Wear them. And some interesting stats from Maine: Medicaid paid out, on average, $24,500 for crash victims who were wearing their seat belts at the time of the incident. . . . The Medicaid payout for unbelted victims, meanwhile, was nearly triple that figure, or roughly $74,000 per patient, Steele said. In an earlier review of Medicaid patients at EMHS,…
Month: February 2011
Animal cruelty and crocodile tears
Jean Marbella has a good column in the Sun regarding trial of two brothers accused of torching a pit bull in West Baltimore in 2009: Somehow, I feel It’s come to this: The rest of us turn our backs on these neighborhoods, and the blue-light camera is the only one still looking. … No similar urgency for justice swells up…
LA Jury
My mom just got off of an L.A. jury. It happened to be the same courtroom as the OJ Simpson trial. The accused was pulled over in South L.A. for a traffic violation and had an outstanding warrant (for what, naturally, she doesn’t know). Search incident to arrest found cocaine. Seems open and shut… but not for a city jury.…
Cops shoot bad guy–hostage safe
A bit sloppy, but the good guys won. You could also file this one under, “just another day at the office.” Bank Robber Takes Hostage, Slips and Falls on Ice, then Shot and Killed by Police: MyFoxDC.com
Rate My Professor
“[Moskos’s] ego barely fits into the room.” “His book which he wrote is not great at all, pretty boring, although he thinks its the best. He also has that ‘oh, look at me, I went to Harvard, I’m so great’ attitude at times.” “Doesn’t really seem to connect with his students. I also found his way of lecturing rather disjointed.”…
Anybody have San Diego PD Connections?
I want to look at the impact of cell phones of crime prevention. I can’t seem to make any progress getting such data from the NYPD. The San Diego paper has this story. Maybe I’d have better luck there. Besides San Diego has always been an interesting case vis-a-vis crime reduction because they mirrored the crime drop in New York…
“If police have to come and get you…”
“…they’re bringing an ass-kicking with them.” — Chris Rock Here’s videoof Houston police beating a 15-year-old burglar. He was convictedback in October. But the video of the arrest was just now released. Did he “deserve it”? I’m not going to go there. But police should take note: seven officers no longer have jobs. And for what? To give some 15-year-old…
Suspect’s phone found charging at scene of burglary
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. [thanks to Alex]
“Whoa camel, whoa, when I say whoa…”
Attack Camels?! This is not a picture I ever expected to see: Luckily, and unlike the tear gas, this tool of repression doesn’t have “Made in U.S.A.” stamped on it. [“I mean whoa!”]