I’m not certain what this actually means, but it seems to be working: In a wide-ranging interview this week, [Philadelphia] Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said he hoped that the trend reflected the department’s shake-up in training and tactics, which range from adopting a “statement on the sanctity of human life” to emphasizing “reality-based” weapons training for officers. Fatal police-involved…
Month: December 2014
“Professor” who assisted in Mike Brown autopsy revealed as “fraud, con artist”
From BoingBoing (whatever that is… but backed up by many other sources). You can’t make this shit up! I don’t actually think this changes anything in terms of the actual shooting… but it still seems newsworthy.
Why are white people so loud?
Or (though you didn’t know it) a favorite subject of mine: White People Rioting for No Reason. I’m surprised there is nothing from College Park on the list. I have no moral here. Other than you can’t fight stupid.
“It’s hard to keep caring”
A good police perspectivefrom Lt Danie Furseth. I think his points are good… but I seriously doubt this is some contemporary perspective that wouldn’t have been valid 10, 20, 50, or 150 years ago. And, since I can’t say it better myself, I will quote my friend and colleague John DeCarlo: I have tried to share articles which describe the…
“Finished him off”
A good article AP article by Holbrook Mohr, David Lieb, and Phillip Lucas about something every cop knows: witnesses make up a lot of shit. Some witnesses said Michael Brown had been shot in the back. Another said he was face-down on the ground when Officer Darren Wilson “finished him off.” Still others acknowledged changing their stories to fit published…