don't waive a jury unless they have a very, very good idea what the judge will do," Tamburino said. "The main reason you don't waive a jury is that a jury needs to be unanimous ... and a 'bench trial' is just one person -- the judge." If Thao is convicted, a count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder, which carries a presumptive sentence of 12 1/2 years in prison, will be dropped."

Most convenient, isn't it? Think it justice?

"Chauvin, who is White, was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges last year and is serving 22 1/2 years in the state case. He also pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Floyd's civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years. He is serving the sentences concurrently at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona. Kueng, Lane and Thao were convicted of federal charges in February: All three were convicted of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care and Thao and Kueng were also convicted of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the killing. Lane, who is White, is serving his 2 1/2-year federal sentence at a facility in Colorado. He's serving a three-year state sentence at the same time. Kueng, who is Black, was sentenced to three years on the federal counts; Thao, who is Hmong American, got a 3 1/2-year federal sentence."

Think this justice?

The Associated Press reports:

"The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back while another officer kneeled on the Black man’s neck was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison. J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. In exchange, a charge of aiding and abetting murder was dropped. Kueng is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, and the state and federal sentences will be served at the same time."

Think this justice?

"Kueng appeared at the hearing via video from a federal prison in Ohio. When given the chance to address the court, he declined."

Not easy to credibly defend the indefensible. So gutlessly, why bother? Get this:

"With credit for time served and different parole guidelines in the state and federal systems, Kueng will likely serve a total of about 2 1/2 years behind bars."

Think this justice?

"Floyd’s family members had the right to make victim impact statements, but none did. Family attorney Ben Crump, who has taken on some of the nation’s most high-profile police killings of Black people, said in a statement before the hearing that Kueng’s sentencing “delivers yet another piece of justice for the Floyd family.”

Think so? Or, is the family tired of it all?

“While the family faces yet another holiday season without George, we hope that moments like these continue to bring them a measure of peace, knowing that George’s death was not in vain,” he said."

Truly believe that, Counselor? Or, are you simply putting the best possible face on it?

Readers will recall:

"Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after former Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as Floyd repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe and eventually went limp. The killing, which was recorded on video by a bystander, sparked worldwide protests as part of a broader reckoning over racial injustice. Kueng kneeled on Floyd’s back during the restraint. Then-Officer Thomas Lane held Floyd’s legs and Tou Thao, also an officer at the time, kept bystanders from intervening. All of the officers were fired and faced state and federal charges."

Nowhere near enough, right, Counselor? ... Not that you didn't do the best you could to secure justice, sir. In a country that remains determinedly racist.

"As part of his plea agreement, Kueng admitted that he held Floyd’s torso, that he knew from his experience and training that restraining a handcuffed person in a prone position created a substantial risk, and that the restraint of Floyd was unreasonable under the circumstances. Matthew Frank, who led the prosecution for the Minnesota attorney general’s office, said repeatedly during the hearing that Floyd was a crime victim and that the prosecution “focused on the officers” who caused his death. He added that the case was not meant to be a broader examination of policing, but added that he hopes it will reaffirm that police officers cannot treat those “who are in crisis as non-people or second-class citizens.”

Sounds like double talk, Counselor. ... Not that you didn't do the best you could to secure justice, sir. In a country that remains determinedly racist.

“Mr. Kueng was not simply a bystander that day. He did less than what some of the bystanders attempted to do in helping Mr. Floyd,” Frank said. Kueng’s attorney, Thomas Plunkett, on Friday blamed the Minneapolis Police Department’s leadership and a lack of training for Floyd’s death. He highlighted Kueng’s status as a rookie — saying he had only been on the job on his own for three days — and accused department leadership of failing to implement training to encourage officers to intervene when one of their colleagues is doing something wrong. “On behalf of Mr. Kueng, I’m not calling for justice. I’m calling for progress,” he said."

Give me a break. Empty, hollow, meaningless rhetoric. Precisely, why nothing ever truly changes decade after decade.

"Then-Chief Medaria Arradondo fired Kueng and the three other officers the day after Floyd’s killing and later testified at Chauvin’s trial that the officers did not follow training. The former head of training for the department has also testified that the officers acted in a way that was inconsistent with department policies."

Think so? Or, just more of the same old goddamned bullshit?

"Kueng’s sentencing brings the cases against all of the former officers a step closer to resolution, although the state case against Thao is still pending. Thao previously told Judge Peter Cahill that it “would be lying” to plead guilty. In October, he agreed to what’s called a stipulated evidence trial on the count of aiding and abetting manslaughter. As part of that process, his attorneys and prosecutors are working out agreed-upon evidence in his case and filing written closing arguments. Cahill will then decide whether Thao is guilty or not."

Think that justice? Or, the fix is in?

"If Thao is convicted, the murder count — which carries a presumptive sentence of 12 1/2 years in prison — will be dropped."

Most convenient, isn't it?

"Chauvin, who is white, was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges last year and is serving 22 1/2 years in the state case. He also pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Floyd’s civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years. He is serving the sentences concurrently at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona."

Delusionally, believe that justice?

"Kueng, Lane and Thao were convicted of federal charges in February: All three were convicted of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care, and Thao and Kueng were also convicted of failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the killing. Lane, who is white, is serving his 2 1/2-year federal sentence at a facility in Colorado. He’s serving a three-year state sentence at the same time. Kueng, who is Black, was sentenced to three years on the federal counts; Thao, who is Hmong American, got a 3 1/2-year federal sentence."

De facto nazi justice. Democratic republic in name only. In reality, a fascist police-state. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

Serious issues of abuse within the law enforcement community remain. NBC News reports:

"They came forward with stories of abuse that are varied and vile. A female police officer in Chicago says a supervisor forced her to perform oral sex on him inside a car. A female officer in Philadelphia says a sergeant grabbed her hand and placed it on the crotch of his pants. And a female officer in New York says one of her superiors hacked into her Snapchat account and showed off her intimate photos to a male commander. The #MeToo movement sparked a societal reckoning against sexual misconduct, ushering in reforms designed to reduce workplace harassment and prompting the firing of abusive men in a variety of industries. But many women in law enforcement say the movement has yet to arrive. Sexual harassment and gender discrimination remain rife in some of the country’s largest police departments, and many of those accused of them don’t face significant punishment, according to an NBC News review of more than 60 lawsuits that were settled or won at trial, interviews with more than 15 female officers and an analysis of internal police documents."

Why is this tolerated?

"The lawsuits stem from complaints against the sheriff’s office in Los Angeles County and police departments in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago, where taxpayer-funded payouts over the past five years totaled more than $40 million in officer-on-officer abuse cases. The problems appear to be systemic. Female victims’ lives are often upended after they come forward because of flawed internal reporting systems that result in accusers’ identities getting out and a culture of retaliation, according to officers who sued. Many officers who are accused of sexual abuse and harassment aren’t fired or even demoted, according to a review of department rosters in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia."

Why is this tolerated? Gets worse. Get this:

"Some end up getting promoted. Take, for example, Capt. Salvatore Marchese of the New York Police Department. In 2013, a female officer filed a lawsuit alleging that Marchese, then a lieutenant, had pressured her to perform oral sex on him — twice — and then punished her when she rebuffed his further advances. The city settled the suit for $100,000, according to previously unreported court documents."

Nowhere near enough.

"And yet, Marchese was still promoted to captain and placed in charge of a stationhouse in the Bronx, where he was accused of mistreating a second female underling last year."

Outrageous.

"The officer, Anajess Alvarez, says in a lawsuit that she was pregnant with her second child and struggling with crippling morning sickness when she asked Marchese to move her off the overnight shift. “You were one of my best cops,” he told her, according to Alvarez. “Who told you to go get pregnant?”

Jesus Christ. What a piece of shit.

"Alvarez, whose lawsuit alleging that Marchese presided over a toxic work environment continues, no longer sees a future for herself in the NYPD. Marchese, meanwhile, still has a senior position in the department: He’s now the commanding officer of a stationhouse in Upper Manhattan. “You get sued for sexual stuff and you get a whole precinct?” Alvarez said. “How can you be in charge of male and female officers with the record that you have?” Marchese didn’t respond to requests for comment. In court papers, he denied the allegations. Of the 87 NYPD officers accused in court papers of abusing female officers, 27 have since moved up in rank, according to an NBC News review. Nine have stayed at the same rank, and only one was demoted. Forty-nine have left the force, but only one is known to have been fired."

How about that?

"The NYPD didn’t respond to detailed questions about its sexual harassment reporting system, the statuses of the officers or whether those who are no longer with the department were fired. An NYPD spokesperson said in a statement that the agency “does not tolerate discrimination in any form,” investigates all complaints and “offers several reporting options for NYPD employees, including anonymously.” “While we have made recent strides, there is still a lot more work ahead,” the spokesperson said."

Clearly.

"Of the 20 Los Angeles police officers accused in the court cases, one has since been promoted. Six stayed at the same rank. A total of 13 have left the department, but it’s unclear whether any were fired over the allegations. A Los Angeles police spokesperson said the agency has a "zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment." “For decades, the department has had a policy mandating reporting of sexual misconduct to a supervisor,” the spokesperson added. “This year, the department adopted an even stronger practice to ensure a safe and productive workplace. Supervisors must now also report perceived inequitable conduct to the City Personnel Department’s Office of Workplace Equity — along with a plan to address it.”

Think it sufficient? Especially, in light of the following:

"Nineteen Philadelphia police officers were named as abusers in closed court cases reviewed by NBC News. Five have since been promoted, and six stayed at the same rank. Seven are no longer with the department. One officer was demoted because of sexual harassment allegations in a lawsuit.
NYPD officer Anajess Alvarez and former NYPD three-star chief Lori Pollock both filed lawsuits against the city for gender discrimination. A Philadelphia police spokesman, Sgt. Eric Gripp, said that the department has made strides in hiring more women but that union contracts have blocked efforts by its first female commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, to fire or discipline problem officers."

Why?

“Despite Commissioner Outlaw’s dogged efforts to advance a more equitable and inclusive culture within the PPD, systemic roadblocks continue to hinder this department’s efforts in that mission,” Gripp said. None of the officers named in the two lawsuits filed against the Chicago Police Department are still with the department, records show. Of the 14 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies accused in lawsuits, two were promoted, six are in the same roles, and six are no longer with the department. The reporting of sexual harassment has led to a variety of reprisals, according to the lawsuits reviewed by NBC News: demotions, overnight posts and sometimes far worse. In New York, a sergeant tossed a mousetrap into a room during a roll call after a female officer reported that he had made sexual advances toward her, according to her lawsuit. In Philadelphia, a male sergeant stalked a female underling and broke into her car after she reported that he had made comments about her appearance and showed up at her house uninvited, according to her lawsuit. A car belonging to a female officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was vandalized and a tire was punctured after she reported sexual harassment, according to her lawsuit."

Why aren't these bastards prosecuted? Only way this shit will end.

"Experts say the major policing groups advocate for more women to join the ranks but have been slow to address the sexual harassment issue, if they address it at all. “If they really want to recruit women, that’s one of the issues that has to be addressed,” said Ivonne Roman, a former police chief of Newark, New Jersey, who co-founded 30x30, an organization that aims to increase female representation in law enforcement. “Is this a culture where bad behavior is allowed?” The harassment and discrimination lawsuits capture only a slice of the problem, female former police officials say. Many women who face harassment or discrimination never pursue legal action, and internal abuse complaints aren’t made public."

No transparency.

“It takes a lot of courage to stand up against these government agencies,” said Joanne Archambault, a former San Diego police sergeant who helps police agencies craft reforms for sex assault investigations. “I couldn’t do it.” Karolin Clarke, a K9 officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, got a new boss when Sgt. Joe Danny Garcia took over the unit in May 2015. Within weeks, Garcia began massaging her shoulders during meetings, commenting to male colleagues about her body and purposely walking in on her changing, Clarke later said in court papers. “It was just really disgusting,” she said. “Nobody in our unit acted like that, and it’s coming from a supervisor.”

Why wasn't the son of a bitch prosecuted?

"She said the behavior got so bad that the other male officers on her team, Elliot Zibli and David Dooros, sat Garcia down and told him to stop. But the plea went nowhere, they said, and Clarke and her co-workers told their lieutenant about his behavior. Former LAPD officer Karolin Clarke settled her case against for $1.6 million and was able to keep her bloodhound Gemma. “At what point is he going to go someplace, and is there going to be another female that’s not going to have a Dave or Elliott around to protect her from him?” Dooros said."

Precisely, why the son of a bitch needed to be prosecuted.

"After the lieutenant reported the complaint up the chain of command, he was stripped of his role overseeing the K9 unit, according to the officers. And then, Clarke and her colleagues say, the retaliation began. Top brass denied training for new bloodhounds to learn how to follow trails and forced them to patrol with aging dogs whose ability to sniff out missing children and homicide suspects had deteriorated, according to a lawsuit Clarke, Zibli and Dooros filed against the LAPD in 2016. “It took lieutenants and captains and sergeants all to make the retaliation work. And they all did it,” Clarke said."

Outrageous.

"Clarke settled with the city before trial for $1.6 million, because, she said, she wanted to keep her bloodhound, Gemma. Zibli and Dooros took their case to trial and won. In 2019, the city of Los Angeles paid the two men $6.7 million. Garcia, who is now a detective, didn’t respond to requests for comment. In court papers, he denied the allegations. In the last five years, Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles spent over $25 million paying out lawsuits brought by officers from the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department — all of whom say they were sexually harassed or discriminated against on the job, NBC News found. In New York City, taxpayers have spent nearly $9 million since 2017 on similar claims. In Chicago, the bill was over $4 million, records show. A former police commissioner is now at the center of a federal lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing his driver, a female officer. He said the relationship was consensual. The Philadelphia Police Department paid out $2.8 million over the same period. In most if not all of the cases, the settlements were reached without any admission of liability."

Surprised?

"Legal experts say police departments have little incentive to curtail officer-on-officer abuse because the payouts rarely come out of the departments’ budgets. Instead, cities and taxpayers foot the bill."

Most convenient, isn't it?

"Joanna Schwartz, a professor at the UCLA School of Law who researches the cost of officer misconduct, argued that until city leaders force police departments to pay their own legal fees, little will change. In addition, internal cases rarely involve video evidence that goes viral, which Schwartz says makes it difficult to attract public attention. “The cases are paid for, resolved and forgotten,” Schwartz said. Multiple female officers who sued their departments say they were placed in “punishment posts” after they reported complaints internally. Audra McCowan, a former Philadelphia police corporal, had been on the force for 15 years when, she says, one of her subordinates, Officer Curtis Younger, began coming on to her in January 2019. He told McCowan she was sexy and called her “babe” instead of “corporal,” she said. A few weeks later, Younger’s unwanted flirtations turned aggressive, McCowan said."

Get this:

"During a conversation at McCowan’s desk, Younger noticed several photos of her husband, she said. “You have pictures of this motherf----- all over your desk,” McCowan recalled him saying. He then tried to yank off her wedding ring, McCowan said. “I couldn’t believe that he had actually touched me and violated me in that way,” McCowan said. “I outranked him, but he’s a man. He’s larger than me.” “It’s really bad for women,” said former Philadelphia police officer Audra McCowan who says she was sexually harassed by her male subordinate. “It’s not just Philly. It’s not just New York. It’s everywhere.” “It’s really bad for women,” said former Philadelphia Police Officer Audra McCowan, who says her male subordinate sexually harassed her. “It’s not just Philly. It’s not just New York. It’s everywhere.” After she filed a formal complaint, she was transferred to the radio room and given nothing to do. Younger, meanwhile, was allowed to stay in his job, she said."

How about that? Nothing quite like justice, is there?

"In 2019, McCowan teamed up with a female colleague, who also alleged that Younger had harassed her, to file a federal lawsuit against him and the city of Philadelphia. “The [Philadelphia Police Department’s] well-settled custom of sexual harassment permeates all 21 police districts,” it said. Police Commissioner Richard Ross resigned in August 2019, one month after McCowan filed her lawsuit. McCowan said Ross took no action after she told him about the alleged abuse. In the suit, she attributed his failure to act to lingering resentment over her decision to end their two-year affair nearly a decade before — a revelation that dominated the news coverage of the case. (Ross has denied the allegations.) A jury awarded McCowan and the other female officer a total of $1 million. McCowan retired early, saying she feared more retaliation and ostracization. Younger, who didn’t respond to requests for comment, is still on the force. In court papers, he denied the allegations. A Philadelphia police spokesman said Younger was suspended for one day for his behavior."

Jesus Christ. Why is this shit tolerated?

“It’s really bad for women,” McCowan said. “It’s not just Philly. It’s not just New York. It’s everywhere.” The full scope of officer-on-officer sexual abuse and harassment is unknown. Law enforcement agencies don’t publicly disclose internal harassment data."

Why not?

"The most comprehensive study thus far, updated in June, included a survey of 1,135 departments across the country. Out of the nearly 3,000 responses that were collected, 70% of female officers said they had experienced such things as being shown porn at work or being asked to perform sexual favors. Eight percent reported that another officer had sexually assaulted them. “It is frustrating to see how little is being done to address this,” said a co-investigator on the study, Bruce Taylor, a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Former LAPD officers Linda Allstot and Karolin Clarke say they were each sexually harassed by their male supervisors and then retaliated against when they reported it to management. Roughly 1 in 7 police officers in the U.S. are women, according to federal data, and the Justice Department is trying to learn why more women aren't drawn to law enforcement."

Time to wake up.

"Officials tapped Jennifer Rineer, an organizational psychologist, to lead the study, which is still in process. Through interviews with female officers in 29 states, Rineer found that sexual harassment was a major barrier to attracting more women to careers in policing. “Top leadership all the way down needs to say, ‘This is unacceptable,’’’ said Rineer, who works at RTI International, a nonprofit research institute. The police departments reviewed by NBC News have policies that ban sexual harassment and require supervisors to report claims of abuse. But female officers say the rules often aren’t followed or enforced. Some of the women who tried to file complaints with internal investigators said their allegations were never documented or probed. Others said that after they filed internal reports, the information spread to other officers. Some said that when they told their superiors about sexual misconduct, they were warned to stay quiet."

Goddamned outrageous. Precisely, why nothing changes. ... As clearly intended.

Here's the problem:

"Jim Pasco, the executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest police union, defended the way departments handle sexual harassment complaints, saying they are often “he said, she said” cases. “You don’t ruin someone’s career without evidence to substantiate ruining that person’s career,” he said."

What a crock of shit. Precisely, why nothing changes. ... As clearly intended.

"Even the LAPD’s Internal Affairs Division, tasked with investigating officer misconduct citywide, has had its own issues with supervisors’ shrugging off sexual harassment complaints from within, according to a lawsuit filed by a former officer, Linda Allstot. Allstot had been with the unit for seven years when, she says, a supervisor, Lt. Wayne Lightfoot, began complimenting her body and inviting her on trips to places like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Allstot’s boyfriend was on the force, but she refused to reveal his identity when Lightfoot asked her. Incensed, Lightfoot used his power as a lieutenant to have Allstot put under surveillance, she said in court papers and in an interview. “This is something that I haven’t ever seen happen,” Allstot said. “The whole thing was a nightmare.” Her boyfriend was ultimately outed, she said, and Lightfoot’s advances continued. Over the next few months, Allstot was written up for infractions that she said never happened, such as leaving her gun on her car seat. She told a female deputy chief what was going on, but a complaint was never filed internally. Instead, Allstot said, she was again placed under surveillance. “I remember looking out the window and seeing a surveillance van, and my daughter’s looking out the window, and she says: ‘Why are they following you? Aren’t you the police?’” Allstot said, breaking down in tears. “That was the hardest thing to have to explain to a child, and that stuck with me forever.” Allstot sued the city and Lightfoot in 2016. A month before her trial, Lightfoot retired. The city of Los Angeles paid Allstot $1.8 million. A few months later, another female officer sued the city alleging sexual harassment by Lightfoot. Her case was settled for $75,000."

Outrageous. Nowhere near enough. Why wasn't this son of a bitch prosecuted?

"Lightfoot didn’t respond to requests for comment. In court papers, he denied the allegations."

Gutless piece of shit.

"In recent years, an increasing number of mayors have tapped women to lead big-city police departments, among them those in New York; Sacramento, California; and Louisville, Kentucky. The NYPD says its share of female supervisors has risen to 12%, which is higher than the national average of 9%. But the careers of some in the small group of women who managed to rise through the 55,000-person department and achieve a three-star rank — a position held by fewer than 16 people — ultimately ended in lawsuits and resentment. Female officers didn’t cross into the department’s layer of top management until 2003, when Joanne Jaffe was appointed a three-star chief to lead its public housing officers. She was the only one for over a decade. By 2018, five women had held the prestigious rank. Over the next two years, three of the five left their posts and sued the department alleging widespread gender discrimination. Jaffe was one of them. So was Lori Pollock. Pollock started with the department during the height of the city’s crack epidemic in the 1980s."

Highly qualified and quite ambitious:

"As a rookie, she gravitated toward the toughest assignments, working as a plainclothes officer and rising through the ranks as one of the few women to help run narcotics and internal affairs and then overseeing hundreds of detectives in Manhattan. Lori Pollock was one of the first women to achieve a three-star chief rank at the NYPD. She sued the city and settled for $367,000. “I loved being a police officer, every stage, every rank. I loved it,” Pollock said. Regardless of her position, she said, she always noticed a peculiar trend. “No matter how qualified I was, I wasn’t allowed to go in there until the female spot opened up,” Pollock said. In 2018, Pollock became a three-star chief and was appointed to run the bureau in charge of lowering crime rates. A year later, with a new police commissioner, Dermot Shea, at the helm, Pollock asked to fill the position he had just left as chief of detectives. No woman has ever held the role. “I had the experience and the credentials,” Pollock said. “Instead of getting chief of detectives, I got demoted.”

Sad, isn't it?

"She was moved to an office that focuses on collaborating with community organizations, where she had to report to a freshly hired male bureaucrat who had never been an officer. Even worse, she said, the department gave her a team of only four to supervise (in her previous role, she was supervising 300). Pollock believes she was skipped over because she’s not a member of the department’s “boys’ club.” “You’re just going to wave your hand and destroy my career,” Pollock said. “There’s no objective process.” Pollock settled in May for $367,000. Another former NYPD three-star chief got a $330,000 payout. Jaffe’s suit, which also alleges that she was forced to retire because she is white and over 58, is still in litigation. Shea, who is now an NBC News law enforcement analyst, declined to comment. In court papers, he denied the allegations. Pollock, now retired and living in New York City, said that after she filed her lawsuit, the vast majority of her colleagues stopped talking to her. Even high-ranking women in the NYPD iced her out. “You didn’t believe that this could be happening until it happened to you,” she said."

Clearly, things need to change.

In follow-up to a case covered repeatedly here and elsewhere, The Associated Press reports:

"A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm, authorities said Saturday. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, drove across the country and on Nov. 25 killed the girl’s mother and grandparents and set fire to their home in Riverside, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said. That same day, Edwards died by suicide during a shootout with San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies. The teenage girl was rescued. “Our detectives determined the gun used was Edwards’ department-issued semi-automatic service pistol,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said in a statement. The Riverside Police Department, which is investigating the deaths of the girl’s family members, has not said how they were killed."

Readers will recall:

"Edwards, a resident of North Chesterfield, Virginia, appears to have posed online as a 17-year-old boy to engage in a romantic relationship with the girl and obtain her personal information by deceiving her with a false identity, known as “catfishing,” police said. Authorities said the girl stopped communicating with him after he asked her to send him nude photos of herself. Edwards was a former Virginia state trooper and was a sheriff’s deputy in Washington County, Virginia, at the time of the killings."

The following is hard to believe and quite disturbing:

"Both law enforcement agencies have said they found no warning signs about Edwards before he was hired. But a police report from the Abingdon Police Department in Virginia shows he was detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father, years before he joined law enforcement. On Thursday — a day after the Los Angeles Times broke the news about the mental health episode — the Virginia State Police said a recently completed review showed “human error” resulted in an incomplete database query during the hiring process. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to calls seeking comment on the 2016 episode."

Sounds like a major f--kup resulting in needless loss of life law enforcement needs to be held accountable for.

In follow-up to a case covered repeatedly here and elsewhere, CBS News(AP) reports:

"A former Texas police officer testified in his murder trial Monday that he made mistakes but fatally shot a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019 while staring down the barrel of a handgun she was pointing at him."

What a crock of shit. What about the gun you had pointed at her, you gutless son of a bitch? She had the right to protect herself. You presented an exigent threat to her.

"Aaron Dean said Atatiana Jefferson had the gun "pointed directly at me" but repeatedly acknowledged his actions were "bad police work" on the fourth day of his trial in the killing the 28-year-old woman. It was Dean's first public statement in the more than three years since the white Fort Worth officer shot Jefferson while responding to a call about an open front door."

The unmitigated gall of this piece of shit to defend his murder of this innocent woman despite acknowledging "his actions were "bad police work."

"I was looking right down the barrel of the gun and when I saw the barrel of that gun pointed at me. I fired a single shot from my duty weapon," Dean said on the witness stand." On cross examination, Dean acknowledged that he didn't say he was police nor mention the gun before shooting and also didn't tell another officer about the weapon before they moved into the house."

Outrageous. Unmitigated gall.

"Running through events, prosecutors repeatedly asked if his actions were "more bad police work." Again and again, Dean said, "yes."

Jesus Christ. Had an innocent woman not been murdered by this gutless piece of shit, his responses would have been laughable.

"The Fort Worth Police Department released body-camera video and arrested Dean on a murder charge within days of the Oct. 12, 2019 shooting. He quit the force without speaking to investigators."

Surprised?

"Since then, Dean's case was repeatedly postponed amid lawyerly wrangling, the terminal illness of Dean's lead attorney and the COVID-19 pandemic. Tarrant County prosecutors rested their case Wednesday after about two and a half days of testimony. Dean shot Jefferson after a neighbor called a nonemergency police line to report that the front door to Jefferson's home was open. She had been playing video games that night with her nephew and it emerged at trial that they left the doors open to vent smoke from hamburgers the boy burnt."

Get this:

"Bodycam footage showed that Dean and a second officer who responded to the call didn't identify themselves as police at the house. Officer Carol Darch testified last week that she and Dean thought the house might have been burglarized and quietly moved into the fenced-off backyard, guns drawn, looking for signs of forced entry. There, Dean fired a single shot through the window a split-second after shouting at Jefferson, who was inside, to show her hands."

'Shoot first, ask questions later.' --The law enforcement mentality.

"Dean testified Monday that his view of the darkened backyard was clearer than what's shown in his body-camera footage but said that he could not make out the race or sex of the person in the window. He said he opened fire after seeing a gun "very close" and that he was briefly blinded by his muzzle flash. "When my vision cleared, then I observed the person that we now know is Miss Jefferson," he said, crying. "I heard her scream and then saw her fall." On cross examination, Dean acknowledged entering private property by going into the backyard and that he lingered in front of the "fatal funnel" of the darkened window. He said he saw Jefferson's gun but "never actually saw her hands."

How about that?

"Darch's back was to the window when Dean shot, but she said he never mentioned seeing a gun before he pulled the trigger and didn't say anything about the weapon as they rushed in to search the house. Jefferson's 8-year-old nephew witnessed his aunt be shot from inside the room. Zion Carr testified that Jefferson took out her gun believing there was an intruder in the backyard, but he offered contradictory accounts of whether she pointed the pistol out the window." "Carr, now 11, testified on the trial's opening day that Jefferson always had the gun down, but he said in a interview that was recorded soon after the shooting and played in court that she pointed the weapon at the window. Dean testified that after the shooting he was shocked to find the little boy inside, still thinking someone had been stealing things from the house. "I'm thinking, 'Who brings a kid to a burglary? What is going on?" he said."

Ferociously pointedly, what good, competent law enforcement officer embraces a 'shoot first, ask questions later mentality?'

Think the abuse will ever end? NPR reports:

"A bipartisan Senate investigation has found widespread sexual abuse of women in prison by the male wardens, officers and volunteers tasked to protect them, uncovering incidents inside at least two-thirds of the federal facilities that housed women over the past decade. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations also identified serious flaws in how such allegations are investigated and punished by the Justice Department. "Our findings are deeply disturbing and demonstrate in my view that BOP is failing systemically to prevent, detect and address sexual abuse of prisoners by its own employees," said Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia who led the investigation. In one California facility, the chaplain and warden were convicted of preying on women behind bars. The person in charge of complying with a federal law designed to prevent prison rape there also was abusing women."

Why the f--k wasn't he prosecuted?

"In another episode, in Florida, all the women inside the facility were moved two days before an audit, preventing them from being interviewed. Survivors of assault behind bars appeared before the Senate panel to share their own stories. Wiping tears from her eyes as she testified Tuesday, Briane Moore said a captain at the federal prison in Alderson, W.Va., began targeting her in 2017. Moore had been seeking a transfer to be closer to her daughter. "He took me to areas that were isolated in the prison, where there were no cameras," Moore told lawmakers. "He told me he knew I wanted to transfer to another prison. He said, 'the paperwork goes through me.' " Moore said she felt powerless, since the captain had "total control" over when she slept, ate and worked inside the prison camp. After word finally came that she could move to a different prison, Moore said, the captain raped her one last time. Now out of prison for three years, Moore said she continues to seek mental health treatment. "After the abuse, I could not sleep for full nights for months," she said. "I had recurring nightmares that played over and over like a broken record. I woke up in cold sweats." Eventually, Moore's abuser was convicted for assaulting her and others. But that experience is unusual for the federal Bureau of Prisons. The Senate report found a backlog of hundreds of sexual abuse allegations in the internal affairs unit for the prison system. "In fact several officers who admitted under oath to sexually abusing prisoners were nonetheless able to retire with benefits," Ossoff said."

This is massive failure of the system of justice in our country. Massive failure. If this remains uncorrected, this country will not survive.

"Another witness at the subcommittee hearing, Linda De La Rosa, said it took three years to arrest, convict and sentence the prison worker who raped her, even though he had been investigated for predatory behavior several times before. "I believe the problem is the old boys club," De La Rosa said. "Prison staff, managers, investigators, correctional officers, they all work together for years if not decades. No one wants to rock the boat let alone listen to female inmates." Brenda Smith, a law professor at American University, urged the Justice Department to hire more women to work in women's prisons and to beef up audits of prison conditions, with independent verification such as looking at complaints and lawsuits. "We have the people who are supposed to be being audited, auditing themselves, essentially, and so what happens is there's not a great deal of diversity," Smith said."

Where are the prosecutors? Why aren't they held criminally accountable for not honoring their oaths of office? Jesus Christ. This isn't rocket science. It's bullshit.

"Collette Peters, the new chief of the federal prisons, told senators she's looking at how wardens in facilities for women are selected and supervised. She also pledged to update camera systems in prison. "Any kind of misconduct, especially sexual misconduct by bureau employees, is always unacceptable and must not be tolerated," Peters said. Peters says prison employees have an obligation to come forward to identify predators in their ranks. Last month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called for harsher penalties for corrections officials who abuse the public trust."

Up to and including execution. No inmate should ever have to put up with this abuse.

Think our indicted, yet to be prosecuted, Texas Attorney General doesn't present an exigent threat to liberty? The Washington Post reports:

"Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their Texas driver’s license and other department records during the past two years. “Need total number of changes from male to female and female to male for the last 24 months, broken down by month,” the chief of the DPS’s driver license division emailed colleagues in the department on June 30, according to a copy of a message obtained by The Washington Post through a public records request. “We won’t need DL/ID numbers at first but may need to have them later if we are required to manually look up documents.” After more than 16,000 such instances were identified, DPS officials determined that a manual search would be needed to determine the reason for the changes, DPS spokesman Travis Considine told The Post in response to questions. “A verbal request was received,” he wrote in an email. “Ultimately, our team advised the AG’s office the data requested neither exists nor could be accurately produced. Thus, no data of any kind was provided.” Asked who in Paxton’s office had requested the records, he replied: “I cannot say.” The behind-the-scenes effort by Paxton’s office to obtain data on how many Texans had changed their gender on their license came as the attorney general, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders in the state have been publicly marshaling resources against transgender Texans."

Raw nazism. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"Earlier this year, Abbott signed a bill banning transgender youths from participating in sports that align with their gender identity at K-12 public schools and ordered the state to investigate the provision of gender-affirming care as potential child abuse. State lawmakers have already proposed more than a dozen anti-LGBTQ measures ahead of the next session in January, including criminalizing gender-affirming care and banning minors at drag shows. Public records obtained by The Post do not indicate why the attorney general’s office sought the driver’s license information. But advocates for transgender Texans say Paxton could use the data to further restrict their right to transition, calling it a chilling effort to secretly harness personal information to persecute already vulnerable people."

Raw nazism.

“This is another brick building toward targeting these individuals,” said Ian Pittman, an Austin attorney who represents Texas parents of transgender children investigated by the state. “They’ve already targeted children and parents. The next step would be targeting adults. And what better way than seeing what adults had had their sex changed on their driver’s licenses?” Alexis Salkeld Garcia, 34, of Austin, a trans woman who changed the gender listed on her driver’s license from male to female a year and a half ago, said the attorney general’s office inquiry made her feel “terrified.” “It’s very specifically targeted, and the one person I don’t want knowing about my gender status is Ken Paxton,” said Salkeld Garcia, a software engineer who worries state officials might try to switch the gender listed on her driver’s license back to male. “I don’t want a cop pulling me over and knowing I’m trans. That is why I changed my gender marker extremely quickly” after transitioning, she said. Paxton’s office did not respond to requests for comment."

Surprised?

"The records obtained by The Post, which document communications between DPS employees, are entitled: “AG Request Sex Change Data” and “AG data request.” They indicate that Paxton’s office sought the records a month after the state Supreme Court ruled that Paxton and Abbott had overreached in their efforts to investigate families with transgender children for child abuse. Paxton’s office bypassed the normal channels — DPS’s government relations and general counsel’s offices — and went straight to the driver license division staff in making the request, according to a state employee familiar with it, who said the staff was told that Paxton’s office wanted “numbers” and later would want “a list” of names, as well as “the number of people who had had a legal sex change.”

It's none of his goddamned business.

"During the following two months, the employee said, the DPS staff searched its records for changes in the “sex” category of not only driver’s licenses but also state ID cards available from birth, learner’s permits issued to those age 15 and up, commercial licenses, state election certificates, and occupational licenses. The employee spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation for describing internal state discussions. DPS staff members compiled a list of 16,466 gender changes between June 1, 2020 and June 30, 2022, public records show. In the emails, DPS staff members repeatedly referred to the request as coming from the attorney general’s office as they discussed attempting to narrow the data to include only licenses that had been altered to reflect a court-ordered change in someone’s gender. DPS staff members did spot checks on the data, examining records that included names of specific individuals, according to records and the state employee familiar with the inquiry. But it was hard to weed out driver’s licenses that had been changed in error, or multiple times, or for reasons other than gender changes. “It will be very difficult to determine which records had a valid update without a manual review of all supporting documents,” an assistant manager in DPS’s driver license division wrote in an email to colleagues on July 22. On Aug. 4, the division chief emailed staff members, “We have expended enough effort on this attempt to provide data. After this run, have them package the data that they have with the high level explanations and close it out.” On Aug. 18, a senior manager emailed to say a data engineer had “provided the data request by the AG’s office (attached).”

Outrageous.

"Last month, The Post made a request to Paxton’s office for all records the attorney general’s office had directed other state offices to compile related to driver’s licenses in which the sex of the driver was changed, as well as related emails between Paxton’s office and other state agencies. Officials indicated that no such records existed. “Why would the Office of the Attorney General have gathered this information?” Assistant Attorney General June Harden wrote in an email to The Post, later adding, “Why do you believe this is the case?” If they did, Harden said, any records were probably exempt from release because of either attorney-client privilege or confidentiality. Marisol Bernal-Leon, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office, later emailed that the office “has reviewed its files and has no information responsive to your request” for either records it had requested from DPS or emails between the attorney general’s office and DPS. Separately, DPS provided The Post with a half-dozen documents spanning three months that referenced the request by Paxton’s office. When The Post shared copies of the records that had been provided by DPS, Assistant Attorney General Lauren Downey noted that “none of the records provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety are communications with the Office of the Attorney General. Our response to your request was accurate.”

Think so? Could it be they're covering their ass?

"Downey did not reply to questions about why the DPS emails refer to the request as originating from the attorney general. Paxton’s office has yet to respond to another public records request for any records of its contact with DPS concerning driver’s license changes via means other than email, including phone calls, video meetings and in-person exchanges. The earlier attempt by Paxton and his allies to direct state agencies to identify parents of transgender youths and investigate them for child abuse has mostly been blocked by the courts."

Rightfully, so.

"Last year, lawmakers in the Republican-dominated legislature failed to pass a measure that would have criminalized gender reassignment care, which major medical associations have deemed science-based medical care. Afterward, state Rep. Matt Krause (R) — chair of the state House committee on general investigating — contacted Paxton, who issued a legal opinion that gender-affirming care for minors could be considered child abuse. Days later, Abbott directed the state child welfare agency to investigate parents facilitating such care for their children, sparking several investigations within days, according to public records. After Abbott issued the directive, agency staff members were told not to communicate in writing about it, including emails and texts, according to public records. Some of the families sued, winning a temporary statewide injunction in Doe v. Abbott, blocking the investigations until the lawsuit reached the state Supreme Court in May. The court overturned the injunction on procedural grounds but found that Paxton’s legal opinion was not binding and that Abbott did not have the authority to direct state child welfare staff members to initiate child abuse investigations of families with transgender children. “[N]either the Governor nor the Attorney General has statutory authority to directly control DFPS’s investigatory decisions,” the court ruled. But Pittman, the attorney who has represented Texas parents of transgender children, noted that lawyers for the attorney general’s office later argued against what the Supreme Court had determined: that Republican leaders “had political tools but they could not direct the department in that way.” He said they appeared to be “ignoring direct Supreme Court statements.”

How about that? Fascinating, isn't it?

"The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal also sued to stop the investigations on behalf of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group with more than 600 members in Texas. A county judge in Austin ruled in their favor in September, blocking the state from investigating PFLAG members. That covered most of the dozen families the state admitted to investigating but not necessarily all, said Shelly Skeen, a Dallas-based senior attorney at Lambda Legal working on the PFLAG and Doe v. Abbott cases. Skeen called the attorney general’s inquiry into driver’s license records “a gross violation of privacy” intended to “target one group of people to fire up their base while transgender people are just trying to live their lives.” “The constitutional issues that this raises are equal protection and due process under the 14th Amendment as well as discrimination based on sex,” Skeen said. Some Texas judges seal or restrict access to court records of gender changes for privacy reasons, but also because transgender individuals have been harassed online and faced threats of violence, Skeen said. “If you do not have access to identity documents that match who you are, you are outed every time you show an ID,” Skeen said, “and this is what leads to the discrimination, harassment and violence that transgender people face.”

Apparently, precisely what the nazi element in the Republican Party wants and intends. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"Smith Puerto of Austin, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, changed their Texas driver’s license from female to male about a year ago. Puerto, 34, who works in client services at a tech company, has been training with their wife of five years to foster an LGBTQ teen and figured they had a better chance applying as a male, although there were risks. “You definitely out yourself,” by changing the documents, said Puerto, who has had surgery, takes hormones and said they often pass as male. “In a state like Texas, you don’t always want people to know you’re different,” Puerto said, calling the attorney general’s inquiry “horrifying.” “It’s scary to know what he would want to do with that data,” they said. Puerto, who moved to Texas from Ohio nine years ago, said they worry Paxton and other Republican leaders who have attacked the rights of transgender children are preparing to target transgender adults like them when the legislature reconvenes. “It’s a constant conversation between my wife and I,” Puerto said. “Every session we hold our breath, kind of watching what horrendous bills get filed, and wonder how much longer can we stay here.” Salkeld Garcia, who also takes hormones and had gender reassignment surgery, demonstrated against anti-trans legislation at the Capitol last year and called the prospect of what lawmakers could do next year “very nerve-racking.” “In Austin we have a vibrant trans community, a beautiful queer community,” she said. “But it’s also scary, because it feels like you have a big fire burning all around you and you don’t know where it will spread or if it will burn you.”

Raw nazism. Adolf and Benito? Likely, wildly cheering on their fiery perches.

Think the intolerable will ever change? Seatbelts on. -- Heartrending, tough stuff ahead. The Washington Post reports:

"Each night when they were teenagers, Debra Clark Cooper and her sister Valarie said their prayers before slipping into their matching beds and talking for hours before falling asleep. But on more than one evening, Cooper would open her eyes to find her sister quietly crying, her face blotchy from tears and her hands still clasped tightly together. Valarie, who was three years younger, would never seem to give a clear answer about what was bothering her. Cooper, now 71, wishes that she’d pried Valarie more on one of those nights, that she’d known the pain her sister felt during their bedtime prayers."

Get this:

"Valarie Clark Miller was sexually assaulted by a Utah highway trooper starting in the late 1960s when she was a teenager, a trauma that devastated her for the rest of her life, her family alleged last year in a written notice of plans to sue the state. When Miller and her husband asked the Utah Department of Public Safety for an investigation in 1990, it failed to do so and did not take action against the trooper, the document says."

Protected and coddled the son of a bitch.

"In a recent news conference, the Miller family and their legal team said they were going public with Valarie’s name and case in hopes that sharing her story would help other sexual assault victims. In a rare move, Utah’s public safety commissioner on Dec. 5 sent a letter to the Miller family expressing “deep regret” for their pain and suffering, writing that their allegations were “factual” and “rest on a foundation of extensive and disturbing evidence.” Jess Anderson conceded there was “no legal recourse” to “right the wrong” done to the Millers. When they first came forward in 1990, the statute of limitations in Valarie’s case had passed, though Utah has since lifted the reporting deadline for sex crimes. The trooper whom Valarie accused of abuse died earlier this year, according to the Millers’ legal team."

What a piece of shit.

"Anderson said his department would consult with an independent agency to review its internal investigation policies to hopefully prevent similar failures. After receiving the letter, which was first reported by the Salt Lake Tribune, the Millers agreed to not sue. The apology provided what the family had sought for decades — closure. “This whole thing has been about clearing her name,” Ryan Miller, Valarie’s son, told The Washington Post, noting that rumors about the case had sullied his mother’s reputation in Clarkston, a small town where not everyone believed her allegations. Valarie Clark Miller died in 2017 from complications of multiple sclerosis without knowing the lengths her family would go to bring the case to a close. Later in life, she confided in family that she had been raped by the trooper — whom she first encountered through a relative — between 1968 and 1970, starting when she was 13 years old. The trooper used his “position of authority” to intimidate her and made threats to hurt Valarie or her family if she told anyone about the abuse, the notice of claim says. When she once tried to end the assaults by telling the officer she was pregnant, he beat her and tried to drown her in a nearby reservoir, the document alleges."

The effects of sexual abuse are devastating and lifelong:

"Throughout her life, Valarie was plagued with flashbacks to the abuse she faced, her family said. As an adult, she started having panic attacks and had trouble eating, and she attempted suicide multiple times, according to the family. Valarie and her husband, John Miller, decided to file a complaint with the Utah Department of Public Safety in 1990 after she’d spent nearly one year at a mental health clinic working with a therapist to process her experiences from 20 years earlier. “It makes me feel nausea and a little dizzy,” Valarie wrote in one journal entry during her time at the clinic. “It’s hard because I can feel myself being there, feeling hot, sweaty, dirty, inside and out.” The DPS director of internal affairs at the time said the allegations were the “most serious” ever directed at an officer of the state highway patrol, according to the notice of claim that Miller’s family would file decades later. But the investigation went nowhere — Valarie and her husband were told that the trooper, who by then had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, had denied the allegations and passed a polygraph test."

Got to be a place in Hell reserved for this piece of shit. Insult to injury? Get this:

"The internal affairs director also told John Miller that he’d spoken with Valarie’s therapist from the clinic, who told him that her stories of the assaults were “untruthful,” the notice of claim says. “That was kind of another arrow in the heart, that ‘no one’s going to believe me,’” John Miller said. “She never really recovered.” According to the family, the trooper and the state’s public safety commissioner at the time received a letter saying the sexual assault allegations were “not sustained.” After Valarie’s death, her family hired a private investigator in 2020 to reexamine the case. When Mike Anderson — a retired FBI agent — interviewed the internal affairs director who had been in charge in 1990, he repeatedly called Valarie “crazy” and someone “not to be believed” before admitting that he’d never given a lie-detector test to the accused trooper, according to Anderson. The private investigator also found that Valarie’s therapist had never been contacted by DPS, according to the notice of claim."

How about that?

"In 2021, Anderson also interviewed the trooper who allegedly assaulted Valarie. He again denied the allegations, telling Anderson that he had passed a polygraph and showing him the letter from 1990 saying the allegations were not sustained. The family submitted the notice of their intent to sue the state — as well as the trooper, the former internal affairs director and the former DPS commissioner — in November 2021, including the evidence Anderson had gathered. After receiving the notice, DPS began an investigation into the family’s allegations, interviewing “scores” of witnesses, according to Anderson’s apology letter. The commissioner added that he had “agonized” over Valarie’s experiences and the “generational impact” on her family. On Dec. 6, nearly 55 years after Valarie said she was first assaulted and more than 30 years after she and her husband asked for an investigation, the family held a news conference in Salt Lake City after state officials presented them with the apology letter."

Imagine the relief:

“I felt a strong sense of peace and lightness,” Cooper said of attending the meeting. For years, Cooper had felt like there was a stone lodged in her heart when she said her nightly prayers — alone, as she and her sister lived apart as adults. Every time, she prayed her family would one day experience a sense of closure in Valarie’s case. When Cooper returned home last week, she sat with a collection of things that remind her of her sister: a few photos, some childhood trinkets, a handful of greeting cards. And when Cooper went to church on Sunday, the stone in her heart was not there anymore."

The nazi element in the Texas Republican Party remains treasonously, traitorously intent on imposing a fascist autocracy. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter. NBC News reports:

"Texas Republicans are laying the groundwork to move quickly on a number of new changes to the state’s voting laws, including a proposal to create an election police force like the one Florida enacted before the 2022 midterms. As of Friday, GOP legislators had already prefiled 20 bills in the Texas House and Senate. When the legislative session begins in January, they’re likely to consider many of them seriously. Most of the bills fall into three categories: legislation that would impose harsher penalties for infractions; expand the state attorney general’s authority to prosecute election and voting crimes; and create a new law enforcement unit dedicated exclusively to enforcing and prosecuting election and voting crimes."

Raw nazism. In response to a problem that clearly does not exist. To a fantasy falsely claimed by the Trump nazi and his equally delusional supporters.

"The proposals have alarmed voting rights activists and state Democrats, who tried and failed last year to block a GOP-backed overhaul of election laws — a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott — in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s false claims that widespread fraud cost him a second term. Trump and his allies could not prove their claims in court, while officials in Texas, which overwhelmingly voted for Trump, spent 22,000 hours looking for voter fraud and uncovered only 16 cases of false addresses on registration forms, according to The Houston Chronicle."

How about that? The nazi element in the GOP can't, won't be confused by the truth. LOL.

"The new bills “all kind of generally fit under the bucket of criminalizing voters and voting behavior, and just generally turn elections into crime scenes, where there is this presumption that there is some kind of widespread illegal conduct or activity, despite the fact that there is no evidence that’s the case,” said Liz Avore, a senior policy adviser at Voting Rights Lab, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that tracks voting and state election bills. Texas Democrats have also been busy, prefiling 42 bills already, all of which, in various ways, aim to ease existing restrictions on voting and voter registration. Advocates note, however, that most aren’t likely to advance in the state, where Republicans hold both chambers of the Legislature as well as the governorship. Because the Texas Legislature convenes every other year, state lawmakers are often uniquely aggressive when it comes to prefiling — an expedited process of preparing and introducing legislation — before their lawmaking session actually convenes. The 62 voting rights-related bills Texas lawmakers have already prefiled represent nearly all prefiled voting rights legislation across the country, according to a review of prefiled bills by Voting Rights Lab and NBC News. As of Friday, state legislators had prefiled voting rights legislation in only a handful of other states: Virginia (three bills), Missouri (two bills) and Nevada (one bill)."

Sadly, insanity reigns supreme currently in Texas. LOL.

"Republican-authored Texas bills, such as HB 549 and SB 220, propose creating a system of state “election marshals,” who would investigate allegations of violations of election and voting laws, and file criminal charges when warranted."

Raw nazism in response to a non-existent problem. An exigent threat to a democratic republic that remains a democratic republic in name only, in reality, a de facto fascist police-state imposed by the traitorous, treasonous nazi element in the Republican Party.

"The state House and Senate proposed bills have drawn comparisons to the election police force created earlier this year in Florida by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis announced the first charges stemming from that newly formed squad in August, but some of the charges against individuals have already been dropped and legal experts have said it will be extremely difficult for state officials to obtain any convictions."

So Texas intends to follow suit? Make the same mistake?

"State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who wrote SB 220, said in an interview his bill was designed as a response to a litany of problems with voting in Harris County — the third-largest county in the U.S. — which includes the city of Houston. “It’s designed to stop election operators from not following the law,” he said. “The author’s intent is to stop what’s happening in Harris County.”

What substantive election irregularities? There are none. A myth promulgated by the nazi element in the Republican Party.

Far more ominous? Get this:

"Asked if the draft included language that would prevent authorities from targeting individual voters, Bettencourt said: “I can’t say that it couldn’t be used like that.”

Democrats and Independents can expect to be targets of the insane element in the Republican Party. Sad, isn't it?

"Rep. Valoree Swanson, who wrote a prefiled bill that also proposed such a unit, did not respond to questions from NBC News."

What could she say? Not easy to credibly defend the indefensible.

"The chief election marshal would be appointed by and report directly to the Texas secretary of state; the marshal would then appoint a team of other marshals, who’d each have jurisdiction over different geographic regions of the state. Marshals would have the authority to “impound” election records and election equipment, as well as broad subpoena powers over people, records and equipment."

Raw nazism in response to a non-existent problem. An exigent threat to a democratic republic.

“They essentially weaponize state resources against its own citizens,” said Jasleen Singh, a counsel in the Democracy Program at the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice, of the two bills. “It’s evocative of what we saw in Florida. “These kinds of measures are often justified by lawmakers as preventative of voter fraud, but with voter fraud being so rare, what they actually do, in chasing a problem that does not exist, is contribute to an atmosphere of fear, rather than trust, in our elections,” Singh said."

Adolf and Benito? Likely wildly cheering on their fiery perches.

"Legislation such as HB 39, HB 52, HB 222, HB 397 and SB 166 aims to raise the penalty for election and voting rights crimes to a felony from a misdemeanor. Before 2021, voting and election law violations were considered felony crimes under Texas law. But the broad omnibus election law, called SB 1, enacted in 2021 lowered the penalty level to a misdemeanor in part because of the case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced in 2018 to five years in prison for attempting to vote while on supervised release from prison. She says she didn’t know a previous felony conviction made her ineligible to cast a ballot in 2016. Some conservative lawmakers in the state, including Abbott, in the nearly two years since, have been vocal about their desire to re-establish those violations as felonies. “All my bill does is restore the felony punishment for illegal voting,” Texas Rep. David Spiller, the author of HB 52, said in an interview. “We need to fix it.” Texas Reps. Andrew Murr and Craig Goldman, and Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes — the authors of similar bills — did not respond to calls and emails from NBC News requesting comment. A bill called HB 125 would allow the state attorney general to issue civil penalties against local prosecutors who do not enforce or prosecute election and voting crimes of up to $25,000 per violation. The bill would also allow the attorney general to seek an injunction against local prosecutors who are not fully enforcing or prosecuting election and voting crimes, and would allow the attorney general to even remove local prosecutors from office. Another prefiled bill, HB 678, would allow the state attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor in criminal cases involving election and voting law violations, and would shift election law authority to the state attorney general from the secretary of state. Proponents said they’d push this category of bills in response to a state court ruling from September finding that the Texas attorney general does not, under current law, possess authority to unilaterally prosecute election cases. “Under the law, a lot of that authority lies with the local D.A., but this bill allows the attorney general to bring accountability,” said Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican who wrote HB 125. The bill, he added, would “make sure that those [local] prosecutors are prosecuting.”

All the above? In response to a non-existent problem. A direct attack on a democratic republic by the nazi element in the Republican Party.

"Texas Rep. Keith Bell, a Republican who wrote HB 678, did not respond to a phone message from NBC News requesting comment. Another pair of prefiled Texas bills would require the slate of electors for the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates to vote on whether those candidates are “willing and able” to serve. Under the bill, if a majority of electors finds that the candidates are not, they could then vote for candidates other than those chosen by Texas voters."

Raw nazism. More of the same:

"Yet another prefiled bill would change Texas’ “open” primary system to a “closed” system — meaning that primary voters could vote only in the primary elections for the political party they’re registered with — and would make it a felony crime for voters who vote or attempt to vote in another party’s primary election. Two other prefiled bills would prohibit counties from using elementary and secondary schools as voting locations, while yet another would create a pilot program that would allow the video recording of ballot counting in voting precincts in Texas’ largest cities. Voting rights advocates interviewed by NBC News argued that the scale, reach and specific aims of many of the bills overall would result in limiting opportunities and access to voting for many voters — and that many served simply to intimidate. “The net effect is an intimidating one, when you’re lining up laws that go after voters with unwarranted criminal investigations and stiffer penalties,” said Danielle Lang, the senior director of the voting rights unit at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan voting watchdog group. “We haven’t seen any evidence in Texas suggesting there is a need for these laws here,” she said, “so it really is about sending a message to voters to make them feel uneasy about voting.”

Raw nazism. Desperately imposed by the traitorous, treasonous nazi element in the Republican Party.

The following is clearly not in the best interests of what is supposed to be a democratic republic. In follow-up to the Mar-a-Lago search, The Associated Press reports:

"Lawyers for Donald Trump were in court Friday for sealed arguments as part of the ongoing investigation into the presence of classified information at the former president’s Florida estate. The proceedings were taking place before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, the chief judge of the federal court in the District of Columbia. Defense lawyers were seen entering the courtroom around 2 p.m. and left more than an hour later without addressing reporters. A lawyer for The Associated Press and other news organizations had submitted a letter earlier Friday requesting media access to the hearing, but despite that, it took place entirely behind closed doors."

Outrageous. Un-American.

"Court spokeswoman Lisa Klem said in a statement that the hearing concerned “an ongoing and sealed grand jury matter” that remains under seal."

Why? Why is the Trump nazi protected and coddled?

"It was not immediately clear what the outcome of the proceedings were. The Washington Post, relying on anonymous sources, reported on Thursday that the Justice Department had earlier asked Howell to hold Trump’s office in contempt for failure to fully comply with a May subpoena that sought the return of classified documents in his possession. The department also wants the Trump team to appoint a custodian of records who could attest that all classified documents have been returned, according to the Post. Lawyers for Trump declined to comment ahead of the hearing. A Justice Department spokesman also did not return a phone message seeking comment Friday afternoon. The roughly 100 documents marked as classified that the FBI took from Mar-a-Lago in August were on top of 37 documents bearing classification markings that Trump lawyers retrieved from the home during a June visit. In addition, 15 boxes containing about 184 classified documents were recovered in January by the National Archives and Records Administration. The possibility that the Justice Department had not yet recovered all classified materials has existed for months."

Why is this being tolerated?

"The FBI’s August search of the home came after investigators developed evidence indicating that additional sensitive documents remained there, even though Trump representatives had certified in June that all classified documents requested in a Justice Department subpoena had been located and returned."

Clearly, they lied.

"The Trump lawyer who made that representation and who was serving as the custodian of his records at the time, Christina Bobb, was interviewed by the FBI in October. She told investigators that she had not drafted the letter but that another Trump lawyer who she said actually prepared it had asked her to sign it in her role as a designated custodian of Trump’s records, a person familiar with her account has told AP. The Post reported earlier this week that two additional documents with classification markings were found during a recent search of a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Florida that was arranged by Trump’s lawyers. Those items were then turned over to the FBI."

Think the following justice? In follow-up to the Mar-a-Lago search, The Washington Post reports:

"A federal judge on Friday declined to hold former president Donald Trump’s office in contempt for not fully complying with a May subpoena to return all classified documents in his possession, according to people familiar with the proceedings."

If indeed true, why?

"U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell told Justice Department lawyers and Trump’s legal team to come to an agreement themselves over what actions or assurances by Trump’s office would satisfy the government, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sealed court proceedings. “The President and his counsel will continue to be transparent and cooperative,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement to The Washington Post. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment."

Why no transparency? The public is entitled to this information. Has a right to know what is going on allegedly in its name. Especially, in light of the following:

"The hearing punctuated months of mounting Justice Department frustration with Trump’s legal team after attorneys provided assurances that a diligent search had been conducted for classified documents at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club. They made that claim when handing over 38 documents to the Justice Department in response to the grand jury subpoena. But the FBI later amassed evidence suggesting that more classified material remained at Mar-a-Lago."

Expect better of a congenital liar?

"The Justice Department secured a warrant, and FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8, retrieving some 13,000 additional documents, about 100 of them classified. The department is investigating the potential mishandling of classified material, destruction of government property or obstruction of the investigation. One of the central areas of disagreement between the two sides has centered on the Trump legal team’s repeated refusal to designate a custodian of records to sign a document attesting that all classified materials have been returned to the federal government, The Post first reported earlier this week."

Not surprising, is it? After all, legal counsel is self-servingly protecting its sorry ass dealing with a congenital liar. -- Not that its gutlessness is defensible. LOL.

"The standoff led to the Justice Department’s request to hold Trump’s office in contempt."

Precisely, what the 'judge' should have done. Instead of gutlessly protecting and coddling the Trump nazi and legal counsel. The following is certainly an outrageous problem clearly not in the best interests of justice and transparency in what is supposed to be a democratic republic:

"A media coalition that included The Post sought unsuccessfully to open Friday’s hearing, arguing to Howell that grand jury secrecy rules should not apply to the proceedings, given extensive public litigation between Trump and the government over the Mar-a-Lago search in federal courts in Florida and significant reporting about the underlying subpoena, as well as the principle that court proceedings should be public."

No question. When did we lose our country?

“The First Amendment and common law rights of access to judicial proceedings oblige the Court to provide public access to the hearing and seal only those narrow portions that implicate still-secret grand jury material,” wrote Ballard Spahr law firm attorneys Charles D. Tobin and Maxwell S. Mishkin, who were representing the news-organization coalition. Attorneys for media organizations said they would continue to seek the unsealing of materials given the public importance, including any redacted opinion, hearing transcript or related filings from each side. In a statement, a court spokeswoman said only: “This afternoon, the Court held a hearing regarding an ongoing and sealed grand jury matter. This matter remains under seal” pursuant to grand jury secrecy rules."

What a crock of shit. Certainly, not in what is supposed to be the best interests of a democratic republic. Not a de facto fascist police-state.

"Howell and several previous chief judges in Washington have released grand jury materials in cases of historical and public importance, such as the Watergate investigation that led to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation and, more recently, in the Trump-Russia special-counsel investigation and a Justice Department demand for records from three large Chinese banks in a sanctions investigation."

The following is a most disturbing problem certainly not in the best interests of what is supposed to be a democratic republic. Not a de facto fascist autocracy:

"But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in April 2019 struck down judges’ “inherent authority” to release such materials when the public interest outweighs the need for secrecy. After that opinion, in McKeever v. Barr, Howell denied another media request, writing that efforts by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to further journalists’ newsgathering and ensure government transparency “have significant value” but “fall outside the scope of this exception” to the grand jury secrecy rules courts had relied on."

A crock of shit not in the best interests of liberty.

NBC News reports:

"A federal judge Friday did not grant the Justice Department's request to hold the office of former President Donald Trump in contempt for failing to comply with a grand jury subpoena demanding the return of documents with classified markings, according to a source familiar with the matter. The decision was made during a closed-door hearing at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. The Justice Department declined comment. Trump's attorneys had no comment, but a spokesperson for Trump said in a statement that the former president "and his counsel will continue to be transparent and cooperative, even in the face of the highly weaponized and corrupt witch-hunt from the Department of Justice."

What a crock of shit.

"The DOJ's contempt request, which was first reported by The Washington Post, came after Trump's lawyers recently discovered at least two documents with such markings in a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Florida. The storage unit is not far from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, where the FBI executed a search warrant in August after obtaining information that Trump had held onto documents with classification markings even after getting hit with a grand jury subpoena for their return in May. That search turned up over 100 documents with such markings, including some marked top secret, in a storage room in Mar-a-Lago and in Trump's office there. After getting the subpoena, Trump's attorneys returned a number of documents — including some with classified markings — in early June, and told the Justice Department in a letter that all documents with such markings had been returned. The new documents were found after Trump’s lawyers hired an outside firm to conduct searches last month at the storage facility and other locations. After Trump left the White House, his office arranged with the federal General Services Administration to have six pallets of boxes moved from a storage facility in Virginia down to West Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago in July of 2021, GSA emails previously obtained by NBC News show. The pallets were delivered in August of 2021, with four going to the storage facility and two going to Mar-a-Lago, the emails show. The Justice Department has been conducting what it has described as an active criminal investigation into whether information involving national security was mishandled, as well as possible obstruction of justice."

Why all the footdragging?

"Trump has denied any wrongdoing, and claimed that he declassified the documents and that they were his personal property. Under federal law, official White House papers are federal property and must be handed over to the National Archives when a president leaves office. Friday's hearing on the DOJ’s request, and the legal arguments underpinning it, was kept under wraps because it involved grand jury proceedings. Any orders from Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in the case, including any resulting from Friday's closed-door hearing, would likely be filed under seal as well."

Outrageous.

"NBC News was part of a press coalition that unsuccessfully sought access to the hearing. The coalition argued in a letter to Howell that the proceeding should be public, in part because lawyers for Trump and the government have already acknowledged in court filings that there is a pending grand jury action. Trump lawyers Timothy Parlatore, James Trusty and Evan Corcoran were seen entering the judge's chambers on Friday around 2 p.m. ET, and they left the courthouse shortly before 3:30 p.m. Corcoran drafted the June letter certifying all documents with classification markings had been returned, NBC News has previously reported. The hearing comes one day after Trump's civil action demanding a court-appointed special master review the documents recovered by the feds in August was officially dismissed by a federal appeals court. That move allows DOJ investigators to finally review the 11,000 documents they recovered in August that didn't have classified markings. The same court — 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — allowed the DOJ to review the over 100 documents that did have classified markings in October, overturning an earlier ruling by Aileen Cannon, a Florida federal court judge who was nominated by Trump."

The effort to expose Wells Fargo egregious deceptive trade practices continues. Several years ago to determinedly apply renewed pressure on our truly worthless, egregiously self-serving Texas Attorney General, now Governor, an excoriating email was sent to the bastard. Copies of which were also passed on to both offending Wells Fargo officers. A copy was also sent to the Davis campaign and others at the time.

Voters did have a right to know as Attorney General, the GOP candidate for Governor apparently selectively investigated, or not, bona fide complaints filed by citizens against banks too big to fail. Possibly, Wells Fargo could have lined his pockets in some fashion. That has yet to be determined.

The bastard and his office, no matter what, failed to respond to the complaint originally snail mailed several years ago. This material, figuratively targeting Wells Fargo and the governor 'wannabe' now Governor, had been posted and can be found by scrolling all the way down and clicking on the links well below. ... Governor? Wells Fargo bribe you to look the other way?

Will continue to do all I can to publicly expose this to all, both in this publication and elsewhere. Have done precisely that with the following email sent to Matt Turner, Matt Turner Video Services, Marble Falls, TX. A copy of it was also sent to Wells Fargo officer Amanda Wright. She has, indeed, been promoted branch manager. Reverse Darwinism. Survival of the unfittest.

This young woman has indeed been rewarded by the Wells Fargo corporate management suite for engaging in criminal deceptive trade practices and her undying loyalty to her corporate masters. The process to update those already informed of this fiasco has finally been completed. This latest material can be found by clicking onWells Fargo Deceptive Trade Practices Salvo 240, 2-8-19 .

The name of this publication was changed some fifteen years ago from The Llano Ledger to Liberty In Peril. The reason? Simple. Cowardly failure of this community to stand up to tyranny that has only exponentially worsened the last decade and a half. Clearly, demonstrated as well by the cowardly failure of businesses to financially support this publication. Either through advertising or other financial support. Too afraid doing so would enrage the bastards who run and own this hellhole County.

-- Despite the fact these businesses were, and are, being egregiously f--ked by these very same bastards. Tough, isn't it? Impossible to entertain any sympathy for cowardice, however. Especially in view of the fact this writer has placed himself in great jeopardy taking on these corrupt, abusive, inept criminal bastards. Alone.

Exactly, why you see no investigative material highly critical of these sons of bitches in other local rags. Sadly, cowardly, all advertising income immediately dries up. Consequently, the bastards continue their criminal chicanery with impunity. On a rampage. Thus, you get what you truly deserve. Always. Precisely, why this earlier name change to Liberty In Peril remains appropriate. -- Despite the fact this writer has not yet left the area. Ten years after originally intending to do so. Thirty years in this goddamned godforsaken hellhole.

This writer, then and now, remains primarily interested in state, federal, and international issues. Another reason for this publication name change. Despite the fact I stupidly cluelessly remain here, local issues must be addressed. Can't be ignored. That's where you come in dear readers. Have the courage to inform this writer of local abuse, corruption, ineptness you are aware of, have personally experienced.

... Information these criminal bastards do all they can to conceal, cover up. Otherwise, how can they effectively sustain the charade and intended result? Loot confiscation through a boot heel on the throat of the citizenry.

The only way, short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, to force badly-needed change is to expose all this to the light of day. These bastards are beginning to understand they have a problem. No question, the growing rage of those they've abused, looted, egregiously f--ked. It's time to stand up. Expose this corruption to glaring sunlight. Otherwise, as fools, cowards, you will remain under their thumb. From the loftiest business owner to those on the bottom of the food chain. Wake up. Grow a pair.

Still don't think that likely to happen. After all, you're bought and paid for. Owned. Not only by your government masters, but their masters. The corporate management suite. Your employers. Think not? Wake up. You're human chattel. Corporate-owned, bought and paid for. Precisely, why you cowardly, compliantly, literally bare your asses for corporate inspection by the company doctor. Willingly, compliantly, cowardly piss in a cup under employer supervision. To sit in front of a keyboard or stock shelves all day. You have no control of your lives. You're owned. Forget? For a measly salary, no job security, reduced to no benefits. At a time of record corporate profits and cash reserves.

Then, you gallingly complain about the oppression as you tolerate egregious theft of your labor. Not only by your corporate masters, but their bought and paid for government lackeys. Too cowardly to stand up, allow disclosure of your identity when you rightfully complain to this publication of being mercilessly f--ked. Some of you falsely arrested, criminally assaulted, bogusly fined for 'offenses' you did not commit. To line County coffers. Keep the peasants in line and under control. A fascist police-state. Nazi America.

Again, yet another reason why this publication is called Liberty In Peril. Most galling? Nothing changes if you fail to step up and challenge corrupt, abusive, inept authority. Too afraid, cowardly compliant to let the bastards know who you are. Did it ever occur to the cowards out there if the identity of the accuser is kept under wraps the bastards will falsely claim it's all made up by this publication? Thus, conveniently killing all credibility. Wake up.

Cowardice is unbecoming, unworthy of our formerly great country. Insult to injury? There are the hopelessly deranged who believe the chicanery reported here to be manufactured anyway. No matter the effort. No matter the research. No matter the proof. Wake up. This writer cannot do it alone. Snowball's chance in hell. Then again, cowardice, delusion is always amply, justly rewarded. Always. You continue to 'enjoy' the very best government money can buy. Literally.

Tim Chorney

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
United States Of America

Cannot do it alone. Impossible. Not sustainable. This publication needs your financial and material support. Both. Time to step up.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
... Formerly
The Llano Ledger

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