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Month: July 2008
Officer assaults bicyclist (3): stupidy breaks out in groups
Leave it to Bike Snob NYC to give a beyond-the-obvious take on the take-down. Here is an edited version: By this point most people have seen the footage of critical mass cyclist Christopher Long getting tackled by NYPD officer Patrick Pogan. This is a classic example of the eternal conflict between the younger, more progressive generation and the older, more…
War On Drugs: 2. Dogs: 0
This is crazy. I hate the war on drugs. Here’s part of the storyin the Washington Post. A police SWAT team raided the home of the mayor in the Prince George’s County town of Berwyn Heights on Tuesday, shooting and killing his two dogs, after he brought in a 32-pound package of marijuana that had been delivered to his doorstep,…
So wrong?
There’s another video of excessive NYPD use of force. This has nothing to do about bicyclists. But it is the NYPD. And brutality. And it probably won’t turn out well for the officer. At least neither of the cases directly involve race. The bike case was white on white. This is black on black (and yes, there would be a…
Officer assaults bicyclist (2): Let Them Ride
Ray Kelley, the commissioner, just came on the radio and said he “couldn’t fathom” why the officer, Pogan, did that. That means the officer is officially being fed to the dogs… hung out to dry… you might even say thrown under a bus. And since the officer is still on probation… well, it’s time to dust off the resume. You…
Ed Norris the man?
I tried to take the high road. I did! But my friend just sent me this and I can’t resist. Thanks, buddy! Here’s what my friend wrote: Not that you needed me to but I took it upon myself to defend you by sending Ed a nasty gram. Ed, I listened to the show today and was very disappointed. You…
My Take on Commissionar Ed Norris
Why beat around the bush? Here’s what I think about Ed Norris as commissioner. Like I already wrote: I think he was a good commissioner. Not as good a commissioner as hethinks he is, but then who is? I think he was better than the guy that came before and the guy that after him. When Norris came in, the…
Who do I think I am?
When I’m criticized for my book (usually it’s me that is criticized and not my book), I hear the same two things again and again: 1) who does this college boy think he is? and 2) what gives you the right to be an “expert” since you were only a cop for 20 months? First of all, going to college…
Shovel of Wisdom Winner!
So I was the Ed Norris Show. It was brutal. Brutal anddirty because they only attacked me after I was off the air. I got thick skin; I just wish I could have defended myself. He was too polite to me on the air and too harsh afterwards. I think the problem is that 1) I don’t think he ever…
Fewer homeless nationwide
This is encouraging news reported in New York Times: The number of chronically homeless people living in the nation’s streets and shelters has dropped by about 30 percent — to 123,833 from 175,914 — between 2005 and 2007. […] The officials attribute much of the decline to the “housing first” strategy that has been promoted by the Bush administration and…