The Militarization of “Officer Friendly”
Remember “Officer Friendly,” the beat cops who were known as “peace officers”? Yeah, not so much anymore. Let’s check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns — check! — 533 … Read more
Remember “Officer Friendly,” the beat cops who were known as “peace officers”? Yeah, not so much anymore. Let’s check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns — check! — 533 … Read more
Police force militarization increasing What a Christmas little Bastrop had! It’s still a mystery how Santa Claus got it down the chimney, but Bastrop got a nifty present … Read more
Journal entry: March 2, 2002 (age 32) — St. Patrick’s Month This week a friend from college called me, and at some point in the conversation he asked … Read more
An acquaintance of mine posted the following on facebook:
“Re-Post if Your Home Is NOT a Gun-Free Zone”
Allow me to make myself clear: If you plan on co…
No doubt you had a lot on you mind in December — the dancing of sugar plum fairies, America stumbling toward the fiscal cliff, the outcome of the … Read more
The Police in Sherman Heights, California were alerted when a construction worker spotted a suspicious looking object in a construction site near Interstate 5. The ten inch metal tube with both ends capped resembled a pipe bomb, causing …
Ah, it’s almost August — time for another quadrennial flowering of America’s glorious democratic process, otherwise known as the presidential nominating conventions! This grand testimonial of our citizens’ … Read more
Seen & Heard on the Web: Man refuses to “show his papers” at check points No, these check points are not even in Arizona. He’s on westbound I-8 … Read more
The ACLU of New Jersey has launched an app for the Android, with an i-Phone compatible app in the works, that enables the user to discreetly record police stops. Once the appropriate button is pressed the screen clears so that if you are…
The London Metropolitan Police admitted there had been no complaints, but none the less they took a dim view of Derrick Santini’s modern rendering of Zeus ravishing Leda, the myth of the conception of Helen of Troy.
An officer took exception as…