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March 15, 2024

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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? Four hundred eleven 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? Four hundred eleven 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? Four hundred eleven 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. Four hundred eleven 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

Newsletter Text 865
March 15, 2024

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.

Law enforcement needs to smarten up. Think that's possible? The Washington Post reports:

"In the moments before a Prince George’s County police officer burst through the door of Melvin Jay’s apartment with his gun drawn, the man was standing in the middle of his family room. The lights were off. The blinds were drawn. The TV in the corner glowed. Jay, according to body-camera footage released by authorities, was facing away from the front door as the uniformed officer — who did not identify himself as police — yelled repeatedly for the 31-year-old man to show his hands. Jay walked around a corner into his kitchen. The officer fired a single shot, hitting the man in the face."

That now standard police procedure?

"The encounter between the two men, from the moment officer Braxton Shelton entered Jay’s apartment to the moment he fired his gun, lasts roughly seven seconds."

How about that? Shoot first, ask questions later? That now standard police procedure?

"In the month since the Feb. 1 shooting at the Windham Creek Apartments on Suitland Road, law enforcement officials have released little information about what may have prompted Shelton to fire."

Not possible to credibly defend the indefensible?

"The state’s Independent Investigations Division (IID), an arm of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that investigates police shootings, had initially said the officer was responding to a 911 call of a breaking-and-entering in progress at a unit in the apartment complex."

Couldn't get it right the first time around? Why not? Needed time to protect and coddle the murderous officer?

"But on Monday, the attorney general’s office and the Prince George’s County Police Department publicly released body-camera video footage and audio from the 911 call, providing more details of the deadly encounter that, experts say, will force investigators to untangle a web of miscommunications and possible police policy violations to determine if the shooting was justified or a crime."

Why wasn't that done immediately, quickly? These are experienced professionals, aren't they? Couldn't be they were stonewalling, could it? Protecting and coddling the jackbooted bastard?

“The primary issue in regards to whether this shooting was justified is whether or not the officer reasonably perceived an immediate threat to his safety,” said Ed Obayashi, a national expert on police shootings. “Just because you can’t see someone’s hands doesn’t mean that the individual constituted immediate threat.”

Goddamned right. Lack of transparency, all too often, is indicative of stonewalling, protecting and coddling the jackbooted bastard.

"Beyond that, Obayashi said, other details related to the 911 call further complicate the investigation: When the caller, who was not at home when he placed the call, reported the alleged burglary at his apartment, he said it was his neighbor that had informed him a stranger was there taking his belongings. In fact, Prince George’s police chief Malik Aziz said Monday, a family member of the caller had told him earlier that day he would be coming to the house to retrieve property. “This fact was not shared on the 911 call for help,” Aziz said. Additionally, the chief said, the 911 caller did not tell the dispatcher that two other people were also inside the apartment at the time of the report."

The above, at the very least, sadly indicative of an egregious lack of professionalism on the part of law enforcement. New approach? Can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit? Sadly, anything to cover their ass?

"Jay’s family declined to comment for this story but authorities said they were able to view the body-camera footage before it was made public. The family has retained the Baltimore-based civil rights law firm Murphy Falcon & Murphy to represent them. The firm has litigated many cases involving allegations of excessive force by police, including that of Freddie Gray, a man who died after he was taken into custody of Baltimore City police, and William Green, who was fatally shot six times by a Prince George’s police officer while seated in the front seat of a cruiser and handcuffed behind his back"

Think there isn't a serious problem in law enforcement?

“Our team has begun the initial phase of the case investigation and will refrain from providing further comments at this time,” Ronald Richardson, the lead attorney representing Jay’s family, said in a statement. In a statement Monday, Thomas Lester, spokesperson for IID, said the state investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Shaun Owens, a Fraternal Order of Police attorney representing Shelton, did not respond to an email requesting comment. In a statement, FOP president Angelo Consoli said union officials “await the findings of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division,” but that they are “confident” investigators will find “exactly what the video and the known information shows in that while no one wants to see the tragic loss of life, the officer was justified in his actions.”

That so?

"The 911 call that drew Shelton to the apartment was placed at 5:23 p.m. on Feb. 1, authorities said. In it, the caller — who police have not named but identified as the apartment’s lease holder — told a dispatcher that he was not home but a neighbor had called him to say someone was actively breaking into his home."

Why wasn't the identity of the lease holder released by law enforcement? Why the lack of transparency? Protecting and coddling the jackbooted bastard?

“I got somebody breaking and entering in my house,” the caller said, stating that the alleged thief was taking something out of the apartment and that the neighbor had said the man had “dreads.”

Sounds like a racist piece of shit.

“I need the police there right now,” the caller said, “they breaking in my house.” The caller told the dispatcher that he was making the call from a firehouse, where he was “getting taken care of” for an injury, but that he would be heading back to his apartment soon."

Any confirmation of the above by law enforcement? Or, is it just bullshit?

"Moments later, at 5:25 p.m., dispatch relays the information to patrol officers. Shelton responds, arriving at the quiet Hillcrest Heights apartment complex at 5:27 p.m. The dispatcher relayed what she had heard: “A caller saying he’s being told by the neighbor that someone’s breaking into his apartment.” “Copy,” Shelton replied. “I’m in the complex, hold me out.” Video from Shelton’s body camera shows the officer stepping out of his police cruiser and jogging up to the apartment complex. He climbs a flight of stairs and walks up to the 911 caller’s apartment door, which was slightly ajar. The officer did not wait for backup and did not announce he was there — or with the police department — before he pushed open the door, gun drawn, and entered the apartment, according to the video. Those two choices, Obayashi said, deviate from the standard protocols of most U.S. police departments. “It would have been standard operating procedure to wait for backup, for obvious reasons,” Obayashi said. “And then announce your intentions and then see what develops.” Instead, the body-camera video shows that Shelton’s first words were: “Show me your hands!” “Show me your hands!” he shouted again. When Jay began rounding around a corner to walk toward the kitchen, the video shows, Shelton yelled again: “Bring your a-- over here!” Then Shelton, who still had not identified himself, followed Jay around the corner with his gun raised in one hand. “Show me your … hands,” Shelton yells with an expletive. “Show me your —” the officer continued, cut short by the piercing pop of his own gun, firing one shot at Jay’s face. The man immediately fell to the ground."

This now standard operating procedure by the jackbooted bastards in blue?

"Shelton called “shots fired” into his radio, just as a second man emerged from a bedroom just beyond the kitchen looking confused. Again, Shelton commanded: “Show me your hands! Who are you?” The man said he was a visitor, eventually walking out into the family room and laying down near Jay, his hands splayed above his head, as he told the officer that the apartment belonged to his cousin and the man bleeding on the ground was his brother."

No problems with any of this? None?

"Once additional officers arrived, Shelton cleared the rest of the apartment then began rendering aid to Jay. Shelton does not say why he shot Jay — only that the man ran from him and “grabbed something” in the kitchen. “What’d you go in there and get?” Shelton asked Jay, who could not speak, in the video. The video also shows Shelton checking the coat Jay was wearing, pulling a gun from the right side pocket. “Yeah, there we go,” the officer can be heard saying. When asked whether the officer followed department policies by entering the apartment on his own and not identifying himself as police, the department directed questions to the attorney general’s office. In a video Monday, Aziz said that police later found another gun in the apartment kitchen, near where Jay was shot."

Did the jackbooted bastards plant it? Wake up. Get this:

"Obayashi said the discovery of guns in the home is not reason enough for the officer to have fired his weapon. Had Jay been retrieving a gun or even shot at the officer, he said, the man may have been acting in justifiable self-defense since the officer had not identified himself. “The decedent was in his own home,” Obayashi said. “It could have been a viable justification for self defense, given the circumstances of the surprising and unexpected violent entry.”

That's right. Wake up.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk? Get what you truly deserve. Forfeiture of liberty. At the hands of outrageously corrupt and abusive government.

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

Nashville Public Radio reports:

"A measure that would roll back police reform in Memphis after the death of Tyre Nichols has passed the Tennessee House. The 68-24 vote came as a surprise to several Memphis lawmakers and Nichols’ family. After police fatally beat Nichols at a traffic stop last year, the city of Memphis passed several ordinances changing how police interact with drivers — barring unmarked cars from being used in traffic stops and stopping officers from pulling over a driver for a minor violation, like the one that lead to Nichols’ death. If HB1931 becomes law, it would prevent local governments from passing anything that would interfere with stopping crime. “When they stopped our son Tyre, they came up with all these different excuses as to why they stopped him, but as we all know, none of those excuses panned out,” RowVaughn Wells told reporters earlier this week, when she and her husband, Rodney Wells, traveled to the Tennessee Capitol to speak against the measure. “Too many parents going through what we’re going through unnecessarily,” Rodney Wells said. The Wells family visited the capitol on Tuesday when the measure was originally set to be heard on the House floor. The Wells met with the bill’s sponsor, Rep. John Gillespie, R-Memphis. When House took up the bill Thursday, Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, said that Gillespie had lied to the Wells family during that meeting. “You saw the Wells family, spoke with them briefly, told them this bill wouldn’t come up until probably next Thursday,” Pearson said, addressing Gillespie on the House floor. The Wells family then returned home to Memphis. “You are here before us today on a bill that should be going back to committee, having lied to them.” Gillespie denied Pearson’s claims. “I, in no way, said I was rolling this bill,” Gillespie said."

Somebody's lying. Guess who.

"Rep. Joe Towns, D-Memphis, asked Gillespie to consider rolling the bill to next week, when the Wells family might be able to attend the House session. “Just with the complexity of the calendar and how many times this bill has already been rolled, I’m uncomfortable in doing that,” Gillespie said. Two votes to delay the bill or send it back to committee failed. It now requires approval from the Senate and the governor’s signature to become law. In a statement shared with WPLN News, the Wells family turned their attention to the Senate version of the bill. “The Memphis ordinances, which we view as part of Tyre’s legacy, were crafted with the goal of preventing future tragedies and fostering trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve,” they said. “SB2572 not only undermines these efforts, but also disregards the collective voice of the people who tirelessly advocated for change.”

Time to wake up. Nazi justice. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

KUT Public Media reports:

"Some 370 law enforcement personnel from 23 different agencies responded to the shooting, but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman. The City of Uvalde’s long-awaited independent investigation into its police response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School found that, despite failures in communication and leadership, the city agents who responded acted in “good faith.”

Think so? Truly believe that?

"The report, which was released at a meeting on Thursday, comes 20 months after the city launched its investigation."

'Investigation?' What 'investigation?' Nothing quite like gutless stonewalling, is there? Protecting and coddling gutless law enforcement no matter the ultimate cost. Bought and paid for:

"Jesse Prado, the former Austin Police Department detective hired by Uvalde to conduct the investigation, said he would have recommended to “exonerate” Mariano Pargas, acting chief of the Uvalde Police Department on the day of the shooting."

Would be laughable if not so tragic. What is the background history of Mr. Prado?

"Pargas ultimately resigned from the police department in November 2022. He’s now a county commissioner."

How about that? -- Think he's fit to be dog catcher?

"Family members of the 19 kids and two teachers killed in the shooting had hoped the Uvalde investigation could lead to the termination of responding officers. "We were willing to go into that school and get our children out — taking our life for our children." Felicia Martinez, parent of student killed in the shooting."

Incredibly tragic. Readers will recall:

"Some 370 law enforcement personnel from 23 different agencies responded to the shooting, but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman. Of those, 25 were from the Uvalde Police Department."

How about that? This, the best law enforcement has to offer? Insult to injury? Get this:

"The city’s report found that none of the 25 agents violated policy while responding."

Protected and coddled.

Ferociously pointedly:

"Berlina Arreola, whose goddaughter Amerie Jo was killed in the shooting, asked the City Council whether they’d “trust somebody that wouldn’t even protect a child.” “How are we going to be able to trust your department if they did nothing to protect these children?” she asked."

That's right. There can be no trust under the circumstances. How can there be?

"This is the third report released into the shooting at Robb Elementary School. The earlier two came from the Texas House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Justice. The federal government did find "cascading failures of leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training.”

Not surprisingly:

"Thursday’s meeting where the report was unveiled was full of high emotions. Prado blamed Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell for the 20-month delay. He said Mitchell didn’t provide the evidence needed in a timely manner. Prado also said that one of the issues the day of the shooting stemmed from the crowd of family members who showed up to Robb Elementary School after hearing about the shooting. “At times, they were difficult to control, they were wanting to break through police barriers,” Prado said. He added police had to make sure nobody else in the crowd would be injured."

But it was okay for all those people to be killed while the gutless jackbooted bastards did nothing? Squat shit.

Get this. It's appalling:

"After Prado finished presenting his findings and answering questions from the council’s attorney, he stood up and left the meeting. The parents of the victims shouted, calling him a coward and demanding he be brought back to answer questions. Prado ended up returning and said he was merely “following the directions I was given.” He did not respond to accusations from parents. “How dare you?” Kim Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting, shouted while staring at Prado. Felicia Martinez, who lost his son Xavier in the shooting, pushed back against Prado’s assertions that parents outside the school made it difficult to secure the scene. “We were willing to go into that school and get our children out — taking our life for our children,” Martinez said."

No question.

"At least two council members — Ernest King and Hector Luevano — said the report presented was unacceptable. “I am embarrassed, I’m insulted. These families deserve to know, deserve these answers. They need to have a responsive explanation,” Luevano said. “For you to come here and say ‘No, everything was hunky-dory and they did their job’, I can’t accept that.”

Who the hell can? -- Other than the gutless jackbooted bastards who failed to act.

ABC News reports:

"Daniel Rodriguez, the police chief of Uvalde, Texas, announced his resignation on Tuesday and said it will take effect on April 6. "The City of Uvalde is grateful to Chief Rodriguez for his 26 years of service to our community and we wish him the best as he pursues new career opportunities," Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith said in a statement. Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will serve as interim chief of police while Uvalde's mayor and city manager "search for a full-time replacement in consultation with the City Council," Smith said. "Nothing is more important than the safety of our community, and we look forward to working together to identify the best candidate to serve the people of Uvalde," Smith said."

No justice. None. Gutless officers protected and coddled.

"The news comes less than a week after the Uvalde City Council released the findings of the independent report it commissioned to investigate the actions of Uvalde police officers who responded to the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The investigation determined none of the initial five Uvalde police officers who responded to the shooting violated policy or committed serious acts of misconduct, which devastated and outraged victims' families who attended the hearing. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed in the massacre. Responders waited some 77 minutes at the scene before breaching a classroom and killing the gunman."

No justice. None. Gutless officers protected and coddled.

NBC News reports:

"The Uvalde, Texas, police chief announced his resignation Tuesday, days after a City Council report cleared several officers of wrongdoing in the delayed law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School that ended in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. "After much contemplation and consideration, I believe it is time for me to embark on a new chapter in my career," Chief Daniel Rodriguez said in a statement."

No question. Your gutless officers behaved abominably during the massacre.

"I have had the privilege of serving the City of Uvalde and its residents for the past 26 years, and it has been an honor to lead the dedicated men and women of our police department," he continued."

Outrageously galling statement. Ignores reality of that most murderous day.

"Rodriguez did not mention the report of the school shooting, or mention the shooting itself, in his statement."

Too damned gutless. Just like his department.

"The resignation goes into effect April 6."

Should have happened the day of the massacre.

"Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith said he was "grateful" to Rodriguez for his "service to our community."

The above? Clueless. Goddamned galling. Imagine the reaction of all the victims families.

"Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will be named Interim Chief of Police."

Truly think he'll be any better?

"Last week, a Uvalde City Council report cleared law enforcement of wrongdoing in the May 24, 2022, mass shooting after an analysis revealed that police waited 77 minutes for tactical gear to arrive while students remained locked inside a classroom. In addition to the 19 students and two teachers killed, 17 others were injured. The shooter was killed following a confrontation with police. Jesse Prado, an Austin-based investigator and former police detective who wrote the report, said there were clear communication issues between Uvalde school district police and responding officers."

Excuse making at its worst. 77 minutes. Gutless.

Blatant, galling bullshit:

"Prado said former Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo “would make phone calls, but the officers had no way to know what was being planned or what was being said.” The investigation also found no evidence that the city’s police force — the focus of the investigation — committed any wrongdoing or failed to follow training."

Jesus Christ. Give me a break.

"In January, the U.S. Justice Department had blamed the response from law enforcement on a lack of leadership at the scene and a failure to follow accepted police protocol."

Indeed, where was the Chief? Out of town. On vacation. No one in command worth a shit? No one?

"The city council report’s findings angered many residents who attended the meeting last week. Kimberly Mata-Rubio, who lost her 10-year-old daughter, Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio, said at the city council meeting, “How do all of you live with yourselves?”

Good question. Yet to be answered.

“How do you go to bed at night and then wake up every day? Shame on you all. You said they did it in good faith? You call that good faith? They stood there for 77 minutes and waited after they got call after call that kids were still alive in there,” she continued. “All this is it’s a pact. It’s a brothers’ pact. You protect your own.”

Goddamned right. A problem all across this country.

"Ruben Zamora, the father of shooting survivor Mayah Zamora, said his daughter had been “left for dead.”

CBS News reports:

"Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will be named interim chief of police, Smith said. Rodriguez was the chief when the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School took place in May 2022, but was out of town that day. Lt. Mariano Pargas was running the department during the shooting. Pargas has since left the department."

Clearly, wasn't worth a shit.

"Rodriguez's resignation comes a week after a new report cleared Uvalde police in the response to the school shooting."

Protected and coddled.

"Austin-based investigator and former police detective Jesse Prado made the report for the Uvalde City Council, saying the responding local officers acted in "good faith" on May 24, 2022, when 19 students and two teachers were killed. Law enforcement took over an hour to get inside the classroom and kill the gunman, even as children inside the classrooms called 911, begging police to rescue them."

Gutless pieces of shit. Every goddamned one of them should have been fired the day of the massacre.

Insult to injury? Get this:

"The investigator who presented the report placed blame on families who rushed to the school that day for compromising the police response."

What a gutless, clueless piece of shit. -- And he's a former detective? LOL.

"Previous state and federal reports faulted the local police at every level."

The truth.

"The Uvalde City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday night for the first time since Prado's report was released."

Be interesting to see the Council's reaction. ... Think they'll be worth a shit?

Egregious injustice in what has become a de facto fascist police-state, democratic republic in name only. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

ABC News(AP) reports:

"A police officer in Portland, Oregon, has been accused in a federal lawsuit of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man. The officer used a semi-automatic rifle to shoot Immanueal “Manny” Clark in the back as he ran away from officers who were responding to an attempted armed robbery call in the early hours of Nov. 19, 2022, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on Thursday. The officers mistakenly identified the car Clark had been traveling in and had been told by dispatchers that the robbery suspects were white men, the lawsuit says. The suit accuses the officer and the city of Portland of excessive force, wrongful death and negligence for failing to provide emergency medical care. It claims Clark lay on the ground, bleeding from the gunshot wound, for 26 minutes before receiving medical attention. He later died in a hospital."

Jesus Christ. This, the 'best' in law enforcement? Murder. Blatant. Pitiful.

"In response to requests for comment, the Portland Police Bureau and City Hall both said they do not comment on pending litigation."

No transparency. Clearly, no way to credibly defend the indefensible.

Here's what allegedly went down:

"According to the complaint, the victim of the attempted armed robbery in the parking lot of a Portland fast-food restaurant called 911 to report it and said three to four white men were involved. They said the men left the scene in a sedan. Police ended up following a car despite not having probable cause that those inside were involved in the attempted robbery, the complaint alleges. After the car pulled into a church parking lot, officers decided to approach the car and conduct a so-called “high-risk stop.”

Wake up. No probable cause.

"Clark was outside of the car near the driver's door and ran as the officers exited their police cars. As he ran away, unarmed, the officer shot Clark in the back, according to the complaint."

Guilty or innocent, it is always a mistake to run from law enforcement. Always. The jackbooted bastards take it as carte blanche to murder. How they get their cookies off.

"The other people in or near the car were a Black man, a white woman and a white man, according to the complaint. The lawsuit was filed by a representative of Clark's estate."

No justice. No accountability. No credibility. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. ABC News(AP) reports:

"Two former Texas deputies have been acquitted in the death of a Black motorist who was shot several times with a stun gun following a police chase that was filmed by the now-canceled real-time police TV series “Live PD.”

Why? How? Law enforcement can do no wrong? Must be protected and coddled no matter what it does or doesn't do?

"A Travis County jury on Thursday found former Williamson County deputies Zach Camden and J.J. Johnson not guilty on manslaughter charges in the 2019 death of 40-year-old Javier Ambler II."

Couldn't be they were bought and paid for, could it? Raw insanity.

Gets worse. Get this:

"Following the verdict, Ambler's father, Javier Ambler, embraced both Johnson, who is Black, and Camden, who is white, saying “no hard feelings,” before leaving the courtroom, according to local media reports."

Has he lost his mind? Could it be the old man was only interested in the $5 million settlement with Williamson County? Bought and paid for?

More insanity:

"Defense attorney Ken Ervin called the charges a “travesty” and said prosecutors were forced to bring the case by Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza. “He campaigned specifically on this case prior to his election, and he made them see this through despite the fact there was no crime,” Ervin said."

Then, why did the County agree to a $5 million settlement? None of this makes any sense. None of it. Certainly, appears the officers were protected and coddled. All this stinks to high heaven.

"Garza, in a statement, said his office had hoped the “outcome of this trial would bring justice and closure to the family. We are grateful to our community members who served on the jury for this case, respect their decision, and thank them for their service.”

More bullshit. No credibility. Covering your ass, Counselor?

"Johnson had tried to stop Ambler because he failed to dim his headlights to oncoming traffic, then Ambler led police on a chase from Williamson County into Travis County before crashing."

Again, guilty or innocent, it is always a mistake to run from law enforcement. Always. The jackbooted bastards take it as carte blanche to murder on the job. How they get their cookies off.

"Deputies shot him with a stun gun after he exited the vehicle and police body-camera footage showed Ambler telling the deputies he was not resisting and that he could not breathe because of heart problems."

Mattered not to the jackbooted bastards, and/or jurors. Clearly. Pitiful. Pathetic. Especially, in light of the following:

"Williamson County officials later agreed to a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement with Ambler's family."

Why pay $5 million to the family if there was no substance to the charges?

Get this:

“Live PD” was canceled by the A&E Network last year. A&E has said its video never aired because of a policy against showing a death."

What about possible abrogation of civil and constitutional rights and liberties? Means nothing?

"Both Camden and Johnson resigned shortly after then-Sheriff Robert Chody was defeated for reelection in November 2020."

How does the above jive with the jury verdict? Did jurors, apparently in the pocket of law enforcement, think the jackbooted bastards had 'suffered' enough? Give me a break. Crock of shit. Stinks to high heaven.

Think the jackbooted bastard will ever be held accountable for murder, -- or just protected and coddled?

In follow-up to an horrendous case covered repeatedly here and elsewhere, The Washington Post reports:

"Two years after Louisville police fatally shot Breonna Taylor, her mother made a surprise visit to Justice Department headquarters in Washington to implore federal authorities to hold one or more officers criminally liable for the killing."

Sad, isn't it? One system of justice for the jackbooted bastards in blue. The other for the rest of us.

"Former officer Brett Hankison had been acquitted of state charges of reckless behavior related to Taylor’s death. With a petition signed by 18,000 people, Tamika Palmer that day in 2022 asked senior Justice officials whether there was anything more they could do. The Justice Department ultimately charged Hankison, who fired his gun in the police raid that killed Taylor but did not strike anyone, with federal civil rights violations. A federal jury deadlocked on those charges, resulting in a mistrial."

No surprise. Think prosecutors don't deliberately attempt to seat jurors they believe have a high likelihood supporting the jackbooted bastards in blue no matter what they do or don't do? Yet pressure from a public tired of this bullshit appears to be forcing the issue:

"Now, nearly four years after Taylor’s killing, federal officials are taking the extraordinary step of placing Hankison before a jury for a third time. The move points to polarizing questions regarding what amounts to justice in the killing of a Black woman during a raid at her home that helped spark nationwide social justice protests. Among those questions: whether the federal government’s push for accountability will be achieved by trying to convict this former officer. “He shouldn’t be the only one charged,” said attorney Lonita Baker, who represents Taylor’s mother and sister, Ju’Niyah Palmer in their civil actions seeking justice. “But the reality is that’s where we stand and that’s better than nothing.”

When corrupt, abusive, murderous officers are not held accountable for their crimes, the end result is a de facto fascist police-state, democratic republic in name only.

"Hankison’s fate in the trial slated for October could go a long way in at minimum determining whether Taylor’s family and supporters eventually feel satisfied with the legal system’s response to her killing. If convicted, he could face a sentence of life in prison."

Readers will recall:

"Taylor was fatally shot March 13, 2020, weeks before George Floyd’s murder while in custody of Minneapolis police. Breonna Taylor’s death sparked police reform in Louisville. But the path forward is complicated."

Sadly, only due to the fact that is what prosecutors, defense counsel, and law enforcement itself desperately want.

"In the past four years in Louisville, at least five officers, including Hankison, were fired or forced to resign for their roles in the raid, which was part of a drug investigation of a former friend of Taylor’s. Also, Kentucky lawmakers banned no-knock search warrants, and Taylor’s family won a $12 million wrongful death civil settlement from the city. Last year, the Justice Department issued an 86-page report documenting systemic racial bias and excessive force by the Louisville Police Department. Authorities announced plans to install a federal monitor to oversee mandatory changes to the police department’s policies and training. Louisville officials expect that consent decree, currently under negotiation, to cost the city up to $10 million per year."

Tough shit. Time for law enforcement, training itself, unit discipline, hiring standards, etc. to improve instead of stonewalled.

Here's the problem:

"But the failure by authorities to hold an officer directly involved in the raid criminally liable for Taylor’s death is “the most tangible thing people in our community understand,” said Linda Sarsour, co-founder of Until Freedom, a national civil rights group that has worked closely with Taylor’s family. “People saw police shoot a 26-year-old Black woman in the sanctity of her home,” Sarsour said. “That’s the image they remember. They want somebody to take responsibility for that.”

Goddamned right. No question. Law enforcement wants no part of that kind of change. It wants more of the same jackbooted bullshit. How it gets its cookies off. Craves no accountability so it can continue its murderous behavior with impunity.

"In the Floyd case, four former Minneapolis officers were convicted in both state and federal courts for the killing in which the victim was pinned to the ground by his neck for more than nine minutes as an onlooker recorded what happened using her mobile phone. Convictions of officers for on-duty deadly shootings, however, remain rare. Police in the United States fatally shoot more than 1,000 people per year, according to a Washington Post database that tracks such incidents. Since 2005, 191 law enforcement officers have been arrested on murder or manslaughter charges, and 60 of them have been convicted of a crime, according to data compiled by Bowling Green State University professors Philip Stinson and Eric Cooke. Of those, six were convicted of murder and 17 for manslaughter, with the rest punished for lesser offenses, the data show."

The following is certainly a problem that needs to be addressed by prosecutors and judges:

“Juries are very reluctant to second-guess the split-second, often life-or-death decisions by on-duty police officers,” Stinson said. “They are just not willing to go there.”

That's a problem that prosecutors and judges need to address at trial by educating jurors themselves of the law itself and what the law demands in terms of justice. Most pointedly, that officers need to be held to the same standards of conduct as the rest of us. Racism also appears to be part of the problem. So many of the victims killed by officers happen to be unarmed minorities who had not been engaged in any criminal activity.

"Hankison fired 10 shots during the raid, none of which struck anyone. He was acquitted in state court in March 2022 on charges of wanton endangerment of three neighbors whose apartment was pierced by the shots. Five months later, the Justice Department charged him with violating the civil rights of Taylor, her boyfriend Kenneth Walker and the three neighbors. The federal jury deadlocked last November. The only person convicted in connection to the raid has been Kelly Goodlett, a former detective who pleaded guilty to federal charges that she helped falsify the police search warrant that allowed officers to enter the apartment. Goodlett, who faces up to five years in prison, is expected to testify against two other former officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, also charged with making false statements. Their trial date has not been set."

Why hasn't it been? Why all the delay and stonewalling?

"On the night Taylor was killed, Hankison was among seven officers serving a warrant in the drug investigation. Awakened as police forced entry to her apartment, Walker fired a warning shot from a legally owned handgun that struck officer John Mattingly in the thigh. Mattingly and another officer, Myles Cosgrove, returned fire, killing Taylor. Prosecutors said Hankison retreated outside the apartment complex and blindly fired through a window and door, both covered by shades and curtains."

Standard operating procedure now for law enforcement to fire blindly without being sure of the target? It's not.

"Hankison’s attorneys said federal investigators conducted an expansive investigation, providing more than 1.3 million itemized pages of evidence in discovery. In the end, however, the basic facts in the federal trial were essentially unchanged from the failed state case, said attorney Stew Mathews, who defended Hankison in both trials. Hankison, who testified both times, told jurors he heard gunfire from what he mistakenly believed was a semiautomatic rifle, and he started shooting because he thought fellow officers were at risk of being killed."

So fire blindly and not be held accountable for the end result no matter what?

"Though Cosgrove and other officers testified that Hankison violated police department protocol by firing without identifying a target, defense lawyers argued that he was making a split-second decision to save his colleagues."

So that excuses murder of an innocent unarmed civilian?

"In an interview, Mathews said that unless prosecutors uncover new evidence, there is an “extremely high probability” that a third trial would end without a conviction."

That's no more than indication the system has egregiously failed. That there is no justice. That officers are protected and coddled no matter what they do or don't do, etc. Clearly, these shysters have lost themselves somewhere along the way. Principle clearly means shit squat to them:

“I don’t know what their thinking is other than they dumped a lot of time and money and energy into it and want to take another shot,” Mathews said."

Gets worse. Get this:

"Mathews, who recently stepped down from the defense team because he is retiring, said Hankison, who does not have a full-time job, is paying for his immense legal costs through an officer-defense fund provided by the local police union."

That's good news. Let them pay. How many innocent, unarmed, law-abiding civilians have been murdered with impunity all across this country by gutless law enforcement?

The following is pitiful, exposes lack of shyster principle, remains nothing more than excuse-making bullshit:

"Louisville attorney Brian Butler, who is defending Meany in the warrant falsification case, suggested the enormous public attention around Taylor’s death put political pressure on the Justice Department to satisfy activists’ demands for a criminal conviction of at least one officer who was at the scene. He pointed to the personal attention Attorney General Merrick Garland has devoted to the case. Garland held a news conference at the Justice Department in August 2022 to unveil the criminal charges against Hankison and the three others charged with falsifying information, and he traveled to Louisville in March 2023 to announce the findings of the federal investigation into the police department."

At least, Garland is trying to provide victims of the jackbooted bastards justice, Counselor. Unlike you, sir.

“I don’t think you could ever divorce politics from this,” Butler said. “The fact that [Hankison] is being prosecuted in U.S. District Court on civil rights violations when his shots didn’t hit anyone — I’ve never heard of that.”

Time to wake up, Counselor. Remove your head that figuratively remains securely lodged up your ass.

"Justice Department officials declined to comment, as is customary with ongoing cases. Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor, discounted the notion that politics played a role in the Justice Department’s decision-making. “DOJ may look at this as an old-school civil rights case in which a Southern jury failed to hold to account a White person accused of violence against a Black person,” he said. “I think they’re confident they can get a conviction. Otherwise, it would be seen as vindictive or not the wisest use of resources to bring the case again and lose.” Legal experts said one factor prosecutors typically consider when weighing whether to retry a case is the breakdown of how many jurors in the initial trial favored conviction or were opposed. Attorneys for Taylor’s family and for Hankison said they don’t know the answer because U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings forbade both sides from contacting jurors after the verdict. The jury included one Black person. Legal experts said federal prosecutors are likely to seek more racial diversity for the retrial. Ibrahim Farag, another attorney for Hankison, said he is reviewing transcripts and evidence to gauge which arguments prosecutors might believe were the most compelling and are likely to emphasize to a new jury. “It’s truly impossible to tell,” Farag said. “What resonates with people is going to fluctuate.”

Taylor's family continues to stand tall:

"Despite their disappointments in court, Taylor’s family and supporters have maintained their civic activism. Several of those who led the social justice demonstrations in 2020 have since been elected to public office, including state Rep. Keturah Herron and Louisville Metro Council member Shameka Parrish-Wright. Last fall, Taylor’s mother joined local activists to rally opposition to Republican Daniel Cameron’s ultimately unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. As the state’s attorney general in 2020, Cameron had angered them by choosing not to bring charges against officers besides Hankison. “She asks us to keep going every time we meet up,” Parrish-Wright said of Palmer. “It’s really hard to deal with the benefit of the doubt the police get when they say they are unsafe. Seeing how disappointed the family and everyone else was, another stab at justice is what we need. We deserve it.”

Clearly, law enforcement is moving backwards. Surprised?

In follow-up to an egregious case covered repeatedly here and elsewhere, The Washington Post reports:

"Killings by police brought reforms. Fear of crime is unraveling them. Some changes were rolled back after complaints that police are too restricted. Officials say other changes amount to fine-tuning."

The problem remains. Law enforcement is rarely held accountable for murderous, abusive, criminal behavior. Precisely, why there is so little faith, trust, and confidence in them. Seatbelts on:

"RowVaughn Wells traveled to the Tennessee Capitol last week hoping to preserve the small silver lining that emerged from the death of her son, who was fatally beaten last year after being pulled over by Memphis Police. In his memory, the city passed the Tyre Nichols Driving Equality Act, barring officers from conducting certain traffic stops for low-level violations, among other measures. But now state lawmakers are advancing legislation that would nullify the Memphis law. On Monday, state Rep. John Gillespie (R), the bill’s sponsor, ran into Wells and her husband in the Capitol, where they had come to bear witness to debate on the legislation. Gillespie appeared taken aback at seeing them, Wells recalled in an interview, then collected himself. “I hope you understand,” he said. “I don’t,” she shot back."

No one with a brain or semblance of humanity can. It's no more than protecting and coddling officers who murder, abuse authority, engage in jackbooted bastard in blue criminal activity, etc.

"Gillespie’s measure is part of a groundswell of legislative and voter pushback against reforms initiated over the past four years after the police killings of Black Americans including Nichols, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Each killing stunned Americans and inspired activism, rioting and a racial reckoning that translated into hundreds of bills aimed at curtailing law enforcement powers and reshaping how police do their jobs. In some cases, lawmakers and voters now say those changes needed to be fine-tuned to work well. In others, they are trying to address community backlash at measures that have been labeled anti-police, as well as a perception that crime has worsened while police have been hamstrung by policy changes."

No more than a crock of shit. Excuse-making for murderous, abusive, criminal behavior of jackbooted bastards in uniform.

Gets worse. Get this:

"Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban civilian-run police review boards. Louisiana legislators voted in favor of a law that would make it harder to sue police officers; cities including Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles have restored police funding that was cut after Floyd was killed. Under pressure to address high-profile incidents of crime on New York’s subway system, Gov. Kathy Hochul last week said she would send the National Guard underground to help police with random searches of riders’ bags."

No search warrant required?

No more than a de facto fascist police-state:

"San Francisco voters last week approved loosening the rules around police surveillance and allowing officers to pursue suspects in their cars even for some misdemeanor violations. And in Washington, D.C., lawmakers passed a massive public safety bill that increases punishments for a range of crimes and adjusts or walks back accountability measures that addressed police transparency and rules for neck restraints and vehicular pursuits."

Is the nazi element in the Republican Party deliberately attempting to trigger a second American revolution? Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"In Tennessee, Gillespie declined an interview request, but explained his bill in a written statement that said Memphis, where crime has ticked up in recent years, has become “a safe haven for criminals.” “We cannot allow any local government to embolden criminals by nullifying our state laws and demonizing law enforcement,” he wrote."

Too gutless to engage in heated verbal challenge to your baseless bullshit, sir?

"President Biden pushed back against the notion of rising crime in his State of the Union address Thursday evening, pointing to a sharp decrease in the national murder rate and a national decline in violent crime “to one of the lowest levels in more than 50 years.” Lt. Tracy McCray, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, acknowledged that crime is down in San Francisco, but described walking down the street and seeing people under the influence of drugs. She cited personal experience with car break-ins — her own car window was smashed — as part of the reason she supported the policing changes passed by voters in “Proposition E,” which, among other things, expanded the use of vehicle pursuits to “violent misdemeanors.” “It’s so in-your-face,” McCray said. “We’re still a compassionate city. We want to help people. But at what point do you have to draw the line?”

Jesus Christ. Wake up. Your answer remains achingly stupid. So enable the jackbooted bastards in blue carte blanche to murder, criminally assault, abuse authority? Precisely, what's happening. You don't get that?

"In D.C., last year’s homicide spike gave officials fodder to argue that funding cuts to the city’s police force have damaged public safety. Other lawmakers and researchers say it is too early to make that correlation, pointing to other factors like disruptions to schools and social services caused by the coronavirus pandemic."

Any excuse at all to take a hard dump on life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties?

"D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2), a lawyer, was elected in 2020, weeks after Floyd’s murder. At the time, she voted in favor of sweeping police reform and accountability laws. Years later, she joined a D.C. police officer for his night shift. She said the officer shared his frustration about a new rule for police body cameras, which barred officers from reviewing the footage. The change was an attempt to keep officers accused of wrongdoing from being able to prepare for questioning by reviewing what had happened. But officers also relied on the footage to write accurate reports. Pinto this year spearheaded “Secure D.C.,” the sweeping bill that passed the council in a near-unanimous vote last week and, among many other things, would allow police to review their body-camera footage in all cases except those involving serious or deadly use of force."

Sounds like a reasonable compromise.

“We right-sized some of those interventions in a more balanced and appropriate way,” Pinto said. “We have not swung the pendulum back entirely.” Policing experts warned against viewing the recent policy shifts as a complete reversal of legislative gains in the fight for police reform. Both San Francisco and D.C. have been at the forefront of large-city police reforms for decades. Officers in San Francisco have been banned from aggressively chasing suspects in vehicles and shooting into moving vehicles since 2013; in Washington, chokeholds have been outlawed since 1985. “It’s not going to be NASCAR running through the streets,” McCray said of San Francisco’s newly amended pursuit laws. “Give us a little credit here.”

Hopefully, that's indeed true.

"Both cities have kept major measures passed in the aftermath of Floyd’s murder. In D.C., the mayor’s office still releases within five business days of the incident names and body-camera footage of officers who used serious or deadly force, and the department can still discipline officers with little involvement from the police union. In San Francisco, officers are still instructed to limit how often they conduct traffic stops for low-level offenses and to obtain approval from the civilian police commission if the department wants to implement new surveillance technology. The city is still diverting mental health-related calls away from police to specialized teams without armed officers, a change launched after Floyd’s death."

All the above sounds reasonable.

"But advocates and experts said there is still much work to be done to improve policing."

No question.

"Even in politically liberal communities that have long welcomed police accountability measures, entrenched biases and constitutionally unsound traditions can counteract legislative changes, they said. And with the failure of the federal George Floyd Policing Act, which was backed by Biden and most Democrats, many parts of the country never felt the policing changes of 2020 and beyond."

That's true. An ongoing problem. As reported earlier:

"In deep-red Tennessee, where Republicans control the branches of state government, the political will that opened the door to sweeping changes to police practices in Memphis following Nichols’s death appears to be running aground. RowVaughn and Rodney Wells said they went to Nashville on Monday to voice their displeasure with Gillespie’s bill. During their visit, they said, Gillespie approached the couple and promised to hear out their concerns about the legislation, which bars cities and localities from passing their own laws limiting traffic stops. He invited them to join him again in Nashville at the end of the week, they said, then told them he was pushing back the vote, so they could come at a later time. Yet on Thursday the House approved the legislation, 68-24, and sent it to the state Senate. “He gave his word and he lied,” RowVaughn Wells said. “He put up a smokescreen in order for us not to return to Nashville.” “He knew it would be harder for him to go ahead with the bill with our presence,” Rodney said. Gillespie did not respond to The Washington Post’s questions regarding his statements to Wells and his actions on the House floor. Accused on the House floor last week of lying to Nichols’s family, Gillespie denied he’d promised to delay a vote until next week, according to local news reports."

They're goddamned liars. Precisely, why law enforcement, the judiciary, and legislative bodies cannot be trusted and are not trusted.

"Few other state legislatures have gone as far as Tennessee’s to challenge the ability of local lawmakers to reimagine the role of police. Across the country, most rollback efforts have been more precisely targeted. In Washington state, legislators have twice amended a 2021 law that allowed car chases only when officers had “probable cause” to believe a person in the vehicle had committed a violent crime. Last week, they changed the law to allow chases when officers have “reasonable suspicion” the occupant committed a crime."

Way too much leeway. Officers lie like hell.

"In his State of the Union speech, Biden pledged to “help cities and towns invest in more community police officers.” That irked activists who have campaigned in recent years to replace traditional policing with a heavier reliance on social services. The “Defund the Police” movement fell far short of those goals. But that hasn’t stopped conservative lawmakers from blaming the effort for a perceived rise in street violence."

Expect better of the nazi element in the Republican Party? -- Not that Democrats are a significant improvement. They all lie like hell. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"While individual cities like Washington and Memphis have seen crime spikes, violent crime on a national scale dropped significantly last year, according to preliminary data sources. The FBI reported after the third quarter of 2023 that violent crime was down 8.2 percent nationwide over 2022, in both big and small population areas, with homicide down 15.6 percent. A Major Cities Chiefs Association survey of the 69 largest cities showed homicide down 10.4 percent, and violent crime down 2.4 percent in big cities. Criminologist Charis Kubrin of the University of California at Irvine said California crime trends are at “historic lows” too, yet people in general remain “extremely concerned about crime,” in part because horrific stories of violence are often amplified on social media and in news reports. “There is always a disconnect between perceptions of crime and data,” Kubrin said. “Most people get their information on crime from headlines and politicians.” Phillip Atiba Solomon, chair of African American Studies and professor of psychology at Yale University and a co-founder of the Center for Policing Equity, said the national discourse around crime is plagued by the general belief that the most effective reaction to crime is to increase the ability of law enforcement to fight it. A better approach, Solomon said, addresses poverty as a root cause of criminal activity. “We’ve had a failure to launch a more humane approach to communities that are going to produce more violence because they’ve been burdened with the violence of poverty for generations,” Solomon said. “Instead, we end up with some regulations on policing and none of the much more expensive investments in community.”

The nazi element in this country cannot, will not be confused by the truth.

"In the aftermath of unjustified police killings, the first measures often address the law enforcement tactics that led to the deaths. Those changes are vulnerable when communities raise concerns over crime, Solomon said."

The public needs to wake up. Question the bullshit it's getting from the nazi right.

"For RowVaughn Wells, it’s the latest roadblock in an agonizing odyssey to make her personal loss a community’s gain. “This is not just about our son,” Wells said of her efforts to keep Memphis’s new police ordinances in place. “This is about every Black and Brown person that lives in Memphis and around the world, because we know police officers harass Black and Brown people for nothing." “Our son’s name is on this ordinance, and they want to erase that.”

Law enforcement does the same to all on the bottom of the food chain no matter their race. It's how the jackbooted bastards get their cookies off.

Out of control officer arrested. CBS News(AP) reports:

"A Connecticut police officer was suspended for five days and arrested on assault charges after video showed him punching a motorist during an altercation while off duty in December."

Only five days? Why wasn't the jackbooted out of control son of a bitch fired? Egregiously unfit to be an officer.

"Dash cam footage obtained by multiple outlets, including CBS affiliate WFSB-TV, shows Meriden police Corporal Allen Ganter punching the motorist, Thomas Brocuglio, in the face through his driver's side window after the two argued on Dec. 8, 2023, over why Ganter wasn't turning right at a red light. Ganter is seen waving his badge and arguing there is no right turn on red at the intersection in Rocky Hill, even though there is no sign indicating that. "You can't take a right on red here, you assh—e," the officer says. Brocuglio points out that the sign says "Stop here on red" and not "No turn on red." Ganter threatens to write a ticket. Brocuglio, who had honked his horn at Ganter, accuses the officer of having been distracted on his phone and asks for his badge number, just before the punch is thrown. "You want to get arrested?" the officer can be heard saying. "You are going to get arrested for assaulting a civilian," Brocuglio said."

Rightfully, so.

"After both started driving away, the video show Brocuglio calling 911 to report the assault. "Hi, yeah. I was just assaulted by a police officer," he could be heard saying. "He punched me in the face through my window." Ganter was charged with third-degree assault and breach of peace. Court records show he was placed in a probation program and is due back in court in January. Meriden police said Ganter violated the department's rules of conduct and he was suspended for five days without pay. He also is required to attend mandatory de-escalation training for three years. The department did not return a telephone call Wednesday seeking additional comment."

Lack of transparency is always a problem. Nothing destroys credibility quicker and more efficiently than a lack of transparency. Nothing.

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

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Tim Chorney, Publisher
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... Formerly
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