“Public defenders’ offices in at least seven states are refusing to take on new cases or have sued to limit them, citing overwhelming workloads that they say undermine the constitutional right to counsel for the poor.” Read the whole story here.
Category: Police
From the Brass
Colonel (Ret.) Margaret Patton is the highest ranking woman in the Baltimore City Police Department. Back in 2000, when I was a cop, she was in charge of the Northern District. I don’t think we ever met, but I knew her by reputation, and it was good. A few months ago, when I was having an exchange with retired police…
Massachusetts deals with decriminalized marijuana
While the California prison guards helped defeat Prop. 5, stoners nationwide are lighting up splifs in celebration of their marijuana victories: Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to pass a medical marijuana measure. More significantly, Massachusetts passed a referendum decriminalizing possession of less than a ounce of marijuana. Possession will be a civil fine of $100. That’s good…
OBAMA!
I won’t rub it in to all my Republican friends, but the real America has spoken (and just once, for the record, I did tell you so). While it may not be related to the Cubs, yet again, not winning the World Series, it does give me very good reason to fly the Cubs ‘W’ flag of victory from my…
Two Legs Good; Four wheels Bad
As a cost saving move, more foot patrol in Boston. Reported in the Boston Globe.
Stop Lying
Michael Mineo is lying. I’ve said it beforeand I’ll say it again. That’s what I think. So why is a grand jury being started on the case? Does that mean there is truth behind Mineo’s claim? No. Here’s what I think is the story. Michael Mineo won’t release his medical records because they don’t support his lies. The grand jury…
Prop. 5 and the Prison Guards’ Union
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) is the union for prison guards. I’m all for unions for prison guards. They have a tough job, horrible working conditions (uh, prison), and I certain would not want their job. I believe their union should have a loud and robust voice on such things as pay, working conditions, health-care benefits, and retirement…
I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to f**kin’ amuse you?
You know, for some reason I can’t figure out, I kind of like Al Sharpton. Not for what he does or stands for. Not for the lies he has said. I just like listening to him. He amuses me. Think of him running for President in 2004. He kept the debates interesting, that’s for sure. And I think he fills…
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day a black man will rise to become the leader of this great nation and Al Sharpton will pray with a lying white man and say, “I don’t care if the cops were blacks and he was white or vice versa.” Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at…
Dirt bikes in Baltimore
If you don’t live in Baltimore, it’s hard to understand just how big of a problem this is. If you do live in Baltimore, you may not realize that this problem doesn’t really exist anywhere else, at least not like it does in Baltimore. The bikes themselves weren’t illegal. But riding them is. It’s a strange Rite of Spring in…