Let me start by saying we’ll never know for certain what happened when Officer Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown. [Update: but we not do have a much better idea based on a DOJ report.] No. Seriously. Think about it. You don’t know what happened. I don’t know what happened. So whatever you think, whatever I think… the only thing…
Month: November 2014
*Let’s* Monday Morning Quarterback
Imagine, say, you get a call for an armed person waving a gun in a park. Here’s what you don’t do: drive right up to that person on muddy slippery ground to put your partner in an unprotected and defenseless position a few feet from the suspect. I feel sad for the officer involved. He does have to live with…
Unarmed man kills police officer
This happened back in March, so it’s not news. But still, the number of similarities between this case and the killing of Michael Brown are interesting, especially if you are one of those who think that “unarmed” suspects cannot ever really threaten police officers to the point where lethal force might be necessary. Here’s gist: An unarmed man attacks Johnson…
“A fairer, safer city”
I stumbled across this column by Harry Siegel yesterday in the Daily News while getting my shoes shined. It’s bar far the best thing I’ve read in a while about the current state of crime and New York City. Read the whole thing. But here are some highlights: Pay no mind to the shrill voices on the left warning of…
Free Doug Williams!
The Feds are really out to get the man who tells the truth about lie detector tests, that they’re bullshit. They’ve been out to get him for a while, as I’ve previously written. Here’s the thing, Willam’s may or may not be guilty as charged. Honestly, he probably is. From the Journal: Prosecutors alleged that Mr. Williams “trained an individual…
“Cops fucking love overtime”
I’m quoted in Vice Magazine’s article, “New York City’s Biggest Marijuana Problem Is the Police.” Of fuckety fuck. Do I really swear that much? And here’s another unrelated story about the corrosive effects of overtime.
“Where the Summer of Love Never Ends”
I’m not that into police memorabilia… but your San Fran cop friend (and fellow Princeton grad) gives you a SFPD patch and the coolest ever cop-designed police t-shirt, what’s not to like? Long live Park Station Company F!
But Dan Aykroyd was on a mission from God
Actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray on the subject of police, from Rolling Stone: I remember Danny Aykroyd saying a long time ago, “I embrace the police,” and I thought that was the funniest thing ever. It was so nuts, because he’s such a crazy person. But when you’re a teenager, the police are only going to get you in…
Just following the law
The major final ordered the police commissioner to order the department to follow New York State and not arrest people for small-scale possession of marijuana. This has actually been the law since 1977. But the NYPD has subverted the law, especially in the past decade, by arresting people anyway. And we’re talking tens of thousand of people per year. And…
“Stop arresting people for weed” is 5 words long
You’d think it would be easy to tell cops to stop arresting people for small scale possession of marijuana. But not a police department. Every now and then I try to write about paperwork, because it’s such an integral part of the job and such a key negative motivator of police officers and good police work. But who the hell…