The state has an archaic system in which we operate under the misimpression that everyone under 18 can be rehabilitated for repeatedly committing violent crimes. We must find a way to provide rehabilitation, but also accountability and punishment. That’s kind of hardcore coming from, of all places, the office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy. Her office, as I write…
Month: July 2009
Mexican Immigration Problems
Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes
Life Without Daddy
At any given moment, more than 1.5 million children have a parent, usually their father, in prison. … Among those born in 1990, one in four black children, compared with one in 25 white children, had a father in prison by age 14. Risk is concentrated among black children whose parents are high-school dropouts; half of those children had a…
Marion Barry: set up again?
Mr. Marrion “that-goddamn-bitch-set-me-up” Barry has been arrested… yet again. Except for the crack, the not filing his tax returns thing, and the alleged stalking, he sure is a great elected representative for his people. Here’s the storyabout his latest arrest. It’s complicated, of course. Who knows what really happened? Who cares? But does anybody out there have the AUDIO from…
Amsterdam Party People
This account of the party scene in Amsterdam is from a person who enjoys such things. He’s lived in Amsterdam for the past 17 years. The Sensation dance party, Wicked Wonderland, held in the city’s largest football stadium. The dress code was all white. The party goes from 10pm to 6am. Tickets cost about $100 (69 euros). The placed is…
Happy 4th of July
Especially thinking of everybody stuck working it. Here’s to you!
$12,500 in Seattle Taser Settlement
A homeless felon in Seattle gets $12,500 for being tased twice simultaneously by two officers. That’s just what I don’t like my tax dollars going to. I’m not saying the cops didn’t follow procedure and their training. I am saying that procedure and training are wrong. [A] judge ruled that the two officers … were too quick to use their…
Bicycle Patrol
I love the idea of cops on bikes. Nothing beats the speed and stealth. But I haven’t really considered the benefits of paramedicson bikes. A couple of those saved a life in Chicago. The rescue might not have been possible if not for the paramedics’ bicycle team, which can weave in and out of crowded spaces like the Taste with…
New Haven Firefighters
Interesting story in the New York Times about Ben Vargas, the lone Hispanic firefighter on the winning side of Ricci v. DeStafano.
Police Blogs
Here’s a police blogs that seem, at least at first glace, to be pretty interesting.Beat and Release: To new supervisors, I have the following the advice: Dedication to your troops is what engenders respect. Willingness to back them engenders respect. Putting paper on them and chastising them for very minor infractions shows them you are a company man with no…