Cop’s dash video differs from police report in alleged police brutality case. Naturally, they fought like hell from releasing the video to the guy filing the civil rights suit.
Just so we’re clear, minors who send explicit photos of themselves to other minors get hit with child porn charges. Cops who send explicit photos of themselves to minors get probation.
Another series of photos of abandoned buildings. I love the genre, but I think going forward, if you’re going to put a photo essay like this together, you should be required to omit any buildings in Detroit. Too easy.
First Circuit dismisses lawsuit against cop who confronted gun owner holding a licensed, legally concealed weapon; took and kept the gun; then remarked that he was “the only person allowed to carry a weapon on his beat.”
New Irish law took effect Monday that prohibits “publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion”
General Motors, which is already majority owned by the federal government, hires lobbyists to win more preferential treatment from the federal government.
Essays like this one make me wonder how anyone could possibly support laws prohibiting assisted suicide. It’s really the height of hubris to insist someone endure that sort of agony because your personal morality must be the law of the land.
“…you should confess to something so you can be charged and sentenced and serve your sentence and then go back to your family and country, because you will not leave this place innocent.” See if you can guess where that statement was uttered, and by who.
Obama administration looks at steep fines for long tarmac delays. I’ve written before that I support some sort of regulation in this area, particularly in cases where airlines unreasonably keep passengers hostage for hours on end. I don’t know that fines would work as well as a more uniform policy that if you’re stuck on a grounded plane for more than, say two hours, the airlines have to give you the option of de-planing. Unfortunately, part of the problem lies with how the airlines are regulated, and that part of course isn’t likely to get as much scrutiny.
Chase Bank sets up a contest to fund non-profit groups, then changes the rules at the last minute to avoid funding two drug reform organization and a pro-life organization. It’s Chase’s money, of course. They can do what they want with it. But they got free advertising from these groups who promoted the contest. And I’m also free to call Chase a bunch of cowards for not backing their promotion because some of the winners were too controversial.
Oregon man freed after triple homicide conviction thanks to junk science and the state destroying the evidence in his case. As Gideon writes, it’s far from clear the guy is innocent. Which makes the state’s actions troubling for a whole other set of reasons. What’s unfathomable is that the FBI has admitted it’s comparative bullet lead tracing methods aren’t reliable, but refuses to release the list of cases where the methods helped put people in prison.
A week or so ago, I put up a morning link about Cody, a pooch in Clearwater, Florida who charmingly greeted convenience store customers donning a BP uniform.
The story made national news, so you can probably guess what happened next. Florida public health bureaucrats marched in to put a stop to the cuteness.* Can’t have a dog roaming around where food is sold. Even though all the food the store sells is pre-packaged.
(*Caveat: Generally speaking, I’m fervently anti-clothes on dogs.)
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