I hope Radley will soon update this post to reflect the fact that Dreher didn’t “fall upward” after all. Even if he doesn’t, though, I promise not to go “Verdon” over it.

And if for some reason I felt the need to point it out, I would be polite about it. I wouldn’t be some snide dickless shitbag like you were in my comments. I’d give the paper credit for a prominent correction, one way more prominent than they usually give.

The only person who will be misled is someone stupid enough to trust you on anything.

I had a post linked by Instapundit in which I set forth where I thought I had been wrong. One of the other commenters here managed to find it pretty easily. I believe Radley Balko himself went so far as to give me “kudos” for promptly acknowledging the bad police behavior; indeed, I posted about it before he did!

So: you’re full of shit. As usual.

Oh, and I wasn’t wrong about a thing on the DNA posts. Indeed, the paper today corrected one of the errors I pointed out. By contrast, you were stunningly wrong about your interpretation of what I said — so much so I’m amazed that you’re still pressing the point.

We’re pretty much there already, man.

Not sure where anyone said he was. I did notice that the criticism here included “what a fucking hypocrite”.

…but I don’t see this as a big failing.

Considering all the grief he has heaped on others for such a failing…well pot, kettle and you know the rest.

Patterico also has an annoying tendency to take mistakes and transmogrifying them into sinister ulterior motives and/or reasons to completely distrust a source on all other matters. However, when Patterico wrote on the use of DNA in criminal trials recently he was stunningly wrong. Does this mean Patterico is wrong in everything and that people should use the default assumption of “Its Patterico, he’s been wrong before so therefore he is likely wrong now”? If we were like Patterico we would.

I rarely read Patterico, so I don’t have any strong opinions about his general views either way, but he is not in the same category as Curt in Law Enforcement on this issue.

No he isn’t. But that doesn’t mean he is above criticism.

I honestly wonder if there was a time when the people could trust the police officers “to serve and protect” the citizenry. Now they just serve and protect other police officers.

What will the future bring when more individuals feel like they need to protect themselves from the police as well as the criminals.

Here in the Triad, more than a few cars have license plates beginning with the letters commonly referred to as Whiskey, Tango and Foxtrot. Mine don’t, alas, but I’ll consider trading in for plates that do if Alan Dreher, of Kathryn Johnsto…

And add to it “… even while I’m committing a crime against them”, then it sounds a lot like a statement right out of the violent gang culture that we’re supposed to be so on top of eradicating.

At the rate were going, it won’t be long before the main difference between the Crips and the Cops will be quality of their clothes.

“But I tell you what. If I have someone, ANYONE shooting at me, I WILL fire back at them. I will not take a bullet and be put six feet under just because the shooter is a 92 year old women. No effin way.”

And add to it “… even while I’m committing a crime against them”, then it sounds a lot like a statement right out of the violent gang culture that we’re supposed to be so on top of eradicating.